De Leon Youth Dies After Lake Incident At Party
An inquest into the death of 15 year old Horace M. Fields Jr. found no criminal cause. He fell at a school party two weeks earlier, suffered a brain injury, and drowned after being taken unconscious from Nabors Lake Swimming Pool on June 3. His death was recorded June 4 at De Leon Hospital. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church with burial in De Leon Cemetery.
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de Leon
Horace Kelds
Nabors
O. H. Moore
Moore
Horace M. Fields, Jr
Nabors’ Lake Swimming Pool
Therby
Horace M. Fields, Sr
Edythe Bentley Fields
Terry Maurice
David Fields
Marth Jo Fields
E. J. Bentley
Arlington
Horace
First Baptist Church
T. J. Sparkman
Senior Ruth Loudermilk Enrolled in NTSC Workshop
Ruth Loudermilk, senior at Texas State College for Women in Denton, is enrolled in a Department of Education workshop on exceptional children. The course runs through July 11 with lectures by physicians and demonstrations by nurses, taught by Miss Kathleen Warner of the TSCW speech therapy faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patty Ruth Loudermilk
Texas State College of Women At
Denton
Department of Education
Kathleen Warner
TSCW
Miss Loudermilk
Carol Loudermilk
Comanche
Comanche County Pension Club Appoints June Meeting
The Comanche County Pension Club No. 1 plans a Saturday meeting in the County Courtroom on June 20. Corresponding Secretary Effie Shannon notes expected good speakers and upcoming business with all members urged to attend and friends invited. Herman Johnson of De Leon High School, record holder in discus and shot put, will marry Mina Lou Locke of De Leon on August 21 per Locke parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County Pension Club No. 1
Effie Shannon
Herman Johnson
de Leon
Mina Lou Locke
Ernest Locke
White Family Visit To Grandmother Over Weekend
Mr and Mrs Harold White Mrs Sam Howell and other relatives visited his grandmother alive over the week end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold White
Sam Howell
Other Relhead
Soldier Returns From Korea Receives Honorable Discharge
Pfc. Thurman Tooter Schupp son of Mr and Mrs J G Schupp and grandson of Judge R M Mc Charin has returned from Korea with an honorable discharge. He will work on the Chupp farm near De Leon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Thurman (Tooter) Schupp
J. G. Schupp
R. 8. McCharen
Korea
Chupp
de Leon
UT ROTC Cadet William House Attends Fort Lee Training
William Clyde House, son of Mr and Mrs W C House, left Wednesday for Fort Lee Virginia for six weeks of ROTC training. He will be a UT senior next fall and is a member of the university’s ROTC army unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Clyde House
W. C. House
Fort Lee
Virginia
House
University of Texas
Holdridge Arrives in Alaska for Duty with 4th RCT
Private Holdridge, son of Mr and Mrs Willie Holdridge of De Leon Texas, recently arrived in Alaska for duty with the 4th Regimental Combat Team. He entered the Army last December after working at Holdridge Shoe Repair and is stationed previously at Fort Bliss Texas. Units in Alaska conduct intensive field training while protecting the northern approaches to Canada and the United States.
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U. S
Alaska
Charles E. Holdridge
Ridge
Huntervourdson
Willie Holdridge
de Leon
Texas
4Th
Holdridge
Frankie
Comanche
Fort Bliss
Holdridge Shoe Repair
Canada
United States
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