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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1965
Page
4
World Book Encyclopedia notes the phrase bluestocking to describe a learned woman originated in Boswell’s Life of Samuel Johnson. The same source details Sir Ronald Ross winning the 1902 Nobel Prize for discovering mosquitoes transmit malaria, with the breakthrough in 1898 while studying the disease in birds.
At Aransas National Wildlife Refuge the Whooping Crane population shows a small gain to forty four with four late migration birds arriving from Saskatchewan through Kansas to Texas. A mounted study skin of a crane killed in a Kansas incident enhances public education on crane movements while loss of Josephine at New Orleans Zoo is noted among eight 1965 yearlings and several 1964 young.
Oliver Killough Jr of the Soil Conservation Service calls grass the district’s key crop, noting about 70 percent of 624000 acres are grass. He explains root reserves drive spring growth and warns overgrazing weakens roots, urging rest, rotation, fertilizing, weed control, and water access to boost beef per acre. Edward Drabek, after 20 years in the U S Army, has retired to Colorado Springs.
A US serviceman in Germany asks Texas Parks and Wildlife about the height of large jackrabbits in sitting position with a sketch included. The letter, amid Christmas visits in Austin and Galveston areas, mentions a Texas jackrabbit fascination and spurs humorous exchange. Card of thanks notes the death of Mrs. Jim Fuchik and thanks supporters.
Doves show recurring migration patterns supported by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department data from U S Fish and Wildlife Service A banded dove killed near Hico in 1964 and another near Waco in 1965 were both tagged by the South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Department near Aberdeen In June and August respectively both birds crossed over 1200 miles confirming long distance movement The first artificial snow was produced in 1946 by Vincent J Schaefer of Schenectady New York per World Book Encyclopedia.
Mr and Mrs E A Stirl celebrated their golden wedding on December 15 1915 in Nordheim with a 1965 reception at the Nordheim Shooting Club. Over 300 guests from South Texas attended as their sons Lawrence and Harold and other family joined in memorial program and gifts.
New Braunfels Texas Parks and Wildlife biologists netted catfish at Canyon Lake and found one fish containing shelled pecans. Researchers doubt natural foraging explains the find and consider whether someone fed the fish or a seasonal gift from Santa.
Diboll junior Terrell of Diboll bagged an eight point buck near Boggy Slough in East Texas. Before returning to his car he added a large vividly marked bobcat to his day’s hunt.
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