Victoria Honors Arvle Elliott as Outstanding Young Man
Victoria selects Arvle Elliott of Victoria as Outstanding Young Man in 1948. A committee of the Victoria Chamber of Commerce chose him from nominations by the Victoria Junior Chamber to Commerce. Elliott, an assistant vice president at Victoria Bank and Trust, is a leading local civic and agriculture figure and is a candidate for Texas state honors with a Victoria ceremony on January 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arvle Miott
Victoria
Montague
Arvie Elliott
Victoria Bank and Trust Company
Victoria Chamber of Commerce
Notable North Texas agent Eliott leaves marked civic legacy
A biographical sketch notes Eliott, a former Montague county agricultural agent and Texas Tech graduate, resident of 1405 North Glass Street with his wife and two children. It details his extensive community service in Victoria including roles with Junior College, Chamber of Commerce, Cotton Improvement, Boys’ Livestock Show, Red Cross and Boy Scouts, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague
North Texas
Texas
Farmersville
Wiley
Collin County
Texas Technological College
Lubcock
North Glass Street
Rebecca
Stanley
Victoria County Junior College
Victoria Chamber of Commerce
Potery Club
Farmer's Club
Victoria County Cotton Improvement Advisory Committee
Houston
United States
Texas Emercial Agrictunnel Council
Victoria Livestock Show
Victoria Fine Arts Association
Community Chest
Red Cross Fund
Victoria Junior Chamber of Commerce
First Methodist Church
Victoria
Boy Scouts of America
Gulf Coast Council
BSA
Brownson Home
Preaching and social visits noted in Mallard news
The Mallard column reports Rev. Louis Hill of Nocona preaching at the Baptist Church Sunday services. Local residents and visitors including Ernest Miller and family of Forney, Ruth Parr and sons, Bonnie Wilhite of Denver, and many Holland family members attended events and a show in Seint to Saturday night. Several gatherings occurred on New Year’s Day with neighbors from Hobbs and Saint Jo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church
Louis Hill
Nocona
Ernest Miller
Forney
Jack Miller
Ruth Parr
Hattie Tompkins
Bonnie Wilhite
Denver
Imogene Holland
Neen Holland
Walter Green
Elmo Brewer
Nina Mae Holland
Roy D. Williams
Seint
Margie Miller
Janell Miller
Imogene
Jamey Brogdon
Bye Mound
the Jones
Saint Jo
John Holland
Mr. Jones
Nina Mge Holland
Forestburg
Hobbs, N. M
Homer Parr
Patti Welder Chapter FFA Committee Overview
A slate of duties is described for the Patti Welder Chapter Future Farmers of America committee. The note highlights organizational roles, youth leadership duties, and participation in school agricultural activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patti Welder
Future Farmers of America
Local families gather during holidays in Sunset
Sun and New Year visits fill a Sunset area week with Dallas and Decatur guests visiting relatives in town. Wichita Falls and Abilene visitors join in Christmas gatherings as kin from Fort Worth Bowie and Duncan share time with local residents. John Herbert Angeve and family travel to Bowie while Luther Reid recovers in Duncan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Bakouris
Wichita Falls
John Morris
Betty Lorrance
Q. D. White
Bill Linsley
Bowie
J. T. Jones
Opal
C. W. Jones
Maurice Jackson
Henrietta
Herman Harris
P. J. Huddleston
Jimmy
Benny
V. Ramsdale
Cushing
Oklo
Lester Loret
Fort Worth
Huddlestons
Ramsdales
Benny Grisham
Floyd Huddleston
John Herbert
Nancy Angeve
L. H. Angeve
A. E. Hill
G. H. Hill
B. F. Huddleston
L. C. Newman
J. F. Reid
Abilene
Luther Reid
Sunset
Duncan, Oklo
Holidays Travel and Homecomings Across Texas and Virginia
Local society notes list families visiting and returning after holidays. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Walters in Fort Worth, Mrs. Davenport and Tommy Lee returning to Uvalde, Jeannine Lee in Fort Worth, Mary Latham to Fredericksburg Virginia, David Lat ham to Annapolis, Jeane Robertson in Bowie, Toward Dunson to San Diego, Eugene Wall and Charles Whitehead from Amarillo, Claudia Burke in College Station, Lon Robertson’s family visits from Lubbock and Denton, Monette Littleton from Dallas, O L Slaughter Jr to College Station, Al Cure and Mrs McGaugh in Norman Oklahoma, Jane Foster of Texas Tech visiting Bowie area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. C. Davenport
