Items Of Interest From Benchley Mrs. Sam Rice
Weather stays hot and dry as Benchley residents report on family visits, Mother's Day celebrations, and church events. Articles note Albert Rambo as flag bearer in ROTC at Sam Houston State Teachers College and mourn the passing of Mrs. Maggie Frame Henry, detailing her survivors and church funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Rice
Ernest Towler
Somerville
Benchley
A. T. Towler
Mr. Towler
S. P. Railroad
Huntsville
Albert
Sammie Rambo
Sam
Effie Rambo
Corps of Cadets
Sam Houston State Teachers College
of Texas
Albert Rambo
Eddie Daniels
Bryan
Melton Hugh
Ruth
Melton
Corrigan
Lake Charles
Hugh
Marvin Horn
Weldon Price
Odessa
Lona White
California
Thomas Chandler
Franklin
Frank Johnson
Dianne and
Frankie
Henry Bowman
Marguerite Peyton
Charles Rice
Shreveport
Matt
Charles
Mary McCormick
Bennest Buchanan
Maggie Frame Henry
W. R.henry
Maggie
Brazos County
First Baptist Church of
First Baptist Church
Richard H. Pass
Blackshear Commencement Plans Highlight Senior Night
Blackshear School outlines commencement events with Senior Class Night including invocations, welcome, class history, and musical tributes. Baccalaureate Sunday at 5 pm features sermons and scripture readings by local pastors. Senior high graduation is Monday at 8 pm for forty two students with diplomas presented by Superintendent Grant. Junior high graduation follows Tuesday May 29 with A J Whiteside delivering the address to fifty four graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackshear School
Willie Lee Samuels
Doris Camper
Fletcher White
Vera Fuller
Charles Atchison
Billy Ray McDaniels
Lawrence Mitchell
B. A. Hudson
St. Emanuel Baptist Church
C. F. Toles
J. J. Rhoads
Dallas
Blackshear High School
B. C. Murray
G. G. Grant
Blackshear
J. E. Valentine
Bethel A. M. E. Church
F. G. Byrd
Hamilton M. E. Church
A. J. Whiteside
O. J. Thomas High School
Cameron
Suggs Cemetery Association Holds Fourth Homecoming
The fourth annual Suggs Cemetery Association homecoming was held last Sunday at the Latter Day Saints Church in Black Jack. Visitors from Highlands to Hawkins totaling about one hundred registered, with many locals joining for activities and reunions. A memorial service opened the day with invocations by J. W. Timmons and Virgil Billings, followed by group singing and a benediction. During the business meeting Raymond Timmons and Leslie Pearson were re-elected as first and third chairmen, Alfa Dotson as second chairman, and Mrs. Raymond Timmons re-elected secretary-treasurer. Lunch was shared on the church grounds before afternoon cemetery tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suggs Cemetery Association
Latter Day Saints
Black Jack
Highlands
Baytown
Kingsville
Marlin
Bryan
Dallas
el Campo
Irving
Grand Prairie
Waco
Hawkins
J. W. Timmons
Virgil Billings
Houston
H. M. Hay
Douglas Dotson
Raymond Timmons
Leslie Pearson
Alfa Dotson
Allen Klement on Army Maneuver
PFC. Frank Allen Klement 24 of Hearne is taking part in Exercise Mesa Drive at Yakima firing center. He serves as a supply specialist in the 139th Engineer Battalion Company C, recalled to active duty and now at Fort Lewis Washington. He is a 1956 Hearne High School graduate and a 1960 graduate of A&M College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Allen Klement
A. W. Klement
Hearne
Yakima
Wash
Klement
139Th Engineer Battalion
Army National Guard
Fort Lewis
Hearne High School
A&m College
Real Estate Transfers in Robertson County Court News
