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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1950
Page
4
Smithville directors move Frontier Days from May 10 14 to an undetermined September date to avoid spring festival conflicts. The change raises questions whether the fall fair will be permanent or if 1951 events revert to May. Officials hope to jointly celebrate Katy Railroad’s Smithville entry anniversary with the fall event.
Llano County reports a record year in auto registrations with 2,107 plates sold including 1,470 for passenger cars. All 300 farm truck and 250 truck plates were issued, though truck plates exhausted and 25 applicants remained on a waiting list, according to deputy tax assessor Eugene Atchison.
Paul Rogers, owner of Spring Lake enterprises, announced Marine Studios Inc of Marineland Fla has exercised its option to build and run a marine studio on Spring Lake for 20 years. Rolleston and engineers will plan. docks move to the studio. studio sits in front of the spring with depths from 25 to 40 feet.
John Harper, 62, prominent rancher, died at his Johnson City home after a career that included ranching at Harper Ranch, the Dock Smith ranch in Blanco County, and managerial work at a Texaco station. He leaves a widow and three children. Funeral services were held at Croft Funeral Home and burial followed in Blanco Cemetery. Rev. D. G. Hardt officiated.
The Lampasas Chamber of Commerce directors elected Paul Martin as president succeeding Dr. Rust McMillin. H. H. Mehrens was named vice president with Roger Carpenter as treasurer and Van D. Gillen as secretary. A new constitution increases directors to 15 and lists two year and one year terms for several named individuals.
Kellus Carter resigns as Llano public weigher. Mrs. Paul Myers named to fill the vacancy by the Commissioners Court announced this week.
Llano utilities erected three large street lights on Ford Street marking the start of a lighting program. Utilities manager Will E. Leslie said 65 more fixtures are needed at $100 each, totaling 6 500 for full town coverage including Ford Street sections, courthouse square and East Main Street, following a Chamber of Commerce sponsored meeting with lighting experts.
Smithville hosts a three day open house at the Southwestern Bell Telephone office from Tuesday through Thursday to acquaint subscribers with the local system. The service area has grown from 310 to 900 subscribers since 1940. The switchboard was enlarged by 50 percent and half a million feet of wire laid in town since the war. Local calls number about 10 500 per day.
Professor E. R. Alexander of A&M cotene will address Bertram Lions Club at 7 45 p m on Future of Farming in Texas and later speak at Bertram High School Auditorium on Relationship of Industry and Agriculture The talks will be attended by veteran vocational education classes from Burnet County and invited to all farmers and business people.
Rev Edward Kloppe hosts a grasshopper control demonstration at his Niederwald farm Thursday afternoon with reps from insecticide and spraying equipment firms. A B Hillis of Waco will conduct the event for the bureau of entomology and plant quarantine as grasshoppers appear in the Unhland area and potential major pest problems grow.
Bobbie Stewart of Smithville has a principal appointment to the Navy Academy at Annapolis after earlier securing a secondary slot. He must retake the entrance exam and will undergo a new physical, following eye deficiency issues, with a retest planned for June 4 in Annapolis Maryland.
Mrs. Margaret Schulze of the Hays County Health and Tuberculosis Association reported 4 906 people over 15 received the free chest X ray in the county wide survey last week. The total shows an increase of 155 from last year.
Dr. J. G. Bryson wins another mayoral term in Bastrop after a city election where he ran unopposed. Will Rogers received 159 write-in votes out of 356. Aldermen Alex Waugh J. W. Ash Sr. and Robert E. Jenkins also won in Bastrop along with City Attorney C. B. Maynard and City Secretary W. S. Craft.
In Buda Bruce Ferguson and Eugene Williams win seats on the City Council joining current officials and a new board of trustees. Georgetown re elects Mayor C S Griffith with two new council members. Giddings re elects Mayor H C Wiese and adds two commissioners. Lockhart re elects Mayor Sam H Tabor and two commissioners without opposition. San Marcos sees Walter Feltner defeat Oran Cliett for Place 2 and Herbert Nix wins Place 1 unopposed.
W P Hogan was elected mayor of Rockdale succeeding J B Newton who did not seek reelection. Frank Wiggs and M N Stricker were elected to Ward 1 and Ward 2 council seats with no opposition. Other Texas towns report small ballots and various local officials chosen.
Historical note contrasts 60 hours to produce a bushel of wheat a century ago with 4 hours required today, illustrating dramatic productivity improvements in agriculture. The comparison highlights mechanization and efficiency advances impacting output per labor hour.
Sunrise Easter services at 6 am on the Capitol grounds will draw several thousand worshippers. Sponsored by about 25 Austin church youth groups, the Wings Over Jordan Choir performs with a trumpet trio and prayers by Dr. Blake Smith and Shirley Cartwright. If rain, service moves to First Baptist Church auditorium. A free-will offering funds the choir.
At the Taylor Commission Company sale on Wednesday head of cattle sold with slaughter calves strong and mediums steady. Numerous buyers from Elgin Thorndale Taylor Holland Rockdale Temple Granger Pflugerville and Austin posted bids on cows calves and mixed lots with prices ranging from about 16.80 to 185.
Bastrop FFA sends George Miller Curtis Osburn and Frank Crosby to the area milk judging contest at the Rio Vista dairies in San Antonio Saturday. Samples will be judged for taste flavor sediment and container condition as sponsor T G Rockett accompanies the team.
Central Christian Church schedules two Easter morning services at 9 and 10 55 a.m. Rev John Barclay will speak on The Fact of Immortality with two anthems by the choir Now God be Praised in Heaven Above Vulpius and the Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah Handel. Sunday School at 10:00 a.m between services baptismal service at 5 00 p.m Christian Youth Fellowship at 5 30 p.m to Zilker Park for vesper and picnic.
