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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1950
Page
9
Lockhart November 3 The Lockhart Future Farmer sweetheart race advances with four candidates Betty Lee Dinges Bobbie Jean Bock Ann Clark and Patsy Ogletree. The top two move to a runoff on November 17.
Smithville announces Henry Wood as pastor of the First Christian Church. He arrives with his wife and three year old daughter from Thayer Kansas to fill a vacancy since April when Rev. Hugh Harris left for Lovington New Mexico.
Round Rock schools will resume work on the new $60,000 high school gymnasium with steel frame already in place. The gym will measure 90 by 105 feet with rock veneer, two dressing rooms, and seating for 1,000. Completion is expected by January 1, finishing the $75,000 April improvement package alongside prior summer remodeling of elementary and Negro schools at $15,000.
In Elgin on November 3 Miss Jean Speckles daughter of Mr and Mrs Pete Speckles Coup land and a student at Elgin High School was crowned queen of the Hallowe'en carnival. The parade opened the celebration and the queen's court included La Verne Kyleberg Patsy Jo Bellers J B Miller Glenda Lee Lax James Adams Jamie Carlson Howard Taylor Mary Ann Dunbar Douglas Berggren Michael Meier Rebecca Rivers Leah Rae Olson Milton Frenzel Evelyn Dcerhlin Morris Daegereth Shirley Nan Olson Arden Welch Lonnie Marburger Frances Morosko Harry Burke Barbara Kruger Farrell Meyer Ann Speckles Lowell Berggren Brownie Sue Cashion Joan Speckels Donald Ray Prinz Nancy Fitzpatrick Kay Rivers. Prizes for best costumes in the parade went to Gail Ellis Ruth Rivers Karen Lundgren Susan Condron Wayne Frederick Butch Ellis Cynthia Frederick Lynda Henry Leland Lundgren Frank Sanchez Orlene Pfeiffer Gene Mattox Jackie Wilson.
On November 4 1892 Jim Hogg won re election as Texas governor in a landmark contest the first time a Democratic candidate failed to secure a majority. Hogg 190846 votes George Clark 133395 Nugent 108433 Houston 1322 others nearly 2000 total 435568. Curtis Bishop wrote the note.
Lampasas Texas city council voted unanimously to refuse an ordinance granting Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. a rate hike. City manager D. D. Dixon said the proposal was not approved.
The Williamson County Livestock Association schedules a Tuesday tour gathering at 2 p.m. at the Live stock Building in San Gabriel Park. Roy Huckabee says the route covers farms near Round Rock Taylor Hutto and Mankin Crossing with inspections of bluestem Bermuda grass pasture rotation feeder calves 4-H calves hog and sheep production.
Among 116 ship building and repair yards in the United States, 68 are located on inland waterways such as rivers and canals, indicating a heavy concentration away from coastlines.
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