Democrats Meet in Dallas for Regional Conference
Women leaders from the Sixth Region including Miss Mary Dewson and Mrs. Thom F. McAllister will attend the two day Dallas meeting May 6 and 7. Texas participants include Mrs. Lee J. Rountree and Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby among others.
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Democratic Women
Dallas
G. M. Huckler
Colorado
Missouri
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Mary Dewson
New York City
Democratic National Committee
Generalissimo
Thom F. McAllister
Grand Rapids
Ichigan
May Thompson Evans
Raleigh
N. C
Charles W. Tillett
Charlotte
Kath van Leuven
Unemployment ,Compensation and Placement Commission
Jane Fickel
Information Service
Theocial Security Board
Washington, D. C
Anna Dickie Olesen
Democratic National
U. S
Hattie Henenberg
T. B. Griffith
Hackler
Dorothy Love
Cochairman
R. E. L. Saner
Irving M. Bassett
M. N. Chrestman
G. G. Pierson
Summerfield G. Roberts
Catherine Wharton
A. R. Marquis
W. J. Morony
Commit
E. T. Cox
Morgan Stewart
Eli Sanger
Robert Cowart
W. W. Browning
Harold Abrams
George Ripley
Farr Hulsey
Frank Wallace
Lobdell Exline
Ann G. Hunter
Carl Callaway
Will C. Thompson
Florence M. Rodgers
Democratic Women's Luncheon Club
Conerence
Adolphus Hotel
Molly Dewson
Texas Democratic Women's Association
Doak Roberts
Women’s Division
Democratic Executive Committee of Texas
Frances Jaskell Edmondson
San Antonio
Harris & Ewing
Florence Rodgers
J. Doak Roberts
Dallas News
Dallas Democratic Women’s
Texas Democratic Association
Baker Hotel
Rodgers
Roberts
Mary W. Dewson
Edward and Windsor Divorce Saga Continues Abroad
The article notes the divorce finalization for the former Mrs. Simpson as she strolls the Chateau de Candé gardens in France. A spokesman, Herman L. Roghers, says she has no comment on the British court action, while Rogers rejects any Gredding plans before late May. Spring breezes and golf keep her outdoors as she tours Chinon and the castle ruins with Rogers.
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Lyon
Basel
France
Tours
Paris
Chateau de Cande
Herman L. Roghers
Duke of Windsor
Rogers
Chinon
Sun
Chateau
Texas cotton staple improvements eyed in 1938 contests
Average cotton staple in Texas hovered below fifteen sixteenths of an inch with about 21 percent untenderable on staple and 5 percent on grade. The state’s push to lengthen staple attracts farmers 4-H Club members gin owners bankers merchants brokers and others tied to the cotton industry. Miller calls the longer staple contests a potential turning point in the Texas cotton picture.
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Texas
Miller
Painless surgery showcased at state chiropractic meet
Dr. W. Buchanan reports a bloodless painless surgery demonstration at the 12th annual homecoming of the Texas State Chiropractic College in San Antonio. The method by Dr. F. J. Kolay uses light anesthesia to deaden pain while keeping the patient conscious, touted as a potential surgical revolution.
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Webb Fl. Buchanan
Texas State Chiropractic College
San Antonio
Puchanan
F. J. Kolay
Wichita
Kansas
Vienna
Austria
Lorenz
Preserves and Wild Flowers Shine at Rye Farmers Market
Mrs. Frank Kopecky of Rye displays a full line of jellies and preserves including peach, plum and pear varieties at the farmers market. Nearby, Mrs. D E Dowling offers wild and cut flowers such as Indian blanket and trumpet vines. Frank Brandesky presents produce from his father’s truck farm on Highway 21 with onions beets turnip greens and peas.
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D. E. Dowling
Mrs. Dowling
Frank Brandesky
Highway
Austin High plans commencement activities and graduates listed
Stephen F. Austin High announces senior activities for May including a senior play The Phantom Tiger on May 4 and the junior senior banquet on May 6. Commencement services are May 23 at First Methodist Church and graduation May 25 at Forrest Field. Ninety four seniors plus thirteen mid term graduates are named with many more to be added as deficiencies are cleared.
