State Fair To Feature Agriculture Of Texas At Special Show
Dallas October 7 through 22 1967 Agriculture Show at the State Fair of Texas will trace Texas farming roots to international origins. Ray W. Wilson says crops and livestock arrived from the Middle Americas Asia and the Valley of the Nile as Texas farmers built a diverse farming heritage. The display includes a central exhibit and 12 district exhibitions by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service showcasing each region’s major crop its origin and export destinations. Texas A&M University cooperates with the State Fair to present free daily attractions during the fair.
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Agriculture of Texas
Dallas
Texas
Middle Americas
Asia
Valley of the Nile
Ray W. Wilson
State Fair Agriculture and Livestock
Texas Agricultural Extension Service District
Texas A&m University
State Fair of Texas
State Orders Sixty New Road-Speed Radar Units
AUSTIN Sixty new radar sets will be ordered for highway speed enforcement in every DPS district. The units mount in patrol cars and measure speeds to 1500 feet. Another 60 may be ordered in about 90 days. Col Homer Garrison Jr said charges will be filed for clear violations and that speed was a factor in 41 percent of 1966 fatal accidents. He noted higher risk at 80 mph versus 65 mph and urged targeting offenders who ignore the laws to protect compliant motorists.
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Austin
Department of Public Safety
Homer Garrison Jr
Garrison
Blue Law Items Prohibited On Consecutive Weekends
A list enumerates forty one items forbidden for sale on Saturdays and Sundays. It includes clothing and accessories, footwear, home and kitchen goods, appliances, furniture, tools, jewelry, silverware, watches, clocks, luggage, motor vehicles, musical instruments, toys, mattresses, linens, floor coverings, lamps, draperies, curtains, mirrors, lawn mowers and piece goods. The directive targets nonessential consumer goods with emphasis on broad category restrictions.
Modern Cardboard Box Planter Idea Story
An old cardboard box sprayed white and stenciled with black geometric patterns or painted with large colorful flowers becomes a chic party planter. Line the box with aluminum foil, add individual clay pots of geraniums and petunias, and fill gaps with sphagnum moss to brighten tables.
For Sale 105 Acre Rural Property With Improvements
105 acres offered for sale with 55 acres fenced on the west side using steel posts and a year round stock tank. 10 acres sodded in Coastal Bermuda. 50 acres on the east side suitable for a home site, terraced, with rural water line and paved road. Includes minerals, tractor, drill, disk, harrow, plow, brush cutter, calf feeder. Price 250 dollars per acre, 20 percent down payment.
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Bermuda
Local classifieds offer used furniture and appliances
Readers are directed to Flowers Trim Shop for upholstery and picture bargains, The Furniture Mart in Whitewright has Maytag washers and appliances, Johnson Jewelry & Appliance lists new Frigidaire units, plus Sun staplers. Real estate ads show lots for sale in Top of The Hill. J A Alexander advertises farm and ranch buyers with Grayson Co. State Bank address in Sherman.
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J. A
Alexander, Inc
Grayson Co
State Bank
Sherman
Convert your bed springs into box springs sale
Special offer to convert bed springs to box springs from The McKelva Mattress Factory in Bonham Texas with free pickup and delivery and prices as low as 24.95 and 29.95 for trade ins. The ad notes yearly cost to maintain and provides contact details. It also includes Edwards Chevrolet Co advertisements for rebuilt Chevrolet engines and car maintenance services with a 3 special wash and grease job.
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McKelva Mattress Factory
Bonham
Texas
Edwards Chevrolet Co
September events and a Tom Bean bond election
Chronological September milestones include Boston subway roots, Uncle Sam nickname origins, Pershing welcomes in New York, and Columbia’s first network. Also noted are Shawmut’s 1930 name change, 1927 CBS launch, 1938 New England hurricane, and 1690 Publick Occurrences. The document ends with Tom Bean Texas town ordinance for a $62,000 waterworks sewer bonds election set for September 12, 1967, with officials named and voting rules.
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Oskar Straus
Hero
Casino Theatre
New York
Shawmut
Massachusetts
Boston
England
Columbia Broadcasting System
New England
Yankee Network Weather Observatory
Publick
Benjamin Harris
Mass
State OF
Texas
Grayson
Tom Bean
Lena Pennell
Ina Nash
von Ray Montgomery
Death Gratuity limits and recipients for on duty death
The death gratuity equals six months pay, not less than 800 nor more than 3000, paid to the surviving spouse or child or children unless parents siblings or brothers are designated. If a veteran’s child is not an orphan due to remarriage and adoption, eligibility for War Orphans Assistance still applies if the parent died from service connected causes. A widow with two children on pension may remarry.
Old wall telephone joke ends in tired feet quip
The old wall telephone had its advantages. For instance a woman quit talking when her feet got tired.
Pension rights after widow remarriage or death
The portion payable as your benefit would stop, but benefits for your children continue. Children do not lose pension rights when the widow remarries or dies, and they receive pensions until age 18 or, if enrolled in a VA-approved school, until age 23.
Numbering jigsaw pieces to match their picture
A simple method to help children organize puzzles is to number each piece so it corresponds to its target image. If pieces are mixed, this system makes separation faster and reduces confusion during reassembly.
My Neighbors OK You've Passed Your Cooking Merit Badge
A neighborly note declares success as someone passes cooking merit badge requirements with approval and good humor.
Legal Notice to Kemp et al Grayson County Texas
Court issues citation to multiple Kemp relatives and others in Grayson County Texas. Plaintiff seeks appointment of a receiver and partition of 60 acre land described as W D Durham Survey tract on Mineral Creek with reference to deeds in Grayson County. Deadline 10 am September 25 1967 before the 15th District Court in Sherman.
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Dallas County
Texas
Letha Kemp Hearn
Wilbur A. Hearn
John Kemp
Nesbitt Drive
Corpus Christi
Howard Kemp
Main Street
Keter Building
Irving
H. P. Kemp
East Polk Street
Victoria
George Kemp
Brownwood
Betty Stevens
Walter Gerald Stevens
Whitford St
la Puente
California
Pearl Shockey
Marvin Shockey
Smithfield
Fred Kemp
Benton
Springfield
Massachusetts
Robert R. Kemp
West Sharbner
Hobbs
New Mexico
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
J. M. Crandall
E. R. Brodhead
Constitutional amendment on hospital district health services voting
The text outlines a 1967 ballot measure allowing municipalities and state supported entities within hospital districts to participate in establishing maintaining and operating mental health and public health services including mental retardation services and related activities and to levy taxes issue bonds or expend public funds as provided by law. The amendment would be voted on November 11 1967 with FOR and AGAINST options on the ballot.
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Tews
State OF
Texas
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Eee
A. M
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Good Rock Road
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Joe Johnson
Stephens & Bryant
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Tremont Street Subway
Uncle Sam
Troy
United States
John J. Pershing
America
United States First Division
Veterans News
Bob Dunlap
Highway 69
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