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Refugio Timely Remarks
AND REFUGIO COUNTY NEWS
VOL. VII.—No. 51
REFUGIO, REFUGIO COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1935
$2.00 Per Year
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South Texas
By William P. Elliott.
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Good Outlook.
In general the condition of business
In the South Texas area is good. Some
reports indicate that it is excellent.
There is no doubt that material im-
provement has been registered
throughout the year to date and that
prospects for the remainder of 1935
are bright. Agriculture is more pros-
perous; oil and gas play have stimu-
lated conditions over much of this
area and building activity is pro-
nounced.
In Beeville.
Reports from Beeville, furnished
through the courtesy of George H.
Atkins of the Bee-Picayune, show the
trend in the district as similar re-
ports undoubtedly would be made
from a number of South Texas cities.
Beeville has been unusually fortunate,
perhaps, in the steady oil play in the
section for which it is the business
center.
In spite of a short cotton crop busi-
ness conditions in Bee County are ex-
cellent. One large store in Beeville
has reported that its average gain
over last year has been from 35 to 65
per cent on a daily basis with a “most
satisfactory” general average of gain
through the year to date. All indi-
cations are that all business houses
are doing better than a year ago.
Postal receipts for the first two
quarters of the year totaled $17,670.76
as compared with $16,360.73 for the
same period last year. The figures
given there, however, do not tell the
entire story as a large chain store
which in years past has distributed its
catalogs by mail through the Beeville
postoffice, swelling postal receipts by
approximately $4,000, this year dis-
tributed catalogs by truck, reducing
its postal bill to approximately $1,000.
So the total gain as reflected in the
figures above is more significant than
would appear on first glance.
Stamp sales for the two quarters in
question aid to the story. They total-
ed $14,561.79 as compared with a total
to $10,716.47 for the first half of
1934.
Building activity has been pro-
nounced throughout the year in Bee-
ville, but it is said there is not a va-
cant business house or residence in the
city. The demand for apartments and
cottages and business houses is as
keen as ever. Building is under way
in all parts of the city except the
business section and it is expected
that the business section will be the
scene of considerable activity before
this month is over. At least one mod-
ern business building is being planned.
Building permits, mainly for new
homes, issued to August 1, totaled
$110,079 and it is expected the total
will exceed $200,000 by the last of the
year. Plans are being drawn for at
least four new homes now and one of
the four will cost approximately
$10,000.
El Copano.
“El Copano” is the title of an inter-
esting volume just off the press which
deals with the history of the ancient
port of Bexar and La Bahia. It was
written by Hobart Huson, San An-
tonio attorney and former resident of
Refugio, and was published by the
Refugio Timely Remarks.
It is to be expected that the empha-
sis placed on the centennial year of
Texas independence will result in pub-
lication in coming months of a num-
ber of books dealing with the early
history of the state. It is to be hoped
that a number of them are as inter-
esting as the one written by Huson,
which deals with the early days of El
Copano, the port of entry for Spain,
Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the
United States, the Confederacy, and
the United States again. It has play-
ed an important part in shaping the
destiny of the great state of Texas.
The abandoned and almost forgotten
port of El Copano was located in what
now is Refugio County.
Huson has made a valuable addi-
tion to the written history of South
Texas. His book should be of inter-
est to the general public and to those
individuals who are interested in the
early story of our state and this sec-
tion. A detailed index adds to the
value of the small volume.
Cuero Turkeys.
Prospects for the new turkey crop
in DeWitt County, important poultry
center, are said to be good, with the
number of birds expected to equal and
perhaps to surpass the 1934 crop. The
Cuero section turkeys are reported to
be in excellent condition now as the
active marketing season approaches.
It is probable that the tin-keys will
be shipped on a very favorable mar-
ket. The turkey crop of the nation is
reported to be below that of last year,
while the birds in the South Texas
section are heavier and in better con-
dition than those produced in other
states.
Cuero is world famous as a turkey
Shipping point, but in other towns in
the Guadalupe valley county turkey
shipping is an important industry.
