Old Cotton Belt Association reports successful year at meet
The Old Cotton Belt Association of Texas met in Rosebud on July 3 with Congressman Robert W. Poage praising the group for boosting cotton acreage allotments in Central South and East Texas. Officers were re elected with Lundgren of Elgin as president Weiss of Austin secretary and Hofmann of La Grange treasurer. Three members planned to attend the State ASC committee opening hearing on July 17.
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Old Cotton Belt Association
Meet
Robert W. Poage
Waco
Old Cotton Belt Association of Texas
Rosebud
Poage
House Agricultural Committee
Texas
Legislative and Policy Committee
J. W. Stiles
Refugio County
Congress
Department of Agriculture
ASC
O. Lundgren, Sr
Wm. F. Hofmann
Julius Wittliff
Lundgren
Lawson Rivers
Elgin
Alton Weiss
Austin
Hofman
la Grange
C. Y. Jacobs
Yoakum
Wrba Completes Field Training Test in Germany
1st Lt. Donald R. Wrba, son of R. St. Wrba of Flatonia, finished an annual field training test in Bad Kreuznach with the 2nd Armored Division. He fired 105 mm howitzer rounds and .30 and .50 caliber machine guns as executive officer of the 510th Field Artillery Battalion. Wrba entered the Army in 1945 and arrived in Europe in June 1954 after attending Flatonia High School.
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Bad Kreuznach
Germany
Donald R. St. Wrba
R. St. Wrba
Rt. 1
Flatonia
510Th Field Artillery
St. Wrba
Europe
Flatonia High School
Farm Bureau Leader Urges Emergency Hay Aid for Texas
Texas Farm Bureau President J Walter Hammond urged Governor Allan Shivers to seek an emergency federal hay program. He called for direct subsidy payments to eligible Texas drought counties to allow hay purchases and preserve foundation stock amid feed shortages.
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Gov
Shivers
Waco
Texas Farm Bureau
J. Walter Hammond
Allan Shivers
Texas
Hammond
Benson
Texas Drouth-Designated
ASC
The
Drough
Humble TV to Feature Vacation Trails in Panhandle
Interesting films of vacation trails in the Texas Panhandle will be featured next week on The Humble Company's TV program Texas in Review. The feature includes the Red River origin near Tulsa Lake McClellan Lake A wheat harvesting JA Ranch near Spur Panhandle Plains Museum near Can amarillo Buffalo Lake Palo Duro Canyon Lubbock State Park and ammonia production near Amarillo. A second segment compares the Dallas post office with the Coppell one man office and Comanche County films cover the county centennial celebration. The program airs Tuesday July 17 at 7:00 PM on KTBC Austin 6:30 PM on KPRC Houston 6:30 PM on WOAI San Antonio.
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Texas Panhandle
Humble Company
Texas In
Red River
Tulsa
Lake McClellan
Big JA Ranch
Spur
Panhandle Plains Museum
Canmarillo
Buffalo Lake
Palo Duro Canyon
Lubbock State Park
Yon
Helium Manufacturing
Amarillo
Big Dallas
Coppell
Comanche County
KTBC
Austin
KPRC
Houston
Woai TV
San Antonio
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Clarance
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Sturby
Reo
Dacron
Famous Brand
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Foxcroft Premium
Foxcroft
Playei Saue
Hallettsville
Weimar
Gandlers
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