Wischkaemper Appointed Paymaster for U S Agriculture
Joe Wischkaemper of the Grue nau community near Yorktown has been named paymaster of the Bureau of Animal Industry in the U S Department of Agriculture. He will join the Hoof and Mouth Disease Control Division in Mexico City and depart soon. He is a long time Texas agricultural advocate and fluent in Spanish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wischkaemper
Gruenau
Yorktown
Bureau of Animal Industry
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Mexico City
Mr. Wischkaemper
Henry Wischkaemper
Quail
A. F. Wischkaemper
Sumnerwood
Nicholson
Wischkaemper
South Texas
Wellington Installs New Street Lights In Business District
Wellington’s postwar improvement project lights the business section with 80 foot fluted steel poles and mercury vapor and incandescent fixtures. City manager Burn Handley says residents will decide preferred type and the system runs from the square to the community building, fire station, and Highway 83 corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Burn Handley
8Th Street
Walker Todd to Lead Texas Vocational Agriculture Group
Walker Todd, named director and vice president of the Texas Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association, will begin duties in Quanah on July 1. He and local boys run a balanced project program, growing and gifting pigs to support other boys in the chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Hampshire
Joe Bill Bartlett
Morris Johnson
Richard Rapp
J. C. Nelson
Gene Todd
Richard Fourmentin
Todd
Texas Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association
Quanah
Wellington Welcomes Grabein as New Machine Shop Lead
Fort Worth man Grabein, a veteran machinist and accomplished flyer with 7000 hours of flight time and spotless safety record, plans expansion of his Wellington machine shop. He invites old customers to reconnect and invites new patrons to visit when upgrades are complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Grabein
Fort Worth
Rodeo at old Fair Grounds Promises Fast Amateur Action
Crowds will find bleachers ready for the rodeo at the old Fair Grounds with performances at 8 30 p m Friday and Saturday and 2 30 p m Sunday. Organizers invite all lovers of western sport to enjoy the best and fastest amateur rodeo in the Panhandle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Mexico City Fascination Shines Through Tour Diary
A travel note describes Mexico City and a silver factory as the most engaging stops, praising friendly, patient people. The writer compares with Texas and San Antonio, noting curiosity about peso exchange and predicting more thrills on the remaining days of the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
San Antonio
Wheat sales report ties area to Warrick Feed Store
The first car of wheat was bought from A. B. Clark by Bob Stevenson and loaded Friday afternoon. Raised on Mr. Clark's farm near Arlie, the grain tested 60 and 61 pounds and brought $1.95 a bushel on contract. Southern Wellington area yields include Hugh Painter near Dodson and Charlie Roberts south of Wellington leading early reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrick
A. B. Clark
Bob Stevenson
Mr. Clark
Arlie
Wellington
Hugh Painter
Dodson
Charlie Roberts
Wellington School Head Attends Austin Builders Conference
E. L. Pritchett, newly elected Wellington superintendent, attended a state education builders conference in Austin last week. Speakers included Richard J. Neutra, N. E. Wiles, and J. G. Olmstattd, professionals from Los Angeles, Washington, and the department of Curriculum support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Pritchett
Wellington
State Department of Education
Austin
Richard J. Neutra
Los Angeles
N. E. Wiles
United States Office of Education
Washington
J. G. Olmstattd
Department of Curriculum
Wheat Harvest Then and Now Across the Plains
Wheat yields ranged from twenty to eighty five bushels per acre as harvest accelerated along Highway 83. Farmers Elvis Crawley and Mish Dukeminier reported 85 and variable yields with some tracts at 20 bushels. Loco Fred Cox averaged 26 bushels and F H Kesler 30. Harvest began Sunday but a shower paused work. a clear hot Monday and Tuesday sped the effort as rigs lined roadways like a tank army ready to feed starving millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvis Crawley
C. B. Nunnelley
Mish Dukeminier
Here
Pritchett Advocates Home Like School Rooms
Upon returning, Mr. Pritchett notes a trend in school construction toward home like classrooms. He cites the vision of the University and other leaders in the field as shaping environments where students study and recite lessons in rooms that feel less like bare classrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervision
University
Pritchett
Ochiltree Harvest Picture Contest Seeks Entries
Photographers large and small are invited to enter the Ochiltree County Wheat Harvest Picture Contest. First prize 500 dollars, with 200 100 501 501 501 in remaining placements. Entries due by July 25 at the Perryton Chamber of Commerce with 8 by 10 inch photos and signed releases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ochiltree County
Perryton
Ayarega
Pioneer Resident Is Here on Brief Visit From California
Herbert Jones of Modesto California returned to his former county for a brief visit staying Monday through Wednesday He left the area in 1920 and moved to Paducah later to New Mexico and then California He is with a hardware and implement firm in Modesto and visited friends in town Tuesday He and Mrs Jones have one son Donald at home and four other children each living in different states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Jones
Modesto
Calif
Ed C. Smith
Guy Clement
Paducah
New Mexico
California
Jones
Donald
Earward Jones
Cedarville
N. M
Travis Jones
Albuquerque
Paul J. Schwarz
Twin Falls
Idaho
B. F. Wright
Honor Roll Names Listed For Students Meeting June 25
The Honor Roll includes seniors Strong Henry Richards juniors Neeta Ball Benny Karnes Joyce Lamkin Joyce Wood Peggy Yarbrough sophomores James Stephenson Jeanne Way Diane Wells Colene Wheeler Lloyd Wilkins Lonnie Hollingsworth Morene Amer son freshmen Barbara Brickey Betty Finley Avis Nell Powell Pat Riley Wilbur Earl Smith Dolores Somerville Jo Ann Thompson Gene Todd Joyce Watson Tommy Way The group should meet Mr Todd at the Ritz Theatre on Wednesday June 25 at 2 PM
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Walker Todd
North Side Square
Wingfield
Loyd Langford Gro
SUN
Wallace Beery
Dean Stockwell
Ochiltree Harvest Pictures
W. C. Ivey
7Up Bottling Company
Childress, Texas
Bill Ivey
V. P. Robertson
Ping and Tractor Tire Service
Texas Steel
Trinity-Portland Cement Co
Army
Navy
Rabein, Owne
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