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Stephen F. Austin High School
Mae Goodlett
Maggie Parker
Margaret Parker
Clarice Matthews
David Bunting
First Methodist Church
Forrest Field
W. H. Andrew
Lucy Ruth Duncan
Rebecca Jones
Victoria Regmund
Katherine Rosprim
Carro Mae Seeley
Lynn Atkins
Linton Jones
Joe Hornak
Jack Lindsey
Earl McWilliams
Leonard Sabo
R. Vaughn Wilson
Raymond Berger
Willis Blume
Ernest Bond
Emerson Connell
Jack Crites
Billy Gammon
Helen Rubin
Virginia Lightsey
Helen McDonald
Kirby McKenzie
Louise Mainard
Eleanor Molesworth
Ethel Moody
Margaret Morrell
Lucille Nevill
Mary Nichols
Cleona Nicholson
Elsie Novosad
Louise Perrittee
Dorothy Pittman
Dorothy Plagens
Helen Regmund
Louise Reppert
Imogene Rice
Louise Robinson
Lydia Rychlik
Mary Alice Saunders
Anna Schulman
Margaret Scofield
Lola Schultz
Two Texas Girls Win High Honors Through Club Work
Blanche Fuchg and Lydia Psencik, both 19 and 20 respectively, from Texas 4-H clubs, were selected to represent Texas 4-H club girls at the National 4-H Club Encampment in Washington June 17 23. The awards followed a Texas Home Demonstration Association and A M Extension Service review. Ruth Fooshee received Texas 4 H highest ranking and a 3900 college scholarship. Psencik has led in home gardens clothing and home improvement and raised extensive vegetable yields. Fuchs, Gold Star winner, studied at the University of Texas and contributed through gardening and clothing projects.
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College Station
Blanche Fuchg
Pflugerville
Travis County
Lydia Ann Psencik
Wolf Taland School
Liberty County
Texas
Washington
Misa Onah Jacks
Texas Home Demonstration Association
Texas A. & M. Extension Service
Ruth Fooshee
Jacobia
Hunt County
Misa Psencik
Miss Psencik
Fuchs
Mies Fuchs
University of Texas
Deaf man shot after failing to answer call at neighbor’s house
Pancho Mandalina, 66, deaf, was fatally shot Sunday night near Beeville. Juan Fuentes, an old friend, was held on $1000 bond on a murder charge after police say Mandalina was wounded when he did not answer a call at Fuentes' residence.
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Beevelle
Pancho Mandalina
Juan Fuentes
Fuentes
Mandalina
Baylor Students At Waco Enroll In Spring Quarter Posts
Seven Bryan students join Baylor University in Waco for spring quarter. Miss Margaret Higgs, a May queen nominee and Delta Sigma Pi member, leads as BBA degree candidate. Others include Maurine Williamson Miller Ruth Thurmond Imogene Nash Forrest Jones Jr. and Arthur Stewart in various Baylor programs.
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Bryan
Baylor University
Waco
Margaret Higgs
May Queen
Delta Sigma Pi
Wacohall
Marjorie Earie Miller
Ruth Thurmond
Imogene Nash
Y.W.A
Baylor
Forrest Jones Jr
School of Business
Arthur Stewart
Baylor Law School
Texas Building Permits Rise Sharply in March
Building permits issued in Texas through March totaled 6,997,275 in March, up 50.2 percent from February and 7.1 percent higher than March 1936. First quarter permits amounted to 17,459,480, down 4.8 percent from the same period last year. Cities showing March or first quarter gains included Abilene Amarillo Big Spring Brownwood Corpus Christi Corsicana El Paso Fort Worth Harlingen Laredo McAllen Marshall San Angelo San Antonio Sherman Sweetwater Waco Wichita Falls.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Abilene
Amarillo
Big Spring
Brownwood
Corpus Christi
Corsicana
el Paso
Fort Worth
Harlingen
Laredo
McAllen
Marshall
San Angelo
San Antonio
Sherman
Sweetwater
Waco
Wichita Falls
Sidewalk Campaign Launched by Bryan Chamber Group
Bryan chamber committee led by A M Waldrop Jr plans immediate sidewalk construction in Bryan. Mrs. Lee J Rountree chairs the group with George A Adams and Sam Parker as members. A survey of 26th street and College avenue will determine footage for new walks, with reminders to interested citizens to join.
