The Price of Peace Recalled in Editorial Reflection
The piece quotes Lt Col Byron B. Jones on the price of peace and readiness for war. It cites historical examples from the Continental to Vietnam eras, arguing that strength and preparedness deter aggression and secure lasting peace despite calls for disarmament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Olson
Norse
Olson
Young
Navy
Byron B. Jones
Retired Officers Association
Eye St
N. W
Washington, D.C
Philippines
United States
Switzerland
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Mississippi River
James
Louisiana
Corregidor
Ning
Jones
North Korea
Vietnam
Middle East
Colonel Jones
League of Nations
United Nations
Drop of Ink Upon a Thought by Sam Logan
Sam Logan Jr reflects on aging as a state of mind not a number, praising his grandmother’s vivacity despite blindness and cataracts. The piece cites a 1977 Texas Farm Safety Week proclamation urging safer farming and collaboration among state groups to reduce farm accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mama Logan
Reader’s Digest
Texas
America
United States
The
Texas Safety Association
Texas Farm Bureau
State Agricultural Extension Service
Future Farmers and Future Homemakers
Young Farmers of Texas
County agent reports on cotton and earthworm production in Bosque County
Bosque County cotton producers show potential good yields after recent beneficial rains. Watch for second generation boll weevils and inspect fields daily in morning hours for square damage. If 15 to 20 percent of one third grown squares show egg punctures, apply insecticides such as arzin phos methyl carbaryl malathion methyl parathion or toxaphene. Also USDA extension notes on commercial earthworm production with market checks and local Meridian office contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Wages
Bosque County
Fall Garden Prospects in Texas by Delmelia Dunn
Delmelia Dunn urges readers to start planning a fall garden in Texas noting fall conditions favor quicker seed germination and rapid growth in warm soils. She contrasts fall with spring, highlighting broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, brussel sprouts, collard greens, and cabbage as better suited for autumn. She also warns old gardens may still yield but new plants improve fall production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmelia
Dunn County Extension
Uts
Texas
Harris Jr. on area visit before overseas work
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Harris Jr. visited relatives including George M. Harris Sr. and Jim Bill Harris on their way from Trinidad to England and Norway. Harris will supervise instrument installations on platforms and substations in the North Sea for Brown and Root.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Harris Jr
Harris
George M. Harris Sr
Jim Bill Harris
Harrisses
Trinidad
England
Norway
Brown and Root
North Sea
Cours Visit Mickelsons Family Week End in Texas
Mr and Mrs Chester Cours of Houston spent a week visiting Carl Mickelsons. Pearl Mickelson and Arthur Amundsons from Austin joined them, visiting Annie Amundson at Sunset Home and attending the Dansby golden wedding in Valley Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Cours
Houston
Carl Mickelsons
Pearl Mickelson
Arthur Amundson
Austin
Arthur
Annie Amundson
Sunset
Valley Mills
Creighton and Donaldson Receive TYAF Recognition
State Senator Tom Creighton and State Representative Jerry Donaldson received praise from the Texas Young Americans for Freedom for their voting records during the 65th legislative session. TYAF rated Creighton among the four best state senators and Donaldson among the five best House members for supporting limited government and individual freedom. Donaldson cited TYAF’s methodology, noting agreements on key bills including a $96 million budget cut and a $560 monthly representatives’ salary reduction. The column also comments on inflation and the cost of public notices, praising unpaid local officials in Clifton and urging savings in government mail and envelopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Young Americans For Freedom
Creighton
YAF
Bosque County
Jerry Donaldson
Tyaf
Donaldson
Chastity and Character in Modern Society
A short exhortation on chastity as essential to personal purity and lifelong happiness, urging individuals to resist societal compromise and uphold a steadfast moral blueprint for both men and women. The author signs as J. M. Jordan from Clifton with address 606 N Avenue J, Clifton, 76634.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
J. M. Jordan
N. Avenue
Clifton
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By Sam Logan
Madisonville Meteor
Sam D Logan Jr
Clifton Record
Logan
Dolph Briscoe
World
Texas Farm and Ranch
Austin, Texas
Meridian
County Extension Office
Sister
State Library
Mama
Delmelia Dunn
G. M. Harris Jr
Cours
Mickelsons
Maurice Chevalier
Tom Creighton
Texas Monthly Magazine
Senator Creighton
Representative Donaldson
Alfred E. Olson
Marjorie
Cheney, Wash
Washington
Craig
Montana
Canada
Olsons
Baldridge
School District Board of Trustees
Jim B. Smith
Chastity
Jordan Publications, Inc
West Fifth Street
Bosque
Coryell
Hill
McLennan
Erath
Johnson
Somervell
Hamilton
William T. Jordan
Robert L. Baldridge JR
Beverly F. Jordan
Elaine A. Gee
Jean Ann Smith
Texas Mewse
Press Sociation
Texas Press Association
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