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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1949
Page
10
Gas Firm Officials Move Into Giddings
GIDDINGS May 2 Officials of the United Gas Company are moving into their office behind the First National Bank Building this week. Installation of gas pipes will begin in two or three weeks as officials work to sign up customers and handle project preparations before turning collections over to a local agency and moving out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giddings
R. A. Toler
United Gas Company
First National Bank
Toler
Krug to Speak at Louisiana Synthetic Plant Dedication
Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug will be a principal speaker at dedication ceremonies Sunday for the nation's first synthetic plant in production at Louisiana Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Secretary of the Interior
J. A. Krug
Louisiana
BC Pain Relief Ad Highlights Combined Ingredients
An advertisement promotes BC tablets or powder for headaches and minor pains. It touts a combined formula with multiple key ingredients, claiming faster relief than either component alone and reliability from long-standing use. It notes two tablets equal one powder and lists 10c and 2c sizes.
Giles to Speak at Round Rock May Fete
Land Commissioner Bascom Giles will be guest speaker at the Round Rock May festival on Wednesday. The event at Palm Valley Church begins at 7 30 p m and features the coronation of May Queen Joy Telander and Tiny Tot Land Queen Suzy Henna on the church lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Rock
Bascom Giles
Palm Valley
Giles
Luther Leaguers Elect Lundstedt President
The Central District Luther League elected Albert Lundstedt president at its spring rally Sunday at Palm Valley Lutheran Church. Other officers include Stanley Bergmann Kennedy vice president Nell Marie Peterson Hutto secretary George Magnusom Elgin treasurer Rose Adair Samuelson Austin pocket testament secretary and Stanley Peterson Albert Lundstedt recreation chairmen. Rev. Lester Larson Lyford addressed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Rock
Central District
Luther League
Albert Lundstedt
Palm Valley
Farmer Milks Cow for Visitors in City Yard
Philadelphia dispatch dated May 2 reports Wright Yocum a farmer turned city dweller woke to find a milk cow a heifer and a bay mare in his front yard. He called police then milked the cow while the other two animals showed hunger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Wright Yocum
Yocum
Fredericksburg Nearing City Mail Delivery Approval
Fredericksburg faces potential switch to city mail delivery after a survey by postal inspector W. C. Hoover of Austin. If approved, about two months would pass before service begins, replacing current rural delivery, lock boxes, and general delivery. The move aligns with the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce efforts and would require sidewalks, roadways, street signs, and 2 500 residents in the service area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas City
W. C. Hoevet
US Postal Inspector of
Austin
Hoevet
Fredericksburg
Post Office Department
Hoover
McClellan Speaks At SPJST Fete
Taylor May 2 The SPJST hall grounds hosted a May Fete described as a lasting rural custom promoting neighborliness and enjoyed by young and old Rep C S McClellan Eagle Lake spoke on road legislation Frank Svadlenak served as MC Mayor Kollman welcomed guests R J Bartosh introduced the speaker Four royalty groups staged pageants crowning four queens and four kings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Frank Svadlenak
R. E. Kollman
R. J. Bartosh
Doris Jane Schirpik
Ronald Cernosek
Shirley Sasin
Quick Thinking Saves Texan's Granddaughter
In Fort Worth on May 2, D L Walton 58 saved granddaughter Dianne 2 by tossing her into a car and closing the door as a drunk 64 year old driver rammed their parked car. Walton sustained head injuries and lacerations. charges were being prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
D. L. Walton
Dianne
Walton
Rockdale Scouts Hold Two Day Training Course
Rockdale Girl Scout council members leaders and helpers completed a two day workshop and outdoor activities training course last week led by Miss Frances Sowell area field director of Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockdale
Girl Scout Council
Frances Sowell
Austin
Court of Honor Held at Rockdale in Milam County Scout Meet
The Milam County Boy Scout district held its annual field meet and court of honor at Rockdale Tiger Football Field. Troop 88 Rockdale won with 58 points, followed by Troop 52 Cameron and Troop 86 Thorndale. The event was chaired by Bill Morrison and featured marching displays by H. D. Maxwell, T. A. Weems, and Rockdale’s senior scout unit. Father Duda of Cameron led the court of honor, with remarks by Morrison and E. B. Camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockdale
Spl
Milam County
Bill Morrison
Tiger
W. P. Hogan
H. D. Maxwell
T. A. Weems
Lee County Savings Bond quota set at $25000
Paul Nerger president of the Citizens State Bank of Giddings and Lee County Savings Bond campaign chair announces a $25000 quota for Lee County. He notes February 1949 sales were strong and the campaign runs May 16 to June 30 urged by the Treasury Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giddings
Spl
Paul Nerger
Citizens State Bank of
Lee County
Nerger
US Treasury Department
Army to Try Recruit in German Killings at Stuttgart
The judge advocate at Stuttgart said a charge of premeditated murder is being prepared against Recruit Russell Jones, 22, of Fall River Massachusetts, for the killings of three Germans. Military police report he ran amok Sunday, killing a German motor pool guard, a German girl, and a German passerby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuttgart
Germany
Russell Jones
Fall River
Mass
Houston Oilman J B Huff Jr Dies
Houston oil operator J B Huff Jr 56 died of a heart attack at 10 15 a m Monday at his home in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
J. B. Huff Jr
Houston Independent Oil
Taylor Studies Phone Rate Hike
The Taylor City Council will discuss a proposed telephone rate increase at Tuesday’s meeting. Originating in January, the plan moved from a City Advisory Board to council review, with stipulations including a one party line rate rise from two to three dollars monthly.
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Taylor
Spl
Fke Aded
J. Frank Smith
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