El Paso Highway 80 Tales Of Old Mexico And New Mexico
The Texas Highway Department explains two tall tales along U S Highway 80 in El Paso. Old Mexico sits as an island bordered by the road while New Mexico comprises a highway stretch within the city. The feature traces border disputes, Cordova Island, and a 1928 Supreme Court ruling that fixed the river center and 1222 feet of the road in New Mexico.
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el Paso
New
Old Mexico
New Mexico
Texas Highway Department
Texas
Rio Grande
Mexico
United States
Cordova Island
New Mexico Highway
Supreme Court of the United States
Rio Grande River
U. S. Supreme Court
State Line
Ciudad Juarez
International Boundary Commission
Grand Saline Sun Community Notes and City Commerce
Local column celebrates City Pharmacy remodeling and new tenants J Beall and Geo Jones. Sponsors include many merchants and banks supporting the Sun. Also contains anecdotes, prayers, cafe signs, and a 1955 note on cross border flood control work by the United States and Mexico near El Paso Ciudad Juarez.
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City Pharmacy
Wiley Garland
Mr. Fowler
J. Beall
Geo. Jones
New City Pharmacy
Crestview Senior Community Accepting Admission Applications
Crestview a senior citizens community in Bryan Texas sponsored by the Methodist Texas Conference is taking admission applications for residents 62 and older. The facility planned to open in January 1964 will house more than 90 residents with private baths four dining areas and round the clock nursing care and creative activity programs. Contact Rev James Carlin or Administrator Richard W Blevins 605 A East 27th Bryan for more information.
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Crestview
The
Methodists of the Texas Conference
Bryan
James Carlin
First Methodist Church of
Grand Saline
Carlin
Richard W. Blevins
East 27Th
Texas
Canton Orders Three-Week Yard Watering Curtailment
Canton residents cut off yard watering after city requests due to slow water filtering. Mayor Sam Hilliard announced the council curtailment for three weeks while a new 200 gallon per minute system supplements the current 180 gpm setup. No water shortage was reported.
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Canton
Sam Hilliard
Hilliard
Constitutional Amendment Seeks $350 Million Veterans' Land Bonds
Public notice announces Senate Joint Resolution No. 16 proposing an amendment to Section 49-b Article II to raise the Texas Veterans' Land Board bond limit to 350 million dollars for the Veterans' Land Fund. Election date set for November 9, 1963. Proclamation and related constitutional changes described.
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Senate
Texas
Veterans’ Land Board
Veterans’ Land Fund
Constitutional Amendment Four on Texas Veterans Land Fund
The proposed amendment would validate prior bonds of the Veterans' Land Board as general state obligations and requires legislative funds to cover principal and interest. It expands the Veterans' Land Fund to purchase lands for Texas veterans and outlines sale terms, fund management, and eight year use for bond retirement, with Legislature power to implement. The measure sets voter ballots for November 1963.
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State OF Texas
Texas
Veterans’ Land Board
General Land Office
State of
Veterans’ Affairs
Senate
Veterans’ Land Program
Veterans’ Land Fund
Sud
United States
Vrce
Army
Navy
Air Force
Cansl Guard
Marine Corps
Veterans’ Land
Community News From Corinth Church Oct Weekend
A Sunday church crowd greeted visitors and baptismal services occurred at Jordan Lake in Jones community with three candidates. Marv in Mullins of Clover died Wednesday, and Opal Ballard of Colfax passed away Saturday with burial in Tyler. Several local families visited and relatives extended sympathies. Mike Davis recovered at home after time in Corby Germany.
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Jordan Lake
Jones
Marvin Mullins
Clover
Opal Ballard
Colfax
Tyler
Edom
Burks-Walker- Tippitt
Percy Steel
Sam Ballard
George Blue
Boys
Paris
Melton Blue
Harry Smith
Jan
Franklin
Claude Smith
Ona Mae
Iris Davis
Austin
Ray Davis
Cindy
E. Lee Davis
Charles Smith
Golden
Gene Yarbrough
Grand Saline
Harold Davis
C. V. Crow
Mike Davis
Corby
Germany
White Awarded For Seal Work
B D White a Van banker received a certificate of appreciation for his service as Van Zandt County Treasurer for the Easter Seal Appeal The funds support crippled children and handicapped adults via transportation to treatment centers wheelchairs braces and other equipment Anyone knowing a local in need should contact White at First State Bank or the Texas Society for Crippled Children and Adults in Dallas This item also notes several local visits and travel between Van Zandt and nearby communities with residents from Kilgore Ft Worth and Canton visiting Ardmore Oklahoma and other points of interest.
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B. D. White
Van
van Zandt County
Texas Society For Crippled Children
White
First State Bank
Texas Society For Crippled Children and Adults
North Central Expressway
Dallas 5
J. W. Rainey
Loline
Kilgore
Leonard Hollowell
Claude Smith
Anna Watson
Corby-Germany
Edd Watson
Ft. Worth
Chancy Watson
New Mexico
Homer Thompson
Sherry
Freda Jane
Dallas
Ardmore
Okla
David Dean Thompson and Son
Turner Falls
Murry Lake
Oklahoma
Lois Peel
Curtis Ballard
Canton
Nettie Ballard
Walter Hollowell
Linda
Athens
Market Report Athens Texas cattle hogs auctioned
Market activity shows 821 cattle and 141 hogs sold to 93 buyers including 12 packers. calf prices range from 18 to 32.50 per hundredweight with stocker and feeder categories and hogs priced from 5 to 19.90 with sows and boars detailed for weight classes.
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Athens Commission Co
Athens
Texas
Coles To Celebrate Golden Anniversary In Ben Wheeler
Mr and Mrs Verner Cole of Ben Wheeler celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary with a Sunday August 4 reception at the First Methodist Church hall in Ben Wheeler. The Coles are lifelong Van Zandt County residents and were born in the county.
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Verner Cole
Ben Wheeler
First Methodist Church
Mrs. Cole
van Zandt County
County
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English’s Funeral Home
Grand Saline Funeral Home Ambulance
Frank and Saline Streets
Dacron & Rayon Blends
Gingham
Farah
Slims
Huskies
LEE Jeans
Lee White
Dickies
Chambray
Herbert Clower
E. H. Copeland
South Side
God
Hans Elliott Chevrolet Co
Grand Saline Locker Plant
West Side Grocery
Mkt
Walker’s Service Co
Russell Insurance Agency
First National Bank
Fowler Insurance Agency
Busby
Morton Salt Company
Bill Clark
Clower
Salt City Company
Grand Saline Sun
the Sun
Bennie Hollowell
Tammy Kay
Johnnie
Elbert Fletcher
Lesa Ann
Hot Springs
Ark
the Economic Press, Inc
International Boundary and Water Commission
Guadalupe Cedt
Bald
Sail
General
Armed Services of the
Corinth
Market Report
Coles
C. W. Waggoner
Jamestown Road
Mineola
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