Echoes of School Life and Regional Arts Outreach
A reader reflects on pioneer education in Tennessee and Gilmer Texas, contrasting log cabin schools with modern classrooms. The piece links historical schooling to current arts outreach by the Texas Fine Arts Commission and highlights the Cowboy Hall of Fame and space tracking research using ground lasers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmer Jr. High School
Tennessee
Dilworth
Dayball
Texas Fine Arts Commission
Gladewater
Box 223
Gilmer
Texas
Brown
Austin
Cowboy Hall of Fame
Western Heritage Center
Oklahoma City
Cowboy Artists
National Rodeo Hall of Fame
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Texas livestock survey to involve Gregg County farmers
About 40 000 Texas ranchers including many from Gregg County will be surveyed in November by the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Questionnaires will estimate cattle hogs and chickens on Texas farms to aid state programs and planning and should be completed and mailed promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Gregg County
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
White Oak social notes and band marching plans
White Oak residents host visitors from Glasgow to Tulsa and Houston. Local families welcome relatives at Thanksgiving and attend a Dallas Hamlet production. 7th and 8th grade cheerleaders visit Foster Junior High. band plans a 4 30 pm march at Kilgore St John Stadium on Tuesday November 17 with public support urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melissa Wortham
San Augustine
Janice Canion
Dallas
White Oak
Kilgore
St. John Stadium
Truffles Shape Sauces and Dishes Across Centuries
Truffles impart a distinctive pungent flavor to sauces garnishes pates and stuffings. They have been man s favorite fungus for centuries.
Restartable engine for space slated for development
NASA plans to design a 5000 pound thrust re search rocket engine using space storable propellants. It aims for full throttle capability, one hour and 40 minutes of operation, and up to 100 restarts in space. The engine would burn liquid methane and FLOX, weigh under 10 pounds, 48 inches long and 24 inches in diameter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Gregg Farms
Texas Legislature
University of Texas
UT Austin Institute of Public Affairs
Institute of Public Affairs
UT Station
Boulder
Colo
Colorado
Jim Coach
Folsom
Calif
White Oak News
Mack Woodson
Elenor Fenton
Glasgow
Scotland
Lonnie Lucas
Ross Allison
Mr. Allison
A. D. Cathey
Rudy Allison
Houston
Travis Allison
Tyler
H. E. Bingham
Bingham
Jim Phillips
B. E. Latch
Glenn Vernon
Hooks
al Smith
Tulsa
Hartwell J. Lucas
Wilberton
Oklahoma
Hartwell Lucas
Jack Dymke
Milano
Dayton
Huntsville
Tina Dymke
Louis Eugene Neel
France
Hannes Olof Alfven
Sweden
Cooper Insurance Agency
Yous
Aetna Insurance Co
American National Insurance Co
Gulf-Atlantic Life Insurance Co
Pacific — Gladewater
Dial
Neil Cooper
Jim Holcomb
Griffin White Syrup
Borden
Sunshine Honey Graham Cracker
Crisco
Russells
Tisco
U.S.D.A
Turkey
AL Ket
East Pacific
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