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Not Ours
DOWN — DOWN — We say so the folks can
buy — Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats and Shoes
The big deal—if you buy NOW you SAVE
200 MARCY LEE and MISS VIRGINIA
Tomato
Sheeting
The Greatest Value for the Money
Way down on the price—up in QUALITY
Gene Autry Cow Boy Bootes, Star Brand and
Peter’s Shoes, Acme Boots, Curlee Clothes
and Stetson hats—get the job done.. No more
at the price.
Ladies—1000 pairs Nylon, Rayon
and Hosiery—way down.......
Underwear
98# and up
DRESSES............$7.99, $2.99, $1.99
250 Kiddies and Ladies Dresses—going—
going!
MR. FARMER:
for 1951
Our prices are in reach of all... buj
it. . . sell it. .. sell it all.
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY RUBBER
GOODS.
NO LET-UP - BUY NOW
s and Hie Green Store
—Curlee Clothe*—Hawk and Sledge Work Clothe*—Roger* and Mary Barron Underwear—Berkshire and Mojud Hosiery—Colony Club
Slip*—Marcy Lee and Mb* Virginia Dre**e*—Butterick and McCall Pattern*—Station, Knox and Dari* Hat*
Butterick Patterns and Publications
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T1MP3QN WEEKLY TIMES—Timpson. Texas, February M, ltei
TIMPSON WEEKLY TIMES
Dad Is A Better
--Speller Than Junior,
p"*— s.**
T. J. MOLKOY.....Editor -
8. WINFREY . . Business Mgr.
Austin.—Where’s
that old
High
Ji? bluebacked speller?
officePat Timpson', Texas, un- school students today don’t
da; the set of March 3, 1879. spell as well as those in their
75c: three months, 40c. ___
SOCKING CRIME
parents' schooldays, a survey
conducted by University of
Texas Professor Fred C. Ayer
shows.
Dr. Ayer included the same
six familiar words in his 1950
survey of U. S. high schools as
were used in surveys in 1915
and 1925. Results indicate a
general decline in the percent-
v9npn„.,r nr <* age of P“Pih speUi”* the
Vancouver, B. C Feb. 9. worda correctly. In 1915, for
^ r tu ^ “1** f°r *! example, 100 per cent of ninth
thief with Of** socln. t^.ade pupi,3 tested spe„ed
He stole
men's socks fr
’41 worth of
n Paul Bak-
j “trouble” right.
er's car last nigh. The socks
In 1925, 95
per cent spelled it correctly,
and in 1950 only 91 >>er cent
were aamples_not a match- could „ the word
mg pair in the lot | Dr. Ayer bIame8 the decUn«
MAN WON $50 BET, ,in spelling ability on decrcas-
COST HIM $9,000 |ed emphasis on spelling in the
Burlington, Vt.—H. Net on 'element*./ grades and lower
Jackson once won a $50 bet—iaverage mentality of high
but it cost him $8,0001 .school pupils. The latter is ex-
Jackson, now edging 80, was Pbiss# by the fact that near-
sitting in the University club ,,y everyone goes to high
in San Francisco (me day in1scho°l now> in contrast to
1903 when he heard somebody earlier years, he said,
belittling the horseless car-1 The elementary school trend
rjage to let pupils learn spelling in-
"Why,” said the man scorn- IcMentaHy-:as they study other
fully, "you couldn’t drive subjects has kept them from
across the country in one of developing a technique to
those in 90 days.” | learn to sPe11 new words and
Jackson bet $50 he could, jfrom mastering many socalled
and soon afterward headed elementary school words e3-
east in his Winton. Just 63 .sential to high school spelling
days later—on July 26, 1903 ueeds, Dr. Ayer claims.
—he arrived in New York
TEXAS OHIA RECORD cost of
ANALYSIS 'pound. These high producers
College Station. — Regard- returned $3.58 worth of milk
less of the price of dairy pro-.for each dollar’s worth of feed
ducts, profit from a milk cow 'consumed,
is closely related to her level Cows producing at the 224
of production. The truth in,pound level returned $164
this statement is verified by‘above the cost of feed, while
the yearly analyses of Dairy I those producing 475 pounds
Herd Improvement Associa-] returned $497 above feed
tion records. j costs.
