Fannin County Considers Large State Road Matching Plan
A state proposal would match $1 150 650 in local funds to build about 93 miles of additional farm to market roads in Fannin County bringing total state and local funds to roughly 1 661 750 to create about 130 miles of roads including the 37 9 miles already planned. The plan requires county-wide approval and a road bond issue may be needed.
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Fannin County
Greer
Moore
Commissioners’ Court
Wheat Crop Could Cut Farm Income by Billions
Washington reports a near record wheat crop threatens to slash government income guarantees for next year. If Congress tweaks the Aiken law and Secretary Brannan sets supports, losses could reach up to 1.0 billion dollars. Current crop forecasts show 1.337 billion bushels with a potential 25 percent production cut.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
Congress
Agriculture Department
Brannan
Clerk With Thirty Five Years Service Leaves Estate Nearly $115000
San Francisco reports John Walsh a postal clerk for 35 years died at 81 last September. An appraisal filed today in superior court shows an estate of $114,994. Walsh invested in government bonds and solid companies, says his daughter Mrs Frank Grimes.
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San Francisco
John Walsh
Superior Ae
Walsh
Frank Grimes
Van Alstyne REA project is started
Ground breaking ceremonies for the new $100 000 building to house the office and warehouse facilities of the Grayson Collin Rural Electrification Cooperative were held Wednesday morning. D H Reeves praised the cooperative before four board members staged the ground breaking. Reeves cited the program as Van Alstyne's largest building project. The Grayson Collin REA Cooperative, organized in 1937, now has 4 000 members and 1 200 miles of lines, among the largest in Texas. Under E R Bobbitt, since Oct 7 1947, the unit gained 1 200 members and added 500 miles of line. Recently 314 miles were completed and plans call for 125 more.
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van Alstyne
Grayson-Collin Rea Cooperative
Texas
E. R. Bobbitt
REA Coop
Reeves
Classified Ads Mix of Buy Sell and Wanted Listings
A dense page of small ads lists wanted and for sale items including livestock hogs doors flowers grease lard and fuels used appliances and farming supplies plus real estate land for sale and services from local merchants across Whitewright Tom Bean and Sherman. Names such as Mrs Elmo Wallace Mrs J E Moran and Dr. Griffin Dollarhide Jr appear with contact details and phone numbers.
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Elmo Wallace
Allen T. Short
Hannah’s. Tf
R. H. McKinney
Thorn Wringer
Babcock Auto Store
Whitewright
Savoy
Belvin Pritchett
W. J. Biller
Hi-Way Grocery & Market
Hardwick
Dawson Butane
Farmall
John Deere
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
W. R. Benson
East Whitewright
Tom Barbee
Flowers
Flowers of Sherman
Carl May
Doc Leatherwood
Lee Motor Company
Plymouth & Chrysler
Bonham
Texas
Chevrolet
Babcock Auto
Paul Cook
First Methodist Church
Auto Finance Co
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis
Sherman
Texas traffic deaths stay below 1948 pace in May report
Texas May traffic fatalities show 129 deaths, keeping 1949 total at 686 versus 754 for the same period in 1948. Department of Public Safety statistics note May 1948 deaths at 159.
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Austin
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Fruit jar minnow traps legalized in Texas
Acting Gov Allan Shivers signed a bill allowing fruit jar traps for bait in Texas. The devices use funnel mouths to trap minnows while preventing escape, a method not previously legal in the state. The Sun does Good Printing.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Texas
Moon finds new satellite near Neptune
Scientists from University of Texas and McDonald Observatory confirm a faint new moon as a second Neptune satellite. Gerard P. Kuiper of University of Chicago notes it is the faintest observed, 200 miles across, five million miles from Neptune, three billion miles from Earth.
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Neptune
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Fannin County Road Program
Oxfords
Cole & Davis Co
van Alstyne Rea
Chick Ryana
Mobil
OF Automotive
G. C. Stateville
Thermos
Good Housekeeping
IMAC
Sherwin-Williams Paints
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