Lockhart and Smithville Plan Fete for Road Opening
A meeting will mark the opening of a new farm to market road between Rockne and Smithville in Bastrop County. The event in Rockne Friday night is sponsored by the Smithville and Lockhart Chambers of Commerce with ice cream and cake. Delegations from both towns and nearby areas are expected. Highway Department reps are invited.
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Lockhart
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Rockne
Smithville
Bastrop County
Chambers of Commerce
H. E. Cutcher
Lockhart Chamber of Commerce
Cutcher
State Highway Department
Deeds Filed for Comal Farm-Market Road Right of Way
Twenty five deeds prepared by the Texas Highway Department under district engineer R L Faltinson have been submitted to the Comal County Commissioners Court. They cover two sections of right of way needed for the farm market road from US Highway 81 at York Creek to the Roach intersection southwest of Hunter.
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New Braunfels
Texas Highway Department
R L. Faltinson
Comal County
Texas Non-Farm Payrolls Seen Hitting New Peak Soon
The Texas Employment Commission forecast that non-farm employment will reach a record by mid August driven by construction trade and service sectors. A sharp rise in manufacturing is expected with overall hiring of about 8,000 workers to push total above the December 2,375,300 high. The Beaumont Port Arthur area and Dallas apparel sectors are noted prospects.
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Texas
Texas Employment Commission
TEC
Dallas
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Texas Chambers County’s founding and Anahuac skirmishes
The Texas county founded in 1858 is named for General Thomas Jefferson Chambers, a land surveyor and recruiting agent for the Republic of Texas. Anahuac, the county seat, was a port of entry and site of the “Boston Tea Party of Texas” with Colonel John Bradburn’s crackdown and later release of prisoners including William B Travis. General Chambers was killed in 1865 by an assassin’s bullet.
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Texas
Thomas Jefferson Chambers
Republic of Texas
Chambers
Attahuac
General Chambers
Anahuac
Chambers County
John Bradburn
Bradburn
William B
Phone Seekers Sign for Service At San Marcos
About 75 people met at the Courthouse to discuss rural telephone service for the San Marcos exchange. H Y Price Jr outlined a plan where subscribers buy a $50 stock, plus $25 installation, to secure service quickly, with rates from 2.75 to 6.50 monthly and hopes for REA financing to reach 200 subscribers within six miles of San Marcos.
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San Marcos
Price
Young Polio Victim From Dallas Buried
Jerry Wayne West aged 15 of Dallas died of polio Sunday and was buried Tuesday at Stith in Jones County. He was the 15th polio death in the area this year.
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Dallas
Jerry Wayne West
Stith
Jones County
Taylor's First Cotton Bale Sells at Auction for 42.75 Cents
Vernon Kruse produced Taylor's first bale of cotton sold at auction for 42.75 cents per pound. Buyer was Taylor Bedding Manufacturing Company. The price topped market by 4 cents and bonded to 12.73 cents above the 30.02 center price. Kruse received a $100 savings bond from the Taylor Chamber of Commerce. Kruse planted 40 acres to cotton this year versus 65 last year.
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Taylor
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Vernon Kruse
Taylor Bedding Manufacturing Company
Kruse
Taylor Chamber of Commerce
Winners Listed For Blanco Fair
Blanco notes the Sixth Annual Blanco Valley Fair and Stock Show winners Tuesday across divisions including parade Commercial and out-of-town floats, organizations, riders, Kiddie parade, bikes, pets, comics, and FHA 4-H shows. Notable victors include Rock Garage first in Commercial and Pearl Brewery San Antonio among out-of-town winners.
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Blanco
Blanco Valley Fair and Stock Show
Rock Garage
Sueltenfus Hardware and Equipment
Fredericksburg
Boerne
New Braunfels
Pearl Brewery
San Antonio
Lois
Twin Oaks Flower Shop
Susan Byars
Estelle Heimer
Carl Poenisch Jr
Deam Gourley
Frankie Bindseil
Phyllis Byars
Rita Krueger
Sarah Fulcher
Mike Burleson
Walter Knowles
Billy Hall
Ken Weisinger
Gerald Knowles
Linda Moore
Christi Posey
Sherry Fries
Taylor School Tax Vote Set After District Annexation
The Taylor Board of Education calls an Aug 8 election to establish a uniform tax rate and assume indebtedness for the newly created Taylor Independent School District after annexation of Tyler Beyersville Rice's Crossing and part of Turkey Creek. The $1.50 per $100 rate remains. The vote occurs at Taylor City Hall for eligible property taxpayers in the consolidated districts.
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Taylor
Taylor Board of Education
Taylor Independent
Tyler
Beyersville
Rice’s Crossing
Turkey Creek Common
Williamson County Board of Education
Ban Served On Count of Votes In 4 Counties
State Democratic Chairman John C. Calhoun faced an injunction to halt canvassing of results from Duval Zapata Starr and Webb Counties in the race for associate justice of the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals. Joe Burkett of San Antonio filed the suit after finishing second to Jack Pope of Corpus Christi in the July 22 primary. A Friday hearing in San Antonio was set.
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Corsicana
John C. Calhoun
State Executive Committee
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
Joe Burkett
San Antonio
Jack Pope
Corpus Christi
Pope
Duval
Zapata
Starr
Webb
Calhoun
Claude B. Hudspeth
Woodville K. Rogers
Safe in Onion Patch Leads to Trio Arrest
A rusted safe unearthed in an onion patch spurred the arrest of Alvin Hoes Mary Louise Hoes and Henry Lohse all of San Angelo on post office burglary charges. Four others from San Angelo face charges in the 1950 Tye post office robbery. Total losses in both burglaries about 700 dollars.
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San Angelo
Emil Hoes
Garden City
Weribest
Texas
Jesse Couch
Alvin Hoes
Mary Louise Hoes
Henry Lohse
Couch
San
Texas Ships To Come Out of Mothball Fleet
A Navy official said five tankers and nine auxiliary ships from the Orange mothball fleet will be restored to service. Captain W. S. Campbell, commander of the Texas group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, said the tankers will be chartered to a New York firm and the auxiliary ships will rejoin the Navy. No combat ships are included in the 14 vessels.
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Houston
Navy
Orange
W. S. Campbell
Texas Group
Atlantic Reserve Fleet
New York
Campbell
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