Tarleton State hosts large dairy and poultry judging contest
About 1700 attendees watched Tarleton State College hold a Saturday April 7 dairy cattle and poultry judging contest. Teammates Adcock Gail led dairy, with J Lee Harris Bobby and Oy Tephenville winning poultry. Wylie placed first in poultry judging.
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Ares
Tarleton
Thrustine
Igh Nt
In Dairy Hilrs
J. Lee Harris
Bobby
Te Onetephenville
Wylie
Tarleton State College
First Presbyterian Church Sermons and Bible Study Schedule
The Divine Potter will be the sermon by Dr Baxter Greer at First Presbyterian Church Sunday at 11 a.m. An 7 30 p m topic Our All-Sufficient Saviour is planned. Sunday School begins 10 a.m. with Horace Overstreet as general superintendent. The Library of Congress via twenty eight regional libraries provides Braille books and Talking Book records for the blind at no cost to borrowers.
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Divine Potter
Baxter Greer
First Presbyterian Church
Horace Overstreet
Library of Congress
United States
Navy Plans Texan Company Enlistment April 1956
Brownwood Navy Recruiter announces a special Texan Company to enlist in April 1956. The group will train in San Diego for about nine weeks and then ship to Navy schools for advanced training. Enlistees travel with friends, graduate high school not required but preferred, and pass the Armed Forces Qualification Test. Applications at local Navy Recruiting Station Tuesday 1 00 PM to 3 30 PM.
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Walter Holcomb
USN
Brownwood Navy
Texan” Company
Navy
San Diego
California
Texan Company
Texan
BMI Holcomb
Armed Forces
ConNnche
Helen Keller Scholarship Awarded to Deaf Blind Student
The American Foundation for the Blind grants the Helen Keller Scholarship of $1000 annually to an outstanding deaf blind college student. The quote attributed underscores a mutual ethic of receiving and giving.
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Helen Keller
The
American Foundation For the Blind
Letters To The Editor From Comanche Chief 1958
The Comanche Chief publishes reader requests to mail copies of the paper and to reconnect with old acquaintances. P A Spain M D requests copies and recalls living in Comanche in 1893 94 while Mrs Homer Dolloff Choate seeks contact with cousin Carrie Steele Erwin Steele who married in 1898 99 and lived near Sidney.
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Comanche
Carolin
Carrie) Steele
Carrie Erwin
Will Steele
Sidney
Homer (Dolloff) Choate
Heron Br. L. S
Gustine 4 H Club Plans Bake Sale Dress Revue
Gustine 4 H Club met April 4 with County Home Demonstration Agent Mrs Dillin and leaders to plan a bake sale for Gustine on April 14. They discussed making and modeling dresses for the Dress Revue on May 5 and brag about ten acts and thirteen members in the Share The Fun Festival with six blue ribbon winners Barbara Harris Joe Center DeLois Jackson Charles Miller Tommy Couch and Sue Couch among participants Carol Hicks Kay Parkman May Howell Nell Dodgen Beth McPherson Peggy Hungerford Nancy Page.
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Gustine
Dillin
Lancaster
Harris
Barbara Harris
Joe Center
DeLois Jackson
Charles Miller
Tommy
Sue Couch
Carol Hicks
Kay Parkman
May Howell
Nell Dodgen
Beth McPherson
Peggy Hungerford
Nancy Page
Vending State Operators Report Strong Year of Growth
State vending operators earned about 1800 blinds in income exceeding 4 million dollars last year. They, with 310 blind and 746 sighted assistants, total 5.3 million dollars. Gross sales from the stands reached 23.5 million, up from 22 million in 1953 54.
Forecaster Predicts Wet Summer Ahead
Weather expert Professor Willett from MIT says the Northern Hemisphere ends a 40 year warming period. Summers will be cooler and wetter while winters grow colder, with hurricanes less likely in the northeast. The change will be gradual and long term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Willett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Mass
Torrth
Willet
College Grads Sought as Naval Officers in Texas interview tour
Navy procurement offices announce interviews in North Texas and Oklahoma for college graduates with degrees to obtain commissions in the Naval Reserve and Navy. Programs include surface and submarine service at Newport and flight training at Pensacola. candidates are commissioned after four months and then deployed to meet Navy needs.
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Jo John Reymrertnee
Office of Naval
Dallee
Texas
Oklahoma
Wounde
Naval Reserve
Navy
Newport
R. 1
Pensacola
Florida
Baumgartner
UT Pharmacy seniors venture on educational trip
Gyale C. Pirkle of Comanche joins a UT College of Pharmacy senior group touring drug manufacturers in Indianapolis New York City and New Brunswick New Jersey. The itinerary includes Washington D C and a visit to the American Pharmaceutical Association.
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Gyale C. Pirkle
Comanche
University of Texas College of Pharmacy
East
Midwest
Indianapolis
Ind
New York City
New Brunswick
N. J
Washington, D. C
American Pharmaceutical Association
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Adcock, Gail
Presbyterian Church
Houston
Gand
Tor’s
Drive-In Cleaners
Rei
Texan’ Company
Frnational Trucks
International Trucks
Comanche, Texas
Allan Shivers
National Security Committee
K. L. Berry
National Guard
A. B. Crow
Austin Women’s Federation
Shivers
P. A
Spain
M.D
Bonham Street
Paris
Hathcock’s
North Side
Dick West
Dallas News
WFAA
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