Laundry school aids state hospital wash program expansion
Sixteen of the 23 state hospitals and special schools operate laundries with a $1.5 million system to serve two institutions each. A two day course in Austin led by Dr. J C Sherrill from Texas State College for Women trained 16 supervisors including Paul Horton and covered washing chemistry and equipment testing to improve cleanliness while saving fabric.
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Austin
J. ¢. Sherrill
Texas State College For Women
Denton
Confederate Home
James V. Campbell
Board For Texas State Hospitals and
Paul Horton
Campbell
Sherrill
TSCW
J. G. Halbert
Alton Knight
The
Rusk State Hospital
Large Safety Conference Aims to Draw Tyler Crowd
About 300 to 400 safety minded Fast Texans are expected in Tyler on December 3 for the East Texas Regional Safety Conference. Sponsored by the Texas Safety Association and Tyler Safety Commission, the event features a man-on-the-street format and a program spanning highway school home farm and industry. Registration starts 8:00 am at the Blackstone Hotel with a concluding banquet.
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Tyler
East Texas
Texas Safety Association
Tyler Safety Commission
Harold §. Phipps
Jin
Blackstone
Jimmie C Reece Completes Marine Recruit Training
Jimmie C. Reece son of Mr and Mrs Clarence R D Reece of Schochler addition Rusk completed recruit training November 2 at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego California natives and friends witnessed the graduation ceremony. The 12 week program covered drill bayonet training physical conditioning parades and other military subjects. Three weeks were on the rifle range firing the M 1 rifle and learning basic Marine infantry weapons.
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Jimmie C. Reece
Clarence R. D. Reece
Schochler Addition
Rusk
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Cail
Lions Club Zone Meeting Held Here Wednesday Night
A Lions Club zone meeting took place Wednesday night at Smiths Cafe. Zone chairman Lloyd Pipes presided with members F E Douglas T E Cummings Hayden Brown Julian Bolton Deputy District Governor John May Jerry Nelson John Owens W D Draper Bill Whitten and Elma Musick Jr. The group meets three times yearly with the next session set for March 1957 in Alto. Business covered the January membership drive and the Kerrville Crippled Children Camp project.
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Lions Club
Smith's
Lloyd Pipes
Pipes
F E. S. Douglas
T. EF. Cummings
Alto
Hayden Brown
Julian H Bolton
John May
Jacksonville
Jerry Nelson
John Owens
Troup
W. D. Draper
Bill Whitten
Elma Musick, Jr
Rusk
Research Cuts TB Death Rate In United States
Texas TB Association seeks 1500 gifts to form a state level research fund. Dr Daniel F E Jenkins, head of the committee, says discoveries may reduce TB cases and deaths. Letters were sent to Texas medical schools inviting recipients to apply for grants to support basic science, clinical, sociological or public health research.
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Texas Tuberculosis Association
Atte
Texas
Daniel FE. Jenkins
Houston
Jenkins
Texas TB Association
Austin
Absent Ballot Deaths and Historic Mail Routes
A legal note discusses a deceased voter mailing an absentee ballot before death and still being eligible. It also cites the 1860 Pony Express route between San Francisco and St Joseph Missouri and affirms mail truck priority at traffic intersections.
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Pony Express
San Francisco
St. Joseph
Missouri
U S
Four Students From Rusk Enroll at University of Houston
The University of Houston lists four students from Rusk enrolled: Robert W. Cowart senior law student Odis M. Echols freshman civil engineering Frank H. Madden postgraduate industrial engineering student Joseph E A Ross business administration student. The UH growth from 1110 to nearly 14000 students is noted along with the university’s assets valued over 18000000 and diverse colleges from Arts and Sciences to Technology. Lt General A D Bruce is named as president.
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Rusk
University of Houston
Robert W. Cowart
Odis M. Echols
Frank H. Madden
Joseph E. A. Ross
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Income Tax Forms To Be Available Soon For Professionals
The IRS will provide 1956 Form 1040 and instructions to accountants and attorneys starting December 3 in North Texas. About 185 million copies will be printed and mailed to individual taxpayers late December to early January, with minor form revisions and a new explanatory instruction booklet to ease return preparation.
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George T. Daye
Tyler
Internal Revenue Service
North Texas
Daye
County Citizens Buy $192,096 In Savings Bonds
County reports total Savings Bond sales for the first ten months of the year at 192,096 dollars with Texas overall reaching 160,301,508 dollars. Chairman C. D. Acker notes a 3.4 percent rise from the prior October and promotes United States Savings Bonds as gifts that appreciate in value over about nineteen years.
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C. D. Acker
Cherokee County Savings Bonds Committee
Texas
Acker
United States Savings
Quote on loan terms and cash value details cited
The source quotes Mr Acker describing loan terms 80 percent more than payment and a cash in value of cost plus accrued interest after the first sixty days. This highlights a financial arrangement with early value retention and interest accrual.
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Mr. Acker
Interesting Facts From History
The text notes the Statue of Liberty was erected in 1886 and mentions the Panama Canal with the Pacific Ocean east of the Atlantic. It also includes a shopping line for Rusk.
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Panama Canal
Pacific Ocean
Be Reaved Chief Staff Deepens Grief Understanding
The phrase highlights a commitment across the staff to deep understanding of grieving, signaling a culture of empathy and support for those in mourning through shared insight and care.
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Drea
RSH
State Wash
Prescription
Our
Cartlidge Drug Store
Tyler Meet
Phipps Conini
Phipps
Tyler Chamber of Commerce
Tyler Kiwanis Club
Colorado
Kelvinato
Detoxe Fondo Sar
Bearden Furniture CO
Rusk, Texas
Calif
United States
Etta Singletary Chiropractor Office
East of Agriculture
Annes
Univ of Houston
A.D. Bruce
Palestine Livestock Auction
Fowler Rhodes
Solden Forki
Oldsmobile
Acre
Oss Mobile
Motor Company
N. Main
Y—Hwy
Wallace
Ruse Jewelers
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