Troop 1402 Scouts Earn Numerous Awards at Camp
Troop 1402 sponsored by First Methodist Church returned from four weeks at camp with many awards. James Micklethwait won woodsman and more. David Taylor and Melvin Tittle earned pro marksman medals. three boys were elected candidates for the Order of the Arrow and will be initiated at Camp Fawcett July 16 17 15. Troop 402 won a banner for leanest campsite. Court of Honor planned for late July.
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Virady
First Methodist Church
Mayer
Ed Tittle
Lind
Ges
James Micklethwait
Jywieht Micklethwait
Charlies Dicker
Wylie Marshall
David Taylor
Dan
Order of the Strow
Camp Fawcett
Order
James Micklethwaite
Melvin Tittle
Five Dollar Start Grew to Nationwide Western Auto Empire
The story profiles George Pepperdine who began Western Auto with five dollars in Kansas City. He mailed circulars to solicit orders, turning a home kitchen venture into a nationwide chain with over 3800 company stores and 3700 franchised dealers. Pepperdine later founded Pepperdine College and remarked on free enterprise as key to Western Auto’s growth. The article also notes Pepperdine’s health ending his direct involvement in 1916 and his continued influence.
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Epperdine
Pepperdine
Western Auto
California
George Pepperdine College
Los Angeles
Family to Move to Pharr for Fruit Fly Eradication Work
Leave For Valley ,Jr. and Mrs. Herbert Harkrider Jr. and two children will depart Brady Sunday for Pharr. They will reside there until September as Mr. Harkrider of the State Agriculture Department is stationed in the Valley to observe and seek methods to eradicate the fruit fly.
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Valley ,Jr
Herbert Harkrider
Brady
Pharr
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Heart O’ Texas News
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McCollegh
Texas
J. BO Smith
Co. D. Reed
Bob Wilson
Attenti
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Renta
Carda
Eny
Iny Schil
Gerald Bowman
Butch Thornton
Woodeman
Richard Martin
Buddy Corer
Kansas City
Kansas
George Pepperdine
Tomers
Western
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Maurice Jones
Jack Ellis
Sharon
Sandra
Corpus Christi
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Verne
Nep. Embry
Joe
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Miss LaPearl
Littlefield
Brady Independent Schools
Brady, Texas
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CES
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J. G. Mecall
W. N. White
Tommy Brook
G. RB. White
Otto Frederick
Denhamer
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Curtis Norman
Richard Moseley
F. R. Wulff, JR
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L. L. Dahlberg
Chas. E. Samuelson
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Washington
National Airport
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Chevrolet
Neering
Hals
Chevy
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Chevrolet Co
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