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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1948
Page
3
Taylor schools completed the Junior Red Cross drive with $69.69 raised. The Junior Senior High School contributed $33.25, elementary schools $26.60, and O. L. Price School $9.84, per chairman T. H. Johnson.
Mrs Wilhelmina Adamcik aged 70 died at a hospital in Smithville from injuries after an attack by her pet ram at her Cis tern area home. Funeral services were at Bartons Creek Church with Rev E S Dragon officiating. Survivors include eight children and two sisters.
The Lincoln Public School is set as the site for the Lee District Boy Scouts meeting and round table Thursday night. O W Symmonk district chairman says the calendar of events will be completed. The film Patrol and Troop Meetings will be shown.
C M Decker of the Hays Caldwell Draft Board says 20 or more boys will be drafted from Hays and Caldwell counties in December. At a recent Lockhart meeting about 200 draft age youths were classified.
Mrs. Jack Shelby of 1105 Travis Heights Boulevard appears in a half page photo with Rev. Dr. E Stanley Jones in the current Saturday Evening Post. The image shows Shelby in San Antonio in October 1947 after Jones spoke at Travis Methodist Church. Mary Levander, daughter of Carl Levander, also partially appears.
The USDA reports continued drought across Texas with adequate moisture in Eastern Coastal Southern regions and the North High Plains while Western and Central areas see slow growth. Nov 29 week saw frost damage in Laredo district and winds hamper cotton in the Northern High Plains.
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the death penalty for Thomas Larkin in the murder of Lewis W. Chamberlain. The opinion notes a brutal, premeditated killing with three head shots and a pistol butt, followed by Larkin fleeing to Dallas and selling Chamberlain’s car for 750 dollars.
Dr Arnold T Ohrn executive secretary of the Baptist World Alliance announced the 1950 sessions will be held in Cleveland Municipal Auditorium July 22 to 27 inclusive. The alliance represents 16 000 000 Baptists in 60 countries.
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