Texas Crop Estimates Show Cotton Decline and Citrus Upswing
The Dec 1 Texas Crop and Livestock report notes a 100,000 bale drop in the 1973 cotton crop to 4.7 million, still the largest since 1961, with harvests on 5.5 million acres. Citrus in the Lower Rio Grande Valley remains unchanged, forecast at 20.5 million boxes for 1973-74, up seven percent from last season. Milk production rises slightly in Texas while nationwide output remains below last year. Wheat pasture conditions lag, with dry weather and pest pressures hindering grazing and seeding progress across Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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Texas
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
High Plains
Rio Grande Valley
Blacklands
Valencia
Kansas
Oklahoma
Mrs. Anderson Dies In Denton
Funeral services for Mrs. Lenny Jessie Lee Anderson 60 were held at the First Baptist Church of Denton after she died at her Denton home from a heart attack. Surviving husband, three sons and three daughters, mother Mamie Owens, a brother L. M. Owens, four sisters, and guests Jerry Storrs Jr. and Jimmy Storrs.
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Lenny
Jessie Lee) Anderson
Franklin
First Baptist Church of
Denton
Letha Mathews
Jerry Storrs Jr
Jimmy Storrs
College Station
Mock Weddings Highlight Hearne High Family Living Class
Hearne High School hosted two mock weddings Friday December 14 staged by the marriage and Family Living classes under teacher Judy Green. Invitations were designed by students and printed in VOE. Faculty and 75 class members attended as a nine person choir performed.
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Hearne High School
Judy Green
Joyce Gregorek
Joyce’s
Joe Vallejo
Stella Jackson
Lillian Williams
Education Investment Funds $3.5 Million To Colleges
Eastman Kodak has donated over $85 million in the past decade to roughly 600 colleges and universities. This year more than 300 institutions will receive about $3.5 million, under a program Kodak calls an investment in education.
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Eastman Kodak
Rochester
N.Y
Hearne scholars honored in December Democrat items
Virginia McCollum earned Drum Major Magazine recognition for Hearne High School, while "Bones" Erwin of Texas A&M prepared to speak at a Hearne Lions Club banquet. Other items note Miss Mabel Hall placing third in a Southwest State Teachers College beauty revue, and Cayce Moore Jr. sustaining facial injuries from a firecracker. A Dallas and Houston guest list for Christmas, bride and groom care, and wedding reception details follow.
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Virginia McCollum
Hearne
Drum Major Magazine
Outboard Reel Line Kinks Cure Revealed on Lake
A fishing tip explains how to remove line kinks and twists from monofilament by cruising away from shore, letting line unreel to the bare spool, and then rewinding while trailing only the line behind the boat. The method works for both fresh winds and trolling, taking about 10 to 15 minutes.
Watching for Following Fish Lures After Casts
The text explains how watching a lure as it drags beside the boat can reveal which lures attract fish. It notes many bass follow lures to the boat before darting away and sometimes strike just as the angler retrieves for another cast. Night fishing amplifies the thrill.
Johnson Rites Held In Kosse
Funeral services for Gordon H. Johnson of Livingston were held Thursday at Blue Ridge Baptist Church in Kosse with Rev. Doyal Caldwell officiating. Interment followed at Blue Ridge Cemetery. Pallbearers were Gaylen Rinehart Hardy Ellison Bernest Meadors Jack Hunt Frank Mitchell and Doyle McKinney. Johnson, 89, died Tuesday morning December 18 at his home in Livingston. He had lived at Camp Creek Lake about 15 years before moving to Livingston for health reasons. Surviving are his wife Gertrude Johnson of Livingston a son Marshall Johnson of Farmington New Mexico two daughters Beulah Dodd and Louis Jordan of Livingston four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Gordon H. Johnson
Livingston
Blue Ridge Baptist Church
Kosse
Doyal Caldwell
Franklin
Blue Ridge Cemetery
White Funeral Home
Gaylen Rinehart
Hardy Ellison
Bernest Meadors
Jack Hunt
Frank Mitchell
Doyle McKinney
Johnson
Camp Creek Lake
Gertrude Johnson
Marshall Johnson
Farmington, New Mexico
Beulah Dodd
Louis Jordan
Raymond J. Porter Temple Services
Funeral service for Raymond J. Porter of Temple was held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Talasek Funeral Home temple chapel with Rev. Clyde Nichols officiating. Burial was in Wilson Valley Cemetery. Porter died Friday December 21 in a Temple hospital. He was born April 9, 1903 in Troy and lived in Temple for many years. He was a member of First Christian Church and active in Boy Scout work. Surviving are his wife Elizabeth Ann of Temple, one daughter Loretta Draper of Katy, a son William Porter of Franklin, seven grandchildren, two great grandchildren, one brother Marvin Porter of Temple, and two sisters Bernice Weir of Moody and Alice Drake of Belton.
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Raymond J. Porter
Temple
Chapel of Talasek
Clyde Nichols
Wilson Valley Cemetery
Porter
Troy
First Christian Church
Elizabeth Ann
Richard
Loretta) Draper
Katy
William Porter
Franklin
Marvin Porter
Bernice Weir
Moody
Alice Drake
Belton
Quotations From Small Town Papers On Civic Life
A compilation of brief regional quotes from Montana Wyoming Iowa and Missouri letters to editors and columnists. The items reflect humorous and philosophical takes on government currency ignorance and civic duty from local papers and readers.
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Texas Department of Agriculture
John C. White
Tom Cetee
Raymond E. Paresky
Phil Vogel
Billie Baker
Kathy Mitchell
Vera Butler
Vickie Mathis
Ronny Werner
Mary Lee Thompson
U.S. Census Bureau
Keith Drennan
Lisa Mathis
I Love
Lajuana Johnson
Miss Johnson
Margaret Gentry
Debra Cargill
Kathleen Smith
Norma Sifuentes
Adella O
Walter Gurode
Hosey Robinson
Freddy Owens
Trey Weatherford
Patricia Allen
Gloria Monroe
Peggy Swain
Teresa Loria
Cathy Payne
Miss Monroe
Miss Swain
Miss Allen
Miss Payne
Miss Loria
R. J. Porter
Temple Services
Wish Ip
Bill Davis
The
Three Forks
Montana
Lee R. Call
Star Valley
Wyo
Duane C. Griggs
New London (Iowa
Willa M. Jenkins
Hermitage, Mo
Thomas Jefferam
BUY Rite Fabrics
Velvet
Lenathe
Ae Ly
Dacron
Challis
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