Christmas and community notes from Jones Prairie
Christmas dinners and visits mark the season as families from Jones Prairie and nearby towns gather in Tem ple and Houston. Local officials discuss park improvements and a police admin training trip while social losses touch the community with the death of Rufus Love and sons near Belton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Hickman
M. P Carroll
Houston
Rufus Love
Belton
Mr. Love
Jones Prairie
S. S. Hickman
W. L. Hughes
Bill
Cleburne
W. A. Atkinson
Burnett
Susie
Harold Hamilton
Bergstrom Afb
Austin
W. R. B. Hughes
Una Manaus
Wayne
Lonnye
Freeport
R. K. Fontaine
Karen
Henry Garrett
Betty Jane
Margaret
Bryan
A. C. Béyer
A. L. Burnett
Ira Lee Parker
Arthur Lee
Gordon
Hart Martin
Dalton Carroll
Mary Lou, Douglas
Jimmy
Portersville
California
Retired Polansky Still Works for Lone Star in Cameron
John Frank Polansky of Cameron retires under Lone Star Gas pension Dec 30 1956 yet will contract sheet metal work for the company. He praises district manager C M Burke and notes his sons and relatives followed the trade in Cameron. Polansky founded local American Legion posts and trains younger workers while enjoying family life and church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Frank Polansky
Cameron
Lone Star Gas Company
Frank
Pll
Burke
C. M. Burke
Frank Polansky
Austria
Robert F. Polansky
America
Fayettville
Texas
Poppa
Lone Star
American Legion
Lyons
Post
Cameron Sons of Hermann to Host District Sunday
Cameron Lodge designated host for joint installation of district officers. Installation set for Sunday at 2 pm in Cameron Knights of Columbus Hall with R. W. Stappenbeek Sr. officiating assisted by E. H. Boedeker and Henriette Lewis. Grand President urges full attendance as required by Texas fraternal insurance laws. Women’s club held Christmas dinner and program at Cato’s Din ing Room with Naomi Needham presiding and Joyce Nicholson delivering a reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Agriculture
George Hurt
Austin
FFA
E. V. Walton
D. M. Holt
J. R. Jackson
Agricultural Education Dept. of
Texas A & M
Lewis B. Taylor
Sec. Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association
G. H. Morrison
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Huntsville
H. A. Schroeder
Columbus
Leroy Thompson
Cameron
Elmo Meyer
E. H. Boedeker
Order of the Sons of Hermann
Graat
Carl Luhers
Cameron Lodge
Knights of Columbus Hall
R. W. Stappenbeek Sr
Henri
State of
Texas
Cato’s
Naomi Needham
Sam Houston
Joyce Nicholson
Michas
Ada Margaret Smith
Leo
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J. A
Ethel McKinney
E. A. Flinn
Kyle Hotel
Temple
E. B. Yager
Ben Yager
Ann
Oxford
Ohio
Billy Yager
Michelle
Mission Air Force Base
Malcolm Marvin
Charles
Bruce
Beth
Seguin
H. M. Yager
Korea
C. W. Neal
Clyde III
David
Angleton
S. M. Harrell
W. B. Burnett
Edgar Burnett
Leland Burnett
Muleshoe
Old South
Stidham
Wilson-Ledbetter Park
Council
Schiller
Legion
Saddle Club
Robert Glenn
Bobby
James Harwell
Usis
Ysis
Dun & Bradstreet
John Polansky
Mary Beth Brock
Polansky
Calif
Lee
Mary Ann Vykaykal
Trenstat
James Brock
St. Mary’s
Cameron Sons of Hermann
Etta Lewis
Bier
B&pw
Mondrik
Worton
Americas
Cleansia
VG Tiggue
Leib
Pioneer Biscuit
Boz
Hixon
Texsun
ALMA
Margarine
Rath Black Hawk
del Monte
Gebhard
Chile
Lustre Creme
Vick
Carton
Staley
Staflg
Gladiola
Colgate
Wishbone
Ele SC
Aluminum
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