Jones County Leads Area In Veterans Claims Filed
Jones County shows rising new veterans claims with totals averaging over six thousand dollars monthly in 1948 and 1949, per County Service Officer Landon V. Davis. The Veterans Administration data, covering compensation and pension claims, place Jones County ahead in the area for monthly returns, with 1949 averaging about seventeen thousand four hundred ninety dollars.
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Jones County
Veterans
Veterans Affairs Comission Monthly
Veterans Administration of Texas
Landon V. Davis
Jones Counts
Availle
Veterans Administration
National Service Fire
Veterans Administration For Veterans and Veteran's
Mantel Decorations Are Easy and Simple
Graceful loops of greens and lighted snowflakes frame a holiday mantel. Four miniature lighted trees flank the ends, made of white composition board. Front planes painted white reflect light, while green foil and tiny gold stars add decoration. A line of tree lights runs along the back, hidden by greenery. The family Christmas tree is placed to reflect in the fireplace mirror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric
Kent County Receives Wildcat Drilling Project
Lewis T. Leman of Dallas and associates secured a lease for a planned well in Westcentral Kent County about 71 miles west of Clitrenvant. The project uses farmout rights from Lone Star Producing and involves Big West Dyvillng and Spartan Drilling Co with Siena OF and Gas Company listed among participants.
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Lewis T. Leman
Dallas
Oned Associates
Kent County
Clitrenvant
Lone Star Producing
Big West Dyvillng Company
Siena OF and Gas Company
Spartan Drilling Co
Ill children listed at Stamford Sanitarium noted
Among the small children who are ill at the Stamford Sanitarium are Wallace Williams, Michael Patrick Carmack and Patricila Penick.
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Stamford Sanitarium
Wallace Williams
Vichael Patrick Carmack
Patricila Penick
Texas Almanac Highlights Unprecedented Growth in Past Decade
The Dallas Morning News reports the Texas Almanac, a 672 page volume with over 650000 words, showing Texas urban population dominance for the first time, factory output quadrupling since prewar years, and industrial wages doubling. It notes tractor numbers rising from 98923 in 1940 to 2363890 this year, plus new postwar census data on manufacturers and extensive county city statistics.
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Texas
Dallas Morning News
Almanac
Bureau of the Census
Har Reed
Tragic House Fire Near Spur Kills Three Family Members
A morning blaze seven miles northwest of Spur destroyed a two room home, killing a 24 year old mother and two of her children. The husband, John D. Phillips, suffered third degree burns and was taken to Nichols General Hospital. A second family in the same dwelling escaped with injuries as flames and kerosene explosions tore through the rooms. Janice Marie, the third child, survived unharmed.
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Spur
John D. Phillips
Nichols General Hospital
Janice Marie
Phillips
Jesse Phillips
Balzer Engagement with Cornelison Planned at St. John's
Mr and Mrs August Balzer of Sageerton announce the engagement of their daughter Betty to Larry Cornelison of Sebotenberg. The couple will marry December 22 at 6 50 PM at St Johns Lutheran Church. The groom is the son of Mrs Gus Balzer and the late Larry Cornelison.
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August Balzer
Sageéerton
Betty
Larry Cornelison
Sebotenberg
Wille
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Gus Balzer
Larry Corneison
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LAL Pemns
Dent
Eampokd
Re ' Jood Ees
Brooks Motor Co
Pneawement
Via
Martin's
Spampeord
Istmas
Shamburger Lumber Co
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