Texan of the Year honor for Waxahachie native Paul Richards
Paul Richards of Waxahachie receives the Texas Press Association Texan of the Year award. The ceremony took place Saturday January 21 during the TPA 14th Annual Mid Winter Convention in San Antonio. The Waxahachie Light publisher William P. Davis presented the engraved plaque on behalf of the association.
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Paul Richards
Texas
Texas Presse Association
Lone Star State
Baltimore Orioles
Texas Sports Writers Association
The
Texas Press Association
TPA
San Antonio
Waxahachie
William P. Davis
Mrs Blanche Awalt Returns From Jacksonville Visit
Miss Blanche Awalt returned home early in the week after visiting brother Arthur Awalt in Jacksonville. Arthur Awalt, ill in a hospital there, is slowly recovering from a heart ailment and has been hospitalized for several weeks.
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Blanche Awalt
Jacksonville
Arthur Awalt
Mr. Awalt
Customs Studied By Melvin Club
The Melvin Twentieth Century Club met January 19 at the home of Mrs. Less Mitchel with Mrs. J. D. Morrow presiding. Mrs. Omer Hall and Mrs. Raymond Murray discussed customs including inaugurations marriage and funeral customs and comparisons with other countries. A letter from Wichita Falls State Hospital thanked the club for Christmas gifts. A nominating committee was appointed.
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Melvin Twentieth Century Club
Wichita Falls State Hospital
Mitchel
Mackey Weaver
Floyd Marshall
Raymond Murray
Joe Morrow
J. D. Morrow
Paul Huntington
Billy Ray Taliaferro
Omer Hall
Talmage Wood
Mrs Yanes Receives Bon Voyage Shower Before Air Force Move
Mrs. Joe Yanes left for San Angelo then to Newfoundland to join her husband and father. A personal shower and bon voyage party at her home Tuesday night January 24 honored the mother of two, with classical music, snacks, cookies and coffee as guests offered gifts.
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Joe Yanes
San Angelo
Michael
Danny
Air Force
Newfoundland
Ben Rubio
Mmes
Tino Barrera
Joe Solis
Lupe Lira
Raymond Mireles
Lupe Elgueseba
Yanes
Pauline Rubio
Texas lawmakers weigh taxes and budgets for 1962 63
The Texas Legislature faces a clash over state financing with Gov. Price Daniel backing a 356 183 172 budget and the Budget Board proposing 356 183 172 plus changes. Proposals include a payroll tax, higher tuition for state colleges, and a 3 percent natural gas tax. Annexation limits bill seeks 10 percent annual growth with extraterritorial control. Sen Hazlewood calls auto insurance reforms. Women push for constitutional equal rights. Tad Smith named GOP chief spokesman as party targets elections and 1954 re election challenge.
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Daniel
General Revenue
Highway Fund
GOP
Texas Republican Party
Tad Smith
F| Paso
Smith
Thad Hutcheson
Houston
Texas
U. S
Ralph Yarborough
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Port Neches
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Amarillo
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Texas State Board of Education
TEA
State Historical Survey Committee
Civil War Commission
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Federated Business and Professional Women’s Club
Ben Atwell
Hutchins
Dallas County
Lindy
Lindy Pen Co., Inc
Culver City, Calif
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BRADY
Kimbell’s
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Wish Bone
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Patio
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Red Emperor
Texas Oranges
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Oleo
Armour’s Star Bacon
Stanphile
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Home Owned & Operated
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