Demand Strong Prices Rise at Austin Stock Yard Sale
The Austin Stock Yard sold 165 cattle, 34 hogs, eight goats and five horses as demand stayed robust. Top prices included 26.70 for calves and 19.50 for bulls with many calves, cows, and hogs traded by numerous area buyers from Austin, San Marcos, Leander, Bastrop, Luling, Wimberley, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Stock Yard
H. M. Brittain
San Marcos
C. H. Combs
Leander
Richard Callahan
Luling
Temple Davidson
Bertram
Ted Deison
Austin
Bob Dobie
Wimberley
J. W. Eskew
C.N. Farswell
Dr Edwards Olive Tablet Promises Constipation Relief
An advertisement claims Dr Edwards Olive Tablet provides complete relief from constipation and related symptoms. It touts the product as all vegetable and easy on the digestive system, with prices listed as 164, 30¢, and 60¢.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Oil Firm Co-Owner and Employee Electrocuted
In Goldsmith, Floyd Stewart co-owner of Theater State Oil Company and employee Joe Simms were electrocuted while trying to move a tank onto a tower. Another worker, Joe Agnew, suffered severe hand burns as a gun pole on a truck hit a high voltage line.
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Odessa
Floyd Stewart
Theater State Oil Company
Joe Simms
Goldsmith
Joe Agnew
Drilling Stops On Well at Bertram
Bertram area Texas report notes the A B McGill test well five miles southeast of Bertram halted at 4330 feet last week the deepest Burnet County well. Layne Wells Company was summoned Friday to photograph the drilled formations from top to bottom. The McGill test is the third test attempted in the locality recently and findings may guide a deeper future bore.
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Bertram
ANS
A. B. McGill Place
Burnet County
Layne Wells Company
McGill
Baptists at Taylor Hear Killeen Man
The Rev. T. E. Pennington of Killeen will be the guest speaker at the First Baptist Church sweetheart banquet in Taylor. The annual event features the main address plus group singing and special music.
San Marcos Chamber of Commerce Manager Resigns
San Marcos February 15 C B Stacey resigns as chamber of commerce manager effective February 28. Stacey and family move to Snyder to join a newspaper. He had led the chamber since October 5 1949 after the prior manager Hilda Euclid Weathers stepped down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marcos
C. B. Stacey
Taylor Renews Its Rat Extermination
Taylor resumes its famed rat extermination campaign with 1080 bait distribution under a new law. Grover C. Marschall of the Department of Agriculture oversees the effort and is in Taylor to supervise the distribution as part of the resumed campaign begun in 1949.
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Taylor
United States Department of Agriculture
Grover C. Marschall
Theepartment of Agriculture
Marschall
Taylor Receives First Funds For Housing Project
Taylor receives 5600 dollars, 20 percent of initial grant for ground work on a federal housing project. Federal approval covers 70 low rent units. funds aid architect Cameron Fairchild of Houston and related planning. Authority members include Harry Pickoff, R. L. Harkey, and Thomas Duffy Sr.
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Taylor
ANS
W. H. McGinnis
Taylor Housing Authority
Cameron Fairchild
Houston
Texas State Board of Health
Harry Pickoff
R. L. Harkey
Thomas Duffy Sr
Red Cross Head in Bastrop Named
Bastrop February 15 Ernest Pearcy Bastrop postmaster has been named county chairman of the 1950 Red Cross drive. Pearcy selected district chairmen for the campaign starting March 1 Lincoln Farris will head Bastrop Gordon Trousdale Smithville and the Rev Seaborn Riker Elgin Each committee chairman will appoint a business residential and rural committee.
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Bastrop
ANS
Ernest Pearcy
Red Cross
Harry Whitworth
Pearcy
Lincoln Farris
Gordon Trousdale
Smithville
Seaborn Riker
Elgin
Elgin Scouts Earn Awards at Bastrop Gathering
Bastrop County Boy Scout week featured troops from Bastrop Smithville Elgin and McDade at Bastrop High School for a pot luck supper with about 250 attendees. Judge Tom L. Beauchamp spoke on The Scout Program in Bastrop County. awards went to Elgin youth including Eagle recipients Bobby Jo McClendon Albert Paine Williams Richard Worthy and Tenderfoot honorees James Adams Karl Engeling Kemp Dixon Jimmie Crysop Jackie McClendon Donald Bradshaw Bill Condron and Billy Henry.
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Elgin
Bastrop County
Bastrop
Smithville
McDade
Bastrop High School
Tom L. Beauchamp
Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Hugh Harris
Weldon Whitten
Jack Webb
Paine Williams
Bobby Jo McClendon
Albert Paine Williams
Richard Worthy
James Adams
Karl Engeling
Kemp Dixon
Jimmie Crysop
Jackie McClendon
Donald Bradshaw
Bill Condron
Billy Henry
Two Comal FM Roads Approved in County
New Braunfels Feb. 15. Comal County judge Clarence W. Rice says two farm-to-market road projects in Comal County have been approved by the State Highway Department. Deeds have been issued by 10 landowners for widening right of way from New Braunfels city limits to the county line on Farm Road 725 Schumannville McQueeny road. Transfers of land along the Freiheit road from New Braunfels toward Yorks Creek to widen Farm Road 1101 will be ready soon, and work removing fences and lines can begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Braunfels
Clarence W. Rice
Comal
Comal County
State
Schumannville-McQueeny
Yorks Creek
Air Force Identifies Victim of Plane Crash
Seguin Feb 15 An Air Force man from Randolph Field San Antonio was killed Tuesday when a plane crashed near Seguin He is identified as Private Lester C Lloyd 23 of Telford Tennessee His widow Amelia Lloyd lives in Tel ford Tennessee.
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Seguin
Air Force
Randolph Field
San Antonio
Lester C. Lloyd
Telford
Tenn
Amelia
New Braunfels Police Proud of Near National Standards
The New Braunfels police force, close to a national standard of one officer per 1,000 residents, earns praise from Mayor A D Nuhn and Chief Elmo C L Arnold. The force lists 11 officers and plans to expand with a Landa Park officer and a clockman, as radio communications and patrol car plans advance.
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New Braunfels
A. D. Nuhn
Elmo C. L. Arnold
Landa Park
B. H. George
Herbert Learsen
Carl Schul
Elmer Harborth
Ernst Weber
Benno Bode
Alfred Hoffman
Vivian Sweet
Dillard Willis
William Braker Landa
William Wolfemueller
Tommy Heck
Religious Census Starts at Taylor
Members of the First Baptist Church of Taylor begin a citywide religious census aligning with Southern Baptist Convention practices west of the Mississippi. Southwide evangelistic services are set for April 9 through April 21, with church cards for members of other Taylor congregations available to pastors after March 1.
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Taylor
First Baptist Church of
W. A. Irvin
Southern Baptist Convention
Mississippi
Irvin
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Dan Karling
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Arthur Lear
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Ira Parsons
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San Marcos’ CC
Servel
Southern Union Gas Company
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For the Heart of America
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Comal FM
SS Peter and Paulatholic Church
Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
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