Rusk and Maydelle Lead Forestry Awards Sweep
Rusk FFA led by Acton Duncan won the $200 first prize in the 1960 Sears Roebuck Forestry Awards with a four mile north of Rusk plot. Maydelle FFA, runner up, received $150. Overton placed third and Burkville fourth. Awards are given by the Texas Education Agency and Sears Roebuck Foundation.
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Rusk
Maydelle
FFA
Sears Roebuck
Acton Duncan
C. J. Hayter
Overton
Burkville
Southland Paper Mills
Lufkin
Division of Vocational Agriculture Education
Texas Education Agency
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Local SCD To Be Represented At State Meeting
Cher okee County Soil Conservation District will send representatives to the twentieth annual Association of Texas Soil Conservation Districts meeting in Dallas January 11 to 13. Delegates from all 181 Texas districts will discuss district problems plan 1961 programs and participate in panels and business sessions. Local district supervisors are Allen Goforth AL Looney WT Rogers Foster L Brewer and Jeter Dean.
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Cherokee County Soil Conservation District
Association of Texas Soil Conservation Districts
Dallas
Local District Board of Supervisors
Allen Goforth
A L. Looney
W. T. Rogers
Foster L. Brewer
Jeter Dean
Thomas Prince Serves Aboard USS Oak Hill in Western Pacific
Thomas W. Prince fireman apprentice of Jacksonville Texas serves aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill a unit of Amphibious Squadron Five with the Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific The Oak Hill is scheduled to visit Japan Korea the Philippines Okinawa Taiwan and Hong Kong
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Western Pacific
FHTNC
Thomas W. Prince
USN
Boston Street
Jacksonville
Texas
Oak Hill
Amphibious Squadron Five
Seventh Fleet
H O Campbell Rites Held at Ivie Church
Funeral services for H O Campbell 73 were held Friday at 2 pm at the Ivie Church near Kennard with Rev E G Morgan officiating. Interment followed in Ivie Cemetery. Campbell died Wednesday in Rusk Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Survivors include his wife, two sons Edwin Campbell of Lawton Oklahoma and Rayford Holcomb of Crockett, a daughter Mary Green of Houston, three sisters Nell Walker, Velma Gates, and Lillie Bannon, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Stabling Smith Funeral Home handled arrangements.
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Alto
H . Campbell
Ivie
Kennard
E. G. Morgan
Ivie Cemetery
H. O. Campbell
Edwin Campbell
Lawton
Oklo
Rayford Holcomb
Crockett
Mary Green
Houston
Nell Walker
Velma Gates
Trinity
Lillie Bannon
Stabling Smith Funeral Home
Marines Practice Landing Drills at Camp Pendleton
Marine Lance Cpl Jim Duanean of Jacksonville Texas participated in amphibious landing exercises at Camp Pendleton California in November 1919. The five day drills involved the First Marine Division Battalion Landing Team and support from artillery reconnaissance amphibian tractors tanks and anti tank units.
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Camp Pendleton
California
Jim Duanean
Washington Ave
Jacksonville
Texas
First Marine Division
7Th Marines
DPS Predicts Ninety Traffic Deaths Over Holidays
Texas DPS estimates during the Christmas to New Year period 90 traffic deaths 46 homicides personal crisis reports 40 deaths from fires and non traffic causes. Operation Deathwatch runs Dec 23 to Jan 1 with heightened enforcement and public information efforts.
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Texas Department of Public Safety
Homer Garrison
Garrison
12 Year Old Admits Shotgun Slaying Of Grandmother
A 61 year old Black woman was shot to death at her home near New Summerfield. Her 12 year old grandson confessed to the shooting. The twin sister and a 13 year old sister were in the house but could not provide details. The sheriff noted the gun likely discharged by an occupant.
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New Summerfield
Grand
Allen Dotson
Willie Dickson
Rusk Student Attends UH Houston
Jack D. Jones of Rusk attends the University of Houston this year as a political science major. He is a junior at the university, which is ranked as the second largest school in Texas.
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Rusk
Houston
Jack D. Jones
University of Houston
Jones
Ity
Texas
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Ffas
Highway 69
Sears-Roe
Buck Forestry
East Texas
Pat Ebard
Texas Forest Service
Linden
Ira Black
Sulphur Springs
Jeff Davis
Vocational Agriculture Education Division
Ed Wagoner
Texas Forestry Association
P. A. Kolstad
Optometrist
Thomas Prince
USS
Japan
Korea
the Phillipines
Okinawa
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Mr. Campbell
Rusk Memorial Hospital
The
Southwestern States Telephone Company
Governor's Highway Safety Commission
Department of Public Safety
Texas Association of Broadcasters
Texas Council of Safety Supervisors
Oil Field Haulers Association
Associated General Contractors
Outdoor Advertising Media
Texas Highway Department
Texas Safety Asociation
Press, Radio and Television Media
K. Woerner
Statistical Service Section
Woerner
Sweetgum Pulpwood
Son
Incid
Whitehouse
First State Bank
F.d.1.c
Rusk, Texas
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Geogr Thal
Tex
Chevrolet
Hiwey
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