Almanac Editor Sees Cold Winter Amid Atomic Weather Talk
The Old Farmer's Almanac editor Sagendorph in Dublin New Hampshire says H bomb dust affects weather and predicts a cold three years with fierce storms. He cites past events and forecasts storms, snow, high tides, and a pale moon on New Year’s Day.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Frield
Sagendorph
Old Farmer's Almanac
Dublin
N.H
Atomic Energy Commission
US Weather Bureau
Ltch
Winston
Tex Ritter Show Slated Here December 4
Tex Ritter Hollywood cowboy actor and Western Hillbilly Caravan visit Tabhock for a one night stand at Fair Park Coliseum sponsored by the South Plains Shrine Club with proceeds aiding crippled children. Two shows at 2 50 p m and 8 p m tickets one dollar from Shrine Club members Leon Merritt Corral recording star and his Western band will accompany Ritter.
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Tex Ritter
Tabhock
Fair Park Coliseum
South Plains Shrine Club
Ritter
Shrine Club
Shrine
Leon Merritt Corral
First Garza County Community Chest organized with officers
Garza County forms its first Community Chest with Powell Shytles as president and a full slate of officers. A 7 pm Monday meeting at City Hall will set the budget and date for the fund drive and name a drive chairman. Agencies like Boy Scouts and USO have submitted budgets of 2500 and 500 respectively.
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Garza County
Community Chest
Powell Shytles
Percy Parsons
S. E. Camp
Pearl Nance
Harry A. Tubbs
City Hall
American Legion
Clifton Clark
Lions Club
Parent-Teacher Association
Jane Stephenson
Beta Sigma Phi
Volunteer Fire Department
Charles R. Gates
Ministerial Alliance
C. D. Lee
Post Home Demonstration Club
Robert Russell
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pat N. Walker
Amity Study Club
Woman's Culture Club
L. G. Thuett Jr
Close City Community Club
Powell — Shydles
Chamber of Commerce
R. D. Williams
Southland
Justiceburg
Tom Bouchier
Rotary Club
Thurman Francis
Garoda Mothers’ Club
Glenn Davis
Graham Home Demonstration Club
Boy Scouts
Salvation Army
Cancer Crusade
United Service Organizations
Girl Scouts
USO
Dallas Gasoline Prices Dip As Operators Meet Competition
Gasoline prices in Dallas slipped as wholesale distributors cut up to 1.9 cents a gallon to meet competition. Retail stations posted 23.9 cents for regular and 25.9 cents for premium, with state prices dipping to around 14.9 cents on major brands.
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Dallas
Bosco the lustful elephant shot by soldiers near Augsburg
In Augsburg Germany on November 6 a four ton bull elephant named Bosco angered by lack of a mate charged through a fence and injured a trainer. Scouts kept him in the compound as two US Army .50 caliber machine guns protected the grounds. At the owner's request soldiers then shot Bosco when he became violent again. Modern astronomers recognize 86 constellations.
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Augsburg
Germany
U.S. Army
Bosco
Red Cross Worker Gets Overseas Post
Miss Jean Fitzsimmons, field representative for the American Red Cross in this area, will leave this month for a European assignment with the organization. Jack Bassett, field service director for the West Texas area, announced the post. Fitzsimmons, of Lubbock, has held her present position since 1950.
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Jean Fitzsimmons
American Red Cross
Jack Bassett
West Texas
Fitzsimmons
Lubbock
South Plains Red Cross
Red Cross Announces Miss Fitzsimmons Overseas Post
Miss Fitzsimmons, a long time Red Cross worker since 1943, is slated for a second overseas assignment. Her prior service included attachment to the 416th Bomb Group in England and France and a recreational adviser role in Germany after the war. She returns to the United States in 1947 and later directs Red Cross services for veterans in the Midwest. The proposed appointment places her as a recreational center director with headquarters in southern France.
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Ozona
San Angelo
Lamesa
Paducah
Miss Fitzsimmons
American Red Cross
Red Cross
416Th
Ninth Air Force
England
France
23Rd Corps
Bad Wildmagen
Germany
Bank names new president in Lampasas
NAMED BANK PRESIDENT LAMPASAS Tex Nov 6 Clyde Northington civic leader and banker here since 1920 has been elected president of the First National Bank Northington succeeds W W B McGee who becomes chairman of the board McGee has been with the bank for 50 years
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Lampasas
Tex
Clyde Northington
First National Bank
Northington
WW. B. McGee
McGee
Edgar F Gossett Dies as Texas National Bank Chair
Edgar F Gossett 73 chairman of the Texas National Bank board died in his sleep in Houston on a Saturday. A native of Henderson County he began at Gulf National Bank Beaumont and served as banker and examiner in multiple entities before leading South Texas Commercial Bank to the Texas National Bank merger with Union National. The ivory billed woodpecker is described as North America’s rarest bird.
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Edgar F. Gossett
Houston Bank Board
Houston
Edgar F Gossett
The
Texas National Bank
Gossett
W. W. Penney
Henderson County
Old Gulf National Bank
First National
Beaumont
Brownsville National Bank
South Texas Commercial Bank
North America
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Marufamiz
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Khiva Shrine Temple
Youngblood
KSEL
George Geigel
Des Moines
Plainview
Garza
Baylor Movement
Union National
City Service
Silk Service
College Ave
Tatas
Texas
TOM French & CO
Tom French
Lubbock, Texas
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