On Aug. 22, 1949, Life Magazine put on its cover, Clarence Hailey Long, a working cowboy on the JA Ranch. The magazine was publishing a series of Leonard McCombe photographs on ranching in the American West.
The Metcalfe Museum is open again. We are busy getting everything is place for summer. Spring has slipped by us. The wildflowers are all in bloom, and they are beautiful. Indian Blanket is abundant on our roadway thanks to all the rain we had in March and April.
CHAPTER FIVE:
YUMMY SARDINES
Slim slammed the mailbox shut that’s kind of a tongue-twister, isn’t it? And turned onto the little road that led to his house. When we reached the front door, he pushed it open and said, “Get in there, dogs, and catch a mouse.”
I went streaking inside.
The Canadian Municipal Swimming Pool will open for the season on Tuesday, June 9, at 1 pm, under the management of new city employee Pam Edminson (at right). Edminson was on the job this week, and will be helping with lifeguard training and certification this weekend.
The first Saturday in June each year is designated as Free Fishing Day in the state of Texas. Texans can fish on any public body of water in the state without a fishing license this year on Saturday, June 6.