Reading My Daily Horoscope and Wartime Reminiscence
A mix of personal memories and local notes. The writer recalls World War II era neighbor Shirley Pigg from La Porte and Morgan Point, shares a long nostalgia, and reflects on past laundry trips. The piece also mentions a Fort Worth paper recycling truck, weather modification discussion in Enid, Oklahoma, and brief humor and Camp Fire group notes in Oshkosh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Pigg
Shirley
la Porte
Galveston Bay
Morgan's Point
Tri-cities
Pelly
Goose Creek
Baytown
Sharley
Camping Can Be Fun If You Know the Ropes
A Texas Parks and Wildlife official offers practical camping tips. Household items like aluminum foil petroleum jelly and cola can aid in preservation lighting and cleaning. Advice includes freezing water in muffin pans patching oil pans with wax purifying water with bleach and planning ahead to ensure a successful trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Pexas Parks and Wildlife Department
Gladewater CES clean-up and garden club notes
Feb 22 Gladewater CES members meet for a Masonic Building cleanup at 7 p.m. Bring a sandwich. Feb 28 Garden Club gathers at 1 30 p.m. at 115 N Ferry with cohosts Mesdames Preston Ricks Robinson. Mar 7 Doreas Bible Study Club meets at 2 p.m. at Mrs Me Ferren home with co-host Sutton to study Daniel 8.
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Gladewater
CES
Lucille Troxel
Garden Club
Janelle Adams
Ferry
Mesdames HN. Preston
Donald Ricks
Irby Robinson
Maren
Doreas Bible Study Club
M. F. MeFerren
BE. D. Sutton
Daniel
Wildflower Trails Path Linking Three Towns Set for Late April
The Wildflower Trails of Texas Inc plans a 40 mile low speed drive through peat bogs and pine thickets linking Avinger Hughes Springs and Linden on Highways 155 11 and 49. Dates set April 28 to May 7 with hospitality centers at Linden Garden Center Avinger triangle and Hughes Springs Spring Park. Visitors can buy crafts seeds plants and see a 1700 acre demonstration forest near Lake Pruitt. An Arts and Crafts Show led by Mrs. R G Mason and volunteers will run in the former Reeder Watson building. Night events include a rodeo 4 H pageant and a Love Is A Wild Assault book review. Final plans to be sealed at a Lions Club banquet March 25.
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Hughes Springs
Wildflower Trail
Charles Davis
Wildflower Trails of Texas, Inc
Texas
Avinger
Linden
Spring Park
Lake Pruitt
R. G. Mason
Reeder-Watson
L. V. Long
Leahndrews
Winston Sullivan
Ira Kimbell
W & Holsenbake
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Sagittarius
Houston
M. A
East Texas
Pigg
Center
Bay
Elizabeth Ragland
Fort Worth
Roger Line
Public Works
Jack Graham
Ferdie Deering
Oklahoma
Eithor
Stockman
Enid
Okla
Deering
Brown
Bor
Daio Camp Fire Group
O-Da-Ko
Ellen Christian
Kim Kapchinsky
Karen Kerns
Patti Winborn
Elaine Hugman
Becky Calhoun
Annette Strawn
Pam Hanes
G. KK Hugman
Kenneth Kerns
IRS
BOK
Bread Ballard Biscuits Pickles
Ilinois
Hunts
White
Joy Sins Siz Strawberr
Isc
Rae
USDA
Blackburn
Hamburger
Bible and Gift Shop
Usda Choice
Begonias Angel Wing
Mes
Petunias
Gladewater, Texas
Puowe
Gladewater High School
GHS
Deborah Parkerson
Eddy Haight
Deborah
Pink Panther
Walter Martin
Atti
Lions Club
Linden- Kildaire High School
Tranel
Vick
Prokrt Motor. Inn
Southwest
Buffalo Speedway
American Express Space Bank
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