Dallas minister promoted to Navy Chaplain Captain
Com Samuel B Bennett former pastor of Vickery Methodist Church in Dallas is promoted to captain in the Navy Chaplain Corps and serves with the Fleet Marine Force at Pearl Harbor. He has preached at Brady's First Methodist Church and is accompanied by his wife Gerta Gray of Dallas, sister to Brady residents W E Gray and A L Gray.
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Samuel B. Bennett
Vickery Methodist Church
Dallas
Chaplain Corps
U. S. Navy
Fleet Marine Force
Pearl Harbor
Mr. Bennett
Brady
First Methodist Church
Gerta Gray
W. E. Gray
A. L. Gray
Temple
Washington Secretaries Defeated Also When Solons Lose Elections
Washington report notes Texas members of the House see staff turnover as incumbents retire or lose renomination. Several aides secure posts with successors, while others prepare for January 84th Congress. The piece also recounts Texas staffers’ visits, births, census inquiries, and a Moscow Texas gathering with Rep Clark Fisher.
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Washington
Solons
Capitol Hill
Texas
House
Congress
Celia Hare Martin
McAllen
Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr
Rio Grande Valley
Bernice Grieder
Corpus Christi
John E. Lyle
Mason Woman Wins Second in TFWC Conservation Prize
Mrs. D. V. Williams 1953 conservation chairman of the Bluebonnet Study Club was named second place in a Texas Federation of Women's Clubs conservation program contest. She won a $15 prize for her outline titled The Importance of Wildlife Conservation in Texas, based on surveys from the past decade and reports from authorities and the Department of Education.
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Department of Education
Thanksgiving Turkey Price War in Milwaukee
Milwaukee shoppers stock up ahead of Thanksgiving as a turkey price war cuts costs. Clem Hinterstocker, president of the Milwaukee Mercantile Exchange, notes hens at 49 cents a pound and toms as low as 39 cents, saving about 10 cents per pound versus wholesale.
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Clem Hinterstocker
Milwaukee Merchantie Exchange
Local Marriage Licenses Issued This Week
Marriage licenses issued include Billy James Hall and Louann Kidd on November 12 Elbert Regin Vandiver and Mrs Cora B Mund on November 13 and Dionicio Silvas and Mrs Maria Falcon on November 15 all names listed for the period.
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Billy James Hall
Louann Kidd
Elbert Regin Vandiver
Cora B. Mund
Dionicio Silvas
Maria Falcon
Willie R Fields Promoted to Corporal in Army
Willie R Fields son of Mr and Mrs Willie R Fields 1105 S Willow Brady promoted to corporal while serving with the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson Colorado He entered the Army in April 1953 and completed basic training at Camp Roberts California
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Willie R. Fields
S. Willow, Brady
The
Th Infantry Division
Fort Carson
Colo
Corporal Fields
Army
Camp Roberts
Calif
Card of Thanks to Waldrip community and Short family
The Parker family thanks the Waldrip people for kindness while living in their community and especially Mr and Mrs W W Short for helping move to Pear Valley.
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Waldrip
W. W. Short
Pear Valey
W. D. Parker
Bats See Light Says Phrase Mistake
A remark warns that the expression blind as a bat is inaccurate since nocturnal bats use vision along with echolocation. It notes John Adams is credited with the motto E Pluribus Unum though the attribution is debated in historical sources.
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John Adams
Texan charges GOP fouling postal system and costs
Rep. Walter Rogers of Texas criticizes Republican changes to the Post Office Department. He cites higher appropriations in the 83rd Congress and claims the reform increased expenses, closing rural post offices and forcing ranchers to travel long distances for basic postal services.
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Texan
Associated Press
Washington
Walter Rogers
Texas Panhandle
Texas Democrat
Eisenhower
Post Office
Rogers
Panhandle
Rail and bus mail routes spark community concern
Rogers warns fourth class post offices are vital to their towns and worries changes to transport mails by bus or truck rather than train will cause confusion and delays during the Christmas rush. He cites Amarillo to Lubbock mail runs and notes railroads could add an extra baggage car if needed, fearing weather could disrupt schedules.
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Rogers
Amarillo
Lubbock
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Papa
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Billi) Miller
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Asst
Tex Easley
Washington Service
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J. T. Rutherford
Odessa
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Weatherford
Rep Wingate Lucas
Fort Worth
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Gatesville
Pat
Victoria Advocate
Goldsum
Clark Thompson
Galveston
Lynn C. Kendrick
Route 1
Crockett
John Dowdy
Census Bureau
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Clark Fisher
San Angelo
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Moscow
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Uvalde
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Heart O’ Texas News
Brady Enterprise
McCulloch County Star
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C. D. Reed
Bob Wilson
McCulloch
Roy L. Baker
Optometrist
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McLean’s Sporting Goods
East Side
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