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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1950
Page
7
Llano Lions Club will sponsor a free summer recreation program for all school age children. George Pechacek Llano Elementary principal will run sessions from 8:30 to 11:30 daily at Llano School starting June 19, continuing to mid August.
Llano city council awards repainting and repair of the fire station to Winnifred West of Llano for $997.56. Mayor H J Hoerster announced the action and the council also voted to repair and repaint street signs and replace unusable ones.
J H McLeod director of Knoxville Ex tension Service spoke to county agricultural and home demonstration agents on Tennessee community improvement. He outlined four objectives including local leadership and better family food supply and reported 95 counties involved serving about 200000 people.
Granger ministers shift assignments as Rev. Martin Cross leaves Church of Christ for West Side Church in Austin with first sermon July 22. Rev. B C Huddleston moves from First Methodist Granger to Blanket. Rev. R G Haynes from Salado to Granger arrives around July 15.
The fourth year of agriculture is now offered to World War II veterans who completed the three year program. L. E. von Rosenberg says the extension is a joint venture by the Veterans Administration and the State Board of Vocational Education. Classes already exist in Flatonia with Harry Swofford Jr. as instructor, and new classes planned for La Grange starting July 1 taught by W. C. Heise and at Schulenburg with Mack Rae.
Kyle lodge No 304 AF and AM elects Henry Todd as worshipful master and a slate of officers for the coming year including Joe Wiegand senior warden Jess Wauptreif junior warden Robert Parks secretary Gomer Teddlie treasurer James Donaldson tiler Warner Dalton senior deacon James Wall junior deacon James Childs chaplain Cecil Bales senior steward Frank Millhollon junior steward An open installation is set for Saturday June 24 with a picnic supper for members and wives.
John F. Luecke manager Fayette Electric Cooperative elected grand knight of Chromer Council Knights of Columbus succeeding Adolph Jurajda. New officers include Leo Tiemann Arthur Hoffmann Cyril Kallus E. H. Francke Robert W. Behal Herbert Oppermann Eddie Kallus Adolph Adamcik with installation set for July 10.
Kerrville residents gear up for the 16th Hill Country Championship Rodeo. Jaycees plan booster air trips to Austin Houston and San Antonio on June 21 and two-day car tours to nearby towns on June 23 and 24. The event opens July 1 with a parade and queen's ball, followed by rodeos July 1 4 and an air show at Louis Schreiner Airport. Added prize money totals 3200 dollars across events. Reuben Hartmann leads as rodeo director with Clyde Parker as parade marshal.
LAMPASAS Texas June 16 Service over the T and N O Railroad from Lampasas to Burnet will be continued until further notice. D R Fitch local agent for the Southern Pacific reports the abandonment is opposed by Liano Marble Falls and Burnet. It had been announced that service to Lampasas would cease June 21. The Texas Pink Granite Corporation which reopened Granite Mountain at Marble Falls is expected to oppose the abandonment. The granite company controls 2 800 acres and plans an extensive expansion program.
Work finished this week on the Kyle First Baptist Church air conditioning system at an approximate cost of $3,000. The church building, a stone and wood structure, was erected in June 1948 at a cost of $30,000.
The skeleton of the oldest known horse is estimated at 45 million years old. The fossil stands 11 inches high and was discovered in Wyoming.
Woods Kone Jr. son of Mr and Mrs L W Kone returns home for the summer after completing a master’s degree with a piano major at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music He won the Bertha Baur scholarship in 1949 and led his class in 1950 under pianist Karin Dayas one of the Conservatory’s master teachers.
Llano moves to install eight new street lights around the courthouse lawn as part of a program. City utilities manager Will E. Leslie says the lights should be burning by July 1.
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