Despite Heavy Rains Stock Tanks at Rockdale Not Full
The Rockdale Cobb area notes rainfall on Monday and Wednesday nights but stock tanks remain below full. Local families from Waxahachie Fort Worth Odessa Abilene and Ft Stockton visited relatives over the weekend and weekdays, sharing news of rain and livestock water concerns.
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Rockdale
Cobb and Rockdale
R. E. Aday
Allen and
Janie
Waxahachie
W. V. Cobb
Allen
Marlin Hosts Bluebonnet Festival With Photo Contest
In Central Texas Fall County the town of Marlin celebrates the Bluebonnet Festival each April. The event draws amateur photographers from across the nation to view fields of bluebonnets and enter the annual photo contest hosted during the festival.
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Texas
Marlin
Fall County
Local social notes list church services visits and family gatherings
Dobbins Pharmacy and era residents gather for Sundays and week events. Mr and Mrs Fox host relatives from Breckenridge Stam ford and Ft. Stockton. Larry Heard and Dale Foster lead church services, with dinner guests and visits by Cobb Ivy McKeever and others. A goose drowned weather remark ends the roundup.
Avoca Man Found Dead At Home In Quiet Old Town
Friends and relatives gathered across several Texas towns after the death of an Avoca man found dead in his small home. Investigators say he passed away about 36 hours before the discovery. he lived alone and was buried in Spring Creek Cemetery. Survivors include a son in Washington D C and a sister in Fort Worth.
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W. H. Bradstreet
Dec White
Leonard
Spring Creek
W. H. Bradstreet Jr
Washington D. C
Miss Bradstreet
Ft. Worth
M. Q. Lindsey
Bett
Irving
Jake Sanders
Monroe Thornton
Sonny
Lynell
Joy
Texas
Bradstreet
Jack Fuqua
L. E. Million Sr
J. W. Grimes
Ellis Grimes
Hubert Bell
Has
Hansen
Smith
New York
R. T. Taylor
Billie Culwell
Abilene
H. E. Culwell
Doc White
J.E. White
Anson
Joel Grimes
N. L. Young
Brady
P. A. Shurley
Hubert Seale
P. A Shurley
Earnest Syl
Rites Held for Former Resident at Breckenridge
Funeral service was held in Breckenridge for J. M. Thurman 74 owner of Thurman Furniture Stores He formerly lived in Stamford where he worked for Barrow Furniture Co He was found dead Sunday morning by his wife The physician said he died soon after retiring Saturday night heart ailment He moved to Breckenridge from Stamford in 1946 He was a former director of the Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce and Lions Club Surviving are his wife two sons D W and Rufus both of Breckenridge three daughters Mrs Marvin Andress of Breckenridge Mrs Vernon Cox of Abilene and Mrs Lewis Pistole of Irving one sister Mrs John Bain of Como one brother Newitt Thurman of Pine Forest Tex 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
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Breckenridge
J. M. Thurman
Thurman Furniture
Throckmorton
Stamford
Barrow Furniture Co
Bootblack puncher In Cowboy Lingo Echoes Westward Cattle Boom
A man who journeyed from the East to seek cattle riches in the West was dubbed a bootblack puncher by seasoned cowhands, reflecting the era’s slang and ambitions.
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R. H. Cobb
M. M. Cobb
Leo McKeever
King Fisher
L. V. Routen
Jane
G. V. Cobb
Howell Cobb
R. A. Gillespie
R. J. Fox
Patty
Marie Ivy
Bob Towler
Jimmy and
Sheila
Ft. Stockton
Dobbins Pharmacy
S&h
R. J.fox
J. S. McKeever
Andrew McKeever
Irvin Overton
Allen Isbell
Paint Creek
Gene Martindale
Hendrick Ranch
J. E. McCown
Steven
Russell
Becky
Larry Heard
HSU
Rockdale Baptist Church
S. G. Cobb
W. F. Bunkley
Dale Foster
ACC
Lindsay Chapel
Albert Ivy
D. A. Ivy
M. E. Hughes
Cody Thompson
O. G. Houston
Dempsey Bolding
Brent
Pamara
A. B. McLennen
A. B. McLennan
Ann
Alex and
E. I. Andrews
H. G. King
Roanoke
Friend
Glenn Rennels
Jerry Patterson
Timmy
Lovington
N. M
Charles Nole
Jim Snarks
Deport
J. R. Mosely
Jim Mosely
Bill Mosely
Melvin Mosely
Aledo
G. H. Rennels
Alvin Sylvester
Morris Martin
Bill Ross
Roland Owens
Ed Pendleton
Lena Strickland
Billie Easterling
Virgil Adams
Coahoma
Wayne
George Humphrey
J. C. Williams
J. D. Huffaker
Jerry
Wichita Falls
Milton Haterius
J. R Caudle
M. E. Holley
Larry
Robin
C. L. White
Hamlin
Roy Smith
Albany
H. H. Dunklin
Jamie Beth Newton
Keith H. Dunklin
Kay Humphries
First Methodist Church
Tonkawa
Okla
Ruth Klufa
Oklahoma
Jim Thurman
Brekenridge
Church of Christ
Massey Ferguson
Williams
Stamford Farm
Ferguson
Staal Ihe
Stamford Tex
Lilhota A
THE
James Lee CO
Lee Medical Supply Co
Cedar St. Abilene, Tex
Ted Connally
Radio & Television Service
Alton McClellan T.V. Service
RCA Whirlpool
Lone Star Gas
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