Maydelle News and Local Family Updates
Mrs Retilla Ball returns home for summer after teaching in the Rio Grande valley. Johnnie Fondren wins an award at a Jacksonville banquet. J W Watson Jr and family welcome baby daughter Cynthia Sue at Tripler Army Hospital Honolulu. Maydelle residents attend weddings reunions and visiting friends. Arp and Rusk connections noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retilla Ball
Rio Grande Valley
Elbert Fondren
Johnnie
Jacksonville
FFA
Bill Vining
Rusk
Jessie Woodall
Mollie Chadwick
Kate Wilson
Arp
Minnie Conner
Brenda Bolton
Clara Bolton
Bill Burque
Meador- Halbert
Oakland
Cathryn
Ronald
Triple Army Hospital
Honolulu
Hawaii
J. W
Hickman Afb
Maydelle
John William Watson, Sr
Rusk, Rt. 2
Watson
E. H. Dominy
Erlene
Cynthia Sue
Mary Watson
Rt. 4
Texas State Park System and Big Bend Size
The text notes Texas started its State Park System in 1923 and Big Bend National Park covers 708000 acres. It cites that 48 percent of Texans live in cities with populations over 10000, and Arizona was the last state to join the union in 1912. Shop in Rusk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Big Bend National Park
Arizona
Reklaw News Highlights Local Visits and Recoveries
Mrs Emma Carson notes visits from Mrs Robert Anderson of Shreveport La to her parents Mr and Mrs John Bowling. Tyler visitors include Mr A M Jordan and T K Carson. Delbert Millstead has returned home from hospital and attended Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Anderson
Shreveport
John Bowling
A. M. Jordan
T. K. Carson
Tyler
Nancy Jordan
Emma Carson
Robert Richey
Everett Wallace
Dick Ward
Delbert Millstead
Acton Duncan
Duncan
Robert Gladney
John Robert
Corsicana
Clifton Thompson
Big Springs
Bill Curtis
Curtis
Rusk
Roy Dean Thompson
J. T. Thompson
S. L. R. Cartlidge
DAR
Athens
Charles Sadler
Paul Richardson
Peggy Ann
Nacogdoches
Bob Robertson
Robertson
Frazer Guinn
Maud Crump
Bowden Hamblin
Huntsville
Local Group to Attend Methodist Texas Conference
Methodists from Rusk First Methodist Church join Rev Elwood Birkelbach Morris Hassell and Judge J W Summers for the Texas Conference at First Methodist Church in Houston June 2 6. Dr George Albert Fallon lead preacher and social event schedule includes a ministers wives tea luncheon and officers election with appointments read Friday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Conference Methodists
First Methodist Church
Houston
Rusk First Methodist Church
Fred Lunsford
Robert Banks
Elwood Birkelbach
Morris Hassell
J. W. Summers
Conference Boards of World Peace, Social and Economic Relations and Temperance
Commission On Christian Social Relations
George Albert Fallon
Methodism
Council of Evangelism
Lakewood Methodist Church
Cleveland
Ohio
Houston-East
Houston- West
Houston-West
Henderson Rodeo Boosters Visit Rusk for Fourteenth Annual Rodeo
A Henderson Lions Club Rodeo Boosters caravan arrives in Rusk on Saturday May 31 at 9 30 a m to present a brief musical program. The event marks the 14th annual rodeo with producer Lawrence Winfrey and acts Kiss Mayberry Angelina County Quadrille Clark Schultz and his Auto and Mule team and the roughest stock in rodeo. Performances run Thursday June 5 through Saturday June 7 with a Sunday matinee at 2 p m. Box seats are available via Henderson Lions Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson Lions Club
Rusk
Henderson Group
Lawrence Winfrey
Kiss Mayberry
Angelina County
Clark Schultz
Bert Woods
Joe Craig
Trade At Home Spurs Texas Manufacturing Boom
Texas manufacturers showed growth from 773,896 dollars in 1849 to 3.5 billion dollars in 1955 reflecting a strong national trade push. Market expansion and domestic demand drove production gains across industries, highlighting a century of industrial growth in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Engagement and forthcoming wedding of Vivian DeGrott
Mr and Mrs Jack Epp DeGrott of Dallas announce the engagement of their daughter Vivian DeGrott to Jack B Ellis son of Mr and Mrs Grady B Ellis of Dallas The couple plan a June 28 wedding at Lovers Lane Methodist Church Chapel Vivian is a Hill Crest High graduate and SMU student member of Sigma Kappa while Jack Ellis is a Sunset High graduate and North Texas College student
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Epp DeGrott
Centenary Drive
Dallas
Vivian DeGrott
Jack B. Ellis
Grady B. Ellis
Oldham Drive
Miss DeGrott
Hill Crest High
Southern Methodist University
Sigma Kappa Sorority
Ellis
Sunset High
North Texas College
Lovers Lane Methodist Church Chapel
Rusk
Galveston
George Lee
Morehead City
North Carolina
J. F. Johnson
Lee
Delores Johnson
Jim Roach
Garland
Herbert Teat
Herbie
James Stevens
Longview
Francis
Danny Francis
Randy
Terry Trevathan
Lufkin
John Long
Rusk Garden Club Holds Last Meeting Of Year May 21
The Rusk Garden Club met for its final fiscal year meeting on Wednesday May 21 at Quinton's for a 1 pm luncheon. Outgoing president Mrs W H Hanna led a brief business session and thanked officers and committee members. 1958 59 officers were installed by Mrs Ed Ratcliff.
