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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1951
Page
9
Tiner named general fund chairman of the March of Dimes drive set to start with a kickoff breakfast Tuesday. Haynes, general chairman, announced the plan and listed San Marcos and school campaigns leaders and assignments across Hays County communities.
Johnson City plans for the Blanco County Junior Livestock Show January 19 with 26 beef calves 20 hogs 10 lambs 8 mutton goats and 15 capons. Prize money totaled 150. Show starts at 10 a.m. sale at 2 p.m. Judge will be J. M. Sawyer Burnet County agricultural agent.
Fayette County commissioners court kept officers and deputy salaries at 1950 levels and denied requests for raises and extra clerks. The auditor was authorized to bid diesel motor grader for Precinct 1 and the county judge to solicit county depository applications.
Llano schools and organizations have prepared a youth recreation program. Each Saturday night a different group will run the entertainment. Lighting of the tennis courts at Slane High School for night use is planned.
Justice of the Peace E. B. Morrison reports twenty four game law violation cases filed in Llano justice court during deer season. Fines paid totaled $1,465.
The Southwest Texas State College Symphony Orchestra performs selections from Oklahoma and South Pacific along with Rhapsody in Blue and Grand Canyon Suite numbers tonight at Evans Auditorium at 8 15 pm. No admission charged. Conductor is Anton Bek. Soloist for Rhapsody in Blue is Janice DaMeng with the Prairieea bass. The program features a full roster of string winds brass and percussion with soloists and concertmistress F B Bland among the violins.
Murray Williams of the Live Oak area northeast of Bertram lost a 40 acre bluestem pasture to a Tuesday fire that threatened his home and barns. The blaze started by the highway and moved rapidly through tall grass as Bertram volunteers fought to contain it and protect nearby land.
Burial services for Captain Robert Lee Herry 26 killed in action in Madang New Guinea in August 1943 will be held Friday at the First Protestant E&R Church with Rev. Edwin H. Berger officiating. Final burial in Sunset Memorial Park San Antonio with full military honors and American Legion Camal Post 179 participation. Survivors include parents and six brothers.
Forty-two men in Austin Colorado and Fayette Counties have orders to report for induction Thursday per Mrs. Helen von Rosenberg chief clerk of the tri county draft board. The call is for 38 men with 12 from Fayette. Twenty men were sent for physical exams on Dec 27 51 Jan 8 and 55 Jan 9. Ten of the group sent Dec 27 passed.
The parsonage of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in San Saba has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Low. The adjacent parsonage had been rented for years, and the church frame building, once active about fifteen years ago, is being razed.
Kyle, Jan. 11. Officers of the Citizens State Bank of Kyle have been reelected: Norman C. Schlemmer president, J. A. Neal cashier, with directors John R. Groos W. S. Nance Norman C. Schlemmer Dr. Gomer Teddlie and W. A. Ward. A 15 percent dividend was declared and paid. Schlemmer has served as president since 1940.
A vintage advertisement promotes Cardui as a remedy for functional periodic cramps. It claims Cardui works internally to ease uterine contractions and suggests many women have found relief, urging readers to ask for a bottle of Cardui.
San Marcos Chamber of Commerce prepares for its annual banquet at San Marcos Academy on January 24. Ticket sales start Friday under Gus Schneider, with Bob Kercheville chairing the arrangements committee. About 275 plates will be served. five new directors H W Steakley H Y Price Jr Paul J Rogers Grady Baggett and Robert L Thornton will join. John Ben Shepherd secretary of state will be principal speaker.
Ralph Britton announces Lee County Coon Hunters Association field trial at Lee County Fair grounds in Giddings with new river races over three to four miles. crowd from Bryan Houston and Austin expected. races start 9 a.m. Saturday with a 6 p.m. event and dance by Jimmy Heap. Sunday features regular field trial races.
Fayette County Commissioners Court records a petition for a farm to market road from State Highway 77 to beyond Philadelphia Lutheran Church at Swiss Alp. Seventeen landowners sign to donate land for the right of way including Emil Hagens and Philadelphia Lutheran Church by trustee.
Hays County Memorial Hospital reelected all officers for another year. L. N. Wright remains chairman, Eddke continues as vice chairman, and Mrs. A. L. Camp stays secretary treasurer. Miss Elsie Hosch reports the hospital is financially sound and the board ordered an inventory of furniture and fixtures ahead of the annual financial statement.
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