Shelton kin of notorious bootleggers shot in Illinois
Dellas Wylie, 35, a service station operator who had just bought a garage with Little Earl Shelton, was shot five times on Highway 45 west of Fairfield. Little Earl, 34, escaped injury. Wylie, father of five, was taken to Flora hospital. The Shelton family has a long violent history with multiple relatives killed or wounded in past years.
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Little Earl
Shelton
Highway 45
Here
Dellas Wylie
Earl
Big Earl
Shelton Brothers
Ilinois
Wylie
Flora
Ill
Elmer Brown
Sheltons
Carl
Bernie
Fairfield
City Workshop For Arts Opens
City Recreation Department launches its summer program with arts and crafts workshops. Marionette and scenery making run at the Austin Athletic Club with tryouts and rehearsals under Mrs. Jean Bock. Art and ceramics classes suit adults and children with fees of five and eight fifty dollars respectively.
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City Recreation Department
Austin Athletic Club
12Th Street
Shoal Creek Drive
Jean Bock
Ivan Stout
Deep Eddy
Austin
Youth 14 Has Operation For Gun Wound In Back
Wilkin Green, 14, of Floydada underwent surgery in Dallas Monday for a bullet wound in the back from a hunting accident. His condition was listed as fair. He was brought to Dallas Sunday from Floydada.
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Dallas
Wilkin Green
Floydada
Reen
Obituary notices from multiple Texas communities
Funeral services were held for Ola Mary Hobson at Cook Funeral Home with burial in Nacogdoches Cemetery followed by Berta Beckham Biffle at Cool Funeral Home and Memorial Park. Hattie Quick of Austin died in Crockett. survivors listed. R J Selleh, 82, Elgin merchant, died in Fort Worth. funeral in Elgin with burial there. survivors include multiple children. Max E Mersiovsky, 53, died near Georgetown. services in Georgetown and Walburg with burial in Walburg Cemetery. survivors listed.
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Ola Mary Hobson
Cook Funeral Home
J. I. McCord
Nacogdoches Cemetery
Berta Beckham
Berta Beckham Biffle
the Cool Funeral Home
Hattie Redding Quick
East 15Th Street
Crockett
Herbert Quick
Ava Redding
Austin
Malcolm Quick
US Marines
Jimmie Quick
Lucille Redding
Frank Redding
R. J. Selleh Elgin
R. J. Selleh
Fort Worth
Elgin
Miller Funeral Home
Elgin Cemetery
J. L. Joseph
Emil Joseph
Richmond
W. L. Lawton
Los Angeles
John Selleh
Steve Selleh
Thompson
Joe
George Selleh
Tempe, Ariz
Sam Selleh
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Max E. Mersiovsky
Georgetown
ANS
Friedrich
Zion's Lutheran Church
Walburg
Walter Ridsfeldt
B. G. Engholm
Jarrell
Blandina Mersiovsky
Marvin Mersiovsky
Austin Teachers Begin 13 Day Summer Workshop
About 350 public school teachers started a 13 day summer workshop at University Junior High School. Irby B. Carruth urged that in service education benefits teachers and students. Lee Wilborn, new instruction director, earned a PhD from the University of Texas.
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University
Irby B. Carruth
W. J. Kocurek
Lee Wilborn
University of Texas
Gladys Henninger
Planes Aid Search for Girl Feared Killed by Bear
In Chateau Bigot Quebec on June 5 planes aided a 2000 man search for 3 year old Nicole Renaud who wandered into swampy woods Saturday. Bear claw marks were found near the cottage and a torn play dress was the only clue. The effort included soldiers police farmers Boy Scouts and vacationers under Brigadier General Jean V Allard.
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Que
Nicole Renaud
Lornzo Renaud
Nicole
Briga
Dier
Jean V. Allard
Quebec
Underwriters Picnic at Zilker Park in June
The Austin Association of Life Underwriters will hold a picnic at the polo grounds in Zilker Park next Friday at 6 p.m. in lieu of their June meeting. Ben Albright, president, announced. Barbecue and cold drinks will be provided. Tickets are managed by Eldon Butler, Dexter Dickson and L. F. Frymire. The state convention will be in Dallas June 25 to 27.
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Austin Association of Life Underwriters
Polo Grounds
Zilker Park
Ben Albright
Eldon Butler
Dexter Dickson
L. F. Frymire
Dallas
Funeral Planned For W. F. Lackey
San Saba Texas June 5 ANS Funeral services set for William Fletcher Lackey 76 at 3 p m Tuesday in First Baptist Church San Saba with Rev C E Lancaster and Minister James Fry officiating Survivors include widow two sons H George Lackey and William R Lackey of San Saba a daughter Miss Lonnie Lackey of Knoxville Tenn eleven grandchildren seven great grandchildren two brothers and two sisters. Born in Georgia 1874 he moved to San Saba County 42 years ago after a six week illness.
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San Saba
ANS
William Fletcher Lackey
San Saba Valley
Georgia
San Saba County
H. George Lackey
William R. Lackey
Lonnie Lackey
Knoxville
Tenn
Brown Awards Ph. D. To Robert Schmied
Robert Schmied, son of Mrs. Josephine W. Schmied of 1013 West 23rd Street Austin, earned a Doctor of Philosophy in mathematics from Brown University at its annual commencement. He previously earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas in 194? The thesis was titled Limiting forms of Green's function and Harnack's inequality for multiple connected plane regions.
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Robert Whittaker Schmied
Josephine W. Schmied
West 23Rd Street
Austin
Brown University
Austin High School
Schmied
University of Texas
Green
Harnack
Student Dies In Wreck At Panhandle A&M College
Goodwell Oklahoma June 5 Carl Henry Stanford 23 a Panhandle A&M College student was killed when his car overturned Monday near Goodwell in Ellis County.
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Goodwell
Okla
INS
Carl Henry Stanford
the Panhandle
Oklahoma
A&m College
Goldilocks Burglar Breaks Into Lake Austin Home
Police seek a “Goldilocks” burglar who entered the R. L. Haynes residence at 3103 Lake Austin Boulevard. The intruder ate in the kitchen and napped after ransacking the house, discovered by watcher Lon Baker. Awaiting Haynes return to assess losses.
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R. L. Haynes
Lake Austin Boulevard
Lon Baker
Haynes
Washington, D.C
Traffic Flow Improves on New One Way Streets
Traffic on the new one way streets moves more smoothly now than in the first days, said Traffic Captain Warren Blackman. Crews paint angle parking stripes on left sides using dashes to allow easy reversal after the 90 day trial. Additional one way signs will be installed to prevent wrong way turns.
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Warren Blackman
Blackman
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