Rev Oliver takes pastorate at Herrin Baptist Church
Irene Linn Gibson reports Rev A Bruce Oliver and wife Margaret settle in Herrin after moving from Fort Worth where he attended seminary. Oliver, Baylor 1950 graduate, has three children and an active hobby in Ham radio. The piece notes local welcomes, family details, and Memorial Day observances in San Saba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Bruce Oliver
N. St
Oliver
Herrin Baptist Church
Fort Worth
Margaret Frances Stripling
Bay City
Ben
Paul
Edith Estelle
Abilene
Baylor U
A. Ben Oliver
South America
Rio de Janeiro
H. M. Roswell
H. M. Dr
Wlvia Ray
Church St
Tahoka
Lubbock
Boswell
Sinclair
Commerce
High Streets
Wallace Creek community notes and obituaries
Rainfall of about three inches over the weekend brought hail and localized damage in Wallace Creek. Two local deaths were reported: Mrs. Frank Hawkins died in San Saba May 29 and Alf Hawking died May 30 in San Saba Memorial Hospital. both had ties to Wallace Creek and were buried there. A local wedding, Nelda Tusty to Daryl Daniel of Marble Falls, was announced with plans to reside there. Several visitors and service members were noted, including Cecil Brown’s son and Army band member, and various local families visiting kin in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Creek
Frank Hawkins
San Saba
Henry Dufner
Howell-Doran Funeral Chapel
Alf Hawking
San Saba Memorial Hospital
Emma Hawkins
H. A. Hawkins
Teague
Hattie Lambert
Muskogee
Okla
Sallie Smith
Crowder
Ernest Hawking
Marble Falls
Oney Yendry
San Antonio
Carl Maas
Coa. Maas
Port Worth
Cecil Brown
San Angelo
Pvt
Cecil LI. Brown
Fort Chafee
Ark
McCantney
Brown
Wrehington
DL Tl
Japan
Henry Tlekison
Jimmy van From Goldthwaite
van Mullins
Edd Shipman
Arizona
Lowenie Tustys
James Lusty
Osborne Maullins
Texas Highway Construction Sealed Bids Invited
Contractors may bid on 0.6454 miles of climbing lanes flex base and surface treatment on US 1M from near east city Its. of San Saba to 0.8 mi east of Colorado River. Bids due 9:00 A M June 18 1957 in Austin. Plans from Ben F E Dillon Brady and the Texas Highway Department. Public works project under Texas House Bills 54 and 115. Wage rates for local labor apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Highway Construction
Surf
San Saba
Colorado River
Lampasas
Highway Department
Austin
State of Texas
State Highway Commission
Ben FE
Dillon
Brady
Texas
Texas Highway Department
Personal notes of gatherings and visits across Texas towns
Hulon Dunnahoo of Brady spent the weekend with M M Mauldin and friends. Dean Munsell of Breckenridge visited his parents. Howard Stephens son visited his mother in Burnet. Local churchgoers attended Christadelphian services. W H Ponton traveled May 29 to New Braunfels to visit children. Hendricks Head and family of Denver City visited Woodrow Johnson. V P Millican party spent Sunday in Austin visiting University of Texas students. Med Gage and family met son-in-law Paul Ribb Jr in San Antonio for a visit. Ribb’s wife to hospital for check up and Freddy to be cared for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. P. Millican
Sylvia
Kay Millican
P. BE. Hardin
Austin
Marty Nell Millican
Mae Hardin
The
University of Texas
Med Gage
Harold
Diane
Paul Ribb Jr
San Antonio
Sloan News May 31 Community Notes and Local Visits
Sloan News recounts local visits by Burnams Lewis and families, Stett at Austin Seminary, church activities, school graduations at Richland Springs and San Saba, and community events. It notes a destructive hailstorm at Henry Taylor ranch, garden damage, and seasonal rainfall totals from January to May. The piece closes with short items about sermons, church programs, rodeo trips, and farm weather observations by Jym Sloan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Sloan
Richland High School
Gloria McBride
Ann Stewart
Richland Spgs
Darline Andrus
Sylvia Ellis
Judy Hector
Betty Ellis
Mike Sloan
San Saba Grammar School
KBAL
Lewis L. Wilkins
New Hope Presbyterian Church
Melvin Hector
Korea
Mexico
Sloan Pool
Frank Sloan
Llano
Billie
Michael Sloan
Cherokee
Grandpa
Grandma Burnam
D Jym Sloan
Bill Johnson
Brownwood
Southwest Texas State College student to sell Bibles in Ohio
Johnny Walker senior student and cheerleader at Southwest Texas State College will spend the summer in Ohio selling Bibles to finance his next year. He left June 1 to attend a sales course in Nashville Tennessee. Walker plans to return to college in the fall. Mrs Asa Gunter had her nephew Bertis Gunter of Austin as a guest Thursday last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Walker
Southwest Texas State College
San Marcos
Ohio
Nashville
Tenn
Walker
Asa Gunter
Bertis Gunter
Austin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Irene Linn Gibson
Temple West
City Cemetery
American Legion
Golding Motors
San Saba_ News
City National Bank
Sterners Dry Goods
Harry’s
Man’s Store
San Saba National Bank
I. M. Skelton
Wallace
Chas. Chrane
Ruby Smith
Leonard Daniel
EE. Harber
San Saba Rest Home
J. A. Collins
James Martin
Navasota
Eddie Williams
Thomas Ferguson
Burnet
Ferguson
Roy Bagley
M. J. Bagley
Kathy
Chris
Betty Murray
Itano
P.m
Rebecca Wynne Strader
Adi Pom
Memorial Hospital
Jatsy
Jerry Strader
Burkett St
Touston
Robert Jerry Jr
Thob
Sally Ruth
Ut. T. Medical
Mra
FF. W. Farley
Sant Strader
Worth
W. I. Parley
J. 5. Strader
Hereford
Trebecen Wynne
Pan Parley
Theaet O
Pacific
ED Oe
Grandfather Strader
Paymaster
Grady Mills
Geo, A. Smith
Hulon Dunnahoo of
Mrs. M. M. Mauldin
Dean Munsell of
Breckenridge
Mrs
Jim Munsell
Howard Stephenson
Mary Stephenson
A. R. Cagle
W. H. Ponton
William Britton and
Sherry
New Braunfels
Taylor Hendricks
Pat
Charlie Head
Jan
Denver City
Woodrow Johnson
Head
Sloan News
David L. Stett
Stephen
Sallie
Sloan Sisters
Stett
Austin Theological Seminary
First Presbyterian Church
New Hope Church
W. C. Fleming
Edgar Deane Fleming
Kate Hector
Sandra
Arline Fleming
Waco
Terry Kirby Brink
Same City
Melvin Hectors
Lewis Wilkins
Texas Synod of Presbyterian Church
Jym A. Sloan
Sloan Station
Kyle Sims
Jym Sloan
Chevy
Chevrolet
Noga Agan Air
Fisher
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