Brooks Topic What Makes A Minister At First Presbyterian
Dr. Frederick Emerson Brooks will speak at 10 50 a m on What Makes Minister at First Presbyterian Church. The Senior Choir sings Come Holy Spirit. Westminster Fellowship meets at 3 p m at Roebuck for A Mission to the rs. Elder deacon and trustee meeting at 3 p m. Annual congressional meeting Wednesday 6 15 p m with family covered dish supper and officer reports. Friday 7 30 p m Sunday school teachers meet at 2304 Bowman Ave hosted by Mr and Mrs T L Dyer with Barbara North in charge on faith and life curriculum program.
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First Presbyterian Church
Frederick Emerson Brooks
Holy
Grieg
Westminster Fellowship
Roebuck
T. L. Dyer
Bowman Avenue
Barbara North
Board of Christian Education of
The
Presbyterian Church, USA
Two From Giddings Attend FHA Meet
Georgie Ann McDonald area 5 vice president Texas Future Homemakers and Miss Lillian Peek FHA adviser attended the FHA area planning conference in Temple last week. McDonald was slated to preside at the annual meeting but resigned due to graduation and ineligibility. Joyce Sloan of Caldwell was appointed in her place. Billy Jo Young and Mrs. Clarence Perry of Lexington also attended.
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Giddings
ANS
Georgie Ann McDonald
Area 5
Texas Future Homemakers
Lillian Peek
FHA
Temple
Georgie Ann
Joyce Sloan
Caldwell
Billy Jo Young
Clarence Perry
Lexington
Elgin Post Office Receipts Rise in 1949 Totals
Elgin post office gross receipts for 1949 reached 18 365 14 dollars, up 1 242 from 1948. The last quarter of 1949 posted a 605 26 dollar increase, over 12 percent higher than the prior year, per Postmaster E N Sowell.
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Elgin
E. N. Sowell
Pastor resigns from Rockdale church for Temple assignment
The Rev. Linwood Peterson resigns after one year as pastor of First Baptist church in Rockdale effective immediately and has accepted the pastorate of Emanuel Baptist church in Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockdale
Linwood Peterson
First Baptist Church
Emanuel Baptist Church
Temple
Rev Fleming to Preach at Norfolk First Methodist Sunday
The Rev William R Fleming will preach at First Methodist Church in Norfolk at 10 55 a m with Majoring on the Minors as the sermon subject The Rev Fleming is in the pulpit while Rev Marvin S Vance is away in Norfolk for the United Preaching Mission The mission spans the city with 10 denominations and 100 churches Jeanne Marie Widergren Maria Townsley and M Lee Norrell perform and play in the morning service Organ works include Adoration Idyl Trumpet Tune and Adagio The evening sermon at 7 30 will be Punching Up the Fire with Townsley directing and Norrell on organ The program features Adagio Prayer and Agincourt Hymn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Fleming
First Methodist
Fleming
Marvin S. Vance
Norfolk
United Preaching Mission
Vance
Austin
Jeanne Marie Widergren
Floyd Townsley
M. Lee Norrell
Wiederman
Karg Elert
Percell
Townsley
Norrell
Handel
Giulimani
Agincourt
Duntable
Moore Elected President Of Moore State Bank Llano
T J Moore was chosen president of the Moore State Bank at Llano at the annual stockholders meeting. Allen S Johnson was elected vice president and cashier, with Mac Hutto as assistant cashier. Moore succeeds J F Cage and has been with the bank since its 1921 founding, with all former directors re elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano
ANS
T. J. Moore
Moore State Bank
Allen S. Johnson
Mac Hutto
Moore
J. F. Cage
Austin
J. F. Buttery
H. C. Buttery
Turkey Group Head To Speak in Rockdale
The Young Mens Business League of Rockdale plans a meeting Thursday inviting turkey growers to discuss a new cash crop in turkeys in the area. Joe Fetcher, president of the Texas Turkey Federation in Dallas, will be the main speaker while the group investigates turkey farming prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockdale
ANL
Young Mens Business League of
Joe Fetcher
Texas Turkey Federation
Dallas
Tuberculin Tests Scheduled for San Marcos Pupils
Free tuberculin tests for all children under 15 in the Junior High and Campus Elementary schools are set for next week in San Marcos. The Hays County Health and Tuberculosis Association sponsors the program and will cover chest X-rays if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marcos
Margaret Schulze
Hays County Health and Tuberculosis Association
South Side
Gillespie Awards For Big Deer Hunt Prizes
Fredericksburg January 13 The Gillespie County Game and Fish Protective Association awarded guns and camping gear to top deer and turkey hunters. Kenneth Maner of Harper won a .306 rifle for the heaviest buck. Rausch and Wahrmund tied for a .30-30 rifle with an 18 1 2 inch horn spread. J W Patton of Tyler won a .22 for the buck with 15 points. Contests are open for the largest turtle and rattlesnake with $5 prizes at year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
ANS
Gillespie County Game and Fish Protective Association
Gilbert Kaderli
Kenneth Maner
Harper
Hubert Rausch
E. T. Wahrmund
J. W. Patton
Tyler
Robert Pape
Dick Korzik
Erwin Marquardt
Kaderli
Lee County Polio Drive Sets 1950 Goal at Four Thousand
Lee County chapter of the March of Dimes aims four thousand dollars for the 1950 drive with half retained for local polio victims. Giddings Lions Club contributes fifty dollars as Alvis Dale Markwardt of Dime Box, a recent polio patient, shows improvement at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin.
