Shoes Cheap But Separate In Mexico
Miss Peggy Nunn of East Texas State College recalls a price illusion in Juarez Mexico. A shoe marked one dollar in a shop window cost two dollars at purchase as the clerk explained each shoe priced separately. Peggy did not buy the shoes.
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Commerce
Mexico
Peggy Nunn
Dallas
East Texas State College
Peggy
East Texas State
Texas Intercollegiate Press Association
el Paso
Juarez
Round Rock May Fete crowns two queens at Palm Valley church
In Round Rock on May 3 the May Fete at Palm Valley Lutheran Church will feature 45 girls with escorts. Queens are Joy Telander and Suzy Henna, crowned by Land Commissioner Bascom Giles. A royal retinue, princesses and delegates from nearby towns will march in the procession with escorts and booths run by volunteers.
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Round Rock
Spl
Palm Val Lutheran Church
W. J. Walsh
Martha Society
Eugene Quick
Claud Berkman
Roy Bowman
Walter Jacobson
Rudolph Sellstorm
Gunnar Jacobson
Ernest G. Johnson
Ed Burklund
R. J. Berkman
Joy Telander
Alfred Telander
Suzy Henna
Louis Henna
Bascom Giles
Doris Reneau
Florence Schrader
Anita Nell Anderson
Billy Joyce Gault
Bertha Faye Parker
Peggy Garner
Arline Sessler
Doris Marie Warren
Mary Louise Lintz
Gloria Anderson
Bobby Trusdel
Johnnye Adams
Doris Hammack
Elizabeth Ann Turner
Helen Ochler
Ann Burklund
Katherine Overall
Barbara Smothers
Joy Wisenhunt
Frances Miller
Mildred Grosskoff
Doris Walden
Mariene Stegman
Joyce Brown
Billy Nell Talor
Nancy Smothers
Mary Kathryn Benad
Nancy Thompson
Children’s Court
Verline Wallin
Ida Mae Prinz
Barbara Gayle Jack
Dorothy Ann Mieska
Joanne Morris
Marilyn Quick
Linda Quick
Dianne Failkees
Queen
Carol Bengston
Benny Meiske
Donna Elsey
Chrisine Israel
Betty Jane Peterson
Rotary Presents 58 UN Flags to UT Foreign Students
At a Tuesday Austin Rotary Club meeting the club gave 58 United Nations flags to the University of Texas Foreign Students Association. The gift marked the eighth anniversary of a similar presentation. Joe Neal thanked the club and introduced heads of foreign student clubs on campus.
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United Nations
Foreign Students Association
The
University of Texas
Austin Rotary Club
Joe Neal
License Fees Divided Among Four Precincts in 1949
Travis County's share of 1949 auto registration fees, totaling $175,000, is divided among four precincts per County Auditor James Berger. Precincts One and Two receive $52,500 each, Precincts Three and Four $35,000 each, with funds placed in the special road and bridge fund. Over $400,000 more in similar fees has been turned over to the state highway department.
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Travis
James Berger
State Highway Department
Writing Waiter Legal Victory Shocks New York Restaurateur
A New York arbitrator ruled a mid city restaurateur could not fire a waiter who announced he was writing a book about patrons. The decision underscored that authorship claims during service cannot justify termination or discipline.
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New York
Elgin Juniors Honor Seniors At Banquet In Gym
Elgin High School junior class held its annual banquet and dance in the gym Saturday night. The program featured remarks by Superintendent C. E. Brown, with presenters Don Sanders Wilma Koether and Jack Lane among those noted.
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Elgin
Elgin High School
C. E. Brown
Don Sanders
Wilma Koether
Jack Lane
Blanco County Fair Set for August 5 and 6
Blanco plans its annual county fair and stock show for August 5 and 6 at the Blanco State Park fair grounds. The main attraction is a repeat performance of last year’s opening parade, with Parade Chairman Roy H. Byars leading the parade committee and O. E. Suttenfuss as Association President. Wayne Smith says more attractions are sought and additional committees will be appointed.
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Blanco
Blanco County
Blanco State Park
Fair Association
O. E. Suttenfuss
Roy H. Byars
Association
Wayne Smith
Austin Man Gets Bremen Coast Job
Michel Frans Smith, 24, of Austin, Texas, was named vice consul in Bremen after completing foreign service training at Georgetown. A UT Austin graduate, he earned a 1947 BA and did graduate work in Texas in 1948. He is married to Betty Anne Montgomery Smith and they have a daughter Pamela. Smith was born in Holland, lived in Cologne, speaks three languages, served in the Navy, and won the Silver Star at Okinawa.
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Texas
le Havre
Bremen
Michel Frans Smith
US State Department
Smith
Georgetown University
University of Texas
Pamela
Betty Anne Montgomery
Julian Montgomery
Windsor Road East
Ray Winfield Smith
Washington, D. C
Europe
Holland
Cologne
Okinawa
Giddings Masons Hold Picnic at Mac Birmingham Ranch
The J. D. Giddings Masonic Lodge hosted a Monday night picnic at the Mac Birmingham ranch near Giddings. Visitors from La Grange Bastrop Lexington and other lodges attended. Barbecue was prepared by H. G. McDonald Bill Piaratt M. L. Meitzen and Joel Abbott. At least 50 people attended including district deputy grand master J. L. Hood of Bastrop.
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Giddings
J. D. Giddings
Blanco Publishes Descriptive Leaflet
A newly released Blanco leaflet features an aerial view of the business district with church insets and river scenes perfect for fishing and picnicking. It also showcases hillside deer country and other local scenery.
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Blanco
Blanco River
Lee County Surpasses Cancer Fund Quota
GIDDINGS May 3 Mrs Emmett Hannes chairwoman of the Lee County cancer fund campaign reports the county quota of 500 dollars has been surpassed by the drive.
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Giddings
Emmett Hannes
Cancer Fund Campaign
Lee County
Bookkeeping Class Organizes at Bertram
The Bertram bookkeeping class under instructor W L Schmidt has formed a club to boost public speaking and social programs. Officers include Earl McAnnally as president Glen Potts as vice president Wilford Wilson as secretary and Fred Shell as reporter.
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Bertram
Bertram Bookkeeping
W. L. Schmidt
Earl McAnnally
Glen Potts
Wilford Wilson
Fred Shell
Charlies Owens
Hubert Hill
Shell
Romney Hodges
Marion Crow
Jewish Appeal Rally Set for Tonight at Texas Union
The kickoff rally for United Jewish Appeal will be held at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the Texas Union Building at the University of Texas. Albert Goldstein executive director of the Houston Jewish Community Council will speak after a preceding film. The event is open to the public.
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Rally For
United Jewish Appeal
Texas Union Building
University of Texas
Albert Goldstein
Houston Jewish Community Council
Goldstein
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