William L Orr 80 dies in Sunset after 55 years
William Lee Orr 80 longtime Sunset resident died Tuesday in Decatur after living in Sunset since 1899. Funeral services were held at Sunset First Baptist Church with Rev. E. W. Marshall and Rev. A. C. Harper officiating. Burial in Smyrna Cemetery. Survived by one daughter Mrs. Osee Park of San Antonio, three stepsons Geo Brashear Sunset Charlie Brashear and Albert Brashear Calif, a stepdaughter Mrs. Sallie Brown Chickasha, 15 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Burial arrangements by Owens & Brumley Funeral Home Bowie. Mr Orr was a Baptist for 65 years.
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Geo. Brashear
Charlie
Albert Brashear
Calif
Sallie Brown
Chickasha
Oklo
Orr
The
Baptist Church
Last Rites Held for Alda Barnett Vashti Resident
Funeral services were held Monday at First Methodist Church Vashti for Alda Barnett 69 with Rev Tiff Covington of Buffalo Springs and Rev A L Dennis assisting. She died Sunday. interment followed in Vashti Cemetery.
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Barnett Rites Held for Vashti Resident Mrs Barnett
Under direction of Owens Brumley funeral home of Bowie the services were held for Mrs Barnett born in Graham and later moved to Vashti in 1902 Her husband died thirteen years ago and she left eleven children eight surviving Myrtle Farar Ev Curry Ida Cantwell Callejo Frank Lebow Billie Jean Bryant Abernathy Buster Barnett Lynn Barnett Cullen Barnett in U S service overseas There are twenty grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
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Owens & Brumley Funeral Home
Bowie
Western Union Office Moves to Slaughter Drug
Western Union Telegraph Office will move today to Slaughter Drug Store. Mr Medley, who has operated it at Western Auto, seeks to expand and focus on that business. Mr Dort, manager of Slaughter Drug, arranged the contract and sent two young women to Wichita Falls for Western Union training.
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Slaughter Drug Store
Medley
Western Auto
Dort
Slaughter Drug
Wichita Falls
First Baptist Church Announces Weekly Service Hours
The church lists B T U at 7 p.m. on Wednesday prayer service at 7 p.m. worship services at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday school begins at 9 35 a.m. The schedule outlines worship and study times for the week.
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First Baptist Church
Mrs Mangum to Start Speech Arts Studio September
Mrs E R Mangum will reopen her speech arts studio on September 4 at 115 West Walnut Street. For years she taught large classes and her former students include many now in prominent public positions.
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E. R. Mangum
West Walnut Street
Pentecostal Young People Form P Y P U In Bend
Young people of the Pentecostal Church organized last Thursday night with strong attendance. Wil lis Kennedy is president of the new group named P Y P U. The program featured singing poems and a sermonette with Bible discussions and character studies. Mrs Harry Davis and Mrs Mamie Trotter visited McKinney over the weekend with their nephew Sergeant Henry Williams hospitalized at Ashburn General after service in Rome. Williams was wounded there in June and has returned from overseas duty after 18 months and several major battles. Staff Sgt Martin Gwin, son of Mrs Ethel Gwin of Bellevue, won the Bronze Star from Major General Walter M Robertson for gallantry in action in France.
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Mamie Trotter
McKinney
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Ashburn General Hospital
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Italy
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Ethel Gwin
Bellevue
Walter M. Robertson
France
For Sale 6 Room House Near Methdist Church
6 room two family style house near the Methodist Church in Bowie offered for sale. Modern design with easy terms at 6 percent interest. Contact Tom Phillips at the Barber Shop in Bowie.
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Bowie
Trinity Bottom
Springs
Bridgeport
Fred Ford
Methodist Church
Tom Phillips
Sandlin Bros. Offer at Shamburger Lumber Yard
Local notice states Sandlin Bros. have materials to build window and door frames screens kitchen cabinets and saws filed available at Shamburger Lumber Yard. The notice references dates 26 to 30.
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Sandlin Bros
Shamburger Lumber Yard
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