Catfish Acres Texas Farm Aims Beyond Pond Subdivisions
Illy Edwards of Winnie Texas runs Catfish Acres a 450 acre operation on State Highway 124 between Winnie and High Island. The farm uses 45 ponds with underground pipes and a bayou filtration system to supply water and keep quality high. Ponds range from 1/10 acre to 214 acres with selective breeding in the smallest ponds. The farm holds 12 000 pounds of catfish and hosts daily public fishing 8 AM to 7 PM except Mondays, with 240 000 fish on site.
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Texas
Illy Edwards
Winnie
Edwards
High Island
Houston
Beaumont
Joe Surovik
Joe
Birthday List by Date Readers Honor Local Figures
A sequence of birthday names listed by date from February 21 to February 27. The readable fragments name Peggy Lawhorn Wayne mond Gresak Joe Vajdak Mrs John T House Lee Esther Franklin Franklin Martinec and other individuals, including George Hollas Ed ward Moran Pam Crow and more in a community notice style.
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Peggy Lawhorn
Waymond Gresak
Joe Vajdak
John T. House
Lee Esther Franklin
State hires underwater archaeologist Carl J. Clausen
Carl J. Clausen, longtime Florida state marine archaeologist, becomes Texas State Historical Survey Committee underwater archaeologist the first to hold the post. He will lead salvage work on 16th century Spanish galleons off the Gulf coast amid prior ownership controversy and helped spur the 1969 Antiquities Code.
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Carl J. Clausen
Florida State
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Texas
Gulf Coast
Texas Antiquities Code
Texas Antiquities Committee
Clausen
Florida
University of Florida
Department of State
Anniversary Notices for Local Residents
Happy anniversary wishes published for Mr. and Mrs. August Marek Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Shafer Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Small Mr. and Mrs. Milton Moore and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Stur with signed note devant in the column.
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Mrs. August Marek
Tommy Shafer
Wallace Small
Milton Moore
Kenneth Sturdevant
Trotlines Must Be Tagged Under Texas Rule
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission requires tagging all freshwater trotlines in regulated counties with durable tags showing owner name address and set date. Plastic tags can be homemade with a five dollar embosser. each trotline must have a tag to curb abandoned lines. Saltwater trotlines require a license tag at one dollar per 300 feet.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Skelton Named TP and L Executive VP and GM in Dallas
J Fred Skelton named executive vice president and general manager of Texas Power and Light Company at a TP&L board meeting in Dallas. He came from Corsicana and began with TP&L in 1937, later serving as district manager in Cleburne and Paris and as company division manager in Irving. He previously held the post of vice president and secretary since 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. Johnson
San Gabriel
Private
Truck Operators Association of Texas, Inc
Johnson
Johnson Grease Company, Inc
Houston
J. Fred Skelton
Texas Power & Light Company
Tp&l
Dallas
T. L. Austin, Jr
Corsicana
Cleburne
Paris
Irving
Skelton
Bowling Standings and Individual High Scores Across Leagues
Bowling teams reported high game and series totals for Cameron Equipment Co Culpeppers Joe Glasers and others with individual top scratch scores. Sugarcane farmers note a ton of water needed per pound of sugar. A hay fire near Hoyte community threatened a farm home as Cameron volunteers extinguished flames damaging sheds and pump houses.
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Hawaii
Frank Hanel
Hoyte
Cameron
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EKAS
Happy
Franklin Martinec
George Hollas
Bill Collins
F. M. Jones
Roderick Ruzicka
Jimmy Crawford
Glynn Cummings
Fritz Senkel
C. Titsworth
Dale Silvey
Larry Jackson
Seth Dockery Jr
Frank Garey
Marilyn Marek
Craig Waits
Linda Shafer
Kenny Glenn Glaser
Eveleana Knight
Mary Kestenbaum
Eleanor Hollas
Logan McWilliams
Mrs
Edward Moran
Jimmy Prater
Kathryn Englishbee
Charles Chandler
Richard Groppell
Bill Perrin
George Barr
Pam Crow
A. N. Standard
Don Humble
Ray Bruedigan
Betty Angell
Harriett Burleson
Richard Horelica
H. H. Stedman
Charles Eanes
Ethel Pope
George Schoppe
William Henry Petty
Annie C. Whiteside
Helen Massengale
Pam Harbour
Eric Solomon
Laura Bowman
Eddie Eplen
Jackie Raymond
Lawrence Zotz
Buddy Shipp
Theresa Thompson
State
Pensacola Bay
Florida Archives and History News
Fort Pierce
Florida Bureau of Historic Sites and Properties
Austin
Nebraska
Camroc League
Louise Neal
Geneva Pacely
Alienes
Mable Wright
Joyce Floyd
First National Bank
Ann Backhaus
Taylor Meat Bennie Mayer
Yoakum House Moving
Marie Laake
Carolyn Ostendorf
Rockdale Computing Company
Neta Walker
Gaither Motor Company
Betty Backhaus
Coca Cola
Raye Keen
Della Moran
Floye Gilleland
Cam. Equip
Culpeppers
Joe Glaser
Woodums
Barrington
Schiguts
McAtee
U-Tote M
L Steelworkers
Ist Natl
Taylor Meat
Yoakum
Rockdale Com
Gaither
Baer
MLE Savings
LIMUS
AIG
S&h
Armour Star
Maryland Club
DR. Pepper
Gbottle Carton
Ketchup
Libby
Harvard
Gladiola
JOY
Ass't
Aurora
Libbys
Morton's
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