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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1950
Page
21
In Bertram Claude Teague’s home was completely destroyed by a Friday morning fire. A west wind fueled the blaze before firefighters arrived. Mrs. Teague and her young son were inside when the roof caught fire. The family carried a small amount of fire insurance.
Kerrville Independent School District announces purchase of a site between the Lone Star Gas office and the Kerrville Times building for a new business and tax office. The lot measures 32.5 feet by 100 feet with plans for a modern tile building the width of the lot and 60 feet deep. Superintendent E. L. Wildman releases the details.
Mrs. Leo Daniels chairwoman of the Kerr County Red Cross drive reports the county’s quota is 7500 dollars. She notes that 76.3 percent of the funds will be retained by the local chapter.
Austin business leader L. J. Luedecke announces substantial added prizes for Shorthorns and sheep in the planned Capital Area Livestock Exposition. The offers include Travis County and regional show incentives, with extra sums for girls or boys exhibitors and for grand champion awards inShorthorn and sheep classes. Proposals aim to foster 4-H and FFA youth involvement and regional agricultural revival in Travis County.
Taylor Feb 22 ANL ground will be broken Sunday at 2 30 pm for the new Trinity Lutheran Church organized earlier this month after services at the American Legion Hall led by Rev G A Zach Noack. The Missouri Synod church sits on land donated by Henry Werchan on Sloan Street opposite the Czech Moravian Brethren church with a Camp Swift building secured as the initial home and Albert Werchan serving as secretary treasurer.
Morris Washington le Negro charged with murder with malice in the slaying of John Espinosa on a country road west of Kyle December 4. Defense motion postponed the trial date. no new date set.
Williamson County Farm Bureau will hold a countywide meeting at the SPJST Hall in Taylor Friday night. President Alva Cating of Bartlett will speak as community chairmen report progress toward the 1,000-member goal set by the county organization.
Bertram churches schedule a World Day of Prayer union service to be hosted by the Methodist Church on Friday. The event marks the first Friday of Lent with morning and youth and adult programs led by Rev. J. E. Barnett and participating pastors. Lunch will follow in the Methodist recreation room.
Corpus Christi reports a fatal apartment fire that killed a year old boy and critically burned the father Carl Frederick Holcomb 27. The blaze started when fumes from a motor were ignited by a heater. Mrs Holcomb and a three month old baby escaped unharmed.
Mrs Ida V Steadman of 1200 West 12th Street is in Brackenridge Hospital recovering from a broken hip suffered in a fall Sunday morning. The report includes scattered industry notes about livestock receipts, price movements, and market activity with mixed garbled lines interwoven.
Cecil B. Long of Bastrop is elected president of the Bastrop County Youth Fair Association for 1950. New officers include Claude Watterson as vice president and Pearlie Jerrell as secretary. The group notes past founders and bids to choose a permanent fair location after chamber bids.
Bastrop County has set its priority to purchase 1,224.15 acres at Camp Swift in 25 tracts. John Sharp, Camp Swift surplus land project manager, said former owners may repurchase. Judge J. J. Sapp noted notification and a weeks delay before reappraisal and offers to former owners.
In Asmara 21 people are dead and 67 wounded after two days of clashes between rival native political factions. British and American troops aided local police to quell new outbreaks as mobs torched buildings. The conflict pits Ethiopian-descended Coptic Christians favoring union with Ethiopia against Arabic Muslims seeking Eritrean independence.
In Spofford a man identified as David O. Chaney about 60 shot and killed his wife Otis M. Chaney 49 in a cafe where she worked and then died by suicide. Mrs Chaney died en route to Bracketville. the couple left a son J. D. Chaney with the US border patrol.
Taylor residents will receive tax help from a deputy at the Taylor Post Office on Tuesday and Wednesday from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Inland Revenue office will offer assistance to local income tax payers during these hours.
Traders report a steady market with strong demand for good slaughter cattle and high grade stocker calves. Prices show yearling steers around 21 to 31 dollars, beef cows near 12 to 15 dollars per hundredweight, calves 18 to 25 dollars, and lambs around 24 dollars, with wooled lambs and cutters mixed in.
Walburg 4-H Club members Harold Mickan and Earl Arldt both Gold Star winners will show two calves each Angus and Hereford as the Williamson County Livestock Show opens for a three day run. The 175 entries include beef cattle hogs dairy animals sheep and goats with an eight calf scramble from last fall’s Sheriff Posse Rodeo.
Lampasas is included among five Texas cities eyed for a proposed Air Force air academy along with Brownwood San Angelo Uvalde and Brackettville. The Air Force will survey 222 locations before selecting finalists to be studied by a leading engineer. Congress will decide the site amid bills to establish an Air Force service academy.
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