Texas Oil Belt Sports Writer Remembers Football Feuds
A veteran Texas sports writer recalls 1920s high school games in Cisco Abilene Ranger Eastland and Breckenridge, noting long drives, crowded gates, feuds with rivals, and the vibrant Oil Belt circuit where town loyalties ran high. He recounts broadcasting plays to a blocked press box, parades, upsets, and the camaraderie among scribes.
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West Texas
LeRoy Menzig
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Eastland
Ranger
Cisco
Breckenridge
Abilene
Loboes
Mavericks
Bulldogs
The Hindu god’s recipe for the perfect woman
A mythical description combines marvels like leaf lightness and fawn glance with wind inconstancy and tiger cruelty to define the ideal woman. In contrast, a separate note reports the largest Chinook salmon on record at 125 pounds.
For Sale Near Whitewright 38 Acres Priced to Sell
FOR SALE-38 acres located near Whitewright, well improved. Priced to sell. Paul Stephens. FOR RENT-Unfurnished apartment with all conveniences. Mrs. Lee Hampton. LOOK Free removal of dead live stock. Call collect JU 3-2502. Bon ham Billy Waggoner. USED PARTS-Now wrecking 1937 through 1957 Chevrolets Fords and Plymouths. Rebuilt generators and starters. We do repairs on all makes. Dixon Garage & Wrecking Yard. HUNTERS-Two hunters needed for Southwest Texas deer hunt opening week of season. Hunting rights food lodging and transportation $50 each. Other hunting trips arranged Alaska Canada Mexico See Man ton Fain Whitewright route 3 or call FO 4-2402.
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Dixon Garage & Wrecking Yard
Texas
Alaska
Canada
Mexico
Traveling Circus Follows Faithful Teen Across Nation
Danny Hope known as the world’s fattest boy traveled in a custom trailer promoting an auto daredevil show. The 18-year-old Camden resident weighed 702 pounds, missed his church, and hoped to earn enough money to buy a small business and settle down. He fell ill with pneumonia and died after hospital beds were unavailable.
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Camden
Ark
Danny Hope
Danny
Little Rock
Luling
Texas
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Every Hope
It Could Happen Here Feathers Bedding on the Farm
A Rome court voided postwar law requiring farmers to hire a set number of workers, prompting sitdown protests. The piece warns that similar federal wage-hour changes could force farm labor into unions and enable feather bedding, suggesting possible nationwide effects.
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Rome
Italy
Associated Press
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Paul Stephens
Lee Hampton
Frank Evans
South Gowdy Street
Edwards Chevrolet Co
Whitewright Motor Co
U. S
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Jetstream
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Admiral Television
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Dawson Propane
L. B. Burns
Whitewright Motor Company
Lem Tittsworth
Bonham, Texas
Alton McDowell
Highway 169
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H. H. Taylor
Guy Hamilton
Bonham
Billy Waggoner
Memorial Hospital
Pecos
Joe Morris Wallace
Curlee Cummings
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Lubbock
Tommie Sawyer
Paul Geers
J. F. Carter
Benton Wallace
University of Wisconsin
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Wind Cave
South Dakota
W. E. Stanford
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Louella Rd
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J. A
Hot) Alexander
Man Who
W. Houston
Linda Theatre
Steve Cochran
Lita
Milan
Mississippi
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Paul Newman
Russ Tamblyn
Alan Young
Terry Thomas
Peter Sellers
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Pascal Farley
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