Floresville Chamber Elects 12 Directors at Annual Meeting
Floresville Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting at the Agriculture Building on the school campus Monday night electing 12 directors for the coming year. H W Filleman presided and praised cooperation while outlining plans for a descriptive pamphlet about the farming center.
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Floresville Chamber of Commerce
H. W. Filleman
Filleman
AL de “Richardson
Sidney Ford
Ford
Sheehy
Ray
Merrill Connally
Savoy Buys Blake Building In Floresville
Mrs. L. N. Savoy, longtime Floral and Gift Shop operator, moved from Floresville Furniture House into her own building, the former J. V. Blake Jr. property. She remodeled the front half, converting it into an inviting floral and gift shop.
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E.N. ‘Savoy
Floral & Gift
Floresville Furniture House
Fuller Uses Hotcaps On 100 Acres Of Watermelons
Deputy Sheriff Asa Fuller Jr leases 100 acres near Floresville and experiments with hotcaps over about 50 acres in the former McCracken place off Highway 181. He covered vines with paraffin treated paper shields to protect against frost, hoping late freezes do not occur and attract interest from melon buyers Joe and Vaughn Donaho.w
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Asa Fuller, Jr
Floresville
McCracken Place
Highway 181
Asa Senne
Fuller
Joe and
Vaughn ‘Donaho
John Harris Place
Here
Wilson County
Stockdale FFA Livestock Show in New Barn Tomorrow
Stockdale Future Farmers of America Chapter hosts its 13th annual Livestock Show and Auction. Judging starts at 10 A.M. and sale follows at 2 P.M. Local volunteers work to ensure a successful event in the town.
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Stockdale
New Barn
Stockdale Future Farmers of America
Black Hill PTA to Host Benefit Party Friday Evening
The Black Hill Parent Teacher Association announces a benefit party on Friday evening at 7:30 featuring Bad E Scot. Proceeds support PTA programs and activities in the community.
FFA Leadership Contests At A I Kingsville
Valley high schools took top honors as more than 400 Future Farmers of America members competed in Area Ten contests at Texas A and I College. First place in most events advances to the state meet in Huntsville March 26, with only public speaking winners advancing differently. Results list multiple chapter winners across public speaking, conducting, chapter farmer, greenhand, farm skill, and quiz divisions with Harlingen Devine Dilley Lytle and other districts well represented.
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Kingsville
Valley High
Future Farmers of America Eee
Texas Aero Telege
Huntsville
Raymondville
Devine
Poteet
Linton
Runge
Mercedes
Cotulla
Harlingen
Orange Grove
Riviera
San. Benito
Dilley
Premont
Sansenitio
Lytle
George West
FFA
March 31 Final Day School Census Notice
Floresville Independent School District urges parents to enroll all district children by March 31. Census taker Mrs May Glass must be met or contacts made with board or superintendent to record names. Also notes students’ college trip highlights visits to King Ranch campus and other sites.
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May. Glass
Mare
Board of Trustees
Floresville Independent
Texas Lutheran College Choir to Sing in Floresville
A 50 voice A Cappella choir from Texas Lutheran College Seguin will give a sacred music concert at Floresville High School Auditorium Sunday March 20 at 8 p m under Floresville Lutheran Church sponsorship. Directed by Philip F Knautz the group tours regionally and has performed in Texas Oklahoma Louisiana and Mexico City. Admission is free with a requested free will offering to cover travel costs.
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Texas Lutheran College of Seguin
Floresville High School
Floresville ‘Lutheran Church
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Mexico
Republic
Palace of Fine Arts
Mexico City
Philip F. Knautz
Goige
Texas Luthertine College
Knautz
Ees
Trustees from Five Districts Meet on Mutual Problems
Five district boards Floresville Sunnyside Wehmann Camp Ridout met Thursday night in Floresville to discuss mutual school issues. State Deputy Superintendent Stanley Mayten outlined proposed legislation affecting smaller schools and a controversial plan for a statewide superintendent. Boards were urged to study the bills to act swiftly for basic education financing and district interests.
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Floresville
Wehmann
Campach
Sunnyside
Ridout
Cistems
Stanley *Mayten
Wilson County farmers respond to soil conservation practices
Wilson County farmers adopt soil conservation and fertilizer practices amid regrowth expectations. Local growers report shifts in planting routines and crop resilience as conservation measures influence yields and soil health through the season.
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Wilson County
County Peanut Production Contest Seeks Entries
Wilson County F FA H Club calls all 4 H and ELF LA members to enter the Countywide Peanut Production Contest with a minimum two acre plant. Applications due April 2 1949. Prizes total 500 with premiums from Floresville Stockdale and La Vernia Chambers of Commerce and Warnken & Sons. County agents and Vocational Agriculture teachers will supervise.
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Frusual
Eye
Chamber
Fe Camamerce
Warnken. & Sons
FFA
Ann
Wilson
Wilton County
Floresville
Chamber of Commerce
A.D. Warnken & Sons
Stockdale Chamber of Commerce
la Vernia
Jeaumes
ELF LA
Wilson County
A. D. Warnken & Sons
Wnless
A. D. Richardson
Vocational Agriculture
Sidney Ford
Ture
Péth
R. F. Wilson
Stockdale
Wilford
Rohn
L. H. Mitchell
OWL
Warnken
Poth
Trustee Elections Across County Set For April 2
Seven trustees will be elected in Floresville Independent School District due to consolidations. Elections occur Saturday April 2 across the county for independent, common, and county trustee positions. Current county trustees listed include W. T. Swift in Precinct 1 and E. Koepp in Precinct 3 with A. Hoel as At-Large. Several incumbents announce re election.
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W. T. Swift
A. Sle Orts
Dave Barber
Floresville
Floresville Independent
Chronicle-Journal
J. E. Russ
W. T
Robert Carson
A. ‘Neumayer
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John ” EL “Lyle
Stm Fore, Jr
A. C. Eschenburg
Merrill L. Connally
Cook
McClure
Men’s Club
I. B. Ray
Zane Lawhon
EB. A. ‘Filieller
Sam Fore
Pierce Seen
Black Hill P.T.A
Porister
Charles Beutnagel
Sam Curtis
King Ranch
As & 1
Texas Lutheran
National
Farming County
Leona
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