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Feb. 13-16, 1968

Jecmenek Hardware & Lumber in Ellinger advertised the following weekend specials: Kuhn’s Paint Thinner, reg. $1.35 gallon, special $1.09; Kuhn’s Outside & Primer White Paint, reg. $6.85 gallon, special $3.99; barbed ware, 12½-gauge, imported, $6.29 roll; 650 pieces half-inch sheetrock, $1.68 sheet; and 480 pieces halfinch 2x8 gypsum board, 72¢ per sheet.

The first screwworm-free January since the eradication program was started in 1962 was in the record books. However, program officials urged livestock producers to continue to stay alert and submit samples from each worm infestation found.

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