Black Hill Honored With State Rural Progress Award
Black Hill community near Floresville, Texas, won sixth place in the Rural Neighborhood Progress Contest out of 65 counties, receiving a $100 award from The Stockman-Farmer and the Texas A&M Extension Service. Local officials and residents celebrated with a program at the Floresville schoolhouse, featuring the town band and remarks from leaders and editors.
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Black Hill
Black- Hill
Floresville
Wilson-Atascosa
Texas
Farmer-Stockman
Texas A. & M. College Extension Service
Fritz
Teltschik
Temple
A .Moehrig
Black Hill Grange
Grange
J. F. Lesch
Stockman-Farmer
T.C. Richardson
Moehrig
Adele Betttnagel
Exténsion Service
EB. C. Martin
County
Troy
Dayton
James
Dale Frieberger
Frank McKnight
The
Soil Conservation District
Texas Lesch
J.B. Ray
Wilson County Farm Bureau
A. D. Richardson
Texas Farm Bureau Federation
J. F. Andrews
Pleasanton Express
Bill Shomette
Woai Farm ‘and Ranch
Ernest Wehmann
Atascosa County
Buerau
Tiger Haven Executives Plan Officer Instruction Classes
At a recent meeting the Mayor and Council approved appointing Adult Advisors to teach officers the duties of mayor and council members. The Tiger Haven board and PT A officers named advisors to prepare students for executive roles, while executives retain final decision power.
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Tiger Haven
Board of Directors
Board of’ Directors
Barbecue and Service School Held by Poth Avery Dealer
Poth Avery Dealer for the B F Avery Company in Poth hosted a barbecue and service school in Avery City on Thursday February 26. The event drew about 180 farmers and factory representatives from the area. Special guests included Lester McClure a vocational agriculture teacher and members of FFA and 4-H clubs, with E Haeca Jr and Walter Krause of Pleasanton also in attendance.
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Bob Poth
B. F. Avery ‘Company
Poth
Avery City
Lester McClure
FFA
Ehaea Jr
Walter Krause
Pleasanton
Texas ranchers to showcase pasture gains after rainfall break
Soil Conservation Service reports that about 10 million acres of Texas rangeland are stocked to balance forage production and grass consumption. In 1947, 2,275,000 acres of Texas grass land came under sound grazing use, with a break in rainfall prompting remark able pasture improvement as producers adopt wiser stocking rates.
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Texas
Soil Conservation Service
Construction of Modern Concrete and Steel Building
E. B. Poth represented a nationally known company for years. He began work on a new 52 by 80 foot concrete and steel building, situated between the Bomba drug store and Tasto Hotel property, intended for a large construction project.
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E. B. Poth
Poth
Bomba Drug Store
Tasto
Type Constructio
Peanut Industry feature highlighted in Texas magazine section
The Chronicle Journal magazine section carries an article by John King on the peanut industry in Texas and Wilson County. Floresville Peanut Festival is noted, with W. Beard of Fort Worth as president and manager of the monthly feature with broad coverage.
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Chronicle-Journal
John King
Texas
Wilson
County
Floresville
Ww. N. Beard
Fort ‘Worth
Oklahoma
One Of Season's Cold Spells Hits Texas
A severe cold spell gripped Texas causing snow sleet and ice in many areas. Crops and livestock face damage and temperatures plunged to the low twenties. Frigid conditions continued with misty rain and stronger winds expected.
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Texas
Stockdale FFA Livestock Show Successful Despite Weather
The Stockdale 12th Annual FFA Livestock Show held Saturday featured judging at 10:30 AM and sales at 2:00 PM. Calves gilts and breeding stock sold to buyers including Fatheree Goodwin Groc and Market, Union Livestock, Swift Packing, and Alamo Livestock, with top prizes awarded to Holland Trammell Edward Akin John Troy Henry and others. The event credited the chapter’s continued Duroc Jersey improvement project and thanked buyers, judges, and volunteers for making the show a success.
