Texas History Q and A on Hogs Armadillos and Cowboys
Central Texas historian J W Baker answers reader questions about when hogs were introduced to Texas, the armadillo’s historical range, and a prairie fire method using a longhorn carcass. It also explains a math puzzle about 17 horses and notes Robertson portraits in Robertson County Museum and at Washington on the Brazos.
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J. W. Baker
Texas
Rio Grande River
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Charles Goodnight
Sterling C. Robertson
Robertson County
Robertson
Calvert
Washington On
Brazos
Six Commodities Above Parity In Texas Farm Output
Texas crops and livestock report shows only six commodities at effective parity: oats hogs beef cattle calves sheep and lambs. Egg production falls 17 percent year over year while nationwide drop is six percent. Weather slows field work and vaccination urged to prevent WEE outbreak in 1973.
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Texas
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Texas Agriculture
John C. White
Rio Grande Valley
William Vinton III Has First Birthday
Mrs. W. E. Vinton honored her grandson William Vinton II on his first birthday with a party at the family home on Saturday March 3 from three to four thirty in the afternoon. Guests included Christy O Nea l of Austin and Jim and Suzi Deal of Hearne among others.
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W. E. Vinton
William Vinton II
William
Christy O'Neal
Austin
Thomas Lund
Midway
Paula Lange
West Columbia
Becky Davis
Susan
Melinda Gandy
Fran Buckley
Jim
Suzi Deal
Hearne
Cunninghams
Edna Matejowsky
Rockdale
Fannie Holdiness
Wayne Lee
Wiley Kirk
Venessa Crasley
Randy Crasley
Houston
Crasley
Mr. Kirk
J. A. Young
Elgin
M. L. Palmer
W. M. Egleson
Victoria
Roy Earl Kerley
Gause Comings And Goings in Local Social News
Local social notes list visitors to Gause area residents from Franklin Corsicana Dallas Austin and Maryland among others. Notable entries include weddings departures and a plan for a town historical marker as residents share family and travel updates.
Ruth Class Enjoys Game Night Social
The Ruth Sunday School Class of First Baptist Church hosted a game night Friday March 9 at 7 in the Hopsons new home. Dominoes and Yatzee sparked fun, with pies chips dips and Cokes served. Mrs Larry Coe gave the Hopseys four hand towels as a housewarming gift.
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Ruth
First Baptist Church
J. W. Hopson
Larry Coe
Hopseys
Dee Weatherford
Bobby Ray Hendrix
Jerri Ellington
Randy Rogers
Hopson
Miss Cooper Weds Stanley Oliver in Hearne Church
Miss Hilda Cooper of Bremond and Stanley Oliver of Hearne were married Saturday evening March 10 at Calvary Baptist Church in Hearne. Rev. Jim Barnett officiated. Groom, Hearne High School graduate, works at Verson Allsteel Press. Bride, Bremond High School graduate, previously with Success Motivation Institute in Waco. They will reside in Hearne. Weekend visitors included Mrs. T. E. Montgomery of Fort Worth visiting Houston relatives.
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Hilda Cooper
Bremond
Stanley Oliver
Hearne
Calvary Baptist Church
Jim Barnett
Calvin Cooper
B. A. Oliver
Hearne High School
Verson Allsteel Press Company
Bremond High School
Success Motivation Institute
Waco
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Central Texas History
Washington, D. C
William R. Lewis
The
Lynden (Wash
Armecast
Texas Department of Agriculture
William Vinton III
Rilene King
Sheila Welch
Gary Aalen
Brett Henry
Henry
Jeff
Capitol Building
Katharine Lockhart
Dolph Briscoe Jr
Jim Boxley Jr
Gause
Wanda Lee
J. A. Smith
Franklin
Ray Smith
Marlin Hospital
Leslie Marr
Bill Ford
Corsicana
Dan Cass
Smith
Johnny Beck
Palestine
Smiths
H. O. Lee
Freeport
Daryl Cannon
Daryl
Lee
Threta Cannon
Raymondville
Ora Todd
Gordon Gibbons
J. T. Todd
Bobo Todd
Todd Dent
Henry Ingram
Dallas
Melinda Ann Goode
Robert Eugene Goode
Laurel
Maryland
Albert Lawrence Cecchini
Louis A. Cecchini
St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Samuel Wysong
Robert C
Lowe
Deborah Goode
Kathleen Shine
Sandra Loftus
Kenneth Alcorn
Annapolis
Charles Cecchini
Robert Lowe
William Ray Jr
Homestead Air Force Base
Florida
Air Force
Cecchini
Emmagene Goode Bland
J. W. Perry
E. R. Stephenson
Hearne High Vocational Industrial Club
Carla Cotropia
Paula Warhol
Bobby Straughan
Danny Florence
Frank Reistino
Ron Starkey
Stuart Luster
Ralph Sifuentes
Miss Cooper
of Stanley Oliver
George N. Orts Jr
Paul Reeder
Jimmy Reeder
T. E. Montgomery
Fort Worth
BRIC
Star JU Rived “Klintuk” Han Knitting Yarn
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