Rockdale Residents Attend Local Basketball Tourneys
Rockdale residents joined regional hoops events as local families and students traveled to area games and tournaments. The community notes include quilting club activities, holiday visits, and multiple appearances by Stamford and Haskell residents at basketball events in Gorman Abilene Roscoe and other nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Bean
FE. E Welsh
Haskell
Lorene Raughton
James Merle Raughton
Paint Creek
Abilene
Roscoe
Don Cobb
Kevin
Stamford
Plows can cause field erosion and long-term damage
The Soil Conservation Service warns that plows can mislead by smoothing over rills and gullies after heavy rain. Water can carve cuts two to three feet deep, enlarging eroded zones and increasing future costs. Prompt action with practices like diversion terraces and greased waterways is advised, with local help from the Anson Soil Conservation Service Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mussman
Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation Service Office
Anson
Cotton bale sells for 1 dollar a pound in Dallas
A 507 pound bale of cotton brought 1.00 per pound in Dallas as the West Texas Rehabilitation Center fundraiser Cotton Round-Up benefited from the sale. Propst of Anson co chaired, with Elmer Martin of Colorado City, buyer was Raymond V. Cooper of Starke Taylor and Son Inc. in Dallas. Ten bales were pledged from Radium gin in Jones County. Proceeds fund care at Abilene, San Angelo and Snyder campuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
West Texas
Herman A. Propst
Anson
Elmer Martin
Colorado City
Raymond V. Cooper
Starke Taylor and Son Inc
Propst
Jones County
Maedgen Rainwater
Propst. Martin
Hale Farm Supply
Haskell
Chub Richards
Stamford
J. B. Adams
Childress
Max von Roeder
Snyder
Abilene
San Angelo
Tarleton State University winter commencement honors Stamford graduate
Degrees were awarded to 155 undergraduates and 46 graduates at Tarleton State University winter commencement on December 16. TSU president Dr. W. O. Trogdon delivered the address after Dr. Rod O’Conner of Texas A&M University was weathered in at Waco. Among recipients was Robert Curtis Carpenter of Stamford, earning a bachelor of business administration in business administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Tarleton State University
TSU
W. O Trogdon
Rod O'Conner
Texas A&m University
Waco
College Station
Stephenville
Robert Curtis Carpenter
Bell states holiday rates on Christmas
Southwestern Bell urges Texans to call during non peak hours between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m to save time and money during the Christmas travel period. Customers may dial calls direct using One-Plus, per Sam Ogletree, district manager in Abilene. Holiday long distance rates run from a.m until 11 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Southwestern Bell
Sam Ogletree
Abilene
Christmas Day calls to reach a 1.9 million Texas total
Ogletree notes customers will make a record 1.9 million long distance calls in Texas and 36 million nationwide on Christmas Day amid a busy telecom period. A cotton marketing specialist from Texas A&M outlines strategies to maximize returns on a bumper U S crop, urging selling now to avoid storage costs and leveraging loan programs. The piece also ambiguously references Anne Franklin Mecury as Americas’ first female newspaper editor in Newport, New Jersey, 1762-1763.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Ogletree
Americas
Benjamin Franklin
Anne Frankin
Newport
R. J
Mecury
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Rockdale
RH. Cobb
Skyview
Gene Shephard
van Nuys
Calif
Mmes
Ollie Wilson
T Cc Ferrell
C. G. Raughton
W.O. McKeever
Lawrence Ekdahl
Leo McKeever
R.H. Cobb
William Chandler
Gorman
Burl Bunkley
Glen Cobb
Jay Newcomb
Cliff House
Orient Street Church of Christ, Stamford
Wayne Ekdahl
Wayne
Royce Ekdahl
Ricky
Tracy
Lubbock
Lori Medford
Raughton
C. G Raughton
McCaulley
Kenny Mac Riley
Hermleigh
Stead
Louis
Bell
U. S
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University System
Commodity Credit Corp
James Wade
Bill Reed Distributing Co
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