Southwestern Graduation Programs At Southwestern University
Graduation ceremonies at Southwestern University are set for Sunday at First Methodist Church with Rev. W Harrison Baker of Dallas delivering the baccalaureate sermon. Baker to receive honorary Doctor of Divinity as other ministers obtain D D degrees and Dr Marvin L Graves earns Doctor of Science. Ex students meeting Sunday on campus will include officer elections and class of 49 induction led by W Howard Lee.
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Georgetown
Southwestern University
First Methodist Church
W. Harrison Baker
Dallas
Baker
R. Floyd Curl
San Antonio
D. Lawrence Landrum
Galveston
Marvin A. Childers
Marvin L. Graves
Houston
Cody Memorial Library
Jack Gillum Jr
Ex-Students’ Association
W. Howard Lee
Association
Elgin Seniors Begin Three-Week Educational Tour
Thirty seven members of the Elgin High School senior class will depart at 7 a m Wednesday for a three educational trip. Superintendent C E Brown arranged judging and visits to several school buildings once used as camp houses. They will be accompanied by sponsor Lucille Larsberg and bus driver Bernhart Smith and plan to return June 21.
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Elgin
Elgin High School
C. E. Brown
Brown
Irs
Lucille Larsberg
Bernhart Smith
Bertram Pastor Receives Dallas Theological Seminary Doctorate
At graduation exercises the Dallas Theological Seminary conferred the Doctor of Theology degree with high honors on the Rev. Alister Sinclair, pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Bertram.
Buda High to Host Commencement Friday Evening
Buda High School will hold its commencement exercises Friday at 8 p m. Dr Hob Gray of the University of Texas will deliver the address. Barbara Barton is valedictorian and Alice Spillman salutatorian.
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Buda
iSpl
Hob Gray
University of Texas
Barbara Barton
Alice Spillman
Procession at St Marys Cathedral School honors Mary
Children of St Marys Cathedral School paid tribute to the Mother of God in a May procession Sunday night. Miss Catherine Malburg crowned a statue of the Blessed Virgin and consecrated the children. she served as queen of the procession with a court of fifth to seventh graders and graduates forming the guard.
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St. Mary's Cathedral School
Catherine Malburg
Miss Malburg
Joseph R. McAllister
CSC
al J. Mulreany
Edwin Bauer
Holy Family Church
Yvonne Malburg
Marian Mitchell
Wolfred Attal
Bert Dionne
Ernie Perez
Tommy Hashem
Lois Nauert
Norma Jean Abraham
Guard of Honor
San Saba Pecan Grower W J Millican Stricken
San Saba veteran and River Bend Pecan Farm owner W J Millican is seriously ill at Kings Daughters Hospital, reported Monday. The Texas Pecan Growers' Association figure is well known in local pecan farming circles.
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San Saba
W. J. Millican
Texas Pecan Growers’ Association
River Bend
Bend
Kings’ Daughters’ Hospital
Parks Board Named At San Marcos
San Marcos mayor Frank W. Zimmerman and the City Commission approved a parks and recreation board. Members include Dr. W. R. Cook as chairman, Dr. L. N. Wright, Otha Grisham, Boyd Rhea, Mrs. Tom Estes, Dr. Hiawatha Crosslin, Lennie Fleming, Mrs. W. W. Stephenson, and J. E. Younger Jr. The board will study recreation needs and advise the commission, with three members appointed to supervise the golf course.
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San Marcos
Parks and Recreation Board
Frank W. Zimmerman
W. R. Cook
L. N. Wright
Otha Grisham
Boyd Rhea
Tom Estes
Hiawatha Crosslin
Lennie Fleming
W. W. Stephenson
J. E. Younger Jr
Commission
San Marcos Golf Course
Doctor Opens Office In San Marcos
Dr. Benge Elliott opens general medicine and surgery practice at 219 West Hutchinson Street in San Marcos. A UT Medical School graduate, he interned at Charity Hospital in Shreveport and previously practiced in Lamesa and Breckenridge Hospital in Austin.
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San Marcos
Benge Elliott
West Hutchinson Street
Cactus to Honor UT Students in 1949 Yearbook
The 1949 Cactus yearbook will feature 122 University of Texas students in its honors section with 33 outstanding students and 89 goodfellows. Notable names include Betty Bollman Meredith Long Edna Callan John Coats Jean Dalby and many others across Austin Kerrville and New Braunfels locations.
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University of Texas
Cactus
Goodfellows
Austin
Betty Bollman
Pearl
Meredith J. D. Long
Westover Road
Edna Louise Callan
East 30Th
John Coats
Breeze
Heavy chip industry demand in 1948 potato use
In 1948 the potato chip industry consumed about 20 billion bushels of potatoes, reflecting heavy raw material usage. The note highlights the scale of production and demand within the snack sector during that year.
Robbers Take $79 From Burnis Dunlap Hatchery
Throckmorton witnesses a robbery at the Burnis Dunlap chicken hatchery and feed store. Two men escaped in a car after a chase that spanned two blocks on foot by Dunlap.
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Throckmorton
Burnis Dunlap
Dunlap
Moon Barren Lacks Soil, Scientists Say
A report states the moon has no soil for agriculture due to its barren surface. Researchers note the absence of Earthlike soil makes sustainable growing impossible without artificial systems.
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W. H. Baker
Bertram
Buda Grads
Distilers Projects Corporation
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City
Dr. Cook, Grisham and
Rhea
St. Mary’s
West
Kerrville
Glenn Petsch
Wireless
New Braunfels
Harold Abernathy
Julianne
Jinx) Heinen
Pauline Wimberley
Rauscher, Pierce & CO
Capital Nat. Bk
Ae Jasim Eo
Halo
Leith
BBC
Dewr
Colgate Dental Cream
Rayue
Colgate
Nestle
Los
Colgate Tooth Powder
Colcate
Esther
Lady Esther
Peet
Helen Neushaefer Nail
Neca
Pacquins
Veto Deodorant
Edna Wallace Hopper
Sram Joe
FW Woolworth CO
Woolworth Store
NV Cocehade
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