Texas Farm Bureau To Sponsor Tour
The Texas Farm Bureau plans a 22 day six nation goodwill tour to Africa this fall. Since 1965 TFB tours have travelled to Europe, around the world, South America, and Australia and the South Pacific. Two tour sections depart Dallas on September 14 and September 21, each limited to 26 participants due to accommodation and vehicle shortages in game parks.
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Texas Farm Bureau
Africa
TFB
Europe
South America
Australia
South Pacific
Dallas
Crop reports from farmers needed in Texas
In early July about 22 000 Texas farmers will receive an acreage and production questionnaire from Charles E Caudill Agricultural Statistician for the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service Austin Texas as part of a cooperative effort with USDA and the Texas Department of Agriculture. The program aims to estimate harvested acreage and production for each county to give accurate statewide and county level agricultural data for planning and market decisions.
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Texas
Charles E Caudill
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Austin
Stanely F. Oakley
USDA
Statistical Reporting Service
Texas Department of Agriculture
Planning Commission To Meet June 22
Emory Christian chairs the Whitewright Planning Commission as members meet on the fourth Thursday in June only. Remaining openings exist in the second section Leaving Sept. 21. Contact Texas Farm Bureau, Box 489, Waco, TX 76703 for details. The tour price 2195 covers air, hotels, meals, tips, transfers, visas, taxes. Destinations include Uganda Kenya Tanzania Rhodesia South Africa Ethiopia with layovers in London and Rome.
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Emory Christian
Whitewright Planning Commission
Texas Farm Bureau
Waco
Texas
Dallas
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Rhodesia
South Africa
Ethiopia
London
Africa
Rome
Historical marker ceremony at Nettie Bass house
Public invited to a 3 p.m. Sunday dedication at Log Lake Park marking the Nettie Bass house site, claimed to hold Grayson county’s first window glass. J. C. Taliaferro will preside, with a reception and guided interior tours of the Bass house museum after the ceremony.
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Grayson County
Log Lake Park
Nettie Bass
Sherman
J. C. Taliaferro
Grayson County Historical Survey Committee
Bass House Museum
Twixt Me and My Typewriter by Delores Meek
The column notes Father’s Day origins citing Spokane Washington founder William Smart and Mrs. John B. Dodd’s role in popularizing the holiday. It adds trivia on world’s champion father, U.S. presidents, and topics like Male Emancipation Day. Also mentions June being Cat and Kitten Month National Ragweed Control Month National Rose Month and National Recreation Month with Vacation Bible School dates at the United Methodist church.
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William Smart
Spokane
Washington
Dad
John B. Dodd
Flodor Vassilett
Society For the Emancipation of
Sue Brinkley
United Methodist Church
Death Notice Mrs Lera Blakey
Funeral services for Mrs. Lera Juanita Blakey age 66 were held Wednesday June 14 at 2 pm in the First United Methodist church Savoy under Barnheart Funeral Home. Rev Lawrence Smith officiated with burial in Sunny Side cemetery Savoy. She was born June 13 1905 in Denison daughter of Edwin and Willie Nix. She married Clyde Blakey on November 23 1927 in Ector who preceded her in death. She was a member of Savoy Methodist Church and a licensed vocational nurse at Wilson N. Jones hospital Sherman for 10 or 12 years. She is survived by two sisters Effie Mae Powell and Florene Lane both of Fort Worth and two nieces.
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Lera Juanita Blakey
First United Methodist Church
Savoy
Barnheart Funeral Home
Lawrence Smith
Sunnyside
Blakey
Denison
Edwin
Willie Nix
Clyde Blakey
Ector
Savoy Methodist Church
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Sherman
Effie Mae Powell
Florene Lane
Ft. Worth
Community Visits Outline Weekend Guests Across Towns
Around Town notes list Mrs. George Simmons of Sherman, Mrs. May Taylor Vankerkinz of Hurst, Mrs. Alice Faye Stakes and Jennie of Euless, and Miss Vicki Green of Irvin visiting Mrs. Oneta Key on Monday. Mrs. Bud Wilson, Mrs. Nellie Myers, and Mrs. George Key visited Mrs. Gilly Mullican in Bells on Wednesday. Mrs. James Kirkpatrick was a shower honoree in Anna on Sunday, accompanied by Pat and Cathy Dunlap. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Summers visited relatives in Oklahoma over the weekend.
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George Simmons
Sherman
May Taylor Vankerkinz
Hurst
Alice Faye Stakes
Jennie
Euless
Vicki Green
Irvin
Oneta Key
Nellie Myers
Bud Wilson
Savoy
Russell Summers
Oklahoma
George Key
Gilly Mullican
Bells
James Kirkpatrick
Anna
Pat
Cathy Dunlap
Services Held for Homer K. Tate 85
Homer K Tate 85 retired farmer died in a Whitewright nursing home Sunday Funeral held 2 30 p m Tuesday at Earnheart Chapel with Rev Douglas Rymer and Bill Baker officiating Burial in Van Alstyne Cemetery He was born July 5 1886 in Van Alstyne son of Dave and Betty Tate Married Arnold Rogers January 1 1919 in Whitewright Survived by wife three sons Raymond Tate Greenwood MS Howell Tate Dallas Homer Tate Jr Mesquite three daughters Mrs Joe Baas New Braunfels Mrs Don Horrom Irving Mrs Clifton Deberry Whitewright 13 grandchildren nine great grandchildren Pallbearers were Dick Walker Robert Hynds T M May Claud Adams Wade Powell Robert Deberry
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Homer K. Tate
Whitewright
Earnheart Chapel
Douglas
Mr. Tate
van Alstyne
Dave
Betty Tate
Arnold Rogers
Raymond Tate
Greenwood
Miss
Howell Tate
Dallas
Homer Tate, Jr
Mesquite
Joe Baas
New Braunfels
Don Horrom
Irving
Clifton Deberry
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Planning Commission
Delores Meek
White House
Grover Cleveland
George Washington
Our House
America
Egan
Woodrow Wilson
Methodist
Rans
Joe D. Moore
Jim Newton
Moore Sherman , Texas
Mrs
Lera Blakey
By Ethel Green
Ress Association
The
Sun Publishing Co
David Sullens
Gen
Mgr
Whitewright Sun
First National Bank
Whitewright, Texas
Rymer
Bill Baker
Church of Christ
van Alstyne Cemetery
Baptist Church
Dick Walker
Robert Hynds
T. M. May
Claud Adams
Wade Powell
Robert Deberry
Ron
Lavender Electronics, Inc
Sherman, Texas
Lokey Edwards
Mar
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