Stonewall Plans Centennial Celebration on Sept 10
Stonewall prepares to observe its centennial with a parade on the morning of September 10 and a barbecue at noon. The event is led by Mrs. Tom Weihheimer, general chairperson, from the Stonewall Community Club, with co sponsorship by the Stonewall Volunteer Fire Department. A beard contest has drawn notable interest with rules about beard growth starting June 1 and shaving permits required by July 1. prizes will be awarded for longest, best trimmed, and most unusual beards.
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Stonewall
Stonewall Community Club
Tom Weinheimer
Stonewall Volunteer Fire Department
Hail Pounds Northern Edge of Gillespie County
A severe hailstorm struck the northern edge of Gillespie County on Wednesday evening. Reports cite baseball to egg sized hail at Sagebiel ranch Willow City and heavy damage near Enchanted Rock, with lightning striking a telephone line and power outages. Additional reports list hail sizes from golf ball to baseball across Willow City Crabapple Cherry Springs and Prairie Mountain areas, with Mason County experiencing heavier hail.
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Gillespie County
Victor Sagebiel
Willow City
Sagebiel
Billy Teague Ranch
Enchanted Rock
Troy Foster
Oliver Welgehausen
Crabapple
Alvin Schneider
Prairie Mountain
Ewald Sagebiel
Cherry Springs
Martin Kuykendall
Mason County
Doss
Four-H Girl Eligible For $400 Montgomery Ward Scholarship
A 4-H Economic program member over 14 with three years club work may win a $400 Montgomery Ward College scholarship. National judging uses the member’s 4-H record book showing home economics progress, leadership, and community service. Six girls from 50 states and Puerto Rico compete for the top honor and a trip to the National 4-H Congress in Chicago.
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Extension Service
USDA
Puerto Rico
Chicago
Montgomery Ward
Eight 4-H Leaders Earn Trip To National Congress In Chicago
Eight top junior 4-H leaders from across the nation will travel with 1350 peers to Chicago for the National 4-H Club Congress next December. Only about six in ten thousand club members reach this honor. The program honors young people who have shown leadership in club and community activities and includes engraved trophies for top boy and girl.
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Chicago
Spl
United States
Congress
Cooperative Extension Service
Edward Foss Wilson
Washington, D. C
State Fair Horse Shows Slated For Dallas
The second annual State Fair of Texas Horse Show will offer 34 010 in premiums and many trophies in three series for show horses ponies and western working horses during the Diamond Jubilee Exposition Oct 8 23 announced by Horse Show Manager Ray W Wilson. Series I Oct 7 11 features five and three gaited saddle horses harness walking roadster parade hunters jumping with premiums 16 200. Series II Oct 12 14 includes Open Cutting Horse Contest and Quarter horse events with 6 040 in premiums including a 2 000 purse. Service III Oct 18 23 presents Shetland ponies and Palomino Arabian horses with 11 770 in premiums all events in the State Fair Livestock Coliseum.
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Dallas
Ray W. Wilson
State Fair Livestock Department
State Fair Livestock Coliseum
Coturnix Quail Program Dropped By Commission
The Texas Game and Fish Commission ends the Coturnix quail project at Taylor Game Farm. W J Cutbirth Jr cites experimental overestimation and notes normal Texas quail production would dwarf the introduced 60 000 birds while observers will monitor any future development. People with sightings should notify a game warden.
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Austin
Tex
Game and Fish Commission
W. J. Cutbirth, Jr
Taylor Game Farm
Texas
Asia
Mr. Cutbirth
Future Bright For 4 H Members Taking AG Projects
The 4 H Club forecasts about 15 000 jobs for June college graduates entering agriculture in fields such as farming science research sales services education journalism and marketing. Former 4 H members and 4 H project work guide youth toward agricultural careers under the Cooperative Extension Service of the U S Department of Agriculture and land grant colleges. Six youths earned $400 scholarships last year to begin college education funded by International Harvester with more awards including trips to the National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago and medals.
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Agricultural
4-I
Cooperative Extension Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Iternational Harvester
Chicago
Egg price outlook for second half of 1960 in Texas
Texas producers should see higher egg prices in the latter half of 1960. Egg-type chick production fell sharply in early 1960, with Texas down 38 percent from a year earlier. McHaney notes likely seasonal supply declines, a hold of older hens, and potential quality reductions that could affect overall income.
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College Station
John G. McHaney
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
United States
Texas
Cline
Mareh
McHaney
Economist
Driver Education for Teachers Course at University of Texas
Enrollment is limited to 18 for a UT Austin short course titled Driver Education for Teachers. Dr. Lynn W. McCraw notes the three week session runs June 13 to July 1, with graduate credit possible. Carl Tilley of Stillwater will teach as AAA approved instructor. Apply to the Registrar for admission and to Dr. McCraw for details on the three week course. The program, plus a general safety course July 5 to 22, qualifies individuals to teach driver education in public schools.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Lynn W. McCraw
Physical and Health Education Department
McCraw
Carl Tilley
Stillwater
Oklo
American Automobile Association
Seven Legal Specialists Set for UT Law Summer Session
Seven visiting professors from five states and the District of Columbia will join the University of Texas Law School for the Summer Session from June 6 to August 27. The experts include deans and scholars from UCLA Kansas Utah North Carolina Duke NYU and a Supreme Court law clerk. Registration opens June 6 for the first six-week term and July 16 for the second.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Milk as a compact nutritional package
An article notes milk as a well rounded food sold at half the price of equivalent items in other communities, promoting its value as a complete dietary option.
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