Stamford Hamlin area social notes include multiple visits and wind damage
Miss Onetta Phillips and cousin Marie Huling visited with Clydean and Helen Pritchard while Mr and Mrs Edwin Tucker joined churchgoers near Hamlin. The week featured several schoolmates from Stamford and Hamlin, wind damage to an oil derrick in Tuxedo, and community events at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onetta Phillips
Marie Huling
Hamlin
Clydean
Helen Pritchard
Edwin Tucker
Near Hamlin
J. L. Roden
Sarah
John
Wink
Tuxedo
Stamford Andamlin
Warren McAllister
Oran Brigham
Lila Lee Gardner
Herbert Meads
Stamford
Patsy Harwell
Herman Hunter
G. W. Bush
Lagerton
John Braswell
D. W. French
Homer Harris
Hariton
Roy Appling
Tahoka
Morris Harris
Coyt Smith
Sweetwater
Denton
N.T.S.T.C. J. P. Vickers
Abilene
M. L. Buie
Charley Rinhart
Cisco
Maurice Putnam
T. R. Putnam
C.1a
L. E. Wilhite and
DeWitt and
L. E. Jr
Leroy
South Texas
Mr. Wilhite
J. A. Wilhite
Gayland Robinson
Rockwell Lumber
Robinson
Mrs. Ga- Guest
Rising Star
C. EB. Coffman
Rhoads
California
J. A. Fleming
Helen Dunlap
R. Dunlap
Hendrix Memorial Hospital
Ruth Tunnnell
Leeders School
W.M.S
Methodist Church
Ladies Bible
Central Church of Christ
J. C. Eubanks
Edna Thomas
Yantis
J. Harrison
Whitten McKinney
Carol Rushing
Hazel Ford
Jeanette Webb
Lorene Moreland
O. E. Childress
Bennie Dillard
Fred Hines
F. B. Tonroy
Fred Moreland
F. E. Tonroy
J. C. Hester
Seth
Homer Thomas
Thompson
Guy Douthit
Eric Swenson
Coffman
Nadine Ford
Cathryn Rushing
C.la
Ray Rushing
Gay Guest
Stamford Sanitarium
Mr. Guest
C. E. Coffman
Fatal Launch Explosion Kills William Selcer in Louisiana
William Selcer husband of Louise Luce, formerly of Lueders, was fatally injured when a twenty six foot launch exploded on Bayou Fontblanc near Golden Meadow on May 7. He died May 9 at Hotel Dieu Hospital in New Orleans after the blast sent him and a helper through the air. pilot trapped in cabin. Survivors include his wife, father, a sister and seven brothers. Burial was in Wharton Cemetery. Mrs Selcer expected to visit Lueders soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Selcer
Louise Luce
Bayou Fontblanc
Golden Meadow
Louisiana
Mr. Selcer
Selcer
Hotel Dieu Hospital
New Orleans
Wharton
Gulf Refining Company
B. J. Fickel
Roy Hoggard
Abilene
Tom Murry
Whitten McKinney
Farmine
Sally
Peggy
Fort Worth
Tyler
Rose Murry
Pampa
Mrs. Coffee
W. H. Coffman
T. E. White
Stamford
George Gober
Throckmorton
N. J. Loop
Waxahachie
O. T. Shipp
Owen Twain
Stanley Caswell
Gwendolyn Gay
Gladewater
Guy Douthit
Avoca Play by Epworth League Slated at High School
Epworth League members of Avoca Methodist Church will stage The Path Across the Hill in the High School auditorium Friday night at 7:15. Tickets cost five and ten cents. E A Goad coaches the production with noted cast including Ruth, Vera Jackson, Grandpa Clyde Little Grandma Arfie Mae Rial Robert Post Kyle Grimes Jr Walter Elwyn Holden Lutie Mary Lou Gandy Flo Ima Lee Rial Doctor Reed Dayton Masters Zaza Nila Mae Huffaker Salemander Raymond Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Avoca Methodist Church
