Kemper Military School grants spring diploma to Pete Acker
Pete Acker son of Mr and Mrs J P Acker Jr of West Palestine St completes the Kemper Military School 1956 graduation on May 27 with Dr Frane L McCluer Lindenwood College president delivering the commencement address. The weekend includes awards a dance reception a Standard of Honor program and musical numbers. A stray line notes using damp sandpaper to remove dog and cat hairs from clothing.
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Pete Acker
J. P. Acker
West Palestine St
Kemper Military School
Boonville
Frane L. McCluer
Lindenwood College
St. Charles
Kemper
Concrete Manufacturing Asset Opens Tile Plant in Alto
Hoyt Lyons launches a light concrete blocks plant in south Cherokee County Alto. The facility runs at 1250 tiles daily, employs seven people, and serves a 75 mile radius. Lyons operates stores in Rusk and Alto and invites visits to the plant west of the railroad on the old Alto Gin and Crate property.
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Quality Haydite Tile Company
Alto
Hoyt Lyons
Cherokee County
Lyons
Rusk
Rusk Folks Visit and Commencement Weekend Notes
Miss Beaulah Allen and Mrs Lois Henry toured Houston this week while Miss Erma Repagiusn attended Southwestern College Georgetown commencement with Victor Manning who earned a BBA. Victor plans a visit before entering the service.
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Beaulah Allen
Lois Henry
Houston
Erma Repagiusn
Ot Crockett
C. L. Manning
Southwestern College
Georgetown
Victor Manning
Victor
Cotton Allen
Mt. Pleasant
Sam Manning
Elton Grisham
Johnny
Sally
Tyler
B. E. Priest
Jerry and
Bunny
Dallas
R. C. Priest
Edwin Dickey
George Francis
Chil
Community Visitors and Health Notes In Sweeney Column
Mr. Zion News records a flurry of visits across families in Rusk County including N A Ward of Houston and John Rogers kin. Residents report hospital updates and confirmations of illnesses with multiple family members visiting relatives in nearby towns and cities.
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N. A. Ward
Houston
John Rogers
Adam’s Peak footprints tied to Adam legend in Ceylon
The article notes footprints on Adam’s Peak in Ceylon are linked to Adam who stood there a millennium ago in mourning his expulsion. It also mentions the U S geographical center in Smith County Kansas and the first printed news sheet The Gazette appearing in Nuremberg in 1457.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceylon
India
Adam
Paradise
United States
Smith County
Kansas
Nuremberg
Germany
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Alto Theatre
Alto, Texas
Fred MacMurray
Dorothy Malone
Walter Brennan
Tom Ewell
Sheree North
Tues
Ralph Meeker
Marla English
Dren
Austin
T. H. Cobble
Charlotte Francis
Paul McCoy
McCoy
CC. B. Daniels
Brenda and
Carrol Gean
Gladstone Thompson
Yank Osborne
FORD
J. C. Williams
Rusk, Texas
Mr. Zion News
R. G. Sweeney
Janie Oliphant
Palestine
D. B. Singletary
Shreveport
Mary Tidwell
Spring
Lois Harvey
J. C. Collier
Lufkin
Ella Singletary
M. A. Hartman
Jewell Watters
Collier
Melba Roth
Millard of
Sam Overall
Mesdames O. L. Chase
O. L. Tannery
Fred Sartain
Tom Gulledge
Linwood
G. W. Smith
C. B. Frost
Grace Miller
C. M. Freeman
Bill Rice
L. L. Rogers
Experiment Station
Jacksonville
Henry Holtcamp
Baby
John T. Cruseturner
Edwin Garner
Lige Garner
H. E. Singletary
Baytown
M. M. Fenner
Hattie Tullis
Mary Tullis
J. T. Alexander
Fank Ross
Mixon
J. W. Cole
R. J. Dickey
Dorothy Lee
Dorothy
Business
M. B. Dickey
W. H. Dickey
D. W. Wilson
Pat
Albert Ray
Joe Bill Wilson
C. L. Tannery
Enoc Pegues
Mart Miller
Pasadena
H. W. Pegues
Lester Tannery
Nacog
Earl Dickey
J. F. Allen
Enoce Pegues
J. L. Pegues
John H. Allen
W. Dickey
Jacksonville, Texas
Eee
James Cagney
Wstapo
Freevue
Glynis
Sila
Anne Baxter
Rock Hudson
June Adams
Steve Donna Allen
Reed
Cintwa
Carmen
Evand SE Anon
Bucknite
James Stewart
Dane Clark, Wayne Morris
Hell
Starring Bomba
Humphrey
Rod Steiger
Jan Sterling
THE
Duton Lang
Kear Tarion
Daretl J. Zamuck Presents
Gregory Peck
Jennifer Jones
Fredric March
Marisa Pavan
Lee J. Cogs and
Harding
Keenan Wynn
SUN
MON
Grandma
Grandpa
John Lund
Wiliam Bendix Keele Brasselle
Richard Coone
William Lesue
MR. Mistletoe
Siam
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