Comal County 4 H Show Auction Sells Livestock at Varied Prices
In New Braunfels the fourth annual Comal County 4 H and FFA Livestock Show and Auction Sale concluded with Henry Silver handling bids. Calves lambs hogs goats capons and poultry fetched prices from 26 to 65 cents per pound with buyers including H Dittlinger Roller Mills Krueger Chevrolet Lions Club and First National Bank among others. The event featured champions Vern on Uecker Clinton Beierle Nolan Specht and Carolyn Dietz with top calf and lamb sales reported.
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New Braunfels
ANS
Comal County
Ralph Stapper
Sherwood
Eiband and Fischer Company
Helen Wenzel
Danville
New Braunfels Guaranty State Bank
Harry Simon
Comal
PK Cafe
Wallace Knoll
Vollmar
Howard Dietz
Bulverde
Lions Club
Curtis Bremer
Dittlinger Roller Mills
Vernon Uecker
San Antonio Livestock Company
Harvey Schneider
San Geronimo
J. C. Penney Company
Clinton Beierle
Dittlingers
Ronald
Zunker
Central
Schleyer and Bartram
Nolan Gass
Valley Fruit Stand
Ezra Beierle
Silver
Wishing Well Furniture Company
Nolan Specht
Producers Coop
Arthur Ford
FFA
Rotary Club
Bennie Wolfe
Producers Co-op
Jackie Kraft
Walter Porter
Bernice Engel
Honey Creek
Homer Tommerlin
Lonnie Tommerlin
Carolyn Dietz
Henry Dietz
Alois Engel
Erwin Rahe Jr
P. W. John
Ernest Specht
Melvin Kreussler
Smoke House
Don Matthews
Chamber of Commerce
Tommy McCoy
Hard Rains Tear Bare Soil Spots In Lee County
Lee County soils suffered heavy damage to unprotected fields amid recent rains. Conservationist Clyde Callison noted that cover crops reduced damage, while overgrazed pastures accelerated soil loss. Farmers received measured improvements with waterways, ponds, terraces, and erosion control plantings underway across multiple farms and towns.
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Lee County
Giddings
ANS
Clyde Callison
Soil Conservation District
Burleson
Lee Counties
Callison
Marshall Ashley
Lexington
Tom Vajdak
Caldwell
Joe Kostohryz
San Antonio Prairie
Clarence Boriack
Chaloupka
Urbanovsky
J. E. Liptak
J. B. Lendke
Deanville Group
Frank Horak
Alvin Allbright
Melvin Greathouse
Biggest meal for a dollar at HCL Cafe
Earl Fly of Friendship Tennessee and a companion found an enormous breakfast in Arlington Kentucky at the HCL Cafe. Eggs arrived on a platter but a mountain of sausage biscuits and country butter plus three jars of jams filled the table. The price was one dollar for both.
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Memphis
Tenn
Earl Fly
Church of Christ At
Friendship
HCL
Arlington
Fruit Flies Point to Cancer Susceptibility Clue
Providence Rhode Island March 9 A Rhode Island State College zoology professor Dr Ernest Hartung reports fruit fly experiments showing 80 percent of a developed cancer strain and less than one percent in another, aiming to identify a single genetic factor that could explain human cancer vulnerability and aid study.
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Providence
R. 1
Rhode Island State College
Ernest Hartung
Tow Away Plan Shocks San Francisco Drivers
San Francisco enforces a tow away ordinance during rush hours with police supervision and private garages handling removals. Motorists face tickets and fees for towing and storage, typically totaling $12 for a passenger car.
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San Francisco
Corn Borers Multiply In Minnesota's Fields
Entomologist A. W. Buzicky warns that corn borers will likely multiply beyond last year's fivefold rise. He notes the southern two thirds of Minnesota, home to main corn counties, can expect extremely heavy infestations after the 1949 peak of 340 borers per 100 stalks, up from 170 in 1948.
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ST. Paul, Minn
A. W. Buzicky
Thief Loses Nerve After Theft Revealed
Sheriff Clarence Bishop said $10,000 stolen from Mrs. Albert Keen’s home in Portland was recovered three days later hidden in a tile about 400 feet away. He theorized the thief fled with more than he could carry and feared the large sum.
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Portland
Ind
Clarence Bishop
Albert Keen
Bishop
Enrolls Near 350 For Farm and Ranch Club Drive
About 350 members enrolled in the Capital Area Farm and Ranch Club with 188 new members added through March 6 after a drive led by C. J. Schmid and David Cedar. Claude W. Voyles announced the roster growth and listed numerous new members and their affiliations across Austin and surrounding areas.
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Capital Area Farm and Ranch Club
Travis County
Claude W. Voyles
C. J. Schmid
David Cedar
Jim Adamson
Texas
B. C. Ahrens
Thom McAn Shoe Store
George H. Allen
Buda
Pod Ashford
Reynolds-Penland
S. Ashford
Western Reserve Life Insurance Company
Austin Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company
J.C. Bair
East Ninth Street
Carolyn
W. A. Brown
Cedar Valley
Walter Finis Brown
Harris Boulevard
Norvel C. Burney
East Seventh
Mike W. Butler
Congress
Calcasieu Lumber Company
J. R. Cannon
P. O. Box
Doyle Carter
Carter's Body Works
W. T. Caswell
Fifth and
Chiron
Robert Ceder
Manor
Raymond Cheek
Congress Avenue
Coca Cola Battling Company
West Sixth Street
Joseph Cocke
Lavaca
Carl D. Coffey
Duda
Covert Auto Company
F. M., Covert Jr
George H. Covert
Austin Motor Truck Company
L. D. Creswell
N. W. Croslin
Harry Benge Crozier
Joe Dacy
Dacy
First Lockhart National Bank
Lockhart
M. J. Flahive
Littlefield
John W. Gainer
Brown
Bert Gardner
Wm. S. Gatewood
Coleman Gay
Capital National Bank
H. C. Gilstrap
University of
Williamson 4-H Workers Celebrate National Week
Williamson County 4-H Clubs rally with 335 members across 17 girl clubs under leader Estella Strayhorn. Chairwoman C. H. Perry oversees events including April dress revues and a county banquet planning summer projects.
