Godards and Woodwards Visit Melvin Area Family Ties
Melvin Texas residents report visits from the Godard family of Blackwell Oklahoma and the Woodward family of Sabinas. Mr Godard formerly managed the Carey Lumber Yard in Melvin. Beverly Betty and Barbara Woodward stayed with grandparents N. M. Barnett while parents traveled to Canada.
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Melvin
Texas
Charles Godard
Blackwell
Okla
Clyde Westbrook
Godard
Carey
Beverly
Betty
Barbara Woodward
Sabinas
N. M. Barnett
Bob Woodward
Canada
Melvin Brady area notes visiters and Peel reunion scene
Local items record a long list of visitors to Melvin and Brady including Mrs Fef Schmitt and family with Carroll Parnett, Doyle Cox, and Olga Stromquist. The Peel reunion in Brady drew 100 plus guests from across Texas with Sherman, Potter, and Rode families attending. E. L. Allison to Fort Worth private hospital update and Kathy Flemming tonsillectomy admission at Brady Hospital.
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Colorado
W. C. Hutto
Pig Spring
Johnnie Hutto
Hutto
Troy Drinkard
Joe Bush
Arden Lee Drinkard
Huttos
Rosa
Mary Wanda Haynes
Eden
Melvin
Morgan Haynes
Hilma Anderson
Brady
Roy Anderson
Fort Worth
Harner
Olga Stromquist
Willie Anderson
Arnold Penson
California
Harding Swenning
Kingsburg
Calif
Atwill Swenning
Los Angeles
Paul Hendrickson
Elvin Craft
San Diego
Benson
Allie
Jess Sherman
Carroll
Gladys Potter
John
Del
Zellwood
Fla
Dale
Katherine Sherman
Debbie
Arlington
Earl
Mary Alice Sherman
Linda
Sherman
Tom Alexander
Jerry
San Antonio
Herman Smith
Potters
Ralph Sherman
Shreveport
el Paso
Ralph
Sears Roebuck & Co
Clyde Peel
Balmorhea
Peel
Charlie Sherman
Elgin
Prady
Henry Rode
Barbara
Mason
Meither Rode
E. L. Allison
Watson Memorial Nursing Home
E. Lancaster St
Texas
Mr. Allison
Kathy Flemming
Wilbert Flemming
Brady Hospital
Elbert C. Shipman
Hobbs
N. Mex
Carl Deans
Rose of Washington Square Echoes in Texas Memory
The narrator recalls Washington Square in New York City as a stark concrete area during a first visit. The memory of the song Rose of Washington Square lingers while noting only one notably attractive woman seen among the scene.
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New York City
Washington Square
Texas
Fallows and Booth’s Flag Tale Echoes in History
The piece recalls McKinley’s era and how Lincoln’s attendance led to the use of a decorative flag by the orchestra. It notes Booth’s fall on stage, the flag’s later custody by William Withers Jr, and its transfer to Tattavullo of Memphis. It also mentions Tombstone a famed Arizona town laid out in 1879 with a 7,000 population around 1881.
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McKinley
Lincoln
Tattavullo
Booth
William Withers, Jr
Memphis
Tenn
Tombstone
Arizona
Town’s Mineral Boom Ends as Population Shrinks
The town rode five years of wild life and another five of real activity producing most of an $80,000,000 mineral bounty. Now inhabitants total less than 1,000.
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Melvin News
Fef. F. Schmitt
Jack Mugford
Mugford
Ernest Peel
Liberty Hill
Houston
T. E. Alexander
Beverly Alexander
Dallas
Raph Sherman
Saul
Church of Christ 4Th
S. Bridge
Ernest McCoy
Heart O’ Texas News
Brady Enterprise
McCulloch
Heart O
L. 8. Smith
Co. D. Reed
Bob Wilson
Boyce House
The
Real McCoys
Soreo
Greenwich Village
Mayhew & Jordan Ice Plant
McCulloch County Electric Cooperative, Inc
Lee V
Oya
Brad
Leer Oba
Peet Ed
Leer Aay
Lee Tah Y
Gandy
Frozan
Sun Country
Knott's Berry Farm
Boysenberries
Captain Hy
Kimbell’s Biscuits
Kimbell
Oleo
Libby
Black Hawk
Suncan Hines
Kim Dog Food
Maryland Club Coffee
Rosedale Sweet Peas
Jack Sprat Hominy
Kimbell’s
Se Best
NATO
P Cesv Ody
Vay
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