12 Feb 1969
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Newspaper
Seminole News
Location
Seminole, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1969
Page
1
The speaker recalls childhood street marble games in Stonewall and Brown counties. He claims not to have been beaten there and describes rotating with peers across marble, domino, and pitch games. He warns Pat about bragging and notes how losing taught temper control and resilience.
Charles Shelton, longtime Mobil Oil lease operator, celebrated his 50th birthday on January 31, 1969. He finished high school that day, reflecting on a life spent on a Thornton-area farm, 27 years married to Madeline Stevens, and a daughter Charlene aged 14.
CBE Industries of Kansas City buys existing orchards in Gaines County and interplants 59,500 new peach trees alongside 50,000 on hand in a 1260 acre peach orchard. Varieties include Red Skins Dixie Reds Loring Jefferson and Red Globes. Trees are spaced 30 ft by 15 ft and irrigated by turbine drag lines. About 12 men work on the one year seedlings.
A story from Presidio Texas follows Guadalupe Alonso Castillo, a ten year old with a crippled leg, who touched many hearts as locals from Shafter Bailey and others delivered food and clothes to flood victims along the Rio Grande. Volunteers and stores sent donations including 1000 cans of pet milk and a ton each of beans and flour, with Piggly Wiggly and Henny Penny selling groceries at cost.
The piece advocates voting for a broad set of town projects including an improved track tennis court field house baseball lights and paved parking while expressing disappointment over plans for a girls gym indoor pool and a new junior high school. It calls for paving for parking and a shopping mall to boost local pride and visitor appeal.
The Seminole Volunteer Fire Department was called at 11:15 A.M. Monday to a heater treater fire 10.3 miles southwest of Seminole on the A.B. Wharton Lease near Texaco Oil well No. 86. The top section ruptured and a gaping hole appeared. firemen arrived and the blaze was extinguished within minutes.
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