McCamey Publisher Shines in Western Fiction and News
McCamey publisher James Carll, known for sharp western fiction, built a career from Navy radioman to Hollywood writer and Western Union executive. He owns McCamey News and nearby papers, moved the plant to McCamey, and continues four-paper production while balancing a fiction legacy and country roots.
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Mccamey, Tex
WNS
James Carll
McCamey News
France
Sarl
Popular Publications
Fiction House, Inc
Carll
Jay Earth
Card
Pendleton
Tex
Temple
Dallas
Fort Worth
Navy
Arizona
Pearl Harbor
Hull
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
St. Paul
West‘nr Union
San Fran‘sco
New York City
Western Union
Hollywood
Universal Pictures
Universal
New York
McCamey
Rankin News
Rankin
News Publishing Co
James
Cuthbert Carll
Crane News
Iraan
Carl
San Francisco Chronicle
Associated Press
California
Edith Ison
Wink
Carli
West
Texas
Prairie Dog Eradication Drive Stirs Oklahoma County
Prairie dog control spurs county action after county agent Pete Ross faced hostile letters. Farmers and ranchers meet to back a resolution urging Ellis County Commissioners to enforce a new state law making noncooperation a misdemeanor with fines up to 25 dollars. The group plans cross county cooperation with Oklahoma and Texas to curb prairie dogs.
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Shattuck
Okla
Wns
Pete Ross
Ross
Ellis County
Oklahoma
Texas
Cotton and Cattle Drive Childress Progress in Texas Center
Childress Texas known as Gate City concentrates on cotton and cattle. The county farms total about 1 300 with 200 000 cultivated acres yielding 25 000 bales of cotton annually and 1 500 000 in livestock value. Gates City Coop REA serves 650 members over 200 miles of line. City has 1 200 homeowners and 2 034 students in three schools totaling 3 079 pupils in seven county schools. City rail and bus service, hotel and tourist facilities support a growing trade center with plans for water, paving, and street widening.
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Childress
Tex
WNI
George C. Childress
Gates City Coop
REA
Gate City
Panhandle Plains
Rotary
The
Lions
Business and Professional Women’s Club
First Wilbarger County’s first children born
From the best information obtainable the first child born in Wilbarger County was Mrs Dee Lewis in February 1882. John Miller of the Fargo community was born in July 1882. It has not been learned if any children were born in 1881.
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Vernon Times
Vernon
Tex
Wilbarger County
Dee Lewis
John Miller
Fargo
Sport of Kings Hobby of Clayton Doctor
Clayton New Mexico Dr J M Winchester pursues racehorse breeding as a hobby while running a medical practice He plans to enter his two year old Lee Wic sired by Wickrup in races this July with Derby hopes next year His stable includes Granville top money winner 1936 and mares Legora Legume San Dora Trebla and Wee Drop He has two sons in service and a daughter who is a nurse
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Clayton, N. M
W.N.S
J. M. Winchester
Lee Wic
Wickrup
Dr. Winchester
Granville
Gallant Fox
Gravita
Winchester
Wee Drop
Stimulus
Legora
Legume
San Dora
Trebla
Shopper Mistake Traded Balloon for Nylons at Store
In Lubbock a long line of shoppers waited for nylons at a department store. Mrs Hoyt Agnew joined the queue and entered, only to find the sale offered large inflated balloons. She bought a Penguin balloon and offered to trade it for nylons with any child who made a similar mix up.
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Lubbock, Tex
Wns
Hoyt Agnew
West Texas Yucca Uses Show Rope Soap and More
West Texas residents study yucca growth to test new uses including rope mats containers soap and alcohol. Experiments explore processing wild plants into practical products for local needs and economic benefit.
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West
Texas
Postmaster’s Rare Gems From West Texas Hunts
Clarendon Texas postmaster J. C. Estlack collects rare stones native to the Panhandle. Tiffany’s bought many of his gems and he now facets stones with Earl A. Ferris. He hunts in Palo Duro Canyon and nearby ravines and keeps a Persian opal in glycerine, said to forecast weather by color.
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Clarendon, Tex
Wns
J. C. Estlack
Clarendon
America
Tiffany’s
Black
Canyon
Palo Duro Canyon
Panhandle
Estlack
Old Mexico
New Mexico
Estrack
Earl A. Ferris
Memphis
Coronado
Persia
Clarendon News
Briscoe County
Grants
N. M
Grimes County
Hutchinson County
Schrist
Arkansas
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Prairie Dog
Wilbarger
Bill Winchester
Kings
Clayton
Postmaster
West Texas
Oak Cliff
Dallas, Texas
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