Rotary Club to Hear Assistant District Attorney
James K. Allen, assistant district attorney under Henry Wade, will address the Carrollton Rotary Club at the Tower Restaurant at 12 noon. Charles F. Hawn of the Texas State Highway Commission is set to speak on Thursday September 14. Allen will discuss the Dallas County crime situation.
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Rotary Club
James K. Allen
Henry Wade
Carrollton Rotary Club
Tower
Club
Charles F. Hawn
Texas State Highway Commission
Spesk
Allen
Dallas County
Absentee Voting On Bonds Starts
County Clerk Ed Steger said absentee voting on the courthouse bond election began Tuesday and will run through Tuesday September 19. Ballots may be obtained and votes cast 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the county clerk's office.
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Court House
Ed Steger
Carrollton schools to sell all football tickets this year
All tickets for the 1961 football season will be sold through Carrollton Public Schools. Ticket sale times: 9 am Monday to 9 am Friday before each game. Prices: pregame 50 cents for students, 75 cents for adults, general admission 50 cents for elementary students, and 1 dollar for other gate admissions. Some away games may have reserved seats at higher prices. Schedule lists several opponents and a conference game on November 17.
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Carrollton Public Schools
Weatherford
Bowie
Diamond Hill
Richland
Richardson
Castleberry
Coppell Woman Enters Mrs. America Contest From Beta Sigma Phi Chapter
Mee Jack Jackson of Coppell entered in the Mrs. America pageant by Coppell Chi Gamma Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. Regional contest to be held in Dallas Fort Worth Greenville Abilene and Waco during the week of September 18. Regional winners advance to state finals in Dallas November 2 3 with national finals in Fort Lauderdale November 27 December 9.
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Mee
Jack Jackson
Coppell
Beta Sigma Phi
Lone Star Gas Co
Dallas
Fort Worth
Greenville
Abilene
Waco
Jackson
Farmers Branch
William Cabell School
PTA
Chi Gamma
Dallas Theatre Center
Don Aly
Texas
City Council Advances Beautification Plan With Garden Club
The council authorized installing 30 feet of 24 inch drain tile and providing water and lighting at Broadway and College for the Garden Club Beautification program. Attendees included Miss Ollivene Patterson Mrs Martin Seifert and Mrs Robert Souter of the Carrollton Garden Club to discuss city area beautification.
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Broadway
College
Ollivene Patterson
Martin Seifert
Robert Souter
Carrollton
Carrollton Lions Open Grid Season at Weatherford Friday
Carrollton High School Lions travel to Weatherford Friday for the season opener at 8 00 p m after three weeks of practice and scrimmages against Grapevine Nocona Mesquite Greenville The team features new players Donnie Davis Ronnie Davis Richard Willits Pinky Clements David Rivers Douglas Teters Coy Etheridge Don Estes and Larry Ottinger with ten lettermen returning led by Jim Taylor and Jimmy Taylor and coach Nolan Poovey seeking a third straight district title.
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Carrollton
Nolan Poovey
Donnie Davis
Ronnie Davis
Richara Willits
Pinky Clements
David Rivers
Douglas Teters
Coy Etheridge
Don Estes
Larry Ottinger
231 Member Committee to Lead Courthouse Bond Drive
A 231 member committee was named to lead the drive for an $18,500,000 bond issue for a new Dallas County courthouse system with subcourthouses in Oak Cliff Garland Mesquite Richardson Lancaster Grand Prairie Irving and Carrollton Farmers Branch Addison. Absentee voting starts Tuesday at 8 am and runs through September 19 in the Records Building.
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Dallas County
Dallas
R. L. Thornton
Dallas County Government Building Information Committee
Commissioners Court
Thornton
Oak Cliff
Garland
Mesquite
Richardson
Lancaster
R. J. McInnish
Carrollton
Oleg Attebery
Farmers Branch
W. T. Cosby
Coppell
Carl 0. Fleming
E. A. Pledger, Jr
Walter H. Blanton
N. ‘J. Sindik
Lee C. McAnelly
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Central Bank & Trust Company
Ady
Coppell Sorority
Mrs
America
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Puritan Dress Company
Bermuda
Lisbon
Madrid
Rome
Carl Poynter
CITY
So. Broadway
Fourth Street
Main
City Zoning and Planning Commission
Northside Drive J
LIONS
Mike Hart
Willie Walker
Fred Posey
Jimmy Taylor
Billy Ray Garrison
Mike Young
Johnie Brisendine
Wayne Powell
Billy Mae Drake
Bobby Ragland
Don
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