All-District Gridder Among Smithville Queen Nominees
Smithville plans Frontier Day Queen pageant May 6 to 8 with candidates including Sue Otahal Lanelle Shrastecky Mary JeJan Nichols Gladys Maresh Dorothy Breeden and George Burns Jr a notable all district Centex football player. Duchesses chosen by class votes include Cecilia Hanzelka Viola Stiteler Genelle Fiebig Norma Jean Rice with escorts listed. Duchesses from surrounding towns invited.
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Sue Otahal
Lanelle Shrastecky
Mary JeJan Nichols
Gladys Maresh
Dorothy Breeden
George Burns Jr
Husky
Centex
Cecelia Hanzelka
Lee Roy Deavers
Viola Stiteler
William *‘ Breeden
Genelle Fiebig
Phil Grisham
Norma Jean Rice
Ray Rightmer
Llano Soil Vote Boxes Set Up In Llano County
Llano County prepares for soil conservation district election on April 23 with polling places at Prairie Mountain Castell Valley Spring Tow Field Creek and Llano. Election judges and clerks listed for each site. meetings to inform landowners about district benefits to follow next week led by County Agent C. V. Robinson and H. A. Raesener.
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Llano
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H. A. Raesener
Soil Conservation District
Llano County
Prairie Mountain
Castell
Valley Spring
Tow
Field Creek
Allan Newsom
Alfred Hardin
Foster Casner
Orville Simpson
Randolph Leifeste
Willie Fritze
Tow—A. B. Behrens
Herbert Baugh
Roy Willoughby
R. A. Nixon
C. V. Robinson and
Raesener
Bertram Funeral Home Opens In Residence
Donald Edgar of Burnet leased the Mrs. A. B. McGill residence in Bertram for a funeral home. The interior has been remodeled and furnished for the operation.
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Bertram
Donald Edgar
Burnet
A. B. McGill
Easter Fires Preparations Underway in Gillespie
Fredericksburg prepares for the famed Easter Fires on hilltops Saturday night. Log hauling and brush stacking via horses and tractors are used to build the pyres for the Easter Rabbit pageant at Gillespie County Fair grounds. The event is non commercial and funded by souvenir plate sales.
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Fredericksburg
Gillespie County Fair
Service Held For Lampasas Pioneer
Funeral services for Mrs. W. F. Mace 77 longtime Lampasas resident were conducted at the First Methodist Church with Rev. George McCrary and Rev. R. H. Mathigan officiating. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. She taught public schools in Lampasas for over 30 years and was active in the Methodist Church Pierian Club library work. Survivors include son H. F. Mace of Mexia brother W. R. Young and Ed Young both of Lampasas and sister Mrs. J. E. Quaid of El Paso.
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Lampasas
W. F. Mace
First Methodist Church
George McCrary
R. H. Mathigan
Oak Hill
Methodist Church
Pierian Club
H. F. Mace
Mexia
W. R. Young
Ed Young
J. E. Quaid
el Paso
Good Grasshopper Campaign Draws Three County Meetings
Elmo Cook, Austin area county agent, reports Travis County has a good crop of grasshoppers. He and the county cotton committee plan three county wide meetings to discuss war against the shoppers with sessions set for Saturday at 9 30 a m in the 126th District Courtroom and Tuesday at 9 30 a m near Pilot Knob.
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Dave Shanks
Austin American Agricultural
Travis County
Elmo Cook
Cook
Cotton Committee
126Th District
Pilot Knob
Weather Aids Texas Farmers
Weather improved for Texas farmers as USDA reports fair to good field work progress. Adequate moisture supports wheat and corn planting in areas, cotton waiting for warmth, vegetables thriving, pasture feed abundant, cattle and calves gaining rapidly, calf crop starting well, and lamb losses low. Sheep and lambs at 82 percent condition with March gains.
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Associated Press
Texas
United States Department of Agriculture
JASDA
Grasshopper control meeting and farm notes from Cedar Creek
The note outlines a Tuesday 2 p.m. demonstration at the Robert Hornberg farm New Sweden for spraying and dusting to control grasshopper hatching beds before wing development. It covers efficacy of chlordane and toxaphene, spray versus dust methods, application rates and precautions, plus local farm items: Cedar Creek roping club purchases, thanks for Brahman cattle article, pea planting Day in Elgin, and farm tech innovations in Bastrop County.
