Giles Explains Operation of New Veterans' Land Program
Bascom Giles outlines Texas Veterans Land program enabling World War II vets to buy farms or ranches. Board may issue up to 25 million in bonds, with up to 7 500 per veteran financed by the state at 3 percent over 40 years. Application details and purchase rules are summarized, with private land options and selection process.
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Bascom Giles
General Land Office
Jester
John Bell
Cuero
Reuben Senterfitt
San Saba
Citizens of
Texas
Senate
Oeteran
Austin
Church Services and Local Visits on a Busy Weekend
Sunday services include Sunday School at 9 45 a m with Eugene Jones as superintendent and morning worship at 11 a m. Evening sermon planned with youth fellowship at 630 p m and a Roosevelt church visit. Several residents visited relatives and attended the Gardner Camp Meeting while others traveled to Bisbee Arizona and San Angelo for family visits.
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Eugene Jones
Roosevelt
Cactus Study Club Holds Annual Picnic
Thirty three members and families attended the Cactus Study Club annual meeting at the Searcy ranch Saturday evening. Host couple Albert Searcy and wife and guests Joe Beck Vic Urban presided over a barbecue and games with prizes to Vic Urban and Mrs. R E Ballanfant. A special meeting planned summer activities including a July square dance to raise funds for the treasury and cancer and Latin American Scholarship funds of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs. Mrs Searcy presided. Several local residents visited or traveled from San Antonio Ballinger Odessa Fredricksburg and Wink for the weekend and weeklong stays with relatives. One emergency operation was performed in Fredericksburg on a resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cactus Study Club
Messrs
Albert Searcy
Joe Beck
Vic Urban
Searcy Ranch
R. E. Ballanfant
Treasury
Cancer Fund
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
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Giles
Alvah Fisher
San Angelo
Mr. Fisher
Eeree
Harold Hough
Elizabeth Anne
Rocksprings
T. B. Phillips
Gardner
W. W. Whitworth
Hodges
Reuben Loeffler
Lenore
Rudy
J. R. Dickerson
Bisbee
Arizona
Judy
Brenda Dickerson
W. P. Riley
W. G. Gillis, Jr
T. M. Tomberlin
Jeanne Claire
Mabel Livingston
Gene Tomberlin
Easten
Murr Electric Company
STAVS
Mary Margaret McBride
Lide
Junction Hydro-Gas Co
W. G. Elzner
San Antonio
Lester Hodges
Joe Forman
Mary Jo
Ballinger
Louis Rochester
Odessa
Thomas D. Murphy
Cecil McClatchey
Wink
Tom Jones
Tommie Lee
Mary Beth
Clovis Barker
Fredericksburg
J. E. Wiedeman
Craig
Craigs
Chambray
Childrens’ Sox
G&s
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