Funeral planned for Mrs Robison longtime Austin resident
A brief prayer service for Mrs Kit Robinson of 1501 Loraine will be held Tuesday at 8 15 am by Dr W C Raines at Weed-Corley Funeral Home. Cremation will follow after a service in San Antonio at Mission Burial Park. Mrs Robinson, first woman enrolling clerk in the Texas House, died Monday. Survived by a son Dr E Ward Robinson of Austin a daughter Mrs E H Marek of Yoakum a daughter Mrs J L Jinkins of Galveston a sister Mrs F G Frede of Kingsville and four grandchildren.
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Kit Robinson
Loraine
Weed-Corley
San Antonio
Chapel of Mission Burial Park
State Comptroller's Office
Two new doctors join Waco Methodist Board
Waco May 8. Dr. Monroe Vivian of Tyler and Dr. E E Landreth of Amarillo were added to the Methodist home board, succeeding the late Gov. Beauford H Jester and Dr. J W Torbett. Officers reelected include J J Perkins president and R B Bryant vice president. Superintendent Hubert Johnson reports 75000 dollars in construction planned or under way this year, with cottages donated by several residents and three new buildings planned by donors Alma Thomas and others.
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Amarillo
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J. W. Torbett
Marlin
J. J. Perkins
Wichita Falls
R. B. Bryant
Stamford
Hubert Johnson
Johnson
T. C. Mitchell
Marfa
Harry Meredith
Mineola
Perkins
Alma Thomas
Austin
Phil Scharbauer
Midland
W. W. West
Houston
Rose B. Lampkin
Huntsville
Legion Group Names New District Chief
R L Dorsey of Hillsboro was elected district commander for a two year term at a joint session of the generaries and auxiliary members of the Sixth district in Hillsboro. Bill Smith of Corsicana was chosen as vice commander.
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Hillsboro
INS
R. L. Dorsey
Bill Smith
Corsicana
Sheffield Man Dies In Traffic Accident
DEL RIO May 9 R C Fikes age 20 of Sheffield Texas was killed in a traffic crash forty one miles north of Del Rio Monday. Durward C Coman age 21 of Iraan Texas was injured. the two were en route home in Coman's 1950 car with Coman driving.
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R. C. Fikes
Sheffield
Texas
Fikes
Durward C. Coman
Iraan
Coman
SMU Woman Named Miss Fashion Plate Runner-Up
Betty Anne Buchanan of Dallas 19 a Rag Doll at SMU last year failed to win the national intercollegiate Miss Fashion Plate contest. Judges Kilgallen and Wilson selected a different winner but she earns a New York trip Bermuda stay a year’s supply of sponsor cosmetics and gifts.
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Betty Anne Buchanan
Southern Methodist University of Texas
Dorothy Kilgallen
Earl Wilson
New York
Bermuda
Buchanan
SMU
Governor Shivers Plans Busy Week Across the State
Gov Allan Shivers spends three days this week visiting cities and attending events. He will address the Waxahachie Lions Club at noon, participate in the Northwest Texas Baseball League opening in Sulphur Springs, and speak at a joint civic clubs and FFA father son banquet. He spends Wednesday and Thursday in his office, attends the Alfalfa Festival in Hearne Thursday night, dedicates a new dormitory at Texas State College for Women in Denton Friday, and attends the Daily Texan 50th anniversary banquet in Austin Saturday.
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Waxahachie Lions Club
Sulphur Springs
Northwest Texas Baseball League
FFA
Hearne
Denton
Texas State College For Women
Austin
Daily Texan
Domengeaux Considers Senate Challenge to Long
New Orleans report states former Representative James Domengeaux may run against Senator Russell Long in July’s primary. He would assess if anti-Truman and anti-Long factions unite and whether any deal exists with Chep Morrison and the Long camp.
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New Orleans
35 Up for Trial In Travis Courts
Trials of 35 defendants in criminal cases begin Friday at 9 a.m. in the 53rd and 98th District Courts. The list includes twelve burglary cases and one murder case that of Felipe N. Alonzo for the slaying of Johnnie Contreras at a Webberville Road club last March 12.
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Johnnie Contreras
Webberville Road
Alonzo
Contreras
98Th District
John E. Palmer
Johnny Bookman
Robert E. McMillan
Gloster J. Braiser
Charles A. Weford
Thomas W. Scott Jr
Willard Donald Crayton
Luke Caro
Warren W. DeShay
Otis Craft
Lovingood Conner
Frank M. Staley
Thomas John France
Jace Daener
William Horace Taylor
Joe A. Arellano
Robert Elton Jones
Ella Mae Jones
Harry Leonard Boles
Foley Ford Gephart
53Rd District Court
Alvin A. Spain
Clarence Jones
Bernadino Salazar
Sylvester Atwood Jr
H. A. Sturting
Deaf School Head To Speak At Civic Club Luncheon
Dr. R. M. Stelle, superintendent of the Texas School for the Deaf, will discuss teaching methods and the school’s crowded conditions at the South Austin Civic Club weekly luncheon Tuesday. He said he will attempt to awaken public concern over current facilities. no other business was planned.
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R. M. Stelle
Texas School For the Deaf
South Austin Civic Club
Stelle
Jack Lamb
Bastrop Park Pool Opens for Summer
The State Parks Board opened Bastrop State Park pool for summer while Lockhart park pool remains delayed by flood mud. The board reports Bastrop group activity camp first of several new camps. Parks attendance reached a state record of 3,125,013 in the year ended Sept 1, 1949.
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Capitol
State Parks Board
Bastrop State Park
Gordon K. Shearer
Lockrt Park
Shearer
Bastrop Park
Parks Board
Extradition Sought For Ex Texas Teacher Gephart
District Attorney Bob Long asked Governor Allan Shivers to request New Jersey extradition of Foley Ford Gephart to Austin on a statutory rape indictment. Gephart, a former Texas teacher, was arrested in Long Beach New Jersey and refused to waive extradition.
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Bob Long
New Jersey
Foley Ford Gephart
Texas
Austin
Gephart
Ernest Best
Long Beach
N. J
Morris Campaign Schedule Rolls Through Northwest Texas
Senator G. C. Morris, Greenville candidate for lieutenant governor, heads for northwest Texas with speaking engagements. He will address the Lions Club in Graham on Wednesday, the Rotary Club in Wichita Falls on Thursday, and the Lions Club in Vernon on Friday. He also met supporters in Dallas and built campaign structure in Beaumont Port Arthur and Orange.
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Greenville
Texas
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Graham
Rotary Club
Wichita Falls
Vernon
Morris
Dallas
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Orange
Jaycees to Question Secretary Applicants
The Junior Chamber of Commerce will interview eight applicants for the executive secretary position at 8 p.m. in the Driskill Hotel. A special committee led by William White will conduct the interview as the 500-member Jaycee directors consider hiring to direct civic affairs.
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Chamber of Commerce
Driskill Hotel
William White
Jaycee
Bob Teasdale Chosen For Civitan Position
Austin insurance man Bob Teasdale was elected lieutenant governor of the Texas Louisiana Civitan district at a Beaumont meeting. He serves on the Austin Civitan Club board of directors.
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Bob Teasdale
Civitan
Austin
Texas-Lou
Isiana
Civitans International
Beaumont
Teasdale
The
Austin Civitan Club
Sherman Lawyer Dies at 69 in Sherman
Woodrow 69, prominent Sherman attorney, died Sunday night of a heart attack. Services set for Tuesday. Survivors include a son, Lt Col. C. V. Woodrow of Camp Lee Virginia.
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Sherman
O. ©. Woodrow
V. Woodrow
Camp Lee
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