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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1948
Page
7
Brigadier General Wendell Westover says the Army needs at least 100000 war-trained recruits to expand high priority reserve units. A special recruiting drive will start soon, and Congress will be asked for extra funds to back the program ordered by President Truman.
Promotes Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a tonic to build up resistance and calm nerves. The ad offers 35 tablets for 50 cents or a larger pack for one dollar, urging readers to try it and see if it helps. Available at your druggist.
Several thousand ex-students and friends of Southwest Texas State College prepare for Homecoming October 30. Activities begin Friday night with Maxwell Anderson play Both Your Houses, a pep rally, and bonfire. Saturday features a Quadrangle session, 10:30 assembly, noon barbecue at Sewell Park, then Bobcat versus North Texas State football.
Llano County eyes a study on deer hunting leases as a major winter cash source. Philip Smith will chair the livestock and agriculture committee with ranchers Aaron Rode Woodrow Wilson Luke Moss A F Buie John Dodgen Eric Slater and Raymond Winkel joining the effort to quantify dollars and leases.
Burnet announces Mrs. Dawn N. Duncan as the new home demonstration agent arriving from Robinson County to take the position.
Sir Arthur Shepperd, longtime RFC No. 2 mail carrier in Liberty Hill, has retired after years of service.
An advertising blurb touts STAZE in a handy tube that seals edges and keeps out food particles. It claims thousands enjoy steak and conversation with fewer denture issues and offers a 35 cent price with a money back guarantee.
The Hill Country Judges and Commissioners Association met at Fredericksburg to hear John H. Winters of the Texas Department of Public Welfare and District Judge Thomas Ferguson discuss rehabilitation plans for delinquent and dependent children. County juvenile boards to be formed by statute. About 100 members attended at Fair Park as Henry Hirsch welcomed guests. The group serves Llano Burnet Mason Menard San Saba Blanco Gillespie Counties in the 33rd Judicial District. The next convention will be in Johnson City in January.
The Air Force notified Senator Connally that the 47th Light Bomber Unit will move from Bibbs Field El Paso Texas to Barksdale Field Shreveport Louisiana within 30 days to be equipped with North American B43 jet bombers. The 97th wing remains at Biggs Field.
Hillsboro Texas, October 21. Bur s C. Jackson was reelected president of the National Postmasters Association at a meeting here. Vice presidents chosen include Frank R. Harwood of Santa Ana California who was also reelected.
Kerrville will host the Home Demonstration and 4-H Club Achievement Day on October 23 at the Blue Bonnet Hotel. Mrs. Charles Osborne chairs the event with exhibits of canned and fresh garden produce, handiwork, and crafts from fall gardens. Also reported: Rockford man robbed after a dice loss.
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