Saturday Rites Set for Llanoan Orville Buttery
Funeral services for Orville Buttery former LCRA official and Llano resident will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Buttery Funeral Home with Rev. Walter Lipps officiating. Burial in Llano Cemetery. Buttery, 53, died when his car overturned on Highway 29 near Austin while returning from quail hunt talks with Governor Shivers. He owned Corner Drug Store and ranches, served in World War I, and was a longtime Llano pioneer. Survived by his widow, two sons Orville Jr. and Wilburn, three brothers, and a sister. He was LCRA director from 1943, vice chairman for one year, chairman until 1948.
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Orville Buttery
LCRA
Llano
Buttery
Walter Lipps
Highway 29
Austin
Shivers
Texas
Orville Buttery Jr
Wilburn Buttery
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Miles Clyde
John C. Buttery
Mabel Buttery
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Harrison To Head Business League
John Harrison Jr. was elected Friday to head the Young Men's Business League for the coming year. Harrison was elected president at the YMBL's weekly luncheon in the Driskill Hotel. Other officers named were Len C. Dure, vice president, and John Atkinson, secretary-treasurer. John Burns is the outgoing president. Elected to the board of directors were Bill Chote, Frank Erwin, Martin Harris, Bob Hatchett, Jack Mahone, Buck McCullough, Morgan Nesbitt, Don O'Brien, Wallis Paul and Mac Umstattd.
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John Harrison Jr
Young Men's Business League
Harrison
YMBL
Driskill Hotel
Len C. Dure
John Atkinson
John Burns
Bill Chote
Frank Erwin
Martin Harris
Bob Hatchett
Jack Mahone
Buck McCullough
Morgan Nesbitt
Don O’brien
Wallis Paul
Mac Umstattd
Doctors Say Malaria May Bring Epilepsy
Three doctors from the US Veterans' Administration Center in Los Angeles report in JAMA that chronic recurrent malaria may cause epilepsy. They note three veterans with recurrent malaria developed seizures and warn malaria could permanently affect brain gray and white matter.
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Chicago
INS
US Veterans’ Administration Center
Los Angeles
Current
Journal of the
American Medical Association
David R. Talbot
Alan C. Elerding
John O. Westwater
Statewide Rice Week Proclaimed In Texas
Governor Allan Shivers proclaims the week of January 17 as Eat More Rice Week to honor Texas 23 million bushel annual rice crop. The call encourages residents to start the New Year with rice alongside blackeyed peas.
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Allan Shivers
Letter to the editor supports Drew Pearson column
Mrs Josephine Wiles defends Drew Pearson against critic H R Hudson. She argues Hudson is Republican for quoting a Republican weekly and urges Democrats to continue supporting Pearson's column. The letter is signed from 1705 Francis Avenue.
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H. R. Hudson
Drew Pearson
Hudson
Josephine Wiles
Francis Avenue
City Plans Survey of All Welfare Agencies
Austin City Council asked the Community Council to survey all welfare agencies in the city and report recommendations for improvement and economies. City Manager Guston Morgan sent the request to Farren McNamara, with Morgan seeking council representatives to join the initiative. The study will not address Brackenridge Hospital discussions beyond social services adequacy.
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Austin
Brackenridge Hospital
Morgan
Ben Primer
Pam E. Johnson
Taylor Glass
Aubrey Elliott
Community Council
McNamara
Western Auto Enters Furniture Market Amid Expansion
Western Auto Supply Company announces its entry into the 12 billion dollar home furniture market with an initial line of several hundred items. The program uses 17 manufacturers and will be sold through 2661 company owned stores and Western Auto Associate Stores via a catalog order system.
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America
Western Auto Supply Company
Western Auto
Western Auto Associate
Castaneda Addresses Serra Club at Friday Luncheon
Dr. Carlos Castaneda spoke to Serra Club members at a regular Friday luncheon in Washington D C about the Academy of American Franciscan History. Visitors Harold Rein hacker and Horace Spillar of Austin and Bill Kessler of Uvalde attended. Louis V. Shurr presided as patron Junipero Serra was honored on the academy’s 200th anniversary voyage from Spain to Mexico.
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Serra Club
Carlos Castaneda
Academy of American Franciscan History
Washington, D.C
Harold Reinhacker
Horace Spillar
Austin
Bill Kessler
Uvalde
Louis V. Shurr
Juniper Serra
Academy
Spain
Mexico
Buses To Carry Mail to Houston Except Sundays
Postmaster Bob Phinney announced new mail service between Austin and Houston with intervening offices. The Kerrville Bus Company will operate the star route delivering first class and special delivery mail daily except Sundays, with 2 p.m. cutoff for dispatch. Christmas hours extend to 6 p.m. at Austin stations and main office.
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Austin
Houston
Bob Phinney
Phinney
A&P Employees Receive $2 25 Million Christmas Bonus
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company distributed a pre holiday cash bonus totaling 2 250 000 to all employees with six months or more service nationwide. Last year the company voted 2 100 000 additional compensation.
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Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
A&p
Dope Addicts Plague Police Break-In and Thefts
A doctor’s office on Guadalupe was broken into and 300 seconal tablets missing. Detectives Miles and Wilkes investigated while police noted other holiday thefts including two purses downtown. The crime suggests narcotics seeking offenders as dope addicts and lighter items were left untouched.
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J. G. P. Francis
Guadalupe
Dr. Francis
R. A. Miles
Robert C. Wilkes
C. F. Hamermesch
East 24Th Street
Jap Boy Aims for Nobel Prize in Science
A polite 16 year old Japanese boy named Paul Haru Kasai arrived in San Francisco aboard the President Cleveland en route to Greybull Wyoming. He will live with Mr Henry Schmidt and his wife to attend high school with Schmidt financing his education. Kasai hopes to study physics and eventually win a Nobel Prize. He plans to move on to Billings Montana after acclimating.
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San Francisco
Cleveland
Paul Haru Kasai
Greybull
Wyo
Henry Schmidt
Schmidts
Schmidt
Osaka
Paul
Billings
Mont
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