Floresville Hosts Little and Pony League Start in 4 Town League
A Floresville opening night drew 400 plus as Floresville and Stockdale split a doubleheader. Floresville's Lynn Donaho caught and Emilio Quintanilla pitched while Stockdale's R. Guzman caught and C. Aubin pitched. Floresville collected five hits and five runs with two errors. Stockdale had four hits and two runs. Floresville next hosts Nixon. Stockdale to play a doubleheader in Floresville next Thursday night.
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Floresville
Stockdale
Ma Stockdale
Escobar
Tommy Crutchfield
Rubenee
Hastings
Gosive
Martin
Bobby Hunter
LaVernia
Nixon
Johnson designates Texas delegation head at convention
The Texas delegation to the Chicago national convention may appoint a leader while Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson cannot remain on the floor. Johnson, as a presidential aspirant, must stay off the convention floor while his name is still in contention. John B. Connally, a close ally and vice chairman of the delegation, is expected to be the likely choice.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
J m
Johnson
John ‘B. Connally
Wilson Co Telephone Plan Expands Gillett Dial Service
Wilson County Telephone Company owned by Earl Nunnery outlines a growth plan adding dial phone service to Floresville Path Kosciusko Cestohowa Panna Maria and Gillett. At a Gillett schoolhouse meeting Pete Scheffler said about 400 men signed up to subscribe if installation proceeds with another public gathering planned.
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Wilson County
Texas Farm Bureau Queen Contest Rules 1956
The 1956 Texas Farm Bureau Queen contest recognizes farm and ranch girls aged 16 to 22 with at least 25 county members. Counties must hold a district queen contest with two or more entrants. exclusions apply to relatives of officials and past winners. District winners and an attendant travel to the state convention. the state queen and matron escort receive a $500 allowance.
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Farm Bureau
Ahhl
State Farm Bureau
First Melons Moving Here Now From Floresville Area
Floresville ships its first watermelons of the 1956 crop this week under favorable conditions. Joe and Bill Donaho farm 125 acres near Floresville and began pulling ripe melons Tuesday. The Connally brothers irrigate about 140 acres at Picosa, starting shipments yesterday. Allen Franklin begins next Monday from a 90 acre Marcelina field. Other irrigated blocks near Floresville and in Stockdale area plan early shipments as conditions allow.
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Floresville
Joe
Bill Donaho
Connally Brothers
Picosa
Fairview
Charleston
Allen -Franklin
Marcelina
Stockdale
Falls City invites boys to form Scout Troop 179
New Scout Troop Karnes City Thirty boys aged 11 to 14 and their parents will meet at Falls City School Tuesday at 8 p.m. to organize a Boy Scout Troop sponsored by Falls City Fire Department with J A Benefiel Jr as Scoutmaster. A new Scout movie Once a Scout will be shown. Representatives of Likabee District and Alamo Council will attend. Harry Pollok, president of Falls City Fire Department, invites all interested boys to join.
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Karnes City
Falls City
J. ‘A. Benefiel, Jr
Likabee District
Alamo
Harry Pollok
The
Falls _City— Fire Department
New Stockdale Well Drilled in Kaye Field
Sutton Drilling Co and J Speer Jr report a new wildcat in Wilson County at 6.5 miles NNE of Stockdale. Location is 330 feet from the road line and 1,350 feet from the northwest line of John Smith Survey 141 A-287. Frank Wilson of San Antonio notes Nos 1 and 2 Houston, No 1 Walker, No 1 Enckevort, and Nos 1 and 2 Higgins as flowing wells in the Kaye Field. No. 6 Higgins fractured and shut in. Nos 3, 4 and 6 Higgins are locations.
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Sutton Drilling Co
le J. Speer, Jr
Wilson County
Stockdale
John Smith Survey
Frank Wilson
San Antonio
Houston
Walker
Enckevort
Higgins
Kaye Field
Baptist Brotherhood Hosts Notable Guest Speaker at Floresville
The Floresville Baptist Church Baptist Brotherhood hosted the Methodists for a Tuesday night fellowship with a barbecue supper. James Jeffery of Fort Worth, Baylor alumnus and former All-Southwest fullback, headlined the program along with 13 year old Ronnie Rawls. Jeffery spoke on faith, service, and his Christian life, drawing inspiration for fathers and husbands in attendance.
