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THE ROCKDALE REPORTER
Rockdale Mhmd«« Established H73
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Rockdale Reporter Established 1896
Today 12 Pages
ROCKDALE. MILAM COUNTY. TEXAS THURSDAY. JULY 8. 1948
NO. 24
harp is Assured
ell Phone Service s
isliy improved telephone ser-
t!'r the Sharp area, and the
n\ Rockdale area as well, is
i this week through recent
&Su£n by the Rockdale
Men’s Business League, and
jouthwestern Bell Telephone
g Men’s Business Lea-
from Buck Garner in
re the Bell Telephone
r field. Garner will
operate the exchange
or until the Bell Com-
impU'te its plans and
s understood.
Well over 100 applications have
been received in the Sharp area
for phone service, N. K. Hover-
stock, district manager, of Bren-
ham, told this newspaper Wed-
nesday. In addition, the company
made a re-canvass of the general
Rockdale area, and over 100 ap-
plications were added here, he
said.
At present, the district manager
said the Sharp area program is on
the planning board. Engineers
will make a survey and complete
plans will be drawn up. Hover-
stock said his firm wanted to im-
Lions Hear Story £££■£*:
On Slate Prison
ystem Conditions
iAMBLING
HpUND
Rockdale
—With
W. H. C.
i ding.
week’s comments on the
ers stirred J. H. Anthis into
and this week he brought
opy of the old Rockdale
jer, dated May 15, 1884.
year-old paper is worn with
t interesting throughout,
at that time was Enoch
_ Messenger, according to
ir Breeding, was published “in
rade center of one of the riclf-
ections of Texas.” The May
864, issue was No. 3 Volume
s subscription rate, believe it
ot. was the same as the present
rate: $2.00 per year, in Milam
aty. Present-day advertisers
be interested in the 1884 ad-
lsing rate which ran slightly
re 75c per inch on a three
ith contract.
“With the brutality, the killings,
the beating, the unsanitary condi-
tions, the mixing of first offenders
with hardened criminals, etc., the
Texas Prison System has been
producing more criminals during
the past years than have come up
on the outside.”
This the story Sam Sellers,
chairman of the legislative com-
mittee investigating the prison
system, told members of the Rock-
dale Lions Club at their noon lun-
cheon meeting Wednesday.
The speaker gave a very inter-
prove the coverage of the general1 es*.'n8 account of his visits to the
Rockdale area at the same time.
No definite statement could be
prison system and told many in
stances of horrible conditions and
made as to when the Sharp service Practices »n various departments
can start.
Fred Jackson
Enters Race For
Co. Representative
The population of Milam county
that date was 18,659, the Mes-
ser printed. Principal towns
-i Rockdale with a population
1900: Cameron, population 1,-
; Milano, 500; Davilla, 400;
use, 200; Maysfield, 200; and
dale, 150.
County officers were: Judge,
sckney S. Ford; district clerk, J.
Oxenford; clerk, W. D. Paden;
^y, D. D. Wallace; treasurer,
' Stone; sheriff, Wyatt Lips-,
-h; assessor, W. W. Hopkins; i
Jktor, J. B. Wolf. Commis-
^*rs were J. G. Wilson, E. Y.
£*H. R S. Cox and N. H. Tracy,
Kinds 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively.
Advertisers included A. Kaiser,
a*ral merchandise; Solon
^*5, commission merchant; W.
«nch, furniture; W. E. Cope-
or8ans, watches, jewelry,
J1 books, etc; Rockdale State ‘
- J. S Perry & Co., proprie-
1 with J. E. Longmoor, man-
.located in the Jalonick buiid-
. Tracy & Isaacs, land and col-
a*ents; Leo Strelsky, black-
j inH; Story & Camp, pianos
organs; Hazzard, Raymond &
-Pianos; Scarbrough & Hicks
. general merchandise; A. E.
limwider & Co., lumber; Dr. T.
A\ lrutf f) a♦ .4 . e> j •
attorney; W M. James, at-
’ ^ Antony and A. G.
x. attorneys; J. S. Perry, at-
.’. "‘His J. King, attorney;
ihn & E. C. Gordon; Dr. P.
p von' ^r- A. C. Walker; Dr.
The Rodtdaje market in 1884 as
CIV0 12 1/2 cents.
