Desert Uranium to Pee Wee Football in Navajo Nation
Eugene Clyde Weafer, former Allen Academy staffer and Bryan public relations figure, built a ranch home on the Navajo Reservation after starting Navajo education work in 1947. He faced isolation two years while guiding Pee Wee football for Gause School, shaping the bowl game narrative highlighted by his athletic program efforts.
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Eugene Clyde Weafer
Allen Academy
Bryan
Weafers
Weafer
Clyde
Lynn
Sarah
Trudy
Little Ernest
Navajo Indian Reservation
Gause School
Weafer Family Frontier Saga Sparks Uranium Rush and Education Push
The Weafers and their five children move from Teec Nos Pos to Texas after a publicity wave about uranium in their yard and national concerns over ore supply. Mr Weafer resigns private teaching to teach in Gause public schools while launching an uncampaigned bid for the Texas State Board of Education, winning in rural counties but losing Austin.
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Fort Apache
U. S
Colorado Plateau
Teechos Pos
Arizona
United States
Weafers
Texas
Weafer
Gause
Caldwell
State Board of Education
Austin
Milk Bowl planned for Pee Wees in Cameron Texas
Weafer organizes Pee Wees football teams with 100 120 135 pound weights. Aiming for December 10 at Cameron Texas the All Texas Annual Milk Bowl seeks ten thousand fans. Joe Moore longtime Giants player chairs event with Ralph Widman and WFAA support. Gause team part of lineup.
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Weafer
Texas
Central
Waefer
Ralph Widman
WFAA
Cameron
Joe Moore
New York Giants
Gause
Pee Wees
Widman
Glamour
Uranium
Little Weafers
Clyde
Lynn
Sarah
Trudy
Ernest
Navajoland
Newton McDonald Returns to Cameron on Visit
Newton McDonald formerly of Cameron and traveling agent for Bennett Printing Company was in Cameron on a business visit to see old friends. He previously worked with Citizens National Bank here, and friends welcome his return visits to Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton McDonald
Bennett Printing Company
Cameron
Mr. McDonald
Citizens National Bank
Camerorm
Milano Woman Returns Home After Illness
Mrs. J. L. Walker of Milano has come home from St. Edwards Hospital following an illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Walker
Milano
St. Edwards Hospital
Mrs Nesbitt and Daughter Visit Mr Nesbitt in Caldwell
Mrs Carl Nesbitt and her daughter Patricia visited Mr Nesbitt in Caldwell on Wednesday. The outing marked a family visitation reported by local sources.
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Carl Nesbitt
Patricia
Mr. Nesbitt
Caldwell
$150000 Jewel Theft Shocks Perryton Texas Panhandle
Purloined diamonds and watches valued at about 150000 were taken from Burk's drug store after thieves entered via an air vent and roof hole. The crime spanned five states with no suspects named and few clues found, including a linoleum knife and two cigarette packs.
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Perryton
Texas Panhandle
Burk
Amarillo
Ray Phagan
Otis Burk
John W. Sims
Tynes Company
Dallas
Henry A. Mass
A. Edward Fisher Company
New York
Maas
Sims
Phagan
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Colorado
Mrs Curtis Jackson and family shop in Cameron
Mrs Curtis Jackson and her daughter Mrs Jack Stewart accompanied by a baby from Milano were seen shopping in Cameron on Wednesday.
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Curtis Jackson
Jack Stewart
Baby
Milano
Cameron
Gene Kennedy Visits Bryan Family Weekend
Gene Kennedy of Bryan spent the weekend visiting his sister and the Richards couple, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richards.
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Gene Kennedy of
Bryan
Mrs
Frank Richards
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Bryan News
BE. C. Weafer
DU Pont Buco Enamel
Duco
Aréy Lumber
A. E. Matula
Cameron, Texas
B. M. Mcmillion Buckholts, Texas
Pehle
Schenley
N.Y.C
Brer Rabbit
Brer
New Orleans
Penick & Ford, Ltd., Inc
America
Chevrolet
North Travis
Chevrolet Company
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