Road routing debate links Wellington Quail to county highway plan
Community leaders urge a joint program to keep a local east west road and avoid losing access. They propose a diagonal route from Dodsonville to Pampa via Wellington and Quail to connect with major highways and ease north plains traffic toward Fort Worth and Dallas.
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Highway Commission
Wellington
Ft “Point
Quail
Memphis
Quall
Ncertain
Collingsworth County
Dodsonville
Feeding calves profitable for Goliad farmer
Herman Wehe of Ber County proposes a plan to feed calves in fall and winter then sell in spring. He would stock calves in December or March for April sales, using home cotton feed and cooperative buying to reduce costs.
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Goliad
Herman Wehe
Berx County
Hnovall
The Story Of The Texas Navy Contracts with Physicians
Commanders of Companies will contract with physicians serving with their companies at $100 per month from the start of service. Contracts will be made in quintuplicate using regulations forms and sent to the Regiment’s Commanding Officers for approval.
Texas Buckner papers reveal Civil War Texas guardrails
University of Texas archives preserve James Buckner’s papers with official Confederate era orders. The March 26 1861 captaincy details unit makeup and enlistment rules for a Mounted Volunteers company. Regimental bans on card games and liquor were tightened in 1861 to curb gambling and discipline Texans.
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Austin
Texas
James Barry Buckner
University of Texas
Buckner
University Library
H.E. McCulloch
Volunteer Army of Texas
Confederate States
Camp Cooper
Social Visit Highlights From Salt Fork Verna Lee Harris
Sunday afternoon singing drew attendees from Salt Fork and nearby towns. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Sam Brown Imo gene Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Hill Wells of Memphis plus Mrs. A. R. Biffle. Numerous local residents hosted and visited throughout the weekend and Friday.
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Sam Brown
Imogene Brown
Hill Wells
Memphis
A. R. Biffle
D. P. Cummings
D. W. Harris
J. W. Pearson
Ollie Wilson
Eula Bishop
W. W. Johnson
Willian Clifton
Mamie Isbell
S. L. Maxwell
S. Bolton
Zook Thomas
Thomas Farm
Lillie
J. P. Cummings
Richard Clifton
G. C. Wright
Orval Smith
Bolton
Ray Maxwell
Hollis Johns
Willie Marie Melton
Alyne Daves
Verna Lee Harris
Zora Belle Morris
Lila Mae Wright
Russell Hrewer
Grover Daves
Vernon Hunt
Fred Cummings
Nona Mae
Isse
U.S. Boston
John Gollihugh
Amos Gollihugh
Eunice
New Mexico
Ross Gladney
Cecil Brown
C. S. Needham
Thuly Damien
Verna Lee Flavoris
Elsie Bolton
Gene Farmer
D. W. Hartin
Mrs. S. Bolton
Work on Dodsonville Water System Progresses
The Dodsonville water well project sees 10 to 16 workers today with attorney Jack B. Deahl predicting 40 to 60 employed within two months. The well lies a fourth mile northwest of Dodsonville, and a 50,000 gallon cement reservoir will serve the system after securing rights of way for pipes and high lines. State department analysis of local water is favorable.
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Dodsonville
Jack B. Deahl
Grandmother Of JOE Ratliff Buried This Week
Mrs. Elizabeth Ratliff, 98, of Cumby and Wellington grandmother of J. E. Ratliff, was buried in Rains County last Wednesday. She would have turned 99 in January and had resided in Cumby and nearby areas for seventy years.
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Elizabeth Ratliff
J. EB. Ratliff
Wellington
Rains County
Cumby
Texas
Lutie Student Named Seventh Grade Salutatorian
Aline Isbell of Lutie is named salutatorian in the seventh grade at Lantieherwood district. Achievement tests were given to Lutie students on the 21st and 22nd with an average improvement. Local residents visited relatives in nearby towns including the Hall and Byrd families and Miss Polly Hobbs returned from Hollis after a three week stay.
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Aline Isbell
Lutie
Lantherwood
D. M. Hall
Hazel Spears
Lillie
C.E. Hall
Charley Cantrell
D. M. Hobbs
Manuel
Quail
Byers
J A
Grant Jolly
Widow Mrs. Sims Obituary Returns From Mobeetie
Mrs. M. GC. Pigg, who had been at her mother Mrs. R. Sims bedside in Mobeetie for five weeks, reports her mother died Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock. A Vienna birth notes a girl baby with a rare third arm growing between the shoulder blades.
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Frau
Martha Renlin
Vienna
For Sale Half and Half Cotton Seed 1933 Crop
Advertisement lists half and half cotton seed for sale at $1.25 per bushel. Seller W. H. Holliman located one mile north and a half mile east of the northeast town corner, section 45-1e. Also a brief want to buy Roan Durham Male P. By Bawcom Rt. By 5, 45-1p.
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W. H. Holliman
Durham Male
Bawcom
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