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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1949
Page
11
Up in the Arctic Ocean icebergs form along Greenland's western coast and drift into nearby waters. The piece notes most bergs originate near Greenland and are found in surrounding seas.
Miss Charlene Carter of Llano has accepted a position on the DeKalb public schools faculty for the coming term. She will teach social studies in the junior high school. Miss Carter earned her degree from Baylor University at Waco in June.
Georgetown High School will begin serving noonday meals on September 13 in the new gymnasium cafeteria at 20 cents per meal including milk. Annie Purl Elementary and Carver High will also provide meals, with staff prices at 30 cents. Registrations run September 7 and 8 ahead of classes resuming September 12.
Llano Aug. 31. Plans for dedicatory services for the new veterans vocational school building are being made by the local American Legion post. Post commander Jackson B. Love says an arrangements committee led by T. D. Tanksley with Orville Buttery, Raymond Rogers and Lester Inman will organize the program. date pending building completion.
Governor Aaron V. Brown issued a call for 2,800 men to serve in the Mexican War and 30,000 volunteers immediately stepped forward, earning Tennessee the nickname Volunteer State for their mobilization.
Sally Hardin 17 of Llano is slated to enter the Williamson County Sheriff Posse Rodeo barrel races on Sept 5 6 and 7. She rides Bunny after winning all three barrel heats in the 1948 Posse Rodeo and also holds the Kerrville 1942 saddle trophy among many rodeo honors. The event opens with a 5 PM parade expected to attract about 10000 spectators featuring a steam caliope from Universal Mills and bands from Georgetown Taylor and nearby schools.
Jule F. Coffield lifelong Rockdale resident and former Coffield Hardware Store owner died at his home after a noon Tuesday. Son of J. F. Coffield early Rockdale business man and bank founder, he left a widow and a son Thomas R. Coffield.
Hands Pearce, Smithville superintendent, lists the faculty for the year led by Burnett Pharr and Francis J. Shirocky. The roster includes a visiting teacher counsellor D Y Childers and marks the first year with a dedicated personal problems teacher for students.
The Rev. E. Bruce Banks resigns as pastor of the First Christian Church Taylor effective September. He accepts the pastorate of the First Christian Church in Texas City and will move with his wife and two daughters Judy and Janet. Banks has served as secretary treasurer of the Taylor Ministerial Alliance and chaplain for the Optimist Club.
Mrs. James E. Whited of Austin is in a Taylor hospital with internal injuries after a wreck on Rice's Crossing Road Monday night. She and her husband were riding with Ernest Lee Collins of Austin when they failed to negotiate a curve and crashed into an embankment. Collins and Whited were only slightly injured.
In Coupland on Monday afternoon the tenant house owned by Mrs. A. M. Pfluger burned to the ground after a kerosene stove exploded. Fire departments from Elgin and Taylor fought the blaze but could not save the structure.
The Comal County representative for the Queen of the Texas Farm Bureau contest will be chosen Sunday at Valhalla. The state winner goes to the national pageant in Chicago December 5 to 8 with a $400 prize. Contenders include Corrine Gass from Bulverde Line Weinaug Gruene Frances Schneider from Fischers Store Smithsons Valley and Spring Branch areas. To qualify, entrants must be 16 to 22, unmarried, and a daughter or sister of a Farm Bureau member with farm or ranch income in the county.
Taylor Public Schools will open for the 66th consecutive year Friday morning with a full day and regular schedule. Faculty report Thursday at 9 a.m. Superintendent T. H. Johnson announced. St Marys Parochial School sets first day September 12 with registration September 6.
Marble Falls High School will open September 5 with vocational agriculture and homemaking offered for the first time. Three new buildings are under construction a vocational agriculture shop and classroom a homemaking cottage and a cafeteria. A fourth gymnasium is planned later. New faculty members include Don Fox Miss Nancy Ellwood Mrs Rudolph Holland and Charles Evans.
Llano County delegates chosen to attend the State Home Demonstration Club meeting in Mineral Wells September 21 to 23. Selected by Miss Marthlyn Burnett the county agent, the group includes Mrs. M L Wallis Mrs. Oscar Schmidt and Mrs A A Baumann. Two additional delegates attend by office, Mrs Dan Sagebiel on the state marketing committee and Mrs Orville Draper, Llano County THDA chairman.
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