Three Hurt In Granger Car Crash at Main Street
At midnight Sunday three cars wrecked at the Highway 95 Granger Main Street intersection. Miss Alice Palla of Granger was hospitalized after the collision with Thomas Jefferson Whitfield of Bartlett and Robert Leatherman. Whitfield and Leatherman sustained only minor injuries and needed little more than first aid.
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Taylor
ANS
Alice Palla
Granger
Granger Main
Palla
Thomas Jefferson Whitfield
Bartlett
Whitfield
Robert Leatherman
Georgetown CC Hires Sebastian As Its Manager
Ivan A. Sebastian of Troup will assume duties March 1 as manager for the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce. He succeeds Fred Pool who moves to Alice to manage that chamber. Sebastian, a Tennessee native, spent most of his Army career in Bryan Texas as a flight instructor and studied at John Tarleton College and Texas A&M. He and his wife and two children will move to Georgetown.
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Georgetown
ANS
Ivan A. Sebastian
Troup
Georgetown Chamber of Commerce
O. W. Sherill
Fred Pool
Alice
Sebastian
Tennessee
Bryan
Texas
US Army Air Corps
John Tarleton
Texas A&m
Mary Lee
Ivan III
Taylor Pastorates Finally Completed
Dr. David Shepperson arrived from El Dorado Ark to lead the First Presbyterian Church this Sunday finishing Taylor's pastor vacancies. The town had three open posts in 1949, marking a return to full clergy staffing after months.
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Tar
David Shepperson
el Dorado
Ark
First Presbyterian Church
Taylor
Auction Yields Steady to Higher Prices at Capitol Livestock
Capitol Livestock Auction Company reported higher and steadier prices than last Friday. Sales included 9855 cattle, 180 hogs, 85 sheep, and 19 horses and mules with top hogs $16.75–$17.29 and many calves and cows trading above earlier rates among numerous named buyers from Austin Bertram Manor Cedar Creek and surrounding towns.
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Capitol Livestock Auction Company
D. W. Crawford
Bertram
Arthur Smith
Austin
Raymond Prinz
Route 1
Coupland
Fred Tetens
Manor
W. W. Deshay
Cedar Creek
C. F. Pennington
Alf Walker
Route 2
Elgin
Three Bandits Rob Bank for Four Thousand Dollars
In Gordonville Missouri three men robbed the Bank of Gordonville and escaped with about $4,000 in cash. A taller man about six feet two drove a blue 1949 Mercury with no rear plate, while another kept watch at the door. The getaway used State Highway 25, with road blocks set at bridges including Cairo Illinois. Dewey Keeler, a bank cashier, passed over the money after the robber demanded all bills with a .45 pistol.
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Gordonville
Bank
Cape Girardeau County
Esoy
State Highway Patrol
Cairo, Ill
Dewey Keeler
Keller
Lightning Strikes Twice in Chicago COD Holdups
A 35 year old Chicago collector, John Mason, was robbed twice in one day. In the first hold up he lost 130 dollars and after reporting it, he continued COD collections. Less than two hours later and over a mile away the gunman returned and took 39 dollars before fleeing. Mason returned with police escort.
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Chicago
INS
Mary
John Mason
Mason
Two Firemen Suspended Over Firecracker Trick
Santa Ana California February 21 Chief John Garthe suspended two firemen for five days without pay for placing small crackers on gas stove jets at a fire station on Valentine s Day. Fireman C E Wagner and Byron Quivey attached the crackers causing Sam Fink to receive explosive surprises when the stove was lit. He was not harmed.
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Santa Ana
Calif
John Garthe
C. E. Wagner
Byron Quivey
Valentine's
Pels
Sam Fink
Georgetown Seniors Set Carnival Friday
Georgetown High School seniors plan a Carnival of 1950 with a turkey shoot auction home talent show contest cake walk and chili supper Friday night to help fund an out of state senior trip. The annual event raises money for travel and class activities.
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Georgetown
Georgetown High School
Compromise Repeals Federal Taxes on Oleo Margarine
A Senate House conference panel reached a compromise to repeal federal taxes on oleomargarine effective July 1. The bill drops a proposed requirement for triangular packaged colored oleomargarine and keeps tax reductions for uncolored and colored oleo, manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers, while 21 states retain bans on colored oleo. The House approved in 1949 and the Senate in January. conference since February 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Lockhart Students Stage March of Dimes Show
Lockhart schools stage The March of Fun at Adams gym to raise funds for the March of Dimes. The program features the high school band junior chorus speech class and a Liliputian style show by all grades. Sonny Barber the district champion basketball center will entertain with tricks between acts.
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M. W. Mueck
Lometa Trio Hurt In San Saba Wreck
Carl Hunt nine Barbara Jean Bolt five and Mrs Ruby Bolt of Lometa were hospitalized after a car crash near the edge of San Saba city. They were released Monday from San Saba County Memorial Hospital after treatment for their injuries.
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Lometa
San Saba
Carl Hunt
Barbara Jean Bolt
Ruby Bolt
San Saba County Memorial Hospital
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Bill Sandifer
King of
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Paul Boettcher
Lincoln
Bill Cox
Raymond Heees
Route 3
Martin Wolfe
McDade
Robert Gustafson
Rankin Wyatt
Cypress Mill
Clifton
Jarrell
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Maxxwell
J. J. Lumpkin
Dripping Springs
Fyone
Martin Kastner
Herbert Ehrlich
Creedmoor
Green Valley
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R. E. Boatright
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H. H. Seeliger
Kyle
Hill Quick
L. M. McCurdy
C. V. Millican
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T. J. Wolf
Leander
Martin Maschmeyer
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Walter Schmeltekopf
Folger
Pip
Guy
Folger's Coffee
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Seymour Troy
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