Blaze Claims Second Victim in Oil Incident at Perryton
Perryton Texas June 2 Special Shannon Davidson died at 2 25 Sunday at Sanford Hospital as the second victim of an oil heating accident that also killed his employer R B Archer Jr of Spearman. The two men were heating used oil to treat a truck body when the oil boiled over onto a stove igniting flames. A blanket smothering attempt caused confusion and both men spilled oil. Archer died the next day. Davidson, an expert horseman and cowboy, won a 1938 Pony Express race from Natoma to Treasure Island Cal. He lived in Spearman for two years, formerly of Florida Mor. Funeral set for 2 30 Tuesday at Flemor Baptist Church. Survivors include his mother Mrs J M Davidson Florida Mor a brother Dale Davidson Spearman and three sisters Mrs Elma Xa Grover Mrs Roldo Martin and Mrs Howard Rogers both of Florida Mor. ARE IN KANSAS Mr and Mrs J E Davis and children Patty and Jack 304 Sunset visiting relatives in Great Bend and Hutchinson. LES HILL HOME Les Hill returns from Texas A&M son of Rev and Mrs Lester L Hill 4111 Har Rison
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Perryton
Shannon Davidson
Sanford
Davidson
R. B. Archer, Jr
Spearman
Archer
Natona
Treasure Island
Cal
Flemor Baptist Church
J. M. Davidson
Flamor
Dale Davidson
Elma Xa
Grover
Roldo Martin
Howard Rogers
Pentecostal Church Meet Opens Tuesday
Delegates expected to arrive tonight for the Texico District United Pentecostal Church annual conference. The three day session begins tomorrow at the First Christian Church with about 400 delegates from Colorado New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle. Ministers and laymen will attend with evangelistic services each night and Bible teaching in the afternoons. Rev Mack Abbott of Roswell will preside with Rev Howard A Goss of St Louis as principal speaker along with Rev Massey Odessa Rev Hamilton Tahoka Rev Browning Monahans and Rev Massingale Albuquerque district elders.
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Texico
United Pentecostal Church
First Christian Church
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Mack D. Abbott
Roswell
Accoo
Abbott
Howard A. Goss
St. Louis
Massey
Odessa
Hamilton
Tahoka
Browning
Monahans
Massingale
Albuquerque
Bray Attending Chicago Convention for Ohio Foundry Co
L K Bray of 1617 Travis attends the Liquified Petroleum Gas Association annual convention at the Sherman Hotel in Chicago representing the Ohio Foundry and Manufacturing Co. Ruth Dulin of 1619 Van Buren spends the week in Graham visiting her sister, Mrs Dulin, a teacher at Sam Houston Junior High.
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Bray
Chicago
L. K. Bray
Travis
Liduified Petroleum Gas Association
Sherman Hotel
Ohio Foundry and Manufacturing Co
Granam
Ruth Dulin
van Buren
Graham
Burglars Busy in Borger and Phillips Area
Burglars struck Borger and Phillips weekend entering four business houses. Heaviest loss at Ollie Hare Dry Goods Store in Borger with 9 pairs of trousers 2 jackets and $99.90 in cash taken. Texas Cafe in Borger suffered small cash loss. C and S Hardware and Anderson 66 Service Station in Phillips also entered. theft reported.
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Borger
Philips
Ollie Hare Dry Goods
Berger
Texas Cete
Anderson 66
Phillips
Allen Insurance Agency Offers Complete Fire and Auto Coverage
Allen Insurance Agency advertises comprehensive fire, casualty, marine, and automobile insurance with representation from reliable companies. Contact Taylor at phone number 2-4876 for inquiries.
Robin prank hits Borger residents and Cornell men
The Amarillo Globe reports a 1941 Oldsmobile sedan on an Amarillo road near Borger was used in a bird scare. Two Cornell University laboratory men A W McKay and Robert J Powers were bothered by the robin episode. After six days of annoyance, they coated the robin s window with a cleaner that dried white.
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Amarillo
GLOBE
Texas
Borger
Phillips Camp
Cornell University Laboratory
A. W.mckay
Robert J. Powers
McKay
Faulkner Names Five Contemporaries In Literary List
William Faulkner, teaching creative writing at the University of Mississippi, ranks five modern novelists he admires. He places Thomas Wolfe first, with Faulkner himself second, followed by John Dos Passos, Ernest Hemingway, and Willa Cather and John Steinbeck, in that order. He credits Sherwood Anderson as the start of American literature.
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William Faulkner
Oxford
Miss
University of Mississippi
Thomas Wolfe
John Dos
Passos
Ernest Hemingway
Wille Cather
John Steinbeck
Faulkner
Wolfe
Sherwood Anderson
Tap-Happy Robin Delights Ithaca Residents
In Ithaca New York Pete Tap-Happy Robin has become a local nuisance as the bird pecks windows at dawn. Residents including Mrs Carl Bishop and Mrs Floyd Beach of Newfield report the persistent visitor, with several Tobins among the affected households.
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Pete
Robin
Ithaca
Carl Bishop
Floyd Beach
Newfield
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Blaze
Kansas
J. E. Davis
Patty
Jack
Great Bend
Hutchinson
Les Hill
Texas A&m
Lester L. Hill
Harrison
Amartillo
Tigher Amarillo Venetian Blind Co
Taylor St
Pentecostal Church
24Th and Polk
Allen
Insurance Agency
C Taylor
Panhandle
Anhandle Andry A
Clreanine
Canada
Dr.Edwards
Panhandle Lumber CO
West
Brent Straw
Panama
Gabardine
GAY Cottons
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