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Bryan and Brazos County
Waldrop
H. H. Williamson
Jack Howell
R. G. Williams
George A. Adams
Bryan
College
Douglas Marrs Wins Solo Drummer Award at Seguin Meet
Douglas Marrs son of Mr and Mrs C D Marrs of Bryan won first place as a solo drummer at the Seguin Music meet in Seguin Saturday morning. The San Marcos Baptist Academy senior also played with the academy band which finished fourth in a regional contest in San Antonio earlier in the week.
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Douglas Marrs
C. D. Marrs
Bryan
Seguin
Young Marrs
San Marcos
Storms Cause Six Deaths in Gulf Coast Storms
Six people died as wind and rainstorms battered coastal Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana from Friday to Sunday. The storms caused an estimated one million dollars in crop and property damage across South Bay Minette and surrounding areas.
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South Bay Minette
Ala
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Phi lipp Geo A Adamslate pioneer citizen dies
Captain and Mrs J J Adams of Bryan Texas mourn the death of George A Adams born September 5 1879. He ran an early insurance agency later Moore Robinson Adams Gordon Adams & Gordon and served as tax collector after his father’s term. He was active in the Texas Association of Insurance Agents First Christian church Rotary Club Chamber of Commerce and local civic projects.
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J. J. Adams
Captain Adams
George A. Adams
Moore, Robinson & Adams
John A. Moore
H. C. Robinson
Adams
Texas
Texas Association of Insurance Agents
First Christian Church
Bryan
MacKenzie Family Ties Highlight Ontario Roots in Texas Obituary
Funeral service noted with church officiating and arrangements by McCulloch Dansby. Interment at Bryan City cemetery. Catherine Amelia Hill MacKenzie born October 28 1860 near Toronto. married Allan Alfred MacKenzie October 4 1876 in Barrie. Family details recount Loyalist ancestry and Canadian rebellion involvement with royal pardon.
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McCulloch-Dansby
Bryan City Cemetery
Catherine Amelia Hill MacKenzie
Toronto
Yonge Street
Allan Alfred MacKenzie
Barrie
Ontario
Canada
John Montgomery
John Hill
A. A. MacKenzie
MacKenzie Family Notice At Funeral Services
Mrs A A MacKenzie longtime Episcopal Church member died prompting a funeral with numerous floral tributes. Survived by A A MacKenzie husband and daughter Mrs M W Sims Jr of Bryan plus granddaughter Mrs Preston Newberry of Fort Sam Houston. Pallbearers listed as active and honorary.
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A. MacKenzie
Canada
A. A. MacKenzie
Episcopal Church
St. Andrew’s
St. Andréw’s Episcopal Guild
M. W. Sims Jr
Bryan
Preston Newberry
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
T. K. Lawrence
Douglas Howell
Fred L. Cavitt
J. D. Martin Jr
S. E
Wild Flower Show Displays by Highway Dept in Texas
The second annual Wild Flower Show opens at the Texas Highway Division with over 150 wildflower varieties displayed in the Highway Building foyer. L R Pietz led the exhibit featuring specimens from Grimes Washington Robertson and Brazos counties. The display highlights erosion prevention uses and a hot water treatment method to speed bluebonnet germination from fifty to eighty degrees and months to weeks.
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Texas Highway
Highway Division
L. R. Pietz
Highway Department
Grimes
Washington
Robertson
Brazos
Pletz
Church Visit Highlights Booth Family and Clergy
Mr and Mrs R A Booth and daughter Barbara with Rev L A Wilson attended a church event in Houston Tuesday. Booth and Wilson joined a 2 pm executive board meeting of the Episcopal Church Diocese of Texas in Bishop Quin’s office.
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R. A. Booth
Barbara
L. A. Wilson
Houston
Mr. Booth
Rev
The
Episcopal Church, Diocese of Texas
Clinton
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Mrs. Simpson
Edward
W. Buchanan
Frank Kopecky
Rye
Monteazuma
Stella Porshag
Americas
Baylor U
DC Committee
Geo. A. Adams
George A, Adams
Highway Dept
Yodora
Gini A
the CO
McKesson & Rossins, Inc
Fairfield
Conn
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