Sipe Springs News Roundup Highlights Local School Events
Home Economics class held a creek picnic last Friday. Seventh Grade enjoyed a buffet at Mrs Heatly’s and attended a Rising Star film. Sipe Springs football scrimmaged Sidney and Rising Star. Arlington visitors Harry Brewer and Cecil Burk visited home. De Leon ministers Rev Broach and Rev Tidwell spoke at church and baccalaureate respectively with Mrs Tidwell singing.
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Sipe Springs
Sidney
Harry Brewer
Cecil Burk
Arlington
D. D. Tidwell
de Leon
Harmony FFA members attend events across the region
Harmony FFA boys and others from the community attended a meat roast at Lake Eanes Thursday night. O B and Tyson Phillips attended the Jersey Breeders Association banquet in Comanche last Wednesday. Mrs V F Boyd spent part of last week at Taipa. George Ollie Fletcher and J K Wilhelm spent the weekend at College Station. Mrs J J Rogers visited her sister at a German hospital Friday. Vernon Fletcher of Camp Bowie spent the weekend with his parents. Mr and Mrs Ira Fletcher visited Mr and Mrs A H Noble at Cotton Grove Saturday. Junior and senior Harmony students attended a banquet at Comanche High School Saturday night. Eldon Roy and Kennard Tupina spent Sunday with Owen Fletcher. Mesdames Ira Fletcher and Mr Owen attended the Mercer Gap club meeting Tuesday. Miss Rena Owen is spending a…
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F.F.A
Lake Eanes
O. B
Tyson Phillips
Jersey Breeders Association
Comanche
V. F. Boyd
Taipa
George Ollie Fletcher
J. K. Wilhelm
College Station
J. J. Rogers
Emmett Long
Vernon Fletcher
Camp Bowie
Local families gather for weekend visits and church event
Visitors ranging from Mrs. Ben Owen to Mr. and Mrs. E K Thomas spent the weekend with local residents including the Carmichaels and Stevens families. The community mourned Roe Daniel at Toliver Cemetery after a weekend illness. Easter gatherings continued with Mrs. J F Burt hosting Marrian in Hamilton. A Quarterly Conference was held at the Methodist Church with a noon dinner hosted by church women.
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Miah
Montiee
Michael Os Carlton
M. D. Carmichael
Stevens
Ben Owen
Alexander
James Carlton
Port Arthur
W. T. Stevens
Hamilton
E. K. Thomas
R. E. Daniel
Brownwood
Glen Rose
Roe Daniel
Lamkin
Gustine
Toliver Cemetery
Comanche County
Etta Sandal
Jayton
Frank Ewell
Henry Williamson
Dublin
Marrian
Fred Graves
Community Notes Show Local Families Visiting
Trinity B B Skaggs returned home from De Leon Clinic last Wednesday and is improving. Local families, including Bill Frank and family of Duster, Frank Brown and family of Sidney, J R Solomon and family, J H Weaver of Gorman, Jim Barton of Pioneer, and Lizzie Welch visited and spent time with relatives. Jessie Kelley of Dallas visits homefolks this week. Mrs L O Hallmark hosts at Turkey Peak as Z T Edwards and colleagues call on Mrs M E Owen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Skaggs
de Leon Clinic
Bill Frank
Duster
Harold Frank
Frank Brown
Sidney
J. R. Solomon
J. H. Weaver
Gorman
Estel Weaver
Jim Barton
Pioneer
Lizzie Welch
W. G. Hancock
Mullin
J. L. Clements
Beattie
R. R. Smith
Jessie Kelley
Dallas
Defense Savings Bonds On Sale May 1941
Defense Savings Bonds will be on sale May 1 1941 at post offices Federal Reserve Banks and the U S Treasury Series F and G bonds offered for different holders and maturities with fixed redemption values and yields described by the National Defense Savings Staff.
