Lampasan Buys Schreiner Wool Mohair Company
Kerrville on May 24 ANS reports the Schreiner Wool and Mohair Commission Company has been sold to Tom Richey of Lampasas. The deal includes the business and ownership from J. M. Lea of San Angelo, with the Kerrville warehouse to remain Open under Schreiner Wool and Mohair Commission Company and be run by the Central Texas Trading Company.
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Kerrville
ANS
Schreiner Wool and Mohair Commission Company
Tom Richey
Lampasas
Oy Eg
Y J. M. Lea
San Angelo
Central Texas Trading Company
Grand Jury Meeting Likely Final Session of Term
The Travis County Grand Jury will meet Thursday afternoon, possibly the last gathering of the present term, county officials announced.
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Travis County Grand Jury
Llano High School graduation lists 24 graduates
Llano May 24. Commencement exercises for Llano High School featured 24 graduates. Principal C J Duey awarded diplomas with Superintendent F J Young presenting them. Names include Ganther Buie Leroy Fenstemaker Carlos Dean Harlow Mary Nelta Hulsminer Frederick Kassell Iva Kowierschke Margaret Leverett Hudson Long Eugene Merkel Peggy Lee Nixon Fritz Otto Dorothy Ratliff Betty Fay Ricketson Willard Ray Rogers Charles Winfred Smathers Robert Collis Smith Robert Larry Tate Wanda Templeton James Thiers Charles Upton Dolores Hill Lester Smathers Raymond Leverett Joyce Rogers. Also Bartlett honors list names Harry White valedictorian and Joyce Jackson salutatorian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal B. Barnett
Dorothy Leverett
James Thiers
Mary Nieta Hiilsmeier
Larry Tate
Iva Kocherschke
Leroy Fenstemaker
Robert Smith
C. J. Duey
F. J. Young
Ganther Buie
Carlos Dean Harlow
Mary Nelta
Plans Complete For Llano Rodeo June 13
Llano to host its annual rodeo on June 13 with top Bull riding and seven saddle prizes. Buck and Tommy Steiner of Austin present the show approved by RCA and GRA. $1,500 added across five events. Alex Hardin oversees preliminaries with M. J. Stewart Jr. and committee members J. R. Phillips and Elmo Littlepage.
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Llano
ANL
M. J. Stewart Jr
Rodeo Committee
Buck
Tommy Steiner
Austin
RCA
GRA
Alex Hardin
Llano Ranchman
Stewart
J. R. Phillips
Elmo Littlepage
Bible Schools Set Up For Taylor Children
Taylor area offers three Vacation Bible schools this summer. First Baptist Church registration Saturday at 9 a.m. for ages four to 16 with Rev. W. A. Irvin as principal. Czech Moravian Brethren Church begins a week later under Mrs Bennie Hurta and Miss Dauris Stalmach supervising. First Christian and First Presbyterian host a third school starting in late June with both churches sponsoring.
Three Baytown Men Die in Auto Collision
Three Baytown men died in a head-on crash on Market Street Road Tuesday night. Fatally injured were Algie M. Mitchell 46 Jefferson C. Dailey 32 a carpenter formerly of Hamilton and Fred Howard Dennis 43. Hospitalized with critical injuries were O D Waddell 31 a Baytown refining lab worker and Emmett B. Everitt 25 of Houston. Mitchell rode with Waddell while Dailey and Dennis rode with Everitt.
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Baytown
Market Street
Algie M. Mitchell
Jefferson C. Dailey
Hamilton
Fred Howard Dennis
O. D. Waddell
Emmett B. Everitt
Houston
Mitchell
Waddell
Dailey
Dennis
Everitt
Smuts Launches 10 Day Flying Tour On 80th Birthday
CAPETOWN May 24 Elder statesman Jan Christian Smuts began an 80th birthday celebration with a 10 day 3000 mile flying tour of South Africa. The former premier will receive birthday honors in the country’s principal cities.
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Capetown
South Africa
Jan Christian Smuts
Cotton insect battle grows in Central Texas fields
Central Texas cotton farmers face a rising insect threat as boll weevils and thrips appear in damaging numbers. Early sprays and precise timing are urged, with demonstrations in Travis County to teach early season spraying techniques and pesticide use.
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Dave Shanks
Cotton Situation
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Wharton County
McLennan
Travis County
Travis
Theo Timmermann
Pflugerville
F. John Olson
Montopolis
Lockhart Highway
E. P. Ewing
US Department of Agriculture
Elmo V. Cook
J. D. Nixon
Taylor
Billy Frisch
Leon Findeisen
Nixon
Land measurers and wool trades mark Texas notes
Government land measurers have started field work in Caldwell County and will cover all counties. Wool buyers Tom Richey and Clyde Young reported large purchases from San Angelo and West Texas pools. A lightning strike damaged the Alvin Allen ranch, killing two cows and a calf. Llano and Burnet roping events prepare crowds, parades, and a $10 prize for junior rodeo entries. Poultry and egg prices are listed for Austin markets.
