Cotton marketing quotas eyed for Texas growers
Texas AAA officials expect 92 percent compliance with 1939 cotton acreage allotments and plan a 2 cent per pound tax on excess cotton. Farmers with white cards may sell without penalty, while blue and red cards trigger carryover penalties. Four-fifths of Texas cotton growers backed quotas in a regional referendum.
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College Statione
AAA
Texas
S. WN. Wolmpreen
Gete Au Redecard
Lone Mound Social Roundup of Sunday Visits
Mr and Mrs Rufus Massey and family spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Tom Poteet of Sumnerwood. Numerous locals attended gatherings across Twitty Dozier Lefors Shamrock and Wellington for church and graduations.
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Rufus Massey
Tom Poteet
Sumnerwood
M. M. Nunn
Twitty
Hutton Lynch
Jessie McCoy
Hackberry
Bill Cunningham
Dozier
Fred Purkey
W. A. Cates
Tey
Bonard
Lefors
Cara Taylor
W. M. Walker
Charley ‘ Brothers
Shamrock
J. T. van Huss
Jesse White
R. P. Wood
Claude
Earl Barber
James Gale
George Gale
Ramada
Dotler
C. R. Brown
Joe
Doris Alexander
Goldie ‘van Huss
John Doss Nunn
Vernon Sublett
Georgie
Jae van
Huss
Five County Women Planned for Home Demonstration Short Course
Five women from the county will attend the Home Demonstration Club Short Course at College Station in July. Each club will send a representative and the group named an encampment planning committee including Mrs. J. W. Masten and two others. Amy notes cover council reporter replacement and other club updates amid broader regional reforms in Switzerland’s new women and child offender code.
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Home Demonstration Club
College Station
Horn Demonstration Club Council
Margaret Moser
Miss Moser
J. W. Masten
Wayne Laycock
Hke Rogers
Jess Cook
Council
Fred Harrell
Highway Employees Attend Safety Meet At Shamrock
Wellington Texas Highway Department members met Shamrock workers in Shamrock for a joint safety meeting on Tuesday evening May 24. W I St Clair led the session focusing on accident prevention among workers and monthly safety meetings are held by each section. Attendees from Wellington included A G Godwin B A Vandiver J C Whisenant N A Brock V P Shepherd S S Melnnis R Le Tennison E W Jenkins W E McDonald W L Karns and Riley Dunson.
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Wellington
Texas Highway Department
Shamrock Group
Shamrock
W. I. St. Clair
A. G. Godwin
B. A. Vandiver
J.C. Whisenant
N. A. Brock
V. P. Shepherd
S. S. Melnnis
R. le Tennison
E. W. Jenkins
W. E. McDonald
W. L. Karns
Riley Dunson
Local Girls Honored At Recognition Day At Tech
Three county women attending Texas Technological College in Lubbock were honored at the annual Women's Recognition service. Annie Mae Curtis earned an A minus average and Phi Upsilon Omicron membership, Virginia Glenn received an A minus average, and Dorothy Margaret Forbis achieved an A minus, notable work in the Women's Self-Governing Association, and Forum membership.
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Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Annie Mae Curtis
W. T. Dickson
Quail
Phi Upsilon Omicron
Virginia Glenn
J. G. Glenn
Dorothy Margaret Forbis
John Forbis
Women's Self-Governing Association
Forum
Extension Classes Set to Open Across Four Cities
Dr Ezell, director of the Childress Extension Center, announced Texas Tech extension courses will continue next year. Education and English classes will be offered in Childress Quanah Memphis and Wellington starting in September. Over two hundred college students have earned progress toward bachelor and master degrees and teaching certificates.
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Texas Tech
de. L. B. Exell
Childress
Quanah
Memphis
Wellington
Ezell
University of Texas
Notice of Intention to Issue Road and Bridge Refunding Bonds
Notice from Collingsworth County Texas that on June 12 1939 the Commissioners Court will authorize issuing 27000 in road and bridge refunding bonds to refund 14000 1934 warrants 3000 1934 warrants and 10000 1937 warrants. Bonds bear 4 percent interest and mature by April 1 1961.
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Collingsworth County
Texas
Commissioners' Court
Collingsworth
Commissioners’ Court
County Judge Signatures Warrant Orders Adopted in Collinsworth TX
A county judge dated May 8 1959 adopts by reference orders describing warrants and makes them part of the notice. The Commissioners Court of Collinsworth County Texas authenticates the document with official signature.
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Commissioners’ Court of
Collingsworth County
Texas
Gc. C. Bishop
Callingsworth County
Insect Study by Tennessee University Scientist
A Tennessee University tomologist, Dr. Matxeovit, develops a killing insect method. The report notes progress in the field and the scientist’s role at the university, outlining potential applications and ongoing research.
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Matxeovit
The
University, of Tennessee
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