Pee Boat Races Set for Brownwood on Sept 5
The Southern Divisional Championship speed boat races will be held on Lake Brownwood Sunday September 5 over a full one and a quarter mile course. Ten races will feature the fastest boats with entrants from 13 states competing for more than 890 dollars in prizes. Admission to races and takeoffs will be 15 and 25 cents. Vote for Mrs E R Armstrong Tax Assessor Collector.
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Brownwood
Lake Brownwood
Own Wood
Uth
Funeral Rites Held For J N Redwine
J N Redwine born 1857 in Walker County Georgia died at his Comanche home after a short illness. Funeral services were at Undergrass Cemetery. Survived by wife N Redwine and numerous children including Willie Warren Eddie Tillman Edwine Ana McCullough Harje Redwine Bella Holland Erdie Harris Bellon Bell Odell Alta Killman and E J Beard.
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J. N. Redwine
Walker County
Rgia
Comanche
Undergrass Cemetery
Ternoon
N. Redwine
Willie Redwine
Warren Dwine
Eddie Redwine
Tillon Edwine
Ana McCullough
Sidney
Harje Redwine
Tell
Texas
Bella Holland
Brownwood
Erdie Harris
Midland
Bellon Dwine
Bell Odell
Throckerton
Alta Killman
Oxlahoma City
E. J. Beard
Aspermont
Gustine School Opens Thursday For New Term
Gustine schools begin Thursday September 12 with registration from 9 a.m. to Friday. Four new teachers join the staff Miss Payne Miss Keith Miss White and Miss Merritt. 49 transfers are signed from Hazel Dell Energy Pettit Lamkin Cross Roads. Superintendent Miller notes strong qualifications and a favorable outlook for the coming year. Local families visit Robertson home Sunday.
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Tely Io
Miller
Baptist Association
Gustine
Mary Payne
Newbury
Howard Payne
Nadine Keith
Edwina Wilson Laid To Rest In Oakwood Cemetery
Edwina Wilson two day old daughter of Rev and Mrs A E Wilson of Comanche died in a Brownwood hospital August 11. Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery August 12 with Rev T N Carter officiating, assisted by Rev D A Chisholm. Rev Wilson is pastor of the local Baptist Church. Mrs Wilson formerly Miss Corene Porter of Brownwood. A three year old sister Judith Wilson also survives.
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Edwina Wilson
A. Edwin Wilson
Comanche
Brownwood
Oakwood
T. N. Carter
Comanche Baptist Association
D. A. Chisholm
Central Methodist Church
Wilson
Local Social News Highlights From Borger and Nearby
Proctor Mr and Mrs Brit Loving of Borger visited Mr and Mrs R W Newman recently. Abe Colcleasure Bob Macon and R W Newman visited Jim McGuire at Hasse Sunday. Mr McGuire recently returned to a Brownwood hospital. Mr and Mrs R W Newman visited relatives at Downing and Indian Creek last week. Mr and Mrs Lewis Fulks of Newburg visited Mr and Mrs Will Holders Sunday. Miss Ruth Gray and friends from Fort Worth Lufkin and Fredericksburg toured Canada Washington and Alaska. Mr and Mrs Cecil Gray of Coleman spent Sunday with Mrs Lona Gray.
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Brit Loving
Borger
R. W. Newman
Abe Colcleasure
Bob Macon
Jim McGuire
Hasse
McGuire
Brownwood Hospital
Downing and
Indian Creek
Lewis Fulks
Newburg
Will Holders
Ruth Gray
Fort Worth
Lufkin
Fredericksburg
Canada
Washington
Alaska
Cecil Gray
Coleman
Lona Gray
Veteran recalls 53 hours in church siege by rebels
The St Paul Dispatch recounts Ernest B St Clair and fellow veterans memory of a 1900 siege at Labo Camarines Norte during the Philippine Insurrection. They endured 53 hours of rifle fire inside a stone church as 1000 insurrectos pressed the attack before rescue. Nolan earned the Medal of Honor for his actions.
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St. Paul
Ernest B St. Clair
C. P. St. Clair
D. Charles Clarke
Comanche
Hennepin County
Thorvald M Thompson
Minneapolis
William Hughes
Hopkins
Forty-Fifth
United States Volunteer Infantry
Daet
Camarines Norte
Phillipine Islands
Albert Steinhauser
New Ulm
Minn
Labo
Indeng
Steinhauser
Clarence E. Miller
Winona
Norwin Johnson
Fountain
Thomson
Joseph
Joseph, Nolan
Niles
Mich
Felepi Plaa
Allan G. Baker
Washington
Charles MacSweitzer
Washington, D. C
Nolan
Sipe Springs School Opens Monday With Six Teachers
Superintendent W. E. Heatley announces the Sipe Springs school will open Monday September 12 for a new year with six teachers on the faculty. Heatley, in his first year at Sipe Springs, previously served as superintendent at Desdemona and Robinson Springs.
