Weatherford College Dominates District Speaking Contests
Weatherford College won four of six contests at the district speaking tournament held Thursday night. Participants included Wilson Vaughan of Mineral Wells James Graves and Cecil Poplin of Petrolia Ruth McGee of Knox City and others. John Tarleton Ranger Junior College Weatherford College claimed multiple firsts across events with additional honors in the one act play contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatherford College
John Tarleton
Ranger Junior College
Sne
Wilson Vaughan
Mineral Wells
James Graves
Byers
Cecil Poplin
Petrolia
Saleta Wentworth
Emolane Hazelwood
Cisco
Ruth McGee
Knox City
Ranger
Brownwood Pastor Fills Semi Monthly Baptist Appointment
Rev Rubin Ward of Brownwood officiated a semimonthly appointment at the local Baptist Church over the weekend. Mrs F M Tiner received notice Monday of a relative’s death and Ann Carnes of Newburg is listed among kin in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubin Ward
Brownwood
Baptist Church
F. M. Tiner
Bob Wills
Carlton
Www
Tiner Fame
Tiner
Ann Carnes
Newburg
Community Notes From Mercer Gap and Surrounding Areas
Sunday visits and travel dominate the local recap with families from Mercer Gap and nearby towns in Coleman Bangs Zephyr Elm Grove Harmony and Abilene. Illnesses and hospital stays are mentioned for Mrs. Sallie Fletcher and Mrs. Clarence Edwards while social visits to relatives and church events are noted.
Local Visitors and Missionary Society Notes
Blanket residents Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Radley returned to Rockwell City Iowa after weeks with sister Mrs. A. J. McLaughlin. Santa Anna visitors Hardy Blue stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Allen. Mrs. J. B. Strickland and children attended Sunday singing in Goldthwaite. Mrs. Paul Whitehead of Alto visiting sister Mrs. Joe W. Dabney. Central Texas Conference Woman's Missionary Society delegates from Blanket included Mrs. Chas. Crouch and Mrs. Chas. Cobb with others attending in Brownwood March 28–30. Annie Strickland of Gustine and Cornelia Dabney of Dallas are visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Radley
Rockwell City
Iowa
A. J. McLaughlin
Hardy Blue
Santa Anna
Ernest Allen
J. B. Strickland
Gustine
Chas. Cobb and Son
Goldthwaite
Paul Whitehead
Alto
Joe W. Dabney
Blanket Methodist Missionary Society
Central Texas
Woman's Missionary Society
First Methodist Church
Brownwood
Chas. Crouch
Chas. Cobb
Geo. Easterling
Weekend Visits and Health News From Local Families
Board Church members and relatives from Ralls Nocona and Mercer Creek spent the weekend with local families. Melvin Wilson is in a German hospital with pneumonia. Mrs. R. W. McNutt had a minor operation in Germany last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke Whitehead
Ralls
John Boswell
Nocona
Sam Howell
Melvin Wilson
R. W. McNutt
M. R. Stanton
R. E
Oil Prospecting Notes and Local Social Roundup
Amity-Imola Layton and Larman McMillan spent Sunday with Robert Smith. Oil tests on the Mrs. Mary Smith place and the Wert Robert son place, both resulted in producers. Preparations are being made to put down an oil test on the Richardson farm now operated by 5S. C. Gregory. Mr. and Mrs. Silaughter's son and family visited them during the past week. Guests were entertained in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bible Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Oates and children of Throckmorton visited Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Gregory and family Sunday. Dick Wagley, who has been suffering an attack of pneumonia, is reported improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Layton and Larman McMillan
Robert Smith
Mrs. Mary Smith Place
Wert Robertson Place
Richardson
Wild Turkeys Once Abundant in West Texas Say Dr Hill
Dr Robert Hill, geologist and Comanche Chief associate editor, recalls early Texas wild turkeys. He notes vast brushy venues could sustain them, cites two gobblers killed for sale, and a conical hill black with birds near Jim Ned Creek and Pecan Bayou. He references Capt Jack Elgin's 1938 account of mass flocks driven toward shinnery. Dr and Mrs S E Phillips of Coleman visited Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert T. Hill
Comanche
Lions Club
Dallas News
Jim Ned Creek
Pecan Bayou
Texas
Capt
Jack Elgin
Local Pharmacy Offers 25-Year Asthma Doctor’s Prescription
A Lexington pharmacy now offers a trusted asthma remedy with a money back guarantee. Letters from patients in Kentucky and Kansas praise long-term relief after using Dr. Fugate’s Prescription for 18 to 25 years, noting substantial improvement and years without symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Kansas
Dr. Fugate
Visit Highlights From Suez And Area Family Gatherings
Nan Cottrell visited the Gressett family in Suez on Sunday. Elger Gressett visited his parents J F and Mrs. Gressett. Laverne Martin returned home after a week with Jay Martin’s family at Leaders. Bertie Hooper came back Friday from a Panhandle and Oklahoma trip. Floy MacDonald of Deming NM visits her parents Vol and Mrs Loud ermilk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elger Gressett
J. F. Gressett
Laverne Martin
Jay Martin
Leaders
Bertie Hooper
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Floy MacDonald
Demmin
New Mexico
Vol Loudermilk
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Popula Animation Grenat
Animation Grenat
M. Reese Drug Co
Elko
van Dyke
Ira Fletcher
Owen Charles
A. J. Huggins
Ruby Helen
Della Lee
Ollie’ Fletcher
Coleman
Sallie Fletcher
T. M. McKinzie
G. R. MecKinzie
C. W. Payne
Bangs
Z. Stevens
Oscar Huggins
Zephyr
Bill McEwin
Elm Grove
Mr. McEwin
W. W. McKinzie
T. Mr. McKinzie
G. R. McKinzie
Harmony
Clarence Edwards
T. M. Gore
Abilene
Wesley
Mrs. McKinzie
MIS. Mckinzie’s Beauty Shop
North Side Square
Board Church
Amity
Dr. Hill
The
West Texas Historical Yearbook Association
S. E. Phillips of
Air Maid
Bob Steele
Durango Valley
Robert Taylor
Wallace Beery
Florence Rice
Suez
Nan Cottrell
Gressett and
Family Suny
Bride
Lyric Theatre
Brownwood, Texas
Priscilla Lane
Jeffrey Lynn IN
Daughter
Errol Flynn
Olivia Dehavilland
Dodge City
Walter Pidgeon
Virginia Bruce
Society Lawyer
Mr. H. B. Caudle
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