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Fire Destroys Yorktown Peanut Shelling Plant
A Saturday dawn fire destroyed the Yorktown Cotton Oil and Mfg plant's peanut shelling facility in Yorktown. Estimated losses exceed $50,000 with $20,000 to building and vehicle, $30,000 to machinery. Firefighters from Yorktown Cuero and Nordheim battled the blaze for about an hour. no rebuild plans announced.
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Yorktown
Chas Hoefling
Alamo Lumber Co
Joe R. Gras
W. L. Mueller
Pearl Beer
Cuero
Nordheim
John G. Kerlich
Yorktown Cotton Oil & Mfg. Company
South Texas
Kerrick
Kerlick
Board of Directors
The
Chamber of Commerce