E in t0 15 CentS-
£r 20 to 25 cents,
j^. t0 12 1/2 cents.
per gallon 50 to 80
K 20 C6ntS-
uj* 15 to 20 cents.
jj, ’ per Pound, 11 to 12 1/2
^m*- sugar cured, 15 to 17
te P*r Jozpn. 8 to 10 cents.
-ttonr,br.re'’56 to $8-5°-
fn in ?/4 to 9 cents.
-h t0 50 cents.
0 atoes 40 cents per buc-
Authori ~~
UP in the
the homo tand makinK a name
prornm'nt
- there was, and
Put Rn u!iSS,‘°ns Pe*ry. Who
W rn ale on the maP. in
•Ion* manner of speaking.
SUSS* Mrs- Rtighie
Amblings, page 12
Fred J. Jackson, well known
Cameron man, makes his formal
announcement this week as a
candidate for the office of Repre-
sentative from Milam county, 64th
district, subject to the action of
the Democratic primary July 24.
Mr. Jackson has engaged in bus-
iness in Cameron for a long num-
ber of years, and is now farming
and ranching at Maysfield. He is
well known, not only in and
around Cameron, but also over the
county. “I have had the pleasure
of making a campaign before and
have met so many people in Milam
county, I feel I know most all of
them personally," he explained.
Married, Mr. Jackson has three
children, two grown. He is a vet-
eran of World War I.
In Rockdale the other day, Mr.
Jackson said he was offering for
Representative at the insistence of
friends who have continually |
urged him to make the race.
"Since announcing," he continued,
“it is very definite that the people
of Milam county wish a change
in their representative at Austin.
I feel that I am well qualified
through school, having had two
years of business and parliament-
ary law. I also feel that I can
of the system. He praised Mr.
Ellis, present manager of the pri-
son system, and told of his plans
and ways to improve the system
and eliminate the many evils and
brutalities. Some of this has al-
ready been done, he said.
"About ten per cent of the in-
mates are criminals and 90 per
cent men who have made a mis-
take in life," Sellers estimated. Al-
though they have broken the laws
of society, they are still humans
and deserve to be treated as such,
he emphasized.
Ladies’s Night.
Following Sellers’ talk, a brief
business meeting was held, with I.
B. Bullock reporting that the la-
dies night installation of officers
for the Lions would be held at
Rainbow Courts Wednesday night,
July 21. Tickets to the banquet
will go on sale right away.
T. A. Weems gave a report on
the community party at fair park,
sponsored by the Lions club last
Saturday night. The club voted to
sponsor similar events every other
Saturday night.
Fifteen Lions were present,
along with the following five
guests: Bill Summers, Jimmy
Crane, Roy Vaughn, Sam C. Sel-
lers, and L. W. Barnett.
In Next Few Days
Austin, July 6.—Dr. W. R. New-
ton’s release from the state peni-
tentiary is scheduled within the
next few days.
State Pardon and Parole Board
Chairman Abner Lewis said that
Cameron physician’s release has
been moved up to “somewhere
between July 9 and 15” after he
was granted a 30-day reduction in
sentence yesterday as a blood
donor.
The reduction for blood dona-
tion was the fifth such action since
Doctor Newton started last sum-
mer serving a two-year sentence
for assault to murder Dr. Roy L.
Hunt of Littlefield in 1942.
He entered the prison August 1,
1947, after his request for pardon
had been rejected July 25. Before
he started serving, the board of
pardons and paroles turned down
the request by a 2 to 1 vote.
Doctor Newton’s fifth 30-day
commutation came for giving
about a pint of blood to the M. D.
Anderson Hospital for Cancer Re-
search at Houston Governor Beau-
ford Jester granted similar sen-
tence reductions Monday for 30
others.
Veterans Discharged
After Jan 24,1947 May
Vote Without Poll Tax
Austin, July 3.—Veterans who
were discharged from service after
January 24. 1947, will be eligible
to vote in the July 24 Democratic
primary without payment of a poll
serve the people of my home; tax, Atty. Gen. Daniel ruled today,
county. I am not making any j The attorney general held that
rash promises, only that if elected j neither President Truman nor con-
I will fulfill the office honestly gress has formally proclaimed the
and to the best of my ability, al-
Gause Well Gels
Some Oil as More
Drilling Looms
Standard Oil Company’s No. 1
Lucinda Green wildcat near Gause
is reported making some oil this
morning, Humble is making loca-
tion for a new test south of Rock-
dale, and LaGloria has made lo-
cation 2 miles south of Tangle-
wood.
