Texas runoff races shape up for governor and Supreme Court seats
Austin coverage notes Governor Shivers and Judge Yarborough facing off in a crucial runoff for Texas governor with each blaming the other for the first primary loss. Alfred Scott runs against Few Brewster for Place 1 on the Supreme Court while Alan Haley and Lloyd Davidson contest the Court of Criminal Appeals.
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Austin
Texas
Allan Shivers
Ralph Yarborough
Shivers
Yarborough
Alfred Scott
Few Brewster
Supreme Court
Alan Haley
Lloyd Davidson
Court of Criminal Appeals
Local families visit and reunions noted in area gatherings
Mr. and Mrs. Hicks and children of San Antonio visited the Markworths. Eva Lee and relatives spent Sunday night and Monday with the Hawkins, Tarr and others. Cookes of Fredericksburg visited J F Cook. Ollie Parker spent days visiting in Junction. Wendel reunion attendees listed at Klaerner Park Live Oak. Fort Hood visitors C A Lehne family joined Alfred Lehne. Nabers of Kerrville visited Oliver Hopf. Clifton Hopf family from San Antonio spent weekend with Alfonso Hopf. Wilmar Wendel of Brownwood stayed with Lee Schmidt family and joined the reunion. Rogers family visited sons in Uvalde.
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Eva Lee
Herbert Jones
Watkins Tarr
Wendel
Klaerner’s Park
Live- Oak
Messrs
Mesd
A. H. Wendel
Lorenz Wendel
H. L. Stevens
Lee Schmidt
A. C. Wendel
Max Lange
Clifton Hopf
San Antonio
Alfonso Hopf
Wilmar Wendel
Brownwood
Meetings Scheduled on 1955 Agricultural Conservation Program
Lamar County notes detail the first four of 12 district ACP meetings starting August 2 in Amarillo, August 3 in Lubbock, August 4 in Wichita Falls, and August 5 in Brownwood. Sessions begin 9:30 a.m. with county ASC members, state and federal reps in attendance to gather practice suggestions for the 1955 program.
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College Station
Lester Young
Texas Asc
Amarillo
District Court Room
Lubbock
Texas Electric Auditorium
Wichita Falls
Brownwood
ASC
Young
Texas Asc Committee
Texas
State
S.C.S
U. S. Forest Service
Texas A&m College System
Nominating and Investigation Committees Formed for Co op Directors
The July 30 meeting appointed a Nominating Committee to select at least nine candidates for the Co op Directors with distribution by county and posting deadlines. An Investigating Committee, spanning Mason Llano San Saba Gillespie and Kerr counties, was empowered to examine charges of incompetence and mismanagement against current management and report before the September 24 membership meeting.
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Alfred Lehne
C. B. Renick
Richard Lawrence
Gillespie County
Warren Randolph
San Saba County
Joe Carlson
Llano County
Cooper C. Drury
Kerr County
Edgar Schelle
Kendall County
Richard Pluennecke
Hoppy McMillan
Randolph Leifeste
Mason County
Gillespie
Mason and Llano
Kendall-Kerr
San Saba
Co-operative
Farm
Mason
Llano
Co-op
Rubin Meier
Roscoe Basse
Leonard Lott
Leo Itz
H. F. Cas
Shivers Opens Runoff Campaign After Near Majority Win
Governor Allan Shivers thanks voters for strong July primary showing and launches an all-out runoffs bid. He plans personal campaigning and broad media use while arguing for cooperation over strife and defending segregation in Texas schools.
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Austin
Texas
Allan Shivers
Drouth
CIO
NAACP
Ralph Yarborough
Shivers
Social Notes From Fredericksburg and Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs Albert Black and Mrs Tracy Tobin shopped in Fredericksburg Saturday. Rex Fox and two children from Austin visited Mac Scarboroughs over the weekend. C N Taylor and Scotty Lee visited Gillie Pape Monday. Scotty Lee stayed longer. Winun J C Mangold returned from Mesquite Sayre Oklahoma Rayden and Durham Oklahoma and Canadian Texas visits. Fred Wedekind and Edwin Lang visited Harp er area. Paul Lang and Leona Wahl from San Antonio also present.
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Albert Black
Tracy Tobin
Fredericksburg
Rex Fox
Austin
Mac Scarborough
C. N. Taylor
Scotty Lee
Gillie Pape
Winun
J. C. Mangold
Otho Mangold
Mesquite
Dallas
Sayre
Oklahoma
Rayden
Durham
Canadian
Texas
Edwin Lang
San Antonio
Paul Lang
Leona Wahl
Local Families Visit Across Texas Towns
Mr and Mrs John Hughes and daughter Dorothy Ann of Austin spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Edwin Lang. Mrs Orville Harvey and children and Mr and Mrs Hugo Klein visited Mr and Mrs Otto Wienecke. Mr and Mrs Edwin Klein and children visited Mr and Mrs Orvin Behrens and children in Kerrville Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hughes
Dorthy Ann
Austin
Edwin Lang
Orville Harvey
Hugo Klein
Otto Wienecke
Edwin Klein
Orvin .Behrens
Kerrville
Singing at Emmanuel Gospel Church in Fredericksburg
A large gathering including Mr and Mrs Paul DeLorey and daughter along with many others attended the Sunday afternoon singing at Emmanuel Gospel Church in Fredericksburg. The next singing is planned for the Presbyterian Church in Harper on the first Sunday in September.
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Paul DeLorey
Ray Bierschwale
C. N. Taylor
Scotty Lee
Bessie MeeDougall
Theo
Oehler
T. J
Richard Bierschwale
J. C. Mangold
Darwin Brown
Iris
Nell
Catulla Riley
Emmanuel Gospel Church
Fredericksburg
Presbyterian Church
Harper
Blood Donations Support Defense and Civilian Needs
In fiscal year 1952 1953 the Red Cross supplied 4 121 000 units of blood for defense and civilian use amid wartime efforts and public health programs.
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The
Red Cross
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Bexar
Bosque
Brown
Commercial Security Insurance Company of Houston
J. Harris Gardner
Gardner
John Ben Shepperd
University of Texas Business Research Bureau
Sion
Bureau
HARPE
Wuis Kunz
I, Texas
T-Bones
Elmo Baethge
John Deere
Fairbanks Morse
Krauskopf Bros
Fredericksburg, Texas
H. Welge Lewis
P. Co
Frederic
B. L. Cook
J. F. Cook
Ollie Parker
Junction
C. A. Lehne
Joann Mobilini
Fort Hood
Fred Nabers
Oliver Hopf
J. J. Rogers
Bob McElroy
Charles
Bob
Ted Rogers
Uvalde
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Elbert Feller
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Lochte
CTEC
Segregat
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Archie Lennon
Barbara
Richard Harlan
Elmo Lumpkins
Poironise
Nerald Adveoriicore
Felix T. Tybor
Fred Wedekind of
Hunt
Lela S. Wier
Arbor Hills Drive
P. O
Jackson 7
Mississippi
Harper Community
Alex Nittendorf
Prop
Chas. W. Barrett
Harper, Texas
Pearl Beer Distributing
Rwin C. Kraus
West Main Mreet
Paul A. Kraus
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