Elgin Cub Scouts Stand Inspection Night
Elgin Cub Pack 182 held an inspection at Elgin High auditorium with Norman K. Dixon Aubrey Cottle and Kentrix Stagner in charge. Ron Harrison welcomed into the pack as awards were handed out and refreshments served. Mrs Taylors Den One performed a Halloween skit and Cubmaster Guy Carter invites local boys aged 8 to 10 to join Pack 182.
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Elgin
Elgin High Auditorium
Norman K. Dixon
Aubrey Cottle
Kentrix Stagner
Ron Harrison
Taylors
Hallowe'en
Guy Carter
Elgin Area
Scientists Use Night Lights To Boost Sugar Cane Yield
Researchers from the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association report higher sugar yields by nighttime illumination that suppresses tassel development in cane plants, effectively waking the crops with strong light.
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Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association
Texas lint usage climbs in September
The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research reports Texas cotton consumption reached 14 624 running bales in September, up 17 percent from August and 13 percent higher than the same month a year earlier. Lint cotton production totaled 2 770 running bales, up 6 percent from August but 14 percent below September of the prior year.
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Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Bastrop 4-H Members Named State Winners for 1950
Three Bastrop County 4-H members win state honors for 1950. Fred Fiedrich Jr. earns the state poultry contest title and a trip to National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago, with Dearborn Motor Corp backing. Morris Kastner wins the state Field Crops Contest with 140 acres of truck crops and 165 acres of field crops, plus a national run. Jeannie Mullins secures the 4-H Public Speaking state award and a silverware set from Pure Oil, with county 4-H leaders noting her progress and leadership.
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Bastrop
Bastrop County
Fred Fiedrich Jr
Morris Kastner
Jeannie Mullins
Floyd Lynch
Texas A&m College Extension
Club Congress
Chicago
Dearborn Motor Corporation
Fred
Texas
Dora Kastner
McDade
Morris
Young Kastner
Elghnigh
Frances Jean Mullins
E. G. Mullins
Frances Jean
Four Royal Hawaiian Feather Capes At Smithsonian
Four royal Hawaiian feather capes are housed at the Smithsonian Institution and are valued at one million dollars each according to reports. The artifacts, admired for their craftsmanship and cultural significance, symbolize the island kingdom’s regal history.
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Smithsonian Institution
1950 state 4-H leadership awards go to Altenhof and Curry
Howard Altenhof of Guadal upe County and Carolyn Curry of Nolan County are named state 4-H leadership award recipients. Each will receive an engraved gold wrist watch and compete for sectional and national honors. Altenhof has sold about 250000 pounds of pork and beef and produced over 12000 bushels of corn, with 32 bales of cotton marketed under his brand. He previously won the 1947 national meat animal production award and placed highly in 1948 and 1949 contests.
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College Station
INS
Howard Altenhof
Guadalupe County
Carolyn Curry
Nolan County
Altenhof
Louis Altenhof
Schumannsville
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Elgin Cub Scouts
Daye Taees
Reuben
Dave Shanks
Farm Ranch Editor
Fred Fiedrich
Red Rock
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Texas Seedsmen
International Irvester Company
Lena Sturges
J. G. Kubala
R. K. Shannon
Congress Ave
Zales Pho
AVA
International Silver Co
West Bend
Bates
Congress
Austin
Guadalupe Boy
Sullivans Paint & Wallpaper Center
Lavaca St
S.S.S
Armstrong
Capitol
W. 6Th
Karotkin’s
Lane
Ures
Neers
Coscco
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