Memories of a Small-Town Pageant and Visitors
A faded reminiscence describes a town scene from years ago featuring an illusionist, a hypnotist, a cornerstone ceremony for a new high school with speeches by the mayor and a governor, and a parade. It recalls Gypsies, fortune tellers, a money-vanishing show, and a human mannequin in a store window. The piece mentions an Indian baseball team, the Original Boston Bloomer Girls touring, and the shock of discovering the pitcher and catcher were men.
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Altracsear
Nce
Wah
Fea
Southland
Tye
Ime
Hoston
Mrs E S Rhoades Rites Held at Home
Funeral services for Mrs. E S Rhoades were held at the family home on Tuesday May 28 with Rev Floyd W Thrash reading the rites. Interment followed in Hico Cemetery. Pallbearers included John Unckey Leland Alton John Earnest Bernard Ogle Wayne Watts and Ira Laffey. Effie Blackburn born October 10 1867 in Hunt County Alabama moved to Texas as a child married to E S Rhoades in Lanham Texas and had seven children six surviving. Six grandsons serve in the armed forces. The Rhoades family moved to Mico in 1908 and many local friends attended the service.
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Rhodes
Rhoades
Floyd W. Thrash
Hico
John Unckey
Leland Alton
John Earnest
Bernard Ogle
Wayne Watts
Ira Laffey
Effie Blackburn
Hunt County
Alabama
Joel Blackburn
Texas
Amall
Rhoados
Lanham
W. Wren
Mass
Hlro
Frank Phillips
Lampasas
Johm Alton
Deniaon
W. J. Rhoades
Breckenvidee
H. Rhoades
Stephenville
Charlie S. Rhoades
Passon
Tuo
Huevices
Methodist Church
Warly Girlwood
Mico
Hufl Jm
Clifton
Charlie Rhoades
Loraine
J.alexander
Men Marrying Older Women In Wartime
New York reports wartime statistics showing many young men marry older women. In 1942 and later years, over half of marriages at ages 16 and 17 were with brides older than the groom, with significant shares also at ages 18 and 19. Data cited by Metropolitan Life Insurance marchers name Hatlathians as observers.
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New York
Imm
Miss Nettye Whitley Weds Sgt J T Dyess in Church Ring
Miss Nettye Louise Whitley daughter of Mr and Mrs W T Whitley wed Sergeant J T Dyess son of Mr and Mrs W Le Dyess in a home ring ceremony at the Baptist parsonage at 4 00 pm Monday May 29 Rev C A Baskin officiated. Mrs Dyess is a Clifton High School and King’s Daughters Hospital Temple graduate and worked at Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston. Sgt Dyess, also a Clifton High School graduate, is stationed at Bowman Field Kennedy. The attendants were Mrs W L Dyess and Miss Delora Prince.
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Nettye Louise Whitley
W.T. Whitley
Asgt
J.T. Dyess
W. le Dyess
C. A. Baskin
Temple
Texas
Jefferson Davin Hospital
Housan
Dyeas
Ales
Clifton High School
Bowman Field
Kennedy
W. L. Dyess
Tha Tercom
Mias Delora Prince
Card of Thanks from the Stewart Family
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to those who showed kindness during their sister’s illness and ongoing sorrow. The Stewart Family thanks friends and strangers alike for support and prays God’s blessing on those who offered comfort in their time of loss.
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Thors
Stewart
Eagles and motherhood in Australian lore by a former chaplain
A former Australian Army chaplain recounts a Sunshine Monthly tale of eagles nesting high above timberlines. He notes the mother pushes eaglets from ledges to teach flight, then catches them with a wingspan glide, a dramatic ritual repeated until fledglings fly. The piece blends vivid natural history with moral awe and cautionary notes.
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Chapin
Thetralian Army
King George
Australia
Sunshine Monthly
Jayna Cushina
Tibet
Chapain
Hugh
Rosane County Settlers Reunion Committee Meeting Note
A meeting at Clifton City Hall on Wednesday June 44 44 gathered committee members to appoint subcommittees and outline procedures for a successful Rosane County Settlers Reunion. Aloo and other past helpers were invited to attend. Karl L Lovelady chaired the gathering.
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Rosane County
Hall
Clifton
Udwin
Aloo
Daly
Karl L Lovelady
Commins
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Jefe Tanner
Dre
Exidlan, Texas
Et Southwestern Life Insurance
A. J. Reterson VO
Hox
Wace
Southweitparn Lite
Gulag
Uhaughans Iusinness College
Dallas, Texas
Goodyear
Ole’s Easy Pay
Conoco
Corm
Archaela
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