Get Ready For the Fair in Clifton Texas
Homer McDougal urges the public to attend the Central Texas Youth Fair August 22 to 24 at Clifton Fair Barns and Grounds. The event features a farm show, rodeo, junior livestock, home economics entries, a parade, band performances, booths, refreshments, and a turkey dinner by the Civic Improvement Society.
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Homer McDougal
Central Texas Youth Fair
Clifton
McDougal
Central Texas Youth Fair Association
Clifton Horse Show Association
Clifton Chamber of
Civic Improvement Society
New City Hall
Civic Center
Water bans and drought hit Texas towns in July
McGregor imposes a three day a week outdoor water ban with penalties up to 200 dollars as officials urge 20 percent cuts and warn of fire risk. Other towns like Glen Rose Hamilton Gatesville and Hico report varied conservation steps while state officials discuss roads rest areas and water supply strategies amid a broad Texas drought.
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McGregor City Council
McGregor
McGregor Mirror
County Extension Fair Catalogs and Predator Meeting Dates
Extension Office in the Courthouse Meridan offers fair catalogs and entry forms with August 14 livestock and August 19 home economics entry deadlines. A predator control meeting is set for August 8 at 8 p.m. in Meridan District Courtroom. Cotton market notes predict uptick as mills buy after tight stocks and small crop, with 13 million bale U S projection and 40 cents per pound production cost in Texas.
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Meridian
Texas
United
Baker
U. S
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Land Heritage Recognition for Longtime Texas Farming Families
Commissioner John C. White announced a program honoring families who have farmed or raised livestock on land since 1974 or earlier. Applications, requests to P 0 Box 12847 Austin 78711, due August 31, and blank forms available via county historical committees.
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John C. White
Austin
Texas
County Historical Committee
Vietnam Vets Eligible for Group Life Insurance
About 2.7 million Vietnam era veterans may join a new low cost Veterans Group Life Insurance program offering up to 20000 in coverage for 3.40 per month. The nonrenewable five year term is for those discharged since April 2 1970 with options of 5000 10000 or 15000.
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Veterans Administration
Office of
Servicemen’s Group Life Insurance
Washington St
Newark
N. J
Veterans benefits and job banks guidance for veterans
The article notes that job banks for the federal state employment service provide daily printouts of openings in a local labor market. It highlights a higher college participation rate among Vietnam era veterans and cites VA recommendations to contact regional VA offices for benefits. It also mentions a Denver VA amputee treatment center and VA employment reaching over 200,000 workers.
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Federal State Employment Service
The
Veterans Administration
Veterans Service Organizations
Denver VA Hospital
Diverse fashion shifts and health notes surface in Texas updates
Solids drive 60 percent of men s wear shirt market with versatile pricing says Becky Culp of Texas A M Extension Service. The report also notes rising bare fashion for warm weather with halter tops and strapless styles. Soybeans help keep dishes moist says Karen Walker. Brick fireplace cost estimate stands at 1400 dollars per Anna Marie Gottschalk. Transportation tips suggest pooling rides to save fuel. Parental influence and self actualization discussed by Jane Fleischer Moss. Labor Dept briefs cover apprenticeship programs and Job Corps under 1973 acts.
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Becky Culp
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University System
College Station
Beverly Rhoades
Texas Aricultural Extension Service
Karen Walker
Fods
VA Answers Vets Questions on GI Bill and Benefits
Answers cover deadlines for Veterans Life Insurance under the 1974 act, burial and dependency benefits, studying abroad under VA approved programs, counseling for GI Bill training, option changes for National Service Life Insurance, cemetery eligibility including national cemeteries, pension reversals after remarriage, extended GI Bill eligibility, and employment guidance through state services and VA offices.
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Veterans Life Insurance
Veterans Administration
France
United States
Vietnam
National Cemetery
Arlington
Secon
U. S
August Garden Tips by Mrs. Frank Bishop
August plant care guides advise deep weekly watering for trees during hot August and September. Remove dead blooms, mulch to conserve moisture, and plan fall vegetables and spring plantings. Plant annuals like larkspur and snapdragon for next season, feed lawns sparingly, keep mowers high, and aim for year round blooms with various flowering varieties.
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Frank Bishop
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Clifton High School
Lions Club
Busiaos
Bill Jordan
Central Texas
Lonnie Muegge
MccGregor Mirror
Glen Rose
Bud Douglas
Hamilton
Mary Works
Comanche
Upper Leon
Bob Kinsel
Hamilton Herald-News
Gatesville
John Lynch
Hico
Hico News Review
Hico City Council
Hico City
News Review
Hice
W. R. Hampton
Texas Highway Department
Tennessee
Florida
West Point
Fayette County
Texas Society For the Prevention of
TSPB
Gallup
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Bill Arnaud
American Automobile Association
AAA
Asphalt Magazine
Governor's Criminal Justice Division
Bosque County
John Tower
R.-Tex
Tower
Iber
Seeee
Clifton Record
Jordan Publications, Inc
West
Fifth Street
William T. Jordan
Danny R. Ivey
John E. Finstad
Texas Press Association
Beverly F. Jordan
Nelda Kettler
Bosque
Coryell
Hill, McLennan
Erath
Johnson
Somervell
Hamilton Counties
Robert Reich
BY Robert Reich
Charles K. Baker
Rebecca D. Radde
Bosque County Historical Survey Committee
Barbara A. Sears
Anna Marie Gottschalk
Doris Myers
Attricia R Balshaw
Jane Fleischer Moss
U. S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training
Labor Department
Job Corps
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