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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1950
Page
8
A charter for newly organized Troop 99 was presented by R Todd Ford at a Sunday ceremony. Elmer Israel chaired the troop committee meeting while Harry Pruett handed out membership cards.
Taylor on May 15 began a sanitary fill at the city dump as large machinery buried the trash. E C Nelson of the State Department of Health said the next phase will start next Thursday with equipment moved in Wednesday. The city will relocate the dump outside town under a 10 year lease while officials arrange wider use of the project.
In Fentress Texas on Mother’s Day a town gathers for a surprise reception honoring Dr Francis Carlton Luckett for 32 years of service. The physician delivered 2000 plus babies, runs obstetrical clinics for Latin American and Negro patients, and continues to travel 25 miles by rough roads to care for communities while enjoying music, sports, and gardening.
The Hutto school ends the year Friday May 26 with baccalaureate on Sunday at 8 30 p m in the school auditorium delivered by Rev Do N Roth of Texas Lutheran College Seguin. Commencement is set for Tuesday May 23 at 8 30 p m with P Sturgeon as guest speaker. Eleven seniors Raymond Randig Joyce Gainer Bill Townsend Dan Krueger Harvene Barrow Frances Overton Patsy McCutcheon Leon Almquist Patricia Barnes Bertha Franzen Iola Schneider.
Llano Jaycees announce plans to build a lighted baseball diamond for Llano. A committee led by Spencer Weber will seek cost estimates, with members Albert Fox Raymond Winkel Edward Rogers and John L. Sullivan serving on the panel.
Llano High School honors graduates announced by Superintendent F J Young. Valedictorian is Iva Majella Kocierschke and salutatorian is Mary Nelta Hillsmeier. Larry Tate achieved the highest average among the male students.
Vernon Crider elected commander of the Johnson City VFW Post. Clifton Wells named quartermaster and Raymond Ros named chaplain as officers for the post.
Senior vice commander W. C. Cas Paris Jr, sergeant major Claude McConnell, officer of the day Otto Wittkohl, and post historian Fran cis Rech are named among the post’s key leadership roles.
An advertisement touts Starlac as a fountain of minerals proteins and B vitamins at about 7¢ a quart. It claims superior nourishment for its low price and notes no refrigeration is required keeping it handy on the pantry shelf.
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