Longtime Slaton merchant Ball marks 50 years in fashion trade
Avalanche-Journal reports 50 year career of Z. O. Ball in Slaton retailing, opening his first store in 1921 near the town square and weathering changes from 1920s horse transport to modern clothing. Ball recalls 1 000 mile shirts era, family ownership, and ongoing community ties with Rotary and chamber groups.
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Jim Beam Bourbon Seventy Six Years Of Family Craft
Six generations of the Beam family distill Jim Beam in Clermont Kentucky preserving the original formula. The noted bourbon traces back to Jacob Beam and continues today through successive generations including David James Jeremiah Carl Baker Booker and others.
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Flying Family Spotted Thieves Scene In Air
Donald F. Hildebrand and his two year old daughter Stacy rode in a private plane with pilot Tom Selders from Mendota. Hildebrand said Selders agreed to take them up and he asked to fly over his house before an apparent theft became evident.
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