Grow Your Own Groceries Tomatoes leaflet tips
Delmelia Dunn explains tomato plant selection, sun exposure, soil richness, spacing, and planting depth. She advises starter solution, watering timing, wind protection, plant support, and regular fertilization. The Texas extension leaflet L-1418 offers full guidance available at Meridian county extension office.
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Delmelia
Dunn County Extension
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Meridian
Fairview Community Notes Include Healings and Visits
Mrs. Dick Blassingame reports open house for Ford home hosted by Mr and Mrs A L Siepert and Mr and Mrs W P Deaw ney. Mrs Arnold Clement attends teaching workshop in San Antonio then visits Port Arthur. Deapon injured in hospital after cooker blast at Whitney Hospital. Local residents attend track meet in McGregor and visit W P Downey, Blassingames, and McMillan at Whitney Hospital.
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A. .L. Siepert
W. P. Deawney
Ford
Arnold Clement
San Antonio
Mr. Clement
Port Arthur
Deapon
Whitney Hospital
F. D. Bearden
P. R. Downey
Tye White
Jerry
McGregor
Buck Killion
Cullen Roberson
Dick Blassingame
W. P. Down
Heart of Texas regional aging advisory meeting date
The Heart of Texas Council of Governments Aging Advisory Council will meet at 11 a.m. Thursday April 7 at Austin Avenue Methodist Church in Waco.
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Heart of Texas Council of Governments
Austin Avenue Methodist Church
Waco
Three Bosque Privates Complete Armor Crew Training
Three Bosque County army privates completed armor crewman training under the One Station Unit Training program at Fort Knox Kentucky. They are James E Brorstad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County Army
Fort Knox, Ky
James E. Brorstad
Burgess Shows 60 Minutes Film To Clifton Students
Jack Burgess of Waco spoke to Clifton High School students about the CBS segment "Will There Always Be an England?" The 20 minute film contrasts England's decline in productivity and rising taxes with American profit based economics. Burgess, regional chair of the Greater Waco Chamber on Free Enterprise education, led questions and discussion. Private Bronstad Jones Pierce are Clifton and Meridian graduates now entering the army. OSUT trains tank crews in basic and advanced combat skills.
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Jack Burgess
Waco
Clifton High School
England
CBS
60 Minutes
America
Burgess
Greater Waco
Arthur P. Bronstad
Clifton
James E. Jones
B. J. Jones Jr
Meridian
Bennie C. Pierce Jr
South Ave. N
Bronstad
Jones
Lamesa High School
Pierce
Uate
OSUT
Lone Star Gas Survey Finds Widespread Home Energy Needs
A survey conducted for Lone Star Gas Co by Louis Bowles and Grove Inc. shows about three quarters of residential customers need conservation steps to cut energy use. The study highlights insulation gaps, willingness to invest, and financial barriers to making homes more energy efficient.
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Lone Star Gas Co
Lone Star Gas Company
Lone Star
Louis, Bowles and Grove, Inc
Neal Hall
Hall
North Texas
Rummage sale benefits West Shore Fire DepartmentAuxiliary
The Women's Auxiliary of West Shore Volunteer Fire Department in Laguna Park sponsors a rummage sale at the Fire Station on Shore Acres Drive on Friday and Saturday May 6 and 7 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Donations of clean saleable items are requested with free pickup offered via three local phone numbers. Also included are notes on hospitalized area residents, local club meetings, social events, a Miss Lake Whitney pageant contestant, local news snippets, and a recipe for Sour Cream Chicken Casserole.
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West Shore Volunteer Fire Department
Laguna Park
Shore Acres
Whitney Hospital
Irlene Losero
Kenneth
Frances) Schartz
Lewis Bryant
Raymond Bilbo
Ethel Bonds
James V. Michna
Bill Gray
Goodall-Witcher Hospital
Clifton
Bluebonnet Art Craft Club
W. B. Gambrell
J. M. Hawks
John Passmore
J. W. Hood
P. J. Simmons
Ed Apple
Mary E. Lambert
Bess Pertus
Messers
J. 5. Turner Sr
Curley Worthington
Zela Bronar
Dallas
Mmes
Lucille Worthington
Ethel Turner
Callie Edwards
Johny Carr
Houston
Jasper County
Lillian Ney
Spur
Elnora Smith
Lubbock
Roscoe Sparks
Virgil McCallum
Ron Dorsey
Fishing Report From Lake Whitney Highlights Week Bites
Heavy rains trimmed weekend angling but midweek bites held with black bass and striped bass active per the Lake Whitney Association. Lake Whitney sat at 536.89 feet elev and about 4 feet over normal with 3.50 inches of rain and 57 degree water. Notable catches include Ron Gardner limited out on black bass to 4 pounds 8 ounces, Mary Campbell a 4% pound striped bass, and Vic Thiele a 7% pound bluecat.
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Lake Whitney Association
Lake Whitney
Ron Gardner
Mary Campbell
Clifton
Vic Thiele
AARP to Meet at Clifton Civic Center Tuesday
The American Association of Retired Persons schedules a 2 p.m. meeting on Tuesday April 12 at the Clifton Civic Center. Members are invited to attend.
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American Association of Retired Persons
Clifton Civic Center
Whitney Woman's Banana Nut Bread And Chicken Bake
Recipe notes describe a chicken bake using bone and cut chicken Ritz crackers sour cream soup and poppy seeds with a butter topping baked at 350 degrees until bubbly. Also a banana nut bread recipe with butter sugar eggs flour bananas nuts vanilla baked in angel food or loaf pans at 325 degrees for about 45 minutes.
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Virginia Latham
Whitney
Former winners to participate in Lake Whitney pageant
Lake Whitney hosts its Silver Anniversary Pageant April 15 16 with twelve former Miss Lake Whitney entrants accepting invitations and six more hoping to attend. Three cannot attend due to conflicts or distance. A senior contest Friday and a feature event Saturday promise more than 1000 in prizes plus trophies and merchandise for finalists and runners up.
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Lake Whitney
Whitney
Miss Lake
Lake’ Whitney
Sheri Rains
Key Branch Ind. Whitney
Patty Wilkerson
Hill Dry Goods
Cindy Shoup
Strawsberry
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Delmelia Dunn
Fairview News
Aging
James E. Bronstad
Coon Creek
Smith Bend
Harriett Apple
Benfer’s Plants
Aarp Meeting
Farmers Insurance Group
Robert Clemons
S. AE. E
Waco Savings & Loan
Sun
DIAL
Ray
Auto Service
Ralph Ray
Community Public Service
Your Electric Lights Power Company
Om Wallace
Conoco
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