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Sipe Springs
W. E. Heatley
Heatley
Desdemona
Robinson Springs
Singing Convention to Meet at Brysonville
The Quartet Singing Convention meets on the second Friday night each month. The last gathering at Board Church featured strong quartet singing and class singing. The next convention will be at Brysonville on the second Friday night in September. It is not a contest but aims to encourage quartet singing nationwide. Bring class song books for additional singing.
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Board Church
Brysonville
Coury
Stevenson Opposes Pierce Brooks In Texas Lieutenant Race
Dallas Aug. 24 Stevenson assailed his opponent in the lieutenant governor race accusing him of misrepresentation and using foreign radio to push bogus claims. State Senator Doss Hardin supported Stevenson criticizing the rival for lacking legislative knowledge and ethics.
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Mitchell McLendon
Dallas
Coke Stevenson
Stevenson
Doss Hardin
Limestone County
Hardin
W. Lee O’daniel
Senate
Texas Baseball League
Eight Hundred to Receive Degrees at Texas University
Approximately eight hundred students are on the tentative list of candidates for various degrees to be conferred at the summer commencement exercises of the University of Texas. The ceremony is set for Monday evening, August 29, in Austin.
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Austin
University of Texas
Mrs. W. T. Huggins Buried at Mercer's Gap
Last rites for 63 year old Mrs. W T Huggins were held Friday at 4 p m at Mercer's Gap with Rev Herbert Christian officiating. Interment followed in Mercer's Gap Cemetery. She died at her Zephyr home Thursday at 1 p m Born October 28 1874 in Tennessee she was a Baptist since childhood Survivors include sons G J Huggins Roswell NM W B Huggins Golthwaite J R Huggins and Joe Huggins Zephyr Mrs A O Dunlap Priddy and Mrs J R Williford Comanche nineteen grandchildren one great grandchild two brothers and three sisters.
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W. T. Huggins
Mercer's Gap
Herbert Christian
Blanket
Roswell
New Mexico
W. B. Huggins
Golthwaite
J. R. Huggins
Joe Huggins
Zephyr
A. O. Dunlap
Priddy
J. R. Williford
Comanche
Stevenson for Lieutenant Governor Urges Voters in Cleburne
Cleburne editor C C Woodsen endorses Coke Stevenson for Lieutenant Governor urging August 27 election. He notes Stevenson's decade in the House including two terms as Speaker and asks readers to vote and persuade friends.
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Coke Stevenson
Kimble County
House of Representatives
House
Naming Counties Stirs Debate on Founder Honors
Leon County is named for Napoleon amid a claim the notion of street gas lighting was foolish. Madison County is named for the fourth U.S. president, reflecting historic naming practices.
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Leon County
Napoleon
Madison County
Jefferson County
Coke Stevenson backs Big Bend National Park plan
Coke Stevenson, candidate for lieutenant governor, led the effort to create the Big Bend National Park and says it will attract out of state tourists and boost Texas prosperity. He cites broad support after Governor elect W Lee O Daniel endorsed the project. Stevenson notes the park could surpass Yellowstone or Yosemite as a major attraction. He adds the park’s realization seems likely despite a prior veto and credits public opinion shifts.
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Coke Stevenson
Big Bend National Park
Texas
W. Lee O’daniel
Big Bend
Stevenson
O’daniel
Yellowstone
Yosemite
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Beattie
Ray Robertson
de Leon
Hugh O’brien
Cotton Grove
Jim Stewart
Fairview
J. M. Robertson
Oakwood Cemetery
Proctor
Eden
Concho County
Penrose B. Metcalfe
Comanche County
J. P. Pettit
Pettit
Yours
P. A. Pettit
Insurrectos
Pierce Brooks
Texas University
Virail Cash
Precinct No. 1
Comanche County, Texas
Hones
Mercer Gap
Cleburne
C. C. Woodsen
Cleburne Review
Big Bend — National Park
Merlin Stanton
Elve Stanton
Mrs
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Augusteen McCay
Baggett
Peerless
Peg
Arnes Food Market
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