Weathers Wins Grand Champion Calf At Scurry County Show
Elwyn Weathers a Snyder High School senior and Future Farmer won grand championship in the calf division with a Hereford heavyweight calf after first place in the heavyweight class at the Scurry County Junior Livestock Show. Other buyers paid for multiple class champions as the show concluded with a Friday barbecue and board elections.
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Elwyn Weathers
Snyder High School
Scurry County
Weathers
Angus
Billy Greene
Snyder Ffa
Greene
Gene Pate
Tom Falls
Diamond M Foundation
West Texas State Bank
Lee Watson
Snyder Parents Visit Schools During Education Week
WACIL McNAIR notes Snyder area parents toured local schools during Texas Education Week. The piece recalls how education has evolved since prewar days, with new subjects added while classic drills remain. It mentions the old blue speller and the tricky word phthistic as a nod to past spelling challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wacil McNair
Snyder Area
Snyder
Snyder Band Retains Titles At Sweetwater
The Snyder High School concert band defended championships in two divisions at the Band Festival. The 80 member ensemble won Class AAA concert playing and the all bands sight reading contest. Andrews won the marching contest and Class AA concert playing. Crockett of Odessa won Class A. Snyder, directed by Melvin Montgomery, will play at the West Texas Music Festival next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder High School
Andrews
Crockett
Odessa
Snyder Band
Melvin Montgomery
Borden Reeder Tops Exhibitors at Gail Borden Show
Gail FFA student Borden Reeder led at the Gail Borden Junior Livestock Show with grand champion Shropshire lamb and reserve champion finewool. He also claimed first in heavyweight finewool and Shropshire lambs and was named outstanding showman by judge Jack Burkhalter. Other winners included Grand champion barrow Jerry Staggs and calf champions Bor den Gray Jr. and James Telchik, with multiple awards in swine, sheep, and dairy divisions. The show drew about 75 entries and featured a bake sale by 4H and Future Homemakers clubs.
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Richard Miller
Snyder Ffa
Morris Light
Helmleigh Ffa
Greene
L. M. Hargrave
Max West
Holman Odom
Bill Eiland
Borden
Lubbock
Odessa
Barrow
Jerry Staggs
James Telchik
Hampshire
Telchik
Borden Gray, Jr
Glen Kingston
FFA
Chuck Lewis
Lewis
Norman Ledbetter
Shorty Farmer
4-H
Norman Ledbetter Maot
Steve Dennis
Lonnie Doyle
Joel Dennis
Donald
Reddell
Borden County Junior Livestock Association
Sid Reeder
Garland Doyle
Harlan Williams
Borden Gray
Borden Reeder
Donald Reddell
Bob Gray
George Sealy
Bitter Cold Sweeps Across Texas With Snow Flurries
A brisk cold front moved through Texas on Saturday bringing scattered snow flurries and freezing drizzle to the Panhandle and North Texas. Temperatures dropped sharply from 80s and 90s to the 20s and 40s as the front stretched from Texarkana to El Paso, with forecasts of more chilly readings across West Texas.
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Texas
Panhandle
Texarkana
Lufkin
San Antonio
San Angelo
el Paso
Upper South Plains
Lower
South Plains
West
Amarillo
Dalhart
Tyler
Waco
Abilene
Midland
Ten Directors Named By UF In County United Fund
The Scurry County United Fund elected 10 new directors at its annual meeting held Friday afternoon in the district courtroom. New directors Ham Hill Trigg Boren Roe Wimmer Beaver Green Mrs Blackard the Rev Cole and Dr Hartley will serve three year terms replacing last year’s one year appointees.
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Scurry County United Fund
Lyle Deffebach
Ralph Geisenhower
American Red Cross
Boy Scouts of America
Salvation Army
Girl Scouts of America
United Service Organizations
Scurry County Youth Center
West Texas Boys Ranch
American Heart Association
United Fund
Ross Hemphill
Herman E. Trigg
John H. Boren
Myron H. Roe
W. H. Wimmer
Leo H. Beaver
Jake Greens
Lewis Blackard
G. M. Cole
Thomas F. Hartley
Three Candidates Named For City Council Ballot
The city election set for April 5 will list only three candidates for three vacancies. Incumbent Walter Hales seeks re-election to councilman place 5. Hollis Fields, owner of Snyder Steam Laundry, is unopposed for place 1. G W Parks, co owner of Snyder Meat Co, runs for place 3. City secretary Charles Duckworth said no other residents expressed interest.
