Elgin High Seniors Plan 4200-Mile Student Tour
About 40 Elgin High School seniors depart May 20 on a 4200 mile 22 day trip through southern and eastern states. They will visit Chattanooga Vicksburg Richmond Williamsburg Jamestown Washington DC and New York with housing arranged by local high schools and universities. EF C Brown directs the trip and accompanies the students. The route includes a three day DC stay to tour Congress the Supreme Court and Smithsonian. Return passes Mammoth Cave Memphis and Little Rock.
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Elgin High School
Chattanooga
Tenn
Vicksburg
Miss
Richmond
Williamsburg
Jamestown
D. C
New
Congress
The
Supreme Court
Smithsonian Institution
Mammoth Cave
Memphis
Little Rock
Ark
VEW Installs At San Marcos
Maurice T. Suttles VFW Post No 3413 and the Auxiliary installed new officers at the annual membership banquet in San Marcos on April 27. VFW officers include Commander Willie Kitchen and Senior Vice Commander E R Gray with various posts filled by named individuals. auxiliary officers led by President Miss Lola Petty and Senior Vice President Mrs Jack Kercheville with multiple roles listed. Hazel Bailes received a gift for auxiliary service. Jack Kercheville and Mrs Williams conducted the installation.
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San Marcos
ANS
Maurice T. Suttles
VFW
Willie Kitchen
E. R. Gray
Francis Anderson
Clinton Spragins
Edmund Serur
John Griffin
Ollie Scott
Herman Korff
Tom Estes
J. W. Hopson
Ed Dedeke Jr
Clyde Oliver
T. O. Murray
Willie Heideman
Seth Breeding
Paul Simmons
Ed Dedeke Sr
Joe Bevers
Stanley Leffingwell
Dub Thomas
Lola Petty
Jack Kercheville
George Bertram
Sallie Bagley
Horace Crumley
James Travis
Anna Krause
Hazel Bailes
Louise Breeding
Luta Zoe Frazier
Woods Oliver
H. M. Thompson
J. H. McCarty
Robert Whitten
M. C. Williams
Marjorie Burton
Pflugerville Grads Feted by Juniors
Pflugerville High School juniors honored the senior class at a banquet in the school lunchroom. Invocations and readings featured Lu cille Jaecks, Marian Wolff as toastmistress, with performances by Herbert Wolff Ernest Banner Anita Bohls Dorothy Jennings and others. Senior and junior leaders spoke. attendees included M R Henniger Fred Hines and numerous local families.
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Pflugerville
ANS
Pflugerville High School
Lucille Jaecks
Marian Wolff
Herbert Wolff
Ernest Banner
Anita Bohls
Dorothy Jennings
Helen Ruth Bohls
M. R. Henniger
Fred Hines
W. W Carrington
Gloria Brown
Janet Fleischer
Frances Israel
Delores Johle
Alice Mehner
Joyce Ann Nauert
Lucia Nell Priem
John Crenshaw
Allen Dearley
Clarente Albers
Margaret Englemann
Ronald Gattis
Calvin Hamann
Kermit Hees
Philip Hines
Dorothy Tominas
Robert Pfluger
William Weiss
Gillespie County to vote on Williams Creek Stonewall merger
County Judge Henry Hirsch called May 13 elections to decide full consolidation of Williams Creek and Stonewall districts after resident taxpayers petitions. Williams Creek at Albert now sends students to Stonewall. Richard O. Schumann named presiding judge at Stonewall.
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Fredericksburg
Williams Creek
Stonewall
Gillespie County
Henry Hirsch
Albert
Richard O. Schumann
Bertram FHA Delegates To Attend State Convention
Four Bertram FHA delegates named Maxine Bowmer Norma Smith Catherine Orr and Emma Jewel Ruble will join sponsor Mrs Rea Gan Nesbitt in San Antonio for the state FHA Convention this week They will stay through Saturday About 35 additional Bertram members will travel by bus Friday to attend daytime sessions.
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Bertram
ANS
Bertram Fha
San Antonio
FHA
Maxine Bowmer
Norma Smith
Catherine Orr
Emma Jewel Ruble
Reagan Nesbitt
Bertram Apes
Insect Control Rally At Taylor Planned For Friday
Taylor April 27. Plans are set for a county wide insect control program at the SPJST Hall Friday at 2 p m. Entomologist K P Ewing of the U S Department of Agriculture will speak and outline an early start on fighting pests believed to have survived the mild winter. Roy Huckabee, county agent, will preside and a demonstration will follow at the Otto Stoll farm with cotton growers.
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Taylor
ANS
SPJST
Ewing
United States Department of Agriculture
Williamson County
Roy Huckabee
Otto Stoll
Return of nitrogen to Oklahoma soil estimated cost per acre
Estimates put the expense at 140 dollars per acre to restore nitrogen removed from Oklahoma soil. The figure reflects the price of re enriching soils to their prior productive level.
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Oklahoma
Burnet Girl Becomes May Fete Queen Despite Injury
Judy Edgar from Burnet was chosen queen of the May Fete for Burnet school first six grades. A fall over a tennis net broke her leg, yet she will reign on crutches next Monday night with a queenly costume in progress. Her uncle Dr J W Edgar and mother helped arrange preparations.
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Judy Edgar
Burnet
Lucille Eanes
Judy
Donald Edgar
Burnet School
Miss Pearl Kirk
Miss Pearl
J. W. Edgar
Austin
Audit of Gillespie County Offices Begins
Fredericksburg reports an audit started by Balser and Davidson of Gillespie County offices and accounts. The initial focus is 1949 records with possible extension to other years. It is the first county audit since 1934, urged by the last grand jury.
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Fredericksburg
ANS
Gillespie County
Balser and Davidson
600 Persons See Howor Exhibit
Six hundred people attended the New Braunfels Garden Club flower show in New Braunfels on Tuesday. Entries were judged by Mrs. John V. Rowan, Mrs. Porter Loring and Mrs. L. L. Stephenson. the event was announced by chairwoman Mrs. A. E. Schellhase. Two gold ribbons were awarded for horticulture to the Estate Easter Lily entered by Mrs. Ralph.
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Pete
New Braunfels Garden Club
Carl Star
Junior Schleyer
New Braunfels
Ribbons Awarded in Local Exhibit Highlights Winners
Thekla Wright arranged a display with Ludewig entries and a sweepstakes honor awarded to Mrs. Ralph Ludewig. Other awards included 59 blue ribbons 55 red ribbons and 39 white ribbons.
Williamson Livestock Group to Elect Officers
Williamson County Livestock Association members will meet in Georgetown Tuesday night to elect officers. The session will be held at the Administration Building in San Gabriel Park.
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Georgetown
ANS
Williamson County Livestock Association
San Gabriel Park
Marquette Restores Golf for Intercollegiate Program
Marquette announces restoration of golf as part of its intercollegiate sports program, outlining plans to reestablish a varsity squad and compete against Milwaukee area rivals this season.
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Marquette
Milwaukee
Penguins seal marriage vows with beak rubbing kiss
Penguins perform an affectionate display as they rub their beaks together, signaling bond and commitment. The gesture resembles a kiss and highlights social behavior observed in these birds.
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Scarbrough's Silk Department
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