Texas Brags: Weed Expert Mercer Tops Tall Tales
W H Mercer of the Bureau of Reclamation is famed as a Texas weed brag with a vast seed collection. At a Western States Weed Control Conference tale he claimed tumbleweeds in Texas traveled 25 miles and averaged speeds over 100 mph, planting seeds along 900 miles, earning him top brag status and a Texas Brags certificate.
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W. H. Mercer
Bureau of Reclamation
Mr. Mercer
Mercer
Texas
Portland
Ore
Port Isabel
Boca Chia
Amarillo
London
John Randolph
Houston
Randolph
Order of
Texas Braggarts
Republic of Texas
San Antonio
North Dakota
Price Alumni To Entertain Senior Class
Pat Keating presides over the Price College Alumni Association as it hosts a smoker Friday night for the senior class. The group plans games and athletic events Saturday afternoon, a dance in Price gymnasium Saturday night, and a Saturday afternoon business meeting, the first since December homecoming.
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Pat Keating
Price College Alumni Association
Price Gymnasium
Now You Can Tell Which Bus You Missed
Amarillo buses will get rear window identification tags matching front route signs. A. G. Nussbaum of the Amarillo Bus Company says tagging will finish within weeks. The rear tags help passengers identify a missed bus without approaching the front.
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Amarillo
A. G. Nussbaum
Amarillo Bus Company
Parkhill Youth Dies After Long Illness at 19
Billy Louis Parkhill son of Mr. and Mrs. FE. R. Parkhill of 804 North Houston died this morning at St. Anthony's Hospital after a long illness. He was 19. Survived by two brothers and two sisters, with funeral services at Blackburn- Shaw Memorial Chapel at 5 this afternoon conducted by Rev. Jack W. Sizemore. Burial in Llano Cemetery.
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Billy Louis Parkhill
FE. R. Parkhill
North Houston
St. Anthony's Hospital
A. L. Parkhill
Lamesa
Ferrell Parkhill
Amarillo
Sunshine Hudson
Judy Malone
Blackburn- Shaw Memorial Chapel
Jack W. Sizemore
Line Avenue Baptist Church
Llano Cemetery
Santa Fe carloadings rise vs prior year in week ending May 17
Santa Fe System carloadings for week ending May 17 were 23 946 compared with 23 281 for same week in 1946. Cars received from connections totaled 10 049 vs 9 418 for the same week in 1946. Total cars moved were 33 995 versus 32 699 for the same week in 1946. Santa Fe handled a total of 34 715 cars in preceding week of this year.
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Santa FE
Canyon Women Are Injured in Wreck
Two Canyon residents, Mrs. W. C. Osborn and Mrs. Mitchell, suffered minor injuries in a mid afternoon collision at Twenty-ninth and Tyler. They were in a car with Mr. Osborn when their vehicle struck a car driven by J. E Hunekey of 2700 Harrison.
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Canyon
Twenty-ninth
Tyler
W. C. Osborn
Mitchell
Osborn
J. E Hunekey
Harrison
Richard Pulliam Dies at 90 in Ady Texas
Richard Pulliam aged 90 died this morning at 9 30 at Northwest Texas Hospital. A retired farmer, he lived in Ady two years and is survived by four sons Charles R Clem O John H and Alfred all of Ady and a daughter Mrs John Ross of Wellington Kan along with 18 grandchildren. The body is at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with funeral plans pending.
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Richard Pulliam
Ady
Northwest Texas Hospital
Charles R
Clem O
John H
Alfred Pulliam
John Ross
Wellington
Kan
Blackburn- Shaw Memorial Chapel
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East
Benadryl
George Rieveschl, Jr
Prescription Laboratory
Polk
W. 10Th
San Jacinto Drug
Georgia
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Ingersoll Steel
Borg- Warner Corporation
Shell
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Bat
Henry G
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Calvert
18Th St
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N. J
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Calvert Distillers Corp
New York City
Nette Mormontee
Zemo
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H. Hanes Knitting Co
Winston-Salem I,n
Globe-News
the National Underwear
Baker—Askew
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Tx Seaart Sviven Kraftread
TRE Rowe
W. O. Allison
Fillmore Amarillo
International Plasmatic Therapy, Inc
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