Source Of State School Money Revealed
State funds for the minimum foundation program are described. Local districts raise money via ad valorem taxes and receive per pupil aid plus a state contribution to meet minimum standards. The ceiling on local fund assignments is 45 million dollars, with an index formula based on county valuation scholastic population and income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmer-Aikin
Hy Texas
Gilmer-Aikin Committee
Mirabeau Lamar
Sam Houston
Texas
Performers Gain Ranch Experience Then Enter Rodeos
Rodeo attracts participants who start as ranch hands or buttons learning rope and ride skills. As they master ranch chores they enter jackpot ropings to compete with others. top hands move from local events to wider area contests.
Mercer Gap Service In Absence Of Rev Barber
Mrs Gage Nelson notes Mercer Gap church led by Rev Barbee of Dublin Sunday morning in Rev Barber’s absence due to a Lamkin revival. Sick list includes John Gore improving at home and Jess Williford in Memorial Hospital Brownwood. Emmett Gore back from Houston hospital not fully well. Uncle Grip Huggins improving and attending church. Visitors Mrs Cecil Johnston Mrs Gertie Waldrop Fort Worth. W H Parrish to Snyder on business. Laphyne Weaver Kenny of Comanche visit Foreman parents and church. Gore family visits continue. Vickie Lynn Gore stays with grandparents. Moody Helmecke family visited Nelsons. Allen Sellers family visiting Hereford relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gage Nelson
Barbee
Dublin
Barber
Lamkin
John Gore
Jess Williford
Memorial Hospital
Brownwood
Ethel Rogers
Emmett Gore
Houston
Grip" Huggins
Huggins
Cecil Johnston
Gertie Waldrop
Fort Worth
W. H. Parrish
Snyder
Laphyne Weaver and
Kenny
Comanche
J. M. Foreman
Hilton Gore
Ervin Gore
Vickie Lynn Gore
Bailey Gore
Moody Helmecke
Judy
Mike
Allen Sellers
John
Juanita
Hereford
Local Church Activities Span Homecomings Visits and Classes
Last Friday to Sunday saw regular preaching at the Freewill Baptist Church with large crowds and good services. A Purvis homecoming yielded an enjoyable time and featured a Webster Blue-Back Speller Class directed by Mrs Pinson of Stephenville. Local visits included Junior McCarty of Crane staying with his parents. M J Pounds of Duster visiting here. booster band work in Dublin and Granbury activities. Jesse Tiner and Ammi Tiner represented the Missionary Baptist Church at the county wide Baptist Workers Conference in Shiloh with sixteen churches present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freewill Baptist Church
Purvis
Pinson
Stephenville
Junior McCarty
Crane
W. J. McCarty
M. J. Pounds
Duster
E. J. Bratton
Jesse Tiner
Dublin
Granbury
Bob Hendrix
Will Hendrix
Jim Watason
Iowa Park
W. R. Coker
Hilburn Coker
Wichita Falls
Alonzo Lancaster
Charlie Matthews
Charlene
Comanche
O. E. Belt
June
Harlingen
Jesse
Ammi Tiner
Missionary Baptist Church
Shiloh
Cobb
Family reunion at Lake Eanes Park noted
Last Sunday a family reunion at Lake Eanes Park gathered Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fritts with their children, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fritts and their children, and Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Stewart with their children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Eanes Park
J. W. Fritts
Lloyd Fritts
G. L. Stewart
Harold G McGlothlin Receives Observer Wings at Sheppard AFB
Second Lieutenant Harold G. McGlothlin, 25, son of Mr and Mrs James E McGlothlin of Comanche Texas, earned his Observer Wings and Reserve Commission at Sheppard Air Force Base Texas on June 27. He is rated a radar Bombardier on B 29 aircraft and will pursue further observer training at Crews Training Air Force Base. He completed 42 weeks of training at Sheppard after graduating in 1949 from Comanche High School and worked for Freese and Nichols Engineering in Fort Worth before enlisting January 9 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheppard Air Force Base
Harold G. McGlothlin
James E. McGlothilin
Grand
Comanche
Texas
United State Air Force
McGlothlin
United States
U. S. Air Force
Comanche High School
Freese and Nichols Engineering Company
Fort Worth
Air Force
Catholic Church Growth Outpaces Other Christian Bodies
The world contains three times as many Catholics as all other Christian groups combined, highlighting the vast scale of Catholic membership amid varying perceptions of business acumen versus moral soundness.
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Steve
Texarkana
Texas State Teachers Association
H. W. Stilwell
Phostumus
van Dyke
By Jesse Tiner
Dr. Pepper
Fiubers
Coleman Camp
Western Auto Associate Store
Faye B. Evans
de Leon
Re Insurance Ervice South Side Square
Firestone Tires
Goodyear Tires
Pontiac
Chrysler Cars
Plymouth
GMC
Texaco Products
Gail
Bomanche
Tom
Eltos
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