New Slow Speed Law Hits Texas Roads
Col Homer Garrison Jr, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, announced the slow speed statute effective August 28 makes driving slower than normal to impede traffic a violation. He said officers may warn drivers first under the law and traffic zones may set minimum speeds to curb congestion.
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Austin
Homer Garrison Jr
Texan Department of Public Safety
Garrison
PPS
Texas Department of Public Safety
Tex Tech Aug commencement lists hundreds of candidates
Tex as Tech at Lubbock announces Aug 8 commencement with Lt. Gov. Triton Smith delivering the principal address at 7 15 p m. Among graduates are Donna Marcel Knight seeking a bachelor of home economics degree and William M Dorfey Jr for a bachelor of agriculture with animal husbandry, plus Jimmy Marvin Thompson aiming for a bachelor of science in civil engineering.
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Colingsworth
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Triton Smith
Donna Marcel Knight
Traditon
A. Y. Lowrie
William M. Dorfey Jr
Merritt Dorfey
Loco
Jimmy Marvin Thompson
Wellington
Laren Thompson
Texas Prison Rodeo Slated in Huntville October
The 42nd Annual Texas Prison Rodeo in Huntsville features four October Sunday performances with inmate rodeo contests and four celebrity guests. Minnie Pearl returns October 2 and 8, Eddie Anderson and Jack Benny linked stars appear, Wagon Train actor Terry Whitton performs October 13, Dizzy Dean headlines finale with Linda Loftis also appearing weekly.
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Huntsville
Texas
Huntaville
Austem
Minnie Peart
Grand Ole Opera
Eddie Anderson
Jack Benny
Rochester
Terry Witton
Bill Hawk
Dizzy Dean
Linda Loftis
Fort Worth
Lela High School hires Alf Thomas for science and history
Alf Thomas named to teach science and history at Lela High School this year. He and his family moved from Lubbock after attending Texas Tech. Thomas is the son of Mr and Mrs Zack Theamas and was an agricultural education major in college. His wife Geneva White was a substitute teacher at Beta and previously in Hedley. They have a seven month old daughter Yoneda. Local residents Rev Elmo Histwell and Mrs Tom Harwell of Wichita Falls visited the family Friday.
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Will
Contrute
Tech
Clarendon
Onoard Lutdwek
Christian Thor
Thormas
Ceneva Whete
Bir
Oboe White
Athe
Beta
Tan Int Hedley
Seveh Armoritts Wid
Ba Yoneda
Oil and Gas Transfers From Bowie to Shell Oil Co
Commerce Trust Co and others under Eleanora Goodman trust convey four parcels to Shell Oil Co. J M Strong Jr and wife transfer 1246 area in SW quarter section 88. First National Bank Bowie transfers half section 84 to Shell. Leases released and assignments recorded: Lander Cullum Jr to Chester Hires. J H Riggs to M J Hitchcock. W R McClelland to M J Hitchcock. J H Riggs to M J Hitchcock 10 acres. W R waection 7 block 15. sections 17 block 15 and associated parcels in 86? region.
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W. R. McClelland
M. J. Hitchcock
W. R McClelland
Tindison High elects junior senior class officers
The combined junior and senior classes of Tindison High elected Edith Lemons president on August 20. Mary Buchanan was chosen vice president and Jan Gulley secretary. Lonnie Robertson and spouse were named class parents, with Bill Lackey as sponsor. The first class trip will be to the Tee Capades in Amarilla during the Tri-State Fair.
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Tindison High School
Edith Lemons
Mary Buchanan
Jan Gulley
Lonnie Roberson
Bill Lackey
Amarilla
Former City Man Here on Vacation
A former Wellington man R W Dickey of Dallas stopped here briefly on Wednesday August 21 to see if he could reconnect with friends from 1926. His wife and daughter Nell Tay joined him on a trip home from a visit to Big Bend National Park and nearby areas in Mexico. Dickey, son of the late D D Dickey buried locally, recalled teen years working at Rinito Theatre and Cochran Drug and has sold cars in Dallas since 1991 with Earl Hayes Chevrolet Co. He seeks letters at 342 Statler Prive Mesquite. Mrs Jessie Swirers of Canadian visited her aunt Mr and Mrs W D Aldridge.
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Wellington
R. W. Dickey
Dallas
Nell Tay
Big Bend National Park
Mexico
Dickey
D. D. Dickey
Rinito Theatre
Cochran Drug
Earl Hayes Chevrolet Co
Statler Prive
Registered Herefords Sold At Dodson Breeders Sale
The Americas Hereford Association announced this week a sale of eight registered Hereford animals to Collinesworth breeders. Ben Barst reported one horned Hereford bull and four horned Hereford cows sold to H N Small RJ Helisrd. O s n Farris Dersthen Farris and Barry Farris of Dodson each bought a registered horned Hereford cow.
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Collinesworth Breeders
Torwuch
Americas Hereford Association
Ben Barst
H. NM. Small
Garcia Receives M.Ed. Degree in Agriculture
Danny Luis Garcia, a vocational agriculture teacher at Wellington High School, earned a Master of Education degree in technical agriculture from Fast Texas State College Commerce on Friday, August 23, as one of 259 graduates.
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Danny Luis Garcia
Wellington High School
Fast Texas State College, Commerce
Mrs Jones to Cancer Meeting Extract Text
Fragmentary note shows Mrs Jones linked to a cancer meeting and a place. Reading is unclear but references a pupil group and a vague local context. No clear date, location, or outcome is discernible from the readable portions of the source.
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Mrs. Jones
Brother of Mrs Tubal Cain Dies
Brief obituary notes the death of the brother of Mrs Tubal Cain, with sparse details and survivors not fully listed, reflecting limited readable content from the clipped notice.
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Tubal Cain
Society should be carried out through the shacks
A brief note argues that social effort or reform should reach the housing shacks as the core locus of community welfare, stressing practical improvements for residents living in makeshift dwellings. It emphasizes tangible aid and localized action over broad policy reforms.
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