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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1950
Page
13
The 1951 farm program will support major crops at 90 percent of parity, with wheat, cotton, corn, rice, tobacco and peanuts targeted. Brannan aims high supports to encourage larger plantings amid fears of the Korean War, expecting higher farm prices and reserves into 1951.
D W Thompson former president of the Texas Lumber Manufacturers Association dies after illness. He served as secretary treasurer of Angelina County Lumber Co and Angelina and Neches River Railroad and led the Angelina County Chamber of Commerce YMCA and Red Cross. He was a Memorial hospital director and community chest board member.
About 125 members and guests attended the Lockhart Chamber of Commerce monthly meeting at McMahan. President Edward V. Horne presided with invocation by Jesse Cole and benediction by William Schofield. Tom Gambrell spoke on world affairs as the principal address, as four Caldwell County rural communities entered the 1950 Stockman-Farmer progress contest with added cash prizes announced.
STSC announces three new faculty hires for September. Walter O. Juel of Minneapolis becomes associate professor and health education coordinator. Kathleen Lafferty from Guilford College joins biology teaching. Charles S. Suckle from Las Vegas New Mexico to teach art.
Two year old Mark Wendell Shuff of Ville Platte Louisiana gained energy and weight after taking HADACOL vitamins B1 B2 niacin and iron as his mother described. The advertisement promises a money back refund if not helped and cites trial and family sizes.
The first 1950 cotton bale ginned at Kyle by Kyle Co-Op Gin weighed 551 pounds for Ardmore D. Dees. Georgetown’s first bale, brought by Tommy Sandburg to O. G. Doering Gin, weighed 448 pounds lint and 1,320 seed with strict middling classify. sold at 40 cents a pound to Doering. In San Marcos area W. C. Dreibrodt had the first bale ginned free by O. C. Smith Gin Co., weighing 568 pounds and grading good middling, bought by C. M. Allen at 38 cents per pound.
A suit contesting the $800,000 Odessa College bond election held July 29 was filed in 70th District Court. Plaintiffs Tom W. Davis and G. C. Hardwick allege voters without 1950 poll taxes, non owners, and non residents of the college district were allotted ballots despite a 367 to 342 tally in favor.
Ethel May 42 was charged with murder in Justice of the Peace Pierce Mc Bride's court. The charge stems from the fatal shooting of her husband Golden May on August 8. Golden May died from bullet wounds after arrival at a local hospital.
A week of hot dry, near ideal weather boosted field work in central and southern Texas. USDA forecasts 1950 yields for corn sorghum rice and peanuts with corn at 65.7 million bushels and sorghum grain at a record 5.38 million acres, while rice and peanut crops show strong gains though pasture feed and grazing deteriorate in the southern counties.
Taylor city council meeting says water and sewer bill discounts are impractical. Audit recommends each bill be met with a penalty for non payment. City books in good condition and revenue rose despite higher labor and material costs.
West Texan Jess Koy of Eldorado won top honors at the Llano Horse Show Thursday. Koy claimed the grand champion female, stud, and gelding in the event held in Llano.
G. L. Kelly of Giddings resigns as deputy tax collector and assessor for Lee County after 17 years to become ad valorem tax auditor for the state comptroller's department, effective August 31.
Llano will open its schools on September 5 as announced by Superintendent E C Brown. Posts for an assistant coach a commercial teacher and a girls physical education teacher remain unfilled. The O Heny school building will be ready despite remodeling delays and bids for a new school building will be submitted Saturday with contractors seeking more time to calculate costs.
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