Benchley News Items and Local Social Notes
Benchley reports a 4th of July dance on July 1 with Seburn Sikes and Luther Peyton providing music and 25 cent admission. A July 4 baseball game between Benchley and Tabor at the schoolhouse at 4:30 is free. Local visits include Miss Iona Underwood of Calvert visiting relatives, Ruth Spencer of Tabor with Grace Lightsey, and several attendees at Sunday church services. Texas Rangers connected to the Hammond-Conway case were in town, and various residents itinerary updates follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Peyton
Sutton
Iona Underwood
Calvert
Houston
Seburn Sikes
Iola
Luther Peyton
Benchley
Tabor
J. G. Lightsey
Ruth Spencer
Grace Lightsey
Elbie Sikes
W. L. Sikes
Bryan
John Bowman
John Wallin
Steele’s
Benchley Buccaneers
Fountain
Bucs
Abbott
Bob Custer
Sylvester Abbott
Fon Lero
Joe Juroska
Hugh Rice
Frank Merka
Calvin Spencer
Maurice Lightsey
Texas Rangers
Hammond
Turner
Taylor
Hammond-Conway
Sam Seale
Hearne
C. B. Franklin
Florence Franklin
Gause News Items and Local Visits
Farmers nearby finish cotton picking in the field while others still work crops. Mr and Mrs R E Watts and Miss Hattie Fowler of Georgetown visited relatives in the city Saturday. Mr Luton of Olney recent visitor to Mrs Fannie Ely. Mrs Bertha Cochran and her little niece Francis Kent Davis were recently noted in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Watts
Hattie Fowler
Georgetown
Luton
Olney
Fannie Ely
Bertha Cochran
Francis Kent Davis
Bethany Briefs Local Visitors and Moves
Bethany notes include Mr V Suggs and daughter Catharine of Houston visiting Sunday, Mrs George Bonge and Helen spending the weekend in Waco with the Mater family, Nell Gaines returning home after an extended visit. Chriss Timmons of DeLeon and Wesley Shields of Aransas Pass are visiting friends here. E H Crowder family moved to Huntington. Marybeth Irma Fay and Doris Peel of Port Sullivan spent the weekend with grandparents A M Nunley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. Suggs
Catherine
Houston
George Bonge
Helen
Waco
Mater
Nell Gaines
Chriss Timmons
DeLeon
Wesley Shields
Aransas Pass
E. H. Crowder
Huntington
Five Points News Briefs From Local Families
Rawls family of Bryan hosted regu lar appointment on Sunday with daughters Mable and Nina. Marguerite Benchley visited son Bill Peyton. Pete Miller and Jake family of Georgetown with Roundtree of Tabor visited. Moss family Goose Creek hosted by Sir Jane Parnell. Timmons extended Black Jack and DeLeon kin visited. Octavia Timmons of Black Jack and Marathon Dunn of Wheelock visited relatives. Billie Peyton Jr. stayed with Benchley grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bro. Rawls
Bryan
Mable
Nina
W. H. Peyton
Marguerite
Benchley
Bill Peyton
Pete Miller
Jake
Georgetown
Roundtree
Tabor
H. W. Moss
Goose Creek
Jane Parnell
Nina Rawls
Timmons
DeLeon
Octavia Timmons
Black Jack
Marathon Dunn
Wheelock
Bobbie Moss
Billie Peyton, Jr
Dwelling House For Rent Notice
Have a nice comfortable dwelling house for rent. Apply in person to J. Felton Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Felton Lane
Still belligerent Blake found guilty of duel challenge
W. P. Blake fifty three of California described as a modern duelist was found guilty by a Los Angeles Superior Court jury of sending a challenge to fight a duel to Herman Miller a patent attorney. Blake an inventor faced charges under an old statute barring duel challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Blake
California
Los Angeles
Herman Miller
Blake
Misses Owen and Shindler Visit Grandparents in Hearne
Misses Callie Owen and Katie Belle Shindler, long in Houston, arrive to spend the rest of the summer with grandparents Mr and Mrs C B Elliott. Mrs Mabel Bothager, who had to pause work as designer and dressmaker due to illness, has recovered and is ready to see patrons. she stays with Mr and Mrs Lee Josey at their East Hearne home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callie Owen
Katie Belle Shindler
Houston
Mrs. C. B. Elliott
Mabel Bothager
Daughters born and family travel noted in Hearne column
Born to Mr and Mrs Claud Henry on Thursday June 22 a daughter. Mrs Henry and the newborn remain at Methodist hospital in Houston. Mr and Mrs W H Bivin and daughter Dorothy were called to San Antonio Monday for the death of Mrs Bivins father J E Cook. J W Green and J W Green Jr visited Hearne this week planning to return to Hearne for the summer. they will stay with Miss Louvenia Green and later J W Jr resumes studies at Rice Institute. News that Mr and Mrs Thomas Powell Haynie Jr and children move from Bastrop to Marshall is of interest where Mrs Haynie, formerly Miss Sue Cummings, lived. Mrs Haynie and the children have visited Dr and Mrs H W Cummings for three weeks and will go from Hearne to the new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Ely
Doyle Smalley
Cameron
James Harris
Obie Kirk
Huntsville
Annie Laurie Minter
Hearne
Roger Todd
Jessie Critchfield
Uvalde
Gause 4-H Club
Claud Henry
Henry
Methodist Hospital
Houston
W. H. Bivin
Dorothy Bivin
San Antonio
J. W. Green
J. W. Green, Jr
Louvenia Green
J. W. Waltman
Rice Institute
Thomas Powell Haynie
Bastrop
Marshall
Sue Cummings
Travel sketches praise Texas scenery by Cahoon for cement group
Guy F Cahoon extols Texas highways from Western rugged mountains to Gulf Coast palm bordered roads. He depicts Northern East and South Texas routes illustrating Travels Route scenes drawn for the Portland Cement Association. Maps of concrete highways are distributed by the Association from Dallas offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Guy F. Cahoon
Lone Star
United States
Mr. Cahoon
Gulf Coast
Cahoon
Portland Cement Association
Association
Dallas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gause
Bell-ans
Bell & Co., Mfg. Chemists
Orangeburg, N. Y
Bellans
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bethany
America
Henry Ford
Ford
Detroit
River Rouge
Mich
Cecil Rhodes
Chas. Cade
Hearne, Texas
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