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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 03, 1949

Page

10

Hereford Association Joint Sale Planned for Nov 9

Plans are complete for a joint Hereford bull sale by Llano and Mason County associations to be held in Mason on November 9. The event features 43 horned and polled bulls from 18 breeders, with Walter Britten of College Station as auctioneer and Ed Hyman and Co V Robinson serving as secretaries.

Llano Liano Mason Counties Mason John Dodgen Liano County Association Frank Jordan Art Mason County Ed Hyman Mason and V. Robinson Walter Britten College Station Dodgen Clifton Hardin J. W. Winkel and Son H. A. Fitzsimons W. C. Sawyer Delman Sawyer Llano County Association Perry Priess Ernest Priess L. E. Kothmann E. Kothmann A. D. Kothmann Sr T. O. Reardon E. W. Kothmann August Willmann L. C. Pluenneke M. R. Pluenneke Ben P. Kidd M. E. Grote

Connell Family Celebrates Seventh Sampson With Deep Roots

Novelist tone recounts the birth of Sampson VII at Liberty Hill near Austin, tracing the Connell lineage from Sampson I through Sampson VI. The piece notes the family’s 540 acres, dairy operation with 33 cows, and a future of landholding and public service, set against a portrait of proud relatives and local history.

Liberty Hill Sampson VII Connell Union Hall Sampson Connell Sampson I Tennessee Sampson II Washington County Texas Sampson C. E. Roberts Bernice Sampson VI Austin Connells Japan Liberty Hill Vocational Agricultural School Austin Fire Department

Polish Families Arrive at Smithville Farms

Two families from Poland, Bendarski and Pawlowski, have settled near Smithville after arriving from Oct. 5 and Monday. They include eight to seventeen year old children and were brought here by the National Catholic Welfare Council. More families are planned for nearby farms in the coming days.

Smithville No. 2 Poland Hve Bendarski Paslowski G. B. Burns Pawlowski Bill Urner Kirtly National Catholic Welfare Council Austin Dieses W. N. Porche Peter Foytik W. E. Lee West Point

Taylor CC Elects 2 Directors and Plans Parade

Wilson Fox and Marvin Mikeska were elected directors of the Taylor Chamber of Commerce replacing two members who moved from Taylor. The group discussed Katy night trains and set a Rail Road Commission hearing for November 29 in Smithville.

Taylor Spl Wilson Fox Marvin Mikeska Taylor Chamber of Commerce Don Otis San Antonio Ross Dixon Brownwood Lone Star Gas Company Katy Charles Hairston State Railroad Commission Smithville Paul Watson J. R. Owen W. R. Arrington Roy Camblin H. N. Patterson Neil McAlpine R. G. Garrett W. C. Stern

Prices of Farm Goods Decrease in Texas

The US Department of Agriculture reports Texas farm prices declined about 14 percent from a year earlier and 1.5 percent from the prior month for Sept 16 to Oct 15. Hogs, sweet potatoes, truck crops and cottonseed fell, while dairy and poultry products, sheep and lambs gained. Beef cattle held at 17 dollars, veal calves down, hogs at 18.20 per hundred pounds, and grains showed minor changes with wheat and rice up small amounts.

Texas US Department of Agriculture Austin USDA

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