Valley Spring Local Happenings and Visits
Valley Spring residents hosted and visited friends and family throughout the week. Miss Vida Mae Nichols spent the first of the week with MA and Mrs Luke Talley in Eldon. Several locals attended events and reunions in Dallas Brady and Voca while others hosted relatives at home. Ariel Baumann returned from a San Antonio hospital and Fred Nixon visited in Fredonia.
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Vida Mae Nichols
Lidhd
Luke Talley
Ariel Baumann
San Antonio
Fred Nixon
Fredonia
Mrs. Thaxton Nixon
Untouched by Modern Life in Idaho Wilderness
Three Idaho adults living in isolation show the gulf between frontier life and modern gadgets. A Utah boating party found a 28 year resident prospector still using a wilderness store for tea and tobacco while the couple farther from town recalls only a movie seen years ago. They have escaped the political and economic pressures of contemporary society.
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Idaho
Utah
Associated Press
Bingham
Salmon
United States
Longing for a Pension in Quiet Mountain Silence
The passage muses on elderly people seeking a government pension in old age while contrasting Europe’s troubles with serene mountain isolation. It questions who will balance what they missed with what they escaped, reflecting on distant conflicts versus peaceful life.
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Europe
Early Apple Worm Control Through Early Sprays
The article explains that early cooling and rapid apple growth reduce spray effectiveness for codling moths. It notes frequent early applications are essential, as growth and weathering thin spray deposits, and a single early spray cannot guarantee control. It details surface-area growth of fruit from May 9 to late May and the rapid increase in size over subsequent weeks.
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United States Department of Agriculture
High Storage Temperature Hastens Decay in Tomatoes
U.S. plant disease studies show tomato decay accelerates at 75 to 85 degrees F. green fruit kept at ventilation rather than refrigeration promotes decay in commercial and home grown tomatoes. ripening on window sills also increases susceptibility.
Temperature effects on tomato decay in controlled cultures
Bureau specialists studied decay by nine organisms using pure cultures to measure development rates on green and ripe tomatoes. Experiments ran across temperatures from 30 to 85 degrees in 5 degree intervals to assess ripening and spoilage dynamics.
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Bureau
Local Notes From Lone Grove Through Shelly Riley
Mrs Shelley Riley reports on community visits and welcomes from Houston Miss Mary Elizabeth Kenser staying in L W Farry home. Miss Margaret Bales returns after Mary Hardin Baylor summer session. Men visit relatives near Gatesville. The Forehand and Beryl Palacios party visit, while Riley and Hudson families hosted at San Saba. Sluggish muddy waters ruin fishing until soil erosion controlled. Mr and Mrs Moss move to George Clinger place. Moss joins local school faculty. Meyers Ray and Jewel Ruby Hey visit revival attendees include Overstreet Lino Garrett Tow Behrns Tow Herridge Llano Frank Taylor and sons San Saba.
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A. P. Overstreet
Lino
Tom Garrett
Tow
Ben Behrns
Jack Herridge
Llano
Frank Taylor
Steam Process Draws FDA Alert on Tomato Juice
The FDA warns that steam direct to tomatoes risks adulteration from condensation. Consumers are advised that one water can accompanies an eight can tomato purchase. Seizures of adulterated tomato juice occur as manufacturers continue open steam methods despite findings since 1912.
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Food and Drug Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
Weed Growths A Sanitary Wakeup Call
Texas faces health risks from rapid weed growth and standing water after rains. State Health Officer Jonn W. Brown urges civic pride and cleanup campaigns, listing inspections for weeds, rubbish, fish ponds, garbage disposal, outdoor toilets, and wells to prevent mosquitoes and disease.
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Austin
Texas
Jonn W. Brown
Home grown fruit drink ideas and soil erosion notes
A fragment discusses fruit juice blends and cold drinks with lemon and ginger ale, then shifts to wildlife notes from the Soil Conservation Service. It cites muddy waters and erosion reducing fish eggs and game fish in inland streams, blaming unwise land use and soil runoff for habitat decline.
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The
Soil Conservation Service
Fish Struggle in Muddy Streams Hurt by Erosion
Thousands of fishing sites that once drew anglers will yield fewer fish and less sport this year due to soil erosion, says E. G. Holt.
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E. G. Holt
Fruit Juices Ideal for Hot Weather Beverages
A summer guide proposes ice cold fruit juice drinks to replenish fluids during extreme heat. It notes using juices from canned and fresh fruits as a refreshing hydration option when appetite wanes in the heat.
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Bao A
Mire
Molen Talley Es
Eldon
Booker
Hye
Christadelphian
Leslie Grenwelge
Dayton
Estelle Phillips
Liano
J. B. Philips
Allie Ratiff
Pauline Parker
Burnet
Will Faught
Paul Nixon
Eldorado
S. N. Redford
Charlie Goodman
Dallas
Dale’ Underwood
Floyd Madden
Robert Redford
Alexander
Brady
Dalmond and
Dave Nixon
Dad
Ernest Schneider
Oxford
Valley Spring
Jim Wells
Jo Jeffrey
Sammie Jeffrey
Little Son
Voca
Sunset Sandwich Shop
Wallace Hazelwood
Bureau of Plant Industry
Howdy
Emmet Moore & Sisters
North
Lone Grove
Mrs. Shelley Riley
Mary Elizabeth .Kenser
Houston
L. W
Margaret Bales
Mary Hardin-Baylor College
Gatesville
Beryl
Palacios
C. A. Riley
Byron Hudson
San Saba
Mark Moss
George Clinger Place
Moss
Mr. and
Mrs
Ray Meyers
W. L. Ray
Misses Jewel and
Ruby Hey
Mr. Holt
Spotless Dry Cleaners
M. D. Buster
Llano Drug Company
J. T. Ellason
H. P. Fairbanks-Morse
Hayes-Sammons Howe. Co., Inc
Mission
Charles Ratliff
M. E. Hackworth
J. T. Catsup
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