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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1949
Page
11
A half ounce of new improved ceresan or the same amount of ceresan M treats one bushel of seed. Use it on wheat or oats. This treatment helps prevent losses from stinking smut seed rats and seedling blights and reduces dockage at selling time.
Smithville High School homemaking students redecorated the department laboratory including classroom and kitchen as a summer project. Miss Ruth Staimach notes the work was done by named students who will earn half a credit toward their diploma, with floors walls and blinds completed.
Doctors report Lifebuoy Health Soap cleanses 13 skin areas to prevent body odor. They claim Lifebuoy outperforms leading soaps in removing invisible dirt and offers a milder, coconut oil rich formula suitable even for babies.
Taylor officials announce a series of new stop signs at traffic danger points. A four way stop will appear at Fowzer and Seventh by the high school, with every way stop at Davis and 12th and at Davis and Brown. Four way and three way stops will also slow traffic near St. Marys and West End schools. police will be on duty at these points.
Taylor Kiwanis Club members will hear Bruce Crane, Ethyl Corporation field engineer, speak on Gasoline Quality for the Motorist. He will show moving pictures from a combustive chamber lantern slides and a demonstration of knocking in a glass tube to illustrate ping in high compression engines.
Taylor, Aug 30. A second charge of cattle theft was filed against Edd Johnson who waived examining trial on the first charge and was bound over to the grand jury. The roan bull belonging to Vince Faltysek disappeared and was found on another farm. Johnson waived the trial again and the second bond was set at $2000.
Miss Katie Lou Gallaway 19 of Georgetown has been chosen by the Williamson County Sheriff's Posse as Rodeo Queen for the Labor Day start of a three day Posse Rodeo. Gallaway, a Georgetown High School graduate, will enter Southwestern University as a junior this fall. The rodeo opens with a Labor Day parade and includes a calf scramble for 4 H and FFA members. reserve tickets are selling fast.
The United States Civil Service Commission announced an examination to fill a rural carrier position at Leander. The test will be held at Georgetown with applications closing September 22. Forms and blanks are available from the vacancy office or the Civil Service Commission in Washington.
Texas led in 1946 for farm horses and mules while ranking third in mules. By 1948 about 65 percent of farms lacked a draft team and around 200000 horses were used in crop production.
O J Frerichs 64 a Beyersville resident for 60 years died at a Taylor hospital Monday He worked a decade for Texas Power and Light and belonged to Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree He born February 5 1885 married Barbara Bachmayer November 25 1907 Survived by widow two sons Alvin of Corpus Christi Walter of Taylor a daughter Alice San Antonio two brothers Louis Albert of Taylor and sister Ida Funeral services set for Wednesday 845 am Gilstrap Funeral Home and 9 am at St Mary's Catholic Church with burial in St Mary's Cemetery Rosary held Tuesday night
Organic matter from legume cover crops increases soil water holding capacity, boosting moisture for subsequent crops and improving irrigation efficiency.
Johnson City on August 30 announces a September 17 broncin bustin kid show at the rodeo ground. Lions Club and Chamber of Commerce sponsor the event calling it the greatest kid show on earth with races calf riding and a pet show for children under 15 who will be fed free at the chuck wagon. Contestants’ headquarters will be Judge N T Stubbs’s Main Street office with a listed board of directors.
The McDonald Observatory in Texas is described as the second largest observatory in the United States. This designation highlights its prominence among national astronomical facilities and its role in U.S. science.
The record notes hogs require vitamin A and that green pastures, green leafy alfalfa meal, and yellow corn supply all their vitamin A needs. It states all farm grains lack vitamin A except yellow corn.
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