Runnels County Farm Bureau Directors Meet in Ballinger
About thirty directors gathered at the Ballinger FB office Thursday to review 1960 progress. Ed Cumbie praised 53 new members boosting county rank to seventh statewide and urged 1961 efforts toward Talk Meet and Essay Contest eligibility and a state top award.
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Runnels County Farm Bureau
Ballinger
Ed Cumbie
Texas Farm Bureau
Runnels County
Cumbie
J. F. Droli
Patti McDaniel
Hunting Season In Full Swing Throughout State
The Texas hunting season is in full swing with many species open. Deer and turkey seasons started November 16 in most areas, ducks on November 11, and geese on October 26. Quail hunting proceeds in Trans‑Pecos counties and several other areas with further openings planned. Weather delays affect waterfowl, wardens added to curb illegal kills.
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Texas
H. D. Dodgen
Game and Fish Commission
Trans-Pecos
Possum Kingdom
Dodgen
VA warns against door to door solicitations claiming VA backing
O. J. Mims of the VA Regional Office in Waco Texas declares the VA does not endorse any product or commercial venture. He notes inquiries about agents soliciting subscriptions funds or selling items in the name of veterans and urges the public to verify statements.
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Veterans Administration
O. J. Mims
Waco
Texas
Mims
Funeral Attended for Mrs Naomi F Gilbert in Sweetwater
Mrs. Robert Gans attended the funeral of her aunt Mrs. Naomi F. Gilbert held Wednesday in Sweetwater. Mrs. Gilbert died from a fatal two car collision in Sweetwater Tuesday morning.
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Robert Gans
Naomi F. Gilbert
Sweetwater
Gilbert
Winters FFA Teams Win Big in District Leadership Contest
The Winters FFA Chapter entered six teams in the Coleman District FFA Leadership contests held Tuesday. Lon McDonald and Leland Robinson accompanied the boys. The Senior Chapter Conducting team of John Jackson, Jeryl Priddy, Pat Pritchard, Connie Gibbs, Cecil Sudduth, Robert Marks, Jerry Frierson, Alvis Jackson and Eugene Mathis won first place. The Junior Chapter Conducting followed in later results.
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Winters
Coleman
Lon McDonald
Leland Robinson
John Jackson
Jeryl Priddy
Pat Pritchard
Connie Gibbs
Cecil Sudduth
Robert Marks
Jerry Frierson
Alvis Jackson
Eugene Mathis
Winters FFA records show district skill and quiz winners
The first place team included Rickey Boles Mike Mitchell Louis Simpson Ron ald Colburn Scotty Belew Steve Grissom Tommy Burton and Joel Butts. Senior Farm Skills Jim Shook Carlton Parks Donnie Gibbs won second. Junior Farm Skills Richard McMillan Mike Briley Donald Fulton placed third. Greenhand quiz team Glen Awalt Charles Kraatz Neil Brown Alton Butts finished third. Radio team Kenneth Crowe William Grissom Joe Yocham placed fifth. Coleman district has fifteen chapters. Senior and Junior Conducting teams will represent Winters FFA.
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Rickey Boles
Mike Mitchell
Louis Simpson
Ronald Colburn
Scotty Belew
Steve Grissom
Tommy Burton
Joel Butts
Jim Shook
Carlton Parks
Donnie Gibbs
Richard McMillan
Mike Briley
Donald Fulton
Glen Awalt
Charles Kraatz
Neil Brown
Alton Butt
Coleman District Sets Stage for Area 4 Contest in Stephenville
The Coleman District portion of the Area 4 contest will be hosted in Stephenville on December 2 and 3, bringing together participants from nearby regions to compete in the district event.
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Coleman
Stephenville
Wetzel Couple Travel to San Angelo for Thanksgiving
Mr and Mrs Jesse Wetzel left Tuesday for San Angelo to visit their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Robert Zentner over the Thanksgiving holidays in their home.
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Jesse Wetzel
San Angelo
Robert Zentner
Stalin Death Reference Sparks Multilingual Soviet Image
Upon Stalin’s 1953 death, the Soviet Union, home to about 200 million people, reported 125 languages spoken across its republics and regions, highlighting immense ethnic and linguistic diversity within the state.
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Stalin
Grass Growing Season Over
Frosty mornings hint the grass growing season ends. Bill Minenmayer of the Runnels Soil Conservation District urges ranchers to conduct range inventories with Cecil Drake of the Soil Conservation Service. The inventory records range sites, condition, trend, and use to guide stock numbers, brush control, or seeding decisions. It helps plan improvements, fencing, watering, and deferred grazing, with SCS technicians available for assistance.
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Bill Minenmayer
Runnels Soit Conservation District
Cecil Drake
Local
Soil Conservation Service
Large US Foundations Hold Over Five Million in Assets
The United States hosts about one hundred foundations and public trusts each with assets of five million dollars or more. They fund broad welfare work, led by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Ford Foundation, whose combined assets exceed half a billion dollars.
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U. S
Rockefeller Foundation
Ford Foundation
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Marty
Sanson
France
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