Tax Assessments Rise Across Centex Area
A survey by The Austin American shows county property assessments up in Central Texas for 14 counties with Bastrop and Blanco down, Llano not yet completed, and Llano, Travis and Williamson among the notable totals. The increases span Bastrop to Williamson, led by higher values in Travis and Williamson counties.
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Austin American
Bastrop
Blanco
Llano County
Burnet
Caldwell
Comas
Fayette
Gillespie
Hays
Llano
Milam
Travis
Williamson
Draft Board Gears To Full-Time Basis
Local Draft Board 34 is now full time with hours 8 a m to 5 p m Monday through Friday under the accelerated selective service program. The first group of 16 men from Lampasas Burnet Mills and San Saba Counties will report to the San Antonio army recruiting station for examination Thursday. A second group of 24 will go to San Antonio August 17 for exams, said board secretary Jasper Alexander. Local board members are C E Smith Burnet Coleman Burnham San Saba Shaw Norris W W Wilson Charles Frizzell Goldthwaite.
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Burnet
Mills
San Saba
Army
San Antonio
Jasper Alexander
C. E. Smith
Coleman Burnham
Shaw Norris
W. W. Wilson
Charles Frizzell
Goldthwaite
Jewelry shop opens in Johnson City
Ed Muckleroy, formerly of Van Horn, opens a watch and jewelry repair shop in Johnson City. The brief note mentions the Grand Canyon being formed by wind and water erosion.
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Johnson City
Ed Muckleroy
van Horn
Grand Canyon
Prices steady at Austin Stock Yard auction sale
Austin Stock Yard Tuesday sale shows strong demand across classes. Calves top $32.50 for light stockers. fat cows $19.50 to $22.50. hogs up to $23.25. Dozens of named buyers from Austin, Bastrop, Del Valle, Driftwood, Georgetown and surrounding areas posted prices for cattle, calves, hogs, goats and sheep.
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Austin
Texas
Austin Stock Yard
Winston Burnham
Marble Falls
T. W. Buck
del Valle
T. W. Bailey
Bastrop
C. Baker
W. E. Bailey
O. B. Breedlove
Ed Carrington
Cedar Creek
Ted Deison
H. Dildy
Driftwood
C. E. Echols
R. J. Greinert
Richard Gracy
C. E. Henninger
I. M. Hausenfluck
Georgetown
R. H. Heidemeyer
Lockhart
J. C. Hill
W. Hibbs
Elgin
J.D. Hubbard
B. Hibbs
R. W. Johnson
H. A. Johnson
B. Jacob
Buck Jones
A. A. Lear
E. L. Landelius
H. O. Lay
Liberty Hill
Edgar Lee
de Leon Miller
Robert Moore
H. R. Miles
Fred Maschmeyer
Creedmoor
Harvey Meredith
Homer D. Owens
J. B. Ponton
Joe Prowse
Music delegate chosen from Southwestern University
Ruth Hubbard a Southwestern University senior earns a rare national Delta Omicron honor as one of four student delegates from the United States to perform with professionals at the Milwaukee convention. She will play Rachmaninoff and travels with Marilyn Dusek from Granger as the local Delta Nu representative.
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Ruth Hubbard
Southwestern University
Delta Omicron
Milwaukee
Mississippi
United States
National Board of Directors
Rachmaninoff
Miss Hubbard
B. R. Hubbard
Shawnee
Oklo
Marilyn Dusek
Delta Nu
Miss Dusek
C. H. Dusek
Granger
Polio Fatality Drops Shadow Over Dallas Child
Michael Chapman six year old from Red Oak Ellis County died of polio in Dallas Wednesday. He was Parkland Hospital’s 16th infantile paralysis fatality this year in the city.
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Dallas
Michael Chapman
Red Oak
Ellis County
Parkland Hospital
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