Sprott-Price Wedding at Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth Sprott and Leo Allen Price wed Sunday evening July 18 at First Presbyterian Church. The ceremony featured a pink and white decor, organ music by Catherine Monroe, and a bridal party including Mrs. Charles Sprott as matron of honor. The bride, a Baylor alumna, wore white bridal satin with a long veil, and the groom, Lt. Cox Thornton, attended in white. Out-of-town guests included relatives from Gladewater and Waco.
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Elizabeth Sprott
Leo Allen Price
Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian
Warch
Charles Sprott
Solomon
Cox Thornton
Fort Williams
Utah
Baylor University
Baylor-Hardin College
Galen- Wiaz
Catherine Monroe
Barbara Joe Young
Dwight Moody, Jr
Douglas
T. N. Whittle
Gladewater
Butch
Waco
Audrey Newell
Charles S
Moorman and Miss Thomas Open Home in Waco
T D Moorman of Waco and Miss Thomas of Houston with Mr and Mrs Price have started housekeeping in an apartment in Waco.
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T. D. Moorman
Waco
Sgt Hosch Visits Home Near Cameron
Sgt Lawrence Hosch and his wife Ida Geis return to Wichita Falls after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Anton Hosch. Hosch a mess sergeant has held the assignment for months. Ida Geis of Wichita Falls and Hosch were married June 18 1942. Mrs Hosch works for a large auto supply house. Mrs Will Gayes of Italy is visiting the Slaughters and relatives here.
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Lawrence Hosch
Hosch
Wichita Falls
Anton Hosch
Ida Geis
Wichita
Will Gayes
Italy
D. H. Slaughter
Italian Collapse Is Foreseen as Allies Advance in Sicily
Palermo begins evacuation as American and Canadian forces seize six towns and push along the west coast. In Catania the British under General Montgomery face stubborn German resistance on the plains. The Vatican appeals to spare Rome from bombing, hoping it can be declared an open city to protect art and monuments. Paris avoided bombardment as open city, with government relocating to Versailles.
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Palermo
Sicily
Italy
Catania
Morgomery
Cantania
Vatican
Rome
Paris
Versailles
McGown Sentenced Five Years for Robbery Near Rockdale
Albin McGown a Rockdale physician was found guilty in District Court and sentenced to five years in state prison for robbing an elderly Mexican man near Rockdale. Evidence showed he obtained ration books and some money from the victim. Joe J. Marek of Buckholts conducted business in Cameron Tuesday.
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Albin McGown
Rockdale
McGown
Joe J. Marek
Buckholts
Cameron
Idle Negroes Fined for Vagrancy in Wartime City
Fourteen African American residents paid fines in corporation court for vagrancy as City Marshal Dan Lunsford reports rounding up truants. He urges all idle individuals to seek work to support the war effort and notes warnings have been given to whites too.
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Dan Lunsford
Lunsford
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Thelma D. Moorman
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Milano, Texas
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Mitchell
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