George Dickey Dies Father of Local Citizens
Funeral services were held for George W Dickey 73 of Houston longtime police officer and father to Edwin Moseley Dickey. He died after a cerebral hemorrhage and served 27 years with the Houston Police Department. Survived by wife Kate and many children and grandchildren. Burial was in Hollywood Cemetery Houston after a Heights Funeral Home service.
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George W Dickey
Houston
Edwin
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
Between 1948 and 1956 he served as the courthouse’s beloved officer. Renowned for feeding the courthouse squirrels and for his friendly demeanor toward all courthouse staff and visitors.
Methodist Attendance Drive Expands With More Volunteers
First Methodist Church announces the Fill a Pew project adds workers led by Ralph Travis officials say July through September services will see larger crowds. Harmon Stevens’s left-side team includes Mrs Heinie Odom Judge J W Summers and others while Finis Stovall’s middle group lists W E Beathard James Moseley Bill Whitten and more. Right-side captain Mrs Pauline Maness with assistants will fill one pew per service in July August and September.
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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 Time
The clock shows 2 p.m. as Top Tunes airs at the top of the dial. A radio program preview highlights featured songs and hosts for the afternoon.
Three Countians Attend Food Service Meeting
Cherokee County chapter of the Texas School Food Service Association sent three members to the State Association meeting in Waco. Delegates included Mrs. Vivian Heald of Rusk, retiring Cherokee chapter president, Mrs. Erma Ross of Rusk, and Mrs. Jewel Hesser of Gallatin.
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Cherokee County
Texas Sch 001 Food Service Association
Waco
Vivian Heald
Erma Ross
Rusk
Jewel Hesser
Gallatin
Heald
Ross
Hesser
Leora Long
Jacksonville
Ara Davidson
Ann Bothwell
County School Lunch Program Seminar Opens September
The county will offer a seminar for school food service personnel starting in September held on each third Tuesday. The aim is to widen participants knowledge of the school lunch program and improve service.
Frankston Pioneer Lawson Bizzell Dies at 91
Lawson Sherdin Bizzell, age 91, Frankston pioneer farmer and businessman, died Monday night at his home. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Baptist Church with Rev. John Garrett officiating. Survived by wife, 13 children, 23 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren. He was 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 Couples Wed In Week License Roundup
Eleven marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk's office in the past week. Names 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, Albert Howard Dominy with Loreta Celeste McMichael, Donald Wayne Wilcox with Marie.
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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
Local Records List Names in Implied Marital Notices
A sequence of names appears in the record likely reflecting individuals connected to a notice or listing. The names include Lazarine, Jerry Jack Dean, Maggie Estelle Grissom, Wallace Jackson Stanley, Nancy Lee Hutto, George Henry Black, Erma Watters, Charles Norman Lambright, and Linda Grace Schultz.
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Lazarine
Jerry Jack Dean
Maggie Estelle Grissom
Wallace Jackson Stanley
Nancy Lee Hutto
George Henry Black
Erma Watters
Charles Norman Lambright
Linda Grace Schultz
Mrs. Robert B. Anderson Promotes Savings Bonds
Mrs. Robert B. Anderson displays Peace Power posters for Savings Bonds. She says peace costs money and bonds let Americans invest in the country, urging all to buy and hold bonds. The Treasury aims for 4.7 billion dollars in bonds this year, about 25 dollars per person.
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Robert B. Anderson
U. S. Treasury
Treasury
Notable state facts and historic notes
Last state to enter the union was Arizona in 1912. Texas has 782 incorporated towns and cities. Kansas yields one fifth of the nation's winter wheat. Federal Hill Kentucky inspired Stephen Foster's My Old Kentucky Home. Laws establishing Texas public schools were signed January 31, 1854.
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Arizona
Texas
Kansas
Federal Hill
Stephen Foster
Kentucky
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Ernest Hemingway
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