Demand for Stockers Strong at Austin Yard Sale
Auction at Austin Stock Yard sold 276 head cattle 52 hogs and seven goats with prices steady to strong. Native consignors included Bertram and Bastrop sellers with calves cows and hogs at prices from $10.50 to $24.50 per hundredweight and averages around $19 to $23 for many entries.
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Austin Stock Yard
Nevek
W. R. Burch
Bertram
Harry E. Blum
Austin
Edson Chamberlain
Dale
John Cantrew
Round Rock
Earl Callahan
Bastrop
Hi. A. Johnson
Nat Johnson
Luling
Winfred Johnson
J. W. Kelley
Walace Kunze
Creedmoor
Kadura
Red Rock
A Liardon
Georgetown
Carl Lisso
Pflugerville
Dub Meeks
Wimberley
Erwin Maschmeyer
T. L. Snowden
J. Webb
Flatonia
A. F. Weatherford
San Marcos
C. E. Williford
W. O. Chowning
Driftwood
A. B. Brodie
J. T. Brewer
Lytton Springs
Wilie Fahrig
Lockhart
A. F. Glasscock
R. A. Herbert
E. L. Hill
Kyle
J. Hernandez
Miller Heads '50 Red Cross In Williamson
A. H. Miller of Taylor was named chairman of Williamson County's 1950 Red Cross drive at the county executive board meeting. The drive opens March 1 with T. W. Holmstrom as county chapter chairman and Giles Conoley as local drive head. The county quota is 8000 dollars, with Taylor pledged 3000. Attendees included H. D. Carmichael F. W. Shepherd L. W. Parker Louis Psencik J. J. Crim F. E. Wilks Kirby Vance and others.
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The
Red Cross
F. W. Shepherd
Hutto
90 Percent of Blanco Taxes Paid
Johnson City reports Sheriff Frank Shelly announces about 90 percent of current tax rolls collected to date and more than half of poll taxes sold. Purchases peak during the Christmas season before the January 31 deadline.
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Johnson City
ANS
Frank Shelly
Shelly
Harrison Elected Blanco CC Head
BLANCO Jan 18 The newly elected 1950 Chamber of Commerce officers are E D Harrison president Aaron Posey vice president and T E Patton secretary A membership drive was started Plans were made to edit and distribute a new advertising pamphlet.
Bank Growth Cited At Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg report shows Security State Bank deposits rising from about 400000 in 1941 to 3012330.21 by December 1941 end of year totals and capital doubled from 65000 to about 140000. Officers include Arthur Stehling president M L Bogisch executive vice president and cashier with directors F Ochs O R Kiehne W F Bierschwale M F Pyka W Schroeder and R W Klingel Hoefer.
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Fredericksburg
ANS
M. L. Bogisch
Security State Bank
Bogisch
Arthur Stehling
Ralph Gold
Matthew Pyka Jr
Stehling Bog
Family Shoe Store Opens January Twenty Eighth in Lampasas
Horace Sargent of San Saba will manage the new Family Shoe Store in the Frazer Building on Third Street between the Leroy and Rio Theaters. The shop offers footwear for men women and children plus handbags and hosiery with owner Harry Shapiro of San Saba overseeing the venture. Sargent formerly worked at Parker Drug Store in San Saba and is a Bend native.
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Lampasas
ANS
Horace Sargent
San Saba
Family Shoe
Frazer
Third Street
Leroy
Rio
Harry Shapiro
San Saba Dry Goods
Sargent
Parker Drug Store
Bend
Gillespie County Fair to raise stock to fifty thousand dollars
Gillespie County Fair Association stockholders voted to increase shares from 912 to 2000 and capital stock from 22000 to 50000. Funds will back a new livestock arena and show barns as recommended by an agricultural advisory committee. Construction awaits sale of non profit shares.
