Christmas Socials and Parties Highlight Busy Week
Social and Personal notices describe the B and PW club Christmas party at Miss Henry's Room in the Methodist church and a Service class party at the Barlow Hotel. Mrs. J W Potter chairs food duties. Miss Matilda Calwell and Miss Carol Dansforth are honored at pre-nuptial events. Local engagements, birthdays, and visits round out the season as families plan Christmas celebrations.
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B & PW. Club
Miss Henry
Methodist Church
J. W. Potter
the First Christian Church
Mary Wilson
Russel B. Cornell
John Barlow
Bridge
New York Closes Water Supply to Ships
New York officials ordered ships headed to nearby ports to obtain water after leaving the city to save millions of gallons daily. With the water supply nearing pressure failure, the marine and aviation commission closed standpipes at 250 major docks to restrict usage.
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New York
Marine and Aviation Commission
Holiday Visitors Reported in Local Society Notes
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Guerin and their children of Memphis are guests of Dr and Mrs Emmett Thompson. Mr and Mrs Jessie Pickard of Hobbs New Mexico visit their parents Mr and Mrs E L Lane and Mr and Mrs J H Pickard.
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Dorothy Joy Ray
Galvin Hughen
Mtr
Jessie W. Ray
Dorothy Joy
Calvin Hughen
William H. Hughen
Malvern
Rueben
Zumwalt
Tommy and
Sharon
Annapolis, Md
Dale Barnum
Earl Allen
Sulphur Springs
Tex
J. W. Ray, Sr
Lloyd Guerin
Memphis
Guerin
Emmett Thompson
Jessie Pickard
Hobbs,n. M
and Biss E. L. Lane
J. H. Pickard
Hospital Notes from duifa Chester Admits and Discharges
Admitted: Orville B. Mitchell Patmos Mrs Thomas Hays Hope Mrs Adam May Perry Blevins Miss Ann Burke Hope. Discharged: W T Howell Mc Nab Ark Rae M Luck Hope Mrs Cecil Godwin Hope Myrias Gail Martin Lewisville Mrs 5 A Westbrook Hope. Josephine Admitted: Mrs A L Tullis Hope. Discharged: Mrs Coy Breeding and baby son John Wyndle Hope Branch F Discharged: Howard Houston Hope.
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Duifa Chester
Orville B. Mitchell
Patmos
Thomas Hays
Hope
Adam May Perry
Blevins
Ann Burke
W. T. Howell
Mc-Nab
Ark
Rae M. Luck
Cecil Godwin
Myrias Gail Martin
Lewisville
Awestbrook, Sr
Josephine
A L. Tullis
Coy
John Wyndle
Salesman Kills Sweetheart Turns Gun on Self
Aberdeen South Carolina December 21 a 30 year old automobile salesman died early today from a bullet fired into his head after killing his former sweetheart who sat beside him in a parked car The girl was Joanna Rurup a year old teacher at Rasmussen county school 23 miles north of Aberdeen Coroner Ray Gates said she was slain by Liscom Boardman Aberdeen as the couple sat in the front seat of Boardmans car in the school driveway A .22 caliber pistol was found in Boardmans hand Five discharged cartridges were in the gun Boardman died this morning without regaining consciousness Fred Balding the girls stepfather told officers the two had kept company from the summer of 1948 to the spring of 1949 and that Boardman had been annoying Miss Rurup lately.
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Aberdeen
S. C
Gil
Joanna Rurup
Rasmussen County
Ray Gates
Liscom Boardman
Boardman
Fred Balding
Miss Rurup
Three Children Die in Fire in Wisconsin
Three children died last night in a flash fire at a rural Wisconsin Rapids home. The parents escaped as the house was leveled. Victims were Nancy seven months, Gary two, and Robert fourteen. Kenneth nine was overcome by smoke and hospitalized. Furniture was destroyed.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Frank Sonheim
Nancy
Gary
Robert
Kenneth
Fire damages home near here. lacquer can near fireplace blamed
Assistant Fire Chief Earl Tess said the blaze started when a five gallon can of lacquer near a fireplace caught fire. A two story wooden house was saved, located about one and a half miles west of the area.
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Here
Earl Tess
Tragic Fire Claims Two Rescue Attempts
Parents hurriedly led children out as a structure burned. Robert rushed to reach Gary in a bedroom but both men became trapped by flames and perished in the fire.
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Robert
Gary
Tragic Fire Claims Nancy and Bess on Porch
A fire results in the death of Nancy the baby and Bess who were carried to a front porch for safety but perished in the blaze. The incident details indicate fatal injuries amid the flames.
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Nancy
Bess
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Alvah S. Williams
Barlow
Matilda Calwell
Carol. Dansforth
The
First Christian Church Sunday School
Fellowship Hall
Thompson Evans, Jr
Comer Bovyette
Tom Purvis
D. D. Booth
Mitchell Williams
Waco
Jack Cleary
Comer Boyette
R. G. Reed
Clipper Plantation
A. K. Halloway
Carolyn TrimbjJe
St. Charles, Mo
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Dorothy Henry
Miss Betty Somers
Garrett Memorial Baptist Church
Betty Somers
North Warnilton Street
Rebecca Ann Cox
Clifford Cox
Cox
Lex Morton
Guy Green
Wisteria Club
Wisteria Garden Club
Manuel Hamm
David Grittin
Robison
W. M. Ramsey
Anna Judson
Billy Ramsey
Shirley Pearson
Fort Smith
Reggie Turner Whdh
Little Rock Hospital
Ray Turner
West Bros
Wyrees
Howard Houston
Wisconsin
Saenger Box Office
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TRC
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