Five Texas 4-H girls win awards and honors
Mable Evard and Ollie Marie Erskine gain Washington encampment bids while Anna Goerner Evelyn Silbernagel and Exie Creekmore win college scholarships. Details highlight extensive club work in foods landscaping and leadership, with prize money and state fair recognition.
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College Station
Bess Edwards
Texas Extension Service
Mable Evard
Cameron
Milam County
Ollie Marie Erskine
Shamrock
Wheeler County
Washington, D. C
Anna Goerner
Paige
Bastrop
Evelyn Silbernagel
Dickinson
Galveston County
Exie Creekmore
Mobeetie
Texas State Home Demonstration Association
Texas
Washington
Erksine
Miss Evard
Viola Jones
Audette McDonald
Bastrop County
Lorraine Morrison
Bertha Fae Strange
Farmers as vocation for graduates rises through 4-H club work
A rural and city school survey shows 82 percent of graduates choosing farm life, up from 17 percent six years ago. Officials credit 4-H Club work and the back to the farm program for the shift toward agricultural vocations.
Four Families Sign to Run County Farm Demonstration Program
In an effort to promote better farm life among negro farmers of the county, four families have signed contracts to conduct the whole farm demonstration program. Those listed to carry out the program are: M. S. Bradley Canaan community route 5 Gus Roy Wellborn W. P. Smith Roans Chapel community Route 8 James Jones Benchley community. The demonstration involves all phases of farm and home improvements.
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M. S. Bradley
Canaan
Gus Roy
Wellborn
W. P. Smith
Roans Chapel
James Jones
Benchley
Homemakers Council Sets May Meeting and Summer Plans
The home demonstration council will hold a called meeting in the Negro County Agents office on Saturday May 18 at 10 a m. Plans include a July summer encampment and sending Daisy Richardson vice president of the Texas Home Demonstration Council to Prairie View College for a Texas council officers conference on May 27.
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Home Makers Council
Home Demonstration Council
Daisy Richardson
Texas Home Demonstration Council
Prairie View College
Yard Living Room Demonstration Solves Summer Space
Lula Dangerfield of Minter Springs leads a yard demonstration to build an outdoor living room from native rocks beneath a cedar tree. The 15 by 15 foot area will use rock seats and a table, with soil bedding and an axe to shape pieces.
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Lula Dangerfield
Minter Springs
Community Tours Highlight Home Demonstration Work Across Town
A series of 4-H club tours led by demonstrators and adult sponsors checked progress in home demonstration activities. Last week Lessie McMurray painted lettuce green, Lizzie Maze tested jars, Mary Harris tended her cabbage worm prone garden, and Brushie women canned beans in a new canning house while a non club woman sought information.
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Lessie McMurray
Cedar Grove
Lizzie Maze
Mary Harris
Brushie
Kurten Delegates Attend Evangelical Synod Conference
Arthur Yeager and Rev. F C Anderson represent Kurten at a district conference of the Evangelical Synod of North America in San Antonio. Delegates report growing union strength since the 1934 merger with the Reformed Church forming the Evangelical and Reformed Church now active in 83 states.
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Arthur Yeager
F. C. Anderson
San Antonio
Zion Evangelical Church of
Evangelical and Reformed Church
United Action
India
Honduras
China
Japan
Mesopotamia
Colorado
Ozark Mountains
San Francisco
Wisconsin
George W. Richards
Alluring Agriculture on J S Mooring Farm in Brazos County
A Brazos County farm owned by J S Mooring showcases meticulous drainage and diverse crops. W R McCullough and County Agent C L Benson visit after rains noting interplanted corn and soybeans, use of inoculated beans, and a shift to cottonseed meal in mule feed as a model for upland farmers.
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J. S
Brazos Valley
W. R. McCullough
C. L. Benson
Mooring
Four H Club Activities and Upcoming Demonstrations
Four H club meetings are set this week at Rye Tuesday Smetana Thursday and King's Highway Friday. Lions club should send representatives to each meeting. A pecan demonstration occurs Monday May 20 at Frank Kopecky's at 1 pm focusing on buds from last year. Quick Bearing Pecans notes last year’s buds at George Singletary's place are setting nuts this year. Some checks for 1935 first rental benefit have arrived. bring your card to collect checks. 1934 Tax Exemption certificates must be turned in for 1935 certificates. King’s Highway sewing contest aims for 100 percent county participation with Rally Day July 6 at Sue Haswell Memorial Park. dress code and required documentation listed.
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Rye
Smetana
King’s Highway
Lions Club
Frank Kopecky
George Singletary
King’s Highway Club
Sue Haswell Memorial Park
Dr Richards to Lead Communion Conference Anniversary
Dr Richards a national church leader will preside as the conference closes on May 19 marking 25 years since Eden Evangelical Home for the Aged was founded. Rev Kasiskie and a 30 piece St Johns Lutheran band from Richland will participate in the anniversary events.
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Richards
United States
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Eden Evangelical Home For the Aged
J. J. Kasiskie
Kurten
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Richland
Disturbance at New York Cafe Leads to Arrest
A near riot at the New York Cafe Tuesday afternoon was broken up by Sheriff Roy W. Nunn and Chief K. T. Tillis. W. W. Boswell was arrested on a charge of disturbing the peace and gave bond, with the case to be heard later.
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New York
Roy W. Nunn
K. T. Tillis
W.W. Boswell
Corn and cotton work fills Busy Sunday in town
Farmers finish corn and cotton tasks with some still planting. Rev J J Pipkin preached a Mother's Day sermon to a good crowd Sunday.
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J. J. Pipkin
Community notes and family visits across local towns
The item lists numerous visits and gatherings: James Pipkin of Beaumont accompanies a father. George Holland and Mr. Foster from Brazos Valley visit Sunday. Miss Lorene Rhodes dies in Kerrville after moving from Edge with her mother. Sympathetic condolences to the bereaved. Local residents visit relatives, attend reunions, and celebrate Mother's Day with families in Edge, Bryan, Franklin, Prospect, and nearby areas.
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James Pipkin
Beaumont
George Holland
Foster
Brazos Valley
Lorene Rhodes
Kerrville
Edge
Carson Lawson
Ray Outlaw
Frank Rosier
George Rosier
Rosier
Prospect
Joe Myculek
Ed Seasta
Estaline Mitchell
Ed iChytil
Walden Orr
Bryan
Willie McDonald
Robert Wilson
Normangee
W. J. McDonald
Freddie Jolly
J. A. Wilson
Agnes McDowell
Kentucky
Emmett Holland
J. C. Bolton
Franklin
Texas Income Returns Rise in 1953 Total 113139
Texas led with a rise in income tax returns for 1953 at 113139, up from 112222 in 1932. Harris County accounted for 26059 returns, with 19104 filed in Houston, while other states with 40000 plus returns mostly declined.
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Washington
Texas
Internal Revenue Bureau
Harris County
Houston
Syptaks Vacation Visit Planned in Seymour
Mr and Mrs A B Syptak travel Friday to Seymour to spend a week visiting his parents and brother and family joining in the family reunion style trip with relatives in the town.
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A. B. Syptak
Seymour
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Girls of Texas
Negro Club
H. K. Harnsbury
Brazos County
Laurelia M
Holden
Brazos County Boys and Girls Club Department
W. C. Pack
E. J. Payne
Chas. Griffin
Homer Barrett
Edward Rumfield
Jimmie Murphy
Jim Murphy
Edna
H. M. Free
Jim Leighman
Ira Rumfield
Chas. Payne
Wallace Henry
Rube McDonald
Batiste
America
Peter Pan
Borden _Quadriga
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