Texas AAA program participation tops prior year
Officials report 40.000.000 acres of crop and 85.000.000 acres of range enrolled under the AAA in Texas for 1940. About 44,000 farms will participate, up about 4,000 from 1939, with ranches adding range improvement work. George Slaughter underscores soil-depletion limits and eligible payments for conservation and soil building.
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EGE
AAA
Texas
George Slaughter
Chalter
Pointt
Mrs Hodgkiss Hosts Gift Shower for Cockrills in Bonham
Mrs John C Hodgkiss and daughter Billy Ann hosted a Thursday night gift shower for newlyweds Mrs and Mrs James Cockrill. Guests registered from Ravenna Bonham and nearby towns. Blue and white decor, games and a covered wagon gift presentation highlighted the event with Miss Earline Tarpley in blue delivering gifts.
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John C. Hodgkinss
Billy Ann
James Cockrill
Cockrill
Lillian Gilmore
Ravenna
Warl Tarpsey
Ray Gilmore
Earline Tarpley
Will Sparkman
Carlton Sparkman
Mary France
Earl Sparkman
Mattie Surles
Nannie Lee
Horace McDonald
Luddie Maind
Wilma Miller
Bonham
Gc. Whitt
IL FE Whitt
Margaret Whitt
L M. Bernett
J P Brown
Luna
Amur Morgan
J. D Tarpies
Earl Tarpley
Bill
Tarpley
BE. Rowden
Ellen Frances
Dess Yount
Nina Pearl
Rayburn Sparks
A T. Chaney
R & Brownin
Jim Browning
A. T Chanes
J. G Cockrill
J C Haegkh
Bill Amn
Fragmented Randolph notice reads like street corner names
The snippet lists numerous personal names and domestic references without a clear event or action. It mentions people such as Mr and Mrs, a baby, and various surnames, but no coherent story or dates emerge. The readable fragments resemble a community notice or social column fragment with scattered names.
Old Maids Convention and Local Notes Highlight Quiet Week
A fragmentary community page recalls the 48601 Old Maids Convention at Stephen-on-ehaal auditorium with cast members Betty Ruth Ron Err F McBries U yda Br Piket Flora Pucke Tor Pie Wilma Jeuhl Elkin Mel Riots Gries Ma and others. Also listed are local visits, hospital news, and upcoming reunions.
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Stephen-on
Mead
Betty Ruth Ron
McBries U
Flora Pucke
Tor
Wilma
Elkin Mel Riots
Windom Social News Highlights Local Visits and Events
The item records a weekend visit by Roger Coide of Dallas to the Nash home, river hunting arrow points, a Thursday bridge club gathering hosted by Oleta Crossland, and various residents traveling to Denton, Austin, Bridgeport, Georgia, and Clarksville for visits, church, education, or recreation.
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J. T. Nash
Mr Conder
Doc Nash
Will Blair
Mitter Parham
Roxton
Ruth Dowlen
Elizabeth
Alice Patton
Evelyn Runkley
Silian Ruth Longmire
Chool
Denton
First Christian Church
Fff
Boswell
Mildred
Marie Carter
Austin
University 4 Texas
J Gappleman
Tinga
I. A. Morris
Oleta Crossland
Thursdday
Afterman
C H Wood
Eula McCie
Pari
Agne Mil
Hign
Sseona
Mr. Parrish
Pullam
Longmire
Bridgeport
Texas
Ernest Breedlove
Honey Gove
Harve Longmire
Peyton Wheeler
Moonday
Georgia
B. B. Hall
Clarksville
Lee Dowlen
Jess Moxley
P. J. Carter
Food Market Offers Decoration Day Picnic Specials
Families across the country plan outings for Decoration Day as markets advertise numerous outdoor meal deals. The week highlights include budget meats for picnics with broiling and frying chickens at low prices, steady beef and lamb costs, plentiful and affordable pork and veal, and ample fowl like ducklings and turkeys. Fresh fish such as large pollock, butterfish, and sea bass remain reasonably priced. mackerel expected to rebound as nights darken. Shrimp and weakfish arrive in quantity, clams stay cheap, eggs are abundant, and a variety of fruits and vegetables including strawberries, pineapple, rhubarb, oranges, bananas, apples, asparagus, beans, cabbage, cucumbers, peas, new potatoes, spinach, tomatoes, cabbage, beets, lettuce, and celery show favorable prices. The article also lists a seasonal menu featuring ham omelet, cottage fried potatoes, tomato stuffed with slaw, bread and butter, lime gelatin with fruit, tea, coffee, and milk.
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California
Dry Conditions Reduce Lubbock Wheat Yield in 1910
Dry fall conditions and wind damage cut Lubbock County wheat yields from 1609 to 10 000 acres. C Ur Wasson announces adjustments show May winds dried grain and moisture shortages. Only 18 farmers carried wheat insurance with six collecting claims.
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Lubbock
Ubbock
C Ur Wasson
Wasson
Locker plants to be commonplace within few years
University of Texas Engineering Dean W. R. Woolrich predicted locker storage plants will allow shoppers to pick up Sunday meals as easily as mail. A typical 300 locker plant costs about 10,500 dollars with annual rents around 10 to 15 dollars per locker. Average users could store 400 to 500 pounds of food, saving about 100 dollars yearly on the family food budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
W. R. Woolrich
University of Texas Engineering
Woolrich
Lecker
Southside News by Mrs W A Marcum
Local column notes society events and community happenings with brief updates from residents and neighborhood notices.
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W. A. Marcum
Blackberries Ready as Benham Delivers for Phone Orders
Blackberries are ripening with some ready for picking then Benham delivers fruit. Phone orders available via Chas Nunn and G Nunn to arrange quick pickup or delivery.
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Benham
Chas, G, Nunn
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