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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
10
A columnist recalls seven inches of rain on area farms, discusses county lawsuits and a gubernatorial document, muses on lawyers and public service, praises a local child, and weighs plans for a dam, a community center, roads, and a Junior Chamber of Commerce push in the Panhandle.
A fragmentary note references Evelyn Doolen of Childress arriving in Wellington on Monday for an Ada reading.
Texas A and M College Extension Service director H H Williamson reports national 4-H enrolment reached 1 286 020 for the year with Texas adding about 28 780 members. He notes the program builds rural leadership and farm home skills among youths ages 10 to 21, sponsored by the college and USDA.
Clifford B. Jones new president of Texas Technological College voices interest in a cheaper method to remove mesquite growth on West Texas ranches. He notes mesquite hinders cattle work and grass growth, worsened by prairie dog reduction, and cites kerosene use as possible but imperfect. A practical economical plan is sought.
The new 84 inch Texas telescope atop a desert peak near Alpine will join Chicago and Texas universities to study white dwarfs and interstellar gas. It aims to photograph nebulae and measure degenerate matter while mapping mass distributions in the Milky Way and beyond. The May 1 dedication includes a symposium with 15 leading astronomers.
LAS ANIMAS Colo. The river flowing into the Arkansas near here is commonly called the Picket Wire, but its full name is El Rio de las Animas Peridas en Purgatorio The river of the souls lost in purgatory. Early Spanish maps show the longer title.
In College Station H H Williamson of the Texas A&M College Extension Service reports a definite morale lift among Texas farmers the first since 1930. He notes reluctance over 20 cent cotton yet a growing willingness to study economic conditions and act, with Extension agents expanding demonstrations and land use planning to build sound farm enterprises. The plan aims to further educate and prepare farm and ranch families for future challenges.
Gertrude Blodigova, a Czech foreign exchange student at Texas State College for Women, recalls leaving Czechoslovakia as rapid changes unfold and notes she learned English in four months after two months in New York. She plans to stay another year in the United States.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Mayfield and Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Mayfield and Mr. and Mrs. Horace Jones of Bhair Oklahoma visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Nowlin.
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