Our Soil Our Strength Bermuda Sprig Planter News
Bermuda grass sprig planter purchased by Litter River Soil Conservation District for district cooperators. Planter, under Gilbert Kretzschmar, can plant one to 1.5 acres per hour at 3 to 5 mph with fertilizer attachments, rental two dollars per acre. Bermuda sprigs cost about twenty cents per cubic foot. roots per acre guidance provided.
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Board of Supervisors
Sean Gebriel Soil Conservation District
Tme
Gilbert Kretzschmar
Bartlett
Texas
Lambert
T Kretzschmar
Soil Conservation Service
Bartlatt
Bermuda
Hanover Liberty Rockdale Road Contracts Let
A contract for grading structures base and surfacing on Farm to Market Road 2095 Milam County was awarded in Austin. R C Buckner Jacksonville bid 25394.02. Joe G Hanover Hearne will oversee the project. completion is estimated at 10 days. A second contract for widening and paving on U S Highway 79 in Milam County was awarded to a San Antonio firm.
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Milam County
Austin
Ohn E. Blair
Bryan
R. C. Buckner
Jacksonville
Hanover
Liberty
Joe G. Hanover
Hearne
Highway Department
U.S. Highway 79
San Antonio
Rockdale highway project awarded to Cage Brothers
Cage Brothers submitted the low bid of 270,579.94 dollars for widening pavement and related work from Rockdale eastward 6.7 miles. Construction is slated to take about 150 working days under the supervision of Joe G. Hanover with John E. Blair approving, pending Bureau of Public Roads concurrence.
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E State Highway Commission
Cage Brothers
Rockdale
John E. Blair
Bryan
Bureau of Public Roads
Texans Register For Draft In 1955 Among 65,569
Lt C Morris S Schwartz Selective Service director notes 65,569 Texans registered at local draft boards in 1955. Law requires registration at 18 with penalties up to 10000 dollars or five years imprisonment for noncompliance. Cases exist of under 18 holders trying to use certs to buy beer.
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C. Morris S. Schwartz
Selective Service
Texas
Schwartz
Texans Enter Military Service in 1955 Record
State Selective Service data show 46 545 Texans entered service in 1955 with 38 591 by enlistment and 7 954 through draft. During the year 6 946 were sent for pre induction exams. 4 200 passed and 2 746 were rejected. Draft boards in Texas distributed nearly all inductees to the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Selective Service
Morris S. Schwartz
Army
Navy
Everty
Anel Schwartz
Draft Board
Community Visitors and Holiday Supper Announced
End guests include Mrs C B Watson of Novice and Preston West of Santa Anna. Families visit hospitals and homes in Taylor Waco Houston and Bartlett. The first series of Presbyterian church family suppers will be held Wednesday Dec 25.
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C. B. Watson
Preston West
Santa Anna
Charles Duncan
E. C. Mosly
Johns Hospital
Taylor
W. E. Brown
Leroy Laffere
Waco
Maxilee Tumilton
Ronnie Mack
Joyce Lee
San Antonio
F. H. Low
B. E. Holder
Houston
Hunter Duncan
The
Presbyterian Church
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Red Cross
Little River
Littl River
Washington
United States
Congress
India
J.oh
Calvin Eugene Allison Buckholts
David Baca
Rockdale, Texas
Liberty Rockdale
Florence Spiegel
Mary Harbur
Southwestern University
Donald Garth
Gary
Ellington Field, Hous
Hicks Garner
Bob Garner
R. F. Linhorst
W. D. West
Ronamo Steel
Greenland
Milam Theatre
Jennifer Jones
Miss Dove Cinemascope
Dinosaur Bi Sryant
Wanda Curtis and
Fangs OF the Wild
Charles Chaplin, Jr
Margia Dean
Jeanne Crain
George Nader
Kitty Kalleen
Bert Lahr
Mamie van Doren
Keith Andes
Paul Gilbert
Michael Rennie
Anthony Quinn
Cinemascope
Gentlemen Mary Brunettes
Jane Russell
Simba
Dirk Bogarde
Virginia McKenna
Lon McCallister
Jane Haver
Dalton’s
Jack Holt
Rn Mitchum, Shelly Winters
Night OF the
Jeff Chandler
Tall Man
Randolph Scott
Dorothy Malone
Peggie Castle
Emma Duncan
Jack W. Tumlinson
Cameron
Derrethuy. “Perkins
Dusek Pharmacy
Armour’s Fertilizer
Matheson Fertilizer
Fidelity Fertilizer
Amonia
Kash
Funk
Anton
Hawk
Robert Weems
Dodge
Bonneville Salt Flats
Schiller Motors
Ath
Travis Cameron, Texas
Aia Mt Ate
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