History Appreciation Week observed with events in Winters
Runnels County plans a full week of observances August 15 to 21 in Winters organized by the Runnels County Historical Survey Committee chaired by Rankin Pace. Activities include Beautification Day with Boy Scouts, Speech Day at civic groups, Exhibit Day at the library, tours of the courthouse, an out of county trip to an early fort, Pioneer Day with tours and a pioneers social, and a county tour weekend including Maverick and Noyes monuments and the Blue Gap area concluding at Lazy N Stables.
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Runnels County
Runnels
Boy Scouts
Wayne Sims
Winters Public Library
Maverick
Noyes
Blue Gap
Missionary Delivers Program for Local Baptist Group
Mrs. Dale Carter missionary to Corrente Brazil on furlough led the Sue Carter Circle of the First Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union Monday night at Mrs. Claude Hart’s home. She spoke on life in Corrente, Brazil, showed a Brazilian doll, described local mail service, and noted rising travel and road access. Carter and her husband, both with Texas ties, will live in Lubbock to study farming methods at Texas Tech, while he serves as Agriculture instructor and manager of school farms. The gathering included circle officers and members such as Mrs. Worthington, Mrs. Poe, and Mrs. Wood noted as guest.
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Dale Carter
Corrente
Brazil
Sue Carter
First Baptist Womans Missionary Union
Carters
Foreign Mission Board
Lubbock
Carter
Texas Tech
Baptist Industrial Institute
Timmy
Becky
Joel
Rio
Houston
Cuban
U. S
Ballinger Cotton Producers Meeting Set For Monday
A meeting for all county cotton producers will be held Monday night at 8 in the Ballinger district courtroom. Sponsored by the Rolling Plains Cotton Growers, the session is part of 31 county meetings to organize local cotton improvement associations. Topics include the Cotton Research and Promotion Act and RPCG efforts, with a report on insect conditions by Agricultural Agent C T Parker. Ballinger serves as a key site for outreach to Runnels and Coke county farmers.
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Ballinger
Rolling Plains Cotton Growers
Rolling Plains
Coke
Cotton Research and Promotion
RPCG
Parker
Runnels County Agriculture
Runnels
Neuman
Smith
Pete
David
Son
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Nice
Chevrolet
Pontiac
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Oldsmobile
Ray
South Main
Baptist
T. H. Worthington
George Poe
U.S
Mary D. Taylor
Eunice Polk
Mmes
Rufus Smith
B. T. Shoemake
Elzie Cox
J. B. Whitlow
Lester Graham
W. E. Frierson
James R. Wood
Cotton Producers Meeting
Peer
Coca-Cola
Bama
Pillsbury
Libby
BIG Boy Dog Food
Allen
Bologna ‘oAbs
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