Water shortages and new industries shape Texas towns
Weatherford plans two large manufacturing plants seeking ample water supplies while Comanche High School earns admission to the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools signaling rural education gains. Other items note Farr Crockett’s cotton yield and high farm labor costs, a tale of hidden fruitcakes, and a predicted 27 percent cut in peanut acreage next season.
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Texas
Star-Telegram
Weatherford
Comanche
Virgil Chaffin
Comanche High School
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Neighbors hailed over hogs in peanut farms warning
A German Progress piece warns farmers in peanut areas to curb hogs roaming, saying neighbors are more valuable than hogs and noting friction with neighbors. Earl Albin of Comanche reports relief as his cutting horse wins again. Gerald Wiley, 12, Fort Worth Star-Telegram route boy in Brownwood, was killed last week in a bicycle truck collision.
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Gerald Wiley
Fort Worth
Bishop's Service Invite Then Broadcast Offer
Rev Schulze invites attendance at the Bishop's Service or, if impossible, tuning in to the broadcast. The tale notes that several issues of the Northern Standard, an early Texas newspaper from Clarksville, were printed on wrapping paper.
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Rev. Schulze
Northern Standard
Texas
Clarksville
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John Jolink
Purina
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Istartena
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Burton Bros
Cozby’s
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Ernest Iupin, Jeweler
Blackwood Clinic
Comanche, Texas
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American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
E. E. Blackwood
W. D. Blackwood
DR. M. A. Calabrese
Earl Albin
Rufus Higgs
Turquoise
Indochina
Babylonia
Assyria
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Federal Housing Administration
Comanche Lumber Co
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