Fort Worth Attorney to Be Banquet Speaker
Hon John B Honts a Fort Worth attorney will address the Chamber of Commerce Banquet and Membership Meeting as the principal speaker. A Virginian by birth he practiced law from 1931 in Dalhart Texas then served as County Judge from 1938 and District Attorney of the 69th Judicial District from 1940. He moved to Fort Worth in 1944 to continue private practice while leading local civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Honts
Fort Worth
Chamber of Commerce
West Texas
International Parks Highway Association
Great Plains Ymca
Down Town Lions Club
Yucca
Boy Scouts Council
Children’s Museum
Ill Matula Family Sees Recovery Beside Temple Store
Mrs. Lorene Broock daughter of Fred Matula reports improvement after illness as he returns to work at the army and navy store in Temple. Fred Matula also in Camp Hood Hospital shows some improvement while his wife’s husband is hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorene Broock
Fred Matula
Mr. Matula
Army and Navy
Temple
Wacoan Given Death Penalty for Fort Worth Assault
Billie George McCune, 21, a Waco sailor, was sentenced to death by a Criminal District Court jury for the rape of a Fort Worth housewife. The 89 year old victim was attacked in a downtown parking lot, and the verdict followed three days of testimony with a promise to appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Billie George McCune
Wacoax
Criminal District Court
George Trenary
Charles J. Murray
McCune
Last Rites Held for Mrs Otto Bruder
Funeral services for Mrs. Otto Bruder 50 were conducted Tuesday at Phillips and Luckey chapel in Rockdale with Rev. F T Sager officiating. Burial followed at the I O O F cemetery. Survivors include husband a son Ben Erle of Rockdale a daughter Mrs Linda Mae Stobaugh of San Antonio mother Mrs Joe Brown of Cameron four sisters and four brothers with residences in Cameron Corpus Christi Rockdale and Pasadena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Bruder
Rockdale
Phillips and Luckey Chapel
F. T. Sager
Peace Lutheran Church
Ben Erle
Linda Mae Stobaugh
San Antonio
Joe Brown
Cameron
Mary Dornhoefer
Corpus Christi
Emma Doss
Dora Henniger
Rosa Doss
Henry Brown
Albert
Eddie Brown
Willie Brown
Pasadena
Cameron High Student Eugene Senkel Wins A and M Scholarship
The Cameron high school principal received notice of the 1950 Opportunity Awards scholarship competition from Texas A College. Four year scholarships worth 200 to 400 dollars per year aim to help gifted students needing financial support. Eugene Edward Senkel, Cameron graduate, is now at A and M as a prior scholarship winner.
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Cameron High School
Texas A. and
M. College
Eugene Edward Jekel
A. and
Balhorns Celebrate Citizenship in Waco Court
Mr and Mrs W C Balhorn spent Monday in Waco where Mrs Balhorn received her American citizenship at the federal court in Waco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Balhorn
Waco
Poage Honored as REA Plant Opens in Temple Area
Praise for Congressman Bob Poage echoed at the dedication of Brazos River Transmission Electric Co operative's 11 500 kilowatt steam plant named for him. Open house ran 10 to 2 pm with a noon barbecue and speeches by state and national figures. The $2 000 000 facility was celebrated with support from Temple Belton and Killeen chambers of commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Poage
Brazos River
Chambers of Commerce
Temple
Belton
Killeen
Plant Dedication Names Generating Plant for Poage
After the afternoon program Carlton Smith of Waco acted as toastmaster as Earl D. H. Farrow of Itasca opened the valve to start steam turbines of the new generating plant. Farrow praised Congressman Bob Poage and noted the plant is named for him and dedicated to the 19 distributive cooperatives BRTEC serves.
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Carlton Smith
Waco
Cooperative
Earl D. H. Farrow
Itasca
Poage
Farrow
Bob Poage
BRTEC
Katy Highway Patrolman Visits Mon ty Angell
Cecil Laywell of Katy visited Mon ty Angell over the past weekend. Laywell is a Highway patrolman at Katy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Laywell
Katy
Monty Angell
Mr. Laywell
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E. A. Camp
E. B. Camp
Ei ‘ Rm Cata Iy
Rey
Erry
A. FE
Matula Cameron, Texas
B. M. McMillion
Buckholts, Texas
Wacoan
Ott Bruder
Eugene Edward Senkel
Rea
Shim
Hudsons
Hudson
America
The
Commodore
Horstmann Brothers
Cameron, Texas
Harris County
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Houston
Texas
Esso
Humble
Humble Company
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