Red Cross Fund Drive Extends to Reach 65000 Goal
Red Cross chairman Bob Phinney said the 1949 drive will continue until the $18,000 short of the $65,000 goal is raised. He cited Red Cross aid at Bergstrom Air Force Base after a military family faced a tragedy and noted two local firms achieving 100 percent employee contributions, Buratti Montandon Co. and Professional Pharmacy.
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Red Cross
Bob Phinney
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Kearney
Neb
27Th Fighter Wing
Home Service
Austin
Eadh
Survey finds no housing shortage in Austin or nation
Dow Service survey reports no national housing shortage as of early 1949. Cities including Austin show abundant houses for sale though modest rental pressure. regional notes call for stabilizing costs and improved low income rental space, with no acute shortages in most areas.
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Austin
New York
Dow Service
Myron L. Matthews
Atlanta
Pierre
S. D
Texas
Kansas City
Little Rock
Ark
Minneapolis
Minn
Chicago
Detroit
Mich
Los Angeles
Calif
Tiny Girl Wins Top Honors At Kite Tourney
Windy Sunday afternoon at Zilker Park hosts the Exchange Kite Tournament with Nancy Bridwell, 2, youngest contestant, winning three contests and two more prizes for her giant five foot kite. Jay Shannon Tubb, John Henning and Jerry Schroeder claim top spots in specialty divisions as other youngsters compete for speed and strength prizes.
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Zilker Park
Nancy Bridwell
Nancy
Johnny R. Bridwell
Newton Street
Exchange Club
Austin Recreation Department
Jay Shannon Tubb
Breeze Terrace
John Henning
Jerry Schroeder
Otto Ludwig III
Jimmy Crow
John Ruckman
Eugene Millman
Mike Ruckman
Larry Bales
Voting Places Listed for City Council Race
The city names polling sites for the City Council race across wards. Sites include fire halls schools churches and public buildings such as East First Ward Fire Hall South Congress Avenue and Sixth Ward D Allan Junior High School.
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Austin
Congress Avenue
Frank W. McBee
Comal Lumber Company
West Fifth Street
10Th
Guadalupe
Dahlich
Lavaca
West Austin
Nueces Streets
Wooldridge
West 24Th Street
North Austin
Guadalupe Street
44Th Street
Ridgetop
Red River Street
Govalle
Dorie Miller
Lydia Street
D—Allan
Neches Streets
Central Fire
Trinity Streets
Boy Scout House
Willow and
Waller Streets
Textile Mill Reports Income Up Nine Million
Botany Mills, Incorporated, New York, reported 1948 sales at a historic high about 9 million dollars above 1947. Net income was 3,464,464 with sales reaching 51,628,779 versus 42,522,927 the prior year.
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New York
Botany Mills, Incorporated
Night School Classes Reach High Point
Spring term registration for the Austin Public Evening School climbs to 490 students, up 40 from last spring. Principal Sam L. Martin said on Saturday. Total for the year reaches 2,578, more than 300 above last year. New classes in basic English for foreigners and woodcarving upholstering show heavy enrollment. Elementary photography also draws good attendance along with woodworking cabinet making freehand drawing art leather work plastics and art metal.
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Austin Public Evening School
Sam L. Martin
Central Texas prepares for 1950 wheat and cotton quotas
Central Texas Triple-A offices gather data for acreage allotments with farmer questionnaires on nearly 20 crops since 1945. Seguin hosts county representatives as Lee County ACA members join the regional meeting.
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Central Texas
Triple-A
William W. Wilson
Lampasas Aca
Seguin
Lee County
ACA
Texas
Oscar E. Boriack
Shirley E. Lynn
John W. Jackson
Warren D. Moody
Community Progress in Uhland Area Projects
Uhland community individuals work on farms painting landscaping and soil improvement for spring. Mail boxes renamed and painted, farm roads improved. The new $20,000 St John’s Evangelical Church nears completion and new homes rise as various projects proceed.
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Uhland
St. John’s Evangelical Church
School Board Members Re-elected in Childress Election
In Childress on Saturday the Independent School Board members Ma lone Hagan and John Herren were re elected by large margins. Jesse Cannon won by six votes while Pat Powell trailed Cannon by nine. About 450 votes were cast.
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Childress
Malone Hagan
John Herren
Childress Independent
Jesse Cannon
Pat Powell
Cannon
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Jeanne Marie Ludwig
Tes
Bobby Branch
Bobby Tieman
Big Bertha
Charles R. Turner
Tom Penick Jr
Bobby Tiemann
Jack Gerling
Mike Buckman
David Kung
Austin Orthopedic Appliance CO
Travis Larue
Democratic Action
Leon Malkin
W. S
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The
Austin American Agricultural Editor
WEIR
Williamson County
Victor Kanuth
Charles Weir
Kyle
House Works
T. E. House
Lincoln
Williamson County Vocational School
Gordon E. Burks
Georgetown
SPJST
Taylor
Bernie Bailey
American Poultry Association
George McCarthy
Universal Mills
Sam Davidson
Bob Taylor
E. D. Parnell
Texas A&m College
D. L. Reed
Farmer- Stockman
Texas A&m College Extension Service
T. C. Richardson
Katherine Randall
Farmer- Stockman Magazine
E. C. Martin
E. Wilson
Uhland Anp
Eugene Wranitzky
Charles Graef
Herbert Seeliger
Weldon Wisian
Ruth Nickel
Rauscher, Pierce & CO
Capital Nat. Bk
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Bendix
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Bon” Williams
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