Deaths and funerals list for Austin area figures
Lavinia Harvill dies in San Angelo after a long state service career. Victor Schmidt, Manuel Pineda, Albert Passmore, Robert Finley, James Edward Patterson, Anneliese Triebel, George W. Lewis, Professor Christian Klaerner, Garvis J. McIntyre, and Mrs Josephine Kunschik Landua are noted with funeral plans or services in Austin area venues. Burials mainly at Memorial Park and Mt Calvary. Additional services planned in Houston and Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edward Patterson
Weed-Corley
Frederick E. Brooks
Flynn V. Long
Memorial Park
Austin Lodge No. 12
A. F
A.M
J. F. Huff
Harley DePew
J. Don Howard
Harold Robinson
Sam Saxon
Jack J. Lamb
W. O. Flynn
G. A. Hagood
E. L. Banknight
Christian Klaerner
Hylton Manor Funeral Home
Lewis P. Speaker
Raymond Ohlendorf
Bernard Bockhorn
Roy Bockhorn
Thomas Nickerson
Chas. Pelphrey
Clifford Lucker
Austin Saengerunde
Betsy’s Bulldog Wins Kennel Show At Austin Event
Sassy IV a bulldog exhibited by Betsy Gordon of Buda was named best in show as about 30 youngsters under 16 years paraded with their pedigreed dogs at Zilker Park Scout Hut. The event opened National Dog Week with prizes donated by local Austin firms and a writing contest for public school students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sassy IV
Betsy Gordon
Buda
Austin
Zilker Park
Austin Junior Kennel Club
Dick Peterson
Jete
Airdale
Taylor Glass
Austin Kennel Club
Herman Rotsch
Ginger
Shirley Murray
Pete
Miss Bonfire
Ellen Sue Rotsch
Ex Aust in Teacher Succumbs at 75
Jenny Bickler Swenson, 75, died Sunday at her Denton home. A native of Austin, she taught at Bickler Academy and ran a private school in Austin. Funeral in Denton Monday. Survivors include husband Professor John Robert Swenson, son Andrew Swenson, two sisters Camilla von Briesen and Benjamin Pittenger, and four brothers Harry, Max, Ralph, and George Bickler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giddings
Josephine Kunschik Landua
Phillipson-Luckey
Ridgeway
Paige
Landua
Beaumont
Edward H. Landua
Claude Evans
Bertha Townsend
Austin
John Lindner
Joe Kunschik
Ruge
Emil Kunschik
Three Rivers
August Kunschik
Jenny Bickler Swenson
Denton
Swenson
Jacob Bickler
Bickler Academy
John Robert Swenson
Andrew B. Swenson
Camilla B. von Briesen
Milwaukee
Wis
Benjamin F. Pittenger
Harry P. Bickler
Max H. Bickler
Ralph A. Bickler
George W. Bickler
Cerebral Hemorrhage Fatal to Ennis Man
Ennis mourns William Weatherford 77 lifelong landowner and former banker and cotton broker who died of cerebral hemorrhage at his Ennis home early Sunday. Survived by wife Bernice Perkins Weatherford whom he wed in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ennis
William Weatherford
Bernice Perkins
Lightning Fire Destroys Hangar and Five Planes
A lightning strike at Monroe Delta Dusting Service gutted the hangar and five single seat planes used for crop dusting. Fire Chief Lee Hales put the loss at 30000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Delta Dusting Service
Lee Hales
Weather forecast for Austin area shows mild cooling ahead
The US Weather Bureau notes partly cloudy skies with little temperature change and a cooler trend Tuesday for the Austin region. Local readings include sunrise 6 17 am and sunset 6 32 pm with rainfall traced at 6 30 pm and overall 27.91 inches since January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US Weather Bureau
Austin
Texas
Colorado River
Acre Anropolis
Uchanan
Lake Travis
Marshall Ford
Little Anna
Abilene
Fort Rt Worth
Amarillo
Galveston
wPore
Brownsvi
Caetet
San 1 Antonio
Paso A
Death Takes Corpus Man On Visit Here
Joe E. Woods a 49 year old Corpus Christi engineer died in his Austin Hotel room Sunday morning. Mrs. Woods left to buy medicine and found him gasping for breath when she returned. Coroner’s verdict cited death due to coronary occlusion. Survivors include widow Lydia Woods a daughter Margaret Jane Woods and sister Mrs John M Cleveland of Boulder Colorado. Body returned to Corpus Christi Sunday for funeral services there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe E. Woods
Corpus Christi
Woods
Austin
University of Texas
John M. Cleveland
Boulder
