Selective Service Q and A on 1971 draft groups
Editor notes that Lt Col Charles M Duncan answers questions about the 1971 draft changes. The Second Priority Group includes those with numbers not reached in 1970, while First Priority covers born 1944–1950 and certain 1951 classifications. A 197-number registrant will be in the Second Priority Group for 1971 since their number was not reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Duncan
State Selective Service
9Th St
Austin
Texas
Contessa Inn hosts annual Council Fellowship Banquet honors Scouts
Longview residents attend the Contessa Inn for the Council Fellowship Banquet where ten Scouters receive the Silver Beaver Award and Eagle Scout William Rogers Jr of Crockett earns the George W. Pirtle Scout Scholarship Award and a 500 dollar prize. Commander Thomas J. Keane will speak as Rogers is noted for Eagle Rank and God and Country Award. The event previews Boy Scout projects and upcoming Philmont trip details.
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Longview
Contessa Inn
William Rogers, Jr
Crockett
George W. Pirtle
Thomas J. Keane
Eagle Scout
Rogers
Allen Rogers
William
Order of the Arrow
Project Soar
Boy Scouts
East Texas Area Council
Starville 4-H Club Meeting Highlights Community Efforts
Starville 4-H members gathered at Mrs. A B Woods home to view 4-H activity photos and prize winning Smith County Fair canned vegetables. The group planned donating goods for Christmas baskets and welcomed seven adult members and several juniors including James Timmons and Audrey Williams.
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Starrville
A. B. Woods
DKG Regional Meeting Held in Jacksonville
The Beta Mu chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma met at the First Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville for its annual regional gathering. Mrs. Katherine Pierce Monday conducted the sessions and activities of the event.
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Beta Mu
Delta Kappa Gamma
First Presbyterian Church
Jacksonville
Katherine Pierce
Alpha State
Texas
Kaufman
Navaho College
Arizona
Navaho Indian College
Wilmer Meredith
White Oak
J. Harold Williams
Longview
Sarah Tobolowsky
Miss Tobolowsky
International Committee On Program
Benjamin Franklin Junior High School
Dallas
Gladewater
Mesdames O. G. Ducey
Wilson Godfrey
Emma Sue Bennett
Rita Draper
Mesdames James Lain
Norma Forsyth
Evelyn Harris
Girls State Legion Auxiliary report on Seguin event
Mary Grace Clark reported on the 1970 Girls State event held at Texas Lutheran College Seguin. Attendees learned about voting age bills and the flag ceremony impressed the more than 400 girls as they sang Bring Me Your Poor Your Tired Your Hungry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Grace Clark
American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Hut
Miss Clark
Mary Grace
Texas Lutheran College
Seguin
Austin
Preston Smith
U.S
Boys State
Birth announcement for Sherwood Simms girl at City Hospital
It's a girl for Mr and Mrs Madison Sherwood Simms born Tuesday at City Hospital. The infant arrived at 8 25 a.m. weighing 8 pounds 5 ounces and measuring 21 inches long.
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Madison Sherwood Simms
City Hospital
Cure for heroin addiction offered by Practice Research
Houston doctors announce a two stage plan using methadone maintenance followed by electrosleep to end heroin addiction. Electrosleep, used in Germany for years, is now manufactured in the U S and abroad.
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Houston
Paul Williamson
Practice Research, Inc
Germany
Texas
New York
Nebraska
Williamson
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Britain
Rosemary Canter
London
Selective Service
Philmont
Longiven
George W. Pirtle Scout Reservation
Starville
Ers
Mr. J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Swepco
Southwestern Electric Power Company
Your Electric Company
People
Legion
Watchmakers of
Switzerland
Don and Wanda
Gilmer
Mr. Loyd
Harrison St
Wanda
Dock
Dock Harris
He Coco
Gladewater Family Department Store
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