Turkeys also are raised generally over
the South Texas section.
Refugio and Aransas
Pass in Scoreless Tie
The Refugio Bobcats and the Aran-
sas Pass Panthers battled to a finish
here at Ryals Field Fxiday night.
They wound up after a tough fight
with a scoreless tie. The two teams
w'ere evenly matched all the way
through the game.
Aransas Pass, conference winner
last season, is reputed to have fully
as good a team this year as last. This
was the first conference game the
local squad has played this season.
Both sides were penalized many
times during the game. Both were
within scoring distance twice. Refu-
gio was within scoring distance twice
during the first quarter. Aransas
Pass was within scoring distance in
the second and last quarter.
O’Brien, left halfback and acting
captain, broke off left tackle during
the first quarter and hit for the side
line for a gain of approximately 30
yards.
It was nip and tuck during the en-
tire game, with Refugio’s line hold-
ing well against the Panthers’ per-
sistent efforts to crash through. The
baekfield showed up well all during
the game.
In the second quarter Bill Hols-
worth, substituting for Newsome at
left end, caught what turned out to
be one of two completed passes dur-
ing the game for the Bobcats. The
pass was good for 25 yards’ gain.
In catching this pass Holsworth at-
tempted to run for more yardage, but
was tackled within a few feet ot
where he caught the pass.
During the tackle, which was par-
ticipated in by several Panthers,
Holsworth received a broken left col-
lar bone, but continued to play fox
five or six minutes after the bone was
broken. This was a real display of
grit and nervy determination.
The local squad regrets the loss of
Holsworth, who will be out of the
game the balance of the season. Hols-
worth is a very good end and plays
a good game both defensive and offen-
sive.
The Pep Squad is to be compliment-
ed on their system of boosting the
Bobcats with their tuneful and force-
ful yells. The new uniforms of ma-
roon shirts and black trousers, worn
by the girls, added to the loveliness of
these natural beauties, who appeared
smart and trim.
The Bobcats played another good
game here last night with Victoria
High School as the opposition. As
The Timely Remarks goes to press
Thursday afternoon it is not possible
to give the outcome of this game.
The game should have, and probably
was, a thriller, as there is always
considerable rivalry between these
two neighboring high schools.
The lineup for the Aransas Pass
game was as follows:
Panthers. Position
Bobcats
Erwin ....
...........R.E....
..Wilson, Steve
Warren ..
...........R.T......
...... Herrington
Moore ....
...........R.G....
............ Linney
Howery ...
..............C.......
........... Dickens
Brumley
............L.G....
............ Mathis
Caldwell
............L.T....
..............Wilson
Crenshaw
..........L.E....
........ Newsome
Roberts ..
............Q.B....
................ Beck
Parker ...
............L.H....
............. O’Brien
Palmer ~
............R.H....
...............Rymal
Brewster
............F.B....
........ Carpenter
W. T.
Henry was
coach for the
Panthers.
A. L. Smith was the Bob-
cat coach.
Officials: Lingo (Austin College),
referee; Caldwell (Howard Payne),
umpire; Keneip (A. & I.), head lines-
man.
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Rrookners to Open New
Dry Goods Store Here
Brookner’s Dry Goods Store is to
be the name of the latest addition to
Refugio’s family of business. A build-
ing to be .occupied by the new dry
goods store is now being constructed
on Ymbacion Street on a lot owned
by Mrs. E. W. Coward.
Sam Brookner, who is well known
in Refugio, he having been employed
for the past two years in a local store,
and his nephew, Ben Brookner of
Beaumon, are to be the owners of the
new store.
The building, which is adjacent to
the Q. & C. S. grocery store, is 25x
50 feet in size. It will be modern in
every detail, with large plate glass
show windows, and contain the latest
and most approved fixtures.
Plans are being made to open the
store between October 20 and Novem-
ber 1. The exact date will be an-
nounced later.
