Annual Fall Convention for 11th District of American Legion
Killeen hosts the 11th District American Legion convention November 17 18 with about 500 delegates from 24 posts. Legion Commander Jack Levy says membership growth and Legion programs will shape sessions. Walton H Walker Post of Belton is among those meeting quota. Rev Lester Cochran leads Memorial Service. Cochran named chair of the annual oratorical contest. All sessions at the American Legion Home with a full entertainment program planned by the Killeen post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Killeen
11Th Congressional District
America Legion
Jack D. Levy
Legion
Belton
Walton H. Walker
Lester D- Cochran
Brownwood
Levy
Charlie Gibson
Cochran
Roby C. Fagg
Longview
Navy honors Cameron man with promotion to gunner's mate third class
Herbert B Madeley Jr son of Herbert Madeley Sr USN of Cameron has been advanced to gunner's mate third class aboard the seaplane tender USS Salisbury Sound with the Seventh Fleet in the Far East. He entered service June 28 1948 and trained at Naval Training Center San Diego after attending Temple High School Temple Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert B. Madeley, Jr
Herbert Madeley, Sr
USN
Cameron
Sailsbury Sound
Dunty
Seventh Fleet
Far East
Madeley
Naval Service
Naval Training Center
San Diego
California
Navy
Temple High School
Temple
Miss Evelyn Klapka Heads to Corpus Christi Business School
Miss Evelyn Klapka departed Saturday to enroll in a business school program in Corpus Christi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Klapka
Corpus Christi
Health Officer Explains Rabies Types and Risks
Austin Texas November 12 To combat rabies the Texas State Department of Health published Facts About Rabies a twenty page pamphlet Dr Geo Cox State Health Officer says it will be sent to citizens on request Fur ious rabies feature irritability snapping at objects violent stage paralysis follows death in four to seven days after first symptoms Dumb rabies cause drowsiness jaw paralysis coma death in three to ten days Such animals strike at movement appear to have throat obstruction Dogs fox cats and skunks most apt to cause rabies Last year 4491 animal heads examined 1220 or 27 percent rabid 868 dogs 167 fox 59 cats 43 skunks Highest positive percentages in February March and April
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Texas State Department of Health
Geo. Cox
Cox
State Department of Health
Waco Recruiting Station Tops Enlistment Rates in Region
The Waco Army and Air Force Recruiting Station recorded the highest voluntary enlistment percentage relative to population in Texas and New Mexico for October. Colonel A D Dugan announced the finding to Chamber of Commerce officials. Local recruiters will join the Chamber at a November 14 event at the Roosevelt Hotel. Sidney Dobbins and Jack Kultgen lead the arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
United States Army and Air Force
Texas
New Mexico
Chamber of Commerce
A. D. Dugan
Southwestern
Roosevelt Hotel
Sidney Dobbins
Chamber
Jack Kultgen
Bryan Air Force Men Injured In Sunday Mishap
Three men from Bryan Air Force Base were injured when a 1941 Plymouth overturned on Highway 190 between Maysfield and Cameron Sunday night around 10 30. John Owen Griffin drove the car which he lost at high speed causing a double roll and crash into a bar ditch fence. Carl Pighpen and Maurice A Callahan rode with him. all were hospitalized and released Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Air Force Base
Maysfield
Cameron
O. D Lewis
Lewis
John Owen Griffin
Griffin
Carl Pighpen
Maurice A. Callahan
New Ceiling Prices Set for Meat in OPS Order
The Office of Price Stabilization issued new ceiling prices for meat, veal, lamb and mutton with effective November 13 in the Houston District. The changes may raise prices to consumers or meats, though some reductions are possible. exact amounts vary. Wholesale ceilings for lamb, yearling and mutton are set, with retailers instructed to recalculate their prices using a provided formula to reflect higher wholesale levels.
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Office of Price Stabilization
Houston
OPS
Henderson Thompson Visits Sister in Bryan This Weekend
Henderson Thompson spent the past weekend with his sister Mrs. John Blasienz at Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson Thompson
Mrs
John Blasienz
Bryan
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American Legion
Herbert Madeley, Jr
Glass
Esslinger Red and White Grocery
Ley
The
Cameron Herald
Bryan Air Force
H.p
C.O.E
Dodge
Travis
Schiller Motors
Penick & Ford, Ltd., Inc
Brer
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