Homeless Girls Find Home As Girls Town Opens Big Rally
Whiteface Texas witnessed a grand opening as Girls Town U S A unveiled its first permanent ranch residence. About 5 000 locals attended with sheriff s posse members from Lubbock aiding the celebration. Amelia Anthony founder spoke of plans to house 500 girls in ten years and 64 beds now house 12 girls at the ranch near Whiteface. Cal Farley founder of Boys Ranch attended and emphasized family involvement in rescuing youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteface
Texas
U.S. A
W. T. Brady
Sheriff's Posse
Lubbock
West Texas
Girls Town
Amelia Anthony
Amarillo
Abilene
Littlefield
Odessa
Midland
Big Spring
Levelland
Sweetwater
Snyder
el Paso
Cal Farley
Boys Ranch
Old Tascosa
Farley
Common Cold Lament From Fort Worth Teen
Mise Thomas a sophomore journalism student at Texas State College for Women in Denton writes a humorous yet grim diary style lament on the many ill advised home remedies for the common cold. She notes how editors relay reader tales and mocks unlicensed cures while urging proper treatment at Hygeia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzanne Thomas
J. A. Thomas
S. Henderson
Fort Worth
Daily Lass
Texas State College For Women
Denton
United States
P.S
Hygeia
Colleges Spend Money To Bring Rodeo Fans Fun
Texas A I College in Kingsville spends ten thousand dollars on a rodeo arena built by students and volunteers. The project accompanies a drive to raise fifty thousand dollars for an A I Student Union Building with forty thousand donated by Kingsville merchants. Students, faculty, and local businesses contributed lumber and labor as the rodeo club rises in campus prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas A&i College
Kingsville
Texas
South Texas
A&i Rodeo Club
A&i
Kingsville Chamber of Commerce
Ernest H. Poteet
Poteet
College Board of Directors
South Texas College
Fruit Shipments Decline in Texas February Totals Fall
Texas rail shipments of fruits and vegetables dropped to 7 246 carloads in February from 9 670 in January. Grapefruit juice canning through February 25 reached 2 601 205 cases, down 39 percent from a year earlier. Twenty one Texas businesses failed in February, matching January and exceeding February 1949. Charters granted to 329 firms in February with 6 032 000 capitalization, versus 368 charters and 6 393 000 previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Texas Canners Association
Dun & Bradstreet
Grim warnings of insect waves for Texas farms in 1950
Agricultural experts warn farmers across the South Plains and Southwest of a potential heavy insect infestation in 1950 due to a mild winter and many over wintering eggs. Grasshoppers threaten the wheat belt while wheat aphids and greenbugs grow in northern South Plains counties, weather permitting.
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South Plains
Texas
Southwest
D. W. Sherrill
Lubbock County
Guy E. Carpenter
Lubbock
Carpenter
Sherrill
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