Mow Cent Electricity From Colorado Project Goes Ye Mere Texans Austin
The Lower Colorado River Authority completes a $1,368,000 purchase of transmission lines and city distribution systems from Central Power and Light in seven Central Texas counties. Cities Fredericksburg Gonzales Cuero Waelder Schulenburg and Moulton join the Authority to operate municipal systems while rural lines near these cities transfer to RPS power. Rate cuts around 8.7 percent for households and 20 percent for business accompany the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Texas
Gentral Power and Light Company
Aities
Texas Power and Light Company
Cp&l
San Antonio
Chmin
C.R. Pennington
Frederiksburg
Gonzales
Cuero
Waelder
Schulenburg
Moulton
CRA
DeWitt
Fayette
Lavaca
Colorado
Gillespie
Kendall
Legion Auxiliary Entertains Louis Jordan Post Members
The American Legion Auxiliary plans a program for Louis Jordan Post No. 244 members with a March 25 meeting at 7 30 pm. A brief business session precedes entertainment marking the 22nd anniversary of the Legion and the 20th of the Louis Jordan Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bettie Jordan
American Legion Auxiliary
Louis Jordan Post
American Legion and Auxiliary
The
Legion
Cold Weather Freeze Strikes Residents in Winter Wording
Monday brought cold weather and rain that turned to ice by Tuesday evening. The episode marked the coldest stretch of the winter with officials already enforcing weather-related rules. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Rogers and their son Bobbie visited Harper for a birthday dinner at J. L. Farris’s home. Archie Lennon and John Dittmar and their families were seen in Harper on different days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Rogers
Bobbie
Harper Sunday
J. L. Farris
Legislative Activity in Texas Legislature
State Senator Penrose B Metcalfe reports progress in both houses with a broad omnibus tax bill aimed at 30 million dollars in new revenue from natural resources taxes and utilities. The Senate approved a higher truck load limit with driver hours rules, while the Governor urged limits on strikes in defense industries. Local bills were referred to committees, with hearings promised for affected counties and districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Texas
State Department of Education
Brown County
Coke
Concho
Tom Green County
Live Stock Sanitary Commission
A. & M. College
Coke County
Fruit Production Jumps in 1940 Across Texas Counties
In 1940 Texas home fruit production rose sharply, tripling from 1940 to 1939 levels. From 121 counties, 12,098,820 pounds were harvested by about 50,000 cooperating families, up 118 pounds per family, aided by 1.5 million newly planted trees and vines over four years and expanded orchard management practices statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas A. and M. College Extension Service
J. F. Rosborough
Jennie Camp
Home Hygiene Class Postponed To Next Monday
Miss Ruth Kline county health nurse announces the home hygiene class planned for Monday was postponed due to bad weather. It will convene next Monday afternoon March 24 at 2 30 in the courthouse. Eighty one drivers licenses were suspended or revoked from January 30 to March 6 as announced by Col Homer Garrison Jr state police director. Forty five licenses were lost after final conviction for driving while intoxicated. Names of lifted licenses will not be published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Kline
Court House
Austin
Homer Garrison, Jr
Men sought for 3 year enlistments in Kerrville district
The Radio Post notes three year enlistments for men 18 to 35 with a high school education or journeyman trade. Quotas list units at Randolph Field Duncan Field Ellington Fort Sam Houston Lowry Field Hamilton Field and more. Applications at U S Army Recruiting Station Kerrville Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodor von Essen
Kerrville
Hilmar A. Lang, Jr
Fredericksburg
U. S. Army Air Corps
Randolph Field
Ordnance Section
GC Actc
Texas
Ord. Co. Ava
A. C
Duncan Field
Ellington Field
Houston
C.A. A.C
Fort Sam Houston
Lowry Field
Colorado
Hamilton Field
California
Artillery Infantry Med. Dept. and Engineers
U. S. Army
P. O. Bldg
Woman hunter bags rare Cactus Buck in Texas
El Paso resident Mrs. Leonard Morris became the first woman reported to kill a deer with distinctive cactus shaped antlers near Guadalupe. Biologists say such "Cactus" antlers arise from injury during growth or a diet deficiency in the deer population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Leonard Morris
el Paso
Guadalupe
Texas Game Department
Dove nests annually near De Leon church window
For four years a dove has built a nest near Rev. F. L. Willshire's study window at First Methodist Church in De Leon Texas. Biologists think doves may return to the same nesting area each spring and may reuse the nest location year after year. Mr. Clarence Harper and daughter visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam McCaleb Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Willshire
First Methodist
de Leon
Texas
Texas Game Department
Clarence Harper
Sam McCaleb
Annual Clean Up And Fire Prevention Week in Texas
March weeklong statewide effort led by Dr. Geo W Cox aims to cut fire losses and improve safety through cleanups in cities and towns. The Texas Department of Health and Texas Fire Insurance Commission co sponsor with focus on housekeeping, malarial control, and property maintenance to foster healthier communities. Local activities include alley and street work, park cleaning, and trash disposal with emphasis on pride in towns and safety for residents. May Little Kathryn Wolfmueller of Kerrville visited grandparents C W Garnville and Ellis. Homer Lee Stevens visited Douglas Duderstadt. J P Coppedge visited Kerrville. Roy Roberts and Carl Oehler did business in San Antonio. Ove Werner McDougall visited Harper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Geo. W. Cox
Texas State Department of Health
Texas Fire Insurance Commission
Local Visitors and Family News
Kerrville residents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nabers and son Jean Donald visited Mrs. Nabers’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Sunday. Felix Feuge and sons Martin and Leon from near Fredericksburg visited Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wendel, while Mrs. P. F. Jones and Jack and Ruth with Miss Esther Wendel were Fredericksburg business visitors. Darrell Belle of Gladewater is visiting Mrs. Belle’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Wood. E. O. Larkin has been on the sick list for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Nabers
Jean Donald
Kerrville
Felix Feuge and Sons
Martin and Leon
Fredericksburg
Henry Wendel
P. F. Jones
Jack
Ruth
Esther Wendel
Mrs
Darrell Belle
Gladewater
Mrs. Belle
A. J. Wood
E. O. Larkin
Bein and Archer Families Visit in Texas
Mr and Mrs C E Bein visited their daughter Mrs Granville Barker and family in Sonora on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Charlie Archer of San Antonio visited Mr and Mrs J P Coppedge Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Coppedge
Kerrville
C. E. Bein
Mrs
Granville Barker
Sonora
Charlie Archer
San Antonio
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. M. Shoe Store
Wm. M. Petmecky
Gillespie County
Schreiner Wool & Mohair
Kerrville, Texas
Archie Lennon
Harper
John Dittmar of
Doss
Stenling Bros
Legisirtive Activitie
Penrose B. Metcalfe
E. E. Saenger Lumber CO
E. E. Saenger Lumber ‘Co
Hill Country
Kathryn Wolfmueller
Mrs. C.W. Garnville and
Ellis
Homer Lee Stevens
Douglas Duderstadt
White Bluff
Roy Roberts
Carl Oehler
Ove Werner McDougall of
Harper Wednesday
Henry Schwartze
Harper Drug Store
Trates
A. J. Wood and Wood’s Hardware Store
Goss Nite Club
Power Club
Pexas Playboys
J. D. Goss
Franco-Amer
Hohmann
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