Llano Chamber of Commerce Charters 30 Years of History
Llano March 15 A certified photostatic copy of the Llano Chamber of Commerce charter shows incorporation in 1919 and filing on Feb 6 1919. Signers include W R Orr Allan Newsom M M Moss C E Shults W B Ransom and Wilburn Oatman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano
Llano Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
T. D. Swenson
Department of State
W. R. Orr
Allan Newsom
M. M. Moss
C. E. Shults
W. B. Ransom
Wilburn Oatman
Don Carlos
C. E. Shultz
S. D. Rainer
George M. Watkins
O. G. Porter
Orr
J. F. Battery
Chamber of Commerce
Swenson
Taylor To Put On Minstrel Thursday
Taylor residents hear St Marys High School present an old fashioned minstrel show on Thursday evening directed by Miss Mary B Still with Jerry Leonard on piano and intermission solo box. Soloists include Mrs Herbert Sakowitz Mrs Bill Wrigley Mrs Agnes Coffel Mrs Jerry Leonard and Mrs JoHannah Forson.
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Taylor
Spi
St. Mary’s High School
Mary B. Still
Jerry Leonard
Herbert Sakowitz
Bill Wrigley
Agnes Coffel
JoHannah Forson
Taylor Woman Attends New York Parish Club Meeting
Miss Mary Moody of Taylor is in New York this week for the Standing Wesleyan Service Guild Committee meeting of the Woman's Division of the Methodist Church. She was elected to the committee from the South Central Jurisdiction.
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Taylor
Miss Mary Moody
New York
Wesleyan Service Guild
Woman’s Division
The
Methodist Church
Miss Moody
South Central
Miss Sowell Trains Taylor Girl Scout Leaders
Miss Frances Sowell, field director for the Texas Colorado Lakes Area of the Girl Scouts of America, spent Monday and Tuesday in Taylor conducting training sessions for the Girl Scouts and Brownie leaders of Taylor.
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Taylor
Frances Sowell
Texas Colorado Lakes
Girl Scouts of America
Llano Curb and Gutter Project Begins April First
Llano will start curb and gutter construction on Highway 16 inside the city limits April 1 per Mayor M C Dalhau. McKown & Sons Llano contractors were low bidders. Property owners pay 1.60 per linear foot for curb and gutter 0.35 per square foot for sidewalks and 0.55 per square foot for driveways. An engineer has completed the plans.
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Llano
M. C. Dalhau
McKown & Sons
Llano Contractors
State Highway Department
Dalchau
Slowdown Shuts Hudson Plant Backs 12000 Workers Sent Home
Detroit March 15 The Hudson Motor Car Company suspended production and sent home 12 000 workers due to a slowdown in the trim division. A spokesman said 22 employees were directly involved. All workers were told to return Wednesday. Similar incidents have caused other shutdowns at Hudson recently.
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Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Company
Trim
Hudson
Ancient Mastodon Joint Bone Found Near Prairie Lea
A 6 000 year old mastodon joint bone was donated to Southwest Texas State College Museum by Prairie Lea student Bill McCoy. The bone, uncovered a mile south of Prairie Lea, was identified by Dr Spurgeon Smith as a mastodon joint.
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San Marcos
Texas
State College
Prairie Lea
Bill McCoy
Spurgeon Smith
Teachers Plead Gilmer-Aikin Plan In Giddings Meeting
Mrs. Earnest Schneider and Miss Bess Black of Giddings attended a Delta Kappa Gamma meeting in Sealy where a resolution urged members to contact their representatives in support of the Gilmer-Aikin plan. The chapter covering Austin Lee Burleson Washington and Waller Counties also set up night letters to congressmen advocating a satisfactory teacher tenure law. Miss Black and Mrs. Schneider will host the May gathering at the Schneider farm.