4-H Club Boy Makes
Good Profit on Project
Franklin Gerstenberger, aged 14,
enrolled in the Bayside 4-H Club April
11, 1935. He at once purchased 50
Barred Rock chicks for his project in
club work. He has fed and raised 45
of these chicks to frying size and
Gnly recently sold these fryers for a
net profit of $15.88.
Enthused over this fine record, he
has purchased an additional 100
chicks and is starting out to break
some records in the poultry business.
Franklin is also feeding a pig as
a side project in club work.
District Court to Meet
Monday, October 14th
District Court will convene Monday
morning, October 14, for the regular
three weeks’ fall term. Two impor-
tant criminal cases are on the docket,
one in which a man and a woman are
charged with the death of J. C. Pol-
lard here two years ago, and another
transferred here from Edna in which
two negroes are charged with mur-
der.
The first week of court will be taken
up by the selection and report of the
grand jury and the trial of non-jury
cases. No petit jury was subpoenaed
for the first week. Criminal cases
will be tried during the second and
third weeks of the term. It is ex-
pected to be a busy term.
Judge J. P. Pool of Victoria, veteran
judge of this district, will be on the
bench, while District Attorney How-
ard Green of Cuero will look after the
interests of the state.
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Stamps to Enable Many
To See Texas Centenials
Members of Texas Shrine Uniform
Bodies are co-operating in a state-
wide Thrift Stamp Campaign, which
will enable every Texan to attend the
central Centennial Exposition to be
held jn Dallas during the summer of
1936 and celebrations in other cities.
Among the centennial centers, where
celebrations will be held are Houston,
San Antonio, Fort Worth and Galves-
ton. These cities are planning to join
in the state-wide anniversary celebra-
tion.
The campaign will be conducted
over a period of 18 months and is
based on a profit sharing plan, en-
abling customers of merchants in
Texas to obtain the stamps with each
purchase. These are 25 different
stamps, each depicting a Texas hero
or an outstanding Texas historical
spot. Folders 'spaced to contain the
stamps will be distributed free to
citizens of Texas, officials said.
It was explained that a completed
folder is worth 25 cents. These fold-
ers will be exchanged at headquar-
ters office, El Mina Shrine Temple,
Galveston, for centennial admission
tickets, Greyhound Bus tickets, Bow-
en Airline Tickets, oil and gasoline
books, hotel accommodations and
meals at recognized hotels and res-
taurants at centennial cer ^ers, also
for desirable merchandise.
A person may save as many fold-
ers as his purchases enable him to ac-
cumulate during the campaign. Com
pleted folders may be applied against
any or all of the co-operating agen-
cies.
Refugio Rotary Club
Without Place to Meet
The Refugio Rotary Club did not
hold its luncheon meeting last Mon-
day noon, on account of many of the
members misunderstanding a plan ad-
vanced at a previous meeting to
change the meeting date to Thursday.
While no definite action fixing a new
meeting date was taken by the club,
it was stated by a member that a
luncheon meeting would be held
Thursday noon of this week.
The home of Miss Grace Dixon,
where luncheons have been served for
the past year, has been closed and
the club is now faced with the prob-
lem of finding a new place, which at
the present time has not been done.
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Refugio Streets Being
Treated to Overhauling
Refugio dirt streets have been un-
dergoing a general overhauling during
the current week. On account of re-
curring rains of the last two months,
it is the first time it has been pos-
sible for the city grading crew to
give any attention to streets off the
paving. Shoulders on partially paved
streets also are receiving some much
needed attention.
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Fifteen Arrested by
Sheriff’s Department
Fifteen persons were arrested by
the sheriff’s department during the
past week. These were brought be-
fore Justice of the Peace Frank Low
and eight of them charged with dis-
turbing the peace, five with being
drunk in a public place, and two with
vagrancy. All of the 15 were fined.
Five paid fines and were set at lib-
erty. The remaining 10 have as yet
not made arrangements for paying
fines and are being held in jail.
