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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1950
Page
9
Sixteen city employes have been lost to the armed forces, according to a count by department heads at a staff conference with Manager Walter Seaholm Monday. Most heads report one loss, but one chief says six men from his department have been drafted.
Gonzales County voters selected L. O. McGuinty as sheriff in Saturday’s runoff. McGuinty led by 795 votes, tallying 2,212 to incumbent T. D. Kridler’s 1,417.
A 1949 report shows menhaden landings reaching 1.05 billion pounds. The fishery performance highlights industrial catch levels and regional harvest shifts.
Funeral services for Paul Kuehn 74 were held at Hylton Manor with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Laura Houston 55 had services at St Austins Chapel and burial in Oakwood. Fred H. Thomas died at home survived by a widow and three relatives with services at Weed-Corley Funeral Home. Laura Shropshire died at home. services in Llano. Roberta L Robey died at her daughter's home with services to follow in Hillsboro. E D Hardie 79 had services in Rockdale with burial in Oak Lawn. Anna Tampke 71 had family cemetery services near Wetmore with pallbearers named. John Dubec 79 had services at Stanley Vrana Home and Sts Cyril Methodius with Calvary Cemetery burial. Norman Martindale 67 funeral near Lockhart Tuesday led by San Marcos clergy.
The US Munitions Board revised its stockpile purchase policy on Monday to allow payments above market prices to domestic producers of essential and scarce materials.
Burial will be in the Lockhart Cemetery for Mrs. Posey widow of the late Henry Posey and mother of several, including Mrs. Yancey Yarbrough and Mrs. Edwin Westmoreland. Survived by husband two daughters three sons mother two sisters two brothers. Funeral services were held Monday at the Adina Church for Arthur Leroy Delvige age 59 with burial in Adina Cemetery officiated by Rev. Oscar Morgan.
Case summaries describe patients from ages 12 to 63 who suffered asthma headaches goiter leg cramps and other ailments. Spinal nerve analysis and X rays pinpoint subluxations. Adjustments allegedly relieved nerve interference and restored health with multiple cases reporting freedom from symptoms.
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