Revival closes with five baptisms at NEW HOPE
The New Hope revival meeting ended Sunday night with a glorious service and five baptisms. Attendees included Rev. Hammer and Rev. J. H. Edmonds among others, while local families such as Thompson Cox Higgs and Sorrells were noted visiting or hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essie Mae Sorrell
Hammer
J. P. Thompson
Bob
Hollis Cox
Dublin
Elzie Ellis
Scurry County
Irene Taylor
Rising Star
W. R. Taylor
Joe Stanfield
Leeders
Tom Stanfield
Lishie Gibson
Stamford
Clovis Hargrove
Nugent
D. O. Higgs
Richard Bushell
Pat Sitton
Nell Bushell
Spur
Claypool
Sam Cooksey
J. M. Mickler
J. H. Edmonds
W. T. Hammer
Mackabee
Anson
C. W. Sorrell
Buelah Ramah Austin
Vernon
Gilbert Austin
Mrs. Murray
Hamlin
J. W. Jared
Lillian Ross
John Sykora
H. E. Sorrell
Willie Stevenson
J. H. Stevenson
Leona Parsons
L. F. Stevenson
Newlight
Avoca Social News: Local Visits and Short Trips
A column of Avoca residents reporting visits and family gatherings. Miss Travis Sampson and Mrs. H B Sampson with La Nell of Tyler visit C D Sampson. Cecil Bennett of Funston visits his brother Willie Bennett and others call on friends and relatives in Avoca and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis Sampson
H. B. Sampson
la Nell
Tyler
Miss Sampson
C. D. Sampson
Cecil Bennett
Funston
Willie Bennett
Ira Good
C. D. Swenson
J. C. Rogers
Joe Cockrell
Nina Fay
Rain Brings Cheer as Farm Work Moves Ahead in Sunnyside
Residents celebrate needed rainfall while farmers prepare fields. Ed Baxter returns home from Stamford Sanitarium as Mrs. Plumlee and others face illness. Many locals visit, travel, or check on neighbors, including Ed Baxter, Loyd Moore, and Jim Veke, amid community routine chatter and farm tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Baxter
Stamford Sanitarium
Alice Mae Plumlee
George Moore
Loyd Moore
Arnold Baxter
Oklahoma
Socializing in local homes marks weekend gatherings
A Sunday afternoon visit with Miss Fiona Ivey preceded by calls at the Sam Doyal home with Mr and Mrs Hern Hinson and families. A party hosted by Mr and Mrs Albert Sylvester attracted a large group of young people Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Driskill
W. C. Bennett
Wilsonville
J. C. Turley
Annie Campbell
Swans Chapel
Irene Hughes
Rita
Carlie Hughes
New Hope
Cornelia Turley
William Turley
Charlie Hughes
Fiona Ivey
Sam Doyal
Hern Hinson
Ed Hinson
Albert Sylvester
Visitations and Travel Reported in Local Notes
Son and Henry Cisson visited John Pilgrim at his home Sunday. Oron Irven and his brother drove to Stamford Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Son
Henry Cisson
John Pilgrim
Oron Irven
Brother
Stamford
Bunker Hill Church Members Attend Vernon Revival
Bunker Hill residents report rain appreciated as revival at Vernon draws members from their church. Twenty join the Vernon meeting with seven to be baptized Tuesday at 10 in W. M. Knipling's tank. Local families take visits and attend services plus a county singing convention set for August at Bunker Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunker Hill
Vernon
W. M. Knipling
Lena
Norbert
Dick) Boedeker
Ella
Alma
Herbert Nierdieck
Lagerton
Stamford
Ollie Wofford
Rule
Haskell County
Spring Creek Community Notes and Local Visits
Hot weather noted with cotton pests such as bollworms and millers. Community members report visits between families in Pulltight Maryneal Stamford and New Hope. Local social rounds include Mr. and Mrs Carl Christian and W R Nash families visiting kin and attending services, with a Kotex sale at Morrow Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Christian
O. W. Bush
New Hope
Ramah
Beulah Austin
Hazel Goree
Loree Clark
W. W. Clark
W. Bush
Wildy Cox
Mrs. Cox
Strickland
Stamford
Edna Moore
Fred Byram
Henry Nash
Maryneal
W. R. Nash
Homer Nash
Minnie Moore
Change in Route to Maiden's Heart
A discussion of shifting romantic norms as described by Mrs. J. Borden Herrin. The article notes that modern women understand and participate in choosing partners, reducing flattery and traditional chase. It describes a “new sex democracy” where couples exchange views and partners are chosen more democratically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Borden Herrin
Lave
Heleves
Fragmentary reflection on relationships in old prose
A muffled muse in archaic style weighs male female dynamics across time. The text hints at enduring roles and the coded ritual of courtship as a universal human pattern.
Paris debate on gourmets ends with claim on women
In Paris a writer argues that no woman can be a gourmet. He defines gourmets as devoted to two temples the stomach and the brain and notes they eat one serious meal a day. He criticizes nibbling as unsuitable and says women painters musicians barristers and voters may exist but never a woman gourmet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Memoir Restored as Bride Seals Postwar Reunion
Gabriel Henn Remon, a Frenchman, recalls his past after marrying a girl from Brittany. He fled Merlincourt as German troops invaded, was wounded when a ship hit a mine, washed ashore in Folkestone, and suffered amnesia. A milkman adopter and a London wine firm job followed before reunion with his French identity via the consul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabrie Henn Remon
Gabriel
Merlincourt
Calais
England
Folkestone
London
Miss Mary Jane Miller Visits Aunt in Cleburne
Miss Mary Jane Miller of Cleburne is the guest of her aunt Mrs. H. H. Halls. Weather Strip-Brazelton Lumber Company. 2-tf
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazelton Lumber Company
Mary Jane Miller
Cleburne
H. H. Halls
Bible Class at Church of Christ Meets Monday
The ladies Bible Class of the Church of Christ met Monday afternoon. Mrs. W. T. Philips taught and will continue to teach until Pastor and Mrs. W. D. Black return from vacation. Members present included W. G. Henderson H. Parnell W. E. Fairless J. W. Rye Bob House W. D. Black H. C. Halbert Lula Nichols John Ashley H. A. Scott and L. L. Loop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
W. T. Philips
W. D. Black
Mmes
W. G. Henderson
H. Parnell
W. E. Fairless
J. W. Rye
Bob House
H. C. Halbert
Lula Nichols
John Ashley
H. A. Scott
L. L. Loop
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H. F. Sorrell
Duffield
Sam Farris
John Woods
Clyde and
Dalthart
Woods
W. L. Hopkins
John Reid
O. M. Woodson
AVOCA
Sunnyside
Mr. Hood
Luther
Mary Busby
Baxter
Jessie Lee Coleman
John Irven
Etta Mae Greenhaw
Jim Weke
Jameson
Thomas Burge
O'Dell Irven
M. G. King
McMillen
Jim Veke
Eo Baxter
Tommis
Zella King
Fern
Johnnie
Lonell
Irven
Jossalee
Dymple Coleman
Thomas King
John Irvin
Goodyear
Townsend Motor CO
N, Swenson St
Stamford, Texas
Spring Creek
Tom Elliott
Dans
Kotex
Morrow Drug Co
Stamford American
Maiden
Jeanne Dixon
la Mode Beauty Shop
Jack
Toma
Bucilla
L. Schwarz & Co
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