Trinity River levee saga still haunts Texas farmers
In 1922 Houston County Levee District No 1 built a five mile levee and giant diesel pumps to hold back the Trinity floods. The plan failed when the steam engine proved unreliable, leaving a foundation, a 90 foot smoke stack ruin, and a concrete pump pit as relics. Investors defaulted. a cotton firm later settled bonds. Everett Morgan recalls the costly lesson and its lingering memory.
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Anahuac Attorney Elected President of Texas Guard Group
Anahuac attorney Guy C. Jackson II was elected president of the National Guard Association of Texas at its 13th annual convention in San Antonio. Lt. Col. Jackson, intelligence and security officer of the 144th Support Center in Fort Worth, will lead an organization representing more than 2,000 Texas Guardsmen.
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Guy C. Jackson II
National Guard Association of Texas
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Fried Rattlesnake On JC's Menu In Big Spring
In Big Spring Texas the Jaycees hosted a rattlesnake eating display at the annual convention with prize money for the longest snake and most rattles. Don Worthan reports the event featured venom milking and a display of preserved snakes shipped to El Paso for exhibit.
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Don Worthan
Trade State University Hospital
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Lia Harden
Colorado City
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el Paso
Delbert Hutchings
Bighday
Baytown Students Complete Pollution Class
Eleven Baytown students at San Jacinto Junior College finished the 10 week Industrial Water Pollution and Measurement and Control course. Names include Issac Alexander A C Carmonday Charlie Cogburn Verne Donato Richard Duggan Ron Gillum Robert King Bill Martin Alvert Nichols Henry Schutze and James Witacre.
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San Jacinto Junior College
Issac Alexander
A. C. Carmonday
Charlie Cogburn
Verne Donato
Richard Duggan
Ron Gillum
Robert King
Bill Martin
Alvert Nichols
Henry Schutze
James Witacre
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