Vondell Probst Named Bastrop Gold Star Girl
Vondell Probst 15, of Rockne 4-H Club, named Gold Star Girl of 1948 in Bastrop County after three years of achievement. She won 37 blue, 30 red, 16 white ribbons and $129 in prizes across poultry, cooking, clothing and gardening projects. Her sister Lorene was 1947 Gold Star Girl.
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American Farm Staff
Bastrop
Vondell Probst
Rockne
Lena Sturges
Bastrop County
Vendell
Austin
Houston
Vondell
Lorene Probst
Chicago
Dodson Is Named Texas Association of Commerce Head
Co P Dodson of tur, president of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce, was chosen as president of the Texas Association of Commerce at its Austin meeting. He succeeds Paul Carrington of Dallas. Other officers include L H Groos of Corpus Christi and Raymond Dillard of Mexia as vice presidents. Walter E Long of Austin was re elected secretary. The group aims to rewrite the Texas Constitution with broad participation and endorses a five point fiscal program: no new taxes, no tax increases, no new recurring expenditures except emergency, no new types of spending, and using state surplus for capital projects.
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Co. P. Dodson
Tur
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas Association of Commerce
Austin
Paul Carrington
Dallas
L. H. Groos
Corpus Christi
Raymond Dillard
Mexia
Walter E. Long
George C. Hester
Gordon Simpson
Richard Morehead
Association
Pixiecrats Face Hall Dilemma For Oct Convention
The Pixiecrats must secure two meeting halls of equal size in Austin for their October convention and preconvention National Committee meeting. Col. Burr withholds committee names to curb meddling, while security will enforce segregation of party factions and only hard boiled eggs allowed at the event.
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Austin
Pixiecrat National Committee
The
Pixiecrats
Hamilton J. Burr
Col. Burr
National
Spanish Duke's Son Heir to Many Titles
A son born Saturday to the Duchess of Montoro and Luis Martinez Irujo becomes heir to a vast title legacy. The baby’s grandfather is the Duke of Alba, holder of numerous dukedoms marquesses counts and knights, with extensive estates castles and art holdings.
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Madrid
Spain
Duchess of Montoro
Luis Martinez Irujo
Duke of Sotomayor
Duke of
Alba
Europe
Perilous Rescue Ends in Rabbit Owner's Death
In Peru Indiana on October 3 Robert Scott, 17, died while attempting to rescue rabbits. He found the rabbit coop on fire and touched an electric wire, standing barefoot in a pool of water, and died instantly.
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Peru
Ind
Robert Scott
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Annette Duval
East Avenue
Horace C. Barnhart
Capital Nat. Bank
Adida
Wesley
Distinctive Dry Cleaners
Guadalupe
Dodson
Association of Commerce
Northside
Church OF Christ
Joe Malone Evangelist
Avenue B
Joe Malone
Jess Hall
L. East
City Market
Asd
Hatha Wash
United States
Carmen
Columbia Technicolor
A Beckworth Corporation
Mullins
Cata Reaet
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