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Giddings
ANS
Lee County
National Foundation For
Alvis Dale Markwardt
Dime Box
Brackenridge Hospital
Austin
Lee Chapter
Bank Deposits Rise in Gillespie County
Gillespie County deposits totaled 7 946 519 79 on December 31 up 1 031 410 90 since June 30. Fredericksburg National Bank held 4 605 546 63 in deposits and Security State Bank 3 012 330 21. Harper State Bank had 305 loans with Fredericksburg National Bank 717 897 21, Security State Bank 542 696 65, and Harper State Bank 162 842.
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Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Fredericksburg National Bank
Security
Harper State Bank
Security State Bank
Llanoan Named Group Leader At Hill Country Waterworks
Will E. Leslie, Llano city utilities manager, was appointed group leader for the Hill Country Waterworks and Sanitation Association. He attended a Fredericksburg meeting with Mrs. Leslie and the Myers couple as the association reorganizes with Alfred Neffendorf as president. February meeting planned for Bandera. April in Llano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano
ANS
Will E. Leslie
Hill Country Waterworks and Sanitation Association
Fredericksburg
Leslie
Glen Myers
Hill Country
Kerrville
Alfred Neffendorf
Bandera
Hays Delegates For TB Parley Named
Dr Hiawatha Crosslin Harold Johnson and Joe Rodriguez all of San Marcos and Mrs Jewel Barber of Buda named as representatives of Hays County unit to a three day conference on tuberculosis control in Galveston January 15 to 17 Mrs Margaret Schulze executive secretary announced Friday The conference brings together volunteer and professional workers to improve health in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marcos
ANS
Hiawatha Crosslin
Hays County Health and Tuberculosis Association
Harold Johnson
Joe Rodriguez
Jewel Barber
Buda
Hays
Galveston
Margaret Schulze
Texas
Schulze
Taylor To Name Outstanding Citizen For 1949
Taylor Texas to announce the outstanding citizen of 1949 at the Tyylor Chamber of Commerce banquet. A. H. Miller won last year for softball work and serves as Lions ub president. Gillis Conoley will present the Rotary Club award chosen by a multi club committee at the Country Club banquet. Professor R. E. Jackson of Texas State College for Women will be guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
ANS
Rotary
Tyylor Chamber of Commerce
A. H. Miller
Lionsub
Gillis Conoley
Rotary Club
Welton House
R. E. Jackson
Texas State College For Women
Denton
Ruby Ruth Bartley
Doris Jasek
Patsy Swensk
Marian Sue McMurry
Lockhart Postal Receipts Surpass Thirty Thousand in 1949
Lockhart's 1949 postal receipts totaled 30 252.74 dollars, up from 29 210.22 the prior year per postmaster H. M. S. Mohle. Postal Savings Deposits approached 40 000 dollars. Officials plan to extend several city routes and repaint the interior of the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockhart
ANS
H. M. S. Mohle
Former Owners To Repurchase Camp Swift Land Tracts
Bastrop January 13 Former owners of Camp Swift land plan to repurchase 218 tracts. Forty four priorityless tracts remain for 140 veterans who kept priority before December 31. The project manager H E Wassell resigns. prices for remaining tracts to be announced.
