Avoca High Names Top Graduates and Key Seniors
Avoca High School honors three top students Dorothy White valedictorian Alva Shirley salutatorian and Bob Ed Taylor highest ranking boy. Bob Ed served as senior class president and captain of the basketball team while Dorothy and Alva plan to attend Corpus Christi Junior College and Draughon’s Business College respectively.
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Avoca High School
Dorothy White
Alva Shirley
Bob Ed Taylor
Bob Ed
Dorothy
Jesse A. White
Corpus Christi Junior College
Alva
P. A. Shirley
Draughon‘s
Business College
Abilene
R. T. Taylor
Graduating Class Names List Includes Notables
Other members of the graduating class are Sammy Crawford, La Rue Hardy, Jimmy Holden, Elmer Miller, Sybie Morton, Merle Petty, Eugene Watts, Perry Weeks and Billie L Williames.
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Sammy Crawford
LaRue Hardy
Jimmy Holden
Elmer Miller
Sybie Morton
Merle Petty
Eugene Watts
Perry Weeks
Billie L. Williames
Numerous Local Relatives Visit Fort Worth and Area
Residents and relatives travel through Fort Worth and nearby towns visiting family and attending graduations. Mrs. John A Wood visits parents Mr. and Mrs. Clay Herring with son Johnny. Others travel to Glen Rose Henderson Hughes Springs and Dallas for visits and duties.
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John A. Wood
Ft. Worth
Clay Herring
Johnny
Local servicemen and families scattered across the region
Military personnel and relatives are noted in the area as Sgt Craw ford heads home to Illinois on Monday while Mrs Crawford remains. Pvt Dan Robert Langford returns from Sheppard Field for a weekend visit. Numerous families travel between Denton Muskogee Chickasha Fort Worth and New Orleans with cadets and veterans across the state.
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Pvt
Dan Robert Langford
Sheppard Field
Clemons
Leroy Elmore
Billy Elmore
Fort Worth
Marshall
New Orleans
Arizona visitors share weekend at Mrs Smith’s home
Mrs. Smith’s sister Miss Stella Doak and her niece Mrs. Cecil Gregory hosted visitors from Arizona last week. Also present were Mrs. Gregory’s brother Bascom Guffin and his wife Ann McReynolds and daughter Sandra of Ft. Worth. May Belle McCafferty, fresh from Decatur Baptist College, Decatur, returns home for the summer.
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May Belle McCafferty
Decatur Baptist College
Decatur
Navy Yates Joins Training After UT Texas Visit
Reports sent to Navy Richard Yates son of Mr and Mrs E E Yates show after visiting the University of Texas he left Saturday to report in Dallas Thursday for Navy training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bunkley
Kansas City
University of Kansas City Dental School
C. E. Bunkley
Billy Bryant
West Coast
Capt. Bryant
Dayton
Ohio
Navy
Richard Yates
E. E. Yates
University of Texas
Dallas
Student Returns to San Diego After Texas Education
A Stamford High School graduate last spring plans to head to San Diego. He has been attending the University of Texas since finishing high school.
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San Diego
Stamford High School
University of Texas
Youngs Return from 15 Day Furlough
Pfc Raymond E F Young came home on a 15 day furlough from base headquarters at Santa Ana California after two years in the service. His brother Pvt Weldon J Young of the Fifth Marine Division has been in the Pacific for two years.
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Young
Pfc
Raymond EF. Young
Santa Ana
Calif
Pvt
Weldon J. Young
Fifth Marine Division
Pacific
Paper Drinking Cups and Dispensers Offered
Stamford American advertises wholesale and retail paper drinking cups and dispensers.
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Stamford American
Navy trainee sent to gunnery school in Florida
An aviation ordnance man third class in the U S Navy telephoned his parents in San Antonio from the road to advance training at the Naval Turret Gunnery School in Jacksonville Florida. He had prior assignments in San Diego and Norman Oklahoma. The Stamford American offers needed supplies for offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval
Owen C. Macon
United States Navy
Ebb Macon
San Antonio
United States Naval
Jacksonville
Fla
Macon
San Diego
Norman
Okla
Also Mentioned on This Page
Avoca
Doan
Doans
An C. Hieh
Glen Rose
Pfe. Warren Hieh
Mae Lee Moore
Earl B. Moore
Hardin-Simmons University
Robert McNabb
Texas Tech
Lubbock
R. E. McNabb
Pearl Thompson
Calvin and
Vernon Taylor
Mrs
Boyd Taylor
J. L. Rucker
David S. Wander
Naval Air Station
Alameda
Nell Rucker
David, Jr
Wander
Houston
Leo Wander
Manley Sikes
Mary Beth
Bangs
Sikes
Frank Heflin
Pfe. Joseph High
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Austin
Hubert Gentry
Henderson
Mr. Gentry
Hughes Springs
Ida Marr Baldwin of
Aspermont
J. H. Baldwin
Miss Blanche Baldwin
Ann Markham
Charles Markham
H. L. Thompson
Texas A. and
M. College
Sol Gnadern
Mineola
Mr. Sanders
Guy White
Charlene
J. T
Jimmie
Hollis
Geraldine Stephenson
Stamford
Bryantlink Company
Nell Stagner
North Texas State College
Denton
Navy Base
C. A. Slingerland
Mrs. Onis M. Crawford
Scott Field
Ill
Sgt. Crawford
Hamlin
Ilinois
Crawford
Raymond Astin
Mrs. Astin
Asa Adamson
Sharon
Muskogee
J. A. Adamson
Bill Gay
Tyler
Billy Gay
Mr. Gay
Stella Doak
R. L. Clemons
Dorothy Luck
Abilene Christian College
F. R. Smith
McLean
Mary Smith
Douglas
Pop
Mr. Berkly
Jimmy
Jacket
Steve
Hope
Babs
P.S
LAW OF Gravity
Sir Isaac Newton
America
West Texas Utilities Company
Cotten
Tire Shop
W. Moran
Cooper Howe
Dad
Hickok
Brees
Stamford, Texas
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