Confederate Guard Who Helped Cameron Honored at Pioneer Gathering
Belton Texas Feb 7 Bell County pioneers aged seventy and up meet at Baylor College to honor John Wesley Ray for his centennial. Ray recalls guarding Cameron with Ross Texas Rangers during its first lot sale. Born Feb 8 1826 in Waynesboro Tennessee he moved to Texas at 13 and served in the Fourth Texas Cavalry Green and was twice wounded at Mansfield Louisiana and Pleasant Hill Mississippi.
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Cameron
Bell County
Belton
Baylor College
John Wesley Ray
Ross
Texas Rangers
George Barnard
Haucos
Trading House Creek
George
Three Forks
Mr. Ray
Waynesboro
Tenn
Texas
Milano
Nashville
Notable Waco ties mark large family list in county records
The text notes residents of Waco including H. H. Ray of Troy, county commissioner for precinct 3, and Roy Ray son of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Ray, among 21 grandchildren. It also mentions descendants of Mrs. Tyler residing in Waco, highlighting extended family links in the county.
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Waco
H. H. Ray
Troy
County
Roy Ray
C. R. Ray
Tyler
He Got the Job and the Eggs Promise
A man agrees to nightly egg gathering if he promises not to steal. He boasts he never took a bath despite twenty years in a bath house, implying dubious honesty. The exchange hints at a wary employer trusting a sly worker in a domestic setting.
Burbank’s doubt met with call to faith and test of Christ
A Baptist Standard column urges Luther Burbank to test Christianity as he tests plant science. It argues spiritual truths require faith and personal experience, citing Nicodemus and Paul, and concludes no scientist should prejudge God’s work without witnessing Christ’s promises.
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Baptist Standard
Luther Burbank
Burbank
Paul
Nicodemus
Christ
Jesus
Mr. Burbank
Philip
Nathaniel
God
Judas Iscariot program note for February 14 1926
Sunday program by BY PL UU includes scripture topic Judas Iscariot and songs We’re Marching to Zion In the Garden led by Ed Thompson with Bible background Susie Belle Ay cock. The Betrayal of Jesus by Cornelia Gunn Did Jesus Know by Billy Newton The Consequence of a Choice by Dorothy Blaylock Why Did Judas Betray Jesus by Ray Casey Some Lessons we may learn by Harriet Flinn Piano solo by Cornelia Gunn.
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PL. UU
Ed Thompson
Susie Belle Aycock
Gunn
Jesus
Billy Newton
Dorothy Blaylock
Judas
Ray Casey
Harriet Flinn
Cornelia Gunn
Church Announcements Schedule for Sunday Services
Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Preaching 11:00 a.m. A Bai. Boy's 6:15 p.m. Preaching 7:15 p.m. W M S. Monday 8:00 p.m. All circles meet at the church for lesson in Royal Service. Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
One Drawback to the Fast Racehorse
A prideful darky boasts of a newly acquired race horse and jokes that a single flaw keeps it from breaking a mile in a minute. His friend asks for the one thing, and the reply cites the distance being too long for the horse’s short time.
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Darky
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Fred Henry
Cameron, Texas
J.J. Kadlicek
Buckholts
Acre
Hubert Hefley
Lincoln
FORD
Fordson
Baptist Church News
Judas Iscariot
Zion
Cornelia
State of
E. O. Schiller
Texas Qualified Druggists’ League
And
Ranch and Molland’s Magazine
The
C.N. Green & Brothers
C. N. Green
Leland Green
Funeral Directors Ambulance Service
J. H. Sapp
W. M. Marek
Cameron Machine Shop
Fletcher
Lode
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