Reports in Rockdale this morn-
ing were that Standard's Gause
wildcat backed up, plugged hole,
perforated again and acidized after
last week’s salt water show. The
well is reported pumping some oil.
Humble has made location on
the Henderson tract, now owned
by H. H. Coffield, about ten miles
south of Rockdale and one mile
northeast of the Humble Jim John-
son well drilled recently. It is
j Humble’s fourth well this year in
this area.
LaGloria Oil Company has made
location on the Reat tract adjoin-
ing the Bauer farm two miles
south of Tanglewood on the west
side of Highway 77.
termination of hostilities in World
War II. Therefore, the wartime
free vote to soldiers and veterans
ways seeking to represent my peo-
ple fairly in all things.”
Mr. Jackson expressed regrets applies.
not having been able to see many | *“ ““”*
of the voters to date, and said that D. A. V. TO MEET
his interests at Maysfield will; The Disabled American Veterans
make it impossible for him to see local chapter, will meet at the
every voter in the county. "I want1 American Legion Hall Thursday
all of you to take this message as night at 8 p. m. All members of
my personal solicitation of your,; the chapter and all eligible for
vote and support, and also to ac- membership are invited to attend,
cept my thanks for your fine co- according to T. J. Kyle, command-
operation in the past,” he said. : er._ _
YEGUA PHILOSOPHER:
J. A. Offers His Own Cotton Patch
Experiment on Fight Against Boll Weevils
ists would get a move on.
I don’t know whether I’m gonna
make any cotton this year or not,
but before I touch that field again
I’m gonna wait to see what the in-
sects are gonna do. I ain’t never
got over the fact in 1921 I plowed
my cotton clean as a whistle, from
daylight to dark, after every rain,
and when I finally layed it by and
pulled up to the house with me
and my mule both down to skin
..............__ _ and bones, I discovered all I’d done
candidate to run on a platform of|wa8 get the weeds and trash out
Editor's note: The Yegua
Philosopher on his Johnson
grass farm on Yegua Creek
hits a new low in laiiness this
week, as his letter reveals.
Dear editar:
I read in a copy of a newspaper
which I borrowed out of my neigh-
bor’s mail box due to the fact my
subscription expired eight years
ago and I haven’t renewed as I ve
been workin on a plan to get some
free subserpitions to everybody on
the theory a
informed elec-
torate is the
hope of dem-
ocracy, al-
though what
you can get
out o f some
papers, if
you’re broad-
gauged e-
nough to stand
the personal
reference, J. A.
gives democ-
racy a mighty slim chance
started out to say, I read in this
paper where some scientists is
workin on a plan to control cotton
insects by creatin a disease epi-
demic among them.
Under this method, the epidemic
breaks out among the boll weevils
say and they’re so bu3y with their
own troubles they haven’t got time
to work on the cotton, and all I
have to say is I wish them scient-
as I
of the way of the boll weevil and
leaf worms and flea hoppers, and
I wound up the year makin qne
bale of cotton, that is I estimated
it was about a bale as the bottom
fell out of the price and hands was
scarce and I never did get around
to pickin it that year, and the
county agent advised me against
tryin to pick it the next year, sayin
it probably would do the soil more
good just to plow it under, and I
guess he was right and I may do it
yet, if I ever decide to put that
field back in cultivation.
But right now, if them scientists
want to use my 1948 cotton patch
to experiment with, they’re wel-
come to it. If they can cause a
epidemic among the pests in that
cotton to such a extent the crop
will make something, their for-
tune's made, understand I’m makin
this offer with the understandin
if they succeed they have to turn
ish the cotton pickers too.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
William E. Mabe
With 76th Fighter
Squadron at Guam
Headquarters, 46th Fighter
Wing, Guam, 15 June—William E.
Mabe, son of- Mrs. Pearl Mabe,
Route 2, Rockdale, is presently as-
signed to the 76th Fighter Squad-
ron, 46th Fighter Wing based on
Guam.
He entered the service on Janu-
ary 28th and on May 12th he de-
parted the United States for a tour
jf duty in the Pacific Theater. His
present duties in the squadron are
those of an armorer, consisting of
the loading of bombs, rockets, and
guns and the maintenance, clean-
ing, and handling of aircraft arm-
ament equipment.
