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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1950
Page
11
Dairymen plan a Friday 4 P.M. meeting at the county agent's office to organize a tour to College Station for an Artificial Breeding conference on Sept 4 or 5. Color slides from last April's field day will be shown, with local health notes and homecoming mentions interspersed.
Williamson County maize producers received over half a million dollars for 332 carloads. Open market for maize ranged from $1.70 to $1.85 per hundred pounds with loan price at $1.80 and moisture limit of 13 percent. Bartlett and Granger shipments and export via Houston ports are noted as harvest continues with yields from 2,000 to 3,900 pounds per acre.
Kerrville city engineers estimate September completion for additional city sewage lines and a 95 percent finished sewage filter plant. Parrott McDonald of Dallas is laying lines while Clay P Carey of Brownwood builds the filter plant.
Eldridge Walker, 22, was killed in a downtown alley by a 22 caliber rifle. Police questioned a 23 year old man in connection with the shooting. Justice of the Peace J H Goodnight of Holland conducted the inquest.
George W. Matsler 88 and sister Sandy Poole 89 are last living natives of Berry's Creek near Georgetown. He recalls 1869 log cabin school, three to four month terms, switching teachers, cattle drives, and Indian conflicts as Texas settled westward. He notes education now is easier and buses replace barefoot walks.
Taylor expects cotton picking to pick up with labor camps active in South Taylor run by a Texas Employment Commission representative. Donations from local business people fund the camp with showers and laundry facilities for farm labor families. Roadside camps host truckloads of laborers awaiting peak season, which leaders say will not hit full stride until early September.
Departure plans for the 155th Field Artillery Battalion of the 36th Infantry Division have been announced by Lt. Col. M. H. Specht. Five units from New Braunfels will move by their own trucks on Aug. 20 for two weeks of field training at North Fort Hood, with additional elements from Seguin Kerrville Fredericksburg Beeville joining at various points.
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