May 18 Benchley notes and HemisFair visit details
Local column recounts a May 18 pleasant day in Benchley with family visits from Cleveland and Bryan, a trip to San Antonio for HemisFair, and a memory of an 1892 Benchley picture. It notes Irish and Danish settlements, a 1854 Texas arrival, and mentions birthdays and a Rosenberg wedding from May 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Rice
Dons Johnson
Franky
Bryan
Sue White
Sam
Dennis Lineum
Austin
Henrys
Robert Henry
James Henry
Texas
Slany
Calvin Seale
Sammie Ruth Rambo
Roger Haltem
Robert Haltem
Benchley
Edison English
Polly Grant
Larry Locke
Buddy Francis
Camelia Brown
Jesse Seale Haltom
Houston
Edith Henry Cheatham
Freeport
Harvey Herrin Jr
Mississippi
Truman Ross McMillan
Barbara Lou McMillan
Mart
Jim Austin
Rosenberg
Donald V. Haltom
Cleo Harmon Williams
Howard's
Lee O'Neil
Josh Gates
Mary Poppins stage show at Mumford School
Pupils of Mumford School presented the operetta Mary Poppins on Friday May 17 at 1 p.m. Directed by Mrs Dorothy Chandler, the cast included Felicita Ottea Janet Banks Ronald Russell Michael Banks Anthony Scamardo Uncle Albert Veronica Loria Katie Nanny Diane Reistino Mary Poppins Joanna Beth DeStefano Mrs Banks and Daniel De Stefano Mr Banks. A sewing class fashion show at Ed Wilson School on May 25 supports the Mumford Recreation Program with VISTA volunteers. The section also notes local visits, piano recital, Brownie ceremonies and community events plus a 1968 custody citation in Robertson County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mumford School
Dorothy Chandler
Felicita Ottea
Janet Banks
Ronald Russell
Michael Banks
Anthony Scamardo
Uncle Albert
Veronica Loria
Katie
Ed Wilson
Robert Russell
EOAC
Ella Mack
Joe Thigpen
M. M. Otten Jr
Houston
Teague
Mathis Ottea III
M. M. Ottea Jr
Caron
Carla Cotropia
Carl Cotropia
F. W. C. Karney
Ed Wilson School
Usau
Mumford
VISTA
Pat Barton
Barbara Fuerdman
Albert Sanders
District Court of
Robertson County
Court House
Franklin
Texas
Corine Sanders
Wii
Joe Carl Willis
Steven Pursley Finishes Dallas Tax and Business Week
Steven Pursley completed a week-long school in tax and business held in Dallas from May 18 through May 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven Pursley
Dallas
Barnhouse Burial Held After Alaska Death
Funeral services for Joe Barnhouse 54 were held at Franklin Methodist Church with Masonic rites at Franklin Cemetery. Born 1913 in Rockdale, he married Doris Faulkner in 1936 and lived in Rockdale before moving to Alaska in 1957 where he died May 12 in Fairbanks. Survived by widow, one son in the Army in Vietnam, a Seattle daughter, five grandchildren, two sisters, and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Barnhouse
Franklin Methodist Church
C. BE. Deakens
J. Q. Fortes
Franklin Cemetery
Asa Nickelson
Rex Michael Jr
Robert Lloyd Jackson
Ralph McKinney
S. T. Cooper
Bill Lomax
L. Scott
Dempsey Lovell
William Barnhouse
Vietnam
John Fem
Seattle
Wash
Bertha Haining
Hearne
Sally Brumelow
Rockdale
Henry Barnhouse
Denver
Colo
Howard Barnhouse
Houston
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Beat
Charles Potter
Western Auto Store
Judy Chappell
K. Wolens
Sue Herod
Brookshire Bros
Larry Sessums
W. F. Sander Co
Clayton and
Marie Potter
West Side Mart
Mrs
Sem Rice
Pat Godejohn
Cleveland
Iva
W. E Henry
Cleveland Hospital
Myrtle
O. K
Forest Haltory
Baytown
Roger
Robert
Marvin Horn
Melton
College Station
Tom Smith
Stagger’s Point
Wharton County
Danevang
Niels Hansen
Emma
Kristine
John Allensen
el Campo
Brazos
M. M. Otten
Operretta Presented
State OF
Robert H
Bob) Stellbauer
Tion
Frank White
Bremond
Joel Barnhouse
Floyd Tippit
Bill Evans Jr
Grand Saline
Catherine Ruzicka
Dee's City
Texaco
Bobby Boggan
Tindle’s Dairy Queen
Elsie Myers
Wilson Rexall Drug
Marvin Zeig
Gest
JO Loy Smith
Tide Products
Brazos Auto Sales
Doug Mandrell
Gloria Lange
Sharon Wallace
Ben Franklin Store
Palmos
Sandra Slay
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