Local church visitors and community life noted in Brookshire column
The Brookshire notes list churchgoers and guests from Ranger Wilmeth and Norton who attended services and visited Irving and other locals. Dee Foster suffers a hand injury at Gandy Creamery in San Angelo and is hospitalized there. The piece records travel to Arizona and Phoenix visits by Luther Nixon and family, and numerous social calls among area families with Harriet Holland, miles of social calls, and agricultural plans discussed with SCS personnel from Hagerton and Shroud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Fenwick
Ranger
Joe Horton
Wilmeth
Irving Hortons
Alfred Rose
Norton
Dee Foster
Gandy Creamery
San Angelo
H. ©. Hedges
Luther Nixon
John Nixon
Arizona
Marvin Stephenson
J. R. Hedges
Elfrida
Luther
Mr. Nixon
Phoenix
Nila Fay Holden
Mary Brown
Herbert Hollands
James Lee
Judy
Henry Boatright
Miles
J. C. Boatright
Martha
G. L. Cook
Jay
J. C. Miller
Ed Holden
McCamey
Blackwell Community News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Local residents and visitors are noted throughout Fort Worth and nearby towns. Miss Ethel Reaves visits Fort Worth while the Nabors family welcomes a newborn son. A BTU gathering in Abilene, a 4H club trip to Midland, and a stunt night at Blackwell school are mentioned amid ongoing illnesses and family updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Reaves
Fort Worth
Miro
Dewey Nabors
CB. West
Sweetwater Hospital
Nancy Bagley
Charles Caven
Caven
Charlotte
N. Carolina
Dyess
Martha Weddle
Glovenia Caraway
Elizabeth — Pritchard
Devota Lite
Midland
Clyde Ich
W. C. Shamblin
Dorothy Sneed
Maudene Walls
Elsie White
Dorene Lee
Jay White
Skeeter Haggerton
BTU
Abilene
Blackwell
Divide
Porter
Charles Copeland
R. B. Kirk
R Reaves
Austin
Jude Brice
Bronte
Sweetwater
J. L. Little
Dink Lanier
Sonny Little
Sgt
Dan Wilhelm
K. R. Bluestein Hay Withstands Drought in Coke County
Land owners in Coke County Soil Conservation District work to seal native and introduced grasses. R. B. Allen and Ed Cumbie describe using K. R. Bluestein hay to seed vegetative waterways for their water spreading system. Bluestein is a tall perennial introduced grass valued for erosion resistance and easy reseeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coke County Soil Conservation District
R. B. Allen
Board of Supervisors
Ed Cumbie
K. R. Bluestem
Allen
K. R. Bluestein
W. C. Shamblin
Blackwell
W. G. Haggerton
Soil and Water Plan Guiding local conservation work
The River Conservation Group member and Whitt implement a coordinated soil and water plan including terraces and a diversion terrace as part of a Coke County Soil Conservation District cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackwell
Olga Conservation Group
Richmond Stroud
Robert Fee
Silver
The
River Conservation Group
Whitt
Coke County Soil Conservation District
Fourteen Attend Abilene Baptist Training Union Session
Fourteen members of the local Baptist church attended the 59th session of the Baptist Training Union convention of Texas held last weekend. Attendees from here included Rev and Mrs W D Price Mrs Kate Cox Mrs Hiram Brock Mr and Mrs A J Denman and daughter Gene Timmons Charles Timmons Sue Foster Peggy Proctor and Dorothy Ruth Stephenson and Ernest Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Training Union Convention of Texas
Abilene
W. D. Price
Kate Cox
Hiram Brock
A. J. Denman
Gene Timmons
Charles Timmons
Sue Foster
Peggy Proctor
da Lou
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fhigginbotham's Big Department Store
Ballinger
Higginbotham’s
Brookshire Browsings
Herbert Holland
H. C. Hedges
N. Lee
Walter Clark
Homer Clark
Franklin Thomas
Jeland Carlton and Son
Charlie Brown
Robert Lee
Dee Cox
Vernon Jones of
Emil Michalka
A. J. Essary
SCS
Haggerton and
Shroud
BL AL Whitt
Locat
Rald
Electric Light and Power Company
America
West Texas Utilities Company
Charles Ragsdale
Charles
H. L. Manley
Avondale Chambrays
Y. Joe
Gilbrae
Gilbrae Chambrays
Gilbrae Ginghams
Gse
Dimity
Batiste
Cannon Towels
Ballinger Dry Goods
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