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Rusk Garden Club
Quinton’s
C. H. Fitts
M. E. McCord
Spence Swan
W. H. Hanna
S. L. R. Cartlidge
J. E. Wallace
Frank Coupland
Ed Ratcliff
Carl Wipprecht
Jack Pinson
Bill Shattuck
Hanna
What RUSE FOLKS What RUSE FOLKS Are Doing
Mrs. Jack Nichols visits her mother in Columbia Missouri this week. Tyler residents Mr. and Mrs. Gene Barron and sons Gene Jr and Benjamin stay with Mr and Mrs Riley Maness Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Nichols
Wilson
Columbia
Missouri
Gene Barron
Gene, Jr
Benjamin
Tyler
Riley Maness
Community Notices and Social Visits Report
Mrs. Gladys Goodson and Mrs. Earl Maness attended Deer Park graduation exercises where Paula Waggoner was among the graduates. The Manesses plan visits to Kemah and Pasadena, while Mrs. Al Smith and daughter head to Tulsa to see relatives. Travel and family gatherings populate the week as residents visit kin and attend events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Maness
Gladys Goodson
Earl Maness
Deer Park
Paula Waggoner
Maness
Waggoner
Goodson
H. G. Martin
Kemah
Levie Smallwood
Pasadena
al Smith
Vernie Minter
Tulsa
Okla
H. D Crabtree
Mr. Crabtree
Obie Walker
Longview
Mexico City
Walkers
Southland Life Insurance Co
G. W. Riggs
Jacksonville
W. J. Riggs
Floyd Goldmond
Hurst Hospital
Tom Dilworth
Tommy Dilworth
Dallas
Texas Governor's Mansion and State Facts Snapshot
The Texas Governor's Mansion dates to 1853, 32 years before the Capitol, with public school laws signed January 31, 1854. Chicago is the nation’s great rail center handling about 1,770 trains daily. Texas ranks fifth in air passenger volume, while Louisiana has 7,409 square miles underwater.
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Texas
Capitol
Chicago
Louisiana
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Maydelle News
Mrs
Maud Bothwell
B. White
Hayden
Ottice Crawford
Shelia
Ann
Port Bolivar
Ray Williams
Rusk Hotel
Rey Williams
Hearing Aid Company
Reklaw
Methodist Texas
Henderson Rodeo Boosters
Ness
W. C. Trawick
STA
Highway
Kimbell’s Flour
Mayfield
Rio
Havoline
Mr. Ellis
Mesdames
Ralph Benton
Charles Castner
Joe B. Copeland
Roy Ginn
Lee D. Guinn
Esther Harrison
George Monroe
Marvin Roten
J. C. Williams, Sr
M. B. Ellis
James Causey
John C. Williams, Jr
Nina D. Sherman
C. D. Monroe
James H. Kreimeyer
Billy Guinn
P. T. Butler
Marie Wynn
Henry Maness
Francis Monkess Hudson
Hudson
K. M. Monkess
Cherokee County
Dechard McCord
Mr. McCord
John McDonald
Mexia
Mrs. McCord
Mathews-Miller
Batiste
Haggar
Dacron
Hanes
Lord Dayton
E&w “Ivankoe’’ Underskirts
Snowy
Levis
Denier
Renett
Whitinns
Goodyear
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