Start Hunting For A Hunting Lease
Texas Parks and Wildlife officials urge Texans to begin hunting lease search now for deer season opening November 15. The piece advises talking to current leaseholders, checking county landowner lists, chambers of commerce, and want ads, and stresses a written, clarified agreement covering parties, tract, terms, payments, licenses, and included services.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
South Texas
Trans Pecos
Texas Almanac
Chambers of Commerce
P&w
Soil Conservation Service
Eight Local Girls Attend Cheerleader Camp at SFA
Advance registration totals 425 students from 64 high schools for the 18th annual cheerleaders camp to be held June 15 20 at Stephen F Austin State University. Eight Jefferson High School students are among those registered Debbie Martin Connie O Glee Sandra Burton Jill Rice Susan Youngblood Darlene Comer Karen Harrod and Joy Wallace. Dr June Irwin heads the Health and Physical Education division at SFA and directs the camp while instructors from the National Cheerleaders Association will conduct daily sessions. A closing ceremony on June 20 will award trophies and medals to top performers.
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Stephen F. Austin State University
Jefferson High School
Jefferson
Debbie Martin
Connie O'Glee
Sandra Burton
Jill Rice
Susan Youngblood
Darlene Comer
Karen Harrod
Joy Wallace
SFA University
June Irwin
HPE
Camp family visit highlights Jefferson historic sites luncheon
Mr and Mrs Pat Camp of San Antonio visited Jefferson this weekend hosting a noon luncheon at the Sherry Inn Restaurant. The group toured Camp family grave markers at Oakwood Cemetery and surveyed restoration work sponsored by the Marion County Historic Survey Committee with support from Camp and local families.
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Oakwood Cemetery
Marion County Historical Survey Committee
Allen Monument Company
Shreveport
Jack Bullard
Oakwood
Mrs
Pat Camp
San Antonio
Jefferson
Sherry Inn
Rex Spencer
Pittsburg
Gordon Albert
T. G. Brooks
Camp County
Halbert McQuinn
Katherine R Wise
Camp
MCHSC
Marion County
Rogers Family Reunion Draws Kin From Many States
A Rogers family reunion was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Elbert F. Kelsey at the American Legion Hall in Jefferson on Saturday June 7. Survivors of the late Bud and Texie Rogers led a history sketch, with 59 members attending a covered dish luncheon. Attendees included families from Longview Vivian Louisiana Shreveport Tyler Linden Kilgore Carthage Whitesboro Houston Dallas Galveston and local Jefferson relatives.
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Robert L. Williams
Elbert F. Kelsey
B. B
Bud) Rogers
American Legion Hall
Jefferson
Williams
Texie Rogers
Kelsey
Annie D. Rogers
Jerry
Susan Williams
Mike Rogers
Lee M. Scott
Lee Ann
Key To
Stephen
Theresa
Forrest G. Rog
Ers
Frank O'Brian
Donnie King
Longview
Vivian
N. L
Cap) Rogers
Bill Cortney
Frankie Nichols
Clyde Wilson
Tommy Wilson
Guin
Alabama
Shreveport
Oscar A. Auld
Tyler
Durand W. Rogers
Fred
Houston
Robert Rogers Williams
Helen Claire
Alison
Susan
Dallas
Jerry Williams
James Kesley
John A. Kelsey
Galveston
Asa E. Meyer
Jefferson Historical Society and Museum Meets
The Jefferson Historical Society and Museum held its bi monthly meeting in the Museum Archives Room on June 6. Kenneth R Craver announced Mrs. David Key will chair the Publicity Committee. The exterior restoration cost over 25000 dollars including roof work lighting and repainting with tall scaffolding noted as a region record. Lucille Bullard the curator reported new acquisitions from the old McDonald Machine Shop and a salvaged forging machine donated by Charles Hampton. Souvenirs for the bicentennial year were on the agenda.
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The
Jefferson Historical Society and Museum
Museum Archives
Kenneth R Craver
Museum Society
David Key
East Texas
Dave Stewart
Stewart Construction Company
Longview
Lucille Bullard
McDonald
Charles Hampton
Pee Wee League Field Day Sponsored on Saturday
The Jefferson Pee Wee League will sponsor a field day on Saturday June 14 starting at 8 a.m. at the local Little League Park on the Jefferson High School Campus. Lunches cost 1 75 with proceeds used for uniforms lights and equipment. Park entry rules apply with free admission for vehicle occupants under Parklands provisions.
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Jefferson Pee Wee League
Little League
Jefferson High School
Son of Local Couple Taken Hostage in Oklahoma Incident
In Granite Oklahoma inmates seized an education building at the state reformatory with homemade knives and clubs, taking nine staff and two inmates hostage. One hostage was Tom Warren, son of Nedham and Mrs. Warren, previously Jefferson residents now near Lake of the Pines, with Mrs. Warren a Ted Tompkins niece. Reports say all hostages were released by Thursday June 5.
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Oklahoma
State Reformatory
Granite
Tom
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Jefferson Simplecote
Wayman
Moore
Armers
Wayman Moore Insurance
North Walcott
Swepco
Rogers
Pee Wee League
Caddo’s
Caddo State Park
Tommy & Ruby Brice
Karnack
Ruel Young
Ford Sales
C & W Builders
Weldon Hampton
Edward E. Taylor
UG CO
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Arlington Hotel
the Hotel
Hot Springs National Park
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