Colo
Cook Funeral Home
Clinic Association Elects Officers At Austin Meeting
The Private Hospital and Clinic Association held its annual meeting at the Austin Hotel with delegates from across the state. Dr. Louis Travis of Jacksonville was named president, with Dr. Cary Poindexter of Crystal City as vice president and Dr. Neil D. Buie Jr. of Marlin as secretary treasurer. The group discussed licensing vocational nurses to address staff shortages. Outgoing officers were Dr. E. O oe of Plainview, president, Dr. C. Tenery of Waxahachie, vice president, and Dr. Louis Travis, secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Hotel
Louis Travis
Jacksonville
Cary Poindexter
Crystal City
Neil D. Buie Jr
Marlin
E. Ooe
Plainview
C. Tenery
Waxahachie
McCarthy Reports Major Oil Find in Brazoria County
Glenn H. McCarthy, president of McCarthy Oil and Gas Corp, announced a new Collins Lake field in Brazoria County about 40 miles southeast of Houston. The McCarthy No 1 J P Jamieson flowed 644 barrels daily from a 0.25 inch choke at 1,000 pounds pressure, with a total depth of 10,500 feet and nine sands between 9,000 and 10,200 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Collins Lake
Brazoria County
McCarthy Oil and Gas Corporation
Glenn H. McCarthy
McCarthy
Blue Lake
South Blue Lake
Anchor
Bears open 1949 season with 21 7 win over Santa Clara
Berkeley California September 17 1949 California Bears defeat Santa Clara Broncos 21 to 7 in season opener. The game featured strong Bear offense and solid defense as they started the year with a victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Calif
California
Bears
University of Santa Clara Broncos
Major Red Drive on Canton Hunted Canton China
Reporting from Canton China on September 18 1949 artillery duels across the Mei River north of Canton signaled a major Communist drive aimed at the provisional capital. Nationalists claimed Reds brought big guns south and tested defenses while Formosa rumors of a second front circulated amid reports of fighting around Péngtan Island near Foochow and a blockade on the Red coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
China
Mei River
Chang Yi-Ting
Formosa
Péngtan
Foochow
St. Edward's Opens Fall Term with Religious Services
Formal religious services opened the fall term at St. Edward's University in the College Chapel. Rev. William J. Beston said Catholic education prepares students for life and heaven and serves members of all denominations. The chapel hosted students, parents, friends and staff as 350 students began classes last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Edward’s University
College Chapel
William J. Beston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lavinia
Susie) Harvill
San Angelo
Miss Harvill
Corsicana Orphan's Home
State Library
Victor Schmidt
St. Mary's Cathedral
Francis Sullivan
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Manuel Pineda
Guadalupe Church
Albert Passmore
the Heights
L. J. Osborn
Robert H. Finley
Robert Henry Finley
Dorothy Weaver
Sophia McCutchon
Taylor
Doris Allmond
Opal Finley
Virginia Finley
Nellie Finley
Cedar Park
Melford Finley
Ernest Finley
Curtis Finley
Emma Reed
Ellen Williams
Dale
Sue Massey
A. H. Finley
Bluff Springs
Anneliese Triebel
Fritz Triebel
Germany
George W. Lewis
H. J. Lewis
J. D. Lewis
Cleveland
C. W. Lewis
Nacogdoches
Wilke Funeral Home
Garvis J. McIntyre
Theron Stevens
Ed McIintyre
Bill McIntyre
Roy McIntyre
Bobby McIntyre
A. E. Williams
J. W. Bell
John C. McIntyre
San Antonio
Una McIntyre
Will Crumley
Cedar Valley
Josephine Landua
Cose Funeral Home
Colorado
T.H. Davis
Frank Linden
W. S. Birdwell JR
Martin Blomquist
Rirst Funeral Home
Thurlow B. Weed
Jack Corley
Eldon Powell
Florist
Hillyer
Lavaca
Featuring
of the Bells
Lavaco
Hystin
Joe Manor
Pres
C. A. Hystin
Betsy
Jay Lewellen
Calcasieu
Howard’s
Montopolis
The
Mutual
the Mutual Savings
Congress
Death
Corpus
Clinic Association
Brazoria
C. L. Vaughn
Rio Grande
Rae IU
Ia Bris
UCR
Aun VE
R. K. Shannon
Optometrist
FORD
Savings
Savnes Bones
Continental
United States
Alaska
Ford Car Safety Contest
Chicago
Illinois
Ford Motor Company
Ford Dealers
Savines Bowes
Austin, Texas
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