Tommy Lee
Uvalde
Samuel Hyatt
Jeannine Lee
Fort Worth
Jane Foster
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Lawerence Foster
Social News Notes From Bowie and Nearby Towns
Mrs Melvin Tucker and daughter of San Francisco visit the Tuckers in Bowie this week. Mr and Mrs Van Littleton and daughters of Dallas spent New Year’s in Bowie with friends, former residents. Mrs A M Latham and Miss Evela Horn spent Sunday in Ryan Oklahoma visiting Mr and Mrs Worsham Whitman. Mr and Mrs Bill Jackson and Mr and Mrs Gordon Cady attended the Cotton Bowl game in Dallas Saturday. Miss Lara Dean Davis visiting Dallas this week with sister Grace Davis. Al Hayes of San Antonio visiting Mrs Lera Phillips and Mrs Minnie Hutchinson. Thelma Atchely and Lee Stacks of Wichita were week end guests in the H A Dodson home. Joe Whitaker of Santa Rosa was a visitor in Fruitland with CJ Whitaker and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Tucker
San Francisco
California
Lee Tucker
van Littleton
Dallas
Bowie
A. M. Latham
Evela Horn
Ryan, Oklahoma
Mrs. Worsham Whitman
Bill Jackson
Gordon Cady
al Hayes
San Antonio
Lera Phillips
Minnie Hutchinson
Thelma Atchely
Lee Stacks
Wichita
H. A. Dodson
Joe Whitaker
Santa Rosa, WN. M
CJ Whitaker
Fruitlend
Jeffries Returns to Fort Knox After Holidays Visit
G L Jeffries went back to Fort Knox Kentucky after spending Christmas and New Year with his parents Mr and Mrs George L Jeffries. Visitors at the homes of Mrs Smith Wall and Mrs Mort Williamson included parents Mr and Mrs Sandefur and Stanley and family from Keene Texas and Rev Cree Sandefur and family from Seattle Washington. Dixie Pell Sims and son Taylor of West Texas returned home Sunday after visiting Mr and Mrs H L Turns. she is Mr Turns daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Weldon Dane
Levelland
G. A. Griffin
G. L. Jeffries
Fort Knox, Ky
Mrs
George L. Jeffries
Smith Wall
Mort Williamson
Sandefur
Stanley
Keene
Texas
Cree Sandefur
Seattle
Wash
Dixie Pell Sims
Taylor
West Texas
H. L. Turns
Mr. Turns
Erosion Compared to Atomic Bomb Warns Texas Soil Loss
Paul H. Walter state conservationist in Temple Texas says soil erosion is as destructive as the atomic bomb. He notes erosion is wind or water caused and that Texas has reduced topsoil from nine to under six inches and lost over 46 million acres with 11 million completely unfit for use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul H. Walter
U. S. Department of Agricuture
Temple
Bell County
Walsey
Texas
Mrs Kilgore Returns Home After Holiday Visit
Mrs Salis Kilgore goes back to Bluff Dale Texas after holiday visit with daughter Mrs Alex Griffin Capulain and Mrs Robert V Griffin of Greenville Army Air Base Greenville South Carolina return to base after spending a week with his parents Mr and Mrs G A Griffin and others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salis Kilgore
Bluff Dale
Texas
Alex Griffin
Capulain
Robert V. Griffin
Greenville Army Air Base
Greenville
South Carolina
G. A. Griffin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arvle Elliott
Federal Land Bank
Loans Co
E. Blackmon
Montague County National Farm Loan Association
Mallard News
Jack Rhodes
John Tompkins
Hollywood Briefs
Canton Flennel
Gillett’s
Bowie, Texas
Fale
Bewley
Nozen
Bey Soe
Okos
Tae
Lely Torr
Sunset News
Jesse Burris
R. P. Davis
J. C. Davis
F. E. Jordon
Decatur
Paul Finn
Methodist Church
Mrs. C. T. Walters
Mary Latham
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Elizabeth M. Latham
David
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Jeane Rovertson
Monday
Wincy Sanders
Ann
Toward Dunson
G. A. Dunson
San Diego
Eugene Wall
Charles Whitehead
Amarillo
Claudia Burke
College Station
Lon Robertson
James
Betty Grace
Denton
Monette Littleton
Naomi Tarver
O. L. Slaughter Jr
al Cure
T. E. McGaugh
Norman
Oklahoma
Thurman McGaugh
Lara Dean Davis
Grace Davis
Bellone
Walter S. Cochran
Nacol
Dr. Gaffney
America
Bowtie Post
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