Ceta Glen Family Camp to Offer Four Day Session
Ceta Glen Family Camp near Happy will start August 18 for a four day program. Jack K. Garrett of First Christian Church will direct the camp, sponsored by the Panhandle and South Plains Christian Churches, Disciples of Christ. Prominent speakers include Delbert Downing, Hank Slaight, and Floyd Leggett.
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Ceta Glen
Happy
Jack K .Garrett
First Christian Church
Garrett
Christian Churches, Disciples of Christ
Panhandle
South Plains
Delbert Downing
Midland
Hank Slaight
Lubbock
Floyd Leggett
Fort Worth
Texans Buoyed by Swimming Boom and Safety Push
A Texas health feature notes swimming tops U S recreation lists, with millions using pools. It details a state plan to train pool operators through short schools, certificates issued, and mandatory local ordinances, amid drownings and accidents, urging safe swimming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Gallup
United States
State Department of Health
Division of Sanitary Engineering
Texas Beach and Pool Association
Texas
J. E. Peek Rites Held At Meadow
Funeral services were held for J. E. Peek 86 at the First Baptist Church of Meadow with Rev N S Daniels and Rev Paul Nelson officiating. Graveside rites followed at Fairview Cemetery near Stamford. Peek, a Meadow resident since 1942, died after months of illness. He f
Matrimonial Leanings Strong In Terry County
The Department of Commerce survey shows Terry County has a high marriage rate. 750 percent of men and 746 percent of women over 14 are married, yielding an overall 748 percent due to rounding. National average is 675 percent. The report also lists never married counts: 1,124 men and boys and 758 women and girls in Terry County.
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Terry County
United States
Department of Commerce
West South Central States
Marriage trends show declining marriageable population in U S
The article notes fewer marriageable men relative to the population and a similar drop for women as people marry earlier. It cites the Population Reference Bureau stating nearly half of girls wed before 20. In Terry County, 140 men are widowed and 7 divorced while 42 women are widowed and 9 divorced.
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United States
Terry County
Rites Held For Mrs Manning in Brownfield Memorial
Services for Mrs Ida May Manning were held at 3 pm Friday in the Memorial Chapel of Brownfield Funeral Home with Cecil Hill of Crescent Hill Church officiating. Burial followed in Brownfield Cemetery. The Brownfield resident for 20 years died Thursday in a Lubbock convalescent home after a long illness. Survivors include three sons Luther of Dimmitt, Lee O. of Bluffdale, and Earl of Houston. two brothers Lee Williams of Brownfield and J. W. Williams of Oklahoma. nine grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
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Ida May Manning
Brownfield
Cecil Hill
Crescent Hill Church
Christ
Manning
Lubbock
Hamilton County
Seagraves
Luther
Dimmitt
Lee O
Bluffdale
Earl
Houston
Lee Williams
J. W. Williams
Oklahoma
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Downing
West
General Adjustment Bureau of
Slaight
Chris
United States Air Force
Marshall
Rogers, Ark
Weatherford
Norfolk
TCU
The
Texas Rate Department of Health
Aunton
Healt
H E. Peavy, MD
Commissioner of Health
J. E. Peek
Meadow
First Baptist Church
NS. Daniels
First Methodist Church
Seminole
Paul Nelson
Meadow First Baptist Church
Fairview
Stamford
Brownfield Funeral Home
Peek
Jones County
Needmore
Alabama
Methodist Church
Essie Gray
Beaulah Hannon
Jane Fulton
Grand Prairie
Mable Turner
Abilene
Chuck
Melvin
Hobbs
N. M
Garland
New Home
Lou Greenhill
Abbot
Betty Cunningham
Waco
Mattie Oldham
Irving
R A
Fayettville
Ark
Terry Co
Mrs. Manning
Tommy Carter
Broadway
Young Carter
Alvis T. Carter
William Irvin Oliver
Oliver
Girls’ & Child
A S
Misses Wom
Lindsey Hardware
Dan River
Dri
Weill
Wash
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