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Mrs. HughsonMarks 89th\AnniversaruBy Mrs. J. P. HughsonMrs. J. E. Hughson, who recent-i]y celebrated her 89th birthday janniversary was horn Nancy Moun-Inear Coffee-idheDnfr.?r-rn*195iROBSTOWgood and »hlt;* is still one of thebest boosters the county has.Mr* Hughson joined the Methodist Church when -he was young. Now that she is no longer »W«* to attend services she always In*-tens to the sermons on the radio.ryJob0chi*isndrr-ger, April 19, 1868 ville. Miss. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Mounger.In 1871 the Mounger family! moved to Texas. They came down the Mississippi River to New Orleans and from there they traveled by covered wagon to Parker ( oun- Jty, later moving to Bastrop Coun- j ^ A^utt Dulce lalt,r moving near tv where she married James E. Rob9town a!Ui then to Banquete. Hughson on December ‘20. 1890. HuKh*on says that whenTo this union was born six child-1 • off the train in Alice andalso a loyal Democrat andhasn't failed to vote in a president-ml election since women have hadthe right to vote.Mr* Hughson is now making her home with her daughter, Mrs. KUi-ott, who lives five miles south ofBanquete.She has 12 grandchildren and If)great-grandchildren.VlanJult;Re]cou\V1SosetdoG*Class OfficersBiBIBtosettled between BentonvilleAre SelectedAt Wynn Sealein.- , ren, four boys and two girls, in- • Philip, Chris, and Beth, now Mrs. of 1 j A. Elliott, live at Banquete; that Nix in Adua Pulee. Paul in Santa ™untry i Ana, California, and Lois, now me it- Mrs. Harley McDaniel, in Martins- seenay ville, 111. «.«.«* Her verv first im-J. The Hughson family moved to eye f ^ County »•«*ing, Nueces County in December, 1908 piessu ----rode to her new home in a wagon-die had time to look at theand that to her it wasthe most beautiful she had everThe mesquie grass, knee high, covered the land as fat -isThe faculty at Wynn Seal Jun ior High School lute last week announced the names of officers ofthe student council for theschool year, beginning in Septem her.Sue Massey was named councilpresident. Mary Philbriek, vice president; Patsy Hoegerl. secreta1)HViit
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Robstown Record
Robstown, Texas, US
Thu, May 02, 1957
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