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    1. [TXHUNT-L] The Celeste Courier, September 3, 1965
    2. Sarah Swindell
    3. Other News From The Celeste Courier, September 3, 1965 New Housing is Asset to Celeste The Federal low income housing, ten units of brick construction, was accepted Friday, August 27, by the Celeste Housing Authority, a committee of five local men. Tentative acceptance by Charles J. Muller, architect, Commerce, includes landscaping of grounds for complete approval. The $97,396.00 contact with Advance Home Sales was completed in the time element designated. ... At the present, applications are in the process of verification by S. M. Compton, executive housing director, and A. L. Mabry of Greenville. Serving with Mr. Compton are Albert Granberry, Herman Compton, H. S. Byers, and Mack Pierson. Doug Wright of Commerce has been building inspector. ... 261 Students Enrolled in Celeste School ...The schedule during the cotton harvest is from 7:30 AM to 2:05 PM. ... Annual Littlejohn Family Reunion The Littlejohn family met at the Greenville Park Sunday, August 29, for the annual gathering with a basket lunch served at noon. ... Among those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Sam Glasscock of Celeste. Mrs. Alice Ralls was unable to be present. ... Major Andy Joe Byers Attending Army General Staff College Major Andy Joe Byers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harbert S. Byers, Celeste, is now attending the US Army Command General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. ... State Draft Quota for Texas Calls for 1,504 Men The state draft quota for October calls for 1,504 men, compared to 1,459 in September. ...Both quotas came after the President's announcement in late July that he was doubling the draft calls. ...Both the September and October quotas will be filled with volunteers under twenty-six years old and non-volunteers ages nineteen through twenty-five. Most of them will be twenty to twenty-one years of age. President Johnson signed an executive order Thursday, which will permit the drafting of childless married men who marry after midnight Thursday.... Under 16 Years Not Permitted to Work on Farms Farmers have been reminded that children under sixteen years of age are not permitted to work on farms during school hours. ...Lawson A. Wood, field office supervisor of US Department of Labor, pointed out that the sixteen year age minimum does not apply to children who work on the home farm for their parents or guardians. He also said the act places no restrictions on farm work by minors sixteen years old or more. "The place for children is in school, not in the field," Wood said. "Today's children will grow up in the world which demands more education and better skills."

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