Deaths and Funerals Chronicle Local Obituaries
Death notices from Austin area hospitals and towns list numerous services. Jesse Ashford, civil engineer and WWII veteran, dies. funeral Wednesday at Cook Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. Other services include Pfennig, Marreo, Smith, Lloyd, Saldana, Glass, Rothman, Wilke, Hart, Wachsmann, Jezisek, and more with details on churches, timings, and burial sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Cleveland Ashford
Dorothy Nichols Ashford
Austin
E. M. Ashford
Ernest Cooper
San Antonio
Pod Ashford
Martin Ashford
Cook Funeral Home
Edmund Heinsohn
Memorial Park
Pedro Marrero
Charles C. Smith
Rosedale
Laredo
Willie Smith
Melvin A. Smith
Houston
Charlie T. Smith
Denver
Colo
W. ¥. Foster
W. J. Preslar
W. F. Smith
Dean O. Smith
Bob Smith
Douglas Foster
Earlton Smith
Donald Smith
Buster Poole
Fred Poole
Clay Mae Frank James
B. H. Hamiln
Reeves E. Lloyd
O. D. Barrow
Robert F. Glass
Travis County
Henry H. Glass
Fielding J. Glass
Elizabeth Fits
Lubbock
William Wilson
Manor
Tom S. Glass
Montopolis Baptist Church
C. W Hawkes
Garfield Cemetery
Hylin Manor
Taylor
Albert
Albert Wilke
Giddings
ANS
J. R. Hart
Phillips-Luckey
J. D. Weaver
Ridgeway
Paige
Lawrence Hart
Elton Hart
Virgil Hart
Lela Mobley
Jewel Dunagan
Marcus Thomas
Granger
Theodore Pekar
S. S. Cyril and Methodius
Joe A. Jezisek
Jezisek
Lavaca County
Frances Huff
Lydia Pekar
Margaret Kaderka
Bartlett
Georgia Kubala
Jarrell
Charlie Jezisek
Frank Jezisek
Ludwig Jezisek
John J. Vanicek
George Tydlacka
Holy Cross Cemetery
Hospital Annex To Brackenridge Given Approval
City plans a 1.5 million expansion of Brackenridge Hospital approved by the hospital's executive medical staff after a conference with Dr Herman F E Smith of Chicago. The addition will be financed equally by the city and federal government with sketches to follow and further architect discussions planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Seaholm
Brackenridge Hospital
Herman FE. Smith
Chicago
Smith
Seaholm
Washington
Roosevelt County Draft Board Members Fired Over Atom Bomb Stance
Two Roosevelt County draft board members B R Taylor and Carl B Floman were dismissed by Governor Bonner after they urged halting inductions until the atom bomb is used in Korea. General Hershey reported their removals while Viggo Danielson remains on the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Roosevelt County
John W. Bonner
Lewis B. Hershey
B. R. Taylor
Wolf Point
Carl B. Floman
Culbertson
Hershey
Taylor
Floman
Montana
Korea
Bonner
Tylor
Fioman
Selective Service Headquarters
Viggo Danielson
German youth to speak on education in Europe at SWTSC
Karl Weigand, German exchange student at Southwest Texas State College, will discuss the philosophy of education in Germany and the European educational set up. He headlines the weekly student faculty discussion in the Student Union at 4 p m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marcos
Karl Weigand
Southwest Texas State College
Germany
Europe
Faye Emerson Weds Band Leader in Mexico Civil Ceremony
Actress Faye Emerson and orchestra leader Skitch Henderson married in Cuernavaca in a civil ceremony. The nervous couple waited over an hour for Mayor Luis Flores Sobral to perform the nuptials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuernavaca
Mexico
Faye Emerson
Skitch Henderson
Luis Flores Sobral
Auditor Cavness Reveals Profit in Year at Capitol
State Auditor Co. H. Cavness released his annual department report showing direct appropriations of 19 240 and transfers of 26 710 with a carry over of 48 395 from prior year. Total revenues stood at 595 157 against expenditures of 59 709 and a year end carry over of 135. The report covers three divisions including general office school lunch audit and Foundation School Division. The school program lasted six months and Foundation School duties were shifted pending Education Board action and the appointment of Commissioner J W Edgar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
State Auditor Co
H. Cavness
Cavness
Foundation
State Board of Education
J. W. Edgar
Evaporative Cooler Study Highlights At Conference
AT THE SIXTH ANNUAL SOUTHWEST AIR CONDITIONING CONFERENCE A J Rummel OF SAN ANTONIO SAID LOCAL WEATHER BUREAU CAN DETERMINE IF AN EVAPORATIVE COOLER WORKS. NEW STUDY BY ASHVE AND WEATHER BUREAU SAYS ONE EIGHTH OF US HAVE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EVAPORATIVE COOLERS, COVERING TEXAS OKLAHOMA NEW MEXICO AND THE SOUTHWEST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Rummel
San Antonio
University of Texas
of Texas
Shreveport
Berg
American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers
ASHVE
US Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Rummel
Ashwe - Weather Bureau
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
California
A. J. Horn
Monrovia
Calif
Earl Boyer
Dayton
Ohio
