London locals recount notes on schooling and local life
County correspondence from London reports Miss Ollie Bishop's employment, Robert Summers joining the C C C division, and concerns about compulsory service. Aunt Mattie Hunter is ill but improving, Dr. Fussell is recovering, and Matt is praised for steadiness. The piece urges uniting three local school communities into an affiliated high school and supports pastor Fairchilds in his Baptist work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Bishop
Whiteland
Ollie
Robert Summers
Government Service
Robert
Army
Mattie Hunter
Jessie Deckert
Iraan
J. R. Hunter
Mat
J. W. Fussell
M. M. Nelson
Menard County
London
Matt
Saline
Long Mountain
Stanley Fairchilds
Community Reels With Rains and Local Happenings
The community still smiles after beneficial rains. Families visit Saline and Segovia, church and school events draw crowds, and local clubs plan an amateur program. Segovia residents donate meat for bridge work while playground equipment is completed. Honor rolls list several students including Charles Beasley and Katherine Stapp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Richenau
Saline
Hugo Reichenau
Thames
San Angelo
Wilson Russell
Wilsa Rosa
John Pool
Community “Friendship Club
Livestock Market Report From San Antonio Oct 25
Hogs 1500 head with 450 on through billing. top $9.25 for 180 to 250 lb butchers. Cattle 900 head calves 2100 head. overall market uneven and easing late. steers scarce. yearlings and calves varied from $4.00 to $6.85. cows mostly $2.50 to $4.75. bulls $4.00 to $4.75. Sheep 100 goats none. market slow with wethers $3.25 to $3.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Gasoline tax diversion in Texas 1936 noted
Figures from the U S Bureau of Public Roads show Texas diverted 9 307 000 dollars or 16 66 percent of the 56 278 000 dollars collected in gasoline taxes in 1936 to purposes other than road building. Mr and Mrs Thomas Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Texas
London high school carnival and student reports
The London PT A sponsors a Halloween carnival at the London Community Hall on Saturday night, October 30, with booths, cakes and pies. Proceeds benefit the Parent Teacher Association and junior and senior classes, aiding school projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Walton
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
PT. A. of the
London
London Community Hall
London PT. A
Winnie Cummins
Cummins
Belvidere crowd declines five dollar python carry task
Citizens of Belvidere unanimously shunned a chance to earn five dollars by rolling up a 20 foot python and returning it to a carnival. In Branchville New Jersey Lee Lightening toppled a poker table. five men played but none were seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belvidere
Til
Lee
Branchville
N. J
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Carmen Allen, “Sweetheart
West Texas County Judges? Association
Segovia News Service
Willie Bierschwale
Chilren
F. M. Bierschwale
Ward and Worrell
Segovia Bridge
Segovia
W. H. Dunkame
Wayne A. Sears
Odessa
Harry W. Taylor
Eastland
R. M. Winship
H. D. Jobes
Kerrville Junction
Afr
W. T. Bishop
C. C. Phillips
L. H. McDonald
John McBee
Nolan
Chas
Bowers
le Market News Service
Mr. and
Mrs
Thomas Taylor
Mazda
West Texas Utilities Company
N. C. Patterson Watchmaker and Jeweler
Texas West Side Square
Callan Graham
General Civil Practice
Courthouse — Junction
Knetsch Lawyers
Junction, Texas
Cen Nps
National Survey Council
Bessardlett
Marlin
Igman Winc
Sweetwater
Vada Hart Webb
Abilene
Tex
Princess Martin
Loraine
Whe. Roe
Cos
Taney
Aiding
Deion
Treet S.A
M. E. Blackburn
Junction
DR. J. Holt Smith
Handmads
Boots Shoe Repairing E. 0
Lowgren Junction
W. F. Hausmann
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