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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1949
Page
13
Smithville voters will decide whether to authorize 300000 in sewer and water improvement bonds. The plan would buy the private sewer system, form a citywide disposal network, expand the water system, and install fire plugs to meet state requirements.
Fayette County Sheriff T. J. Flournoy has launched a drive to raise about $4,000 for a two way radio system for the department. The county court cannot fund the purchase now due to courthouse improvements. He appeals to county residents to mail in $1 each to cover five car stations.
Blanco County veterans show rising interest prompting a full time distributive education class to be set for May 6 in Blanco. Interested veterans must complete qualification and enrollment papers and file them in the Johnson City office by April deadline.
Llano Chamber of Commerce will mail invitations May 7 for the sixth annual Llano County Homecoming Celebration set for June 24. Former residents listed by T. D. Swenson, chamber president, will receive notices.
Bas com Giles Land Commissioner will be guest speaker at the Llano Lions Club ladies night banquet Tuesday night. New officers for the coming year will be elected with Tom Gould as retiring president.
The Rev. Preston Springfield of Genoa has accepted the Bertram Baptist Church pastorship and will move with his family to Bertram in May.
The Austin American lists Wednesday market prices for poultry and fowl, with chickens, hens, roosters, turkeys, ducks, guineas, rabbits, and eggs priced by weight or kind. It also notes Reuben Rutherford’s push for a Central Texas fair, county farm discussions, beef cattle field day details, and Williamson County grasshopper reports with control guidance.
Ground was broken Saturday for an American Legion Memorial Home in Luling to cost about $30,000. The building will include a 40 by 100 foot auditorium with stage and accessories, a basement, finished tile walls, plaster interior, and polished oak floors. Later wings will add Legion and Auxiliary club rooms, with the auditorium and basement open to public meetings and parties.
Walter P. Freytag, managing editor of the La Grange Journal and longtime county veterans' vocational school coordinator, will become postmaster of La Grange on May 1. He will succeed Carl W. Amberg, who served 15 years in the role, after taking the oath before a U S postal inspector on April 30.
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