E. A. Goad
Ruth
Willie Vera Jackson
Grandpa
Clyde Little
Grandma
Arfie Mae Rial
Robert Post
Kyle Grimes, Jr
Walter
Elwyn Holden
Lutie
Mary Lou Gandy
Flo
Ima Lee Rial
Doctor Reed
Dayton Masters
Zuza
Nila Mae Huffaker
Raymond Lawrence
Dallas Wilson
Myrna Joy
Gilbert Wilson
Stamford
T. J. Hammer
O. D. Lewson
Rov
Hines
Fort Worth
Mon Coyr
H. H. White
Robert Stanley
Big Springs
Roy Maldon Clark
H. L
Troy Ford
Will H
Avoca and Stamford Residents Gather for Visits and Events
A local social roundup notes visits by Grimes and Humphrey families from Louisiana, Stamford residents to Avoca, and Bluebonnet area gatherings. Attendees include J. E. Rennels, Vera Jackson, Kate Weeks, and Nan Daniel with church group events at McMurry College Abilene and Epworth Leagues assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Humphrey
Louisiana
Avoca
Richard Cockrell
Nina Faye Cockrell
McMurry College
Abilene
Dicey Plumlee
Leeders
Kate Weeks
Richard Mathis
Billy Dean
Stamford
Claude Huddleston
Madison the Smallest President in U S History
Madison was considered the smallest president to hold office though tall at roughly six feet four inches his slender frame and pale thoughtful face earned him the nickname great little Madison Aaron Burr gave him the sobriquet and he wore a plain suit of wool from American farms for his first inauguration gifted by Colonel Humphrey and Chancellor Livingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
James Madison
Aaron Burr
Senate
Humphrey
Livingston
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W. C. Garwin
Hollis
Oklahoma
Olen Stephens
G. W. Whitehead
Balls
J. E. Stephens
Post
C. E. Whitehead
Stephens
Melvin Adkins
Wayne
Barbara
Betty
W. O. Garwin
Charley Adkins
Lueders
G.a.’S
The
Baptist Church
Jesus
Beulah Marie
Wanda Lou Brooks
Mrs. O. E. Childress
Margaret J
Madalyn Byrnes
Maxine
Corine Vaughn
Maragret
Madelyn Byrnes
Robbie Helmer
Annis Davis
Collie Mae Walls
Lorene Diggs
Mary Rushing
Dorothy Jean Evetts
Mary Underwood
Lorene Watkins
Opal Fay Ham
Katherine Wimberly
Vera Mae Underwood
Myrtle Watkins
God
Bobbie Helmer
Callie Mae Walls
My Daily Prayer
Maxine Vaughn
Riverside Park
H. P. Wettengel F
Rush Springs
Waldo Wettengel
Patty Jean and
Ledelle
Fletcher
Harvey Lee
Clovis
New Mexico
Dorothy Nell Webb
Beecher Moore
Millford
B. J. Ficker
Roy Tonroy
San Diego
Honolulu
Navy
Olga Marie Lieb
Dorothea Nell Webb
T. Webb
la Verne Risley
Bonnie Eubanks
Marcella Harrell
Lucilla Harrell
Mary Lou Johnson
Lavene Diggs
Lucille Webb
N. F. McDonald, Jr
L. E. Wilhite
Mabery
Navelle
Nancy
Bob
Rotan
B. E. Lcudder
Charlotte
Lee Cauthen
Abilene Hospital
Dunlap
W. C. Parker
O. F. Seth
Jack Thompson
Fitz Little Shoe Shop
Willenmene
L. A. Fitzpatrick
Electrolux
C. Va
N. Swenson Avenue
Appliance Company
Grimes
Texas
Tor Sale
East
Campbell Street
Warren B. Tayman
Stamford, Texas
Pillsbury
Shire
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