Chamber of Commerce Established, Radio Introduced

The Chamber of Commerce began functioning in Gonzales. On February 3rd, a new bus line started from Gonzales to San Antonio, which left at 2 p.m. On March 30th, the Guadalupe River flooded and crested at 31.2 feet. On April 5th, the river flooded again, this time cresting at 33.3 feet. Later that month, on April 27th, the Dilworth Bank demonstrated a new invention called a “radio” at 7 p.m. On April 29th, the Guadalupe River flooded for the third time and crested at 25.5 feet. On May 20th, Gonzales High School graduated seventeen students. On June 20th, the Stahl Brothers started their large two-story brick building at 311 St. Lawrence Street. This block had eight brick buildings, with four facing south and four facing north. On July 8th, a new bus line started from Gonzales to Austin, which left at 6:30 a.m. On August 7th, the Buick Passenger Line started, and a seven-passenger Buick left Gonzales at 7 a.m. and arrived in San Antonio at 10 a.m. It then left San Antonio at 2:30 p.m. and arrived in Gonzales at 5:30 p.m. Professor and Reverend George W. Edwards was the principal of Edwards High School from 1922-1934. The school may have been built in 1923. The first free city mail delivery began, and the first county fair was held on the south fairgrounds. The Riverside School for Mexican students in Block 4 showed up on the Sanborn Fire Maps, which was later enlarged in 1934.