Cemetery Improvements, Golf Club Formed

The Catholic Daughters of America were organized on February 17th. On March 2nd, Council #2528 Knights of Columbus were organized, but they dissolved in December 1935. The “Buffalo Crossing” monument was placed near the Guadalupe River on the western edge of the city. In May, the cornerstone of the new Presbyterian Church was laid, which included a roll of membership, original report of building committee for the first edifice built in 1874 in the handwriting of Major T.M. Harwood, views of the first building, and more. The Arlington Hotel was mentioned in the Inquirer. In August, the City Council banned all medicine shows, peddlers, and carnivals from the city’s squares and streets. The Mount Zion Association met for the 52nd annual session of the African-American Baptists with 250 delegates at the Gonzales County Fairgrounds. J.C. Edgar opened his Magnolia Service Station on the west corner of St. Joseph and St. Andrew Streets. The Christy Brothers Circus came to town on November 12. In November, the City Cemetery Society held a workday to put every lot in the very best condition. On December 10, the American Legion Post Number 40 received a charter. Mrs. W.H. Boothe sent one of her three pet alligators to the zoo in Sweetwater, Texas, in December. The utility companies (Gonzales Water Works, Citizen’s Electric Lights and Power Company, and Gonzales Water Power Company) were bought by Morrison and McCall in 1924 and were combined under the name of Central Power and Light Company. The power house was built at the dam. Paving began on St. Lawrence Street, and the first movie “with sound” (a phonograph record that played simultaneously with the film) was shown at the Crystal Theatre. A golf club was formed at the course on the Gonzales Fairgrounds north of town.