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Austin American FARM RANCH FOLKS PAGE 5 AUSTIN, TEXAS TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1949 AwiiiHf Action CHEWIN 6 6 VM LAXATIVE WMWHmWCIB of people no longer use harsh, stomach-punishing laxatives! Today turning to ften a mivt delicious chewing-gum laxative that does not upset the stomaoh. Here's what happens! When you chew rrew-A-Miirr, the action of its special medicine dctouss the stomach. That is, it does not act while in the stomach, but only when farther along in the lower digestive where it should act! Thus febn-a-mhct does not upset the stoonach! Besides, say scientists, chewing makes fsin a mints fine medicine more effective so it flows gently and gradually into the system. You feel wonderful again! The next time you need a laxative, chew riEW-A-MiKi Get it at any drug counter or only FEEN-A-MINT FAMOUS CHCWINO-ttUM LAXATWK Postmaster General Asked To LaGrange Mail Festival LA GRANGE. April Jesse Donaldson, United States postmaster general, has been invited to make the principal address at the golden jubilee anniversary of the establishment of the first rural mail route in Texas, which operated oat of LaGrange.

held with HEADACHE ra Smithville Sets Up 2 Display Courses SMITHVILLE. April Two new clasps, one in merchandise display and the other in show card writing, have been organized by the Chamber of Commerce and are to be conducted by the University of Texas and the State Board for Vocational Training, announces Paul Rigby, manager W. G. Bohannon, display and advertising specialist of the University of Texas, division of extension, will be the instructor. Those applying for instruction are: Display L.

Miculka, Mrs. E. I. Stalmach, Charles E. Ragsdale, Betty Johnson, Silky Ragsdale, Mrs.

M. McDowell, M. L. McDowell, Mrs. Thelma Slack, Lorraine Stolle, Earnest L.

Psencik, Dons Naumann, Douglas Johnson Floyd Woodress, A. H. Giese, Sue Otahal and Mary Jean Nichols; show card Johnson, Earnest L. Psencik, Charles E. Ragsdale, M.

L. McDowell, F. L. Woodress. Mrs.

Thelma Slack. R. Michulka. Silky Ragsdale and D. R.

Johnson Jr. The celebration will be here July 4, in connection the Veterans of Foreign Wars annual Independence Day fete. Donaldson was invited by Dun Raley of Valley Mills, executive committeeman of the National Rural Letter Carriers Association. Officers of the Fayette Carriers Association, who are making elaborate plans for the celebration, are John L. Giese of West Point, president; Kermit Blume of Ledbetter, vice president and Charles C.

Albrecht of La Grange, secretary and treasurer. Smithville Calls Bond Election Rodenbeck And Barnes Capture Thomdale Race HALF ACRE BY DA VS SHANKS TN Austin AmtfiMit Agricultural Editor THORNDALE, AprU mahma NS ADDED. Twenty I Brahman calves were added to the Friendship Farms at Granger this week. Ralph Willks it manager of the farm. READ THE AMERICAN-STATESMAN CLASSIFIED ADS Proves Wsnderfal for Itching Skin To promptly soothe itching, and aid leafing of Eczema, Rashes, Psoriasis; Ringworm, Pimples and similar surface skin and itchy scalp irritations Zemo.

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5 MenSeek 3 Elgin Positions ELGIN, April will hold a city election Tuesday at the city hall from 8 a. m. to 7 p. m. to elect three aldermen.

There are five candidates. They are A. I. Johnson, Ivan Ellis and W. Frost, for re-election, Paul Abel and Jerry Stach LLANO TO ELECT MAYOR, 1 ALDERMEN LLANO.

April new mayor and two new aldermen will be elected in a city election here Tuesday. Dr. H. J. Hoerster is the candidate for mayor, to succeed M.

C. Dai- chau, who is not seeking re-election, and he is unopposed. There are three candidates for alderman, two of whom will be elected: Dick Williamson, H. A. Raesener Jr.

and Stanton Gardner. They are seeking the posts of R. Keyser and Tim Kenner, who are not candidates for re-election. TAYLOR EXPECTING LIGHT VOTE TODAY TAYLOR, April members of the Taylor City Council will be elected here Tuesday. A small vote is foreseen as there are only two candidates.

O. H. Schram is seeking re-election and Langdon Richter is asking Will the vacancy made by the expiration of the term of C. S. Griffith.

877 DPs Due To Land In Louisiana Today NEW ORLEANS, April The army transport General Taylor is scheduled to dock here at 7 a.m. Tuesday with 877 European refugees. It will be the second shipload of displaced persons to arrive at New Orleans. The include natives of Poland, Lithuania. Latavia.

the Ukraine, Estonia, Russia, Germany, Czechoslovakia. Yugoslavia. Armenia, Hungary and Rumania. States to which they are destined include Louisiana, Illinois, California, North Carolina, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, South Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Georgia, Indiana. Alabama, Nevada, Utan and Colorado.

Giddings Installs New Sewage Pump GIDDINGS, April City of Giddings has installed a new sewage pump station with new water mains on the east end of the city limits. The work will be finished next week. The new installations were to take care of expansion of sewage facilities, for newly built structures, such as the VFW hall. R. A.

