Alvord Bank President Reaches Fifty Years of Service
William Covington, president of the Alvord National Bank, marked fifty years with the bank. He began as a bookkeeper on July 5, 1900, later becoming assistant cashier in 1909 and vice president and cashier the same year, then president and chairman of the board in 1943. A luncheon honored the milestone. Covington, the town’s first white child, is a founder’s son educated locally and in Decatur Baptist College and Hill College.
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Alvord
Texas
William Covington
Alvord National Bank
Covington
Thing Bank
S. M. Covington
Decatur Baptist College
Hill Business College
Waco
Mrs Lynn Garlington Attends Normal School in Dallas
Mrs Lynn Garlington returned from Dallas last Friday night where she attended the Texas Association Teachers of Dancing Norman School. She did special work under Adolph Bolm a leading ballet master in the United States and also studied Spanish dancing under Susita Cansino.
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Lynn Garlington
Dallas
Texas Association Teachers of Dancing
Norman School
Adolph Bolm
United States
Susita Cansino
Directors Named In Community Board Roster
Other directors exewran Speer W M Flanery Floyd Covington and Mrs Terrell Collins are listed on the community board roster alongside current officials.
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Exewran Speer
W. M. Flanery
Floyd Covington
Terrell Collins
Residents and visitors join Youth Revival travels and family events
Fort Worth’s Dick Wentworth and Frank Boggs returned home after a week at the Youth Revival in town. Several Dallas and Crowell residents visited relatives in Bowie and nearby towns while others planned trips to Purcell Oklahoma and Greensboro North Carolina.
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Dick Wentworth
Fort Worth
Frank Boggs
Dallas
Newport Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Meetings
Denison visitors join families in Newport for weekends and church. Local moves shift households as Milt and Allen Hamilton relocate. Broom family plans trips to Big Springs and Carlsbad Caverns. Vacation Bible School begins with supervisor Rev. Beam. shower honors Mrs Virgil Ogle. many residents host and visit relatives in Bowie Wichita Falls and Henrietta through weekend.
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J. Z. Taylor
Denison
Nannie Taylor
Fred Cordell
Milt Hamilton
Brownfield
Allen Hamilton
Milt Hamiltons
R. H. Broom
Big Springs
Carlsbad
N. M
T. J. Parker
Nelda
Dewey Staley
Buffalo Springs
John Lemons
Joyce Spikes
Henrietta
Elbert Chapman
Joy
Walter Lee Morris
Walter Morris
Cristo
Felix R. Kendell
Kendell
Newport School
Fred McGee
Kansas City
Kans
Beam
Jack County Baptist Missionary
Jimmie Beadle
Bowie
Will Beadle
Lee McDonald
Vaughnda
Rhyne
E. T. Winters
Everett Eldon Cloer
Oklahoma City
E. L. Cloer
Sale of McCormick Deering Tractor in Montague Texas
Sealed bids are due by 10 00 a m Saturday July 15 1950 and will be opened for a 1941 McCormick Deering O 4 tractor in the Fruit Investigations Laboratory Montague Texas Prospective bidders should contact the Associate Horticulturist in charge for more information
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Fruit Investigations Laboratory
McCormick-Deering
Montague
Texas
Henterleys Visiting With Alexander Family
Mrs. R. D. Henterley and three children from Shreveport, La., are visiting with Mr. Roy Henterley at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Alexander.
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Jimmie Giles
Mrs
Richard Giles
Stanford
R. D. Henterley
Shreveport, la
Roy Henterley
A. W. Alexander
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Fred Bloom
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Dick Rendoff
R. L. and
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Bertha Hargrove
G. W. Butler
Joe Barnett
Purcell, Okla
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Baby
A. I. Davies
A. I. Davies, Jr
A. I. Davies Jr
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Sears, Roebuck & Company
R. D. Speake
Ringling, Okla
Herman Morris
Harry J. Swafford
Milton Kresse
Midlothian
Penn Jones III
Charles Gant
Mr. Gant
Martha J. Gant
Ernest Gant
M. L. Lowe
C. E. Davis
Newcastle
Wyoming
Lillian Lowe
Lewisville
Loraine Hays
Sacramento
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Helen Thompson
Childress
Dora Ann Scott
Ralph Liner
Memphis
H. W.jack Caudle
Olney
Bill
Tom Hamilton
Mrs. Shackelford
Hamilton
Wichita Falls
Christine Hendrix
J. C
Shorty) Hendrix
Jopling
Crosbyton
Charlie Jopling
R. I. Cantwell and Sons
G. E. Jopling
Paula Sue
Jim Godfrey
Sid Godfrey
Leslie Dutton
Bellevue
J. W. Gibson
Norfolk
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Navy
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Christine
Phillip
Tulsa
Okla
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Jaroszewicz
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Newport
James Ogle
Pete Pickett
Gary
Peggy
John McGee
First Methodist
John Hubble
E. J. and
Lannie
Wendell Mayo
Virgil Ogle
Mmes
Virgil Deweber
T. J. Hanson
E. J. Hubble
N. E. Deweber
Newton Deweber
Luther McManus
Odell Deweber
Louie White
J. W. Shytles
F. B. Taylor
Wallace Horton
Dunk Cordell
H. B. Hamilton
Willie Ogle
Leo Reaves
Hubert Coyle
C. R. McDaniel
T. L. McDaniel
Odis Ogle
Jacksboro
Earl Clayton
Leo Jeffries
Fbine
Timberlake
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