The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1947 Page: 1 of 12
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PUBUn: TEXAS Frida> MayJ±
W. P. Hallmark Receives State Honors
For Years Of Soil Conservation Work
H. H. Bennett
Speaks at Luncheon
Club Last Friday
jeJong Citizien of
Bth County
Application is
Made For City
Delivery
barf BJUMMiiuTi that be hu
made tpUatlm with (be
Poet Office llr pertinent for
city deliver, for IlaMin.
The filing of this eppllre
lion In the tint »top toward
•ernrtni IhU service The
epphrelion hu U be apprav
e4. •abject to certain rondi
ttono In this «llf. The osost
important of tbeu reaalre
menu Is that there be a cer-
tain nmoanl of aide walks an
the proposed city rotes. It
Is also res sired that the
streets and hours he prop-
erly named and numbered
Postmaster KhilUa-
bwrf states that If and when
this application Is approved
that he will let the people
know what Is repaired before
seek s serried ran be pt Into
The winners of Bate champions
were
Cooewrvallon DMftct Keufman-
Van Zandt I
OrmserraUoo (Mf: **Vh Ptra-
tn-One. Wilbarper ■»« ’
Outstanding ferav: R M Boa-
wen. Kenedy * I
OutstandtUlg iddfit1- service: W
P Hallmark. Dabttt
Penny Winner A»er- Ray Voel-
kel ""dittos
Mm the vsrty dm- of the ron-ij
servatmn battle tn Tv**> Wllltsm
p (Uncle Buck* Kkllmsrk „t Dub-
lin hu been an unUrtn* and un-
selfuh worker la the Ion*, hard
fHht
Thousand* of mile* hare been
traveled, thousands of meetln»»
attended and thtfarxU of word*
written by this gMsrvsUaei propo-
nent u he pushed for recognition
cd the lantilems resultm« from
wasteful mnkm of p»ect«i* rop-
•otl
Hecaaae he has ■WOf’t this tune
and effort In the conservation
cause. Mr Halims rt tonight lb*
rrtrea a plague which rweognuns
him aa the imBvtdus In Tesu
rrtnd erosion." Dr. Bennett paid.
"That Is rapid progress Indeed
from the few acres which were
seeded to that legume tn 1942/
The first plantings of retch In
the locality were made on a num-
ber of farms by the Soil Erosion
Service during the project work
done In the 1M0* he pointed oat.
Such small plantings were made on
the farm of L M McAdams near
Dublin and other local farms .
Parmer* are seeding Vetch aa fs/R
as they can harvest supplies of
seed. Dr Bennett learned, he said.
They have kept up and steadily **-
patidcd their ton serration work.
The Crow Timbers section of
Texas is one of the areas that had
to bear the brunt oV heavy war
duty tn growing greatly inrreaaad
acreages of peanuts for the pro-
duction of vegetable oil. Dr Ben-
nett continued Without the ad-
vantages of the soil conaerraUem"
work that has been widely ex-
tended through the soil conservation
districts, supplied with technical ■*-
m* la nor by the Soil Conservation
Service, the agricultural lands at
the region have been protected and
improved
Many conservation measures ns we
been used and the pracOoes are
fast spreading, he added “Tho
farmer* of the wgtoo have dona
a Job that deserves national rsoog-
ntiion and attanUan." he nmnrtML
1 have profited by this visit dur-
um which I have met and talked
with the supervisors od this soil
P.-T. A. Closes
Successful Year
wrvatton District
U P BStuir.am.krT Mayor o! Did)
lln; Texas
W D Raley, Superintendent o[
Dublin Schools
W R He uer. OWinservatlonlat.
Dublin. Texas
Bini) McAlister. Dublin Soil Oon-
art tauoe Office
L R Keller. Dublin Texas In-
surance and rancher,
J L. Kiker. Dublin. Texas far-
The last meeting of tne Dublin
Parent Teachers Association for this
school term was held last Wed
nenday at S o clock tn the school
auditorium Open house was neld
in the home-mxkine department,
refreshments of cookie* and Iced
punch were served In the dining-
room The visitor* were shown thru
the spotless kitchen* and the sew-
ing rooms where some of the man)
things made by the Home Making
classes were vary interesting Miss
Mamie Lou Womack Is to be
commended for her fine work as
head of this department.
At 3 » the Parent Teachers as-
sembled for s business meeting
which was held by the president.
Mr* I I. Wick line Installation of
new omcA-i for the coming season
was conducted by Mrs O L Holloa
Mrs Rollon has Just recently been
elected president of this district
Officers elected and installed for
the new coanlng year are as followi:
Mrs K L Wlekllne. President. Mrs
Bob Brenum. Vice President Mrs
DSck Harbin Treasurer: Miss C*ml
McCtaskey. Secretary Mrs Oeorge
Martin. Historian Miss Johnnie
Mae Victors. Parliamentarian Mrs
■art •. Moors. Chorister. Mrs W.
D Raley. touilst
The program closed with a dem-
onstration of the new Visional Bd-
ucatlon machine Two pictures were
shown that wen vary interesting
and a lot of favorable comment was
hoard from the various member*
This machine recently purchased
through the cooperation of the tor-
Dublin Schools
Gain 34 Scholastics
Over Last Year
Services Held May
12th For Mrs.
Henry Chandler
P E Perry Editor Dublin Pro-
gress. Dublin. TVwa*
Art DUIon. Secretary and Treas-
urer Dublin Vetch and toed Oro-
wers Association
V A Underwood. Vocational Ag-
riculture Teacher Dublin. Texas
T. J- Shilling burg. Dublin Post-
Commencement
Exercises at Comyn
To Be Held May 17
• toys com out roe
SCION JUNIOO
USUAL!. TEAM
Auction To Be Held
Here Saturday
Bond Election Is
Called For Precincts
1, 3, And 4
Flying Taught Now
At Loyd Hines
J.C Robbins
Presents Students
in Recital, May 20
Alexander School
fo Close May 23
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Perry, Francis E. The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1947, newspaper, May 16, 1947; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth593933/m1/1/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dublin Public Library.