Rusk Folks Visit Kin and Friends in Nearby Towns
Local residents share travels and hospital calls as families visit relatives in Dallas Houston Freeport and San Antonio. Posts note hospital stays at Memorial and Nan Travis plus family gatherings with the Guinn Dickey and Mason clans and two weeks of summer visits ending July 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann McCluney
SMU
Dallas
John B. Gibson
Johnny
Jimmy
Houston
May Gibson
Jack Nichols
Kansas
Edward Freeland
J. H. Freeland
Freeport
Zelwanda Hendrick
Dal
Edwin Dickey
Sarah
Dixie
Janie
R. C. Priest
B. E. Priest
Jerry
Burney
L. D. Guinn
Memorial Hospital
Leland Guinn
Athens
Henry Guinn
Buddy
G. E. Eckles
Mur Rogue
C. H. Fitts
H. L. Howard
E. S. Caldwell
Charles
John Sheppard
Angleton
Austin
Kenneth Bridwell
San Augustine
Odell Smith
H. W. Dickey
Fort Worth
W. M. Dickey
Washington, D. C
Cora Dickey
H. FE. Dickeys
W. M. Dickeys
Moseley W. Dickey
Terrell
Edison Lights The World First Lamp In 1879
The record notes Thomas A. Edison produced his first incandescent lamp on October 21, 1879. It marks a pivotal moment in electric lighting and industrial progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Edison
Intermediates MYF Meet Sunday at First Methodist
The Intermediate MYF held its regular meeting Sunday evening July 13 at First Methodist Church. Diana Banks presented the program Friends of Jesus. Secretary Norleine Morgan read prior minutes and was named program chairman for the next week. Present were Marcy Goff Bruce Stovall Stephanie Cox and Susan Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MYF
Diana Banks
Intermediate Myf
First Methodist Church
Norleine Morgan
Friends of
Jesus
Marcy Goff
Bruce Stovall
Stephanie Cox
Susan Miller
Hospital News Rusk Patients and Discharges Reported
The notice lists numerous patients in Rusk and Alto hospitals including Mrs. Tommy Terry and Mr. J. M. Jernigan in Rusk, Mrs. An na Fitts and Miss Janis Martin in Rusk, and Ozella Sanders with infant daughter in Rusk. Discharges include Mrs. Alvin Jinkins and Miss Marie Dunsmore in Alto. Colored patients and discharges noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Terry
Rusk
Mattie Odom
Jack Greer
Jessie Phillips
Tom Ball
Ira Gray
Alto
Thornt Wafford
Janis Martin
David Todd
Thomas McKeHar
J. A. Hampton
Ozella Sanders
Alvin Jinkins
Marie Dunsmore
F. L. DeFoor
Wilma Ragsdale
Reklaw News Highlights Local Visits and Reunion Fun
Emma Carson reports on neighborhood travel with relatives from Corpus Christi Big Spring Eagle Pass Houston and Rusk along with a note on Walkers Chapel Memorial gathering. An old friendship reunion is planned as an annual event on the second Saturday in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Belch II
Kenneth Carson
Big Spring
Nora Richey
Walter McCrary
Eagle Pass
Bevis Anderson
Joe Frank Anderson
Houston
John Bowling
Tom Carson
A. M. Jordan
Sue Rowe
Rusk
Dwight Mason
David
Overton
Walkers Chapel
Seven Couples Receive Licenses In County Clerk Week
Seven marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk's office in the past week. The couples are Jackie Glenn Harris and Carolyn Emmons, Jerry Dale Farra and Shirley Ann Vardeman, Claude Waters and Thelma Lee Sessions, Larry Dean Underwood and Janet Cox, Billy Jack Price and Charlcie Mae Bristow, Dale Shepherd Hanks and Laura Marie Mitchell, M. L. Arnwine and Jimmie Burrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Glenn Harris
Carolyn Emmons
Jerry Dale Farra
Shirley Ann Vardeman
Claude Waters
Interesting Pacts Narrowest English Channel Strait
About 20 miles wide the Strait of Dover marks the narrowest part of the English Channel, shaping historic maritime routes and cross-channel relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strait of
Dover
English Channel
New Senate Hand Aided Democrats
William A. Blakley joined the U S Senate in 1957 as an unknown Texas figure. His arrival shifted party balance, his vote aiding Democratic control. Now he seeks his first elective term, framed as support for sound Democratic government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Blakley
U. S. Senate
Texas
Washington
Senate
Blakley
Bill Blakley
Youth Forestry Shortcourse Sets August Dates
A youth forestry shortcourse for 52 boys from FFA and 4H clubs will run August 18 to 22 near Woodville. It is a joint program by the Texas Forest Service and Texas Forestry Association with sponsorship from local groups. Instructors include graduate foresters. William A. Smith directs. The course offers practical training, tests, prizes, recreation, and citizenship work, as part of the 13th Texas program since 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodville
FFA
R. M. Townsend
Texas Forestry Association
Texas Forest Service
Chamber of Commerce
Texas Forest Service and
Forest Industries
Wil
Liam A. Smith
Texas
Tex
Cherokee County Republicans Urge Voters in 1958 Primary
The Cherokee County Republican Executive Committee asks Republicans to vote on Saturday July 26 1958 in a local and state primary. A slate includes Edwin Mayer Roy Whittenburg Grover Carothers John Q Adams Joseph E A Ross Elmer Ball R Aldrich von Doenhoff Charles F Adams and Margaret N Ross. The Cullinan Diamond discovery of 1905 is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee County
Edwin S. Mayer
Sutton County
United States Senate
Roy Whittenburg
Hutchinson County
Grover C. Caroth
A. Ross
State Senate
Elmer F. Ball
R. Aldrich von Doenhoff
Charles F. Adams
Margaret N. Ross
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Pital
Stewart
America
Panama
Latin America
Carton
Cardon
Palestine
Reklaw
Emma Carson
Corpus Christi
Eugene Belch
Rusk, Texas
The
Cherokee County Republican Executive Committee
Ers
Jones County
Supreme Court
John Q. Adams
Cameron
Congress
Joseph E
Lowell’s
Jacksonville
Lowell Hutson
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