Once-Doomed State Forests Boast Timber Abundance
Texas Forest Service marks its 50th anniversary noting a shift from feared depletion to an abundant timber supply. The agency grew from eight employees in 1916 to over 300 with eight districts and four state forests. It coordinates fire control, forest management, and research, boosting wood product industries and seedling programs across 12.5 million acres of piney woods.
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Texas Forest Service
Lufkin
Texas Forest Fire Protection and Control
Texas Piney Woods
A. D. Folweiler
Folweiler
Siecke State Forest
Kirbyville
Newton County
Texas’ Forest Service
Texas A&m System
Cudlipp Forestry Center
College Station
Linden
Henderson
Woodville
Conroe
Newton
Montgomery
Tyler
Cherokee
Texas
Carol Burnett Musical Fade Out Fade In heads to theaters
The Broadway musical Fade Out Fade In, recently closed, will be shown nationwide in Electronovision theaters. Carol Burnett stars in the color filmed production, following Electronovision’s prior Hamlet exhibit with Richard Burton.
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New York
Carol Burnett
Singer To Work Broadway And Opera
New York operatic baritone George London will split next season between Broadway and classical repertoire. By arrangement with sponsors of Anya, a musical version of Anastasia, he will debut on the musical comedy stage and appear in at least four Metropolitan Opera performances. He will warm up this summer by singing four operas at the Bayreuth Festival.
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New York
George
London
Broadway
Anya
Anastasia
Metropolitan Opera
Griffiths Operate Eds Grocery in Snyder
Eds Sunshine Grocery on East 37th owned by W. E. and Mabel Griffith. They celebrate their 5th anniversary in business this month. W. E. from Burleson County moved to Snyder in 1926.
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Sunshine
East 37Th
W. E
Mabel Griffith
Burleson County
Snyder
Griffith
Scurry County
Snyder Public Schools
Wanda
Kenneth
Eugene
General Dynamics
Fort Worth
Skelly Rubber Plant
Tyler
Vanda Ives
Fort Rucker
Ala
Enco
Basque Language Mystery Noted Across France Spain Border
Language scholars note that Basque speech among people living today in the border region between France and Spain remains a linguistic puzzle with uncertain origins and classification.
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France
Spain
Scurry Butane Firm Marks 16 Years Under Houston
Scurry Butane Co located at 1012 Twenty-fifth Street celebrates 16 years under owner and manager L P Houston. Mrs Houston and three employees support the liquified petroleum gas business started in 1936 as a branch of a larger firm. Houston, a San Saba native, has 28 years in the industry.
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L. H. Hatfield
L. J. Sweet
Hatfield
Snyder
Sweetwater
Abilene
Jerry Hatfield
Howard County Junior College
L. W
Buck) Hatfield
Buck
Army
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Odessa
Scurry Butane Co
Twenty-fifth Street
L. P. Houston
Houston
San Saba
Wise County
Jerry Scrivner
Joe Rosas
Robert McCarter Limern Haan Amamlavad
Ana Wear
Scrivner
McCarter
Scurry County
Rosas
Seguin
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Bill Butler
Leroy Thrower—Tech
Mickey Burleson
Tech
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Burgess Professional
Pharmacy
Roy and
Rayburn Burgess
Roy Burgess
Mrs. Burton Tankersley
Big Spring
Florine Richter
Kkeeper
R. E. Weber Manager
Grady Sellars
Gene Pate
Jenny Garrison
Paul Garrison
Michelle Garrison
Highway
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