Dallas Planes Pilot by Lone Star Bill Aims Pacific Crossing
S B Ford Jr of Dallas seeks a seat on the official Dallas plane piloted by Captain William P. Erwin to promote the city and Texas in long distance flights. Erwin, a World War I ace, holds multiple honors and will fly a machine built in Wichita with plans for a Dallas christening at Love Field and a nonstop test to San Francisco attracting regional attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth B. Ford Jr
Dallas
Rockdale
William P. Erwin
Texas
Ford
Erwin
Lone Star
Bill
Pacific Ocean
Institute of Radio Engineers
A. Y. Gowen
Cleveland
Skeejacks
Pacific
Byrd
France
Bill’ Erwin
Aero Club
Swallow Airplane Company
Wichita
Kan
Lindbergh
Southwest
Cremony
Love Field
San Francisco
Negro Boy Dies in Unusual Hangings at Farm Home
Justice Gore conducted an inquest at M. M. Camp’s farm near San Gabriel into the death of ten year old L. C. McBride found hanging by the window sash in his mother’s home. It is believed the boy tried to reenter the house after the family left briefly, the window fell, and he became caught. The cause of death was likely strangulation or neck injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Z T. Gore
M. M. Camp
San Gabriel
L. C. McBride
W. T. Johnson
Dental dispensary statistics show disease drop in schools
Five year period statistics from a city public schools dental dispensary show diphtheria falling from 36.6 to 18.9 percent, measles from 20.0 to 4.1 percent, and scarlet fever from 14.1 to 0.6 percent among school children.
War’s long shadow follows one man home from battle
Albert Hillard, a French theatre veteran, survived 23 months of war with no medals. He returned shell shocked, later jailed for liquor violations, and now faces terminal illness as he is paroled to seek hospital care. The narrative recalls a life crushed by war’s aftereffects.
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Albert Hillard
France
Rankin
Moody
The
American Legion
W. J. Johnson
Hillard
Houston
San Antonio
Eighteenth Annual Farmers Short Course At A M College
The Texas A M College announces the eighteenth annual Farmers Short Course July 25 through 30 with speakers of state and national prominence. Dr. B Youngblood and E S Richardson join top educators to lead sessions on agronomy horticulture poultry and dairying. Attendance is expected to exceed 8000 aided by reduced railroad rates for distant attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. & M. College of Texas
Former Citizen Chas Williams Dies in Mart Texas
The former Thorndale groceryman and longtime deputy sheriff died in Mart Texas after a year of residence and illness. He operated a restaurant and cold drink stand at Mart and previously served as constable. Funeral services were held in Mart and Thornale before burial in Conoley Cemetery, led by Rev. R. E. Roberts.
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Chas. Williams
Thorndale
Mart
Texas
Williams
Conoley
R. E. Roberts
The
Christian Church
Speakers list highlights Neff and officials at water board event
Former Governor Pat M. Neff along with John A. Norris chairman of the State Board of Water Engineers and other officials including A. K. Short conservation and terracing agent, Federal Land Bank, Houston, and Homer D. Wade are among the speakers at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat M. Neff
John A. Norris
State Board of Water Engineers
A. K. Short
Federal Land Bank
Houston
Homer D. Wade
Water conservation conference set for July 29
The program features speakers from the Texas Jersey Cattle Club and dairy groups including Dr E A Flowers president Dean E J Kyle of the School of Agriculture and Charles H Alvord director of Extension Service A M College Also listed are W M Massie president Col S E Holland chairman of the agricultural committee Texas Bankers Association and Col Clarence Ousley Texas Safe Farming Association Among others will speak at the key bankers conference on July 25 Also S M Marrs State Superintendent of Public Instruction and E S Richardson Webster Parish La schools attend the County School Superintendents Conference spanning five days of the Short Course
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Law
Houson
W. M. W. Splawn
University of Texas
Dr. B. Youngblood
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Texas Experiment Station
E .S. Richardson
Webster Parish
Homer D. Wade
Stamford
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas Conservation Association
Texas Jersey Cattle Club and Dairy Group
E. A. Flowers
Dean E. J. Kyle
School of Agriculture
Charles H. Alvord
A. & M. College
W. M. Massie
Col
Co. S. E. Holland
Texas Bankers Association
Clarence Ousley
Texas Safe Farming Association
Key Bankers Conference
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
S. M. N. Marrs
E. 5. Richardson
Speakers list for women and girls division program
The program for the women and girls divisions includes Mary Starr Taylor from the University of Texas Home Economics, Elizabeth Temple supervisor home economics of St Louis San Francisco Railway, W L Austin president of the Southern Association of Chiropodists, Bernice Clayton A M home improvement specialist, Bruce Reid of Port Arthur, S M N Marrs of Austin Texas Congress of Mothers and Parent Teacher Association, C D Kelley Texas Federation of Women's Clubs state chairman American citizenship, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Starr Taylor
University of Texas
Elizabeth Temple
St. Louis-San Francisco
Springfield
W. L. Austin
Dallas
Pres
Southern Ass'n
Chiropodists
Bernice Clayton
Bruce Reid
Port Arthur
S. M. N. Marrs
Austin
Texas Congress of Mothers
C. D. Kelley
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Echols Allen Wedding at the Bride's Home
A home ceremony Sunday at 4 pm united Martha Echols and Guy E. Allen of Somerville in a ring ceremony led by Rev. R. E. Roberts. The bride wore blue and white georgette with pink radiance roses, and the groom appeared in black. Afterward guests shared punch and angel food cake before the couple left for Somerville where he works for Western Public Service Company. Out of town guests included W. Wilson and Eloise of Thrall, Mrs. Sanford Gore of Harrisburg, Sid Allen and daughters, Clay Allen, and Miss Orr of Rockdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Echols
Martha
Guy E
Jack) Allen
Somerville
R. E. Roberts
Thorndale High School
Sid Allen
Rockdale
Western Public Service Company
W. Wilson
Eloise
Thrall
Sanford Gore
Whip Origin Tied to Hunt Whippers In Parliament
The term whip in parliamentary bodies derives from the whippers-in of a fox hunt whose job is to urge lagging hounds and keep the pack together and obedient to orders.
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L. Meyers
Chamberlain Bros. Dairy
Cameron, Texas
S. B. Ford, Jr
Chas
Frank Green
C. N. Green & Brothers
Cameron
Maras. Winslow’s
Charles T. Wintz
R. FD. 4
Huntington
W. Va
Houston Press
A. & M. College News
Agricultural Extension Service
College Station
Fred Henry
S. Travis St
Cameror, Texas
Federal Land Bank of
WV. G. Gillis
Cameron National Farm Loan Association
S. P. Cross
Preston Laird
Echols-Allen
Boedeker, Batte
Schiller
Near
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