Boy Scouts Drive Waste Paper Drive for Uncle Sam
The Boy Scouts of America mobilize a nationwide waste paper conservation effort. Troops and packs organize to collect newspapers and magazines, bundle them with cords, and tag each bundle for credit. Payments of 30 to 40 cents per 100 pounds fund troop equipment and summer camp, with guidance from district commissioners. Local leaders in Austin Texas announce the program and future notices.
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Uncle Sam
Boy Scouts of America
Texas PTA convention to draw hundreds to Austin in November
The Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers will bring 1,200 to 1,600 women mothers and teachers to Austin November 4 6 for a major statewide convention. Sessions will be at First Baptist Church and the University of Texas with a tea at the state capitol. The event kicks off a busy November with other gatherings including a Texas Transportation conference and an osteopathic physicians and surgeons meeting both November 14 16, plus a high school chorus session November 19 and the Fall Flower show November 20.
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Austin
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers
E. G. Kingsbery
Austin Chamber of Commerce
First Baptist Church of Austin
University of Texaas
State Capitol
Central Texas
PTA
Kingsbery
Texas Transportation Conference
University of Texas
Texas Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
Stephen F. Austin
Fine Arts Department
Garden Club
Gillespie County Home Demonstration Council elects officers
The Gillespie County Home Demonstration Council met on Saturday October 25 at 2 p m with twelve members from six clubs. Officers for next year were elected including Mrs Tommie Harlan as president Mrs Ernest Hodges as vice president and Mrs Otto Spaeth as secretary treasurer The group plans to feature Food as the main demonstration next year and voted to donate one dollar for canning equipment to Britain and one dollar to Mrs Hamilton the district vice president for the past two years They adjourned to meet in November M M S
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Gillespie County
Ex Students Homecoming at San Marcos
Southwest Texas State Teachers College guests from Gillespie County are invited to a homecoming on November 1 with events including a football game against North Texas Eagles, an assembly, a reception, a dance, and a possible band festival. A play is scheduled for October 31 for early arrivals.
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San Marcos
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Walter Richter
Ex-Students Association
Gillespie County
Richter
College Bobcats
North Texas Eagles
Ford Introduces 400000-Volt X Ray at Rouge Lab
Dearborn dispatch reports Ford Motor Company installs a 400000-volt X ray unit at the Rouge plant to rapidly detect flaws in heavy steel castings. The stronger machine cuts exposure time from hours to minutes, aiding production on 700 million dollars of defense contracts with lead shielded X ray rooms and new aircraft engine testing.
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Dearborn
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Rouge Plant
Ford
Ford Experimental Aircraft
Victor Sagebiel Injured In Hunting Accident
Victor Sagebiel son of Mrs H H Sagebiel was seriously injured in a dove hunting accident 18 miles west of Llano. A companion failed to explode a shell and when reloading the cartridge discharged bird shot hit Sagebiel in the back some entered the lungs. He was taken to a Llano hospital for treatment and by Wednesday afternoon his condition was reported as stable.
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Victor Sagebiel
H. Sagebiel
Llano
Victor
Fredericksburg
State Health Department Aids Counties With Health Services
Doctor Geo W Cox state health officer detailed twelve organized services by the State Department of Health including vital statistics food and drug inspection venereal disease control and maternal and child health. He noted Gillespie County received free vaccines and lab services valued at 2045.00 in 1940 and that the county’s share of state funding totals 426.80 based on four cents per person, illustrating the program’s broader reach.
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Austin
State Department of Health
Geo. W. Cox
Gillespie County
You
Cox
The
States Department of Health
Victor Sagebiel Joins Fredericksburg Law Practice With Sister
Victor Sagebiel becomes partner with his sister Agnes Sagebiel city attorney of Fredericksburg this year. The note expresses hope for his speedy recovery.
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Victor
Agnes Sagebiel
City of
Fredericksburg
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