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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1950
Page
14
District Judge J. Re Fuchs will appoint the Fayette County district clerk to finish an expired term. The Fayette County Democratic Committee extended the filing deadline to Saturday at 10 am for candidates to submit applications and the 175 dollar filing fee to Secretary Alfred H. Blume.
Funeral services were held for Noah M. Smith 88 a Lampasas resident for 67 years who died Monday morning, one day after his wife was buried. The service at First Methodist Church was led by Rev. George B. McCray and he is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by son Ernest Smith of Downey California and sister Mrs Minnie Reams of Buffalo New York.
The United States recorded a record year for strikes in 1946 with strike idleness reaching 143 percent of all time worked, highlighting unprecedented labor disruption across industries.
Funeral services for M. E. Williams, 60, prominent Taylor druggist, will be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Condra Funeral Home with burial in Taylor City Cemetery. Williams died Monday night after a long illness in a Belton hospital. Survivors include his widow, a daughter Mrs. J. G. Sewell of Belton, a son M. E. Williams Jr. of Corpus Christi, his father P. H. Williams of Granger, and four brothers.
The number of telephone instruments in the United States increased from 6.1 million in 1907 to more than 40 million in 1949, reflecting rapid growth in communications capacity.
A Taylor community group formed by the Chamber of Commerce, Taylor Athletic Association, and City Council met with Dub Spence of Belton to map a fall rodeo and stock show at Sportsmans Field. George Gray will secure the event, revival of the farm festival after World War II.
Bertram Christian Church completed an education annex on the north side adding four Sunday school classrooms a kitchen and rest rooms The largest room will be separated from the auditorium by folding doors increasing seating The front of the auditorium received a glass front baptistry with dressing rooms and heated baptistry water Choir seating is under the baptistry window behind the pulpit The project was built by church members with Roy Potts Sr supervising and serving on the building committee along with R W Elliott and Murray Williams Women of the church assisted with interior painting and finishing
Southwest Texas State College announces the 1950 Water Pageant on July 6 and 7 a sea fantasy based on a German myth. A 200 student cast rehearses daily for the 31st annual show featuring the Rhine Goddess and underwater treasure quests with dance and aquatic numbers. Marge Mc Kosky of the San Antonio Symphony Ballet will headline.
Williamson County will be well represented at the state convention of the Czech Catholic unions. The KJT lodge for men led by I. C. Parma and John Baca from Granger. Nasinec of Granger is its official organ. The KJZT women meet in West starting July 24 with 13,000 members.
Dr. LeRoy D. Hedgecock of the Mayo Clinic in audiology and speech rehabilitation will speak at Southwest Texas State College for a two day series. He will present at 8 30 a m Wednesday and Friday in Evans Auditorium and at 10 a m in the Little Theater. A public meeting for all interested in speech rehabilitation and the problems of the handicapped child is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m on the East Terrace of the Main Building.
The Swedish Association of Elgin sponsored a Memorial Park reunion drawing over 600 attendees. Highlights included a band concert, skit Memories from Sweden, awards for oldest attendees and longest married couple, and officials from the Elgin Chamber of Commerce and Swedish organizations in attendance.
St Marys Catholic parish of Taylor will send its pastor Rev Stephen Brown to Rome for the holy year around August 1. The pilgrimage is funded by parish members with Charles P Garner as general chairman and Knights of Columbus tied groups aiding. Initial meeting at Knights Hall raised nearly 200 in donations with many parish and auxiliary members listed.
The Henry Pfluger Sr. family reunion will be held July Fourth at the F. H. Pfluger grove in Pflugerville. Otto Pfluger, president, says a barbecue dinner will be served at 12 30 p.m. Members are asked not to bring potato salad. The general committee includes Dudley Pfluger Jesse Bohls Roy Kuempel Walter Fuchs and Marvin Weiss. The program committee features Miss Leona Pfennig Mrs Hilmer Dahl of Austin and Nellene Kuempel.
February 1951 is slated as the opening date for the new STSC cafeteria under construction at Southwest Texas State College. The dining hall will seat 500 now and later expand to 764 with features including air conditioning, an all electric stainless steel kitchen, an aper room, and two serving halls.
Joy Leming, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Leming, won the Miss New Braunfels 1950 contest held by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. A June graduate of New Braunfels High School, she will attend Baylor University and will serve as guest Miss New Braunfels at the Miss Southwest Texas contest in Seguin and as host at the Miss Texas Pageant in Landa Park.
Taylor records a year without traffic fatalities noted by Mayor R. E. Kollman after notice from J. O. Musick of the Texas Safety Association. The streak reaches four consecutive years, eight since 1940, the last death occurring in October 1945.
Kyle lodge No. 304 AF and AM installed its officers at a Saturday picnic at the Henry Todd home. Officers include Henry Todd as worshipful master, Joe Wiegand senior warden, Jess Wakuptroff junior warden, Robert C. Parks secretary, Dr. Gomer Toddlie treasurer, James Donaldson tiler, Warner D. Dalton senior deacon, James Wall junior deacon, James L. Chiles chaplain, Cecil A. Bales senior steward, and Frank N. MillholIon junior steward.
Seventy five French cadets training at Randolph Field will be guests of Southwest Texas State College next month. The college plans an informal dance July 8 inviting women students from dormitories to attend.
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