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Brookshire Socials and Visits Across West Texas Scenes
Mrs. Bob White of Blackwell visits her daughter and family the Thomases, then travels to Roscoe to see Ross Bishop. Ballinger guests include Mrs. Willis Smith and Rev Bill Cope. Numerous local families host, visit, or travel to Ballinger, Comanche, San Angelo, and beyond. A hospital discharge and a Baptist group meeting round out a window into community life.
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Bob White
Blackwell
Franklin Thomas
Roscoe
Ross Bishop
Thomases
Willis Smith
Ballinger
Bill Cope
Willard Caudle
John Reed
San Angelo
Less Carlton
Leland Carlton
Ronnie
Charlie White
Carltons
A. J. Essary
Nettie Hale
Tennyson
Jim Clark
Lillig Lee
Ballinger Hospital
James Lee
J. P. Tounger
Earl Wade
Comanche i
Tounger
Clinton Hamrick
Mag Stephenson
Verlin Oates
Evans
Walter Phillips
Phillips
Kansas City
Marshall Hooper
Abilene
E. W. Lackey
Berry Raney
Bob Hargrove
Odessa
Annie Hargrove
Robert Tubb
Clyde Richard, Jr
Madison
Wis
Clyde (Kelly) Richard
John Pettitt
Ben Richard
Lubbock
D. T. Hunt
D. T. McDonald
Austin
Blackwell School
Trent