Under the present rotation policy
he will be eligible for return to
the United States in April of 1950.
Dry Goods Only
Perfect Record
Team in League
Dry Goods, inactive since last
Thursday, remains the only team
undefeated in the City Softball
League this week, with Peebles,
heretofore unbeaten, going down
via the forfeit route Tuesday night
after having won one Thursday
night by forfeit.
Last Thursday night Chevrolet
defeated Peebles 18 to 5 but gave
up the game by forfeit under the
shortage of players at game time
ruling. The same night Gaither
dropped unlucky Milano 11 to 1.
Monday night’s game between
Reporter and Dry Goods was post-
poned because of the Legion’s July
4th Celebration.
Tuesday night Peebles outscored
Gaither 9 to 1 but lost the game
by forfeit. Chevrolet jumped on
Milano 14 to 1.
How They Stand.
8P
w
1
pet.
Dry Goods
...........4
4
0
l.uuu
Peebles
...........5
4
I
.800
Gaither
...........5
3
2
.600
Reporter
4
2
2
.500
Salty
............4 .
2
2
.500
Chevrolet
............5..
2
3
.400
Lexington
4
1
3
.250
Milano
............5..
...0
.5
.000
Next Games.
Tonight
(Thursday):
Salty vs.
Horse Races Draw
Crowd on July 5th
Fair park, Rockdale, was jam-
med with visitors Monday as Car-
lisle Post, No. 358, American Le-
gion, presented its annual July
Fourth Celebration.
Free horse races and a free gate
at fair park featured the day.
Winner of the Legion’s 1948
Chevrolet Convertible, awarded at
10 p. m. during the dance, was Jim
Robbins, himself a war veteran.
Robbins lives at Tanglewood,
works in Rockdale.
Winner of the Legion’s $100 con-
solation prize was Grace S. Rob-
erts, of Austin, state capitol em-
ployee.
Good fourth of July weather,
and a free gate, coupled to draw
a large crowd to Rockdale. The
the afternoon. A few gaming con-
cessions, as well as the eat and
drink stands at fair park did a
thriving business. At night the
park was jammed with people for
the open air dance at the pavilion
and the prize award program.
Race Results.
The racing program brought in
some good horses, with San An-
tonio horses copping all of the
first honors in the afternoon pro-
gram. Results were as follows:
One half mile race: Doggie,
owned by J. A. Stutts of San An-
tonio, first, $130. Chicago Rags,
l owned by B. F. Sanders of Tem-
ple, second, $78.00. Half & Half,
owned by T. E. Turner of Austin,
third, $52. Total money $260.
program for the day consisted only j Waco Rags, owned by W. W. Cook
of matched horse races in the Waco, ran fourth.
morning, and a race program in
Lexington.
Monday night: Reporter vs. Gai-
ther.
Tuesday night: Chevrolet vs.
Lexington and Dry Goods vs.
Peebles, (double header).
All Stars.
Last Friday the Rockdale All-
Stars beat Thorndale by a score of
10 to 1, and Wednesday night took
the sugar game from Hearne 11 to
3.
Vera Fisher Asks
For Position As
County Treasurer
Vera Fisher of Hanover, is a
candidate for County Treasurer
for Milam county, subject to the
nominating primary to be held on
Saturday, July 24.
Miss Fisher was in Rockdale
Monday and while here she met
with much encouragement from
friends who believe that she should
be elected.
Miss Fisher ran within a few
votes of the nomination in 1944 and
Tomorrow (Friday) night the her many friends expected that she
All-Stars will play Taylor here.
Three Enlistments in
Guard Announced
Three enlistments were made in
Battery C. 239th Field Artillery
Battalion last week before recruit-
ing was temporarly halted by the
signing of the draft bill, Captain
Rudolph Michalka reported Tues-
day, and for the first time other
cities in the county are represented
in the local unit.
The new Guardsmen are: James
M. Caywood, a theater projection-
ist living in Rockdale, Bose Em-
mett Robinson, a student living in
Minerva, and Robert E. Moss, a
bricklayer residing in Hearne.
Capt. Michalka also reported
that Battery C had another payday
during last Tuesday evening’s drill
period at the armory. A total of!
$793.00 in checks was distributed
to officers and enlisted men of the
unit. This amount was for Na-
tional Guard drill pay alone, Capt.
