Fireplaces Colorful Play With Treated Logs For Christmas
County Agent Floyd M. Key suggests making the fireplace a holiday attraction by treating pine cones or wood with chemicals to burn colored flames such as orange blue purple red and emerald green. Soak materials in a one gallon solution for ten minutes then dry overnight. Paper logs of cop per sulfate and rock salt burn all evening producing a rainbow. Also notes Friday Bridge Club Christmas dinner at PAR Country Club with 16 attendees and awards and a student trip to Austin for band ticket sales.
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Floyd M. Key
Key
Greed in Food Stamp Aid Draws Criticism and Call for Reform
The piece argues greed undermines the Food Stamp Program intended to aid the poor. It cites looser regulation and profiteering cases from California to Texas, notes barriers to qualification, and urges tightening procedures while continuing relief efforts. It also reports vacation notices and local visits in Texas.
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California
Texas
San Antonio
Office of Food Stamp Distribution
Department of Agriculture
Fellowship of Christians
Move of Drivers License Department to City Hall
The Drivers' License Department moved from the Court House to City Hall. Monday, December 2st marked the first day in the new location.
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Court House
City Hall
Was the Star of Bethlehem a Supernova
Scientists debate the Bethlehem star’s nature as a supernova or a planetary conjunction. Some propose a supernova brightening 20 000 to 50 000 times the sun, others a rare Jupiter Saturn alignment. The mystery persists as scholars weigh astrophysical explanations against biblical context.
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Heaven and
Earth
Horatio
Jupiter
Milky Way
Saturn
Bethlehem
Christ
Visit in Temple by Clyde Uouse couple
Mr and Mrs Clyde Uouse visited relatives in Temple Sunday.
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Temple
Clyde Uouse
Santa letters request toys from two children
Two children describe Christmas wishes in a letter to Santa. Ricky Reese asks for a guitar and a Tonka toy, mentioning good behavior. Dendy Feist requests a pocket knife watch bike and clothes, also noting good conduct this year.
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Santa Claus
Ricky Reese
Dendy Feist
Miss Ginger Gardner Visits Dallas Over Weekend
Doaklas residents Ginger Gardner of Dallas visited over the weekend with the Gail Dudley family, sharing time and companionship during the stay.
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Doaklas
Ginger Gardner
Dallas
Gail Dudley
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Par Country Club
C. A. Crownover
Hallie Brightman
Austin
Brownwood
Cuero
Beth Profffitt
Cheryl Gillette
Margie Presswood
Katie Wilkerson
Ann Hathcock
REVAL
Gustine
Cleburne Willingham
Clarence Leatherwood
Mexico
Vasco Lee
Rex Kitchens
Corpus Christi
L. D. Loomis
Walter M. Grigsby
Mims' Hospital
Roy D. Adams
Annery Clinic
City Mail
Jesus Christ
Comanche’s Complete Furniture Store
Mrs
John
Happy) Hathcock and
Ann
Merry Christmas
Kenneth Smith
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