Five Known Dead In Flood Area At Rockdale
Five lives lost in the Ed Green farm flood on Friday and Friday night in San Gabriel bottoms. Names include Grandma Bonner, 85, a white boy Jones, Huff a negro boy, son of Ed East, and another unnamed boy. Over 20,000 acres of cotton destroyed and several homes washed away. Bridges and tracks damaged between Rockdale, Hearne, and Thorndale. service unreliable. Rockdale without lights and power. Ed Green rescued after 36 hours in a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockdale
Ed Green
San Gabriel Bottom
Grandma Bonner
Jones
Huff
San Gabriel
Ed East
San Gabriel Bottoms
Brazos River
Hearne
Here
Thorndale
Yoakum
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Waco
First Policy Purchase Noted By Local Resident
The notice lists S. E. Brogden as purchaser of life insurance at the Herald office. It also highlights a string of Thorndale personal items and visits, mentioning residents from Rockdale, Marion, Gardner, Nile, Ellison Ridge, and Manor, with various locals stopping by or traveling for business and social visits. The piece ends with praise for Gabriel Valley honey from Jamie L. Clark and a suggestion to publish a honey-keeping article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Harding
S. E. Brogden
Herald Office
San Gabriel Valley
Jamie L. Clark
Jamie
Gabriel Valley
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Giles L. Arriett
Dr. E. L. Laurence
Marion
Alabama
Reed
John Franklin
Gardner
Charlie Tucker
Near
Salty
Lem Dunham
Nile
Hugo Wuencke
Ellison Ridge
O. F. Smith
Brother Buda
Mr. Galloway of
Franklin
Matt Gray
Wilbur Richardson
Dallas
W. D. Burkhart
Mrs. Richardson
W. D. Saunders
Georgetown
Wm. Meredith
Mrs. Meredith
Manor
Billy
Ford Agency
W. N. Moody
Minerva
Will Chambless
Tanglewood
John Penny
Ralph Rose
Carl Rose
Miss Gray
Homer Langford
M. E. Fisher
Max Leroy
Arthur Longmire
Rogers
A. J. Penney
O— Frank Muston
G. W. and
R. Q. Penney of
Jess Hyde
Dia ii Telier Sez
Celephone 560
The
Central Produce Co
Atin
Verne A. Scott
Cameron Texas
Universal Cas
Ford Service Organization
Ford
Chambers-Hefley Motor CO
Cameron, Texas
K. H. Whiteside
Keota
Okla
Thedford’s
A Cesar Es
Cca Eaeere
R. L. Batte
F.W Groves
Generes
Price
Car of Eood
Wilkerson's
J.A. Joyce
Dave Miller
Joe J. Michalka Garage
Sean Hotel
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