Yoe High Homemakers Outline 1950 Program
Yoe High Future Homemakers include a HM 11b style show with garments made for Home Projects. Students model dresses, skirts, pajamas, and a jumper while judging emphasizes constructive critique. FHA goals cover leadership, parliamentary procedure, school and family life, and community goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Yoe
Martha Nell Lewis
Nora Partee
Claudell Robinson
Nadine Clifton
Mary Ann Glenn
Edith Baldridge
HMI
Sargeants Pickeral and
Caperton
Brown
Army
Waco
Rosson
FHA
Asbury Property Wins Extra Right of Way for Hwy 177
Rosebud City Council approved paying for 20 extra feet of right of way through the Asbury property on Highway 177. The deal includes moving the Asbury house and $1,000 compensation, after city and county officials weighed private appraisals and legal steps proceed. The county attorney said rights of way will be prepared for state highway work in a few days.
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Asbury
Robert D. Peterson
Falls County
State
Progress
Rosebud
Texas Power and Light completes substation upgrades in 1949
Texas Power and Light reports ongoing transmission line work planned for the year. A West Waco substation and a Waco plant structure, plus a substation at Waxahachie, were built after previous fires. Temple Taylor and Payne facilities were expanded with new design equipment. Over 15,000 new customers joined in 1949, raising total service to more than 263,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Waco
Waco
Waxahachie
Temple, Taylor and Payne
Smithwick Trial Follows Radio Battle Over Tavern Link
The Smithwick murder trial unfolds in Alice County as W H Mason, a radio commentator, denounces the Rancho Allegro tavern owner amid a campaign against the sheriff. Sheriff deputies and Texas Rangers guard the packed courtroom while Judge Wesley Dice presides. Evetts, 41, questions Smithwick’s account, noting Mason’s threatening behavior before the fatal shooting.
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Alice
W. H
Bill) Mason
Mason
Alice County
Wesley Dice
Buck Ray
Texas Rangers
Evetts
Smithwick
Texas Toll Highway Plan Routed Through Major Counties
H. K. Coffield outlined a proposed 212 to 220 mile toll highway in Texas modeled after the Pennsylvania turnpike. The route would pass through Dallas Ellis Navarro Freestone Leon Madison Grimes Walker Montgomery and Harris counties with 50 year charter and 1000 shares of 1 value. The five incorporators would form the initial board of directors. Passenger cars would be charged 1 cent per mile, with truck rates based on weight and distance.
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H. HK. Coffield
Dallas
Ellis
Navarro
Freestone
Leon
Madison
Grimes
Walker
Montgomery
Harris
Prescott
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Texas turnpike plan cites 11 interchanges and routes
Prescott notes a Dallas to Houston toll road with 46 percent of turnpike business and no cross traffic. Interchange points number eleven where traffic would enter or leave the four lane toll route. Wheelock Coffield and Bostick are named local figures tied to oil and accounting roles. Rockdale Reporter.
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Dallas
Houston
Texas
Prescott
Wheelock
Coffield
Bostick
Pickens
Rockdale
Sharp H. E. Dept. Holding Classes
The Sharp Home Economics Department sponsors an adult class in Short Cuts In Home Management. Classes meet twice weekly and are arranged to fit participant needs. All Sharp School District patrons are invited to enroll. First meeting February 1 at 7 30 p m.
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Sharp Home Economics Department
Sharp
Port Arthur Family Visits Duseks at Home
Mr and Mrs Oscar Pratt and their young daughter from Port Arthur visited Mr and Mrs Franklin Dusek during the past week sharing greetings and hospitality in a friendly social call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Pratt
Port Arthur
Franklin Dusek
Bartlett Girl Recovers After Tonsillectomy
Nedra Frances Bartlett, daughter of Mr and Mrs Rex Bartlett of Rockdale, shows improvement days after tonsil removal at Newton Memorial Hospital earlier this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nedra Frances Bartlett
Rex Bartlett
Rockdale
Newton Memorial Hospital
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Yoe High
W. B. Skelton
St. Edward Hospital
Mr. Skelton
The
National Life Insurance Co
Rosebud and Falls County Report
Tp&l
Denison
Terrell
DeSoto
Thorndale
Lynch
Texas Power & Light Company
Colorado River
Texas Power & Light
Dusek
Dusek’s
Dusek Pharmacy
Dodge
Schiller Motors
South
Houston St
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