STSC Plans Move of Student Units at San Marcos Base
Southwest Texas State Teachers College will turn back the San Marcos Army Air Base housing to the Federal Housing Administration. President Flowers announced the college will relocate student veterans to quarters in San Marcos as occupancy declines, citing high maintenance costs over the past three years.
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San Marcos
Texas State Teachers College
San Marcos Army Air Base
Presijo G. Flowers
Catholics To Hold Bazaar at St Marys Church
Redersburg October 14 The annual bazaar of St Marys Catholic Church will be held here Saturday and Sunday General Chairman M F rie announces the event with plans for games refreshments and entertainment for all residents and visitors
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Redericksburg
St. Mary's Catholic Church
M. Frie
San Marcos Kiwanis names Yarbrough lieutenant governor
Yancy P. Yarbrough principal of San Marcos High School was chosen as lieutenant governor of Division 5 Texas-Oklahoma Kiwanis. He becomes the fourth San Marcos Kiwanian to hold the post, following Max C. Smith Claud Elliott and Frank Wimmerman.
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San Marcos
Yancy P. Yarbrough
San Marcos High School
Kiwanis International
Tulsa
Okla
Yarbrough
Marble Falls youths to attend state fair
Two buses carrying FFA boys and FHA girls with their advisory committee will depart Marble Falls on Saturday to attend the State Fair in Dallas. Band members and senior students join the Future Farmer and Future Homemaker groups for the trip.
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Marble Falls
FFA
FHA
Dallas
Future
Farmer and Future Homemaker
Retail Training Classes Open In Bastrop Tuesday
A chamber sponsored retail training institute will start with a mass meeting in the courthouse annex Tuesday. Lester W. Grainge of the State Board for Vocational Education will instruct. Four sales training courses for employees and two personnel courses for employers will be offered.
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Bastrop
Spl
Chamber of Commerce
Lester W. Grainge
State Board For Vocational Education
Gillespie County Community Chest Drive Set for Oct 24
Gillespie County will launch its Community Chest drive from Oct 24 to Oct 29 to raise 11598.61 dollars, the same quota as the first campaign. Chairman William Schroeder Jr. oversaw the plan and noted the figure matches the chest’s founding effort earlier this year.
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Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
William Schroeder Jr
Chest Drive at Taylor Reaches Halfway to Goal
The Taylor Community Chest drive has reached the halfway point toward a $13,250 goal, with $7,006.25 raised by Thursday. About $6,000 of the total came from the downtown area.
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Taylor
San Saba Votes On 200000 LCRA Bond Issue
San Saba voters will decide November 8 on a 200000 dollar bond to purchase the LCRA electric distribution in the city. The election coincides with the state constitutional amendment vote. The proposal, backed by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Lions Club, seeks city ownership as a revenue source for maintenance and improvements.
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San Saba
LCRA
Burrel Park
Granger War Memorial Dedication Set For November
Dedication services for the Granger memorial will be held November 11. Preliminary work on the site has been completed.
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Granger War Memorial
Granger
Tuberculosis Cases Found in San Saba County
Forty one definite TB cases and three suspicious ones were found in a San Saba County X ray survey conducted last month. Twenty two films showed other chest diseases. a total of 2 955 films were processed and reports mailed, per state health officer George W Cox.
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San Saba
San Saba County
George W. Cox
Cox
WSCS Bazaar Slated by Edison Street Church
Frederickburg event set for October 20 features a bazaar and country store organized by the WSCS of the Edison Street Methodist Church.
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Fredericksburg
WSCS
Edison Street Methodist Church
Austin Army & Navy Store Clothing Ad
Classified ad for Austin Army & Navy Store lists work shirts blue chambray at 1.00 clothing items for boys jeans sizes 1 to 16 at 1.39 and blue overalls with striped options. Sweat shirts gray or white 2.29 and 1.29. Corduroy and moleskin trousers with weights and a 4.95 olive drab wool shirt. B 15 jackets and Alpers underwear 44.95.
Houston Worker Dies by Own Action in Kerrville Jail
Jack Johns a 38 year old Houston pipeline worker was found dead in his Kerr County jail cell at 2 am the night of his Friday arrest after a court sentenced him to 80 years for rape. A coat hanger noose was around his neck and cuts were found on his throat. Sheriff Earl Garrett and others claimed he died by hanging. A note indicated his burial wishes. Funeral plans were incomplete. Johns worked on a pipeline between Kerrville and Rock Springs.
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Jack Johns
Houston
Kerr County
38Th District
State Penitentiary
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Earl Garrett
Garrett
Johna
Justice of the Peace
Virgil Storms
Here
Rock Springs
Salesman of Lucky Stones Faces Legal Trouble
In Richmond Virginia on October 14 a 370 pound African American known as Master X arrives in federal court to explain why he kept using surplus Army ATG planes after their airworthiness certificates expired. Boland says his fleet conducts research in the substratosphere to produce lucky stones from rocks touched by cosmic rays.
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Jose L. Boland
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ATG
Boland
Master X
Tidewater Virginia
Centex Firemen's Association Convention Comes to Lampasas
The 26th semiannual Central Texas Volunteer Firemen's Association meet runs Sunday in Lampasas. Speakers include Major J. O. Musick of the State Public Safety Department and W. L. Heaton Austin fire marshal. About 400 visitors from 25 counties expected. events include a dance, registration, welcome by County Atty Gordon Cass, talks on fire prevention and cooperation with police, officer elections, pumper races, and a park barbecue.
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Central Texas Volunteer. Firemans Association
J. O. Musick
State Department of Public Safety
W. L. Heaton
Austin
Hancock Park
Jack Ream
Gordon C. Cass
Heaton
Major Musick
Department of Public Safety
Burnet Llano Baptist Association Holds 37th Annual Meet
The Burnet Llano Baptist Association’s 37th annual session gathered 11 churches from Burnet and Llano Counties in Llano at First Baptist Church. Attendees included moderator Rev W Y Pond Jr of Burnet treasurer R A Springer of Dallas and Rev O J Chastain from Mary Hardin Baylor College. Llano pastor Rev Lester O Probst presided. Rev L R Cole preached the evening sermon.
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Burnet- Llano
Belton
Lester O. Probst
L. R. Cole
Capitol Heights Baptist Church
Austin
San Saba Opens State Radio Station For Game Warden
San Saba County leads the state with a permanent two way radio for the State Game Fish and Oyster Commission. Game Warden Blackie Bowers installs the station with rancher support. The system includes a home station 60 watt and a mobile unit in Bowers car. Dispatch duties are handled by Mrs. Bowers. The radio aids emergency reports to remote areas and contact with any phone.
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San Saba
San Saba County
Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Blackie Bowers
Bowers
Bartlett Legion Post Seeks Bids for New Building
Bartlett dispatch notes bids due by Oct 20 for a new Louis B. Well Post American Legion home. Plans show a large meeting hall, ladies room, kitchen, storeroom and two rest rooms. crews have razed the old structure and stacked lumber for reuse.
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Bartlett
Louis B. Well Post
American Legion
Legion
Stalin congratulates East German government in cigars comment
Lincoln White State Department spokesman called Stalin message of congratulations to the East German government expected. He likened it to a father passing out cigars when a son is born, framing the remark as a customary gesture.
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Lincoln
White
State Department
Stalin
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