H Hart Nance executor conveys Lot 9 Block 97 Calvert and Lot 10 Block 347 Hearne to buyers for sums around 1500 and 1696 dollars. Several 10 dollar transfers note Mullins and Reed surveys with heirs and new owners. Also listed are 9.5 to 78.88 acre transfers and related mortgage-like values. New car registrations include Bremond and Hearne Chevrolet and Cadillac brands listed with owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Hart Nance
George Biggs
Calvert
Rafael Trujillo
Hearne
Luke Collette
Luke Collette Jr
Dred Dawson
Tom Wooley
Leonard Earl Carey
Mullins
R. R. Jakobeit
N. C. Baker
Reed
Mazarine Jackson
Mose Westbrook Jr
Joyce Wooler
Mullins Survey
T. S. Stem
Bremond
Chevrolet
Hospital Notes Rounded Up Local Recoveries
Terry Murray shows steady improvement in a local hospital. Mrs. Leo Weaver recuperates satisfactorily after recent surgery. Mrs. J. B. Martin recovers from surgery in a local hospital. Melvin Davenel, son of Mr and Mrs Leon Davenel, had an appendectomy this week. Mrs. Maggie Griffin returns home from Houston after dental surgery. Mr. and Mrs. George N. Otts visited Giddings over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Fieseler to attend the Dallas market over Sunday to Tuesday. John B. Moody, Navy man stationed at Kingsville, spends leave with his parents before duties in California and a two-year tour in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. &. Rambo
Waco
John Rambo
Houston
Rice Rambo
J. H. Peyton
Giddings
Jim
Marguerite Peyton
Henry Bowman
Mr. Bowman
Gilbert Mauk
Franklin
Benchley
Melton Rice
Corrigan
Longstreet
Shreveport
Hugh
Ruth
Albert
Sammie Rambo
Sam Rice
Bryan
Snook
Somerville
Caldwell
Steele’s
Mumford
Hearne
Calvert
Wheelock
Don Yarborough
Rev. Hall of Bryan
Craig Bowman
Effie Rambo
Casey Stengel
Mets
Walter Myers
Melvin Davenel
Leon Davenel
Maggie Griffin
Ben Fieseler
Dallas
John B. Moody
Navy
Kingsville
John H. Moody
California
Japan
Barstow Family Visits in Hearne Extend Stay
Mrs William Netka and children Scott Valerie and Billy Jr of Barstow California are in Hearne for an extended visit with Mr and Mrs Ben F Rikard and Mrs L Netka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Netka
Scott, Valerie and
Billy Jr
Barstow, Calif
Hearne
Ben F. Rikard
L. Netka
Houston Guests Visit Henry Rohde Family
Mr and Mrs Walter Doss and daughter Joan and Miss Dolores Rohde of Houston were weekend guests in the Henry Rohde home. On Sunday the group visited Mrs Faye Oldham and daughter Nancy in Rockdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Doss
Joan
Dolores Rohde
Houston
Henry Rohde
Faye Oldham
Nancy
Rockdale
Also Mentioned on This Page
Imogene Nash Robertson
Presbyterian Cemetery
Edge
Dan Hudson
Grace Cobb
Adram Griffin
Raymond Buchanan
A. B. Syptak
Milton Franklin
Louis Bullock
E. W. Henry
James Henry
Wallace Henry
Port Arthur
W. T. Frame
M. T. Frame
Austin
Joe Burton
Curtis
George Harrison
Tabor
George
E. D. Johnson
Sadie Dixon
Sallie Hanover
Johnson
Edith Dixon
Sadie
The
Democrat
Jack Smith
Anderson
Charley
Marguerite
W. R. Henry of
Whitener
A. L. Goins
Independent Baptist Church
O. W. Mack
New Elam Baptist Church
J. H. Webb Jr
Trinity Baptist Church
O. F. Williams
Allen Klement
Robertson County Court House News
W. H. Zorn Jr
Plymouth
W. K. Howard Jr
Goree King
Chevro
Bobby Morgan
J. C. Culpepper
Cadill Tae
William Leonard Davis
Terry Murray
Leo Weaver
J. B. Martin
George N. Otts
Underwood
Third Street
Hearne, Texas
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