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Substitute for Meet
Is Ice Cream Supper
An ice cream supper was the fea-
ture of the local Boy Scout meeting,
held at the high school building Tues-
day night, October 8, at 7 o’clock.
Scoutmaster R. L. Moore stood treat
for the troop.
An overnight hiking trip for the
troop is being planned for the near
future. Regular meetings are held at
the high school building on Tuesday
nights at 7 o’clock.
Fire Prevention Week
Observed This Week
Refugio is experiencing a general
clean-up this week, with the city and
fire department co-operating. Due to
an oversight the mayor did not follow
his usual custom of issuing a procla-
mation, but just the same the fire de-
partment is seeing to it that National
Fire Prevention Week, October 7 to
11, is observed.
The week is set aside for the re-
moval of trash and rubbish from
yards, alley and vacant lots, and it is
urged that all property owners who
have not already done so, take an ac-
tive part in aiding the fire department
and city government in making the
campaign a success.
Trucks have been making the
rounds this week and many tons of
trash and rubbish hav j been gathered.
Should the truck fail to pick up any
trash you have out, call the City Hall,
telephone 99, and it will be taken
care of.
Fire Prevention Week is observed in
towns and cities throughout the
States.
The week also was observed in Re-
fugio public schools. The grammar
school children are making posters on
the subject, and the one making the
best poster will be awarded a $3 cash
prize, the second best receiving $2.
Prizes will be awarded at the regular
Parent-Teacher Association meeting
next Wednesday night.
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Bank Will be Closed On
Saturday, Columbus Day
The First National Bank will be
closed Saturday, October 12, in ob-
servance of Columbus Day, a national
holiday. Customers of the bank are
requested to take notice.
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Baptist Church Adds
Thirty-five Members
Thirty-five have joined the First
Baptist Church during the past four
days of the evangelistic campaign un-
der the leadership of the A. F. John-
son evangelistic party of Fort Worth.
“Great rejoicing has been seen as
young and old have surrendered to
the better life,” stated the Rev. Ver-
non Garrett, pastor. “Leaders of the
church have^emphasized prayer and
personal work. The evangelists have
preached and sung an old gospel. God
has come with power upon the meet-
ings. Attendance has steadily grown
from the first service. Day crowds
have reached an unhe&rd of high mark
for this city. This has been during a
series of expository sermons by the
preacher on Romans and Revelation.”
Six meetings are scheduled for
Sunday. Two meetings will be held
Sunday afternoon with one for women
and girls at 2:30 p. m., when Evan-
gelist Johnson will speak on “God’s
Challenge to Refugio Mothers and
Daughters” and at 4 p. m. he will
speak to all men and boys on the
theme, “A Man’s Idea of God.’ ’ Mr.
Murph has arranged a special musi-
cal program for these meetings. At
8 p. m. the evangelist will speak on
“The Grandest Theme.” The revival
closes Sunday night.
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October Call for C. C. C.
Enrollees Expected Here
Another call for enlistments in the
Civilian Conservation Corps is expect-
ed daily between now and October 20.
The probable quota for this county
will be five, according to C. E. Bran-
don, county relief agent. Those en-
rolled will be taken from the relief
list only.
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Church to Celebrate
“40 Hours Devotion”
Celebration of “forty hours devo-
tion” will start at the Blanconia
Catholic Church with high mass at
10 a. m. Monday and Tuesday mass
will be at 8 o’clock. Evening devotion
at 7:30. The Very Rev. W. Oberste
will preach the sermon for the clos-
ing devotion Tuesday night.
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St. James Church to Give
Painting at a Drawing
Father Elsining, pastor of St. Jameb
Catholic Church, announces that tick-
ets will be on sale soon for a draw-
ing at which a beautiful 22x26 paint-
ing will be given away. The painting
is now on display at the Refugio
Pharmacy. The date of the drawing
will be announced later.
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CARD OF THANKS.