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Giddings
Earnest Schneider
Bess Black
Miss Black
Mrs. Schneider
Schneider Farm
Jack's Wife Seeks Name Change to Mary Benny
Mrs. Jack Benny asked a judge for permission to call herself Mary Benny. Known on radio as Mary Livingstone the actress said she prefers the name Mary Benny and has used it in signing bank checks and transactions.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Jack Benny
Mary Benny
Mary Livingstone
Sadie Benny
Woman Fatally Struck Leaving Bus In Carmine
Brenham report says Mrs Otto F Fuchs was fatally injured Monday night when struck by a car as she stepped from a bus in front of her Carmine home. The accident occurred near her residence and the investigation is ongoing.
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Brenham
Otto F. Fuchs
Carmine
Rare yellow bluestem seed sells fast in Austin
Morris Mosteller of Capitol Seed House sold nearly all of a 25 pound lot of KR yellow bluestem seed at four dollars a pound. The seed is favored for arid areas and small plantings under fences. The report covers seed sales, local ranch activity, and county agricultural events in Travis County including the Travis Negro Show, 4-H style shows, and local farm notes.
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Dave Shanks
Austin American Agricultural
Mosteller
Morris Mosteller
Capitol Seed House
Austin
Farmers plan own poison amid grasshopper scare
The note urges farmers to prepare their own hayfield poison as federal supplies are unavailable. It suggests a 10 foot sudan grass belt dusted with chlordane or other insecticides once hoppers hatch and includes Lena Sturges method for cutworms. Cattle market at Capitol Livestock Auction shows steady prices with various steer, heifer, and cow sales detailed.
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Charlie
Sudan
Livestock Sales At Local Auctions Listed By Weight And Price
Holstrom Brothers Weir Edgar Blackman Round Rock George Helms Jarrell R M Jones Leander George W Brewer Buda M W Parker Liberty Hill R H Sultemerr Dripping Springs list multiple cattle hogs and weights with sale prices. Entries include steers cows heifers calves and hogs with weights from 220 to 2060 pounds and prices from 16.60 to 25.20.
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R. M. Jones
Leander
George W. Brewer
Buda
M. W. Parker
Liberty Hill
R. H. Sultemerr
Dripping Springs
Burnet Girl Scouts Observe Birthday
Burnet County Scouts and Brownies celebrated the 37th birthday of girl scouting at Warble Falls High School auditorium. Mrs. G. L. Jones welcomed attendees. Dr. M. K. Patterson was introduced as county president. Rev. J. P. Manley gave the invocation. John D. Nunnally awarded new Brownies. Guthrie Taylor spoke on Camp Tex Lake to open this summer. Martha Russell of Bertram suggested the camp name and earned a two-week camping stint. Carl Yarborough awarded camperships to Julia Frances Daniels Bertram Jolene Riley Marble Falls and Linda Jean Pate Burnet.
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Burnet
Sps
Burnet County
Warble Falls High School
G. L. Jones
M. K. Patterson
J. P. Manley
John D. Nunnally
Guthrie Taylor
Tex Lake
Martha Russell
Bertram
Carl Yarborough
Julia Frances Daniels
Jolene Riley
Marble Falls
Linda Jean Pate
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Guadalupe
Llano CC
F. K. Lange
Miss Sowell
Llano Curb
Jack
United Gas Well
Tion
United Gas
United Gas Organization
United
United Gas System
Watson Bros
Watson Brothers
Travis
Travis County
Austin Negro Chamber of Commerce
Patricia L. Brisby
Kealing Junior High School
Dorie Miller
Extension Service and Vocational Agriculture Department
J. E. McDonald
Texas Commissioner On Agriculture
Manor Band
E. D. Bean Taylor
Littlg
Johnnie Saddberry
City Library
Ada May Marshall
Marshall
New York State
Alice Carleton
Henry
Henry Stiewert
Paige
Ed Kunkel
Alfred
Earl
Wilford Rachus
Paige Blackland
C. A. Stone
Bastrop County
Lena
Lena Sturges
Capitol Livestock Auction Company
Lee Alexander
Cedar Creek
C. J. Michaelis
Driftwood
Chris Doerfler
Route 1
Georgetown
T. W. Reid
Lockhart
Elmer Schaffer
Maxwell
W. L. Tomlinson
Three Point
Burnet Girl Scouts
Simoniz
the Simoniz Company
Chicag
Bren
Breanne
Sk Pa
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