County ACA committee sets election dates for 1949 in Travis County
The Travis County ACA committee plans the 1949 annual election for 11 community committees and county officials to run the Agricultural Conservation Program. Elections fall between December 6 and 18, with each community selecting a chairman, vice chairman, a third member, two alternates, a delegate and an alternate delegate. County delegates then elect the county committee, which, with 33 community members, administers the program countywide. Other Central Texas counties will hold similar elections.
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Dave Shanks
Austin American Ral
Travis County
ACA
AAA
Texas
Cattle auction clocked with calves and cows at Austin area sale
Representative sales show Half Acre calves selling $9 to $13, bulls $14 to $19.50, stocker calves up 50 cents to $1, steers from $20 to $24, heifers $17 to $22. Names include Armstrong in Austin, Prokschl of Elgin, Lloyd of Austin, and Eppright in Austin among others detailing weights and prices across multiple lots.
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Capitol Livestock Auction Company
Austin
H. B. Armstrong
Rudolph Prokschl
Elgin
Jack Lloyd
M. M.nnett
Liberty Hill
Ben R. Eppright
C. R. Luedtke
Pflugerville
G. L. Hart
Lockhart
Alfred Kastner
McDade
UT Girls Nominated for 1949 Bluebonnet Belle
One hundred fifty six University of Texas students are Bluebonnet Belle nominees. Names and hometowns include Austin Beverly Kirkland and Marge Luker of Manor Road, Elna Manire, Sally Masden, Imogene Maultsby, Beth Miller, Patricia Monk, Helen Schieffer, Jo Ann Bennett, Thelma Bollman, Peggy Bullard, Dorothy Dixon, Mika Donovan, Carol Douglas, Joy Fields, Faye Focht, Rosalyn Haney, Kathryn Hanks, Mary Haskell, Edwina Hawley, Janelle Via, Patricia Stephens, Claudette Ragsdale, Rebecca Leonard, Glenna Walters, Edna Eeds, Lavern Labaj, Evelyn Ottinger, Billie Luckett, Lillian Bohls, Martha Ledbetter, Jo Ann Cunningham, Barbara Miller, Joan Threadgill.
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University of Texas
Cactus
Austin
Beverly Jean Kirkland
Academy Drive
Marge Ruth Luker
Manor Road
Elna Manire
Park Boulevard
Sally Louise Masden
Post Road
South First
Faye Madeline Focht
Salado
Rosalyn Haney
West 22Nd
N. Kathryn Hanks
West 12Th
Mary Esther Haskell
Avenue F
Edwina Jeanne Hawley
Woodview Avenue
Janelle Via
Ramsey
Patricia Lou Stephens
Pearl
Claudette Ragsdale
Rio Grande
Rebecca Claire Leonard
West 13Th
Gonzales
Glenna Ruth Walters
Edna Louise Eeds
Granger
Joycelene’ Lavern Labaj
Kerrville
Evelyn Ottinger
New Braunfels
Billie Louise Luckett
Pflugerville
Lillian Marie Bohls
Round Rock
Martha Anne Ledbetter
Jo Ann Cunningham
San Marcos
Barbara Ann Miller
Taylor
Joan Bryant Threadgill
Courthouse Records Open Foreclosures and Divorces Listed
Foreclosure suits include State Bank versus J W Doran and Hart Investment Company versus State of Texas. Divorce filings feature Betts Ridge, Burney, Halstead, Bazemore, Needham, Upton, and others. Guardianship, estate hud notes, and several marriage licenses issued alongside new car registrations are recorded.
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Fidelity State Bank
J. W. Doran
Hart Investment Company
State of Texas
Real Estate Board Sets December Election for 1949 Officers
Members of the Austin Real Estate Board designate the first Tuesday in December for the 1949 officer election. A list of eligibles will be sent to nominate nine directors from a field of twelve. The nine top nominees will be balloted. president vice president and secretary to be named from those directors. The board also discussed creating a state real estate regulatory commission and a real estate service office with an executive secretary salary.
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Austin Real Estate Board
Houston Girl Dies in Family Fire
A 12 year old girl, Mary Lavena Priest, burned to death as six other occupants escaped injury when a fire swept the Priest family home in Houston on Monday night. District Fire Chief Patrick J. Lowth found the body on a bedroom floor after flames were controlled. Mr and Mrs Velmer Priest and four other children were unharmed.
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Houston
Patrick J. Lowth
Mary Lavena Priest
Velmer Priest
Chest Names Team Captains for Community Chest Drive
Fred W. Catterall Jr. announced 46 team captains for the Community Chest gifts division as part of the $219000 campaign. Captains include Fred Adams Harry Akin Francis Amsler S M Apperson Walter Bohn G H Brusch C B Calahan Jr. Ben Lee Chote Howard T Cox and others with Mayor Tom Miller among names listed.
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The
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Harry Akin
Francis Amsler
S. M. Apperson
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G. H. Brusch
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Howard T. Cox
E. P. Cravens
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Herbert L. Smith
A. B. Spires
Max Starcke
E. J. Tucker
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Dowdy Charged in Fatal Explosion Insurance Plot
In Tallulah Louisiana police charged 23 year old fisherman J D Dowdy with blowing up a house painter in a scheme to claim insurance. Dowdy captured near the Texas Louisiana line while his father G R Dowdy 60 is held for conspiracy to murder. Walter Dorman 42 of Hattiesburg Mississippi died in the blast identified by FBI from leg remains. Dowdy had recently taken out 36000 in life insurance of which 26000 went to his father.
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J. D. Dowdy
G. R. Dowdy
Walter Dorman
Hattiesburg
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Dowdy
FBI
Girl Recovers Conscious After Fifth Floor Fall
SAN ANTONIO, Nov 2. Mrs. Ruby Brown 21 told how she fell from the fifth floor of a hotel Monday and landed on the roof of a two story building. Attendants found her conscious and she was hospitalized for treatment.
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San Antonio
Ruby Brown
A Quart of Medicine For One Dollar
Mertox claims quick relief from rheumatism gas indigestion and dizziness while boosting appetite and red blood. The ad markets Mertox as a non narcotic family tonic that won t upset the stomach and saves about four dollars per quart when mixed with water.
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