George Dickey Dies Prominent Houston Policeman
Funeral services for George W. Dickey 73 of Houston were held Saturday. A veteran of 27 years with the Houston Police Department and two with the Sheriffs Department, he was described as Houston's favorite policeman. He died Thursday from a cerebral hemorrhage and is survived by his wife Kate and sons Edwin, Herbert, W M, Moseley, G W and W G Dickey, with 14 grandchildren and brothers Jim, Lee and Elias Penland. Burial was in Hollywood Cemetery after services at Heights Funeral Home. Dickey left Cherokee county for Houston in the early 1920s to join the police force.
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George W. Dickey
Houston
Edwin and
Moseley Dickey
Rusk
Dickey
Washington D. C
G. W. Dickey
Texas City
W. G. Dickey
Jim Dickey
Lee Dickey
Elias Penland
Jacksonville
the Heights
Hollywood Cemetery
Cherokee County
Police Department
Courthouse Favorite Policeman Noted For Kindness
From 1948 to 1956 he served as the courthouse favorite policeman and was celebrated for feeding the courthouse squirrels and his friendly attitude toward all courthouse staff and visitors.
Methodist Attendance Drive Expands Fill a Pew Campaign
First Methodist Church announces added workers for the Fill a Pew project. Ralph Travis says July through September will see higher attendance as teams led by Harmon Stevens Finis Stovall and team captains recruit volunteers. Assistants under each captain include a mix of local residents and leaders to staff every service.
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First Methodist Church
Ralph Travis
Harmon Stevens
Heinie Odom
J. W. Summers
James I. Perkins
H. B. Odom
M. W. Browning
Metz Heald
Edwin Campbell
Bud Vaughn
Finis Stovall
W. E. Beathard
James Moseley
Bill Whitten
Pete Musslewhite
Claude Chisum
Morris Hassell
Fred Lunsford
Frank Morgan
Charles Christopher
Bill Braswell
Pauline Maness
Top Tunes at the Top of the Dial
A radio feature announces 2 p.m. Top Tunes at the top of the dial spotlighting popular songs and leading DJs with music fans invited to tune in for the program.
Peace Power posters urged by Treasury wife
Mrs. Robert B. Anderson wife of the Secretary of the Treasury displays a new Peace Power Savings Bonds poster. She says Peace costs money and Savings Bonds are a direct investment in the country making every American a partner in strengthening America's Peace Power by buying and holding bonds.
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Robert B. Anderson
U. S. Treasury
Treasury
States and locales in early American history snapshot
The text notes Arizona as the last state admitted in 1912. It cites Texas with 782 incorporated towns and cities, Kansas wheat production at one fifth of the nation’s winter yield, and Federal Hill in Kentucky as inspiration for Stephen Foster’s My Old Kentucky Home. It also mentions laws establishing Texas public schools signed January 31, 1804.
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Arizona
Texas
Kansas
Federal Hill
Stephen Foster
Kentucky
Three Countians Attend State Food Service Meeting
Three members of the Cherokee County Texas School Food Service Association attended the state gathering in Waco. Delegates included Mrs. Vivian Heald and Mrs. Erma Ross of Rusk and Mrs. Jewel Hesser of Gallatin.
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Cherokee County
Texas School Food Service Association
Waco
Vivian Heald
Erma Ross
Rusk
Jewel Hesser
Gallatin
Heald
Ross
Hesser
County Food Service Officials To Meet Seasonally
The notice states a meeting for school food service personnel to be held on the county level, with sessions starting in September on the third Tuesday. The aim is to broaden attendees' knowledge of the school lunch program.
Grandfather of Mrs. Dickerson Expires Monday
Lawson Sherdin Bizzell 91, Frankston pioneer farmer and businessman, died Monday night at his home. Funeral held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Frankston Baptist Church with Rev. John Garrett officiating. Survived by wife, 13 children, 23 grandchildren, 36 great grandchildren. grandfather of Mrs. M. C. Dickerson of Rusk.
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Frankston
Lawson Sherdin Bizzell
John Garrett
Baptist Church
Bizzell
The
M. C. Dickerson
Rusk
Eleven Marriage Licenses Issued This Week
The County Clerk's office issued eleven marriage licenses in the past week. Couples listed include Joseph Albert Brittain with Lola Kathryn Pomery, Thomas Elton Sparkman with Joyce Carmen Wilcox, James P. Gowin with Betty Ann Berry, Terry Curtis Nelly with Shirley Jean Cox, Lozelle Guilford with Deloris York. Additional pairs are Albert Howard Dominy with Loreta Celeste McMichael, Donald Wayne Wilcox with Marie Lazarine, Jerry Jack Dean with Maggie Estelle Grissom, Wallace Jackson Stanley with Nancy Lee Hutto, George Henry Black with Erma Watters, Charles Norman Lambright with Linda Grace Schultz.
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Joseph Albert Brittain
Lola Kathryn Pomery
Thomas Elton Sparkman
Joyce Carmen Wilcox
James P. Gowin
Betty Ann Berry
Terry Curtis
Nelly
Shirley Jean Cox
Lozelle Guilford
Deloris York
Albert Howard Dominy
Loreta Celeste McMichael
Donald Wayne Wilcox
Marie
Lazarine
Jerry Jack Dean
Maggie Estelle Grissom
Wallace Jackson Stanley
Nancy Lee Hutto
George Henry Black
Erma Watters
Charles Norman Lambright
Linda Grace Schultz
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Alter Brennan
David O. Belznick
West Hemingway
Jennifer Jones
Vittorio DE Sica
U.S.A
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Dacron
U.S
Heh
KTLU
Lowell’s
Lowell Hutson
Marlowe
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