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Colorado
Robert Hornberg
New Sweden
Cook
Texas
Travis County
Committee Appointments of San Marcos CC Announced
San Marcos April 13 Gene Scratchin president of the Chamber of Commerce announced committee appointments Tuesday. Heading the membership division were B. R. Gullege and W. A. Staudt as co chairmen with directors and officers as members. County Agent Henry New will chair the agricultural division with four sub committees and names listed for dairy livestock soil conservation crops and civic groups. The industrial division is under C. L. Haynes with four committees and leaders named. The mercantile division will be led by Walter Buckner with assistants. Ernest Morgan heads the legislative committee. Noble Field to head the RMA committee. The transportation division will be headed by Frank W Zimmer man with four committees including highway rail truck and aviation.
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Gene Scratchin
Chamber of Commerce
B. R. Gullege
W. A. Staudt
Henry New
H. M. Walling
Jack Sledge
E. M. Priem
Tommie Green
Buda
Adolph Hill
Cecil Bales
Charles Hitzfield
Kyle
Clarence King
Gus Schneider
Soil Conservation Group
T. R. Buie
A. H. Dawson
C. M. Allen
J. R. Younger Jr
Sports and Recreation Committee
Bob Kercheville
Tom Estes
Barton Gillas
Jas. L. Moore
Steve Gregg
Sam Bowers
H. Hageman
J. Donnelly
C. L. Haynes
Hudson Bales
H. K. Eastwood
Addison Buckner
Ralph Fuchs
W. H. Tiner
Henry Kyle
Tommie Milligan
C. M. Waldrip
Bert Miller
J. C. Flowers
Robert B. Reed
Bert Brown
Fred Kaderli
Tees
Jack Harper
Ross Arnold
John M. Clark Jr
Walter Feltner
Mercantile Division
Walter Buckner
J. W. Cropp
J. C. Hartley
Conrad Magee
Tom Serur
Ernest Morgan
Eddie Giesen
Tom Johnson
Tom Oliver Jr
Wallace Barber
Ed M. Cape
Noble Field
RMA
Frank W. Zimmerman
B. R. Gulledge
Alex Kercheville
Hays Medics Select Hospital Panel Member
Alex Kercheville was appointed by the Hays County Medical Association to represent doctors on the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital board of directors. Other board members include Mrs. Henry Kyle, Mrs. Spurgeon Smith, Mrs. Bill Jones, Mrs. A. L. Camp, Ed Dedeke, Terry Jacks, Mrs. Willard Aubrey, Milton Pfeiffer, Dr. C. L. Key, and Dr. L. E. Derrick.
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San Marcos
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Alex Kercheville
Hays County Medical Association
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital
L. N Wright
Henry Kyle
Spurgeon Smith
Bill Jones
A. L. Camp
Ed Dedeke
Terry Jacks
Willard Aubrey
Milton Pfeiffer
C. L. Key
L E. Derrick
San Marcos Panel Elects Kercheville Permanent Chairman
Bob Kercheville was elected permanent chairman of the San Marcos Community Council on Monday night. Other officers named were Buford Williams as vice chairman and Mrs. Margaret Young as secretary treasurer. The council gathers representatives from local organizations to plan long term community improvement.
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San Marcos
Bob Kercheville
Fish Hatchery Dedication Plan Told by CC
San Marcos April 13 Final plans for the dedication of the A. E. Wood State Fish Hatchery Friday were released by R. R. Tushek chairman of the Chamber of Commerce committee. The program opens with a 9 30 am meeting of the State Game Fish and Oyster Commission, luncheon at Carson's Cafe at 12 30, then a 2 pm dedication service. Former Senator A E Wood will respond to the dedicatory address. Visitors will tour Spring Lake aboard a glass bottom boat with guides John Williamson and Paul Rogers.
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Commission
A. E. Wood
Spring Lake
Marine Gardens
John Williamson
Paul Rogers
Caldwell license sales rise 13 percent in 1949
Caldwell County tax assessor-collector William R. Bellamy reports 1949 automobile and truck license sales about 13 percent higher than 1948. Total revenue reaches 97626.07 with 6026 units sold, versus 86603.11 and 5638 units last year.
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Lockhart
William R. Bellamy
Caldwell County
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