Texas Neches River Namesake Navy Oiler USS Neches
Navy public relations piece recounts the USS Neches AO 5 and the present USS Neches AO 154 s role in sustaining the Pacific fleet. It notes the Neches is a Texas river namesake, details underway replenishment, cargoes, mail and crew transfers, and highlights past wartime service from Guadalcanal to Okinawa and Tokyo Bay. Also mentions Rusk Rotary open house for June Dairy Month with Shelby Hood and May Starkey.
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Porce
Texas
Pacific
Necehes Cao4t
Neches
Texas River
Rusk
South Texas
Shelby Hood
Highline High School Junior Publishes First Writing Piece
Judy Sparkman a Seattle Washington Highline High School junior receives early recognition for writing as her first contribution is published in The Stu. The milestone highlights her achievement and promise in literary pursuits.
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Judy Sparkman
Highline High School
Seattle
Washington
Local Girl Honored by Educational Magazine
Judy Sparkman of Alto receives honorable mention from an educational magazine for best student writers of the year. She is listed as J C Sparkman junior at Highline Senior High and has two more works accepted for publication in Pirates Pen.
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Cent Writer
Judy
Leon Carol Sparkman
That City
A. J. Lindstrom
Alto
J. C. Sparkman
Highline Senior High
Elizabeth Kunitis
Highline
St. Paul Bakers Visit Freeport Kin
Rusk residents Mr and Mrs St Paul Baker of Freeport spent the week with his brother Warren Baker and Mrs Baker.
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Mrs. St. Paul Baker
Freeport
Warren Baker
Jana Birdwell Visits Amarillo for Two Weeks
Eight year old Jana Kay Birdwell spends two weeks in Amarillo visiting her aunt and uncle Floyd and Floy Ellis. She plans trips to Cal Farley’s Boy’s Ranch Palo Duro Canyon the Canadian River Dam Project Lake Stockton and other Panhandle sights. Jana is the daughter of Kenneth Ray Birdwell of Rusk and sister to Kenny aged five. She is the granddaughter of Odell Smith and great granddaughter of Nettie Dickson of Rusk. Afterward the Ellises will relocate to Tyler and the family will return Jana to Rusk in two weeks.
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Jana Kay Birdwell
Amarillo
Floyd A. Ellis
Cal Farley
Boy's Ranch
Palo Duro Canyon
Canadian River Dam
Lake Stockton
The
Panhandle
Texas
Jacksonville
Helen McQueen
Louise Alien
McQueen
Sunny Acres Manor
Peasall Hospital
Peasall
Ima. I.me
Willowbrook Country Club
Tyler
Allen
Shady Oaks Country Club
Fort Worth
Gunter Hotel
San Antonio
Allens
Houston
University of Houston
East Texas
Mar
Cox Martin
Joyce
Austin
Lake Stryker
Ronald
Michael
Pamela
Sandra
Hamilton High School
Martin
Burnett High School
Lampassas
Methodist Church
Martin of the Baptist
First Methodist Church
Jane E
Bunny
Palestine
Texas Conference
Nashville
Memphis
Little Rock
Mount Sequoyah
Fayetteville
Arkansas
Perkins Holcomb
Entertains At Bridge Luncheon
Mrs C L Manning hosted a bridge luncheon Wednesday June 17 at their lake house on Stryker. Five tables of players plus guests enjoyed lunch. Mrs Frank Summers won second, with Mrs J M Booneslam and Mrs Robert von Doenhoff low. The Manning party stayed at the lake over the weekend entertaining relatives and guests from Crockett and the local city.
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Stryker
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Texas Neches River
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Hawaii
Guadalcanal
Gilbert and Marshall Island
Marinanas
Palau
California
San Pedro
Leyte Gulf
Leyte
China Sea
Third Fleet
Okinawa
U.S
Japan
Honshu
Ale
Tokyo Bay
Pacific Fleet
the Cherokeean
Usk, Texas
Pirates
Torch Society
Rusk Folks
Mrs. Baker
Jana Birdwell
Jana Is
Mrs
Kenneth Ray
Birdwell
Kenny
Jana
Mrs. Net
Tie Dickson
Mrs. Ellis
C. L Manning
Frank Summers
J. M. Booneslam
Robert von Doenhoff Low
Taining
Miss Erma
English
William
Mens of
Crockett
Miss Beu
Lah Allen
Nan Travis Hospital
Maureen Brown
Brookshire Bros
South
Piggly Wiggly
S&h
Beall
J.C. Williams Texaco and
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