Allen Champion of Golf Tourney Sunday
Charles Allen won Wellington's largest golf tournament to date at Marian Air Park Municipal Course on Sunday afternoon August 11. Billy Ray Long was runner up. Jones Singley won the consolation trophy. Winners were named in three flights with special awards. Dilly Brat team won flight one, R. Templeton flight two, Robert Lewis flight three. Singley earned lowest score with 34. Elvis Crawley won a set of clubs for most strokes to win, while J B Oney and Charles Allen earned clubs for fewest strokes. Henry Sullivan directed the event.
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Charles Allen
Wellington
Marian Airpark
Billy Ray Long
Jones Singley
Dilly Brattea m
J. J. Oney
Sambo Morris
R. J. Templeton
Badge Duncan
Fred Saied
Consol
Ation
Robert Lewis
Lynn Wright
Earl Clark
Elvis Crawley
City State Bank
Wellington State Bank
J. B. Oney
Henry Sullivan
Lost Pines of Central Texas Mystify Naturalists
College Station reports the Lost Pines of Central Texas as a naturalist mystery. Forester Bill Smith notes isolated groves in Caldwell, Colorado, and Payette counties with 85 inch rainfall, suggesting ancient climatic shifts or soil with high water holding capacity allowed their survival and reseeding.
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Texas
Trered
Austin
Smith
Farm fires set record losses in 1962 nationwide
Farm fire losses across the United States reached a record $175 million in 1962, per USDA Economic Research Service estimates from a 226-farmer sample and 27 state mutual companies. Total insured fire and lightning losses ran about $16.9 million for 1962, with buildings and contents making up 8 percent of payouts and livestock losses largely lightning related.
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College Station
US Department of Agriculture
USDA
Economic Research Service
Crup
4 H Club Guided by Extension Service Leaders
4 H Club is an organized group of young people carrying on educational projects and activities under the guidance of the Cooperative Extension Service and a volunteer local leader.
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Cooperative Extension Service
Ash Leasler
Langford joins High Plains staff as assistant agronomist
Loyd Langford, native of Colligsworth county, joins High Plains Research Foundation as assistant agronomist. He earned a BS in general agriculture from West Texas State College in May and will assist Delbert Langford in crop and fertilizer research. Loyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Langford, has farmed near Quail and Wellington and studied at Clarendon Junior College.
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Loyd Langford
Colligsworth County
High Plains Research Foundation
Langford
West Texas State College
Delbert Langford
Loyd
Delbert
Quail
Wellington
Clarendon Junior College
Henry Langford
Lillie
Norwood Teachers Meet Friday Morning
Norwood faculty of Sumnorwood schools will gather Friday at 8 am for a meeting announced by Vine Cunningham. The school reopens Monday August 19. Attorney General Carr states a new bill by Rep. Forrest Harding grants the State Highway Commission power to raise speed limits to 70 mph and to set minimum limits on controlled access highways inside or outside city limits, overriding city ordinances.
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Sumnorwood
Orvine Cunningham
Carr
Forrest Harding
San Angelo
State Highway Commission
Better Harvesting Leaflet Tells How To Get More Quality Lint
A USDA publication Preserving Quality of Mechanically Harvested Cotton stresses careful management for top quality lint and seed. It covers cultural practices, defoliation, harvester operation, and trailer tending, and urges consulting state stations for variety and pest guidance. Call for copies from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington DC.
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College Station
US Department of Agriculture
B. G. Reeves
Spe
Hickeys to Glorietta New Mexico on Vacation
Dr and Mrs Glenn Hickey and son Danny depart Tuesday August 18 for a brief trip through August 21 to New Mexico. They are joined by three Royal Ambassadors boys James Howard Jones Ronnie Roberts and Clyde Harper who earned the trip via scripture memory work. The group will camp in Cimarron and Hezze Jones will pick up the boys there. The Hickeys plan to attend the Foreign Mission Week at the Southern Baptist Assembly in Glorietta starting August 15.
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Glenn Hickey
Danny
New Mexico
Royal Ambassadors
James Howard Jones
Ronnie Roberts
Clyde Harper
Cimarron
Hezze Jones
Hickey S
Southern Baptist Assembly
Glorietta
N.M
Garden Valley Reunion in Childress There Aug. 26
A Garden Valley community reunion will be held in the Women s Department Club in Childress on Sunday August 26. Registration starts at 10 4m. Attendees should bring basket lunches. An afternoon business session will follow. All former residents are urged to attend.
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Garden Valley Community
Women's Department Club
Childress
Dozier News Highlights Rural Greetings and Local Visits
Max Weaver of Silverton tours Colorado with his sister and relatives, visiting Royal Gorge Pikes Peak and Colorado Springs while reporting daily rain. Neal Fancher of Amarillo visits Wood Coleman and Worth Shielda n family. Happenings include Shamrock hospital updates for Jack Stembridge and Buck Breeding, plus 4 H Club emblem meaning.
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Max Weaver
Silverton
Mra
Doug Coleman
Richard Bentley
Rickey
Mikeal
Colorado
Royal Gorge
Pikes Peak
Colorado Springs
Neal Fancher
Amarillo
Wood Coleman
Worth Shieldan
Mary
H. Canerton
Carroll Nunnelley
Lynna Diane
Roy Hoffman
Dal‘hart
Jack Stembridge
Shamrock
Buck
Appointment of Orville E. Howard as Southwest Record Stockman editor
Orville E. Howard, former Globe News farm and ranch editor in Amarillo, was named Southwest News Editor for the Southwest Record Stockman. He will base at 601 NW 8th Ave, Amarillo, with the weekly livestock paper serving Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. first Southwest edition slated Aug. 22. Ed Meacham will join as full-time southwest field visitor, headquartered in Amarillo. Denver staff assist includes Ross Miller and Parley Jansen.
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Amarillo
Orville E. Howard
The
Globe News
Southwest News
New Southwest Record Stockman
Harry Green, Jr
Howard
Southwest Record Stockman
8Th Ave
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Record Stockman
Denver
First Southwest
Ed Meacham
Southwest
Denver Offier
Ross Miller
Don Bbega
Southwestern Livestock
Parley Jansen
New Mexico Stockman
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Hiram Cudd
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Ben Franklin
High Plains Station
Norwood
Cialist
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Office of Information
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
D.C
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Harper
North Dakota
South Dakota
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LaVern McLain
West Leans Utilities Company
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