State Highway Section Adds New One Man Maintainer
A new H P one man road maintainer was added to this State Highway Section under Sanford Roe. Jacob McDonald will operate the machine as the section now has two maintainers a five ton Caterpillar and three graders. A meeting in San Angelo discussed enforcing the new truck load weight law and a State Highway Engineer will lay out the road change on South Llano at the ten mile crossing.
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H. P
Sanford Roe
Jacob McDonald
Mr. Roe
Roe
San Angelo
South
Llano
Joe Gresham
Highway Department
Halloween Bridge Party At Watson Ranch
The lat-a-Lot Club and guests enjoyed a Hallowe en bridge gathering at Mrs Joe D Watsons ranch. Decor features black cats pumpkins and orange candles with a luncheon of baked chicken dressing fruit salad orange cups and hot tea. Prizes went to Miss Fae Taylor first and Mrs Lee J Corkill second, plus tokens for others. Roland St Clair suffered a broken arm from a fall near Wiggley Drug Store.
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Joe D. Watson
Fae Taylor
Lee J. Corkill
van Martin
John D. Phillips
May Hill
Steps Taken to Enforce Road Law in Texas
San Angelo reports at the State Highway Commission meeting that division engineers will verify all motor vehicles have proper license fees and not overstep registered capacity. In Division No 7 lists of trucks tractors trailers and buses will be compiled from tax records and given to maintenance leaders to report violations. The aim is not to police but to curb overloading that harms pavements and roads. owners are urged to comply to protect taxes and roads. W T Bendy, District Highway Supervisor, noted traffic maintenance efforts.
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San Angelo
Texas
State Highway Commission
State Highway Department
Ford Motor Company Production Record Breaks Weekly Peak
Ford Motor Company reports a new weekly production record for October 17 to 28 totaling 49,004 cars and trucks, a six day peak. The previous high day was Tuesday with 8,466 units, as tallied by Junction Hardware Company, local Ford dealers.
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Ford Motor Company
Junction Hardware Company
Ford
More Polo at Watson Divide Ends in Big Polo Game
A Sunday Polo match at Watson Divide drew Junction and Divide players. The Divide won 11 to 2 as Marvin Consert was elected captain. A scare occurred when Marvin Skaggs was dragged about thirty yards after a spur caught a rope. he escaped uninjured.
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Junction
Divide
Cevon
Watson Divide
Pierce Hoggett
Wat Turner
Marvin Skaggs
Doug Nance
Joe Watson
Millard Bennett
Marvin Consett
Sam Nance
Buster Wolf
Marvin Consert
Marvin
When Money Was The Scarciest Thing
In a Missouri memory piece by Edgar White, a farm hand walks twenty five miles for twenty five cents to pay a post office fee, illustrating how scarce cash was before the Civil War. The account recalls safes, guerilla raids, and the era’s store goods, tobacco trade, and toll road commerce that shaped rural life.
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Edgar White
Sam
Macon County
Missouri
Virginia
Bloomington
Macon
Huntsville
Bill Anderson
Tad Austin
Anderson
Tad
North Missouri
Glasgow
St. Louis
New Orleans
Liverpool
India
Main Street
Second Street
Planters
Broadway
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Hallowe'en Bridge
Roland St. Clair
Wiggley Drug Store
W. T. Bendy
Highway Dept
Junction State Bank
Pral Reservi System
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