Michalka pointed out, and was ex-
clusive of approximately five hun-
dred dollars more paid out during
the period.
D. C. Drummond
Attends A&M Poultry
Breeders School
College Station. July 6. (Spl>—
The following attended the Poultry
Breeders School held at Texas A &
M College last week:
James P. Seay and Randolph
Terrell, Seguin; W. Ross, Walter
Glockzin, Route 1 and Hardy S.
Barnett, Marlin; Leo F. Michalka,
Albert L. Horstmann, F. W. Vogel-
sang and Leo Fuchs, Cameron;
Walter E. Logeman, Yorktown;
Raymond A. Sargent, McKinney:
D. C. Drummond, Rockdale; W. H.
Buttrill and Jane E. Buttrill,
Teague,
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Welch, Star;
Dyle F. Meyer, Comfort; Fred
Gardner and M. Johnson, Bowie;
Melvin F. Campbell, Eagle Lake;
L. F. Strkey, New Baden; Kenneth
Williams, Route 3, Denison; Geo.
M. Heberer, Route 11 and Leigh
W. Flinn, Route 12, San Antonio;
Luis E. Reyes, Belize, British Hon-
duras, C. A.; Autrey H. Caraway,
Deleon; Anton Mazanec, Route 4,
Waco.
S. S. MAN HERE
Residents of Rockdale and vicin-
ity who wish information concern-
ing Federal Old-Age and Survivors
Insurance should contact the re-
presentative ot the Austin Social
j would run again in 1946 but illness
in her family caused her to post-
pone plans to seek this office for
which she is eminently qualified.
In making her announcement
for publication in the Reporter,
she issued the following statement:
"I want to tell you the reason I
did not run for this office the other
term. My mother was very ill and
died and I had to stay with her.
My father is getting old and in de-
clining health and I have to care
for him and make a living. So you
see for yourself whether I need
the office or not.
"Some people do not believe a
woman should hold an office, but
I believe any sensible man or wo-
man will agree with me that if a
woman has to attend to the duties
of an office she is worthy of hold-
ing that office. If I can get the
office I am sure I can attend to it
myself, without putting the tax
payers to the extra burden of pay-
ing someone to do the work, when
as a matter of fairness and duty
the one elected should be able to
perform those duties.
"You all know that for several
years some man has had this office
and had to get some woman to at-
tend to it while the man walks the
sidewalk or sits on the court house
steps and gets the money for the
office. I believe we have as many
smart people in Milam county as
anywhere else and I believe you
will agree with me that a woman
should have this office.
“I need the office and I am sure
I can attend to it and I will appre-
ciate it as much as anybody. Your
Budo, owned by E. R. Bailey of
San Antonio, first $65. Flicker,
owned by Proctor & Ilett, Lam-
pasas, second, $39. Sleepy, own-
ed by S. E. Johnson, of Belton,
third, $26. Total money $130.
One-eighth mile race: Bill Dee,
owned by Henry Diver, of San An-
tonio, first, $35. Lecky Lady,
owned by Newt Tyler, of Rogers,
second, $21. Bur Rabbit, owned
by Hershel Jackson, of Cameron,
third, $14. Total money $70. Bes-
sie Reed, owned by Clinl Burk, of
Cameron, ran fourth.
One-fourth mile race: Lady Ro-
mance, owned by J. A. Stutts, of
San Antonio, first, $56.25. Black
Jack, owned by Artie Hilliard, of
Temple, second, $33.75. Little
Champ, owned by E. R. Bailey, of
San Antonio, third, $22.50. Total
money, $112.50. Frank, owned by
Buddy Elliott of Belton, ran fourth.
One-fourth mile race: White
sox. owned by E. R. Bailey, of San
Antonio, first ,$48.75; Texas Baby,
owned by J. W Hilliard of Tem-
ple, second, $22.25. Texas Lady,
owned by J. W. Hilliard of Tem-
ple, third, $19.50. Total money
$97.50.
Security Office who will be at the._________......... „„ ......
Post Office in Rockdale on Tucs-! vote and help at this time will be
day, July 13, 9:00 a. m. See VERA FISHER, Page 12
Taylor Soil Conservation District News
District Supervisors: Herman Kruger- W. A. Lannon.
W. P. Voalkar. Goorgs Doihngar. A. W. Butts
COMMUNITY PARTY
There will be a community party
at Pleasant Hill school house Sat-
urday night, July 10, with music
by Buster Tucker.
