Summer Activities Abound in the County
The county offers extensive summer programs for all ages from six upward. Adults enjoy Vacation Bible Schools youth baseball and a reading program while 4 H Horse clubs Scouts Camp Fire Girls and Youth Rodeos engage youth. Teens pursue jobs and homemaking projects as churches service clubs and the Chamber promote local industry. Outdoor recreation and summer evenings provide relaxation and beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Fire
Chamber of Commerce
Builders Club
Understanding warranties and guarantees in consumer purchases
The article explains FTC oversight of warranties and guarantees, urges keeping the guarantee with the sales slip, and storing them in a designated folder. It advises buyers to ask retailers about who is liable, how long protection lasts, and to verify terms before completing purchases. It also notes adding warranties when budgeting for home renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Trade Commission
Crossroads Mailbag Satirical Shots At Tax, Crime And Youth
A letter page lampoons social issues from a NYC teen jailed for fending off a molester with a dime store gas squirter to critiques of the New Economics tax policy and moral panic. It mocks alarm over crime, government handouts, and space-age tax schemes while offering wry social commentary about youth hormones and public welfare.
Protecting Your Purchases with Warranties and Certificates
The piece warns buyers to know warranty terms to avoid costly home visits and out-of-pocket repair bills. It notes common gaps such as garage product guarantees for dishwashers color tubes TVs and autos. Manufacturers offer certificates to back quality and prompt remedies when failures occur.
Duck Egg Tract Involving Moore and Lake Austin Wildlife
At Lake Austin retiree Bob Moore keeps half a dozen white ducks that deter pests and mingle with fish and wildlife. A fisherman snagged a duck breast with a hook, a coon ate six laid eggs, and Moore set live traps that captured the thief but not the eggs. The saga ends with wary peace as he weighs how to protect his birds from intruders and anglers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Lake Austin
Project Mohole Faces Fund Cut Over Hidden Aims
The piece reports that Project Mohole aims to drill an extra deep hole in the earth and suggests a possible hidden plan for a tax office below. It notes some Congressmen threaten to cut funding, hinting at worries about Internal Revenue Service presence below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Outer Space
Internal Revenue
Heaven
Internal Revenuers
D. E. Scott
Also Mentioned on This Page
Novela
Asg
Garr
National Editorial Association
Texas Press Association
Panhandle Press Association
Wellington
Collingsworth
BIG Dollar Day
Santa Elena
Big Bend National Park
Alpine
Brewster County
Rio Grande
Mexico
U.S
National Park Concessions, Inc
Babson
By Roger W. Babson
Lone Star Gas
Crossroads Report
New York City
Great Society For
New Economics
Harvard
Duck Egg
Coon
Austin
Bob Moore
Boy Scouts of Wellington
Boy Scouts
Donald Nunnelley
City of Wellington
Golden Acres
Richardson
Paymaster
Brooks
Hall Mills
Olin Mathieson
Warrick Feed Store
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!