SWTSTC Pre-Registration Schedule Set
Southwest Texas State Teachers College sets pre-registration days for students with an alphabetical time plan. Dec 12 2 to 4 p m covers U to Z and Q to T. Dec 12 3 to 4 p m covers M to P. Dec 14 2 to 3 p m covers J to Me and 3 to 4 p m E to I. Dec 14 4 to 5 p m A to D. Dec 16 1 to 3 p m for Saturday attendees. Only enrolled students may pre-register.
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San Marcos
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
J. Lloyd Read
Swtstc
Vanadium Concentration in Sea Squirts
Ocean water holds low vanadium levels but sea squirts accumulate the metal in their bodies. This biological uptake highlights a potential natural concentration mechanism in marine organisms.
Weather and cattle talk from Central Texas ranchers
Central Texans debate rain impact on cattle with Amos Young of Smithville and Sam Higgins of Bastrop among those who fear wet spells could hurt range herds. Brahman cattle losses from a Panhandle cold wave spark breed cautions while buyers weigh grass fed versus feedlot conditions and local producers adjust plans amid drought and rising feed costs.
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Dave Shanks
Texas
Amos Young
Smithville
Young
Sam Higgins
Bastrop
Higgins
S. D. Roebuck
Trop County
Democratic Party
Crider
Panhandle
J. Gordon Bryson
Roebuck
Bryson
B. J. Willenbarger
Bastrop County
Frank Voelker
Travis County
Elgin
Voelker
Honey Boys
Helen Holmes
Elgin High School
Glen Jones
Foy Petty
Red Rock
Prince
Nelson Named Smithville Chamber Manager Succeeds Blake
Smithville Texas December 11 C A Nelson special writer for The Austin American Statesman named successor to W Z Blake as manager of the Smithville Chamber of Commerce Nelson will take duties January 1 and continue writing for the American Statesman He is a World War I veteran from Kerrville Texas and previously worked at a veterans hospital in Kerrville Eleven committee members are announced by Chamber President Co L Howard covering Membership Finance Public Affairs Highways Retail and other divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithville
C. A. Nelson
Austin American-Statesman
W. Z. Blake
Co. L. Howard
H. G. Trousdale
R. C. Rapp
J. L. Faldyn
Claude Aldridge
Everette S. Saunders
W. J. Worley
J. L. Thomas
W. J. Somerfield
Minnie McMahan
J. J. Shirocky
M. L
Sons of Hermann Chooses Officers
Annual elections selected officers for Fredericksburg Lodge No. 41 and the Mathilde Keidel Sister Lodge. New leaders include William Petmecky as president and Henry Kneese as vice-president. trustees William Nagel and Chester Kasper. finance committee member Felix Scherer. Installations set for January in Boerne.
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Fredericksburg
ANS
Sons of Hermann
Texas
William Petmecky
Henry Kneese
Reinhold Tatsch
William Grienke
Felix Scherer
William Nagel
Chester Kasper
Felix Heep
Richard Hutschenreuter
Felix Pehl
William Krienke
Mathilde Keidel
William Filter
Erwin Kammiah
Alberto Nagel
Boerne
Henry H. Houy
Grand Lodge
San Antonio
Courthouse Clock Enters Modern Age
Fayette County commissioners court hires Daniel Griffith of Giddings to convert the courthouse tower clock to an electric self winding unit. Jail repairs approved under County Commissioner Louis Struve supervision.
Youth and World Peace Lectures set at Southwest Texas State
Rhodes Thomas, interdenominational youth worker, discusses youth in world peace at Southwest Texas State Teachers College. An all college seminar at 3:30 p.m. by the Student Religious Association precedes a 7 p.m. Jefferson Literary Society meeting where he speaks on Youth's Place in a World of Need. Thomas is the son of a Christian Church minister and has extensive religious training and conference experience.
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San Marcos
Rhodes Thomas
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Student Religious Association
Jefferson Literary Society
Thomas
American Friends’ Service Committee
First Texas burial ground chartered in 1849
On this day the Marshall Cemetery Company became the first cemetery association chartered in Texas. Authorized by Congress to use real estate not to exceed acres for burial plots, the first plot reportedly sold for $10. Stockholders included Samuel Frion, George Lane, James G Hawley, George Young and James A Simpson.
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Texas
Marshall Cemetery Company
Congress
Samuel Frion
George Lane
James G. Hawley
George Young
James A. Simpson
Marshall
Missouri
Arkansas
Tri County Area Sends 19 to Army Induction Jan 18
LA GRANGE Dec 11 ANS reports Austin Colorado and Fayette counties receive notice to send 19 men for induction into the armed forces on Jan 18. A separate notice calls 56 men from the three counties for physical examinations on Jan 8. Sixteen men previously selected for Houston induction with one transferred and one delinquent.
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LA Grange
Austin
Colorado
Fayette
Helen von Rosenberg
Tri-County
Draft Board
Has
Death Claims Widow of Amarillo Pastor
Mrs. Bessier Thomsen, 74, widow of the late Dr. R. Thomsen longtime pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Amarillo, died Monday. Funeral services scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Thomsen died in 1948.
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Amarillo
Bessier— Thomsen
R. Thomsen
First Presbyterian Church
Thomsen
Comal Farm Bureau Sends 3 to Parley
Three Comal County Farm Bureau members attend the 32nd annual American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Dallas. Egon Jarisch Gus Rust and Edwin Pantermuehl are named for county roles including publicity membership and legislative committees. Comal County Farm Bureau lists 130 members while Texas totals 52989.
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New Braunfels
ANS
Comal County Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau Federation
Dallas
Egon Jarisch
Rt. 1
Gus Rust
Spring Branch
Edwin Pantermuehl
Sattler
Jarisch
Pantermuehl
Rust
Ben Wolfe
Smith
Egg Prices Jump in Texas While Chicago Market Drops
Egg prices rose in Texas on Monday with San Antonio crates up two dollars as wholesale figures climbed to eighteen to twenty dollars per crate, while Chicago Mercantile prices fell as much as seven cents a dozen for the first dip in over a month.
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Texas
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
San Antonio
Ramiro Lorenzo
Kansas
Dallas
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