Two From Rockdale Play With Group at Carnival
Community scenes feature multiple visits and gatherings among Rockdale and nearby towns. Names include Cobb, McKeever, Raughton, and Dillard among families, with travel to Lubbock and Abilene for arts events and church services. A baby girl Mindy Lyn Smith is born to James L. and his wife in Oakland California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mmes
C. G. Raughton
Leo McKeever
Charles Clark
M. Y. Benton
Lagerton
Bogan Rhea
Leon Piercey
Haskell
Lubbock
Odis Cannon
Rule Airman Promoted to Colonel in U S Air Force
William A. Ables Jr, son of Mrs. Doc Rose Rule, has been promoted to colonel. He directs staffing and education at Randolph AFB and serves at Headquarters Air Training Command which handles training for Air Force personnel. A World War II veteran with over 31 years of service, he is a 1940 Rule High School graduate and earned a 1949 B S in business administration from Texas Christian University. His wife Betty is daughter of Mrs. J C Canty of Galveston Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Ables Jr
Doc Rose
Rule
U. S. Air Force
Ables
Randolph Afb
Air Training Command
ATC
Rule High School
Sity
Betty
J. C. Canty
Avenue O
Galveston
Texas
Gat Slang Traces Back to Gatling Gun's Early Use
The word gat, a slang term for a gun, derives from the Gatling gun of the 19th century. The weapon's rapid-fire capability popularized the term in slang and street language long before modern machine guns.
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Rockdale
R. H. Cobb
Mrs
Happy Howell
Cross Plains
M. M. Cobb
Gladstone McLennan
Charlie Bouldin
Albany
Stamford Memorial Hospital
Felix Thomas
Abilene
Lindsay Chapel
R. D. King
Ruth Thomas
W. W. Cobb
Bill Pittcock
Kim and
Sheri of
Seymour
Pauline Carlson
Clara Burkman
Leeders
Mr. Raughton
Rogan Rhea
Davis Jones
Nick Green
Stamford
Oliver Street
Lorene Raughton
Annie Raughton
Joe Dillard
Jay Newcomb
Doyle Newcomb
Hawley
Fannie McKeever
Gale McLennan
Nowata
Okla
Kamay
Gladstone McLennan Jr
Roger
Denise
Quanah
Gerald McLennan
Midland
Arnold Clevenger
Michelle
Mildred Martin
Lowry
Terry Kay
Eddie Cheyne
W. F. Bunkley
M., M. Cobb
Paint Creek Baptist Church
T. C. Ferrell
Johnny Ferrell
Killeen
Woodrow Smith
Mmes Woodrow Smith
Les McKeever
Grand Prairie
Jeff Smith
Pat Riley
Amril Montgomery
Odessa
Mrs. Smith
Gene Martindale
Jess Hartline
Alisa and
Dudley Meeks
R. C. Cobb
Don Cobb
Duncanville
Jim Dillard
Plainview
George Bouldin
Mrs. Weldon Bouldin
Annie Fry
Ronnie Hale
Elmer Miller
Mark
Susan
U. S
James L. Smith
Oakland
Calif
Mindy Lyn
Oliver Smith
J. S. Burrows
Browns Mills
N. J
Stokely
Safeway
Bel-air
Swift
Cragmont
Butterfield
Big Buy
H& Golden
Town House
Melrose Soda
Piedmont
Snowy Peak
Volue
Vienna
Uis
Protein
Alka-Seltzer
Prestone
Black
Hormel
Varkes
Fao
el Dorado
Reg
Skylark
Eckrich
Lucerne
USDA
Oscar Mayer Franks
Ropa Jocaroni
Bologn
Ickens
Shank Portier
Lear
Florida
Borden's
Brandy & Rum
Queen Ann
Erie
A-1
Tree Saver
Funk Stan
Wagnalls Encyclopedia
BBC
Pha
Safeway Stores, Incorporated
Iness
Texas Christian Univer
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