Pastors and appointments slated for Northwest Texas Methodists
The Northwest Texas Methodist Conference announces upcoming sessions in Lubbock with ordination, memorial services, and ministerial appointments to be announced by Bishop Selecman. History notes trace the conference's 1866 origins and current membership around 87,000 with 329 churches valued at $5.69 million and total funds of $1.43 million raised last year.
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Opal
Con- Paul
Northwest Texas
Methodism
Selecman
el Paso
Waxahachie
Enoch M. Marvin
Waco
Lampasas
Fort Worth
Springfield
Southwestern Advocate
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Corsicana
Conference
Sidwell to Succeed Patton as Tech Geology Chairman
Dr. Leroy T. Patton will step down as geology chairman at Texas Tech in the fall to take a professorship in geology. Dr. R. G. Sidwell, a Tech geology professor for nearly two decades, will become the new department chair. The event accompanies fundraising efforts for McMurry College and a conference program open to the public with scheduled events at Hilton and Lubbock venues.
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Sidwell
Patton
Tech Geology
Leroy T. Patton
Texas Technological College
R. G. Sidwell
Tech
Doctor Patton
Hatcheries Produce Below April Egg and Chick Averages
Texas hatcheries produced 11.32 million chicks in April, 17 percent below the 1942-46 average and roughly steady with last year. Texas farm flocks laid about 357 million eggs, down 3 percent from April 1947, as fewer layers reduced output though the laying rate rose to 17.46 eggs per hen.
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Austin
Texas
United States Department of Agriculture
Army death notice for Warren Gris ham of Portales
Funeral services for Warren Gris ham killed serving with the U S Army are set for 2 pm Tuesday at Stanley Funeral Home chapel. Burial will follow in Veterans Memorial Park with the Veterans of Foreign Wars in charge. He leaves his parents, three sisters in Hobbs and Portales, and four brothers in Portales. Pallbearers named include Dewey Braswell and others.
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Fort Worth
Young Warren
U. S. Army
O'Donnell
Stanley Funeral Home
Veterans’ Memorial Park
Theo Taylor
Hobbs, N. M
Verla Coe
Portales
Ona Lee
Grisham
Ronald
Woody
Sammy
Jerry
Dewey Braswell
Bill Betenbough
Oswald Ballew
Douglas Ballew
Boyd Eason
Roye Everett
Funeral for Tahoka Soldier Set for Tuesday
The body of Pvt. Arnold J. Warren, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Warren of Portales New Mexico and formerly of O'Donnell, will be conducted in Tahoka on Tuesday. The notice notes his service and origins as part of a local obituary.
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Tahoka
Pvt
Arnold J. Warren
L. G. Warren
Portales
N. M
O'Donnell
Oceanic sediment load from rivers and winds reaches billions
Report notes that about three billion tons of land material are dumped into the oceans annually by rivers, winds, and other forces, highlighting the scale of terrestrial input to seas.
Doctor Crawls Through Brush For Eight Hours To Reach Help
Dr. Ashton Tenney of Gardner crawled eight hours through dense underbrush after a plane crash near Norwich Lake killed Dr. Ermin Ray. Tenney, badly injured, reached a cottage, called for assistance, and was taken to Noble Hospital in Westfield. Ray’s body was recovered at the wreckage site by a helicopter search team.
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Huntinton
Mass
INS
Ashton Tenney
Gardner
Ermin L. Ray
Northampton Veteran’s Hospital
Norwich Lake
Tenney
Mt. Pisgeh Road
Noble Hospital
Westfield
Dr. Ray
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DIAL
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Vel D. Crosby
Board of Education
Northwest Texas Conference
E. H. Crandall
W. A. Appling
Overton
Ray H. Nichols
Vernon
P. E. Yarborough
Memphis
J. H. Crawford
Stamford
McMurry College
McMurry
Hilton Hotel
Lubbock Hotel
Mesdames Selecmann
Martin
Asbury Methodist Church
Cagle Bros. Furniture
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Bire
Ronan
ABC
Gene Autry
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