In behalf of Oakwood Cemetery
Association, I am expressing most
sincere gratitude to the Refugio Wom-
an’s Club for its very generous gift
of $50. This is certainly appreciated
and will never be forgotten. It will
be put to good use in the cemetery.
Many thanks.
REV. CHAS. S. LONG,
President Oakwood Cemetery Ass’n.
City Hall Building Is
Now Out of the Ground
The new City Hall building is at
last “out of the ground,” as the build-
ers express it.
Forms for the columns that will
support the superstructure began ap-
pearing above the ground last week,
and now the ground to be occupied
by Refugio’s magnificent new munici-
pal building is a maze of vertical
forms ready for concrete pouring.
Obstacles, however, continue to be-
set the builders. After being delayed
many weeks on account of bad weath-
er, the contractors are now faced with
a skilled labor shortage, a scarcity of
carpenters being the main drawback
at the present. But this difficulty will
soon be overcome, according to I. H.
Dunbar, supervising architect, who
stated that ample labor had been se-
cured and no further delay was ex-
pected from this source.
The prospect of holding a New
Year’s Dance in the new auditorium
grows more remote as the time grows
nearer. While yet a possibility, those
in charge of construction work state
that absolutely everything will have
to be favorable, including the weather,
if the building is to be completed by
January 1.
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Article on Aged Woman
Causes Much Comment
An article in a recent issue of The
Timely Remarks about Mrs. Cirildo
Ydroga being 123 years of age has
caused considerable comment among
other Southwest Texas newspapers.
So much so that they have been bring-
ing out their aged citizens in compe-
tition with Refugio’s olders, but so far
no one has been found whose years
number more than 100, which is ex-
ceeded by Mrs. Ydroga by almost a
quarter of a century.
It is doubted if the state can pro-
duce an older person than the one
still living here.
Beeville has two citizens nearing
the century mark who are still work-
ing. Both are former Refugians.
The article also caused much local
comment, and some good results have
come of it, as many people have
made gifts of food and clothing to the
old lady, for which those taking care
of her are thankful and wish to ex-
press their gratitude to the donors.
Quite a number of people have vis-
ited the old lady in the past few
weeks.
Work Starts on P, W. A.
Project at Woodsboro
Work was startedi this week on the
building of a sewerage disposal plant
and laying sewerage and water sys-
tems in Woodsboro. H. & R. Con-
struction Company of Houston are the
contractors of sewage disposal plant
and Ulen Construction Company of
San Antonio has the contract for lay-
ing the sewer and water mains.
Pittsburg-Des Moines Company of
Dallas has the contract for tin* water
tank and tower and Cowell & Weaver
of Corpus Christi has the contract for
water works.
The water well has been completed
by A. E. Fawcett, Jr., of Houston.
This P. W. A. project is to cost a
total of $57,520. It is believed the
project will absorb all surplus labor
on relief at Woodsboro. Completion
date for the project is set for ap-
proximately January 15.
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Rev. Diehl Addresses
Fellowship Club Here
The Refugio County Fellowship Club
entertained with a banquet and an
educational program Tuesday evening
at 8 o’clock in the Presbyterian
Church Annex.
The sumptuous banquet was fol-
lowed by several pleasing numbers
which were rendered by the Corpus
Christi Troubadors, a male quartet.
These selections were enjoyed im-
mensely by the Goodfellows.
V. V. Bailey, vice president of the
club, was master of ceremonies for
the occasion, and introduced, with ap-
propriate remarks, the speaker of the
hour, Rev. George West Diehl, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church of
Corpus Christi.
Rev. Diehl gave a very interesting
and intellectual address, which was
enjoyed by some 30 members that
were present.
Rev. Diehl’s subject, “Signs of the
Time,” was timely, inasmuch as it
dealt with the Ethiopian conflict and
concerned dictatorships that have
sprung up in various countries.
