12 Jun 1959
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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1959
Page
1
A damaged clipping notes a memorial service and cemetery reference linked to a Christ church matter. It mentions a 1949 event, a tele exchange rebuilding, and Rotary involvement. Personal names include Hilda Willan and family ties, with scattered references to a hospital and memorials.
Marshall Texas June 26 unions of Texas and Pacific Railway non operating employees will meet to press for contract improvements including holiday gains. Dallas and nationwide representatives will meet the same week on similar demands with negotiations likely. The unions seek two additional holidays Good Friday and Veterans Day.
A community concerned with roadside safety notes that overgrown brush blocks views for drivers and pedestrians alike. Homeowners, not just town crews, bear responsibility for keeping property edges clear and improving signs. Traffic accidents, especially involving children, rise when view lines are obstructed. Lee Knox voices the concerns.
UPI recounts the 1916 New York Giants tying the minor league record with a 26 game winning streak and notes Hesnlag and an 17 game run. The piece also mentions George Watkins as a high batting average leader for the St Louis Cardinals in 1930.
The fragment outlines several proposed efforts including a hotel at Pueblo Cole and a plan to upgrade infrastructure. It mentions a panifier association and borrowing for ore finding inventions. The text is partial and unclear on dates, entities, and outcomes.
Mexican court records show Rev W B McBirnie pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Nuevo Laredo divorced from his wife Jane Harvey McBirnie two days after his church was dissolved for an improper relationship with four women connected to his congregation. The promissory Texan pastor, once named among Texas’ notable figures, led a church of about 860 members before the divorce was finalized by Maringo Gonzalez Gutufrey, a Nuevo Laredo lawyer.
Obituary notes Timberlake died Thursday at her daughter Mrs Vernon Percy’s home on South Main Street in Del Rio. Born in Floreaville in 1876, she leaves five sons, one daughter, 12 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren. Surviving sons include D.D. Timberlake of Uvalde and Austry VI Evang Timberlake, with Evang Timberlake of La Pryor mentioned. daughter Mrs Vernon Perry of Del Rio.
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