Toler, city stated that the work completes the sewage needs in that area of the town. BRACES FITTED CORRECTLY Yosr AUSTIN ORTHOPEDIC APPLIANCE CO. SU W. 6th Ph. MI90 SMITHVILLE, April The City Council has called an election April 19 on the issuance of $300.000 in revenue bonds for improvement of the waterworks and sewer systems.

The first proposal calls for a bond issue of $200,000. maturing serially in such installmenta as may be fixed by the council, the maximum maturity being not more than 30 years, and bearing interest not to exceed four and a half per cent per annum. This bond issue is for the purpose of building and purchasing and improving a sewer system. The second proposal is for the issuance of $100.000 in bonds for the improvement of the waterworks system. Mayor Grover S.

Shade pointed out that the issuance of these bonds will not affect the tax rate as the bonds will be retired solely from revenue taken in by the water system office. Poultry Discussion Slated at SPJST TAYLOR. April day will be Improvement at the SPJST Hall east of Taylor. Host for the 9:30 a. m.

meeting will be the Williamson County Vocational School. Gordon Burks, coordinator will welcome the guests. Bernie Bailey, supervisor of the American Poultry Association, will speak on Baby George McCarthy will speak on E. D. Parnell of the poultry department of College will speak on Final for the day from 4 to 5 p.

m. will be a talk on by Prof. Reed of the poultry department of College. Second Slight Quake Reported in Oregon KLAMATH FALLS, April 4. (jp second light earth shock was reported here Monday.

It was so light only a handful of observers reported it at 10:15 a. m. A sharper tremor was felt at 5:21 p. m. Sunday.

It caused no Crockett REA Co-op $45,000 Loan Okehed WASHINGTON. April (UP) The Department of Agriculture announced Monday that the Rural Electrification Administration approved a $450.000 loan to the Houston County Electric Cooperative, Crockett. Holy Society Formed at LaGrange LAGRANGE. April Men of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church here have organized a Holy Name Society. Officers are: Amos Pavlik, president; E.

S. Kovar and J. F. Czichos. vice presidents; Adolph Jurjda, secretary; W.

A. Yates, treasurer; Henry J. Strauss, marshal; E. S. Kovar.

Joe Chovanec and Frank S. Bambuch, membership committee. LaGrange Studying Engineer Visit LAGRANGE. April Plans are under way to organize an engineer construction company unit. Enlisted Reserve Corps, here.

Atlan Citzler and M. H. Raney, both Army officers in World War II, are leading the drive to organize the unit in LaGrange. TWO RE-ELECTED TO BOARD AT GIDDINGS GIDDINGS, April 4. (Spl) Fred Placke and H.

C. Carleston, members of the Giddings Independent School Board, were re-elected Saturday. Monroe waa also reelected a member of the County School Board. Hannas is the president of the First National Bank of Giddings. Small, unusual pieeee of Stiver are not eoty to find, but fine IHtle shipment of juet such things Is being unpacked at YE QUALITYE SHOPPE Included In this group are such pieces as A Muffineer (Sugar Shaker) Toast and Butter Server Sugar Scuttle and Scoop Tea Caddy (also for Cigarettes) Candle Extinguisher Bee Hive Honey Jar Caviar Knives Breakfast Cruet These are some of the table elegancies not always at reasonable for the Wedding Gift that is DIFFERENT.

1104 COLORADO STREET P. t. Included hlpment is our favorite English Service and the Helmet Water Pitcher L. D. Barnes Jr.

and Elmo Rodenbeck have been reelected Thorndale Independent School District after ene of the hottest races in school board history. tad ballot of flv. eandi- work for two place, Saturday. Roy Btan.in ranch near Giddings, saw calf struggling in Barnes votes ano a small, shallow mudhole on the Rodenbeck 90. Of the remaining prairie, far from any running or three candidates, Ed Garner tallied standing bodies of water.

ballots, Oscar Thaler 10, and 62 ballots, Oscar Thaler Jamie L. Clrak 13. KYLE ELECTS EHRLICH. HALE AND STRAfVN KYLE, April an election here Saturday to select When he pulled the calf out of the water. Knox was spattered with water and not from the calf.

Knox captured a big buffalo fish, which weighed 25 pounds on the cotton scales. The Yegua Creek had overflowed I into 8 5171311 lake on the Dodd ranch, pendent School District, Emil Ehr- adjoining Beaman place. The lich. A. A.

Hale and J. M. Strawn jajce risen during the recent were re-elected. Only 35 votes were, some of the water reaching cast out of a possible 400. quite a distance into the Beaman ranch.

After the water receded agents of the 18 counties comprising the 12th district of the Extension Service wanted a barbecue chicken dinner and that put these cooking experts on the spot. Not one of them wanted to do the job and they sighed with relief when smiling Ed volunteered to show them how it should be done, and. (to add insult to injury, he eastern end will be held up by the plained that only a mere man could rain, though farmers had been ready i do it properly. Ed barbecued 30 to get tha under way par excellence and the and seven months old and sold by the pound, too. NORMAN BUYS.

