Ex Grid Star Bartosh Named Granger Postmaster
E J Sonny Bartosh of Granger is appointed postmaster succeeding A A Spacek. Bartosh starred for Granger Lions, led as captain two years, played at Baylor, served as a sergeant and lieutenant in World War II, then returned to run his family store before entering civil service. He remains a local sports and civic figure in Williamson County.
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Taylor
Granger
E. J
Sonny) Bartosh
Sonny
Lions
Baylor University
Bartosh
Pacific
Ture Granger
Major Bartosh
Fern Shields
Salt Lake City
Sonny Bartosh
A. A. Spacek
Williamson County
Third Bracero Labor Station Is Planned
The Mexican consul general's office announces a new bracero labor contract station will be established in Crystal City Texas. Vice Consul Francisco Jaime Fivera and Chancellor Manuel M Serrano will staff the station joining existing Texas stations in El Paso and Harlingen.
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San Antonio
Bracero
Crystal City
Francisco Jaime Fivera
Manuel M. Serrano
Texas
el Paso
Harlingen
Foreman Accepts Tennessee Pastorate in Memphis
Dr. A. D. Foreman Jr. of Amarillo Texas Sunday accepted the pastorate of Temple Baptist Church in Memphis Tennessee. He is leaving the First Church in Amarillo the largest Baptist congregation. Foreman succeeds Dr. E. Gibson Davis who resigned last month.
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Memphis
A. D. Foreman Jr
Amarillo
Texas
Temple Baptist Church
First Church
Foreman
E. Gibson Davis
Byron Watts Wins Lockhart Pig Show
Byron Watts took first prize at the Sears-Roebuck pig show in Lockhart on Saturday. Frederick Lenz finished second and George Ohlendorf third, with Jerome Schuetzberg in fourth. Gilt prizes went to Milton Arnold first, Tom Vann second, Marvin Lee Schneider third, Bryan Fahrig fourth, and Roger Ehrlich fifth.
BC Pain Relief Ad Promises Fast Headache Relief
An old advertisement touts fast acting BC tablets and powder for headaches neuralgic pains and minor muscular aches claiming the same formula across forms. It highlights combined ingredients for stronger relief and compares tablet to powder efficacy with 10c and 25c sizes.
Bartlett Milano Close Show in Bartlett Livestock Fair
Bartlett and Milano led a tight livestock competition at a one day FFA FHA and 4 H show. Judges included J D Moore with Raymond Friedrich winning grand champion Angus steer. Prizes ranged from 10 to 3 dollars across multiple breeds with numerous Milano and Bartlett exhibitors.
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Bartlett
Milano
FFA
FHA
Sears
Belton
W. F. Marquart
W. F. Blair
Logan Mewhinney
James Bailey
Jorace Keith
N. A. Mason
O. L. Lange
Ernest Friedrich
Louis Meissner
Marquart
Duroc
Chamber of Commerce
J. D. Moore
Cameron
Raymond Friedrich
Holland
Angus
Herman Heep
Norman Cervenka
Granger
Friedrich
Marcel Walker
Sharp
Joe Brown
Temple
Janice Newby
Nolin Wercham
Thrall
Darrell Townsend
Jeanette Friedrich
Everett Mason
Jersey
Milton Robbins
Charles Russell
OIC
Thomas Betchan
Tom Woods
Lucille Lindeman
Florence Sturm
Raymond Pospisil
Howard Meissner
Rhode Island Reds
Southwest Texas State College opens 1949 registration drive
San Marcos September 19 The 1949 50 regular session at Southwest Texas State College began with freshman registration. Entrance exams are set for Wednesday, others register Thursday and classes start Friday. The campus on 35 acres overlooks San Marcos with a 435 acre farm for agriculture teaching. Alumni events, holidays, and exams fill the calendar through May 1950.
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C. A. Nelson
Austin American
San Marcos
Southwest
Texas State College
Agriculture Department
Sewell
John Garland Flowers
Alfred Henry Nolle
Edward Orlando Wiley
Claude Elliott
Patrick Henry Norwood
Bryan Wildenthal
Gladys Jones
Henry Eli Speck
Ernest Bryan Jackson
Maurice D. Heatly
William L. Moore
Joseph E. Thompson
Carla B. Simmang
Maxine W. Hilton
Mattie Ruth Backus
Peggy B. Bartholomew
Ruth D. Brinkley
Hattie D. Roberts
Delight M. Tassin
Geraldine M. Harris
Adeline Neighbors
Lillian Johnson Thomas
Juanita Stewart
Frances Fisher
Isabelle Meyer
Ethel Davis
Hertha Kuehn Bowlin
R. N
Margaret H. Patterson
Sayers Hall
Jane K. Hill
Sallie Beretta
Claude A. Hearn Jr
Harris Hall
Bettie J. Harrison
Dudley R. Dobie
Gertrude E. Bryan
Tollie Raymond Buie
Verna L. Deckert
Charles Spurgeon
Search for Youth Ends at Lubbock
Lubbock reports the end of a missing youth case as Linnie Lee Creacy 17 of Phillips Texas returns. He had left July 7 to work with a wheat harvest crew and worked three weeks at a local hardware store before vanishing. Creacy says he wrote letters to his family and does not understand why they feared his death or why they expected a grave near Sharon Springs Kansas previously.
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Lubbock
Linnie Lee Creacy
Phillips
Texas
Creacy
Linnie
Sharon Springs
Kan
Young Creacy
Williamson Cotton Ginnings Fall Short of 1948 Pace
Williamson County cotton ginnings by Sept 1 totaled 10,062 acres ginned this year, far below the 27,441 ginned by Sept 1, 1948, per E C Dahlberg special agent, Census Bureau. Officials note a larger crop was expected, but last year’s drought and earlier season left this year’s figures low.
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Taylor
Williamson County
E. C. Dahlberg
Bureau of Census
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The
Bears
E. J. Bartosh
C. L. Vaughn
Rio Grande
Cial
Austin
T&c's
Town & Country Shoes
Dr. Foreman
Tennessee
Byron Watts
Lockhart
Ady
STSC
Tampke
Oscar W. Strahan
Hiawatha Crosslin
Rufus R. Rush
James Taylor
J. Lloyd Read
Elton Abernathy
T& C
Eugene H. Duke
Navy Suede
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