Reubens HALF ACRE Price Reports and Dry County Conditions
The article notes the high prices paid for turkeys and farm products in the area, including 55 cents for turkey hens and 49 cents for toms, with chicken hens at 24 to 26 cents and eggs around 61 cents. It also covers Llano County’s continuing drought, dry wells, and surface tanks, plus various FFA activities and soil conservation updates across multiple districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Shanks
Austin American
D. B. Welch
Melvin Berry
FFA
Round Rock
Taylor
Berry
Austin
State School For the Deaf
A. B. Childress
Mart
K. D. Willingham
Austin High School
J. E. Fox
J. H. Greenway
Georgetown
W. F. Shepard
Hutto
C. M. Colwell
Manor
L. P. Zapalac
San Marcos
M. K. Baker
Gerald Smith
Thrall
W. S. Chambers
Floresville
Bastrop Plans Citywide Fire Hazard Checks in 1949
Bastrop officers announce a 1949 program to eliminate fire hazards, install and inspect extinguishers, and train all firemen in each building and block. Chief C. M. Reynolds leads inspections of schools, churches and hospitals, noting gas outlets and danger points, with monthly meetings guiding plans and drills. Assisting Reynolds are L. J. Baca, Lloyd Ketha and Robert Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop
Bastrop Volunteer Fire Department
C. M. Reynolds
Texas
Reynolds
L. J. Baca
Lloyd Ketha
Robert Watson
Iceland Inhabited by Irish Culdee Colony
Iceland, discovered by Scandinavians about 850 A D, had long been inhabited by a small Irish Culdee colony.
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Iceland
Twelve plead guilty in county court week opens
Twelve guilty pleas were entered in County Court at law on Monday as part of the court’s largest criminal week. A total of 65 cases were on the docket with multiple theft and driving while intoxicated charges among those entering pleas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin B. Steel
O. L. Henneck
Sidney McClintic
O. T. White
John Marion Birmingham
Amelia Torres
Trinidad Felan
Tomas Avila
Aubrey Ralph Hooks
Jessie Sampson
Willie Charles Terry
Elroy Lee
Charlie Nohra
Joe Pacheco
M. L. Cooper
Jesus Cardona
Walter D. Tharp
Leoma Davis
Zade O. Galbreath
Jesse Wayne Clark
Cody H. M. Stark
Austin group provides Christmas helps for 182 elderly in nursing homes
The Austin Mental Hygiene Society's community service committee gathers donations for 182 seniors in city private nursing homes. They seek money for presents clothing and bedding and will deliver to the Child and Welfare Service offices at 616 Trinity.
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Austin
The
Austin Mental Hygiene Society
Child and Welfare Service
Trinity
Llano To Honor Feeders at Party
Twenty seven FFA and 4-H boy and girl feeders will be honored with a benefit Western party in Llano under the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Proceeds finance the Llano County FFA and 4-H show in January. List of honored feeders includes Bernice Rode Evelyn Rode Charles Reese Doris Rode Stanley Reese and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano
FFA
Junior Chamber of Commerce of
Llano County
Jack Love
Bernice Rode
Evelyn Rode
Charles Reese
Doris Rode
Stanley Reese
Benton
Frances Cassaday
Vernell Birk
Reynold Schorlemmer
Jack
Fred Heacock
Ganther Buie
John C. Click
James Thiers
Theo Crenwelge
Lester Smathers
Gordon Schmidt
Jimmy Simpson
Hudson Long
Robert Smith
Ernest Upton
Johnny Moran
Henry Willborn
Tommy Short
M. C. Grenwelge
James Hoffman
San Marcos Choir Debuts Cantata “Chimes of the Holy Night”
The Junior Choir of First Baptist Church in San Marcos presented a two part Christmas cantata “Chimes of the Holy Night” by Fred Holton on Sunday. Directed by Mrs. W A Staudt the group performed choir numbers solos and duets with a choral Scripture reading in its first full program after organizing two months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marcos
The
First Baptist Church
Fred Holton
W. A. Staudt
Report Cards Supplanted By Little Chats
In Baltimore at P S 18 the traditional report cards were dropped after parent protests about S and U marks. Parents now meet teachers to discuss each child’s progress, a system praised by Mrs. Samuel Fried as 520 parents, only six not conferring, with those six expressing satisfaction.
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Baltimore
Johnny
Mary
P.S
Samuel Fried
Council of Parent Teachers Organizations
Tito Charges Denied by Belgrade Borba Report
The Communist organ Borba denied reports that Marshal Tito was leaning toward the West while affirming Yugoslavia’s readiness to trade with any country.
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Belgrade
Borba
Marshal Tito
Skin thickness varies across body parts
A skin thickness range is described from 1/25 inch on the eyelids to as much as 1/2 inch on the soles of the feet, showing substantial variation in a single adult.
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Reubens
Mark A. Moss
Hutto Future Farmers of America
Leon Almquist
Leroy Anderson
Morgan Anderson
Jack Beezly
Dan Kruger
Raymond Randig
Lawrence Boedeker
G. E. Almquist
Comal - Hays - Guadalupe
Hays-Caldwell-Travis Soil Conservation District
Ed C. James
Wimberley
Ben Everett
Dripping Springs
A. A. Elsner
Dripping Sprines
Eddie Pape
D. T. Mauldin
Henry
SCS
Gus Whitlow
Bartlett
Madrid
Whitlow
Granger Ffa
Charles Carlson
Houston
Temple
Lone Star Farmer
Area Star Farmer
Granger Chapter
Lone Star
Guadalupe
COOP
Perathers
Business Men's Specie
Fry Braniff
Rose
Haughton Farms, Inc
LAMAR
San Marcos Choir
Tito
Treadwell
Optometrists
Photograph Studio
Scarbrough & Sons
Renee Ae Ve
General Motors
Frigidaire Dealer
J. R. Reed Music CO
Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas
Willie Kocurek
San Jacinto
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