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Walter Hales
Hollis Fields
Snyder Steam Laundry & Dry Cleaners
Eugene Harper
Pal-O-Mar Cartel
Snyder
G. W. Parks
Snyder Meat Co
C. N. von Roeder
Charles Duckworth
Weather Outlook for West and East Texas
West Texas sees mostly cloudy skies with continued cold conditions. East Texas experiences cloudy to much colder weather Sunday with a shift to partly cloudy and cooler Monday and coastal winds easing Monday.
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West Texas
East Texas
Snyder Students Sweep VIC District Posts At Convention
Snyder hosts the District 5 Vocational Industrial Clubs of Texas event with Don Etheredge elected president and Dwayne Norris named vice president for 1955. The convention featured officer elections and more than 100 delegates competing in trades contests from El Paso to Snyder. Bunny Seifert of Sweetwater won the district sweetheart contest by three votes over Betty Scoggins of Odessa. Garland De Loach of Snyder won in parliamentary procedure while Snyder clubs led in opening and closing ceremonies.
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Snyder
Dwayne Norris
Don Etheredge
West Texas
Vocational Industrial Club
Bunny Seifert
Sweetwater
Lee Watson
Vocational Industrial Clubs of Texas
Snyder Industrial Cooperative Training
J. C. Jackson
el Paso
Abilene
Big Spring
Odessa
McCamey
Lamesa
Snyder Club
Garland de Loach
Indictments Predicted in Giles Veterans Land Case
Atty. Gen. John Ben Shepperd predicted further indictments of Bascom Giles former Texas land commissioner after Giles and Brady dealer B R Sheffield faced charges of conspiring to steal 83500 from the state in a Dimmit County veterans land deal. L V Ruffin also faced theft charges. bonds posted.
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Austin
Bascom Giles
Atty
John Ben Shepperd
Giles
Texas
Dimmit
San Antonio
Bexar County
Grand Jury
Shepperd
Travis County
Veterans Land Board
Allan Shivers
J. Earl Rudder
Brady
Rudder
Shivers
Husky
T. O. Lang
Rogan B. Giles
C. C. Small Sr
Small
J. Harris Gardner
of Texas
Dimmit County
L. V. Ruffin
Sheffield
Ruffin
Travis County Grand Jury
Veterans Land Program
School Land Board
Tidelands
Veterans Land Section
General Land Office
New Southeast Snyder traffic pattern set for next summer
The paper notes a newly approved traffic pattern southeast of Snyder to be built next summer amid ongoing discussions. Also mentioned are state stock promotion laws, the West Texas Music Festival, vocational clubs district meeting, Scurry County Junior Livestock Show winners, Tiger baseball loss to Midland, and Colorado City top in practice track and field.
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Snyder
Vocational Industrial Clubs District
Scurry County
What is a Lutheran Different views of faith and practice explained
Editor G Elson Ruff introduces Lutheran origins with Martin Luther's 1517 reform protest against indulgences. He outlines core creed: faith in Christ brings forgiveness and new life, Scripture as living Word, and salvation through faith not works. Lutherans stress belief shaping life.
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G. Elson Ruff
Martin Luther
Luther
God
Bell Says He Got Legal Fee From Veterans Land Deal
Texas Representative John Bell says the $3,500 from promoter T J McLarty was for legal services in a veterans land deal worth $177,510. He states no law or moral code was violated and plans to testify before Senate and House committees.
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Washington
United States
John Bell
Texas
South Texas
T.J. McLarty
McLarty
Bell
Senate
House
Annexation Aims on City Council Agenda
The Snyder city council will consider annexing Bootheland and Bootheland West additions after a petition for annexation was filed, while a protest petition was submitted with few signatures. The meeting also includes an electrical ordinance proposal and a discussion on buying a sanitation department truck and packer body to serve three routes.
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Bootheland
Bootheland West
Sanitation
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McCormick & Sons, Inc
Snyder National Bank
Lamb Chevrolet
Barrow Furniture Co
Gail
Barrows Hampshires
J. O. Creighton
Don Dodd
Kenneth Williams
Larry Doyle
Lloyd Ramsey
Duroes
Bill Buchanan
Harold Steadman
Bob Buchanan
Wilson Walker
Chester Whites
Jerry Reddell
IOWS
Poland
China
Lucy Fulller
Duroc
Hampshires
LAMBS
Finewool
Larry Reeder
Taylor Rudd
Dennis
Meeen Reeder
Donald Redell
Shorty
Jerry
The
Associated Press
VIC
Gilgs
B. R. Sheffield
Brady Land
53Rd District Court
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