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Fredericksburg
ANS
Gillespie County Fair Association
Agricultural and Livestock Advisory Committee
Harry O. Davis
Victor H. Sagebiel
Erwin Anderegg
Herbert Durst
Kurt Eckhardt
Walter Fuhrmann
Wesley A. Gold
Walter F. Hohmann
Nolan Althaus
Robert Dittmar
John Dooley
Norman Rech
William Schroeder Jr
Ben Mugford
Still aCowman Left-Handed Bastrop Clerk Injured in Accident
Bastrop post master and cattle handler Bess Shield reports that left handed B. B. May broke his left arm and severed his thumb joint in a wet rope accident while locking up cattle near Bastrop. May paused to fix a fence when the horse bolted, prompting the mishap without glasses or further injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Shanks
Austin American
B. B. May
Bastrop
Bess Shield
May
Timber Wolf Captured in Lampasas County
A timber wolf attracted attention in Lampasas Saturday as Andy Bostick trapped it at the old Will Smith place near Center. The muzzled wolf weighed 35 pounds and resembled a German shepherd. Bostick used scent as a lure and tied its legs. reports say other wolves may roam the area due to sheep losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lampasas
Andy Bostick
Will Smith Place
Bostick
Williamson Baptists Meet in Taylor
Several hundred Baptists from Williamson County gathered at the First Baptist Church of Taylor for the associational meeting. Rev. Edwin J. Mays of Granger presided. Friendship reported 45 for the banner. Churches represented included Taylor Georgetown Granger Bartlett Friendship Weir Leander Florence New Hope Hutto Round Rock Jarrell Andice and Union Chapel.
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Taylor
Williamson County
First Baptist Church of
Women's Missionary Union
Edwin J. Mays
Granger
Friendship
Ray Condra
Dallas
Elmo Sherman
Woodie Faught
Leon Wohrpahl
Bartlett
Georgetown
Weir
Leander
Florence
New Hope
Hutto
Round Rock
Jarrell
Andice
Union Chapel
Blanco Plans Dimes Drive Campaign
Blanco County launches its March of Dimes effort with County Chairman Joe Crofts urging a per capita goal of 35 cents. Businesses churches schools and civic groups sponsor events including four dances at Camp Pedernales Hye Mountain Top and Little Blanco to raise funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
ANS
Blanco County
Joe Crofts
Crofts
Camp Pedernales
Hye
Mountain Top
Little Blanco
Water System Work Begins in Marble Falls
Crews from Snead and Wagner Construction Companies moved into Marble Falls to start the citys new water system. Snead will install the pumping and chlorination plant while Wagner builds the distribution system.
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Marble Falls
ANS
Snead
Wagner Construction
Austin
Snead Company
Wagner Company
Lampasas Debaters Awarded Letter Sweaters
Gayle Ripley and W J Minica of Lampasas High School received blue and white letter sweaters at an assembly before school board members. The debaters placed third in state competition in Austin last spring and again represent the school this season, likely the first local sweaters awarded for such honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lampasas
ANS
Gayle Ripley
W. J. Minica
Ripley
Minica
Austin
Austin Pastor Speaks at Lockhart Baptist Meeting
The Rev. John Davidson of Congress Avenue Baptist Church in Austin spoke to the Men’s Brotherhood of the First Lockhart Baptist Church. A venison barbecue dinner was served to 75 members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockhart
John Davidson
Congress Avenue Baptist Church
Austin
Men's Brotherhood of the First Lockhart Baptist Church
Wildcat To Be Drilled Southwest of Luling
The Hagen Drilling Company moves in on the Ike Allen lease seven miles southwest of Luling Guadalupe County and expects to spud in about Friday. The wildcat will be a Glen Rose test with total depth about 3200 feet.
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Luling
ANS
Hagen Drilling Company
Ike Allen
Guadalupe County
Glen Rose
Johnson City Man Breaks Forefinger
Clyde Milam of Johnson City suffered a compound fracture of his left forefinger when a 350 pound bulldozer belly guard fell on his hand while he worked on the machine near Cypress Mills. He was treated in Marble Falls.
