Royalty Crowned at Paint Creek Harvest Festival
Paint Creek High School held a harvest festival crowned by two queens Arvie Bergstrom served as prime minister for the coronation Alice Louise Early high school queen and Dorothy Coleman grade school queen were chosen by popular vote Alice Louise Early daughter of Mr and Mrs Brooke Early crowned by escort H W Wright Dorothy Coleman daughter of Mr and Mrs Ira Coleman crowned by escort Danny Simpson They represented the junior and sixth grade respectively A piano piece accompanied by William Overton and a choir of junior and senior girls A home making class style show a Love skit and travel films plus games booths and a puppet show Also a long list of class queen representatives from grades one through senior with numerous names and pairs announced
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Paint Creek High School
Arvie Bergstrom
Alice Louise Early
Dorothy Coleman
Alice Louise
Brooke Early
H. W. Wright
H. Patterson
Dorothy
Ira Coleman
Danny Simpson
L. H. Simpson
William Overton
Roberta Jones
Marlene Wats
Margaret Fletcher
Solda ClVoway
Marilyn Fischer
Janice Menier
Carolyn Cook
Peggy Howell
Gayle Brown
Sue Watson
Barbara Grand
Delores Pustejovsky
Irene Ballard
Santa Letters From Stamford Children
A 1956 Stamford American page collects Christmas wish requests from local children. Messages ask for items including a tricycle, dolls, candy, fruit, nuts, and family gifts such as a doll bed and iron. Names include Billy Frank Green Brenda Griffith Terry Walton Larry Walton Gary London and the Paint Creek community.
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Santa
Paint Creek
Brenda Griffith
Larry
Love
Terry Walton
Joseph Foster Wins ROTC Academic Honor
Joseph Tolt RoR a junior liberal arts student at the University of Te Stamford earns ROTC academic honor for top ten percent in air science and at least a C average in other courses. He is the son of Mrs. Sarah Wheeler Foster of Stamford Inn.
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Versity of
Stamford
Force Rotc
Foster
Sarah Wheeler Foster
Stamford Inn
On-The-Job Accidents Toll in 1955 Rising
1955 saw 14 200 lives lost to on the job accidents with 3 700 of them on farms according to new statistics.
Consolidation trend reaches agriculture with bigger Texas farms
The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research notes a shift to larger farms in Texas as small units are absorbed. From 1950 to 1954 the number of farms fell 12 percent while total cultivated land rose 4 percent, lifting average farm size from 438.5 to 498.5 acres. Beef cattle progress and pregnancy tests are also summarized in Progress Report 1899 from Balmorhea.
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Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
James Keader
Bureau ‘Ung
Texas Business Review
Balmortiea
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Agricultural Information Office
College Station
Also Mentioned on This Page
Europe
Ricky Perry
Jay Bergstrom
Bob Earles
Linda Bean
Ronnie Medford
Patricia Medford
Danny Thane
Carolyn Carlton
Edwin Livengood
Belva Jones
Mike Overton
Jean Griffith
Mike Shaw
Linda Medford
Eddie
Shanafelt
Delores Thane
Roy Pietrick
Martha Sephens
Fred Selby
Alice Early
King
FFA
Santa Letters
Billy Frank Green
Larry Walton
Gary London
Home Builders
Hamlin Sand & Gravel Coo., Inc
RFD
Hager Feed‘ Mill
Joseph Foster
Joseph Tolt
Ver
Keahey
Felt Basie
Bugs
West Mcharg
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