Local families visit relatives and friends over weekend
Mrs. Una Brann hosts a Sunday visit with Mr and Mrs C C White and kin from Tyler. Various gatherings include the Dowdies of Mineola and Dallas guests, the Ray family from Cana, and other kin visiting in Grand Saline Waco and Dallas areas. Some home improvements noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. White
Lynn, Paul and Jerry
Tyler
Una Brann
Andy Dowdie
Mineola
Donald Barraos
Roxanna
Dallas
Leon Dowdie
J. D. Ray
Cana
Friendship
Faternmiediate
Nets
Avis
Celeste
Ann Davis
M. J. Nation
Leonard Wade
Ruthie
Waco
Andy Dowdle
Larry Ray
Eva Kinzie
J. A. Fowler
Grand Saline
Harvey Thompson
Will Murphree
Bill Taylor
Dee Jarman
Pete Rowan
Buell Shiflet
Hugo Carpenter
Rev. Strickland
W. C. Fowler
Virgil Johnson
Lonnie Harley
Sand Flat
W. R. Cade
J. W. Dickerson, Jr
Terrell
Jerald Dickerson
Jimmy Dale Adkins
George Louten
Local residents share visits and news around Commerce
Commerce notes list Miss Jo Davis of Dallas visiting the Davis family with Mr and Mrs Mac McFarland from Grand Saline. Br James Leitch and family dined with Debs Chaney. Melba and Thelma McKenzie of Abilene visited. Mary Maxfield took a Tyler trip. Several residents ill or away as Mary Ann Peden hosted a pink and blue shower at the community center. Clyde Hubbard overseas. Nearby guests include John Tome Ann Van and Randall Rowan from Denton with local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce
Jo Davis
Dallas
Mac McFarland
Grand Saline
Frank Davis
James Leitch
Debs Chaney
Melba
Thelma McKenzie
Abilene
Mary Maxfield
Tyler
Less Cole
Mary Ann Peden
Community Center
Rossie Clark
Russell Clark
J. B. Jarman
James Bryant
Ha van Recreation Hall
Opal Fowler
Floy Mullins
Shirley Gayle Trego
Gay Fowler
Clyde
Carlie Mae Jar
Weekend visits widen ties in Silver Lake community
Silver Lake residents and families shared weekend meals and visits. Dallas man, Rev Strickland, and several couples including the Cardenters, Fowlers, Hogers, Dickersons, and Adkinses stopped by relatives in Denton, Sand Flat, Terrell, Mineola, and Mineola.
Farm poll firms probe farm support and parity questions
Advertising and public relations firms in Chicago lead a mail survey focusing on government aid for hogs and cattle, parity levels, and the corn hog ratio. The effort aims to uncover informed solutions to the persistent farm problem amid public interest and industry experts. Late market notes show steer and hog price movements with fat cattle steady and hogs mixed but rising in spots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Midwest
Mark Twain
Fort Worth
Ferris Brick Company
Ferris
Ellis County
Texas
Singing Convention to Meet at Union Chapel This Weekend
The East Van Zandt Singing Convention will meet Saturday night at Union Chapel and again the following Sunday. Mr. M. E. White announced the event. Local singers are invited and should bring lunches for an all day session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East van Zandt
Union Chapel
M. E. White
King Ranch Bluestem Grazing Experiment Details
Renner reports Texas Research Foundation tenant operator Pete Pilkinton completed a two way payout on an 88 acre King Ranch bluestem pasture at 308 acre farm. The pasture supported 41 head of cattle and yielded about 1000 pounds of seed expected to net 1 to 1.50 per pound. Seed could establish 300 acres of bluestem with germination tested after cold weather. Pilkinton started the pasture in April 1954 on thin soil over white rock, applied 400 pounds per acre of 20 percent phosphate, and rotated cattle until last July before clipping mulch. An inch of rain on Oct 6 spurred growth and harvest finished Oct 31.
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Pilkinton
King Ranch
1956 Cotton Acreage Allotments Released
The Texas Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee announced county by county cotton allotments. Secretary Ezra T. Benson ordered the release. Overall 1956 acreage cuts total 200,000 acres from 1955. Van Zandt County drops from 25,768 to 24,558 acres for 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Ezra T. Benson
van Zandt
Two Traffic Deaths Reported on S-D Day
Colonel Homer Garrison Jr announced two traffic deaths statewide on S-D Day December 1. The Tyler Highway Patrol District of 19 Northeast Texas counties reported no fatal accidents, with Captain Guy Smith thanking supporting organizations and drivers for cooperation despite bad weather.
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Homer Garrison, Jr
Department of Public Safety
Texas
Tyler
Guy Smith
Smith
Ford Thunderbird Promises Power and Style in 1956 highlight
Ford markets the 1956 Thunderbird with downhill performance feel instant power for takeoff and a 12-volt ignition. Features include a 4-barrel carburetor dual exhausts and Lifeguard design with Thunderbird styling at a mid price.
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Ford
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Pruitt
General Electric
Ray Milland
CBS
Bailey Appliance
Joe Bailey
Silver Lake
Ted Gould
Southwestean
Uas
Ava
Leecran Limpany
Bluestem
Hill & Russell
U. S
Merit Furniture Co
Thunderbird
Breat TV
Ford Theatre
Anders Motor Company
Grand Salins
LEE Ford Theatre
M-Chanmel
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