Move Toward Rural Electrification Reaches Blanco County
The Blanco Johnson City area leaders respond to REA outreach as Texas Power and Light extends the high line. County Agent Ross B Jenkins, Morrison and commissioners push surveys and meetings to organize a cooperative funded by REA loans, with farming members joining across Blanco and surrounding counties.
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Ross B. Jenkins
Blanco County
Johnson City
Wm. G. Morrison
Texas
Waco
R. B. Jenkins
Jenkins
Buchanan Dam
Colorado River Authority
TVA
Rural Electrification Administration
MEA
REA
Blanco
Morrison
Mr. Morrison
Commissioners’ Court
Extension Service
Texas Power and Light Company
Power Company
Ways
Gillespie
Au Santaba
Mason
Kerry
Kendall
Travis
Com
Lyndon Johnson
4-H Members Prepare Stock Exhibit for Annual Show and Sale
Gillespie County 4-H club members will exhibit lambs calves and other stock at the Fredericksburg Fair Grounds on Saturday February 17. Wesley Crenwelge pictured with reserve grand champion dry lot feeder calf last year also showed reserve grand champions in San Antonio. The event highlights youth farming and community involvement with many animals ready for sale and auction.
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Wesley Crenwelge
Crenwelge
San Antonio
Gillespie County
Wm. Bratherich
Union Stock Yards
4-H Club
W. E. Brown
Cherry Springs
Wesley
Ervin Crenwelge
Clemens Rode
Enos Rode
Eli Rode
Fredericksburg Fair Grounds
Tracy Weamed With Lamarr in "I Take This Woman"
Glamour queen Hedy Lamarr and Spencer Tracy star in a romantic drama as a society flirt and earnest scientist. Version shown in Kerrville at Rialto Theatre features Verree Teasdale and Kent Taylor with elaborate New York settings, fashion shows, clubs, tenements, and a dramatic rescue scene.
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America
New York
Spencer ‘Tracy
Hedy Lamarr
Rialto Theatre
Kerrville
W. S. van Dyke IH
Verree Teasdale
Kent Taylor
Tracy
Laraine Day
Mona Barrie
Jack Carson
Pat Cavanagh
Louis Calhern
Frances Drake
Marjorie Main
George E. Stone
Willie Best
Don Castle
Dalies Frantz
Reed Hadley
Zebra Club
Miss Lamarr
American Boy Magazine Seen As A Helpful Companion
The American Boy Magazine is praised as a living companion for thousands of boys. Readers cite sports tips and advice from famous coaches and athletes helping school teams and personal development. The publication is priced at 20 cents per copy and offers year and three year subscriptions.
Texas Herefords At San Angelo Show Details
San Angelo Fat Stock Show and Rodeo hosts an anu e auction on March 2 with 22 breeders consigning 46 bulls and four heifers. Bulls aged 16 to 24 months boast strong pedigrees and readiness for service as the sales committee verifies entries.
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West Texas
San Angelo
John P. Lee
George Broome
Abe Mayer
Jake Johnson
Pat Jackson
Cox & McInnis
Byrds
2. A. Bird
Lance
J. A. Queen
Big Lake
Silver Creek Farms
Fort Worth
Co. C. Sanders
Farmers Get Even Break
College Station February report on the Agricultural Outlook shows the USDA forecast helps balance market signals for hogs beef and other major commodities. Texas A M Extension economist cites six year accuracy ranging from 84 to 90 percent and notes agents relay supply demand and costs to farmers for planning.
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College Station
USDA
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Jones
Tyrus R. Timm
Texas A. and M. Extension Service
Texas
New Ironing Pad Promises Big Time Saver
Advert explains a new ironing pad that cuts ironing time by twenty to thirty percent. The pad uses koroseal coating with aluminum additives for heat reflection and moisture resistance, claimed to be waterproof acid proof stainproof and fire resistant. It is marketed as a budget item offering substantial homemaker savings.
Merry foursome try flexible flyer on Ford Exposition ramp
The group of ski and toboggan fans rides a Flexible Flyer on the winding ramp of the Road of Tomorrow at the Ford Exposition. They borrowed gear from Abercrombie and Fitch and enjoyed the trial run as winter snow arrives while crowds rode the spiral road in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Abercrombie and Fitch
Preservation of Foods By Isabella Beach National Home Making Authority
Refrigeration advances aid housewives in preserving foods with dry moist and freezing cold. The Philco refrigerator introduces a conservator inner swinging door and three distinct cold sections plus a separate freezing compartment. These features promise 25 percent more usable space and reduced energy use, aiding efficient kitchen management.
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Isabella Beach National Home Making Authority
Philco
Deslas
Gillespie County Mutual Aid Insurance Assn Meeting Note
Gillespie County Mutual Aid Insurance Assn directors met in regular session Monday with Pres Otto Henke in charge. I G Wehmeyer was elected director to fill a vacancy. Memberships were cancelled for nonpayment. new certificates are ready and old ones void. Secretary Joe Heep urged members to update changes now. Henry Hardin was appointed solicitor and filed several applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County Mutuais
Otto Henke
I. G. Wehmeyer
Joe Heep
Heep
Fire Destroys Three Feed Stacks at Weber Farm
Last Wednesday at six in the morning Mr. and Mrs. Adalbert Weber found a red stack afire. Neighbors helped confine the blaze to three stacks while saving other buildings, leaving a severe but contained loss and enough feed for stock awaiting replenishment.
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Adalbert Weber
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