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Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1950

Page

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All Day July 4 Taylor Celebration Winners Named

Taylor hosts a city wide July 4 celebration with morning youth contests and an evening show. Lynda House won the girls title and Michael Tennill the boys. Elenn Roose crowned Miss Williamson County, with Betty Berger and others placing. Local diving titles went to Cammie Booth and Billy Perriraz led county swimming.

Taylor Charles Hairston Andrew Sister Andrew Billy McLaughlin Alvin Zidell Gene Riethmeyer Thrall Fred Buzan Nancy Davis Elenn Roose Williamson County Miss Roose Eric Roose Betty Berger John Berger Mary Louise Wilkerson Mary Jane Anderson Hutto Cammie Booth Crawford Booth Billy Perriraz Georgetown T. J. McDonnell Elouise Brackenridge John Brackenridge Perry Cox Don McMurry Frank Swenson Cox McMurry Swenson Calvin Schroeder Joe Wiley University of Texas Schroeder

Houston Man Stabbed To Death in Robbery

The body of a young Latin American man was found at a Houston filling station slumped on a grease rack with a knife wound. Identification cards on the body read Joe Bitrom Escamilla of Houston. The incident is being treated as a robbery.

Houston INS Joe Bitrom Escamilla

Adamsville Baptist Church to Mark 75th Birthday With Dedication

Adamsville Baptist Church and parsonage, rebuilt as a stone complex, will be dedicated to mark the 75th anniversary. Former pastors and members attend the all day celebration with a morning sermon, history discussion, and a dedication address. The church, organized July 6, 1875, now has about 130 members and a 200 seat auditorium. Construction cost around 25000 dollars with 5000 dollars in labor donated and 4000 borrowed, all paid before the birthday observance.

Adamsville Adamsville Baptist Church Lometa Lampasas County A. N. Smith W. S. Rodgers Wilil J. T. Draper Edith Straley Abe Hester Norman Lancaster Dee Straley Mina Garner Childres Charles Conley C. E. Lancaster Jimmie Blackburn S. A. Raines A.C. Mile George Jenkins G. W. Wilcox Willard Taylor R. A. Cox W. H. Gage James Dixon George Casey Straley N. E. Lancaster W. L. Rodgers

Lampasas C of C Names Committees at Director Meeting

At the Lampasas Chamber of Commerce meeting on Monday the director board approved standing committees and heard the financial report. They also announced sponsorship of the Lampasas invitation golf tournament set for August 18 to 20 and listed committee appointments with numerous local leaders across Agriculture Public Education Public Housing Industrial Development Legislative Military Affairs Recreation Retail Promotion Roads and Transportation.

Lampasas ANS Chamber of Commerce Lampasas Chamber of Commerce Chamber Financial Agriculture and Conservation Committee van Dyke’ Gillen Tom Moore Rush McMillin Ryan Howard Fulton Brown Aubry Brown Albert Brown R. S. Dunigan J. H. Clark W. B. McGee Charles Lynch Charles Wachendorfer Charles Stokes Dan Nixon Porter Briggs Sylvester Lewis John Abney J. W. Hammett J. J. Byrnes

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