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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1950
Page
12
In Mission Valley Common School District a unanimous vote approved raising the maintenance tax from 10 cents to 60 cents per $100 of assessed value. County Superintendent M H Specht said funds will cover tuition for transferring students since no local schooling will be conducted.
SAN ANTONIO Aug. 15 Roland Hitzfelder 29 an employee of Bexar County was electrocuted when he touched a charged windmill tower on a relative farm near here.
About 1,000 cattle sold at Capitol Livestock Auction, Austin, with receipts of 1,150 cattle, 145 hogs and 150 goats. Slaughter calves 25 to 31.50, cows 18 to 22, bulls 17 to 23, top hogs 23 to 23.30, sows 16 to 22, stocker calves 25 to 30, yearlings up to 29.50. Numerous consignors from Bastrop to Kyle posted individual prices.
Elmer Whiddon and his father F C Whiddon hunted alligator nests in McMullen County along the Nueces River. They uncovered 43 eggs with three broken and three tiny hatchling alligators ready to be fed after transport to Beeville with plans to donate to a zoo.
Taylor announces the first annual Taylor Rodeo Association event to be held September 14 and 16 at the Taylor Municipal Airport area. Members bought $50 dues for two tickets per performance, ground was broken for the arena, Lee R. Lawrence reported wholesale wire for the arena, Ray Condra to lead the parade, and George Gray named grand marshal. Attendees included Lee R. Lawrence and several other directors and local men.
The term menhaden derives from a native word describing a fish that enriches the soil, reflecting its historic use by Indigenous peoples as fertilizer.
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