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FFA
Stockdale
Holland ‘Trammell
Ade
Woods Grocery and Market
W. M. Carr
Henry Lorenz
Lorenz
Bartlett
Fatheree
Goodwin Grocery and Market
Barrow
John Troy Henry
Floyd Hutton
David Hemby
Frank Bird
Thomas Clark
Hemby
Union Livestock Commission Co
San Antonio
Edward Akin
Donald Howe
Goodwin
John Henry
Vernon Bracewell
Richard Barkier
Gills
T. J. Fatheree
Bill Rector
Guadalupe Coley
C. D. Kindrick
John Wheeler
S. P. Depot
R. W. Clark
Jackie Salmon
S. Murray
School Census Being Taken This District
Mrs. May Glass is taking the annual census for Floresville Independent School District. Census work continues through March 31. Parents are urged to check that their children are enrolled and counted.
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May Glass
Floresville Independent
Takes
Robert Stevens Awarded Gold Star for Air Medal
New Orleans March 9 Robert J Stevens Floresville Texas ex aviation radioman first class USNR has been awarded a gold star in lieu of a second Air Medal Eighth Naval District headquarters announced today Stevens now a student in Texas A I at Kingsville is a veteran of 16 months wartime overseas service The award was for meritorious acts on duty as an aircrewman of a patrol plane in reconnaissance Bahcons in the Aleutian area through Oct 1943 Robert Stevens now a student at Texas A I College Kingsville with wife and family in Floresville
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New Orleans
Robert J. Stevens
Floresville
Texas
USNR
Eighth Naval District
Stevens
Texas A. & I
Kingsville
Navy
Aleutian
Floresville Chamber Plans 4-H and FFA Peanut Contest
Floresville Chamber of Commerce meets to discuss a countywide contest for 4-H Club and FFA boys to improve peanut quality and yield per acre with cash prizes. A planning committee includes A D Richardson Cyrus Cook and Sidney Ford to develop a program for 1948. The group also approves events and voting procedures, selects a Duchess for the Kenedy Flax Festival, and approves a tamale supper for members.
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Floresville ‘Chamber of Commerce
Wilson Ee
Floresville Vocational Agriculture
Sidney Ford
F.F.A
Cyrus
Sam
Fore
Jars
Floresville
Wilson County
Hamiverne
Floresville High Plans Senior Junior Girls Volleyball Tournament
Floresville High School sponsors a Senior and Junior Girls Volleyball Tournament at Path tomorrow. Teams from Kenedy Smiley Karnes City Sutherland La Vernia Stockdale Floresville and others compete starting 9 30 a m with proceeds funding jackets for players and awards. Coaches Leissner Poth and Victor Miculka lead Floresville squads.
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Préresville
Sthiool
Ist
Path
Hermann. Sons Hall
Gyvni
Sve
Vaeae
Kenedy
Smiley
Karnes
City
Sutherland
Sprint
la -Vernia
Steekdale
Floresville
Leissner- Poth
Victor Miculka
Carson Appointed On School Board
At a Floresville Independent School District meeting last week Robert Carson was appointed to fill the unexpired term of the late Co. X R. Eschenburg. Carson, connected with J C Merchant Store, is a well known local citizen.
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Floresville Independent
Robert Carson
Co. Xr. Eschenburg
Carson
J. C. Merchant Store
Haven Play Spee Shere Indefinitely Postponed
Severe cold weather forces postponement of the home talent play The Night Owl planned for tonight at the high auditorium. The event is rescheduled pending better conditions.
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Haven
Spee Shere
High Auditorium
Reader Announces Re election Bid in Karnes County
William C. Reader of Karnes County, a Stockdale term teacher, has announced his candidacy for re election, becoming the first candidate to announce for the upcoming race.
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Trict
William C. Reader
Karnes County
Stockdale
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Iyreca
Poth Avery
Cery and Market
West
Danfor
Fatheres
C and
Weber
Miron Livestock Commission
Alamo Livestock , “Commission
Loren and
Robert Stevens
Texas A. & I. College
Ens
Mously
Ve M. Butler
Commissioners Court
Fileller
L. F. Spruce
Sam Pore
Brey
Chamber of Commexe
Toe
Floresville School
Cominty
Butler
Fydee
D. Richard Voges
Paul Ermier
Wm. O. Hoelscher
John J. Maha
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