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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1950

Page

3

1100 Head of Cattle Sell at Capitol with Prices Steady

Capitol Livestock Auction Co in Austin reports 1100 cattle sold with prices steady from last week. Slaughter calves ranged 26 to 29.50 per hundred, medium 23 to 26, low grades down to 15, cows 19 to 23, bulls 19 to 24, stocker calves 22 to 30, top hogs 20.50 to 21.60, light hogs 17 to 20.50, sows 17 to 20.50.

Capitol Livestock Austion Company Austin Ralph Johnson Round Rock Oren Rippy Dripping Springs Richard Meath Red Rock Leon Crumley Leander M. S. Wheeler Lillie Rucker Bastrop Edna Mitchell Frank Toungate Cedar Valley A. W. Atkinson Mary Boyd Manor Lewis Dobbie Driftwood Fred Sternberg Creedmoor Edward Dailey G. R. Jackson Lockhart Adolph Seeliger Willie Iwig Pearce Johnson Charlie Bolding Jarrell A. H. Caldwell del Valle Joe Nelson Buda M. H. Deats Thrdlandshid J. D. Millegan McNeil A. H. Neighbors Willie Reimers Harry Hyatt Johnson City Alexander and Watts Elroy

Local civic notices from Taylor San Marcos Round Rock

Community items include Halloween events and carni vals in Taylor and Round Rock, Kiwanis and PTA activities in San Marcos, a postmaster swearing in, Haysto Fair opening, and G overnment meetings. Also notes on Armistice Day closings and a Garden Club speaker. The collection ends with a humorous sailing memory.

Prices Steady At Austin Stock Yard Sale

Prices at the Austin Stock Yards were steady to $1.50 higher for some classes. Fat cows ranged from 17.50 to 25.50, fat butcher steers 24.50 to 25.50, and feeder cattle 17.50 to 19.50. Numerous buyers and individual consignments from Austin, Manor, Liberty Hill, Bertram, Dripping Springs, Marble Falls, Elgin, Cedar Creek, and other nearby towns are listed with weights and prices for calves, steers, heifers, hogs, and cows.

Austin Eam Phillip Benoit J. T. Brewer Liberty Hill Elree Bedford Manor W. W. Benner A. B. Brodie Robert Bauerle W. R. Burch O. B. Breedlove Leon Crumley W. M. Cox Bertram J. M. Cunningham Co. L. Cheek Ted Deison C. R. Ellis del Valle Ornge Easley G. J. Eppright Amelia Frasier Marble Falls Co. C. Friedrich H. A. Ferguson Lytton Springs Walter D. Master Dripping Springs Ollie Jones Cedar Creek Monroe Johns Buck Jones A. F. Killingsworth Joe H. Krause Clarence Leseman Elgin Wirdell Lee J. D. Gunn Earl Massengale

Steel Worker Hurt On Llano School Job

Llano, Oct. 25. T. P. Bunn of Waco, 42, seriously injured while unloading steel for the new Llano school building. A steel bar pierced his body and he was taken to the Sheppard Clinic for emergency care and remains confined.

Llano T. P. Bunn Waco Shepperd Clinic

Pflugerville Pastor Is TLC Speaker

Dr. W. W. Jackson of San Antonio will speak at Texas Lutheran College homecoming banquet November 4 in Seguin. The three day celebration includes a chapel service, reunions, a downtown parade with bands from Lockhart, San Marcos, Gonzales and Floresville, a TLC football game against Daniel Baker, coronation November 3, and a Sunday worship service by Rev. Kurt Hartmann.

Seguin W. W. Jackson San Antonio Trinity University American Hospital and Life Insurance Company Texas Lutheran College William F. Kraushaar Lockhart San Marcos Gonzales Floresville Texas Kurt Hartmann Ugerville Emanuel’s Lutheran Church

Taylor Chest Drive Short of Goal in Community Effort

Taylor on October 25 reported a photo finish hope for the Community Chest drive by October 31. Pledges total remained about 3,000 dollars short of the 13,000 dollar goal. Agencies supported include the Welfare Board Salvation Army Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Polio and United Services.

Taylor ANS Welfare Board Salvation Army Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Polio United Services

Green Valley hog prices rise as cattle ease at Texas sale

In San Marcos on October 25 Green Valley Livestock sale moved 600 cattle and a smaller run of hogs and sheep. Hogs gained to about 21.20 per hundredweight on top lots while cattle weakened with strong demand for cows and calves. Notable bids included calves at 27.10 for a 520 pound hog and 28.10 for a 305 pound steer.

San Marcos Ring of Green Valley Livestock and Commission Company M. F. Rodriguez Staples C. L. Garden Seguin Rodger Linebarger Clyde Vaughan Baros and Biedermann New Braunfels H. Dix Albert Morrison San Antonio Frank Davis Luling Horace Cape W. H. Cosby Lockhart C. H. Heidemeyer

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Capitol Steinbach Smithville E. V. Mackland G. E. Thompson Martindale Henry Buck de Valle T. L. Ragsdale ALL America EL Een China Contexas Traveler Taylor Knights of Columbus Veterans of Foreign Wars PS Hallowe'en KC Hall Allen Rummel San PTA Dan M. Hannan Taylor High School John L. Brunner Hays American Legion Auxiliary Legion Hall Leslie Mayfield Vernon Hafernik Retail Credit Association Alma Lee Holman Taylor Times Texas Women's Press Association Tyler Joyce Stromberg Lucille Allard Lampasas Taylor Garden Club Taylor Country Club Bongo-Bongo Pflugerville TLC School OF i Arthur Murray Arthur Murray Green Valley Calveston Parker Chiropractic Debarbieris Jerry Miller Chasteen Louise Debarbieris 56Th Street Galveston Parker Chiropractic Care Ith Bruce Ave Worth Jerry Young H Lafe Y Chiropractic L. M. Boyd
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