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Cypress Mills
ANS
Clyde Milam
Johnson
Milam
Marble Falls
Plans Completed For Junior Stock Show at Bertram
Burnet County residents prepare for the Burnet County Junior Livestock Show in Bertram on Friday. FFA and 4-H projects only. events held on the Farmers Gin yard under a cotton shed. Bertram Chamber of Commerce hosts with Burnet and Marble Falls chambers financing. 4-H and FFA members listed for fat muttons, fat barrows, gilts, sows, and a 4-H calf entry.
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Bertram
ANS
Burnet County
Farmers Gin
Bertram Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Burnet
Marble Falls
Bertram Vocational
W. H. Pittard Jr
Kert Goode
Kenneth Handy
Kenny Baker
Harold Hunt
Donald Collins
Thomas Ishey
Leon Hinds
Victor Walthers
Clyde Blacklock
Beauford Rowney
Kenneth Ater
Wilford Crawford
Phil Rodgers
Larry Raby
Hollis Hair
Poland
We.arry Glimp
Bertram Seeks New Power Line to Johnson City
Guthrie Taylor of Bertram travels to Washington with Arthur Stehling and Martin Hyltin to seek Rural Electrification Administration approval for a 6000 KVA line from Marble Falls to Johnson City. The aim is a Johnson City substation to improve voltage for growing rural homes south of Marble Falls and the Johnson City Blanco area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertram
ANL
Guthrie Taylor
Pedernales Electric Co-Op
Washington, D. C
Rural Electrification Administration
Marble Falls
Johnson City
Arthur Stehling
Fredericksburg
Martin Hyltin
San Marcos
Taylor
Washington
Johnson City-Blanco
Blanco Sets 5250 Dollar March of Dimes Goal
Burnet County March of Dimes director John Nunnally announced a 5250 goal for the current campaign. Coin boxes shaped like iron lungs were placed in Burnet Bertram Briggs and Marble Falls. Posters show Corky Corker the local poster boy and a dance date in February.
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Marble Falls
ANS
John Nunnally
Burnet County
March of Dimes
Burnet, Bertram, Briggs
Alcohol Expert To Talk To Taylor Rotary Club
Horace Fort, southwestern representative of the national committee on education on alcoholism, will address Taylor Rotary Club at the Thursday noon meeting. Fort connects Yale studies of alcoholism with a Texas Christian University campus assignment in Fort Worth. Guests may attend. those eating with the club should call the hotel by 10 am Thursday.
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Taylor
ANS
Horace Fort
Southwestern
National Committee On the Education On
Rotary Club
Fort
Yale University Studies of
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
Margaret Truman to Sing on Carnegie Hall Radio Feb 7
Margaret Truman has been signed for a second appearance on the Carnegie Hall radio program. The daughter of the President will sing on the show scheduled for Tuesday February 7. She previously appeared on December 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Margaret Truman
American Broadcasting Company
San Antonio Pastor Speaks at Lockhart Club Supper
Dr. Kenneth Copeland of Travis Park Methodist Church in San Antonio will be guest speaker at the monthly supper of the Methodist Men's Fellowship Club in Lockhart this Friday night.
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Jack Parkins
W. R. Peterson
Dee Robbins
Rob Roy
R. F. Reidl
Buda
J. A. Rauhut
Austin’s
Ellison
Congress
Miller Heads
Williamson
the McKettrick Classics
Harrison
Blanco CC
Gillespie's Fair Group
Davis
Clyde
Curly) Franklin
Rockdale
Young Men's Business League
Milam County
American Legion
H. D
Farmer
Texas Turkey Federation
Lester Zapalac
Fayette County
Ellinger
Zapalac
Clinton Harbors
David
Champ
Laurence C. Nelson
A. S. Bergstrom
Austin National Farm Loan Association
Bergstrom
Nelson
Association
Federal Land Bank of Houston
Rice Hotel
Vaadeeentseen
L. East Produce Company
Lampasas County
Coats
Williamson Baptists
Jimmie Asher
Roy Ruther
Blanco
Lockhart Baptist
Taylor Rotary Club
Margaret
San Antonio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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