Harvest humor and cotton strips in West Texas tale
Melanie Oren shares a rural vignette from West Texas about harvest time. The piece blends farm life, a cotton memoir by Melinda Gandy, and lighthearted anecdotes about misunderstandings around harvesting terms, farmer humor, UFO legends, and a joke about a wife’s “stripping” during harvest.
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Tommy Hudson
Melinda Gandy
Bledsoe
Texas
Melinda
West
U.F.O
Evenin's
Faithfulness as the result of true biblical faith
The article argues that genuine faith arises from God’s word and leads to obedience. Faith only exists when one accepts God’s speech, transforming thinking and steering conduct toward obedience. Persevering faithfulness promises the Crown of life to faithful followers. Kevin Rhodes and Bowie, Wellington, Texas
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Bowie Street Church of
Chial
God
Kevin Rhodes
Wheat Harvest Gains Pace Across The County In1948
Wheat harvest surges with yields above expectations as 80 cars shipped and more grain stored. Notables include Clyde Alexander with 40 bushels per acre and Fred Cox at 30. Also reported: a Paducah man charged with assault with a motor vehicle and DUI after a highway crash that injured a Wellington family. Chamber of Commerce hosts farming banquet June 24 to strengthen town farm ties. Public notices include Salt Fork water district petitions and plans for a Salt Fork River dam.
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Adair Grain Company of
Dodson
Wellington
Salt Fork
Dozier
Clyde Alexander
Fred Cox
Loco
Paducah
James McDanel
Claude McKinney
St. Joseph's Hospital
McDanes
Cherry
Buddy
Benny
Pat
Chamber of Commerce
T. A
Tomlinson
College Station
Wellington Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Collingsworth County
Water Authority
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Childress
Smangeneth Donley & Hall Counties
TX Dept. of Protective & Regulatory Services
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Bowie, Wellington, Texas
Save the Soil and
Save Texas
West Texas
John Robert Henan
Salt Fork Soil Conservation District
Fort Worth Press
Save the Soil
Salt Fork Scd
Quanah
Hereford
Dalhart
Littlefield
Glynn Moore
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Toots Breedlove
Sam Thompson
Donald Curry
Durant McInnis
John Sherman
J. L. Harper
Harper
Sagebrush Corral
Sagebrush Arts and Crafts Association
Hubert Bowen
Cudd
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72Nd
North Fort Hood
Robert Valisant
Mechanized
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49Th Armored Division
142Nd Infantry
72Nd Infantry
Collingsworth
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Elm Creek
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Spurgeon Morgan
Swearingen
Memphis
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John Rainey
Amarillo
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Amarillo Boulevard
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Glen Taylor
Kelly Air Force Base
Taylor
San Antonio
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Austin
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