Purcell Couple Feted on 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs J L Purcell celebrated their 50th anniversary at home with open house on Sunday Aug 18. Children and spouses hosted. guests from Abilene Stamford Rio Grande City San Antonio Spur Hurst Andrews Lancaster Houston Hamlin Leeders attended. Mr Purcell ill in hospital. couple longtime residents of Lueders with ties to Jones County.
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Chester Oman
J. L. Purcell
Eric Swenson
Spur
Don Bennyhoff
Woodward
Okla
Johnny Purcell
Catlin
Randall Purcell
Oil City
E. G. Ivy
Aurel Reynolds
Church of Christ
Humble Oil Company
St. Elmo
Ill
Luedere
Sluey Long Dies of Wounds in Capitol Shooting
Sluey Long died from gunshot wounds sustained in a shooting at the Louisiana capitol. The incident occurred earlier, and Long succumbed on September 10, 1935.
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Sluey Long
Louisiana
New Posts and Gate Entrance At New Hope Cemetery
New concrete corner posts and a gate entrance with an 1889 inscription have been erected on the south side of New Hope Cemetery. The report also notes cotton flowering in the area and local farming methods.
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New Hope Cemetery
Ervin Jared
Stamford Memorial Hospital
Morgan Rhoades
Rhoades
Ray Higgins
Rantoul
Ill
A. L. Hardin
Tony
Bo Reid
George Pearce
Anson
Big Lake
Family visit spans Abilene to Midland and Monahans
Mrs J W Fare and her children from Abilene visited relatives in the area. They spent time with Mrs Pete Buntin and family in Midland and Monahans, and with Mrs Bushell’s sister and family including Mr Otho Stone and a niece family, and Mr and Mrs Lewis Seay.
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Watsonville
Calif
Cecil Bean
W. A. Robbins
Creed Portwood
Larry McDaniel
Waseo
J. W. Fare
Abilene
F.l Bushell
Pete Buntin
Midland
Mon&ahans
Bushell
Otho Stone
Lewis Seay
Attendance Over Ten Years Prompts Sunday School Growth
Sagerton church records show higher attendance with some classes expanding to two sections. Promotion Sunday at St Pauls Lutheran marks start of Junior confirmation on September 11 with eight youths.
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St. Paul's Lutheran
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Sagerton Methodist Church
Med Colvin
Heroes
Texas
John Clark
Hale Center visitors and relatives tour families abroad
Willard Gibson of Hale Center and daughter Rosslyn with Mrs. T J Turner of Andrews visited Mrs. Delbert LeFevre at the Oscar Gibson home Saturday. The Dobins sisters Corrine and Lois, formerly of Tra Dell, visited their parents in Stamford. Anton Teichleman and daughters Darlene and Marilyn returned from a Colorado trip. Eddie Kainer and wife visited son Carl in Waterloo Iowa then called at Sioux City to see Mrs Kainer’s cousin.
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Willard Gibson
Hale Center
Rosslyn
T. J. Turner
Andrews
Delbert LeFevre
Oscar Gibson
Tra Dell, Corrine
Lois Dobbins
Turner Dobbins
Stamford
Anton Teichelman
Darlene
Marilyn
Colorado
Eddie Kainer
Carl Kainer
Waterloo
Iowa
Sioux City
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MR. and
MR. L. U. Purcell
Accomo
Sands Motor Hotel
Frigidaire
WTU
West Texas Utilities
New Hopeemetery
Mrs. Cecil Bean
Lindsay
California
Arizona
Curtis Davis
Cathy
Ventura
John W. Davis
Glendale
Ariz
Albert Ben Davis
Bean
Portwood
Robbins
Mark Grantham
Buck Hughes
Alabama
W. T. Goree Sr
Mr. Goree Sr
Sagerton
Mrs. Delbert LeFevre
New Mexico
Otto Lehrmann
Norvell Lehrmann
Rickey
Randy
Norva
Carlsbad Caverns
N. M
Garrett Fretls
Grandma Frells
Lueders
Herbert Koch
Emil Rainer
Haskell
Ernest Goetz
Rule
Lille Hills
W. M Reber
Melvin Lewis
Aspermont
M. Y. Benton
Old Glory Lodge
Sons of
Herman
Henry Schmidt
Old Glory
August Angerroan
Mrs
Raymond Spegielbauer
J. C. Spitzer
Jana Gail
Eastland
Ulmer
Winston Ulmer
Jana Ulmer
Melvin New
theHlaskell Hospital
Jimmy New
Lubbock
Jimmy
Georgia Strickland
Lola Mae
Emma Lou
Debbie
Anadarko
Altus Oklahoma
Ben Hess
Strickland
Hess
Bob Miller
Ohio
City Grocery
Hill Top Grocery
Payne's Grocery
United Food Store
White's Grocery
Felts Grocery
Row’s Grocery
Avoca
Harkins
Alla Dealer
Round-Up Motor Company
S. Wetherbee
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