Injured Driver in Fredricksburg Crash At Green Light
Mrs Emilie Doebbler of Fred ericksburg suffered multiple injuries after her car was broadsided by a vehicle driven by Wayne Brookie of Abilene. Doebbler remained in Keidel Memorial Hospital with broken ribs and severe cuts. Brookie admitted he did not see the red light at Crockett and Main and was fined $1 and costs in Justice Court.
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Emilie Doebbler
Fredericksburg
Wayne Brookieson
Abilene
San Antonio
Brookieson
Justice Court
White Seeks Reelection as Texas Agriculture Commissioner
Austin July 17 Agriculture Commissioner John C White announced a second term bid and outlined a plan to run the Texas Department of Agriculture on a self supporting basis by increasing fee revenue. The 1954 budget seeks 309000 from general revenue, a slight cut from 309540 in 1953, funding an expanded program.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Department of Agriculture
Agriculture
John C White
White
General Revenue Fund
Department of Agriculture
St Mary's Parish Picnic Draws Parishioners at Oakcrest Park
Members of St Marys Catholic Church gathered at Oakcrest Park after the 10 am mass for a parish picnic. Basket lunches were shared under oak trees while a parish band played. Visitors enjoyed a fish pond bingo swimming and boat riding throughout the day.
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Rotary
Oakcrest Park
White says agriculture department fees will reduce tax burden
White notes the current phase marks a hump in maximum tax money spending and expects requests to fall without cutting agricultural services in Texas. He sees department fees funding new work as a step toward self-sufficiency and easing the long term tax load. White previously led the Division of Agriculture at Midwestern University in Wichita Falls before winning the agriculture post from J. B. McDonald two years ago.
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White
Texac
J. B. McDonald
Division of Agriculture
Midwestern University
Wichita Falls
Luxton Rites Held In Johnson City Thursday Afternoon
Funeral services for James W. Luxton were held at Croft Funeral Home in Johnson City with Rev. Warren Capps presiding. Interment followed at Masonic Cemetery. Luxton, 60, died July 7 in McKinney Veterans Hospital. He leaves parents in Fort Worth, two daughters, three sons, four grandchildren, siblings, and in laws across Texas and Missouri. Pallbearers listed.
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Croft's Funeral
James W. Luxton
Veteran's Hospital
McKinney
Texas
Warren Capps
First Baptist Church
Masonic Cemetery
Luxton
Uvalde
W. A. Luxton
Fort Worth
W. L. Ashmore
Winnie
Adel Luxton
Johnson City
J. W. Luxton
Marshfield
Missouri
Harold Luxton
Raymondville
Pfc. Clayxton
U. S Army
Weldon Hawpe
Clays Wommack
Howard Fisher
Gene Fielding
Ft. Worth
Charles Luxton
Arthur Luxton
Ray Luxton
West Plains
Joe G. Luxton
U. S. Air Force
Earl Page
J C. Wood
Leroy Olfers
Lee West
Lem Wagner
Ben Smith
T. E. Patton
Albert Wagner
H. Brill
Helen Boyd
Miss Boyd
Otto Fuchs
Mamie Klett
Scott Klett
Lubbock
New Mexico
Rex Waller
L. E. Waller
Stevie
Freddie Davis
W. E. Stevenson
Dona Bell
Greenwood
Arkansas
G. H. Earley
Ernest Bauerle
Bill Hirsch
San Antonio
William Hirsch
Laura
Allentown
Pennsylvania
George Gipson
Opal Ray
Edgar Miller
Del Rio Youth Dies in Highway 90 Auto Crash
Jack Arthur Russel, 23, of Del Rio, died early Wednesday after falling from the back seat of a car on Highway 90 east of Del Rio. He had been rodeoing to Uvalde with two companions, was transported to a hospital and died at 2:45 am. Russel was son of Mr and Mrs Walter A Russel, former Cattle Brand Inspector in Gillespie County, and planned to join Oregon Livestock Commission in Portland. His mother, a former teacher, owns The Style Shop in Fredericksburg. The accident left his two companions uninjured. Russel suffered multiple fractures. The Boston Latin School note appears as unrelated text.
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Jack Arthur Russel
del Rio
Russel
Walter A. Russel
Gillespie County
Portland
Oregon
Oregon Livestock Commission
Fredericksburg
Russels
Young Russel
Uvalde
Denver Judge Ben Lindsay Opens U S First Juvenile Court
Judge Ben Lindsay established the first juvenile court in the United States in Denver in 1920, a landmark development in the treatment of youth offenders. The creation of the court reflected a shift toward rehabilitation over punishment and set a precedent followed nationwide.
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Ben Lindsay
U. S
Denver
For Rent Typewriters by the Month
FOR RENT Typewriters for rent by the month. Good used machines available now for as long as you want them. Call 40 Fredericksburg Publishing Co.
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Call 40
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
New Equipment Installed at Eckert Gin in Stonewall
First bale of the 1952 cotton season ginned at Eckert gin after remodeling and new machinery. The plant now handles both hand pulled and machine stripped cotton, bale weighed 443 pounds grown near Boerne and pulled last February. Local clubs and community members named fair planning committee. August 10, 1952 fair planned. Weekend social notes and two Stonewall baseball losses wrap the record.
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Eckert Gin
Stonewall
Eckert
Boerne
H. Derkenworth
Taylor
Bartlett
Burnet
North Texas
Okahoma
Jordan Family Reunion at Oakcrest Park
Descendants of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jordan held a Sunday July 20 reunion at the Jaycee area of Oakcrest Park. About fifty people attended a basket lunch and short meeting led by secretary Felix Jordan of San Antonio. Plans were made for next year’s gathering on the third Sunday in July at Oakcrest Park. Card games and dominoes were enjoyed. attendees included Eddie Jordan Hebbrowville Charles Jordan Llano Felix Jordan San Antonio Mrs Ella McDougall Llano Mrs Otto McDougall San Antonio and Mrs Grevor Staudt Mrs Willie Staudt Fredericksburg. One son Albert Toveel.
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Joseph Jordan
Jaycee
Oakcrest Park
Felix Jordan
San Antonio
Jordan
Eddie Jordan
Hebbrowville
Charles Jordan
Llano
Felix
Robert Jordan
Ella McDougall
Otto McDougall
Grevor Staudt
Willie Staudt
Fredericksburg
Albert Toveel
Accident victim moved to San Antonio hospital
Elisio De Leon, 16, was critically injured in the Mason Highway crash that killed three people on Sunday July 13. He was transferred Friday to Santa Rosa Hospital in San Antonio where attendants said he remained unconscious and in critical condition.
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Elisio de Leon
Mason Highway
San Antonio
Santa Rosa Hospital
de Leon
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