Giant Travis County Farm Show set with 1950 pig crop talks
The piece notes the Capital Area Farm and Ranch Club with 175 members preparing for the Travis County Junior Livestock Show in early March. It covers the 1949 Texas pig crop, breeding projections for 1950, local entries like Keillor Ranch, and a critique of federal farm programs. It also mentions hunting tales and a dairy heifer prize funded by the Austin Chamber of Commerce.
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Capital Area
Travis County Junior Livestock Eaeter
Travis County
Keillor Ranch
Watson Brothers of
Austin
Fort Worth
George Spillman
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Joe C. Carrington
Florence High School Exes Elect Officers
Florence exes held their annual homecoming on December 26 with officers elected for the year: George Reavis as president, Henry Griggs as vice president, and Miss Mary Alice Roselle as secretary-treasurer. A pageant was presented at the gymnasium and the 1948 graduates had the most members present. R S Caskey of the class of 1897 represented the oldest class.
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Florence
George Reavis
Henry Griggs
Presient
Mary Alice Roselle
R.S. Caskey
Wool Purchase by Lampasan Contracts 100000 Lbs
Clyde Young of Winslow and Company Boston buys 100000 pounds of 12 months wool from Wool Growers Central Storage San Angelo at 61 cents per pound. He also bought 40000 pounds from Joe B Blakney Warehouse at 60 cents. He says he shipped about 750000 pounds from the area in three weeks.
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Lampasas
Clyde Young
Angen
Winslow and Company of
Boston
Central Storage Company of
San Angelo
Young
Joe B. Blakney
New 4 H Club Formed Near Long Branch in Lee County
GIDDINGS December 29. A new 4 H club with 18 members was organized at Long Branch seven miles north of Paige. Officers include President Lee Eschberger Vice President David Riffe and Secretary Treasurer Franklin Richter per Lee County Agent Brown O Spivey.
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Giddings
Lee County
Brown O. Spivey
Long Branch
Paige
Lee Eschberger
David Riffe
Franklin Richter
Gillespie County Fair Directors Vote Jan 9 Meeting
Fredericksburg December 29 The Gillespie County Fair Association calls its annual stockholders meeting for January 9 to elect six directors review the 61st fair and discuss proposals for 1950 including a livestock arena barns plan and raising shares. Other topics include moving the fair site and creating an executive director jointly with the Fredericksburg Chamber and Junior Chamber of Commerce. Six seats open with current directors Harry O. Davis Victor H. Sagebiel Ewald Schaefer Joe Tatum Clifton Land and Walter McKay retiring.
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Fredericksburg
Spl
Gillespie County Fair Association
Victor H. Sagebiel
Harry Davis
Fair Association
Fredericksburg Chair of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Harry O. Davis
Ewald Schaefer
Joe Tatum
Clifton Land
Walter McKay
Prisoner Flees Police Car. Shot, Captured in Houston
In Houston a prisoner fled from a police car in front of headquarters. Detective Blanchard shot him in the heel after a short pursuit. Identified as R. L. Mark, 42, of Dallas, he was arrested on a Dallas warrant for felony swindle.
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Houston
R. E. Blanchard
R. L. Mark
Dallas
Mark
Veterans urged to buy farms in Lee County
Lee County vocational schools since 1946 have urged veterans to buy farms and become owner-operators. At least six GIs in Giddings bought farms this year, with many more ex service men completing deals in the three years before 1949. The note cites high land prices, low farm product markets, 3 percent farm loans, and concerns over cotton and peanut allotments affecting buyers.
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Giddings
Lee County
Ben Oltman
Northrup
Walter Bamsch
Warda
Victor Umiang
Lincoln
Martin Boriack
Leebau
Herbert Mittasch
Hernan Mittasch
Clarence, Chester
Quintus Lehmann
Prospect Section
Tommy McClellan
Beat Five
Leroy Wiederhold
Clarence Wilson
Calvin Spacek
Arnold
Elton Zwerneman
Andrew Smith
Oswald Marburger
Dime Box
Eddie Laake
Serbia
Mathes Mertink
Robert Kirkpatrick
Walter Durrenberger
Good Hope
Marvin Harzke
Lee
McDade Youth Breaks Arm After Horse Fall
La Von Kastner of McDade broke his left arm when a saddle girth broke while he rode at home Tuesday afternoon. He was taken to Brackenridge Hospital in Austin for treatment.
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Elgin
la von Kastner
Walter Kastner
McDade
la von
Brackenridge Hospital
Austin
Llano Sets Monday as Public Holiday
Llano observes Monday as a holiday with schools resuming Tuesday and business houses closed Monday, December 29.
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Llano
Llano Public
Power output down in New York week to Dec 24
Electric power production fell to 5,993,943,000 kilowatt hours in the week ended Dec 24 from 5,996,606,000 in the prior week.
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New York
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Rads
Ame
Walter Lenz
Creedmoor
Texas
US Agriculture Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
George Ashmore
Manor Oldtimer
Ed Ashlin
Manor
Acklin
Oak Hill
Federal Farm Program
Sam Shulsky
International News Service
Shulsky
Public Treasury
Mercury Magazine
George Peabody and Associates
New York City
Fortune
L. East Produce Company
George Spillman, Joe Carrington
Florence High School Exes
Lampasan
Long Branch Area
Gillespie’s Fair Group
Lee Vet-Ag
Coats
Julliard
Frostmann
Furl
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