Lindley and Ellis Births Highlight Local Family News
Mr and Mrs G L Lindley are parents to a son Howard Wayne born August 12 at St Josephs Hospital weighing 7 pounds 9 ounces. Mr and Mrs R M Ellis announce a son Edwin Kent born August 12 at St Josephs Hospital weighing 9 pounds 4 ounces. A daughter Lulu Ruth weighing 8 pounds born to Mr and Mrs C C Colson on August 18 at home.
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G. L. Lindley
Howard Wayne
St. Joseph’s Hospital
R. M. Ellis
Edwin Kent
Lulu Ruth
C. C. Colson
Saw Daily Snippets From Town Life On Sunday and Monday
A stream of light notes sketches townsfolk and events from a Sunday to Monday stretch. Ann Ellis and Barbara Bartlett share a large umbrella on the way to work. Others mingle in shops, on sidewalks, and with neighbors amid chatter about weather, politics, and local goings on.
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Ann Ellis
Barbara Bartlett
CG. E. Caldwell
Chama
Suella Benge
Bob Benge
Alfalfa Subsidy Rules Define Commercial Seed Sales
Alfalfa growers must sell seed to recognized trade channels to qualify for the 1e per pound subsidy. County AAA office noted on August 17. Director B A Vance defines channels to include county assemblers dealers processors retailers and wholesalers. Seed sold to another farmer or given as harvest payment does not count.
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AAA
B. A. Vance
Rural crime up in Texas outpaces convictions
Director Homer Garrison of the Department of Public Safety reports rural crime in Texas rose 85.27 percent from the first half of 1944 to the first half of 1946 with major jumps in robbery 158 percent burglary 121 percent auto theft 96 percent and murder 55 percent. Convictions trail the rise as the penitentiary intake grew 31 percent over the period and city crimes rose 42 percent.
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Austin
Texas
Homer Garrison
Department of Public Safety
Garrison
Planes Used To Spray Cotton At Roaring Springs
A 400 acre patch of Ennis Moss and a smaller Roaring Springs tract owned by Mrs. Boyd Moody were sprayed with arsenic dust from a low flying airplane. Pilot FE V Boynton of Lubbock operated the plane. Lloyd Phillips of Lubbock owns the spray company. Moss reported boll weevil damage wiped out, though he says weevils hatched since.
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Boyd Moody
Roaring Springs
FE. V Boynton
Lubbock
Lloyd Phillips
Phillips
J. R. Emmons
Moss
Pension rules for World War II veterans survivors
The article details when the Veterans Administration pays pensions to widows and children or to dependent parents for deaths not caused by service. Eligibility hinges on service time, disability links, and income limits. It notes specific monthly amounts, child counts, and that parents are not paid under these terms.
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Veterans Administration
Michigan
Big Lake
National Service
Veterans Administration Office
Veterans
Sermon Topics Announced By Rev J F Mathews
The First Christian Church pastor Rev J F Mathews presents two sermons on Sunday August 26 at 11:00 a.m. with the subject A Wise Choice and at 7:00 p.m. The Ring leader.
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J. F. Mathews
First Christian Church
No photography makes us look fake says humor column
A witty reflection on how posing ruins naturel expression and how effort to look pleasant or natural backfires. The piece then jokes that no two generals are more famous than General Motors and General Electric. It warns that blocking a friend's prosperity only hinders yourself.
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General Motors
General Electric
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