Arthur Theise, Thorndale Con-
servation Group, mowed one of his
pastures last week. This practice
is especially important when there
is a shortage of water. Moisture
and plant food consumed by weeds
rob grass of an equal amount. In
addition, weeds grow taller than
grass in most cases and will shade
out the grass. Regular mowings
will establish short grasses when a
seed or plant source is available.
Once weeds have been replaced by
a heavy growth of grass, additional
weeds that may wash or be
brought in have a very poor chance
of survival.
• • •
Technicians of the Soil Conser-
vation Service from the Rockdale
Work Unit Office met with a very
interested group of farmers at Shi-
loh Tuesday night. The history
and program of the Taylor Soil
Conservation District was ex-
plained and the assistance that is
available to groups of farmers was
outlined. A short colored movie
was shown by Mr. Alford, Veteran
Vocational Agriculture Teacher,
giving the needs for 16 elements
needed for plant growth and some
of the results in both plants and
animals when these elements were
short or lacking. The movie was
enjoyed by all and the information
was timely to that section.
The following men made appli-
cations to the District Supervisors
of the Taylor Soil Conservation
District for assistance in planning
a coordinated soil and water con-
servation program for their farms:
Gaston Davis, J. P. Teberg, H.
Olive, G. D. Simmons, S. R. Carter,
G. C. Lawrence, J. V. Poe, J. A.
Carter. The combined acreage of
this group represents 1342 acres.
Maxwell to Receive
Pin for 17 Years
Meritorious Service
H. D. Maxwell, who has taught
Vocational Agriculture in Rock-
dale High School for 15 years, will
be awarded a lapel pin for meri-
torious service in his 17 years as
a Vocational Agriculture teacher,
J. T. Rollins of McKinney, presi-
dent of the Texas Vocational Agri-
culture Teachers Association, has
announced.
Maxwell will receive the pin in
San Antonio on July 28 at a meet-
ing of the Association. Awards to
be presented to Teachers of Voca-
tional Agriculture will be the first
ever awarded by the Association.
According to Lewis B. Taylor,
Executive Secretary of the Asso-
ciation, there are 554 teachers of
Vocational Agriculture in Texas.
Of this number, 255 have taught
less than 10 years, 150 have taught
10 to 14 years, 39 have had 15 to
19 years’ experience, 19 have
served 20 to 24 years, and 11 have
taught for more than 25 years.
Teachers with at least 10 years’
service will receive certificates at
the meeting. Bronze, silver, and
gold lapel pins will be presented,
respectively to teachers with 17,
20, and 25 years service.
National Farm
July 21-25, 1948.
Safety Week,
H. E. Fisher. Salty Conservation
Group, stocked his ponds with
bass, bream and channel cat fish.
He has recently caught bass weigh-
ing one and a half to two pounds,
channel cat weighing two pounds
and bream weighing about five
ounces. Farm ponds such as Mr.
Fisher’s can be made a source of
Milano FHA Chapter
Meets June 25th
"At the present rate of increase
there will be over 2000 cases of
poliomyelitis in Texas this sum-
mer,” Mrs. W. T. Whatley, Jr., told
the Milano Future Homemakers a)
their regular meeting Friday, Ju <•.
25, 7:30 p. m„ in the living room
of the Homemaking cottage.
Mrs. Whatley heard this state-
ment made in the 6:00 p. m. news
broadcast just before attending the
meeting, and suggested that the
girls listen to the radio and rea 1
the newspapers for further infor-
mation about the disease. The
wise thing to do in the meantime
is follow the clean-up and spray
program recommended by t! •'
State Health Department. E.i .1
girl received written instructor •
obtained from the Milam Count
Health Unit for a clean-up cam-
paign in their local communities
Further information can be se-
cured from Mr. Wimberly at the
health unit.
Following the program, Beth/
Morgan directed the group in sev-
eral active and quiet games.
Present for the meeting we-'-
Dalpha Nell Hurt, president; G*'
eva Hurt, Barbara Hartley. Earn-
pleasure and will produce well j esteen Smith. Betty Morgan, Eve-
over 100 pounds of fish per acre | lyn Yakesch. Joann Millner, Joa
of water surface when properly Beavers,- Nellie Jean Kirk, J” ■
stocked and fertilized. See MILANO FHA, Page 12
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