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Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1950

Page

7

Prices Hold Steady at Capitol Livestock Auction

The Capitol Livestock Auction Company sold 1 065 cattle 135 hogs and 100 sheep and goats as prices held firm. Calves cows bulls and hogs sold across wide ranges with top hogs at 20 25 and many cattle trading above 20 per hundredweight. Dozens of named buyers from Elgin Austin Manor Cedar Valley Pflugerville Lockhart and other nearby towns placed multiple lots.

T. J. King Elgin Ollie Beckett Austin Willie Hees Manor W. A. Heffington Cedar Valley J. W. Vorwerk Route 2 Otto Anton Lockhart Win Homann Randig Pflugerville J. R. Alien Bastrop

Property Description at 1219 Parkway in Enfield Road

The parcel at 1219 Parkway marks the start of Enfield Road one block north of West 12th Street. The note places the address at the northern end of the road junction near West 12th Street.

Parkway Enfield Road West 12Th Street

Bible School Opens In New Braunfels

The vacation Bible school of the First Protestant Evangelical and Reformed Church opened Monday and will run through June 28. Rev. Edwin H. Berger heads the school. Kenneth Welsch, Sunday school superintendent, announced. Teachers include Mrs. Berger, Mrs. L. G. Lehmann, Marie Lou Rust, Sue Hampe, Janice Denmark, Doris Wegner, Mrs. G. J. Fiedler, Leora Kabelmacher and Elva Rae Fischer.

New Braunfels ANS First Protestant Evangelical and Reformed Church Edwin H. Berger Kenneth Welsch Berger L. G. Lehmann Marie Lou Rust Sue Hampe Janice Denmark Doris Wegner G. J. Fiedler Leora Kabelmacher Elva Rae Fischer

Five in Marble Falls Section See Lighted Saucer Objects

Five residents in Marble Falls area report sighting multiple lighted flying saucers Saturday night and Sunday morning. Miss Marcelle Hook, Cypress Mill, observed a fast, darting object along Highway 281. Her family and a Houston guest later watched a round saucer with edge lights moving in zig zags from binoculars, with two more discs appeared. Earlier, Mr and Mrs Hook from Marshall Ford Lake saw a lighted object in the sky.

Marble Falls ANS Marcelle Hook Cypress Mill Johnson City Miss Hook Dwight Hook Harold Collins Houston Hook Marshall Ford Lake Mrs. Hoox

Liberty Hill Club Hears 4-H Girls

Liberty Hill hosts 13 members and seven visitors for a Home Demonstration Club meeting. Co-hostesses Mrs. W. C. Bowman and Mrs. Vaughan Brooks led the session in Bowman's home. Funds raised support furnishing draperies and bedspreads for a State Hospital room. 4-H girls Betty Smith and Jean Ledbetter demonstrated boiled custard and usage ideas.

Liberty Hill W. C. Bowman Vaughan Brooks Bowman State Hospital Betty Smith Jean Ledbetter

Former Lampasas Postmaster Dies

Funeral services were held for 73 year old W. R. Wagle who died in a Burnet hospital. He was born and raised in Lampasas County and served for years as postmaster at Lampasas. A member of a pioneer family and the Presbyterian Church, he is survived by his widow and a brother, John Wagle of Lampasas. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Lake Victor.

Lampasas ANS W. R. Wagle Burnet Hospital Wagle Lampasas County Presbyterian Church E. C. Lambert Edgar Hubbard Briggs-Gamel Pleasant Hill Lake Victor John Wagle

Jaycee Rodeo to Seat 1200 at Rogan Field

In San Saba 1,200 seats are being placed at Rogan Field for the 12th annual Jaycee Rodeo set for June 15 to 17. The seating will line the east side with chutes on the opposite side, Jaycee secretary L. P. Cobern announced.

San Saba ANS Rogan Field L. P. Cobern Jaycee

Bertram Watchmaker Overcame Polio to Run Own Shop

David Bruce Holley, 23, born with polio, defied disability to become a skilled watch repairman. A former resident of Sage community near Bertram, he learned self-reliance, trained in a watch repair class, worked in Lampasas, Fresno, and San Antonio, then opened his own shop in Briggs before relocating to Bertram. He now travels by hand in a wheelchair, drives cars by folding his chair, and proudly runs a thriving business while inspiring locals.

Bertram David Bruce Holley David A. B. McGill King Sage Dobbin Inks Dam Burnet Brown Lampasas California Fresno Southern Pacific Railroad San Antonio Texas Briggs

Georgetown CC Dates Tentative Drive July 1

Georgetown Chamber of Commerce schedules a one day membership campaign tentatively on July 1 with activities planned in Georgetown.

Georgetown CC Georgetown Georgetown Chamber of Commerce

Dandruff Cure Promoted by Austin Resident

Mrs. A. D. Cruse of 611 Riverside Drive Austin says Baker's Hair Tonic relieved dandruff after a Dallas trip. She recommends Baker's Hair Tonic and Baker's Latherinist Shampoo for clean scalp and lustrous hair and notes a money back guarantee from the makers.

Austin Tex A. D. Cruse Riverside Drive Texas Dallas Baker’s Baker's

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