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Caldwell County
S. D. Elliott
Fane Bragg
Everett Johnson
Fred Rheinlander
Lockhart
Addis Deviney
McMahon
Aubrey Strawn
Lytton Springs
Perry Williams
Dale
A. P. Sears
Martindale
Tom Richey
Lampasas
A. W. Hilliard and Son
Boston
Clyde Young
Central-West Texas
San Angelo
West Texas Wool and Mohair Company
Mertzon
Winslow and Company
Alvin Allen
Bertram
Allen
Alex Hardin
Llano Ranchman
Llano
Burnet Rodeo
Burnet
Lometa
Burnet Group
Liano High School
T. A. Short
Burnet Band
Malcolm Long
Sherman Long
Malcolm
John Chaxton
Liano
John Dodgen
Dalmon Nixon
Cliff Martin
Rube Nixon
Austin
Ooiosore Oa Ieee
L. East Produce Company
San Marcos Lions elects Walker as District governor
Albert Walker of San Marcos is elected governor of Lions District 2-S-3 at Brenham convention. He is a past club president and deputy district governor with nearly five years of perfect attendance. The San Marcos club hosted a model luncheon. proceeds exceed $60 to fund a State School for the Blind troupe’s trip to Chicago in July.
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San Marcos
ANS
Albert Walker
Lions International
Brenham
Walker
San Marcos Club
L. N. Wright
Frankie Lee Dearen
Colorado City
Southwest Texas State College
State School For the Blind
J. E. Bouligny
el Campo
Bob Richards
Walton Hinds
Galena Park
Chicago
Exes of College at Cherokee to Meet Exes of College
San Saba May 24 ANS The F M Behrns West Texas Normal and Business College ex students will gather for a reunion on the old campus in Cherokee June 10. Ex students expected from California Iowa Ohio Oklahoma New Mexico and Texas. The college founded in 1895 by the late Professor Behrns flourished eight to ten years before Behrns health failed and it passed to Church of Christ then Methodist Cherokee Junior College before absorption by Southwestern University in 1919. J Allen Walker Cherokee rancher heads the ex students with Miss Beulah Mae Walker secretary treasurer. A free noon dinner will be served in the high school cafeteria after registration in the auditorium, site of the burned 1945 building. Former State Senator Tom J Holbrook of Austin will be master of ceremonies with Dr J J Brown head of the crippled Children's division of the State Department of Education.
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San Saba
ANS
F. M. Behrns
West Texas Normal and Business College
Cherokee
California
Iowa
Ohio
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texas
Little Cowtown
Behrns
Church of Christ People
Cherokee Junior College
Southwestern University
Georgetown
J. Allen Walker
Beulah Mae Walker
Tom J. Holbrook
Austin
J. J. Brown
Crippled Children's Division
State Department of Education
Williamson Farmers To Tour Temple Farms
More than 200 Williamson County Farm Bureau members will tour the Jackland Experiment Station in Temple in June. The 1 to 4 p.m. visit will have department superintendents explaining legumes, fertilizers, crop rotation and pasture improvement.
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Taylor
ANS
Williamson County Farm Bureau
Jackland Experiment Station
Temple
Tarvia Job Set For Williamson Roads
In Taylor on May 24 bids opened for the Williamson County Precinct 4 road project to asphalt tarviate about 100 miles. Texaco ay was the low bidder with the county commissioner confirming the step following a $750,000 voters mandate from April 1949.
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Taylor
ANS
Williamson County
Texaco Ay
A Stern
1500 Turn Out For Burnet Square Dance
About 1500 people gathered on Burnet Public Square for a rodeo rally and square dance on Tuesday night. The John C Gauthier Square Dance Fiddle Band provided the music. Prizes for best dressed cowboy and cowgirl went to Othal and Mrs Davis. LaBlanche Davis and Pat Riddell won under 12 bunting.
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Burnet
Burnet Public Square
John C. Gauthier Square
Othal Davis
LaBlanche
Pat Riddell
Wallace Riddell
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Gus Schneider
Lampasan
Schreiner Wool
Mohair Company
Llano High School
Bartlett
KeMar
Rio Grande
Merle Norman Cosmetics
Llano Rodeo
Taylor Children
Smuts
Arthur Murray
School OF
Austin, Texas
Reubenk Éardsie Acre
San Marcon
Lions
Tarvia
Williamson Roads
Marie Antoinette
Boxer
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