Norman Schnelle of Marble Falls (really the Double Horn community) has bought a tractor. SPRING PLANTING. Spring planting in Williamson County's on a large scale this week, barring wet weather. women have been up in the clouds praising his cooking ever since. ENGLISH PEA NEW 8.

Mrs. Feed, including corn and maixe, Herman Goertz reports that she has planted some weeks ago is up to a 1 the buffalo fish was left high and fairly dry. good stand and is growing rapidly- The major part of the cotton crop is to be planted early this month. ACCOMPLISHMENT. planted seven pounds of English peas (little marvel).

Sidedressing with 5-10-5 fertilizer has been applied and now the whole family is waiting patiently for the harvest to begin. Last month she sold 168 ED SHOWS Any a MORRIS AND SHELBY ELECTED AT GONZALES GONZALES, April Cecil Morris and Dr. David M. Shelby were elected to the Board of Education here Saturday. ELGIN ELECTS GIESE AND WELCH ELGIN.

April I aa v. OlflUUIlfi Ui OdSUUD was Tr Vaughan. Kyle breeder of Milk- recently. The home demonstration the Elgin Independent School Dis- Shorthorns, has sold F. L.

Buck- tnct Saturday, with D. B. Welch 0f Victoria a registered bull and being elected over A. V. Green heifer, and Elmer Burke as new trustee.

The holdovers Dr. Joe V. A. C. BUYS.

A C. Hill, farmer Fleming, C. P. Morrison, Leslie and stockman of Kyle, recently pur- Jarmon and Bom McClendon. chased the registered Jersey Heifer Volunteer Gem Gypsy from G.

A. Schulle of San Marcos. John Peters of Rabbs' Prairie con- quarts of milk and six pounds of servation group in the Bastrop-Tay- butter and had plenty on hand for lor Soil Conservation District, re- family use. cently completed 1.6 miles of chan-! nel type terraces on his farm, lo- MAN WANTED. F.

Turner, superintendent of the Texas Agriculture Experiment Substation at Angleton. knows that Bastrop HOLMON AND FOSBERG GO ON HUTTO BOARD HUTTO, April who lives near Frey burg in Fayette members of the Hutto School Board County acre, to win. cated six miles northwest of LaGrange. GOOD COOK. Mrs.

Brown O. Spivey is stil cooking Pinky mid- NV day meal, and been mar-' man can cook dinner for a group ty has some expert Negro fanners, ried several months now. Despite: home demonstration agents and Hence, he has contacted County the fact that an ex-secretary, I send the experts away raving about Agent C. A. Stone and has asked she is a good cook.

bang Job he put out, it ij him to find a Negro helper for the I news, and that is just what Ed station. Turner wants a man. not VAUGHAN SELLS. J. Standifer of Bastrop accomplished over 45, to do general farm work and run a tractor.

Salary $125 per month with a small house, eggs, milk and garden spot furnished. Prefers a couple with small family and the wife willing to work part assisting the wife. Her salary would be in addition to the $125. Anyone interested may write Turner and he will arrange for an interview during April. WONDERFUL? Alfred Gabler, were elected here Saturday.

They were Jim Holman, who was reelected and Leonard Fosberg. ONE NEW TRUSTEE ELECTED AT LLANO ter legumes and he says their growth is really wonderful. Twelve acres is planted to Hubam clover and six to Dixie wonder peas. He applied 300 pounds of 20 per cent superphosphate per acre before LLANO, April Seven seeding, trustees were electcd by the Llano Independent School District Sat-' HARRY GAINS. Harry Siler of urday.

They are J. R. Phillips, W. Burnet recently sold two calves off J. Alexander.

Philip Smith and Jim the cows for $300. They were six Watkins. All were re-elected for another re-elected. Rector Williams was term, with the exception of Wat- also a candidate, kins, who to succeed jn county school board racc M. D.

Buster, who was not a ca Smith was elected over John C. L. VAUGHN Chiropractor years experience, modern equipment. Gentle, painless, diversified methods. Convenient parking.

1616 Rie Grande Phone 2-7354 date. SAN MARCOS SELECTS THREE MEN FOR PANEL SAN MARCOS. April San Marcos Independent School District voters chose one new member of the board of trustees and reelected two incumbents Saturday. The new member is James Tuttle, who replaces Tom Sumners. Henry King and Mrs Fred Lowman were Cox in Precinct 1.

ONLY 40 VOTES CAST AT TAYLOR TAYLOR. April (Spl)-Oniy 40 votes were cast here in the Board of Education election Sat-, Mrs. F. E. Holman, secretary of the board, was re-elected and Howard Lindell was elected to replace John Hunter Miles.

NO ORDINARY Jones, junior at Southwest Texas State Teachers College from Austin, calculates to win the contest in the annual Frontier Festival April 20-21. with the aid of a curl administered by Betty Lou Blackburn of Donna, the Student Veterans candidate in the bathing beauty contest. Few co-eds will remember curling irons like the one used by Miss Blackburn. This particular pair belongs to the College Museum. USE SATUSPLY A U.

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