Buford Owens Nets First Hole-In-One at Country Club
Buford Owens made a hole in one on the Country Club links teeing from the hill, with Carl Davis Frank Johnson and L C Newton watching. He followed with a par on the next hole and a 12 for nine holes earning Texas Hole-In-One Club recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buford Owens
Country Club
R. A. Cramer
Bob Bacon
St. Andrew
Buford
Carl Davis
Frank Johnson
L. C. Newton
Kingsville
Texas
West Texas
Owens
Charles Dorsett Heads to State B Y P U Clinic
Charles Dorsett will travel to Mineral Wells for the State B Y P U Clinic June 5 to 11 then proceed to East Texas to work for the B Y P U Department over the summer. He will lead enlargement campaigns at San Augustine Lufkin and nearby towns before re entering Howard Payne in Brownwood in September.
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Charles Dorsett
East Texas
B. Y. P. U. Department
San Augustine
Lufkin
Charles
Howard Payne
Brownwood
Dillingham to Build $100000 Ice Plant in Abilene
O D Dillingham general manager of the Banner Creamery and local ice plant owner announces a brick building 87 by 126 feet two stories high will house a 50 ton ice factory in Abilene. Total cost for building and equipment set at 100000 dollars. Machinery already purchased and plant to operate by January 1, 1928.
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Abilene
O. D. Dillingham
Banner Creamery
Winters
Dillingham
Lions Hear Miss Landon on Cotton Marketing Dangers
Lions Club heard Miss Susan Landon describe the economic toll of the current marketing system on Texas cotton. She contrasted southern farmers with Danish practices, warned that profits flow to fourteen finance masters, and urged business leaders and farmers to start thinking about solutions.
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Lions Club
Coglin
Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association
Ellis County
Farm Bureau
Susan Landon
North Carolina
South
Miss Landon
Texas
Denmark
Buchanan
W. Cooner
Crosbyton
C. R. Robertson
Harmon
Ray
I. XN. Wilkinson
The
First National Bank
Chamber seeks merged leadership for merchants and chamber
At a county chamber of commerce meeting two main issues were discussed. A plan to run the Chamber of Commerce and the Retail Merchants Association from the same office with a single manager and secretary was proposed. A committee will study merchant wishes and necessary records. A search continues for C. R. Robertson's successor as he leaves to become Weatherford High School principal, with a committee appointed to screen candidates.
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Chamber of Commerce Thesday
Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants Association
C. R. Robertson
Weatherford
FE. A. Shepperd
Geo. C. Hill
S. H. Nance
H. H. Stephens
Only 72 Per Cent of Business Firms Support C. of C.
A survey of Chamber of Commerce records shows 72 percent of local business houses back the organization, limiting its impact. If every firm contributed five cents daily, funds would rise over $2,000 annually, aiding upbuilding programs and road work benefiting the town and trade area. Mr. and Mrs. Autrey Smith arrived from Dallas where he studied at Baylor College of Pharmacy and will join Smith Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Mrs. Autrey Smith
Dallas
Smith
College of Pharmacy
Baylor University
Old Queen Mule Dies At 38 In Abilene Farm
Uncle Sam reported his mule Old Queen died last Friday. The 38 year old animal had been retired from work on two good feeds and some exercise. The mule helped many in tilling the soil, and Uncle Sam compared her age to a local citizen Bert Low, noting a shared age phrasing amid a garbled local notice.
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Old Queen
Sam
Davis
Uncle Sam
Bert B. Low
Abilene
Low
City Begins Supplying Water From Three New Wells
Winters residents have started using water from three new wells connected to pumps north of town. The system feeds a 100,000 gallon vat at 150 gallons per minute, with some water still drawn from lake sewage. The city asks how long the wells will last and weighs costs versus continued lake augmentation.
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Winters
Methodists to Start Revival on June 26
The Flowers evangelistic party is secured to conduct the Methodist revival beginning June 26. Preparations are under way to make this revival the largest in the local church’s history.
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Methodists
Flowers Evangelistic
Ehurch
Flowers Party
Home ownership and civic spirit drive community strength
The piece argues that ownership of homes by citizens forms the backbone of a thriving town. It links home pride, neat lawns, clean streets, and civic life to mutual cooperation, urging owners to invest in their properties as a shared benefit and foundation for local growth. It emphasizes patriotism as meaningful in action, not words, and calls money spent locally a boon for all.
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Ness
Hermanity
Winters High Adds Three New Teachers to Staff
Richard E. Homan of San Antonio is hired to teach vocational agriculture and science at Winters High School. M. L. Penn of Brownwood is named Grade School principal after earning valedictorian honors at Daniel Baker College. Irene Brown of Lamesa joins to teach writing with prior penmanship recognition. Bonnie Rives returns from teaching in Littlefield for a visit before Trinity University events. Maryella Bradley Dorothy Green Leon Campbell and Louise Poe head home from Simmons University for summer break.
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Richard E. Homan
San Antonio
Winters High School
Homan
Rowena
Ballinger
M. L. Penn
Brownwood
Penn
Daniel Baker College
Irene Brown
Lamesa
Bonnie Rives
Littlefield
C. T. Rives
Madge Harrison
Mansfield
Trinity University
Waxahachie
Maryella Bradley
Dorothy Green
Leon Campbell
Louise Poe
Simmons University
Fragmentary OCR Note Yields Unclear Local Item
The readable text fragments show a muddled reference to a local event or notice with names and actions but lack coherent context or dates. No clear人物, place, organization, or outcome can be established from the fragments provided.
Henslee and Norman Robertson in Narrow Contest
A local race features Henslee and Norman Robertson as candidates. Voters weigh two names in a tight contest with little public detail beyond their presence on the ballot and sparse campaign notes.
Miss Landon of North Carolina Lectures Here
Miss Susan Landon of North Carolina spoke at Winters High School on the Danish farming system and marketing methods. She described cooperative marketing, land heritage, dairying strength, and cooperative creameries as keys to Denmark’s prosperity while urging the South to address the high cost of marketing its farm products.
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Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association
Susan Landon
North Carolina
South
Iss Landon
Denmark
Lon-Operative
Hervas
Eich
Neely Family Visit and Departures Reach Tipston Oklo
Mr and Mrs Walter Neely and daughter Lavere visit their daughter Mrs Capps at Tipston. Mrs Capps will return with the family for a visit. Mrs W T Carter who had been visiting Mrs C R Robertson left Tuesday for Killeen, accompanied by Mrs Robertson and D Robertson visiting in the Carter home.
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Walter Neely
Miss Lavere
Mrs. Capps
Tipston, Oklo
Presbyterians to Hold Evening Service at Tinkle Park
The Presbyterians announce evening services at Tinkle Park each Sunday weather permitting until their new church is completed. It is thought the project will labour labor July 1st. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend.
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Tinkle Park
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College Station
Texas A. & M
C. of C
Jackson’s City Bakery
Peration
Riy
Gs Dry Goods Co
Little Theatre Graun
Wm. Ca” Inca
Ain
Smash
Aspect
Henslee
Norman Robertson
Bhom Witt
Billy Cook Carnhall
Modisette Hie Graham
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