Home Demonstration Clubs Judge Record Contest Winners
Turner-Hayden Club won with 1268 points, Myrtle Springs second with 1219, followed by Pruitt and Fairview. Prizes range from 5 to 2 dollars. Edith L Wilson visited Van Zandt County for a conference with agents and the Pruitt club. Holiday decorations ideas include a candy wreath and a snowball mobile. Myrtle Springs 4-H presented a grandmother visit Thanksgiving skit. December meeting dates listed for Elwood, Wills Point, Corinth, and Canton. Christmas Time Goodies to be demonstrated to Girls 4-H clubs in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner-Hayden
Myrtle Springs
Pruitt
Fairview
Edith L.wilson
Mt. Pleasant
van Vyandt County
Gabe Scott
Texas Home Demonstration Association
Pruitt Home
Canton, Jr
Southwestern Gives 4-H Council $50
Southwestern Gas and Electric Company again donates fifty dollars to the Van Zandt County 4‑H Club Council. William H. Owsley presented the check to Tom Shotwell and Venita Jo Gibbs last Friday, with the company noting the fund supports county councils in all areas of operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Gas and Electric Company
van Zandt
William H. Owsley
Tom Shotwell
Venita Jo Gibbs
Southwestern
A. H. Gray, Jr
America
Value of Land Increases 6 Per Cent
A U S Department of Agriculture report shows Texas farm land prices rose 6 percent from March to July 1955 and were 8 percent above July 1954. Nationally, farm real estate values rebounded to late 1952 peaks, with gains of 2 percent or more in 36 states and a 6 percent national rise. Strong demand, easier credit, good crop prospects, and a healthy economy push expansion, with farmers remaining the main buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Texas
U. S
Corn Belt
Louisiana
Florida
Maine
Vermont
Wyoming
Department of Agriculture
Mrs Rebecca Felton First Black Senator From Mississippi
Rebecca Felton of Mississippi is noted as the first African American woman to serve in the United States Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Felton
Mississippi
U. S. Senate
Farm Loan Program Extended by FHA
The Farmers Home Administration extends its emergency loan program in Texas for the 1956 crop year. Loans through Dec 31, 1956, cover most counties except 57 West Texas counties. Eligible farmers must lack credit from other sources and plan productive farming with reasonable prospects. Loans can fund feed seed fertilizer supplies equipment and livestock with repayment based on ability to pay. Applications are filed at the county of origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers ‘Home Administration
Texas
Walter T. McKay
McKay
Secretary of Agriculture
Beason
Department of Agriculture
West Texas
Great Plains
Health Officer Urges Rat Control To Save Texas Food
Health officer says Texans waste 170 million dollars yearly to rats that spread disease and destroy food. He urges rat proofing of buildings with concrete or heavy metal and cautions that poisons like Red Squill and Warfarin are deadly to humans and must be kept away from children and pets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texans
Farmers Home Administration Office in Canton Identified
The local county Farmers Home Administration Committee decides eligibility for emergency loan applicants. The FmHA office for Van Zandt County is housed in the Old Jail Building in Canton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Home Administration
County Farmers Home Administration Committee
van Zandt County
Canton
Operation Sioux Amphibious Maneuver Off California Coast
A massive exercise named Operation Sioux ended November 18 off the California coast involving 25 000 Marines 20 000 Navy personnel 300 aircraft and 125 ships. Pfc Alvis W Petrea of Grand Saline and his spouse from Wills Point are noted among participants as the event climaxed with an amphibious assault on Camp Pendleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
1St Marine Division
Alvis W. Petrea
A. A. Petrea
Grand Saline
Bessie M. Langford
Wills Point
Camp Pendleton
Royal Canadian Navy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Maggie Peach
Home Demonstration Council
4-H Club
Jackie Gleason
Elwood
P. m. Corinth
P. m
Gulf
Ilalla
Gul
New Gulf
Gulfpride
Howard Schultz
Gulf Consignee
BASS
Gulf Service Station
Edmonson
Gulf Station
Wyan Pulley
Edgewood
Henry Holle
Arlis Petrea
W. H. Cash
Lumber Company
Ford
Anders Motor Company
Lee Ford
Channel 7
Tyler
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