Texas marks World War I Veterans Week with memorial in Austin
Governor Price Daniel proclaims World War I Veterans Week starting November 11 to honor soldiers sailors and Marines. A 9 foot red granite World War I Memorial will be unveiled November 12 at the State Capitol grounds with Lt. Gov. Bruce Reagan as lead speaker. Senator Ralph Yarborough plans a WWI veterans dinner November 11 at the Driskill Hotel. Coke County Barracks No 2409 reports 32 paid members meeting monthly in Bronte and Robert Lee with discussions held during American Legion events.
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House of Democracy and Freedom
Price Daniel
Texas
Germany
State Capitol
Austin
Bruce Reagan
Ralph Yarborough
Driskill Hotel
Coke Wwi
Coke County Barracks
Bronte
Robert Lee
Law Week
American Legion Hall
Barbecue Cancelled. January Dinner Meeting Planned
A barbecue and program for November 11 were abandoned while a dinner meeting with the ladies as guests is scheduled for January. New officers will be elected at the December 7 meeting in Robert Lee.
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Robert Lee
County Agents News Column Plans and Rainfall Notes
A county livestockmen committee will meet in the courthouse conference room to organize a local program with the Southwest Animal Health Research Foundation on screw worm control. Rainfall figures from last week show varying inches across communities, with several readers reporting 0.8 to 2.3 inches. Planting peas is being discussed as a promising practice in Dawson County and nearby areas.
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Southwest Animal Health Research Foundation
Hulan Harris
Robert Lee
J. T. Henry
Bronte
Buster Burson
Nolan Pentecost
L. E. Wink
Pat Havins
Valley View
Floyd Harmon
Wildcat
Joe Rawlings
Lometa
T. M. Wylie Jr
Friendship
Walter King
Blackwell
Dawson County
Daw son County Crops List and Frost Watch
Daw son County lists cow peas crowders cream peas and purple hulls as grown. Watch for frost bitten plants soon as Johnson grass and sorghum can develop high prussic acid after frost.
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Dawson County
Butler Brother Transferred to Veterans Hospital in Memphis
Nolan Butler of Skellytown reports his brother Keifer Butler has been moved to the Veterans Paraplegic Hospital in Memphis Tennessee. Keifer, a high school football coach, was paralyzed on August 23 after a back injury suffered in a freak practice incident.
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Nolan Butler
Keifer Butler
Skellytown
Veterans Paraplegic Hospital
Memphis
Local Hospital Visits and Surgical Updates
Mrs Condie Clark and Mrs Sid Eubanks returned from Dallas where Condie Clark had surgery at Baylor Hospital Monday. His condition is satisfactory and he is expected home later this week. Mrs Clifford Hart, formerly Florence Sims, had surgery in Brownwood Hospital Monday. Charles Sims and others from Eunice New Mexico visited Brownwood Monday to report Mrs Hart’s condition satisfactory. Mrs Joe Wilkins of Hugo Oklahoma visited Bronte with her sister in law Annie Wilkins from Saturday through Tuesday.
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Condie Clark
Sid Eubanks
Dallas
Baylor Hospital
Clifford Hart
Florence Sims
Zepher
Brownwood Hospital
Charles Sims
Bill Wrinkle
David Gulley
Eunice
New Mexico
Brownwood
Joe Wilkins
Hugo
Oklahoma
Bronte
Annie Wilkins
Midland visitors share weekend with local families
Mr. and Mrs. George Faulk and children of Midland spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Adair. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wilson and children visited Sunday in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Reed, at Brockenridge.
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George Faulk
Midland
J. S. Adair
Bob Wilson
W. T. Reed
Brockenridge
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Caperton Chevrolet CO
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del Monte Tomato
del Monte Peach
del Monte Pumpkin
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Mary Washington
Gandy
Hormel Bacon
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