Ragtown Named After Yellow Waters at Wild Horse Lake
On the High Plains near Wild Horse Lake the early settlement earned the rough name Ragtown as hunters and cowboys eyed the area. Oneida and Amarillo were considered titles as the town grew, its saffron lake and painted buildings signaling budding identity and ambition. The region drew settlers and the community's name evolved into a sleek Amarillo bearing the new sobriquet.
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Wild Horse Lake
High Plains
Ragtown
Oneida
Amarillo
Salt Caverns of Kleer Mine Reach Into Vast Underground
The article tours Morton Salt’s Kleer Mine near Grand Saline describing a 700-foot elevator shaft and mile-wide cavern corridors where salt is lifted and processed. Visitors view massive rooms, conveyors, shuttles, and a staffed safety station as miners drill and load salt for shipment. The piece notes the mine’s history dating back to Jordan’s 1845 Salt operation and Morton’s 1929 shaft, underscoring the scale and significance of salt production.
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Rockies
Sierras
Grand Saline
Adance
Kleer
Buchanan
Reid Lesser
John Jordan
Nacogdoches
Jordan
Morton
Miss Venable To Help Direct Center Activity
Miss Mary Venable will serve as assistant director of Louey Migel Center for Older People for four weeks while Charles Roeder is away at ROTC summer training at Webb Air Force Base in Big Spring. Ceramic class meets Monday at 2 p m for special designs.
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Mary Venable
Louey Migel Center
Charles Roeder
Webb Air Force Base
Big Spring
Patsy Weeks
Red Cross Gray
Reed's Florist
Baylor Professor Joins Vanderbilt Evolution Institute
Herbert C. Robbins of Baylor University biology department, a veteran instructor at Belmont College and Vanderbilt, will join three college teachers at the summer evolution institute in vascular plants opening Monday at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Robbins earned a BS from Union University and an MA from George Peabody College. He resides at 4008 North Twenty fourth Street.
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Herbert C. Robbins
Baylor University
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Tenn
Robbins
Belmont College
Vanderbilt
Baylor
Union University
George Peabody College
North
Twenty-fourth Street
Baylor Food Service Director Attends Temple Seminar
Hamilton Miller of 3420 Brook Circle, director of Slater Food Service at Baylor, attends a campus food service managers seminar this week at Temple University in Philadelphia. He joins sessions on nutrition, menu planning, student food preferences, management methods, and purchasing techniques as Slater Food Service serves Baylor Student Union cafe.
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Hamilton Miller
Brook Circle
Temple University
Philadelphia
Miller
Slater Food Service
Baylor University
Baylor
Aries to Pisces Horoscope Forecast by Sydney Omarr
Astrological forecast notes Full Moon influences for each sign with emphasis on ambition empathy luck and communication. General tendencies urge balance between business and pleasure and highlight Capricorn at a peak cycle with caution against dampening others plans. If June 18 birthday, artistic temperament suited for arts and drama.
Waco Student Earns Scholastic Citation at Kemper
Boonville Missouri Kemper Military School honors Robert W. Steakley III at the 11th annual commencement with a scholastic citation for consistent achievement in economic history and zoology. He is a first year student from Waco, Texas, son of Mr and Mrs Robert W Steakley Jr.
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Boonville
Robert W. Steakley III
Robert W. Steakley Jr
Braemar
Waco
Kemper Military School
Steakley
Kemper
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Rock's Cliffs
ED Syers
Bill Buchanan
Morton Salt
Rindown
Buchanan Jy
Paint Rock
San Angelo
UCLA
DEA
Integrip
Ath and Franklin
Plaza
Miss Venable
Baylor Biology
Baylor Food Service
Pais
E.D
Cook
Sportsman's Fold
Erette
Kentile
Gray
Redwood
Burns Torch Puef
ICE
Rach
Luau
Austin Ave
By Sydney Omarr
Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Leo
Zied
VIRGO
Sagittarius
Ricorn
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