Deaths and Funerals For Several Local Residents
Multiple obituary notices from Texas towns list late November services for George William Peterson 64 at Myrtin Manor with burial in Oakwood. Also remembered are Albert Alfred Smitherman 56 with Austin ties and Henry Lucksinger with Cook Funeral Home. Other obituaries include Mrs Dorothy Henney 32 from Smithville and Mrs Frank Stockton 67 from Lometa with details on survivors, services, and burial places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George William Peterson
Myrtin Manor
J. E. Chester
C. F. Banner
Alton Riin
A. F. Baker
F. F. Konarsky
S. W. Danielson
Fred Beeman
Oakwood Cemetery
Albert Alfred Smitherman
Temple
Smitherman
Josie Ivy Smitherman
Clifton Cleo Smitherman
Austin
Dee Smitherman
Jessi Smitherman
Johnson City
Jodie Smitherman
Henry
E. L. Smitherman
San Antonio
Annis Mae Jackson
Lela Love
Olen Phelps
Denby Jackson
Earl Smitherman
L. C. Roberts
Burnie Teague
Jack Burt
Elvin Puryear
John A. Reed
Maurice Phelps
John Moore
Willie-Donnelly
Henry Lucksinger
Cook Funeral Home
Charles Sumners
Annie Elizabeth Cameron
James Parr
John K. Beery
Liveoak Cemetery
Pulibaavens
Estie Cameron
Morris Cameron
Ray Cameron
Marvin Schaeffer
Ed LeMaster
Ray McGee
Winifred Stansbury
State Comptroller’s Office
Mary V. Bond
Laredo
L. C. Wells
Denver
M. P. Leonard
Dallas
J. B. Leonard
Smithville
Dorothy Lee Henney
Millington
Tenn
Thomas H. Brandes
F. A. Henney
Shirley Henney
Doris Henney
First Methodist Church
J. Leonard Rea
Oak Hill Cemetery
Hunters lock to Hills as deer season opens
Austin hunters begin trips ahead of the Thanksgiving weekend. State Game Commission reports 16 600 licenses issued since Monday bringing total licensed hunters to about 342 000 this year. Wardens plus 30 extra staff alerted as Highway Patrol mobilizes for busy roads and venison traffic fills local locker plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward's Plateau
State Game Commission
Matty
Austin
Hill Country
Lake Austin
State Highway Patrol
Attorney General Rules On Delinquent Tax Case
The Texas Attorney General ruled that counties may not spend money to buy a radio for a city police car. In a separate opinion, Brazoria and other counties can refuse parts of delinquent school and road taxes when payment is not tendered, citing a 10 year limitation. The ruling clarifies that the limitation affects remedies, not the taxes themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Price Daniel
Robert M. Allen
Henderson
Brazoria County
Austin Captain on Hawaiian Duty Receives Military Honors
Captain Thomas G. Flynn Jr 31 of 2511 Del Carto Road serves with the Pacific Division MATS at Hickman Field Hawaii not assigned to the 1263rd Air Transport Squadron. He flies supplies to UN forces in Korea via MATS routes from Travis Calif to Honolulu and Haneda Japan. Flynn married Cleo Succetti of Austin and has son Stephen 2 and daughter Carol J 10 months. A University of Alabama graduate, he joined the Air Force April 20 1942 and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal for service in the China Burma India theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas G. Flynn Jr
del Carto Road
Pacific Division
Military Air Transport Service
Hickman Air Force Base
Hawaii
1263Rd Air Transport
Flynn
United Nation Forces
Korea
Pacific
MATS
Travis Air Force Base
Fairfield
Calif
Honolulu
Haneda Air Force Base
Japan
Cleo Succetti
Austin
Stephen
Carol J
University of Alabama
Air Force
China-Burma-India
Fatalities Mount In Highway Count
A Texas DPS release shows October fatalities at 211 with 2 271 injuries, higher than 1949. Through October 66 015 accidents caused 1 846 deaths and 22 605 injuries, with 85 722 accidents last year causing 1 432 deaths and 20 135 injuries. final 1950 totals likely 22 percent above 1949 due to more miles driven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
State Department of Public Safety
Public Safety Department
Post Office Closed For Thanksgiving
Postmaster Bob Phinney announced the post office will be closed all day Thursday with only perishables delivery and special delivery letters serviced. Postal employees are observing Thanksgiving this week instead of November 36 when the office will be open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Phinney
Phinney
Patrolman Hendricks to enter Army active duty
Hendricks, a highway officer and married father of two, leaves his post as patrolman to serve on active duty at Fort Hood. The 2nd lieutenant will join the 17th Armored Division after four years away from the Army, previously stationed in Japan. He resides at 8403 Shoalwood Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Hood
Hendricks
17Th Armored Division
Army
Japan
Shoalwood Avenue
Also Mentioned on This Page
Penney’s
P R
Albert A. Smitherman
Annie Cameron
Mrs. Winifred Stansbury
Weed-Corley
Lawrence Bush
Dorothy Henney
Frank Stockton
Attorney General
Ike
WEED
Corley Funeral Home
ACA
Hawaiian
Department of Public Safety
W. F. Hendricks
Ween Barkley
Washington
Alben W. Barkley
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Vali
Altera
Cohn Bros
Congress
Anattin
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