Centipede Incident At Rube's Boot Shop Chronicle
Lonnie Hughes, a porter at Rube's Boot Shop on East Fourth Avenue, found a five inch centipede in his pants. After fleeing to Dr M P Hines's home, the creature was captured and tracked through the Globe-News office, finally bottled for display. Hughes joked about joining a church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie Hughes
Rube
East Fourth Avenue
Hughes
Fourteenth Avenue
North Hughes Street
Whatsit
Raymond F. Grey
Amarillo Army Air Field
Hines
Globe-News
Patt Powell
Porter Recalls Narrow Escape From Venomous Snake
A news staffer recalls a near miss as a shrimping porter narrowly avoids a rattlesnake event during work. The anecdote notes previous danger faced by the worker, including a prior incident with a rattlesnake while cotton picking.
Courthouse Records Marriage Licenses List
Courthouse records list marriages between Rufus Aldridge and Emeda Statton Pvt Martin R Curtis and Anita M Curtis Cpl Leland D Mesmer and Norma Catherine Fullerkamp Paul E Edenfield and Frances A Masuik Robert L Zody and Ruth Waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Aldridge
Emeda Statton
Martin R. Curtis
Anita M. Curtis
Cpl
Leland D. Mesmer
Norma Catherine Fullerkamp
Paul E. Edenfield
Frances A. Masuik
Robert L. Zody
Ruth Waters
Lt Scud Redus Phones Wife From Oahu After Birth
Mrs Jo Anne Redus in the hospital after giving birth to daughter Nancy Carol received a call from Lt Scud Redus stationed in Oahu. He is finishing combat training as a Thunderbolt pilot and telephoned his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Anne Redus
Oahu
Scud Redus
Nancy Carol
Redus
Soldier PFC David Smith Reunites With Parents
PFC David Smith spends two weeks with his parents at 507 Mississippi Street after arriving home. He serves in the public relations office of the First Troop Carrier Command at Bergstrom Field, Austin, and writes a column “The Girl Back Home” for the Del Valle News. Previously he was an announcer at radio station KFDA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Smith
J. M. Smith
Mississippi Street
Private Smith
First Troop Carrier Command
Bergstrom Field
Austin
del Valle
KFDA
Return to Tennessee Mrs Joy Tomlin and her son move home
Mrs Joy Tomlin and her young son Bobby Curtis head back to Franklin Tennessee after ten months living with Mrs C W Bennett at 2900 Piltmore Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Joy Tomlin
Bobby Curtis
Franklin, Tenn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cretney Drug
Linit
George Murphy
Constance Moore
RKO
Paramount Theater
Paramount
Powell
Courthouse Records
Island of
Imperial Valley
Ideal Food Store
California
Sunkist
Angel Food
Syrup Nostear
N. B
maBisco Reddey
TE Lipton
Skinner
Colo. Red
Schilling
Morton’s
N. Fillmore
6Th
Mississippi
Chuck
Pinkney's
Kha
Sekine
Imperial Sugar
TEXAS
Globe News
ABC Plumbing Company
Doe Vermilion
America
Clorox Chemical Co
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