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Loretta Rozacky
Granger
Rebecca Marek
Jane Bartosch
Jarrell
Barbara Trayier
Leander
Mary Frances Burleson
Liberty Hill
Melba Wilson
Mabel Conway
Polacky
Henrietta Marek
Thrall
Ruth Wuthrich
Walburg
Marilyn Kelm
Pond Springs
Barbara Jackson
Hutto
Mary Ruth Sain
Monroe apple introduced by New York station
Geneva March 9 AP A new late-keeping yellow fleshed apple named Monroe is announced by the New York State agriculture experiment station. It has fine grained flesh, is firm and juicy with a pleasantly subacid flavor and stores well like Baldwin and Jonathan. It stems from a Jonathan Rome Beauty cross from 1910.
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Geneva
N. Y
New York State Agriculture Experiment Station
Monroe
Baldwin
Jonathan
Rome
Frustrated Soldier Becomes Minnesota Farm Farmer
OWATONNA Minn March 9. Back in 1888 a 17 year old English boy failed to pass entrance exams at a British military academy. The mortified youth, George Brush, left Britain and became a successful 79 year old farmer near town. His family had produced British army officers for 200 years.
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Owatonna
Minn
Minnesota
George Brush
Town Hunts for Repaired Roof Funds in Court House
Westerly city officials press to recoup 4000 dollars spent on roof repairs for the combined town court house. The payoff remains a point of civic contention as the matter proceeds.
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Westerly
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Edgar Knoll
Farm and Ranch Club
Ralph Goeth
Goodfriends
Merle Goodnight
Tom Gorham
Enfield Realty Company
John W. Green
Georgetown
E. R. Griffin
Kyle
W. H. Grizzard
E. W. Guffey
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Hambrick
Austin Fireproof Warehouse Company
John E. Harrison Jr
Harrison-Wilson-Pearson
W. B. Harwell
West 39Th Street
J. H. Hennig
Hill Brothers
McRae M. Hill
East Fifth Street
F. E. Hixon
Sears Roebuck and Company
J. W. Johanson
Delvalle
W. F. Ho
San Antonio
Willie Kocurek
West 19Th Street
Louis J. Koenig
Kerbey
D. B. Knight
Edgar A. Knippa
Clifton Krause
Star
Elton Krause
Herman Kruger
A. F. Kuehne
East Eight Street
Howard Kuhlman
Sixth Street
David T. Lamme Jr
Travis LaRue
Travis Laundry and Cleaners, Inc
William Lawlor Jr
Southern Union Gas Company
Jim Lockwood
Ira Mason
Dallas Highway
Co. A. McAden
the Chicken Shack
McCall-Smith-Hibler Company
D. J. McClellan
Oak Farms Dairies
FE. C. McClure
Tratex Company
F. L. McNamara
Dr. Pepper Bottling Company
L. Navy
Paramount Theater
H. M. O¢etting
Harry Payne Motors, Inc
Wesley Pearson
Elof Peterson
Elgin
Don A. Phillips
Nixon-Clay College
Nash-Phillips-Copus
Anda Lewis
Polar Ice Cream Company
Frank Polk
E. B. Potter
The
Hitchin’ Post
Prescription Lab
Jame E. Ramig
Magnoliaetroleum Company
J. Reed Jr
Music Company
Renfro Drug Company
J. T. Rice
Sherwin - Williams Company
White’s Auto
George W. Sandlin
Roy Sansom
E. M. Scarbrough
Emil Schmaltehoff
Jacob Schmidt, Inc
George Schutze
Walter Tips Company
Dr. Z. T. Scott
Windsor Road
Polk Shelton
C. H. Slater
Louis Slaughter
Smith Brothers
J. E. Smith
West 18Th Street
Chester N. Snyder
Bliss R. Spillar
East End Lumber Company
Arthur Sprinkle
Max Starcke
Lower
Colorado River Authority
the Steck Company
C. T. Sterzing
Sterzing and
Miles Hardware
H. R. Stinson
Maplewood
A. W. Stockton
J. L. Stroble
Texan Cafe
W. A. Swearingen-Armstrong
Dr. J. C Thomas
E. B. Thompson
Austin Goodyear Company
E. R. Tolman
H. M. Totland
F. W
Woolworth Company
Wilbur C. Treadwell
Sara E. Truk
R. F. Varnado
Austin Mutual Life Insurance Company
W. J. Vaughan
John B. Vought Hardware Company
John Washington
Lloyds Alliance
Harry C. Webb
Second National Bank
Houston
B. Werkenthin
Eddie Westling
Checker
A. S&s White
C. & Aiape Goods Company
Carl Wieland
F. G. Wier
Midway Station
P. K. Williams
P. K. Williams Nash Company
T. H. Williams Jr
T. H. Williams and Company
W. B. Wilson
Firestone
Ted B. Wimberly
Homer Witt
M. T. Young
Humble Oil and Refining Company
New York
Purina
A&p Food Stores
Lexington Avenue
Meme
Marvel Home
Icc
Ellen
Acp
Aap
A&p
Tare
A&P’s
Sunnyfield Cook
Boston Butts
Winesap Apples
Prae
Central America
Colorado
Ls. OC
Sisin
Porterhouse
Rmours
Ann Page
Camay
Palmolive
Ajax
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