A study of Texas DHIA rec-j Alth ugh some of the lower
ords for 1949 shows that, if a producers may not possess the
cow is to pay for her keep, she lability to produce at a high
must produce approximately j level, Meekma says that many
200 pounds of butterfat per dairy cows probably could
year. As the level of produc- have done better if they had
tion increases above 200'received better feeding and
pounds, the profit per pounds management.
only 39 cents per GARRISON STARTS
of butterfat increases.
A. M. Meekma, assistant
dairy husbandman for the
Bach cow has a limit beyond
THE MAGIC FIRST 1
SPRING PRACTICE
Garrison, Tex., Feb. 14.—; ^ '
ss astral
Monday, Feb. 12. The Garri- j comes quickly, the body repair* the
son Bulldogs are fair contend- irritated ti-.rae*. Pain and soreness
ers for the 1951 championship! Get CIT-ROS *lAo at
crown since many of the 1950 ; 70 dru**tot For ■“* br ;
team will remain a* high
school through the year.
Line-up includes: Robert
Little, left end; Hayden
(Buzz) McCauley, left taekle;
L. C. Fredericks, left guard:
Jerry Phillips, center; Ken-
neth (Speedy) Smith, right
guard; Donuy Phillips, right
tackle; Billy Adkinson, right
end; Al (Brains) Stoddard,
G. e. McDavid. Druggist
Texas A. & M. Extension Ser- j dairymen that DHIA records
vice, says that 'this greater can be used as the basis for re-
profit at higher levels of pro-] moving the inefficient produc-
duction is due to the wider ers from the herd,
spread between feed costa and I standard b^toTTbats are
the value of the product -Feed made from Mh wood_
costs increase as production
increases, but at a slower rate.
Cows which produced 224
pounds of butterfat and less
returned an average of $2.17
worth of milk for each dollar’s
worth of feed they consumed.
Since feed costs make up 50
percent of the cost of produc-
ing milk, the dairymen barely
broke even on these low pro-
ducers. An average of 71 cents
worth of feed was required
for each pound of butterfat
produced by these cows.
At the other extreme of pro-
duction in Texas DHIA herds,
475 pounds and over, butter-
fat was produced at a feed
which she cannot efficiently quarterback; Fred (Jiggsr)
produce, and Meekma reminds Bussa, right halfback; Harvey
City, completing the first mo-
tor carriage trip from coast to
coast.
Jackson won the bet, but the
trip had cost
$8,000. ! ,
“And I lost 20 pounds, too,” P*°dlng
he recalls. the top of his automobile,
--— about two feet from his head.
Rio de Janeiro means Janu- The fragments were about 2V4
ary River. inches wide.
METEOR MISSES
St. Louis.—John Hauser, 28,
____ _ Maplewood Park, HI., had a
him a total of narrow escaPe from a meteor.
.Two small chunks of an ex-
meteor shot through
(Boone) Curry, fullback; Jim-
my Payne, left halfback.
Flower* For All Occasions
Representing
Nacogdoches Floral
Company
Call Your Local Agent
J. E. RAMSEY
Phone 284 - W
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EYES EXAMINED
GLASSES FITTED
EVERY THURSDAY
IN TIMPSON
Upstairs above McLeroy’s
Hardware Store
Dr. Lester G. Warren
Home Office: Center
PHONE 118
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Dr. J. G. Brown
Rectal Diseases
Coats-Brown Hospital
61$ S. Broadway
TYLER, TEXAS
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Painting,
First Clan Work
Guaranteed
Free Estimates
J. A. HAACKE
Box 294
PHONE 287
Timpson, Texas
BILLY HUNT
Attoraey-at-Law
Office in Joy Theatre B1
TIMPSON, TEXAS
MRS.
PHONE 7-J _
CENTER
FLORAL
302
Center,
Flowers For
Occasions
, Delivery Service
Phone 960—Center
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BROILER BUILDINGS
5% Interest — 3 Years To Pay
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PHONE 395 — CENTER, TEXAS
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1951, newspaper, February 16, 1951; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth814938/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Timpson Public Library.