Local Yarrrellton News Highlights Community Visits and Graduations
Lena Tassel Effie Smith and Susie Bradshaw return from Arkansas trips. Residents attend Abi lene Sanday graduation for O J Wagenfuehr Jr at McMurrey College Abilene. CN Barrett Barretts entertained with Canasta. Char lene Griffin graduates from San Marcos Teachers College. Rain boosts crops. community awaits more work ahead.
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Effie Smith
Susie Bradshaw
Arkansas
Jennie Barrett
Abilene Sanday
O. J. Wagenfuehr, Jr
McMurrey College
Abilene
Fd Pagel
O. J. Wagenfuehr
Temple
Eviwinu Fisher
Bernice and
LaVelle
Albert Lange
Ardell Facwl
Eugene May
Barbee Parrett
Addie Miller
Nan Wellace
Cameron Vienday
Lula Wikerson
Fifie Smith
Rosebud Hosptal
Velma Dobbs
Perry Armstrong
C. Curtis
Gary
Jones Prairie Hostess Welcomes Garden Club Members
Mrs. S. S. Hickman and Mrs. T. B. Stidham opened their home to the Jones Prairie Home and Garden Club on Tuesday May 17. The hostess decorated with bells of Ireland and Yellow Day Lily to adorn the party rooms. Mrs. Robert Glenn led arrangements for the event.
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T. B. Stidham
Jones Prairie Home and Garden Club
Ireland
Robert Glenn
Local social notes various visits and gatherings
Members and guests attend a club meeting with a new extension service bulletin. Several residents visit relatives in Jones Prairie Seguin Mayfield and Maystfield while others welcome a baby boy David Roy born May 12 at the Naval hospital.
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Ira Lee Parker
J. H. Burnett
Claude C. Storey
San Antonio
Storey
Bob Lewis
McKinney
Buzz Cross
Texas City
Malcolm Marion
Charles
Bruce
Beth
Seguin
Bernice Richards
Hope Yager
Austin
H. L. Yager
Maysfield
Stephen Pond
Honolulu
Naval Hospital
David Roy
Stephen
Jones Prairie
W. B. Burnett
Beaumont
J. A. Jamison
LeRoy Massengale
Maystfield
A. L. Burnett
Edwin Kohutek
Cameron
Robert Glenn
Clarence Crook
Marlin
Marilee Hughen
Waco
Clarkson News Social Visits Highlight Local Families
Mrs J H Blasien Mrs Oran Casey and Mrs Essie Furgerson of Lott visited Mrs Caseys parents Mr and Mrs Bill Harrison and family last Sunday. Recent visitors of Mr and Mrs W D Dodd and family were their daughters and their families Mr and Mrs C E Richardson and Mr and Mrs Joe Filderflia of Ft Worth.
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Oran Casey
Essie Furgerson
Lott
Frank Ocker
Thomas Burch
Waco
C. S. Robbins
Baccalaureate Sermon At San Marcos Baptist Academy
The sen ior class of San Marcos Baptist Academy heard a baccalaureate sermon at San Marcos on Sunday. Miss Marjorie Ann Murff, granddaughter of a graduate, is a class member. Nearby notes mention visits and church attendance by local families and students.
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San Marcos
Typhoid Case Noted in Milam County Health Report
Milam County Health Unit weekly list shows throat disease as the top case while chicken pox, measles, pneumonia, gonorrhea and typhoid fever are also reported. Typhoid involves Minerva resident Mrs. Sallie Stovall treated in hospital. water from a shared well near the TX Power and Light substation cited as possible exposure.
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Milam County
Stovall
Texas Power and Light
Bel Canto Chorus Of Boles Orphan Home At Church Event
The Bel Canto Chorus, a nationally known group organized in 1949 and touring nationally, performs at the Church of Christ at 3rd and North Central Street. The choir, on its sixth national tour, has traveled about 15,000 miles yearly and appeared on television and radio broadcasts.
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Bel Canto Chorus
Boles Orphan Home
Church of Christ
3Rd
North Central Street
Churches of Christ
Chorus Program Promises A Song Filled Benefit
A three section concert to be presented locally features hymns familiar songs and spirituals. Special selections come from boys chorus girls sextet and Bel Canto Chorus Male Quartet directed by 17 year old Paul Robert Oler. Tex Williams promotes the tour for Boles Home Quinlan Texas which serves 275 fatherless children and operates a campus church Bible school and workshops for youth. The Church of Christ invites all to attend the free concert.
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Bel Canto Chorus
Paul Robert Oler
A. Hugh Graham
Tex Williams
Boles
Quinlan Texas
Dallas
C Church
Church of Christ
Milam County Noted In THD Low Bid Tabulation
Milam and Freestone Counties appear in the Texas Highway Department tally of low bids totaling 5,710,003 for bridges state highway and farm roads work. Seventeen counties receive 82.6 miles of seal coat in sections with Foley Williams Contractors of Tyler bidding 72,318 and Ener C. Gardner Inc. of Houston low at 759,667 for bridges and approaches on U.S. 9.% corridor near Houston.
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Milam
Freestone
Texas Highway Department
Brazos
Leon
Washington
Foley Williams Contractors
Tyler
Associated Press
U.S
Houston
Ener C. Gardner Inc
Traffic Recording Device To Be Used In Central Texas
A traffic recording device that resembles a speed trap but is not one will be used on Central Texas highways this month, said D C Greer the State Highway Engineer in Austin.
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Texas
Highway device records vehicle spacing for Texas study
A loaned machine from the Bureau of Public Roads, operated by bureau and Highway Department staff, will map vehicle distances from center stripes and pavement edges. Data will reveal passing habits across road widths, used daily in counties including Travis, Bastrop, Lee, Williamson, Gillespie, and Mason, in District 14 Austin collaboration.
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Highway Department
Bureau of Public Roads
Washington
Greer
Travis
Bastrop
Lee, Williamson
Gillespie
Mason Counties
Texas
Highway District 14
Austin
Planning Survey Aids Highway Widths Valuation
Greer states the Planning Survey and Design Divisions will complete material to help the Department rank pavement widths by highway economy safety and driver comfort. It will inform planning for future highways and improvements on present roads.
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Greer
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R. E. Mitchell
Walke Cox
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Cole
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