Centennial Plans in Cameron Are Complete
Cameron prepares a three day centennial celebration from May 23 to May 25 with state university representatives present. Governor Stevenson may give the opening address if the date is arranged. Mack Akers and John Summer Butte lead a frontier themed program with $5,000 prize money. Garland Adair of Austin attended. UT will cooperate in staging.
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Cameron
Court House
The
State University
Stevenson
Central Texas
Mack Akers
John Summer Butte
Garland Adair
Austin
University of Texas
Angell Celebrates 79th Birthday With Family Dinner
The Angell home in Splawn hosted a surprise birthday dinner for C. F. Angell on February 28 1946 at 6 PM. Children from several areas attended with except one family. L C Angell and Rankin siblings helped bake the cake and decorate. After a pleasant meal, guests played a game of 42.
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C. F. Angell
Splawn
Bennie
Belmena
G. A. Rankin
Gatesville
Albert Schlemmer
Mr. Angell
L. C. Angell
Power Failure in Five Texas Towns Sparks Tampering Probe
State and local officers probed tampering after power failure hit five Texas towns served by the Lower Colorado River Authority. LCRA officials reported transformer tampering. Transmission lines and transformer stations in Gillespie County were patrolled after service was restored.
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Texas
Lower
Colorado River Authority
LCRA
Gillespie County
Power agency reports transformer failures near five Texas towns
Max Starcke of the LCRA announced that transformers high in Fredericksburg Luling La Grange Giddings and Burnet were drained of oil and service restored to all towns before dark yesterday. The towns with 15 000 residents saw some units burn out while others failed before permanent damage.
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Fredericksburg
Luling
la Grange
Giddings
Burnet
Max Starcke
LCRA
Starcke
Power Agencies Board of Directors
Transformer tampering would plunge cities into weeks of darkness
The article quotes a speaker warning that if tampering with transformers had succeeded, cities would lose power for weeks. It also notes weekend visits from Mr and Mrs Earl Davis and children Patricia and Bobbie of Harrlingen to Mrs Jesse Brock, a rental ad for a house near Ad Hall School, and Earl Moseley's weekend business trip to Dallas.
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Earl Davis
Patricia and
Bobbie
Harlingen
Jesse Brock
Mrs Gregory Visiting Mullinax Family in Wichita Falls
Mrs. R. P. Gregory of Wichita Falls is visiting the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Mullinax. Mr. Mullinax has been ill for some time but is improving.
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R. P. Gregory
Wichita Falls
C. M. Mullinax
Mr. Mullinax
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Cc. F. Angell
Foster Produce Co
Cranars
van Cameron
Ad Hall
Earl Moseley
Dallas
Hoover
Culpepper
Southwest
America
Lone Star
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