Texas Leads Nation In Secondary Road Program
Texas heads the nation in completed secondary road mileage under the postwar construct ion program with 1 664 miles costing 14 688 000 dollars. National totals show 5 066 miles completed at 55 982 437 with Texas programming about 32 000 miles of eligible roads and 229 counties listing projects. The ARBA official cited strong federal funds participation and a 75 25 farm to market plan aiding rural roads.
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Laredo
Texas
Ben F. Ostergren
American Road Builders’ Association
Texas County Judges
Commissioners’ Association
Ostergren
Public Roads Administration
ARBA
County road program depends on organized highway groups
A speaker told the group that success of the secondary roads program hinges on effective county highway organizations. He emphasized that proper recognition of secondary roads requires organized effort.
The First College Football Game Recalls Rutgers Versus Princeton
A Rutgers professor witnessed what is likely the first college football game in America as Rutgers met Princeton on a small campus field. Seven Rutgers players later became ordained ministers, and the moment is recalled as a milestone in college athletics.
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Rutgers
America
Princeton
8 000 Acres of Land Given To Orphans Home
WACO California? no In Hall County Texas W P Dial died at 83 after a life as a rancher. He funded a Christmas silver dollar gift program for Waco Methodist Home for orphans starting in 1944. In his will he left 8 000 acres of Gray County land to the orphanage.
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Waco
W. P. Dial
West Texas
Hall County
Dial
Memphis
Waco Methodist Home
Hubert Johnson
Vera Dickey
Gray County
Johnson
No plans yet for 8005 acres this time around
The speaker notes no disposition plans exist for the 8,005 acres and emphasizes that the boys and girls at the Methodist Home will remember W. P. Dial who never forgot.
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W. P. Dial
SMU Plans Multi Million Expansion On Campus
SMU trustees approve a three project growth program including relocation of the Perkins School of Theology, a six building complex with chapel and dormitories, a $2,000,000 Fondren Science Building, and a Law School Quadrangle with a legal center. The Fondren project will be funded mainly by a $1,000,000 gift from Mrs. W. W. Fondren of Houston.
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Dallas
Southern Methodist University
Perkins School of Theology
Fondren Science
SMU
Southwestern Legal Foundation
Fondren
W. W. Fondren
Houston
Advice to lovers no marriage rush in Uniontown
In Uniontown Pennsylvania Mr and Mrs Harry N Krepps aged 86 and 78 reflected on 62 years of marriage and offered advice to lovers Do not marry until ready to settle down Maturity matters Even in the happiest marriages not all is happiness The item also notes that Joan of Arc was once sued for breach of promise by a suitor.
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Uniontown
Harry N. Krepps
Krepps
Joan of Arc
Sheriff's Sale Notice in Grayson County Texas 1947
Notice of Sheriff's Sale No 55842 in Grayson County Texas cites a 1947 foreclosure after a judgment against J M Sivells and heirs for delinquent taxes. The sale is scheduled for December 2, 1947 at the Grayson County courthouse between 2 and 4 PM, with property Lot No 1 in a tract once part of surveys to J M Sivells and S B Sivells, including listed heirs and legal representatives.
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State of Texas
Grayson
A. D
District Court
Grayson County
15Th Judicial District of Texas
J. M. Sivells
Texas
Wilhl
M. E. Sivells
Marcella L. Sivells
J. W. Sivells
S. B. Sivells
Bonham and Sherman Road
L. Bush
A. Mar
R. L. Williams
May Williams
Joe E. Williams
Catherine Williams
Willie B. Williams
Mary Lee Williams
Sheriff Sale Notice for Grayson County Texas Properties
The notice details a real estate sale to satisfy a judgment and tax lien in Grayson County. It describes parcels near Ravine and the John Sivils area, with redemption rights preserved, the sale conducted by Sheriff Fred Prestage and Deputy Ralph Oliver, in Sherman, Texas, dated November 1, 1947, including delinquent taxes and costs and seizure of interests of Mrs. R L Williams and others.
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J. M. Siils
J. M. Sivils
S. B. Sivils
Fred Prestage
Grayson County
Texas
Ralph T. Oliver
Sherman
Spence
Dee
S. E
W. H. Chisholm
J. D. Davenport
W. W. Farlow
Grayson County Land Descriptions in Three Tracts
Property description from Grayson County Texas outlines three tracts with detailed compass bearings distances and landmarks. Sheriff Fred Prestage and Deputy Ralph T. Oliver authorize the conveyance notes referencing W Bailey Jeremiah McDaniel E C Douglass Akers Arnel Chisholm Spence Davenport and the Stark and Fuller road among roads creeks and field landmarks.
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Grayson
Texas
W. Bailey
Jeremiah McDaniel
W. B. Boggs
Grayson County
Sherman and
White Mound
E. C. Douglass
J. M. Akers
White Mound Road
James A. Akers
John Arnel
Said Akers
Said Arnel
N. E
W. H. Chisholm
E. B
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Hansard
Edwin Badgett
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Hill’s Dress Shop
Pierce
R. P. Childress
Auto Parts
Babcock Auto Store
W. E. Stanford
Palace Theatre
Eddie Dean
AL Larue
Robert
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Henny
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Chick Carter
Judy Canova
Bob Crosby
Sis Hopkins
Clark Gable
Deborah Kerr
Adolphe Menjou
Ava Gardner
Keenan Wynn
Edward Arnold
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Joan Caufield
Billy Dewolfe
Mona Freeman
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