Jan. 23-30, 1973 A large two-story frame house, owned and occupied by H.J.

It was not fourteen and it was not sixteen. The magic number was fifteen! It took 15 times and four days to elect a new Speaker of the House.

To the Editor: It’s getting to be that time again. Throughout the year, you’ll find annual fundraiser notices for other area volunteer fire departments in The Fayette County Record and Facebook.

Growing up in small town America in the late 1940s afforded opportunities to live and roam without barriers. Thus, we were able to wander about exploring back alleys, and neighbors’ detached garages, play ball in vacant lots, and climb cherry trees for an afternoon treat.

W Tickets are now on sale for the Holy Cross Youth Group Valentine’s Dinner on Saturday, Feb. 11.

I happened to be out on foot during that heavy fog the other morning, doing chores. I was amazed by the transformation.

For the Texas House and Senate, there is not much daylight between each chamber’s priorities in this year’s legislative session. Leaders say the focus will be on property tax relief, border security and employee raises. Preliminary budgets from both chambers were released last week, the Austin American-Statesman reported, with a record $288.7 billion budget for the next two years. The money in the budget is made up of $93.7 billion in federal funds, $130.1 billion in state general revenue funds, and $64.9 billion in other funds.

Spring planting time will be here before we know it. In general, for most of our spring crops, we should wait to plant until after any danger of frost.

T EXAS History Following a weeklong engagement at the Majestic Theater, a cheering crowd saw off Harry Houdini, escape artist extraordinaire, at the Dallas train station on Jan. 25, 1916.

Jan. 19, 1973 Ray Baca, Fayetteville’s master musician, was to play at the inaugural ball for President Richard M.