Segovia News Notes Local Happenings and Warnings
Community brief covers scarce rainfall, school term end, local visits, and obituaries. Includes travel to Segovia from Junction Fredericksburg Brownwood Dallas Houston and Blanco updates with residents like Verna Ricks Joni Sorrell Delma Bowers and Nat Sandherr. Also offers snakebite first aid guidance and cautions on handling bites.
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Segovia
Verna Ricks
Stapp
Will Whitworth
Nat Sandherr
F. H. Dunk
Benj. Kensing
McKinley Liefeste
Raleigh Kothmann
Mary and
Mildred de Freest
William Bierschwale
F. M. Bierschwale
J. Leslie Allen
el Paso
Leta Sorrell
Joni Sorrell
Health Letter Warns on Snake Bites in Texas
Dr. Geo W Cox State Health Officer urges caution when in the country to prevent snake bites. He states the rattlesnake is the chief offender in Texas and often does not rattle before striking with about seventy five percent of bites occurring on the lower extremities.
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Geo. W. Cox
Texas
Supreme Court membership expansion faces slim Senate support
Early belief in an easy Senate majority for expanding the Supreme Court fades as surveys show only a couple of votes in favor. Public opinion, letters from constituents, and editorials from metropolitan and rural presses sway lawmakers to oppose, with partisanship waning as the issue shifts to principle.
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Supreme Court
Senate
High Court
Unwise sympathy is more dis astrous than a knock
The phrase suggests that misguided pity can cause greater harm than a single blow, implying caution in showing sympathy. It contrasts emotional response with tangible harm and invites reflection on the consequences of ill judged mercy.
P T A Holds Close Year With Good Meeting
The local parent teachers association ended the 1936 37 school year with an afternoon program in the school auditorium. President Mrs R H Loeffler oversaw the business session and new officers were installed. Mrs Ed Bode led the art appreciation program featuring prints of master paintings and her class works.
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Parent Teachers Association
R. H. Loeffler
Ed Bode
Edwin Gamble
Gamble
Bode
Geo. H. Mitchell
Joe Maddux
Mr and Mrs Sayers Farmer Honor Nite Club
Mr and Mrs Sayers Farmer hosted a Nite Club gathering at their hospitable ranch home on Saturday. Guests enjoyed a delicious dinner followed by contract bridge with Mr and Mrs C T Holekamp taking high score.
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Mrs. S. Farmer
Honor Nite Club
Seaton Prentice
Clay Secrest
James ‘“Advisr
Beaumont
Picnic at South Llano With Eveready Sunday School
Miss Will Alvin Linn and the Eveready Sunday School class of the Methodist Church enjoyed a hike and a picnic on the South Llano banks last Saturday. Children played games and contests while a delicious lunch was shared. Anita Jessent assisted in entertaining the class.
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Will Alvin Linn
Eveready
Methodist Church School
South Llano
Mary Katherine Cowsert
Audrey Borden
Ila Joe McDonald
Sue Gilliam
Nila Mae Baker
Helen Herring
Tommie Dean Henderson
Myrtle House
Gwendolyn Wright
Reba
Highland Study Club Closes Year With Mexican Luncheon
The Highland Study Club ended its year with a covered dish luncheon at president Mrs. E. G. Hill's home. Members enjoyed a Mexican menu and decorations in native flowers and the Mexican national colors. A blue bonnet picture was presented to Mrs. Hill by Mrs. Harden Tobin.
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Highland Study Club
Mexico
E. G. Hill
Hardin Tobin
Hill
A. G. Lee
Green Light
John Selman
Isabel Guinn
Stuart Chase
College Foreclosure Hits Wesleyan in Macon
Bond holders foreclosed on the one million dollar Wesleyan College plant in Macon Georgia. The move stems from the college failing to meet requirements of the 1928 bond issue, the oldest chartered women’s college in the world.
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Macon
Georgia
Wesleyan College
Gasoline Tax Fueled State Revenue Growth in 1936
Gasoline tax collections rose sharply from 1926 to 1936, increasing 226 percent while overall state tax receipts grew 11 percent. By 1936 gas tax accounted for one third of all state tax revenue, up from 14.7 percent a decade earlier.
Natural defenses: peppers and ladybugs curb pantry pests
Cayenne pepper on pantry shelves shows occasional effectiveness against mice. Ladybugs are cultivated to aid pest control. They feed on aphids and scale insects, offering a biological method to protect crops and stored goods.
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Dr. Legear’s
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Heyman Drug
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Brooks’ Dairy Milk
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Gladstones
Doe
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