Boll Weevil Control Program Underway
The fifth year of the High Plains Boll Weevil Control Program began with 10 spray planes taking to the sky on September 3. Despite winds, by Thursday night over half of 75 000 acres mapped for the first application had been sprayed with malathion. Ed Dean of Plains Cotton Growers praised the start as the best yet as spraying continues until harvest or frost.
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Ed Dean
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Briscoe
Hall
Motley
Dickens
Crosby
Kent
Garza
Floyd
Dawson
Borden
Dean
U.S. Department of Agriculture
PACG
The
Plains
Texas Department of Agriculture
Roy Lauterbach
Albuquerque
N.M
Roane Fiying Service
Jeanerette
Roane
Lauterbach
Fiddlers Contest At South Plains Fair
Fiddlers from four states converge on Lubbock September 25 for the Panhandle South Plains Fair fiddlers contest with a $100 top prize and several cash awards. Nearly 100 players are expected. eliminations start at 10 a.m. with finals at 1 p.m. Entries due by September 10.
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South Plains Fair
Lubbock
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
New Mexico
Cecil Caldwell
John Dice
Reese Afb
Cochairmen
America
Bill R. Moore Completes ROTC Camp At Ft Sill
Bill R. Moore son of Mr and Mrs Billie B Moore 712 East Oak completed Army Reserve Officers Training Corps summer camp at Ft Sill Oklahoma The encampment lasted six weeks with training in leadership rifle marksmanship physical conditioning and military subjects Upon graduation from college he will be eligible for a commission as a second lieutenant in the U S Army Moore is a member of Delta Phi Epsilon fraternity and Scabbard and Blade society.
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Bill R. Moore
Billie B. Moore
East Oak
Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Ft. Sill
Oklo
United States Army
Moore
Delta Phi Epsilon Fraternity
Scabbard and Blade Society
FBI Sponsoring Special Meetings on Bank Crimes
FBI Dallas chief Gordon Shanklin announced FBI sponsored conferences on Bank Robbery and Industrial Crimes. Sessions run 9 am to 1 pm in 11 Texas cities starting September 16 in Abilene, with Koko Palace, Lubbock hosting September 18.
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Gordon Shanklin
Dallas
FBI
Texas
Abdilene
Koko Palace
Lubbock
Brownwood
Amerilla
Wichita Falls
Texarkana
Marshall
Nacogdoches
Tyier
Sherman
Arlington
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
Local TSTA Forms Plan For First Meeting In Brownfield
The Terry County Texas State Teachers Association executive committee met at Holiday House to plan the year’s activities. President Carl Brewing led the meeting with officers Robert Smotherman Paul Cowley and Nancy Williamson. They set three meetings, the first in Brownfield with date pending, and discussed Amend ment No Nine to base retirement contributions on full salary rather than the first 8,400, plus mailing newsletters before each meeting.
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Terry Counts
The
Texas State Teachers Association
Holiday House
Nancy Williams
Robert Smotherman
Paul Cowley
Carl Brewing
Terry County
Texas State Teachers Assoviation
Wellm34
Union
Nancy Williamson
Brownfield Schools
Brownfield
Texas
SPC Schedules Horsemanship Short Course
A short course in Horsemanship will be offered at South Plains Evening College this fall. Classes meet Saturdays 9 a.m. to noon. Instructor Art Jones a noted horse expert and rancher. Registration begins Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. in the Technical-Vocational Building. Contact Charles Hays for details.
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South Plains Evening College
Art Jones
Jones
Eastern New Mexico University
Quarter Horse Journal
SPC
Charles Hays
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Fu. Sill
Okla
Fair Association
Pat Boone
Fair Park Coliseum
HemisFair
Don Rice
Diane Shelton
Richard Hayman
the News
Brownfield News
Shanklin
TSTA
Soil Conservation District
Farm Tour
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