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Defense Savings
Defense Saving
Frank Scofield
National Defense Savings Staff
Treasury Check
Defense
Federal Reserve Banks
United States Treasury
Treasury
Morgenthau
America
Postmaster General
Local Visitors and Family Gatherings Highlight Weekend
A parade of guests from Killeen, Dallas, Wharton, Carlton and Dublin visited local residents. Notable events include a Methodist Quarterly Conference, Roe Daniels funeral, and Brent Daniel sustaining a serious glass cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe King
Killeen
McGee Moore
Brownwood
Allie Jeffreys
Dallas
C. S. Lone
M. D. Carmichael
Troy Carmichael
Dassetta
Everet Carmichael
Monte Evert
Wharton
Jerome Carmichael
Carlton
Mac Priddy
Gustine
Charley Peterson
Paul Neel
Cecil Lawson
James Carlton
Bobby
Port Arthur
Britain
Doc Watson
Dublin
E. Westfall Sunny
Guy Briley
Meridian
G. B. Crain
Gwin Priddy
Harvey Daniel
Lucille Hayes
Hamilton
Ernest Daniel
Roe Daniel
Brent Daniel
Local visits noted amid family gatherings and travel
Creamer Mrs W B Taff of San Saba visits Mr and Mrs Jess Vick while Willis Steward visits relatives in Corcoran California. Corene Steward stays with Mrs Paul Brewer Shiloh. Mrs Bill Carpenter Blanket visits her mother Mrs Fred Rauhut. Lee Hicks Hamlin visits relatives here. Mrs Allen Graham Long Beach and Mrs Gay Whitefield Fort Worth visit L H Creamer’s family. Bonds and Postal Savings Stamps explained with new designs and albums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Taff
San Saba
Jess Vick
Willis Steward
Corcoran
California
Corene Steward
Paul Brewer
Shiloh
Bill Carpenter
Blanket
Fred Rauhut
Lee Hicks
Hamlin
Allen Graham
Long Beach
Gay Whitefield
Fort Worth
Foreclosure to Farm Ownership Story of the Cunningham Family
The Carl Cunningham family overcomes debt and drought to farm without loans. With Farm Security Administration help they plan crops and build a home on 159 acres in Mercer Gap. They produce canned goods and eggs for income and win a Bankhead Jones loan for ownership. Singing Sunday at Sand Hill follows a birthday dinner for relatives.
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Carl Cunningham
Mr. Cunningham
Cunningham
Farm Security Administration
County
F.S.A
Omega
Cunninghams
County Tenant Purchase Committee
Ooney
Bankhead-Jones
Mercer Gap
John W. Carpenter to Receive Dallas Agricultural Club Award
John W. Carpenter president of Texas Power & Light will receive the Dallas Agricultural Club’s annual distinguished service award at a Dallas Baker Hotel banquet April 28. The club honors leaders who aid Texas agriculture, citing Carpenter’s farm roots and long, varied support for dairy, beef, electrification, and rural development in Texas.
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The
Republic National Bank
Dallas
C. M. Evans
Farm Security Administration
T. O. Walton
Texas A. & M. College
Frank P. Holland, Jr
Farm & Ranch
Dean A. H. Lehdigh
Texas Technological College
Dallas Agricultural Club
Texas
John Carpenter
Navarro County
Texas Power & Light Company
Blackland
Texas Horse, Jack and Mule Breeders Association
Texas Committee For Rural Electrification
Carpenter
Mr. Carpenter
Texan Leaders Emphasize Agriculture and Civic Service
Mr. and Mrs. Omareh Lampasas spent the week in Comanche with Mrs. John and Mrs. Ophelia Carter. Ophelia has accepted a position with Montgomery Ward Co. in Brownwood, growing castor beans in commercial quantities. John Carpenter, president of the Trinity Improvement Association, advocates soil conservation for farmers and leads Texan industry toward future growth.
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Omareh Lampasas
Comanche
John
Ophelia Carter
Montgomery Ward Co
Brownwood
Texas
Trinity Improvement Association
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Carpenter
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Jim” Johnston
Tom Johnson
John W. Carpenter
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