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Baptist Brotherhood
Hi.d. Freeman
Jjedan
Philip M. Riley
Floresville Methodist Church
A. C
Eschenbureg
Ww. A. Smith
Floyd McKenzie
James, Jeffery
Foxt Worth
Jeffery
Baylor University
Baylor
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Los Angeles Rams
Jeffrey
Floresville Baptist Church
Ronnie Rawls
Girls Softball Team Forms For Perry Winkle Memorial
The Chronicle Journal announces girls interested in organizing a Perry Winkle Memorial Softball team will meet Tuesday to form a strong squad, aiming to compete in the upcoming tournament.
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The
Chronicle-Journal
Aartne
Perry Winkle
Last year about 30 000 Americans died of combustion
A fragment notes a public health statistic claiming about thirty thousand Americans died due to combustion or related smoke inhalation last year, highlighting ongoing risks and potential policy concerns.
Donahos Ship First Melons From Wilson County
The first major 1956 watermelon shipment from Wilson County arrived in Floresville on Wednesday. John V. Donaho Feed Seed and Grain Company bought the melons, averaging 35 pounds each, of the Black Diamond variety. Shipped in two trailer trucks, the total weight reached 57,170 pounds. The melons were grown by Joe and Bill Donaho on a 125 acre irrigated farm seven miles northeast of Floresville, with about 135 acres in melons under irrigation.
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Wilson County
Floresville
John V. Donaho
Colorful Coronation Queen Melone to be crowned
Martha Paxton Fatherée has been selected Queen Melone for the Stockdale Watermelon Jubilee. Crowning set for Thursday evening June 21 with May Roberta Brown as princess and Lillian Pope and Bell Kimbell as duchesses. Big parade at 10:30 Saturday plus street dances rodeo carnival and judging contests draw crowds from Southwest Texas towns.
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Melone
Big Street
Martha Paxton
Mat Fatheree
May Roberta Brown
Stockdale
Lillian, Pope
Bell Kimbell
Texas
Reynolds Andricks
Fiesta
Flambeau
San Antonios
O'Neill _ Ford
The
Conservation Society- An
San Antonio
Roger Moore
Seguin
Anne Lewis Runner Up Dairy Princess Contest San Antonio
Lois Jenpisnen 18 of Gonzales crowned Dairy Princess in regional contest sponsored by Producers Association of San Antonio. Ann Lewis runner up, 47, daughter of Mr and Mrs TB Lewis of Floresville. Meneley, 1956 Gonzales graduate, will study nursing in San Antonio Incarnate Word College. Meneley lives on a dairy farm. crown and luggage awarded. Meneley to represent region in Dallas state contest. winner goes to National Dairy Princess in Chicago.
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Antonio
Express
Lois Jen Pisnssen
Gonzales
Ass’n
San ‘Antonio
Burbank High School
Ann Lewis
TB. Lewis
Floresville
Gonzales High School
Lewis
Meneley
Dallas
Texas
Chicano
From Heavy Brush To Growing Crops In Five Months
Connally Bros of Floresville transform a 400 acre Fairview farm from cleared brush to irrigated fields in five months. A 1,200 foot well feeds water to two large reservoirs, irrigating 260 acres of popcorn and 100 acres of melons. Plans call for melon cutting beginning June 1 and planting the rest of the field with peanuts, with irrigation proving crucial during drought. Wayne Connally notes early success and rapid progress since mid December.
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San Antonio Express
Connally~ Bros. of
Floresville
Fairview
Wayne Connally
Connally
Soil Conservation District Meeting Highlights 4-H Demonstration
The Wilson County Soil Conservation District held a regular session on Thursday June 5 at 9 am. Tommny Walton and Wayne Luker Floresville 4-H Club members presented a four part demonstration on soil fertility mechanical conservation and organic matter. Conservation plans were approved for subdivision No 1 2 and 5 naming local members and supervisors.
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Soil Conservation District
Wilson’ County, Soil Conservation District
Tommy Walton
Wayne Luker
Floresville
Boyce Salmon
Walton F. Pennell
F. F. Kawalik
Glen Hummel
Wilbon Gann
Willard Mills
Aston Forister
James Miessner
L. H. Stroud
M. Hughes
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Stockdale Watermelon
Pony League
Dallas News
Texas Farm Bureau
New Stockdale. Well
Activity Kaye
Martha Jane Eschenburg
Floresville High School
Clifford Gray
Chamber of Commerce
Tunnep XIII
All Mer Baptist
Fidelity ~ Life Insurance — Company
Baptist Church
Donahos
Paul Paxton
Moore
Anne
Dairy Princess
Arnold
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