Fife Notes Local Visits Weather and Community
In Fife Texas on October 21 1958 farmers plant grain and harvest cotton as weather shifts back to rain. Visitors include Ray Thomas of San Diego and family, Narvell Otte from New York, and Lt Col Tom Bradley Jr and wife adopting Mary Catherine. Local events mention the Fife Home Demonstration Club meeting with Mrs Duncan in charge.
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Fife Tex
Ray Thomas
San Diego
California
Brady
Larue Mitchell
M. L. Tedder
Thomas
Ethel Mitchell
Narvell Otte
New York
O. C. Otte
J. D. Patterson
Billy
World News
Formosa
Okinawa
Air Force
Tom Bradley Jr
Valdosta
Mary Catherine
Bradleys
Joe
Abilene
Fred Cawyers
Cawyers
Buddy
Abilene High School
Mary Pearce
J. H. Francks
Pam
Patricia
Dallas
L. J. Purcell
Conley Purcell
Cenise
Lynn Rice
Janiyn
Randy
Andrews
Sidney Coonrod
L. M. Farmer
Tom
Alex Able
San Angelo
Eola
Mr. Able
John Able
Melvin
Helma Anderson
Morgan Haynes
Haynes
Willie Anderson
Olga Stromquist
Harner Stromquist
Aaron Anderson
Brady Hospital
Ett
Lavanda Murray
Mary Sue Wilkerson
Louise Turner
Jean Crouch
Barbara Gossett
Nan Broman
Joeen Johnson
Melvin Fha
Linda Turner
Lanny Smith
FHA
Pebbie Cook
Kerrville
Melvin community notes feature Halloween carnival set
Melvin prepares for the PTA Halloween Carnival at the Melvin School house with supper and snacks in the lunch room and a high school auditorium coronation at 7 pm. Lea Anne Ledbetter is queen with Gale Wood as king, a full queen's court, and various age group dukes and duchesses listed. Funeral for Mayme Brice in Brady honors Melvin pioneer and postmaster, plus local visits, church and hospital news, and Melvin FHA activities hosting period-accurate plays and meetings.
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PTA
Melvin
Arch Jacobson
Ben Benavidez
Bill Hutto
Lea Anne Ledbetter
Robert Ledbetter
Gale Wood
Talmage Wood
Lea Anne
Gale
Raymond Murray
Queen
Gloria Fernandez
Reuben DeLos Santos
Lavanda Murray
Joe Everett
Bobbie Cook
Lanny Smith
Mayme Brice
Fulcher
Eden
Brice
Salt Gap
Wilkerson
Brady
George Barth
Melvin Methodist Church
Melvin Cemetery
Alex
Colgate Clock in New York City Sets World Record
The Colgate Clock in New York har bor features an illuminated dial 38 feet across making it the largest clock in the world.
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Colgate
New York Harbor
Placid Woman Wins Westinghouse Prize
Mrs. Lowell Smith of Placid earned a Westinghouse prize in the national Refrigerator Contest. She won a Westinghouse coffee maker as a runner up award through A. H. Broad Co local dealer. Top prize went to Mrs. Clary Brown of Houston with a choice of Golden Dream Kitchen or $5,000. 400 honorable mentions were named. The contest promotes the Westinghouse Cold Injector Refrigerator with Frost Free feature and separate home freezer.
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Westinghouse
Lowell Smith
Placid
A. H. Broad Co
Smith
Clary Brown
Keller Street
Houston
Two Lambs Yield Only Two Legs Per Animal
Report notes that from each lamb only two legs are obtained, limiting total yield per animal. This observation highlights carcass utilization and potential implications for butchery or meat processing.
New Slimline 1959 Chevy Redesign Features
The 1959 Chevrolet adopts Slimline styling with a roomier Body by Fisher and broad visibility. It offers a no-wax Magic-Mirror finish lasting up to three years, a Hi-Thrift 6 engine, multiple V8 options, bigger safer brakes, and a smoother ride, available now at Chevrolet dealers.
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Fisher
Chevrolet
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Aan
J. Frank Dobie
Austin
Wantin
Fife
By Donald Finlay
Melvin News
WMU
Santa Anna
Charles Benson
Arnold Benson
N. M. Barnett
G. A. Sheffield
Carroll Barnett
M. B. Fields
Lea Ann Ledbetter
Prince
Richard Germany
Dukes and Duchesses
Gloria Schwertner
David Siler
Sue Brown
Larry Peel
Lynda Hemphill
Ronnie Mamstrom
Beverly Jenkins
Barry Barth
Sandra Marshall
Freddie Fortson
Lydia Diaz
Jimmy Crouch
Mona Manser
Leon Waldrep
Linda Malmstrom
Kenneth Jenkins
Lonnie B. Browning
Connie Brown
Cynthia Gay Whitworth
Barbara Everett
John Smith
V. C. Whitworth
K. O. Ellington
Walter Murray
Charles Seydler
T. Wood
Rosa
Wanda Haynes
J. M. Alsdorf
James Crouch
T. B. Cobb
Clara Haywood
Wilson Rest Home
Alma Pina
Aurelia Sandoval
Antonio Perez
Josephine Reyna
Barbara Ever
Southern Pine Inspection Bureau
County Lumber CO
Keltye
Texas
W. 7. Carter & Brother
Houston, Texas
Diboll, Texas
Westinghouse Prize
Mrs Baird
America
S. Bridge St
Brady, Texas
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