Harold Wagtborg
Bert P. Fisher
Houston
B. E. Segal
Ira W. Wilke
University
W. R. Woolrich
Wayne E. Long
Austin
Water appropriation sought for Burton lake plan
K L Nixon of Houston requested an annual 135 acre foot water appropriation from Four Mile Creek tributary of the Brazos River for a recreational lake at Burton in Washington County. The State Board of Water Engineers scheduled a hearing for January 8 at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos River
Burton
Washington County
K. L. Nixon
Houston
State Board of Water Engineers
Navy Eyes Bigger Rocket Test In Spring At White Sands
Navy officials say a larger rocket than the Viking may be fired in March at White Sands proving ground. Dr. Milton Rosen notes a one stage rocket is the goal while a fuel cut off ended Viking flight at 65 seconds, with observers citing possible power plant trouble and analysis planned of radio signals and nose instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Land
N. M
Navy
Viking
Milton Rosen
White Sands Proving Ground
mid-Pacific
WAC
Rosen
Laughton Captivates Hogg Crowd at UT
Charles Laughton performed a versatile one man show in Hogg Auditorium under the UT drama department. He read from Shakespeare and Wolfe and recited poetry and fables while portraying multiple roles. The crowd demanded more as he praised colleagues and his wife Elsa Lancaster. He was scheduled to perform next at Southwestern University in Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley
Charles Laughton
Hogg Auditorium
Drama Department
University of Texas
Titania
Queen of the Fairies
Little Red Riding Hood
Captain Bligh
Mr. Laughton
Vivien Leigh
Miss Leigh
Mustard Seed
Thomas Wolfe
Langton
Wolfe
Mr Laughton
Daniel
Laughton
Sir Laurence Olivier
Lady Olivier
B. Iden Payne
Elsa Lanc Chester
Hogg
Southwestern University
George Town
Power Commissioner Warns Southwest on Gas Exportation
Houston December 12 The Federal Power Commission warned the Southwest may soon need to reserve more natural gas for local use as interstate pipelines expand. Harrington Wimberly said rapid pipeline growth could hurt regional industry and home supply, citing half of known reserves under contract and a rise to about 9.4 bcf per day capacity. He urged study of policies to protect local and national interests. Governors and officials discussed conservation and federal influence on fuel policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Federal Power Commission
Southwest
Harrington Wimberly
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Altus
Okla
Paboge Bies
Texas
Louisiana
Wimberly
FPC
A& Sound
Compact Commission
Ing
Bruce K. Brown
Washington, D. C
Eugene McElvaney
Dallas Brown
New Petroleum Administration For Defense
McElvaney
First National Bank of Dallas
Allan Shivers
Arkansas
Sidney McMath
Ornia
Nebraska
Utah
Andington
Oklahoma
Roy Turner
Commission
Johnston Murray
Edward Arn
Kansas
Arn
Tidelands
Supreme Court Monnday
Supreme Court
First Atomic Facsimile Library Now In Operation at Oak Ridge
The RCA labs announced a new atomic facsimile library at Oak Ridge Tennessee to transmit data from central shelves to dispersed laboratories. A test sent a two page report from Y 12 and arrived in four and a half minutes. The system uses a flat page scanner and ultraviolet printing on dry mott paper for rapid, nonradioactive copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First
Oak Ridge
Howard W. Blakeslef
New York
RCA Laboratories
Tenn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jesse
Ashford
William E. Pfennig
Hylton Manor Funeral Home
Pflugerville Lutheran Church
Kurt Hartman
Otto Pfluger
Melvin Pfennig
Arno Pfennig
Paul Schwenke
Ralph Pfluger
Robert Sensi
B. O. Doerfler
Edwin Zreet
Vernon Pfluger
Jake Hirshfelt
Will E. Watt
Terry Watt
A. E. Wood
Red Messer
B. F. Jones
A. M. Bunsen
Homer R. Mitchell
E. E. Watts
A. F. Allen
C. G. Weakley
Neth Leachman
Walton Head
John Nagie
Paul Simms
Charlie Thomas
George Quinn
Jim Johnson
Joe Smith
Will Folts
Mark Burnett
John Saldana
Trini H. Perez
Victoria S. Reyes
Antonio Salazar
Otto
Guadalupe Church
Pflugerville
East 11Th Street
Otto H. Rothman
Lockhart
Fort Worth
Clarissa Lehman
Albert Wilke SR
Herbert Wachsmann
Manheim
Ebenezer Lutheran Church of
August Horn
Ludwig Karcher
Manheim Lutheran Cemetery
Lawrence Wachsmann
Japan
Milton Wachsmann
Florida
Clarence Wachsmann
Marvin Wachsmann
Edgar Wachsmann
Leroy Wachsmann
Maheim
Florence Williams
St. Paul, Minn
Frances Wachsman
Ruth Wachsmann
George Wachsmann
Emil Wachsmann
Leon Wachsmann
Ado Kiese
Oscar Voight
Sens Ardilt
Ach ‘Hed
Weed-Corley Funeral Home
Lavaca
17Th
Austin, Texas
Thompson
Glenmore Distilleries Company
Louisville, Kentucky
Glenmore
Brackenridge
Draft Board
STSC
Tootsie
Brazos River Water
BY Max B. Skelton
Fref Deshocking Service
House OF FS
Lamar
Guadalupe
Rawls
Tlumeber Company. Inc
Scarbrough & Sons
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