Oil Drilling Begins in Lee County Texas
In Giddings Texas on January 16 an oil test operation starts after Anderson-Prichard Company leased 2500 acres near Elgin to explore a 325 acre tract on the I N Fagg lease. Pegg Brothers of San Antonio moved rotary equipment for the test well seven miles northeast of Elgin.
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Giddings
Lee County
Anderson-Prichard Company
Coupland
South
Beyersville
Williamson County
Travis County
Hee
Elgin
Pegg Brothers
San Antonio
I. N. Fagg
New Blood Breeding Program Boosts Texas Pig Industry
Sears Foundation plans the largest breed improvement effort in Texas introducing new blood lines to its pig program. Distribution of sows and lines will begin at spring shows with Austin Sears store backing the effort and Texas A&M officials noting swine genetics impact.
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Sears Foundation
Texas
Fay Everett Hixon
Austin
Mer
Sears
Texas A&m College
Hixon
San Saba Boys Enter Stock Shows
J L Stewardson tops the 17th annual Boys Fat Stock Show in San Saba and plans to enter lambs and calves in Brownwood San Antonio and Houston shows. Mack Hillin and others from the FFA will show multiple animals including calves and lambs with entries across cross bred and Southdown categories.
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SAN Saba
ANS
J. L. Stewardson
Stewardson
Mack Hillin
FFA
San Antonio
Tom J. Henry
Henry
Houston
Hillin
Gene Johnson
Kenneth Taff
M. C. Tyler
Emerson Brister
Bobby Joe Perry
Olan Crockett
Bill Hardy
Ross Ragsdale
Tony Kirk
Charles Floyd Bearden
Max
Culberson To Talk To Lockhart Chamber
State Railroad Commissioner Olin Culberson of Austin will speak at the Lockhart Chamber of Commerce monthly meeting. Officers for the new year will be installed at the gathering held in the American Legion Home north of town on the Austin highway. Officers include Edward V. Horne president T. B. Field vice president Jimmie Kelly vice president Mrs. Clara May Mohle treasurer and H. E. Cutcher secretary manager. Directors are Dr. F. Richards Marlin Gunn Eugene Whitmore D. K. Parr Sam Glosserman and Gaston Moore.
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H. E. Cutcher
Dc. F. Richards
Marlin Gunn
Eugene Whitmore
D. K. Parr
Sam Glosserman
Gaston Moore
San Saba Judge Voted Outstanding Civic Leader 1949
The San Saba Junior Chamber of Commerce chose County Judge Jack B. Miller as the county’s outstanding civic leader for 1949. Miller, a 28-year-old former Army officer, helped lead the project to build the San Saba County Memorial Hospital. Also named for civic work were J. W. Patterson Jr., L. C. Ward, and Roy M. Ragsdale.
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San Saba
Gerald Dickinson Wins Florence FFA Gilt
Gerald Dickinson a first year Florence FFA member was chosen to receive the OIC gilt donated by W R Mann of Gans Mill near Georgetown. The 80 pound gilt will be kept for breeding.
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Florence
Gerald Dickinson
FFA Club
W. R. Mann
Gans Mill
Georgetown
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Waco
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Willie Voelker
Travis
Charline Sanders
Samuel Huston College
W. M. Collins
Tillotson College
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Hornsby Community
M. L. Pickhard
Manchaca
Walter Monroe
Bluff Springs
Jack Miller
Elmo V. Cook
Miller
Capital Area Livestock, Poultry and Ricultural Association
Capital Area Farm and Ranch Club
Jim Boswell
Secretary of State
Texas Certified Seed Breeders Association
Roosevelt Hotel
R. V. Miller
Texas Agriculture Department
John Oakly
Mississippi
L. East Produce Company
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Lockhart
San Saban
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