Hearne Section Makes Fine Showing in Enlistment
Hearne section touts its strong turnout of volunteers for national service. The list includes many named individuals from Hearne and nearby towns such as Black Jack Port Sullivan Elliott Calvert Wheelerock and Wheelock with service in the Texas National Guard United States Navy and other branches. The piece also notes church notices, community concerns, and pastor remarks urging attendance at Sunday services and care for the sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Hearne
Waco Light Artillery
Roger Mays
Joe Wenck
Robert Snell
Jack Whitehurst
Anna Ely
Lynn Oliver
William Snell
Ed Luke
Talmadge Simmons
L. T. Whitlow
Raymond Boswell
Blaine Davis
Edgar Clanton
George Clanton
Pete Ferguson
Norman Boswell
Jack Dotson
John Mayo
Lonnie Suggs
Harrison Whitehead
Bennie Whitehead
Bartle Crenan
M. B. Campbell
John Guenzel
Roy Ely
Bill Kirby
Tom Ireland
Joe Pierce
Charles McWilliams
Oliver Williams
Dewey Lampkin
Fred Lampkin
Robert Suggs
Emory Nunley
Black Jack
Frank and
Howell Peel
Port Sullivan
Robert Wilson
Charlie Ramsey
Elliott
Pat McMordie
Fount May
Calvert
Claude Mass
Sutton
Arthur
D. Killough
Wheelock
Texas
Will Mitchell
Earl Smythe
Eugene Mathews
Florida National Guard
Robert Moss
Great Lakes Training Camp
Illinois
Signal Corps
Texas National Guard
Jerry Snell
Ted Terry
Eli Ayres
Roy Jackson
Willie Terry
Meredith Larkin
Will Gentry
Hoit MeWilliams
United States Navy
J. R. McWiliams
France
Mack. Hardy
Will Morris
Arthur Timmons
Leonard Timmons
Roy Harris
Robertson County Ambulance Corps
A. R. Weeks
Navy
J. R. Bartlett
Harry A. Rosenstein
E. L. Williams
Charlie Robb
Camp Funston
Alpheus Harlan, Jr
United States Marine Corps
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Edward Everitt Harlan
Seventy-third Regiment of Light Artillery
San Antonio
Baptist News Notes Sunday School Began Strong Third Quarter
A church report notes a gain on three points and a loss on one from the prior Sunday in Sunday school. Visitors include Sister Gillespie of First church Houston and Brethren Parker and Merka of Bryan. Brother Mercer returns home from Wheelock where he aided Baptist meetings. Five Points hosts local meetings this week with strong prayer meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheelock
Brother Brock
W. W. Melton
Seventh and James Street
Waco
Gillespie
First Church
Hounston
Brother Mercer
Brethren
Rain Delights Farmers in Bishopville Area
A gentle Monday afternoon rain was appreciated by local farmers as they begin to lay by crops. The item lists visiting relatives and neighbors, including Mr. Walker Bishop of Bryan, Miss Hessie Mahan of Ennis, and others such as Miss Leona Matthews, Miss Lula Hancock, and Mr. Bud Rhodes visiting family and attending gatherings around Bishopville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Hancock
Ruby Dudney
J. M. Murray
Bud Rhodes
Tyler
Eeie Rhodes
Goldman Bishop
Welch and Collier Wedding at Baptist Church
The Baptist church in Collier-Welch witnessed a nuptial scene Tuesday as Miss Lillian Welch and Mr. Jud Collier united in a ring ceremony led by Rev. Melton. Guests include bridesmaids and ushers, with a coronet of flowers adorning the altar. Afterward the couple left for a honeymoon in Waco and Colorado, to reside in Mumford after September first. The pageant featured music by Mrs. R. B. Collier and Mrs. Karney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Boyd Allen
Clemmie Cummings
Helen
Frances Cummings
James Bailey
DeWitt Waltman
W. K. Waltman
Clarence Easterwood
Hose Collier
Frances Allen
Calvert
Lillian
Melton
Waco
Collier
Richard Ballinger
Colorado
Flag of the States in a Fourth of July Ode
A patriotic, poetic meditation on the flag during Independence Day. The speaker questions the flag’s meaning for future generations, invoking historical personages and symbols, while praising unity and the nation’s birthright amid jubilee and memory. The piece blends mythic imagery with constitutional ideals and national pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balboa
The Flag and the Drum of Lexington
A period lyric memorializing the American flag from revolutionary battles to modern ideals. It invokes Monmouth Trenton Yorktown and Gettysburg, praising liberty, unity, and national resolve. The speaker, invoking William Dimon, urges renewed courage and action to preserve American virtue and destiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth
Trenton
Yorktown
Cape de Catt
Algiers
Perry
Vera Cruz
Monterey
Witte Chapultepec
Sumter
Tybee
Chattanooga
Gettysburg
Earth
Rome
Greece
William Dimon
Lexington
Thought for Nation's Birthday Recalls Sacrifices for Liberty
A reflection emphasizes that freedoms, comforts, and security are not free. Many citizens have earned and preserved liberty through costly sacrifices by men and women willing to endure pain and death. The piece urges appreciation of these sacrifices on the nation’s birthday.
Worthily Celebrate Independence Holiday Message
The note urges citizens to strive for personal excellence to aid others and celebrates July as a four day glorious holiday for the nation.
Not a Signer of Declaration Portrait Reclassified
A portrait long identified as William Whipple, a signer of the Declaration, is proven to be a likeness of Joseph Whipple. The incorrect painting was moved from gallery No.1 in Independence Hall after a Portsmouth, Indiana resident, a descendant of the Whipple family, traced the misidentification. The true portrait, ancestral to Joseph Whipple, remains in the family line and the Independence Hall piece is a copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence Hall
Willim Whipple
Hug
Joseph
Whipple
Portsmouth
N. IL
Joseph Whipple
Freedom's Inspiration in True Patriotism
A fragment reflecting on patriotism as lived duty not sentiment. It argues liberties fail if Americans seek easy, luxurious lives and neglect their civic duty, asserting that freedom inspires faithful service to country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
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James T. McNew
Methodist
Trinity
Austin
Methodist House of Worship
Hayes
Baptist News Notes
Williamson
Gatling
Land All Good
Bishopville News
Walker Bishop
Bryan
W. E. Bishop
Fred Dotson
Mexia
Hessie Mahan
Leona Matthews
Ennis
Emma Upshaw
Eula Upshaw
Jim Hancock
Eugene Wilson
Jesse Tidwill
Lula
Carrie Reynolds
Willie Liles
Elmo
Ernest Bailey
Emma _ Upshaw
Dannie Morris
Ruth Hancock
Norma Lloyd
Collier-Welch
Cohen
Ely
Simmons
B. W. Beckham
Judge Lane
B. W
H. H. Shultz
Beckham
Cohen, Ely and Simmons
Chamber of Commerce
H. W. Cummings
Will C. Perry
Frank A. Wood
Perry & Woods Lawyers
Mitchell
Franklin, Texas
Tihd Federal
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Cheney
National Bank OF Commerce
Toledo, O
Hal
Red Cross
Oriflammes
Old Navarre
Cresay
Ronnebeq
Lyra
Maine
Agimenticus
Puget
Shasta
Rio Grande
William
Dimon
Clinton Scollard
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