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Camp Swift
Bastrop
ANS
H. E. Wassell
Erans
Wassell
Batrop
Elgin Independent School District
County of Bastrop
County Youth Foundation
National Guard
State Health Department
Texas Rendering Company
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
TA Head Talks To San Marcons
Philip Wardner of Garden City New York national president of the Class room Teachers Association was the honor guest and principal speaker at a dinner meeting of the local CTA unit Wednesday. He urged high standards better salaries and stronger local units to support community understanding of education. Mrs Fandee Parke introduced Wardner and welcomed state and local visiting officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marcos
ANS
Philip Wardner
Garden City
N. Y
Classroom Teachers Association
CTA
Wardner
Fandee Parke
Janie Alexander
el Paso
Gertie Hay
Austin
Caldwell County Polio Drive quota tops eight thousand
Caldwell County will raise over eight thousand dollars for the March of Dimes after a 35 cent per person quota based on the 1940 census of 24 803 residents. County chairmen include M W Mueck Herman Howerts Gaston Moore W F Parker Tom Forister W T Best Emitt Harper J C Dauchy Jr Earl McMahan Vernon Woods David Schubert Jr Eugene Wranitzky Henry Blundell Fred Gary and Bob Brown Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockhart
ANS
W. H
Bill” Schroeder
Caldwell County
Schroeder
M. W. Mueck
Herman Howerts
Luling
Gaston Moore
Dale
W. F. Parker
Mendoza
Tom Forister
Lytton Springs
W. T. Best
Maxwell
Emitt Harper
Martindale
J. C. Dauchy Jr
Fentress
Earl McMahan
Prairie Lea
Vernon Woods
McMahan
David Schubert Jr
Niederwald
Eugene Wranitzky
Uhland
Henry Blundell
Taylorsville
Fred Gary
Stairtown
Bob Brown Jr
Sea Willow
Brownsboro
Elgin Plans Football Banquet With Aggies Coach
Elgin will hold its annual football banquet in the Elgin High School Gym next Thursday night. Coach R H Thor mahlan announced guest speaker will be Harry Stitler, coach of the Texas Aggies, to address the gathering.
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Elgin
ANS
Elgin High School
R. H. Thormahlen
Harry Stitler
Texas Aggies
Williamson Baptists Meet in Taylor at First Baptist
The Williamson County Baptist Association meets at First Baptist Church of Taylor hosted by the church. The executive board gathers at six, followed by supper. Roy Rutherford leads devotional, Ray Condra reports on the Texas Baptist Evangelistic Conference, Elmo Sherman leads the sword drill, Woodie Faught provides special music, and Rev. W. A. Irvin delivers the closing message on The Bible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
First Baptist Church of
Williamson County Baptist Association
Roy Rutherford
Ray Condra
Texas Baptist Evangelistic Conference
Elmo Sherman
Woodie Faught
W. A. Irvin
Taylor Church
Stoned Texans Continue Rites In Italian Hills
Evangelists from Texas say they were stoned out of Castel Gandolfo near Rome and that Catholic priests stirred local hostility. In Frascati an orphanage group seeks visa renewals and permission to operate amid Vatican and Italian objections.
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Castel Gandolfo
Rome
Washington
Ed Gosset
Texas
State Department
Frascati
Italy
Italian Hills
Alban Hills
Church of Christ Evangelists
Pius XII
Vatican
Paden
Church of Christ
K. D. Pittman
Comal 4-H FFA Livestock Show Slated March 5
Comal County 4 H and FFA livestock show set for March 4 5 at New Braunfels. committee assigns judges and divisions for calves swine goats turkeys and fryer rabbits with breeding stock moved to fall county fair. Chamber of Commerce and Junior Chamber fund prize money and cash awards for each exhibited animal.
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New Braunfels
Comal County 4
Reuben Moeller
Az ° Kraft
Bruno Frank Engles
Erwin Win
Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Train stoppage cuts Elgin mail service impact
Elgin faces mail disruption after the Texas Railroad Commission allowed discontinuing two passenger trains between Houston and Waco, trains No 28 and No 26. About half of Elgin’s mail relies on these services, though no replacement date was announced.
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Elgin
ANS
Elgin Chamber of Commerce
Texas Railroad Com
Ed Railroad Cmpany
Sng
Houston
Wacoons
Americans face church charity work clash in Rome
About thirteen American nationals sponsored by the Brownfield Church of Christ entered Italy last January to do benevolent work. In mid October the Rome prefect ordered the closing of the Orphans Home and eviction of the children, citing a Mussolini era decree. The action halted relief packages, seized hundreds of gifts, and stored perishables, with sponsors claiming documentary proof of their compliance.
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Brownfield
Texas
Church of Christ
Italy
Rome
Mussolini
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