Legislative activity by Senator Metcalfe hearings on key bills
The past week saw busy committee work in both houses with hearings on major bills. House and Senate Agriculture reported favorably a state soil conservation program with a requirement of 90 percent landowner approval for land use rules. The Governor signed a bill approving 900000 in warrants to sustain old-age payments. Subcommittees reviewed truck lead limits, West Texas State Teachers College budget, and wool scouring lab funding at A and M. A hearing on funds for the cross-timber experiment station and a sales tax for social security was scheduled for February 20.
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House
Senate
West Texas State
C.F. Wardlaw
G. W. Cunningham
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association
A. & M. College
Texas
Davis
Sulak
Dentistry on wheels brings care to rural Louisiana
A mobile dental program in Louisiana began in December 1937 using twelve trailers to serve rural residents. The system, aided by improved highways, provides daily treatments for about fifteen people per unit, totaling nearly 40 000 patients since inception. The effort aims to improve overall rural health, especially for children, by delivering on-site dental care and reducing reliance on relief rolls.
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Louisiana
Louisiana Hospital Board
Hospital Board
State Highway Department
United States Public Health Service
The Doctor Horace Wells and the Birth of Anesthesia
The article recounts Dr. Horace Wells of Hartford who introduced nitrous oxide for pain relief in dental work. It notes his early ridicule, later recognition, and his death by suicide in 1848, yet credits him with giving humanity anesthesia and cites monuments in his honor.
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Aluai
Getous
Horace Wells
Hartford
Conn
Priestly
Geradin
Academy of Medicine
Paris
Colton
Riggs
Dr. Wells
Range Specialists Meet at Kerrville
Kerrville hosts a district conservation meeting with range specialists and ranchers from eight counties. The program centers on grazing land improvement, led by KF C Martin district 10 agent of the State Extension Service. County agents range inspectors AAA committeemen and ranchmen from Bandera Bexar Edwards Kendall Kerr Real Kimble and Gillespie counties are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerrville
KF. C. Martin
State Extension Service
AAA
Bandera
Bexar
Edwards
Kendall
Kerr
Real
Kimble
Gillespie
Pneumonia Warns Texans On Winter Health Risks
Texas health officials report 234 pneumonia cases last week and warn the disease rises in wet cold weather. Dr. Geo W Cox says urban centers are hardest hit. prevention emphasizes hygiene isolation and personal habits. Texas recorded 5482 deaths in 1988.
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Austin
Tex
Geo. W. Cox
State Health Department
Texas
Zeolite Rich Green Sand Spurs Texas Water Work Growth
Uel Stephens of the Public Works Administration outlined a Texas green sand zeolite source near San Antonio used in base exchange water softening at Stamford and other towns. Texas sand cuts costs from 75 to about 15 dollars a ton, with brine regeneration saving thousands. Stamford aims for one million gallons daily and three Texas communities have followed with similar plants.
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Texas
Public Works Administration
Uel Stephens
PWA
Texas A. and
M. College
San Antonio
New Jersey
Stamford
Brazos River
EK. P. Schook
Bureau of Industrial Chemistry
University of Texas
Washington, D. C
New York City
Boston
Richmond
Farmers League Sets Meeting for March 12 at Court House
President Guido Weinheimer announces the Farmers League will hold its next meeting Sunday March 12 at 1 PM in the courthouse. Delegate Hilmar Weinheimer reports on the Jourdanton convention February 9 to 11 and officers will be elected. Members urged to attend as meetings draw strong farming participation.
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Guido Weinheimer
Farmers League
Court House
Hilmar Weinheimer
Jourdanton
Schreiner Sells His Race Horses
Kerrville financier Gus F. Schreiner, longtime breeder and former Game Fish and Oyster Commission member, sold his 25-racehorse string to T. P. Morgan of Dallas. The lineup includes the stallion Hygro plus 15 mares and nine colts, with three year old Hycamp among recent winners in Maryland and at Santa Anita.
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Kerrville
Gus F. Schreiner
State Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
T. P. Morgan
Dallas Oil Man
Maryland
Santa Anita
Local Socials Roundup From Kerrville and Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs Fred Deal of Kerrville visited Mrs Paula Pape and son Albert. Phil Rogers visited with Mr and Mrs Royce Buster at Junction over the weekend. Miss Imogene Duderstadt visited with M R Duderstadt and War ren McDougall. Mrs J S Whitewood and daughter Mrs L Tarper visited in Kerrville. J S Whitewood and son Fred were business visitors in Fredericksburg.
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J. J. Rogers
F. M. Floyd
L. H
Clarence Harper
San Antonio
Oran Parker
Little Daughter
Joe Rogers
Clarence
Leslie Harper
Lorenz Wendel, Jr
Fredericksburg
Arthur Bierschwabe
Chas. Morris
Ingram
John S. Morris
Reuben Nixon
Fred Deal
Kerrville
Paula Pape
Albert
Phil Rogers
Mrs. Royce Buster
Junction
Imogene Duderstadt
M. R. Duderstadt
Warren McDougall
J. S. Whitewood
L. Tarper
Fred
Gartrell of Mason Visited Harper on Business
H. P. Gartrell of Mason traveled to Harper to handle business matters and was seen attending local affairs during the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Gartrell
Mason
Harper
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M’ocean Mist
del Monte & Libbys
Woerner Grocery CO
Fredericksburg, Texas
Schreiner Wool & Mohair
Kerrville, Texas
Kerrville Milling Company
Water Street
Purina
Kerrville Milling CO
A. L. Morrow
W. W. Miller and Son “Builders Headquarters
Penrose B. Metcalfe
W .E. Auginbaugh
M. D
Farmers League Meeting
Schreiner
Middlesboro
Kentucky
Olaf
Jasout
Yukon
Greece
Arqanga
Nature
Ce Aue
Muelle
Travelers Safety Services
Patrick Chapman
Atlantic
New York
Louis Stevens
the Herald
Rial
Cary Grant
Victor McLaglen
Alice Faye
C. Bennett
Nancy Kelly
Nancy Drew
Henry Fonda
Maureen O’sullivan
Jesse James
Arcadia
Chas. Starrett
Iris Meredith
MR. Moto
Clark Gable
paLat Theatre
Tex Ritter
Rollin’ Plains
Wallace Beery
Robert Taylor
Bobby Breen
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
THE
Harper Hall
Dayton Rahe
Dr. Booth
Presbyterian Church
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