Rotary Luncheon Highlights local philanthropy and community aid
Garland Ferguson chaired the first Rotary noon meeting at Don's Restaurant. Fred Flannagan of Atlanta spoke on Hardin and Hardin-Simmons contributions to Baylor and local Burkburnett projects, including funding a new city light plant despite opposition. Richard Thomas from Akron recorded his first hole in one at Greenbrier, witnessed by his wife.
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Rotary
Don’s
Ferguson
Union Grove
Rotary International
James F. Conway
Fred Flannagan
Atlanta
Tex
James Brannen
First Methodist Church
Leeroy Edge
Family Savings Life Insurance
Fort Worth
Edge
Flannagan
John and
Mary Hardin
Baylor University
Hardin-Simmons
Hardins
Burkburnett
Hardin
Don’s Restaurant
Leeroy Edges
Gladewater Rotary
Compost and Gloxinia Care Featured in AP Garden Tips
AP News features explain that compost enriches soil by improving structure and moisture retention, with layering steps and winter covering tips. It also covers growing gloxinia, noting bulb planting, drainage, light needs, watering, and fertilizer for a window garden plant.
New Scale Promises Million Dollar Freight Savings
A Texas company introduces a coupled-motion railway scale that weighs moving freight cars with 0.2 percent accuracy, potentially saving up to 150 million dollars yearly. First unit on the Texas Mexican Railway in Laredo began July 5, reducing per-car weighing costs from as much as ten dollars to about eight cents and cutting delays in busy yards.
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Sands Measurment Corp
Dallas
Texas Mexican Railway
Laredo
American Association of Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
AAR
ICC
New Sands
Readers Complete Required Books for Library Reading Club
Approximately 200 students are enrolled in the Gladewater Public Library summer reading club. This week certificates will be awarded to nine students Mark Bogdanchic Gwynne Edge Sammy Grimes Karen Kizer Donna Lynn Johnston Sharon Kay Scurlock Donna Towns Nancy Walker and Jason Bryan Waller after completing 12 books each. The certificates are presented by the Texas State Library. Nels is the heaviest man on the squad at 230 pounds. All are seniors.
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Gladewater Public
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