Wellington area to glow with Christmas decorations
The Wellington town Christmas program will brighten storefronts as firms decorate for the season. Business leaders urge continued advertising, noting that a well lit town draws shoppers and boosts merchants. Local goals include courthouse decorations and coordinated efforts by the Business & Professional Women.
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Welington
Bura Handay
Jie
Wellington
Childress
Memphis
Shamrock
Christie
Rose Bowl boycott voice echoes from Texas town
A heated letter decries invitations to the Rose Bowl and praises a local Texas team, urging fans to boycott Pasadena events. The writer foresees grim days for towns like Shamrock and Amarillo, predicts future disillusionment, and celebrates a stellar local cohort.
Allred Proclaims Christmas Seal Sale Campaign
Governor James Y Allred proclaims the annual Christmas Seals sale to fund tuberculosis associations at national state and local levels. The sale runs from November 25 1938 to early 1939 with urged public support to aid eradication efforts.
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Allred
Austin
James
National Tuberculosis Association
James Y. Allred
State of
Texas
Donley Farmer Praises Erosion Resisting Crops
J H Alexander owner of a 267 acre farm south of Hedley in Donley County advocates erosion resisting grain sorghums in strip cropping with cotton. He built terraces and uses sheep feeding to add value to grain, marketing through livestock to boost profits and plans to continue the system.
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Memphis
Texas
J. H. Alexander
Hedley
Donley County
Alexander
Texas Panhandle
Aleaander
Nts
Soft Conservation Service
Alexander Maya
Mr. Alexander
Hollywood Stars Area of Texas University Alumni
Austin report lists Hollywood actors who studied at the University of Texas including John Boles Helen Vinson Jeannette Allen Adrienne Ames Tex Ritter Corinne Griffith Smith Ballew and Mary Tom Blackwood. Brief notes cover birthplaces years attended and later film career paths.
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Helen Ruffs
Beaumont
Adrienne Ames
Jeannette Florence Allen
University of Texas
Camus
Cactus
Fort Worth
Eureka Springs
Ark
Temple
Corinne Griffith
United Artists’ Star
Ex-Students’ Association of the
Corinne Griffin
Mineral Wells
Hollywood
Mary Tom Blackwood
Alexandria
University of Southern California
Texas
Fox
Singing Announced For Fresno Church Sunday December 4
Announcement of the regular singing at Fresno Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon December 4 was made. All singers are urged to attend and the public is invited. The singing will begin at 2 30 oclock.
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Fresno Methodist Church
Women Now Rule Lost Tribe Of Apache Indians
Dr. Helge Ingstad reports seeing five adults and a baby among the Apache band that fled to the Sierra Madre after Geronimo’s 1886 surrender. He notes the group is led by a woman and suggests contact with civilization has been negligible for decades. The piece also lists Thanksgiving visitors and a local dental ad.
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Douglas
Aziz
Geronimo
Helge Ingstad
Sierra Madre Mountains
Mexico
Ingstad
Blight Resistant Milo Set to Replace Old Texas Strain
Texas A&M Extension predicts that a blight resistant mile seed will replace the old milo strain in Texas within two years. About two million pounds will be marketed by growers next spring, with 600 farmers across 52 counties contributing a million pounds. Demonstrations in Lubbock, Chilliothe, and Spur showed superior yields over the old variety.
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College Station
Texas
E. A. Miller
Texas A. and M. College Extension Service
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
R. B E. Karper
Lubbock
Chillicothe
Spur
Miller
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Arne
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Berlin
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Hugh At. Wikson
Hull
Roosevelt
Donley Farmer
Hanes Winter
Hollywood Stars
Fresno
Winter
Tarzan
HANES
Hanes Ualon-Sults
Bps
Boys’ Union
Hanes Underwear
J. A. Gordon
Ike Rogers
Samnorwood
Lee Roark
Billie Lee
Patsy
John Ed
Lutie
Katherine Jolly
John Morris
K. McGoodwin
Ardmore
Oklo
Lete
Leto
Palace Drug Store
Adv
David Statlex
Memphis, Tenn
Toggery
R. M. Horn
THOR
Sunkist
Armour
Pride
Pure Maid
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