Dr Blake Smith will deliver the Easter morning sermon at University Baptist Church on In Him Was Life focusing on healing and replenishment of life. Mrs Frank Maddox will be guest organist, with James E Green directing music. An evening service features a one act play Barabbas by First Baptist Church youths at the University Baptist Student Center. Public invited.
First Street Christian Church will receive at least a dozen new members in full fellowship during Sunday services. At 1 am Rev. QC. E. Grimes will preach He Lives therefore We Live. A 7:30 pm choir program of Easter music follows and the sermon The Power of His Resurrection. Baptism will be administered at 8 pm.
The Delwood Baptist Church in the Airport area of Austin now meets at the Hancock Recreation Center old Country Club at Red River and District. Worship starts at 8:30 a.m. with Sunday School following, as Lt. Col. J. R. Martz, the chairman, explains. Rev. Harry Pesnelil assists in starting the church and will attend services without conflicting with his Baptist duties.
Central Methodist Church members join with other churches for Sunrise Services at Capitol grounds at 6 a.m. Easter Sunday. A 10 a.m. sanctuary class for church membership and child baptism follows. 10:55 a.m. Dr Brabham delivers "A Victorious Life." Choir director Mrs Edna T Anderson leads "Praise Ye the Lord" with organist Miss Harriette Bengtson. Evening candle light service features Dr Brabham on "The Friendship of the Living Christ."
The lesson sermon titled Is Evil Real? will be read in all Christ Scientist churches. It includes Proverbs 12 28 Matthew 8 13 and a passage from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures stating Christ as the true idea of God preaches the gospel heals the sick and casts out evils.
Hyde Park Christian Church plans two Easter morning services at 8:30 and 10:50 led by Rev Archie Stevenson with Living the New Life With Christ. Choir directed by Mrs Herbert Ammons sings Hosanna. A 7 pm dramatic worship uses screen images to recount Resurrection stories.
Govalle Methodist Church will join state capital Easter services then hold its own events. At 10 45 a m Rev Howard Pitts will preach If Christ Be Not Raised. Choir directed by Sanford Ragsdale with Doris Jelly at piano will perform. Baptisms admissions to membership and evening visual aids program.
The schedule for St George's Episcopal Chapel at 38 1 2 and Basford Road has been announced. 8 a.m. Holy communion. 9:30 a.m. Sunday school. 11 a.m. Special Easter service with the Rev. Wm. H. Brewster delivering the sermon.
Rev. Lawrence W. Bash selects This Is the Victory as the Easter theme for University Christian Church. Sunday School starts at 9 45 a m with worship at 10 45 a m. Special music features Jane Andrews and Janice Ray with Miss Ray singing O Seviour Hear Me. A baptismal service is set for 4 p m. The Disciple Student Fellowship meets at 6 p m for an informal program.
The First Church of the Nazarene will present the Easter Garden by Harry Rowe Shelley directed by Rev. J. Elton Wood as part of Easter services at 1 a.m. Rev. J. Erleen Moore Jr will preach on Our Living Christ and Yours for the Asking in the evening. The Young People’s Society stage The Goes of the Cross at 7 p.m. Public invited.
Easter Sunday at First English Lutheran Church features 10:15 a.m. unified service with instruction for all ages, 11:00 a.m. common service led by Dr. Lewis P. Speaker, baptism of children, choir performances, sermon titled Fact Not Fiction, Lord's supper for those unable to attend, 3:00 p.m. Easter egg hunt on the church lawn, and 8:00 p.m. screening of Lutheran World Action film The Kingdoms. Free-will offering invited.
The Rev. Richard son announces Easter Sunday sermon The Aftermath of Human Life at Tarrytown Methodist Church. An Easter sunrise service at 6 30 a m features Dr. William C Fin ch and choir under Bob Burkhart. Breakfast in Social Hall follows. Church school aims for 200 in morning attendance. infants to be baptized and new members received.
The Baptist Temple at 1804 Canterbury will start a two week revival in cooperation with the Simultaneous Crusade with Baptist churches west of the Mississippi. Rev. Oe Pesnell, pastor, announces the events with old time gospel singing led by Cloister Miles and Miss Betty Mae Krause at the piano. The pastor will be the evangelist with Sunday sermons on If a Man Dies Will He Live and Footsteps of Jesus.
Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church will hold Easter services at 9:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor J. E. Chester will deliver the sermons "The Vacant Tomb and the Living Saviour" with special music by Evar Carlson, the choir, and soloists. A children’s Easter program, "Thou Art The Christ," is planned for 7:30.
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church on Exposition Boulevard and Windsor Road announces Easter services at 7 30 and 11 a m with Rev. Thomas M W Yerxa rector. Choir director Frederick P Savage leads Easter music including Easter Alleluia and Jesus Christ Is Risen Today and Mass of the Quiet Hour.
The Baptism service begins with infant rites followed by a sermon on Easter Morning at 10 50 a m The choir offers Easter music in the evening at 7 30 p m under Bill Reynolds direction with Mrs H V Hays on organ Guest soloists Miss Janie Andrews singing Handel and Bob Jordahl performing Darwall The events include new member admissions and class reception in a community church setting
Evangelical Free Church pastor Rev Paul F Rosell will preach on Facts of The Resurrection at 11 am on April 9. The 16th annual foreign missionary offering will be received. An Easter cantata Our Lord Lives by Ira B Wilson will be performed at 7 30 pm. State FCYF Rally hosts in Austin April 14 with a 7 pm church supper.
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