Col. Garrison Warns on Holiday Fire Deaths and December Dangers
Col Homer Garrison Jr director of the Texas Department of Public Safety warns that fire is the leading cause of home accidental deaths among children and December is the deadliest month for motorists and pedestrians. He urges windshield checks lowered speeds chains and abstinence from alcohol to reduce holiday risks.
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Homer Garrison, Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Col. Garrison
Department of Public Safety
Texas Safety Association
China Faucet Handles Question Safety Hazard Attention
The Plumbing and Heating Industries bureau stresses hazards from china faucet and valve handles. China handles are prone to break and cut the user. The bureau advocates replacing all china handles with metal alternatives.
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Plumbing and Heating Industries Bureau
China
Bureau
Providence church gains land by storm aided transfer
In Englehard North Carolina a storm flooded Pamlico Sound and carried the old Providence M E F church onto a reluctant neighbor’s lot. Believing it an omen the owner deeded the property to the church for free. The old structure now sits behind the new brick edifice.
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Englehard
N. C
US 264
Providence M. EF
Pamlico Sound
Freytag Heads Lavaca County Farm Program
Edgar Freytag of Moulton was re elected to lead Lavaca county farm administration. Moulton committee members include Alfred Gassman chairman J R Dietschke vice chairman Walter E Haas Albert Machart and August Kasper. Moravia committee members list Frank J Olsovsky chairman Jim J Konvicka vice chairman Frank W Bohuslav Anton J Till and Charles H Bezetsny.
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Edgar Freytag
Moulton
Lavaca County
Alfred Gassman
J. R. Dietschke
Walter E. Haas
Albert Machart
August Kasper
Moravia
Frank J. Olsovsky
Jim J. Konvicka
Frank W. Bohuslav
Anton J. Till
Charles H. Bezetsny
Poison Ivy Treatment and Camel Description Digest
Advice on treating poison ivy advises washing exposed skin with laundry soap gasoline or kerosene and applying a 10 percent potassium permanganate solution to irritated areas with care to avoid eyes ears and nostrils. Baking soda or epsom salts in water may ease discomfort and severe cases require a doctor. The World Book encyclopedia characterizes the camel as shaggy awkward stiff legged with a goose neck and a gloomy expressive face noting poor temper and social habits.
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The
World Book Encyclopedia
Origin of Baseball Ties to Stoolball Traditions
The Encyclopedia Americana traces baseball origins to the ancient English stoolball played over 600 years ago. Players hurled a ball at an upturned stool while a defender guarded it, with circuit-running and extra "crickets" or bases added, and by 1700 the game was called base ball and later fondly remembered as rounders.
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Encyclopedia Americana
Cumby Family Welcome Baby Donald Ray
Mr and Mrs Cumby announce the birth of their first son, Donald Ray, born December 2 weighing 8 pounds 2 ounces. He is welcomed by Mrs Loraine Moeller, daughter of Louis Moeller of Louise Texas, making Mr Moeller a grandfather for the first time.
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R. D. Cumby
Houston
Donald Ray
Cumby
Loraine Moeller
Louis Moeller
Louise
Texas
Mr. Moeller
Drabek Brothers In Germany
Sergeants Joe C. and Edward F. Drabek, brothers from Shiner Texas, were assigned to the 557th Ordnance Company at Augsburg Military Post Germany. They joined in 1945 and served together in the same units, starting in Munich with the 559th Ordnance Company for two years as motor inspectors, then transferring to Frankfurt with the Rhine Main Airlift to Berlin for similar duties.
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Augsburg
Germany
Joe C. Drabek
Edward F. Drabek
Shiner
Texas
557Th Ordnance Company
Munich
559Th Ordnance Company
Frankfurt
Rhine-Main
Berlin
Reseeding of Ranges Tests Various Grasses and Legumes
Studies test many grasses and legumes from around the world in western southern and southeastern nurseries. Grazing animal preferences vary through the season and some lesser known species outperform crested wheatgrass on degraded range lands in intermountain trials.
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Intermountain
Hallettsville FFA Honors Donors
George F. Kallus elected honorary member of Hallettsville High School FFA after gifting a Ford pickup to the chapter. The group continues work on a cattle raising project begun with a registered Hereford donated by Ed Hajek.
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Hallettsville
George F. Kallus
Hallettsville High School
FFA
Ed. Hajek
Fire Origin Suspected for Lake Waccamaw Formation
At Lake Waccamaw in southeastern North Carolina locals believe a massive forest fire created the saucer shaped lake. Dredging has uncovered charred tree trunks, supporting the theory the blaze burned peat to form the lake five by seven miles in size.
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Lake Waccamaw
North Carolina
Stop money vanishing on payday with Savings Bonds
Uncle Sam explains a payroll savings option to lock money into U S Savings Bonds. By joining the Payroll Savings Plan or Bond A Month Plan through a bank, workers can invest $3 and see it grow to $4 in ten years, keeping funds from slipping away at payday.
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U.S
U. S. Treasury Department
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Meyerhoff Dry Goods Company
Everhoff Dry Goods Co
Col. Garrison, Jr
Tide
Freytag Heads
Mrs. Cumby
Drabek Brothers
Hallettsville Ffa
Lake of Fire
Uncle Sam
Mary Ann
Ida Bianchi
Oklahoma City
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