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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1949
Page
3
Kansas City promotion touts a comfortable conclusive rupture truss with 30 day trial. Reporters could receive a $3.50 gift truss upon response by mail to 1841 Koch Main Kansas City Missouri.
General Robert O. Whiteaker of Buda operates five small lakes behind concrete dams on his Hays County stock farm. He plans a 24 by 48 barn, quonset deck storage, and future alfalfa fields. Whiteaker, a former Texas National Guard brigadier and major general, seeks live stock expansion and permanent pastures.
Taylor leaders push to raise the final $2000 of the Taylor Community Chest goal. With $11,347.24 raised and only $86.50 in pledges, Beatrice Hall donates $10 a month as year round secretary. Drive chairman R. Burrus urges remaining contributors to give through local banks this week.
Coupland will present 10 bales of cotton to CROP on Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the Evangelical Church community center. Dedication will involve national and state CROP officials plus Congressman Homer Thornberry. Donors from Williamson, Travis and Bastrop Counties will be recognized. the gift will come from the Coupland Gin.
A new device adapts a standard garden hose to spray fruit trees. The invention enables convenient, efficient application of liquids, offering a simple solution for orchard care.
Southwest Texas State College in San Marcos prepares for a large homecoming November 4 and 5 honoring the 1909 graduates. Events include a Bobcats vs East Texas Lions game, a barbecue for 12 000 ex-students, a pep rally with bonfire, a three act comedy Dear Ruth, and a memorial assembly for alumni lost in World War II led by Dr. J G Flowers with performances by the College A Capella Choir under Ira Renay Bowles.
Three rural electrification leaders from Hays County traveled to El Paso for the regional Rural Electrification Association annual meeting. They are M. G. Hultin director of the Texas association Walter Burnett a director of Pedernales Electric Cooperative and Will Burnett a director of the Guadalupe Blanco Electric Cooperative.
San Marcos postpones a planned October tour to Taylor to inspect growth and civic plans. Gene Scratchin says the November date will be set by civic leaders to accommodate 75 to 100 visitors and allow better preparations due to time constraints and prior commitments.
Four Burnet businesses have changed ownership with two buyers new to the city. Frank D. Creasey of Waco bought Wallis Electrical Company and Albert Martin of Junction bought Mays Tailor Shop. N C Jackson and Joe Alderson bought Burnet Steam Laundry, the third sale in three years, and Field Pogue bought Smith Barber Shop.
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