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Two Cars Damaged in
Friday Morning Wreck
Both cars were badly damaged last
Friday morning at about 8 o’clock
when a Ford coupe of an ancient
vintage rammed the rear of an Hum-
ble Oil and Refining Company coupe
in front of the Mission Hotel. The
Humble car was backing out from the
curb and the Ford was going north
on Alamo Street. No one was in-
jured, and it is understood an amica-
ble settlement was made.
New School Unit to Be
Completed Next Week
Announcement was made this week
by Superintendent John L. Cooke that
the new school unit, which will add
three classrooms to the present school
facilities, will be completed by the
middle of next week. This work is in
charge of Alfred E. Post, Victoria
contractor, who has been battling all
kinds of weather in order to have the
additional classrooms ready at the
earliest date.
The project, scheduled to have been
finished by October 1, has been held
up several times on account of heavy
rains. The work has progressed rap-
idly the past two weeks, however, and
school officials were seen smiling as
the new unit began to take on the
completed appearance.
The school this year experienced
the expected increase in enrollment,
this increase being steady during the
past four years. As was the case last
year, the new school building again
failed to provide enough room for the
well over 700 pupils who came to oc-
cupy it. About 120 were sent to the
old school building, which was reno-
vated throughout this summer, as a
temporary arrangement until the
three rooms were finished at the new
school. The new unit will house two
sections of the third grade and one
section of the second grade, according
to Superintendent Cooke.
The new unit is being built to
match with the main building on the
school campus. Although the new
unit is of brick veneer construction
the old frame building that formerly
was located on the old school campus
having been moved over for this pur-
pose, the new addition will carry the
same appearance as the main build-
ing and will have new high-grade
equipment throughout. The roof will
be of the same construction as the
main building.
I. H. Dunbar, local architect, drew
the plans for the new unit. J. S,
Modlin, who was awarded the stove
and plumbing contract, announced he
will install the “Heatrola” type of
stove equipment, which calls for auto-
matic heat control. R. Schubert of
Woodsboro has- the electrical contract
on the subject.
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Houston Geologist Dies
Following Auto Wreck
Russell F. Ryan, Houston geologist
widely known in Southwest Texas oil
fields, died in Methodist Hospital,
Houston, Tuesday afternoon of in-
juries suffered earlier in the afternoon
when the car he was driving was in
head-on collision with another auto-
mobile four miles south of Hempstead.
Mr. Ryan was well known in Refu-
gio,' having visited this city at regu-
lar intervals for the past several
years. He had many acquaintances
and close friends here.
S. D. Jones of Lampasas, the driver
of the second car figuring in the ac-
cident, escaped with minor bruises
and lacerations, although his car over-
turned three times.
Mr. Ryan suffered injuries about
the head and body. He was first given
treatment at a physician’s office in
Hempstead, and later brought to
Houston. He died shortly after ar-
rival.
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Construction Work on
Priests’ Home Pushed
Construction work on the priests’
home of Our Lady of Refuge Catholic
Church is being pushed forward at a
rapid pace. Foundation columns,
beams and cellar have received steei
reinforcements and concrete pouring
started Wednesday. This will require
several days to complete. Next . in
line will be the making of forms for
columns to go under the second story.
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Crickets Infest City as
Cool Weather Arrives
Members of the orthopterous family
Grylladae—in plain English, field
crickets—have been giving Refugio
business and households considerable
trouble the last few days.
Coming in great numbers on the
heels of a mild norther, the little pests
congregate at night wherever there is
much light, and make their way into
homes and stores, where they are no
end of bother, seeking refuge from the
cool weather under one’s clothing, in
shoes, beds or any other secluded spot.
The are rapidly disappearing, how-
ever, with the continued cool weather
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Rapid Progress Made
On New Telephone Line
Work is progressing rapidly on the
construction of the telephone com-
pany’s new line to Greta, also the re-
pairing of the old Greta line and the
repairing of the Victoria line is going
forward. Oscar North, foreman of
labor from San Antonio, has been
here with a crew of 10 men for sev-
eral days. After the completion of
this work it will be possible to get
a through circuit at any time to Greta
and Victoria, according to the local
telephone office.
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