O Neil's 1767 Acre Salt Fork Ranch Shaped By Conservation
O Neil owns and manages the 1767 acre ON Ranch in Salt Fork SCD. He bought it in 1952 from Mill Iron Ranch, rebuilt through droughts, and applied deferred grazing, reseeding, and brush control. He fences, wells, and water troughs, seeding 985 acres plus 255 more this year, while maintaining full time work and building a ranch house.
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Southeastern Panhandle
O’neil
Mill Iron
Bob Crawford
Soil Conservation Service
Salt Fork
Polly
Drouth
O'Neil
Scd
Leatrice
School Closing Events Planned at Washington
Booker T. Washington School will close with a series of events led by Principal W. E. Franks. May activities include primary operetta A Rose Dream, May 7. second and third grade operettas and plays, May 13. Baccalaureate with Rev. L. B. George, May 17 at Greater Mt. Zion Church. class night, May 19. high school play If You Knew Susan, May 20. graduation, May 21 with Prof. E. S. Davis as speaker at the Church of God, all 8 p.m.
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Booker T. Washington School
W. E. Franks
Betty Be Careful
L. B. George
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Amarillo
Greater Mt. Zion Church
M. A. Rider
Lorenza Person
Susan
Francine Childs
Helen Miner
ONeils Longstood Drive for soil and range conservation
ONeils lifelong concern for soil water and range care runs through the ranching family. Austin Jr. farms Cotton Center while Ted, Whitney ranch manager and Save the Soil and Save Texas Award winner, reflects a conservation ethos. Polly ONeil epitomizes the modern Texas rancher as the Red River Valley claims America’s largest osage orange trees.
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O’neil
Austin Jr
Cotton Center
Ted
Texas
Whitney
Save the Soil
Save Texas
Salt Fork Lcd
O'Neil
Panhandle
Polly O'Neil
America
Red River Valley
Family News From Amarillo And Area
Miss Myra Keesee returned to Amarillo after a two week stay with her sister the Handleys. The Handleys then spent the week with their son, Jimmie Brock, and baby Jill. John and Raymond McGill of Amarillo attended Alma Avery funeral in Childress on April 30. Verd Jones of Hollis Oklahoma visited Stella West last Wednesday. Sunday guests at Stella West’s included Ella George and Ethel Brickey of Shamrock. Weekend visitors at J L Hays home included Myra Hays Plainview Merle Hays and D R Biter and children Wichita Falls.
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Myra Keesee
Amarillo
Bura Handley
John McGill
Raymond 'McGill
Childress
Alma Avery
Verd Jones
Hollis
Okla
Stella West
Mrs. West
Ella George
Ethel Brickey
Shamrock
J.L. Hays
Larry Hays
Myra Hays
Plainview
Merle Hays
D. R. Biter
Wichita Falls
Athlete's Foot Remedy Ad Promises Fast Relief
A drugstore ad touts T-4-L for quick treatment of athletes foot with a 48 cent refund if unsatisfied. It claims skin shedding from infection, healing with new healthy skin, and relief from itch and burn. It also promotes T-4-L antiseptic and foot powder available at Parsons Drug.
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Parsons Drug
Wilnuler Group Cited For Soil Conservation Efforts
The Wilnuler Group, four Buck Creek area farmers led by late Judge Luther Gribble and including Robert Posey James W Wilson and Ray Nut, manage 629 acres for soil and water conservation. Beginning in 1958 they built 20 miles of terraces and adopted a conservation crop system and residue use across 164 acres, expanding to grass land in 1959 with targeted pasture improvements and deferred grazing to improve grazing quality.
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Asithe
Wilnuler
Buck Creek
Wellington group proves erosion control through conservation program
Four Wellington farmers formed a cooperative effort to join the Great Plains Conservation program in 1963 and with Soil Conservation Service help planned a dam waterways and terraces. They completed four grassed waterways and added livestock water as part of the effort praised as an outstanding example of town rural cooperation and land stewardship.
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Wilnaker Group
Great Plains
Soil Conservation Service
Salt Fork Soil Conservation District
SCD
Gribble
Posey
Asa Wellington
Wilson
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Washington
Pauline
Janice Pape
Sheboygan, Wis
Collingsworth County
Hubert Mauldin
Wellington
New
Seiberling Nytex
Rewa
Selex
Dominion Electric Dry
Hamilton Beach
West Bend
Sunbeam Electric Clock
Alvin Clock Radio
Dominion
Maytag
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