Wharton Social Notes Include Trips and Visits
Wharton residents attend a Wharton Texas City football game in Texas City. Numerous families visit relatives in Denton Fort Worth Ardmore and Victoria. Anniversary celebrations and sewing club gatherings mark a busy social week in Wharton and Glen Flora.
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Georgia May Malone
Dorothy Buller
Texas City
Wharton High School
Dan McBride
Austin
Jim Svatek
Houston
Sadie Northington
Ward
John Wrobleski
Margaret
Jerry Pulpan
Beverley and
Paul Wrobleski
Arthur Brandt
Wharton
John Barta
Mesdames
J. C. Wright
G. M. Longmire
Lou Anne Wright
Denton
Fort Worth
Ardmore
Oklo
A. D. Harwell
Bonus Sewing Club
Glen Flora
Dorothy Mahalite
Ole Lake
Norma Jean Mahalite
Louis Mahalite
John Perry
Julia Janaka
Emil
Matthews
Janak
Robert
Conroe
Frank Evanicky
Fayetteville
Albina Evanicks
Edwin Krenek
Perry
H. V. Stone
Leon Fults
Dallas
EC. Fults
Shiner
Svatek
W. A. Northington
Victoria
D. KK. Maidlow
Sue Anne
Maidlow
H. W. Hinge
Rock Island PTA Opens 1948-49 Meet
The Rock Island PTA begins its first meeting of the 1948-49 season as officials and members gather to discuss the upcoming year. The event highlights welcomes, announcements, and plans for school activities and parent involvement.
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Rock Island Pta
MK Febev KA AS HWASOMLD WITID PARTY
Fragmentary OCR reads like a municipal or hospital notice with scattered names and dates. The readable bits mention September and age related notes, but key facts are unclear. The piece appears incomplete and does not yield a clear event or outcome.
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Febev KA
Hwasomld Witid Party
New Recruiting Officer Assigned to Wharton Area
Master Sergeant Martin H. Wolff of San Antonio transfers to the Wharton office from an Air Force base to lead Army recruiting in the Court House area. He will visit nearby cities including Lake and other locales as part of outreach efforts. Prospective volunteers are urged to contact Sergeant Wolff. Also notes LSU game attendees from local households in Austin.
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Martin H. Wolff
San Antonio
Wharton Reice
Air Force Base
Gal‘d States
United States Army Forces Recruiting Office
Court House
Wharton
Wolff
Visi Kage Lake
Serg
Reant Wolff
Paul Marx Buys Gulf Station From Alfred Loessin
Paul Marx completed purchase of the Gulf Filling Station adjacent to the Jones Motor Company from Alfred Loessin. Marx plans to maintain the same efficient service under Loessin’s management and invites continued patronage.
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Paul Marx
Gulf Station
Alfred Loessin
Gulf Filling Station
Jones Motor Company
Marx
Mr. Loessin
Donald Kolberg Joins Father In Dairy Business
Donald Kolberg, a Texas A and M agricultural graduate, has joined his father O G Kolberg in the Kolberg Creamilke Dairy. Mrs Kolberg and two young sons plan to join soon, with a cottage near the Kolberg home. Donald is expected to take over active management on his father's retirement.
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Donald Kolberg
Texas A. & M. College
O. G. Kolberg
Shower Attends for Mr and Mrs J Doty in Alief
In Alief Mr and Mrs H L Burger attended a shower for Mr and Mrs James Doty who wed at the Methodist parsonage in Eagle Lake on August 2. Witnesses included Virgil Mott and family. Norma Jean Standberry Doty was formerly Miss Standberry.
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H. £. Burger
James Doty
Cecil Walker
Houston
Virgil Mott
Alief
George Mott
United States Navy
Traffic loses top spot to home accidents in 1947
The 1948 National Safety Council yearbook reports 34,500 home accident deaths and 5.2 million injuries in 1947, surpassing 32,300 traffic deaths and 1.15 million injuries. Traffic volume rose 10 percent from 1946, yet the annual death rate fell to 8.6 per 100 million vehicle miles.
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Chicago
America
National Safety Council
Humble Dealers Hold District Meeting and Barbecue
About 135 Humble Oil Company dealers filling station owners agents and officials attended a district meeting and barbecue at Memorial Mall in Columbus last Thursday evening. The Columbus American Legion Auxiliary served the dinner. W G Dick led the program and this year’s theme was the "48 football meeting."
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F. A. Hoeninghaus
Humble Oil Company
Memorial Mall
Columbus
Columbus American Legion Auxiliary
W. G. Dick
Birthday Dinner Honors Father on His 50th Birthday
Mr and Mrs Willard Horn of Alief Mr and Mrs N L Bir well and family of Chesterville Mr and Mrs Gordon Birdwell and son Mr and Mrs Harvey Birdwell and sons entertained their father and grandfather with a dinner on his 50th birthday Sunday at his home. Mr Birdwell received a number of useful gifts.
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Willard Horn
Alief
N. L. Birwell
Chesterville
Gordon Birdwell
Harvey Birdwell
Birdwell
Mentz Parish Announces October 3 Feast
The Catholic parish of St. Roch's Mentz and Pastor Rev A W Didner announce their annual feast on Sunday October 3. A menu of barbecue and sausage with trimmings will be served starting at noon. There will be entertainment for all. Everyone is invited.
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St. Roch’s
Mentz
A. W. Didner
Family Honors Mrs Walling On 84th Birthday
Mrs Johanna Walling mother of Mrs A J Struss of Eagle Lake was honored at a party on September 12 at the Garwood home of daughter Mrs W A Stallman. Fifty three guests included eight children ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Mr and Mrs Struss and family attended from Garwood.
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Johanna Walling
A. J Struss
Eagle Lake
W. A. Stallman
Garwood
Waste Basket Poet Sparks Office Romance
A witty exchange contrasts a husband’s dull manufacturing job with a hidden poetic voice. The woman laments his trade while the bard declares poetry exists in waste baskets, hinting at artistic potential in everyday objects.
Willrodt Couple Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary
Congratulations greet Mr and Mrs A W Willrodt of Columbus as they mark their 25th anniversary. Married in 1923 at Sts Peter and Paul Church Frelsburg they hosted relatives including Mrs Carl Gordy who traveled to Columbus for a barbecue celebration.
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A. W. Willrodt
Columbus
Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Frelsburg
Willrodts
Carl Gordy
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