Bosque County Prison Commitments Highlight 40-Year Span
A Texas study by Dr. R C Koeninger shows Bosque County sent 236 people to the state prison from 1920 to 1959, ranking 105th in total. The report analyzes per 1000 population rates, noting Bosque County at 17.4, with 55 counties higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque Co
Bosque County
Texas
R. C. Koeninger
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Huntsville
Koeninger
Harris
Dallas
Bexar
Tarrant
Dr. Koeninger
el Paso
Harris County
16 Month Old Tommy Herring Drowns At Home
Funeral services were held in Shannon Funeral Chapel Fort Worth for Tommy Herring 16 months old son of Mr and Mrs Don Herring. He drowned Thursday after falling into a bathtub while his sister bathed. He is survived by his parents a brother and a sister both of Fort Worth and grandparents in Fort Worth Hamilton and Meridian.
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Tommy Herring
Don Herring
Fort Worth
Shannon Funeral Chapel
Laurel Land
Burney Warren Jr
Meridian
Leonard Eugene Herring
Donna Carol
Leonard Sessums
A. D. Herring
Hamilton
T. L. Morgan
Houston
del Rio
James Christian
Thomas L. Morgan
Reginald Reynolds
Rusty
Weatherford
W. G Reynolds
M. N. Hayes
Ted Sprinkle
Tommy Sprinkle
Tommy
Bill Scott
Pamela
Roger
Key West
Florida
Anna Scott
Jennifer
U. S. Naval Base
Hawaii
Ike Kennedy
Ruidosa
New Mexico
A. S. Lomax
J. C. Denton
Cleburne
Bob Chaffin
J. M. White Jr
North Main Street
Cleburne Savings & Loan
Wm. M. McIver
Ridgewood
Lake Whitney
C. T. Lawson
Joe W. Enochs
Clifton
Kenneth Allen Mjaaland
Erich O. Herzog
Mrs Leonard Gaskamp Attends Delta Kappa Gamma Meeting
Mrs Leonard Gaskamp attended a Delta Kappa Gamma meeting held at Meridian Methodist Church Saturday night. The item lists various local visits and travels including Reverend C M Cole preaching at Mosehim Baptist Church and family visits in Meridian, Dallas, Fort Worth and Waco areas.
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Leonard Gaskamp
Delta Kappa Gamma
Meridian Methodist Church
Maude Fisher
Port Neches
Edward Tipton
R. C. Spitzer
Dallas
Otis Miles
Clyde Henry
Valley Mills
Harry Hutson
Lubbock
Virgil New
Odessa
Paul Kitching
Iredell
John Cummings
C. W. Cummings
Meridian City Council approves 17 new mercury lamps for streets
Meridian nears completion of a street lighting upgrade with 17 mercury vapor lamps planned on North Main Street and relocation of five older lights. The move aims to improve traffic lighting as part of a broader city plan. Local notices include numerous marriages and real estate deeds recorded in Lake Whitney and Clifton areas.
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Meridian City
Courthouse Square
North Main Street
Main
Wm. Holloman
R. T. Harris
Cedar Shores Estates
Lake Whitney
Willie Belle Vinson
Arlo Douglas Foote
Vinson
Wm. J. Stone Jr
R. E. Tyra
Hillcrest
W. T. Laffoon
G. D. Newman
Mooney Village
Homer M. Spence
Donald E
Attractive Clifton home highlights modern conveniences
The chocolate brick home of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Long in Clifton’s Edgewood addition at 506 North Avenue features a three-bedroom plan with a heart shaped kitchen, wall to wall carpeting, and individual room climate control. Mrs. Long, a former Home Demonstration Agent from Louisiana, arranged an electric dishwasher, disposal, refrigerator-freezer, range with revolving shelves, and pull-out drawers. The Longs moved in January 196?, after relocating from New Orleans in 1961, with builder Tommy Smith of Valley Mills and Mr. Long retired from Humble Oil & Refining Company.
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Clifton
W. S. Long
Edgewood
North Avenue
Tommy Smith
Valley Mills
Mr. Long
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Barracks and Auxiliary Set Meeting March 20
Clifton World War I Barracks and Auxiliaries will hold their next regular meeting at the National Guard Armory on Tuesday night March 20 at 7:00. A covered dish supper precedes the business session hosted by Mr and Mrs Henry Meinkowsky Mr and Mrs Henry Hafer and Mr and Mrs Lewis Hauke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
National Guard
Henry Meinkowsky
Henry Hafer
Lewis Hauke
Local Pest Control Ad Promises Long Guarantees
A Meridian Texas pest business advertises services for roaches ants scorpions silverfish and more. They offer a one year guarantee on roaches and a one to twenty year guarantee on termites plus tree and yard spraying and a contact number GE5 2226 and P O Box 2 Meridian Texas.
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P. O
Meridian
Texas
Methodist Guild Ends Bible Study With Play Reading
Members of the Wesleyan Service Guild of the First Methodist Church in Clifton met at Mrs. Ralph Helm’s home on March 6 for the final lesson of a Bible study led by Mrs. W. W. Rester. The program included a devotional, the reading of Stretch Forth Thine Hand by Betsy Stockton Wolfe, and a duet by Mrs. Helm and Mrs. Ottis Tyler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Magazine Club
H. G. Fambrough
Joe Little
Delbert Burkhart
Lubbock
W. B. Oswald
Wesleyan Service Guild
First Methodist Church
Clifton
Ralph Helm
W. W. Rester
C. O. Bergman
Guild meeting features meditation and prayer calendar
Mrs. W. H. Tharp led the meditation for the third lesson and introduced the 1962 Prayer Calendar. All members joined in a question and answer session. Mrs. Tyler and Mrs. Helm closed with a duet There’s No Friend Like Jesus. Visitors include Mrs. Fay Stogdill and praise for Mrs. Rester’s presenting the study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Tharp
Tyler
Helm
Jesus
Guild
Fay Stogdill
Rester
Mr and Mrs August Carlson visit Clifton guests
Mr and Mrs August Carlson of Portland Oregon were dinner guests in Clifton on Sunday March 4 with Mr and Mrs M H Reesing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Carlson
Portland
Oregon
Clifton
M. H. Reesing
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Welding & Repair Service
Wm. Cameron & Co
Mosheim News
Mrs. Marshal Mitchell
Mrs. Fambrough
W. D. Goodall
Peeter Williams
Waco
P. L. Elder
A. B. Cunningham
Gatesville
Amos Elder
Meridian Court
H. C. Stockard
Groesbeck
Hubbard
Robert E. Oliphant
Clay
H. J. Seidel
J. W. Hardcastle
H. D. Gound
Davis
Oklahoma
S. W. Carter
Lloyd Carter
Roy Roscoe Hayes
Mary Lanehart
Jasper Lina Fallis
Sadie Adelia Helm
Erath County
Electric Cooperative Association
City Recreation Building
Stephenville
Cates
Erath Co-Op
Erath Co- Op
Optometrist
Washington Ave
Mrs. Helm
Methodist
WSG
Bekkelund
S. Ave. I
Noroens
Farm Bureau
Gauntt
America
Thunderbird
Galaxie
Fairlane
Ford
Oride
E. E. Stewart Motors
Motor Company
Clifton, Texas
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