State Library chief lauds Hardin Polk Tyler multi county unit
State Library head Dr. Dorman H. Winfrey praises the Wardin Polk Tyler system serving about 47 000 people for rapid growth. August circulation hits 14 088 up from June 11 351 and 1961 5392. Allan Shivers Memorial Library near finish in Woodville to house regional museum and historic items.
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State Library
ulti-County
Hardin
Winfrey
Charles A. Gholz
Field Services Division
Allan Shivers
Woodville
East Texas
Hardin, Polk
Tyler
Pfc Ivy O Quinn Participates In Germany Exercise
PFC Ivy R OQuinn son of Mr and Mrs Ivy P OQuinn Route 1 Silsbee participated in Exercise Lion Vert a NATO command post drill in central Europe. The 10 day exercise ended Sept 12 and featured allied air missions as it practiced communications and staff procedures among forces defending central Europe. OQuinn a mechanic with 546th Ordnance Company near Kaiserslautern entered the Army in 1962 and is a 1960 Silsbee High School graduate.
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U. S
Germany
AHTNC
Ivy R O’'Quinn
Ivy P. O’'Quinn
Route 1
Silsbee
Sith Ordnance Group
Europe
Central Europe
Allied Tactical Air Forces
O’quinn
546Th Ordnance Company
Kaiserslautern
Army
Fort Leonard Wood
Silsbee High School
Rehabilitation aims to return veterans to independent community life
The Veterans Administration rehabilitation program seeks to reintegrate disabled veterans into their communities as independent, self supporting citizens, focusing on practical help to regain work and daily living skills.
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Veterans Administration
Pine Seedling Orders Open in East Texas
Texas Forest Service announces seedling orders for 544 million slash loblolly and shortleaf pines from Indian Mound Nursery near Alto. Funds apply to reforestation windbreaks and erosion control with minimum order of 500 trees and pricing 5.50 per thousand or 6.56 per thousand depending on seedling type. shipments run Dec 15 to Feb end.
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Texas
Harold Lovell
Texas Forest Service
Indian Mound Nursery
Lovell
Indian Mound
Alto
O'Dell Enters Radar Technician Training At Fort Monmouth
Pvt John O Dell of Silsbee Texas begins a 33 week program at Fort Monmouth New Jersey in the U S Army Signal School to become a radar technician The program selects about 6600 enlisted men yearly from top overall ability and education The school focuses on operation maintenance and repair of some 40 electronic systems and offers meteorology and photography courses The article notes most students are high school graduates and many have started college or engineering studies
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Fort Monmouth
N. J
John E. O'Dell
Route 2, Silsbee
U. S Army Signal School
L. E. O’dell
Silsbee
Silsbee High School
Barbara A. King of
Signal School
Army
Handley undergoes eye surgery in Houston
J. C. Handley of Tyler and former Silsbee resident reports returning home after eye surgery at Methodist Hospital in Houston. He is doing fine but may miss the old timers meeting in Silsbee this year though he remains hopeful.
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J. C. Handley
Tyler
Silsbee
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Veterans Administration Disburses 170000 Burial Flags Yearly
The Veterans Administration funds and distributes burial flags on an annual basis, totaling 170000 flags to accompany veteran funerals and memorial ceremonies nationwide.
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Veterans Administration
Ditch Built by Mission Priests Near San Antonio Still Serves Irrigation
A historic irrigation ditch in San Antonio constructed by mission priests over two centuries ago continues to convey water for farming, illustrating early colonial waterworks and enduring agricultural use in Texas.
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San Antonio
Texas
New Mormon Elder Arrives in Silsbee
Elder Arthur Bigler of Heber Arizona arrives in Silsbee to begin a two year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He joins Elder Lael Reed from Ogden Utah already serving in Silsbee. They invite local residents to attend Sunday services at 10 30 a m and 6 30 p m.
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Arthur Bigler
Heber, Ariz
Silsbee
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Bigler
Church
Texas
McAllen
Lael Reed
Ogden
Utah
Reed
The GI Bill Historically Expanded Benefits and VA Oversight
The article notes the three key provisions of the 1944 GI Bill education and training readjustment allowances and GI loans, with only the GI Loan program remaining actively supervised by the Veterans Administration today.
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Veterans Administration
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Colt .45
NEW York Mets
Pearl Beer
American Tobacco Co
Schick
Lis P.m
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S. A. Wallace
W. P. McGarahan
Bill Spillar
Pfc
Ivy O'Quinn
Elmore Insurance Agency
Britton- Cravens Ins
County Agricultural Agents
ASCS
Soil Conservation District
Pvt
John O'Dell
Jess Handley
Minute Western Auto Associate
Rodeo Ticket Office
Huntsville
Linda Lap Lens Tomes
Arbo
New Yorker
QUR
Newport
Chrysler
Chrysler Victors Corporation
Northouth Street
Simmons Motor Company
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