Red Cross Drives Hit Flood Areas Across Kansas and Missouri
Agnes Lowe reports about $4,400 collected locally for the 1951 Red Cross Drive as floods in Kansas and Missouri trigger extensive relief. National allocations rise to $750,000 with total disaster outlays projected over $1.5 million as 51 chapters aid 16,500 displaced in 20 Missouri counties and 75,000 in Eastern Kansas.
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Agnes Lowe
Milam County
Red Cross
Kansas
Lowe
Hotel
Cameron
Missouri
Thia State
E. Roland Harriman
Ottawa Co
Missouri River
Engagement Announced Sylvia Helene Hughen to Pfe Billy Ray Hauk
Mr and Mrs Victor A Hughen of Jones Prairie announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Sylvia Helene to Pfe Billy Ray Hauk son of Mr and Mrs Joe Hauk of Clarkson The wedding is set for Wednesday evening August 11 at 8 o clock Rev Frank Hughen of Dallas will perform the ceremony at Little River Baptist Church Jones Prairie After the wedding the couple will live in Wichita Falls where the groom is an instructor at Sheppard Air Force Base.
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Victor A. Hughen
Jones Prairie
Sylvia Helene
Pfe
Billy Ray Hauk
Joe Hauk
Clarkson
Frank Hughen
Dallas
Little River
Wichita Falls
Sheppard Air Force Base
Southern Select Beer Promises No Bitterness
John Piwetz Sr. touts Southern Select as a bitterness free beer using a Pilsenizing process. He claims the last glass tastes as good as the first with no aftertaste. Galveston Houston Breweries Inc promotes the product from Galveston Texas.
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John Piwetz
New Southern Select
Mr. Piwetz
Galveston-Houston Breweries, Inc
Galveston, Texas
Mrs Fussell Buried in Milano After Long Illness
Mrs. R. P. Fussell 40 died at home near Milano on July 19 after several years of illness. She, born Effie Mae Newman in 1911, was a Milano native and Baptist church member. Funeral held July 10 at Milano Baptist Church with Rev. Russell Lovell. interment in Milano Cemetery. Survived by husband R. P. Fussell Sr. children Lou Ann and R. P. Fussell Jr. parents Connie and (unnamed) Newman. sisters Mrs Charlie Morgan and Mrs Bud Patterson. brother Frank Newman.
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The
Baptist Church
Milano
Presbytery Camp Set For July At Fort Parker
The Pioneer Camp for Central Texas Presbytery will run July 23 to 28 at Fort Parker State Park near Mexia announced by Rev. John Solomon. Thirty six churches belong to the Presbytery and six attendees from First Presbyterian Church include Earlyne Josey Ann Knipp Betsy Vogelsang Jimmy Rettig Johnny Solomon and Billy Knipp.
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Central Texas
Earl Colburn Ill in Newton Memorial Hospital
Earl Colburn is ill and hospitalized at Newton Memorial Hospital. He is the father of Mrs. Thomas Raymond of Cameron and recently returned from Houston where he was a patient via Houston Hospital.
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Earl Colburn
Newton Memorial Hospital
Mr. Colburn
Thomas Raymond
Cameron
Houston
Houston Hospital
Farmers warned inflation will curb sales and jobs
Price Stabilizer Michael V. DiSalle warned that unchecked inflation would erode buying power, forcing farmers to sell less at lower prices and cutting factory and retail jobs. He noted farm machinery prices rose 8.5 percent since the Korean War and then stabilized after price control began last January. Truman Pratt was in Temple on business. S Sgt Roger Reese visits Cameron. Anna Flynn visiting relatives in Dallas area.
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Office of Price Stabilization
Mr. DiSalle
Truman Pratt
Temple
Drouth Continues With No Rain Forecast
Weather report notes 1951 drought with 106 degree high on July 19 and 102 103 readings on prior days. Water shortages affect Odessa Killeen and other Texas areas while Little River drops to low spillway flow. All time highs cited 114 in 1917 and 113 in 1908 with potential repeat if heat persists.
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L. W. Smith
Water Department
Acre
Odessa
Killeen
Texas
Little River
A J Rive Or Died Here Friday
A J Price 85 died Friday July 20 1951 at St Edward Hospital Born March 2 1866 in Alabama he lived in Milam Madison counties Texas most of his life Married Effie May Hendricks and was a Baptist. Funeral at Marek Burns Chapel July 22 5 pm with Rev Caperton and Rev Walker Interment Oak Hill Survived by widow two sons three daughters sister twenty three grandchildren twenty four great grandchildren.
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J. Price
St. Edward Hospital
Mr. Price
Alabama
Texas
Milam County
Madison County
Madisonville
Effie May Hendricks
Price
The
Baptist Church
Marek-Burns Funeral Home
P. L. Caperton
Oak Hill
Marek Burns
Effie May Price
S. R. Price
A. R Price
Cameron
Odessa Tindall
Wessie Mae Sweets
Iris Whitley
Nancy Thomas
Cleveland
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Danny
Kornegay
Three Rivers
William Whitaker
Marlow
Mr. Kornegay
J. D. Kornegay
Bethelehem
Parma Radio Service
John Pinetz, Sr
R. P. Fussell
Michael V. DiSalle
Sgt
Roger Reese
el Paso
Mrs
Bobbie Reese
Anna Flynn
Nolan Maddox
Jud Davis
Mrs. Flynn
Emory B. Camp
Cameron, Texas
F. H. A. Loans
G. I. Loans
Drouth
Chrysler
Hydraguide
Chryslef
Green Motor Company
Howell and
7Th Streets
A. J. Rive
Fciating
Bob Walker
Battetown Baptist Church
EB. A. Camp
Ge. B. Camp
Robert Weems
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