Avoca News Roundup From Community Picnic to Visits
Avoca reports include Miss Onita Culwell returning from Bullard and Geneva Broom visiting from Amarillo. A large picnic crowd featured speeches, a drill, and musical tributes. Many locals and visitors travel for church services, family visits, and harvest season activity. The 4-H club plans demonstrations and a Leeders outing while rain delays harvesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onita Culwell
Bullard
W. M. Gulwell
Geneva Broom
Amarillo
Avoca
Stamford
Henry Bryant
Bob Hines
Hilton White
Raymond
Glenn
Alvin Sylvester
Peggy
COMMUNITY GLEANINGS AT NEW HOPE AND AREA VISITS
Saturday night and Sunday services at New Hope Church drew attendees while locals joined a Home Demonstration club picnic at Avoca. Numerous visitors and residents were noted throughout the week in nearby towns including Stamford Abilene and Layhn with social calls, travel to Abilene on business, and local hostings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Demonstration Club
Avoca
Wilma Simpson
Littlefield
W. A. Cox
Estabelle Brown
McConnell
Lora
Ora Sorrell
Aubrey Lindsey
Flat Top
A. B. Beard
Anson
Carl
Leonard Anderson
Monroe
Hanna
Erma D. Urquet
Elmer Justice
Jewett
J. E. Skiles
A. J. Cox
Salt Lake City
Utah
Babe Davis
Pleasant Valley
Claud Huddleston
H. L. Hager
Abilene
Edgar
William Sorrell
Marvin Sosebee
J. Stevenson
Stamford
C. W. Sorrell
Homer Preston and Sons
Evelyn and
Rhoda Lee Pannel
H. E. Weems
Grover Beakley
Layhn
Mrs. Sledge
New Light
J. W. Skiles
Walter Skiles
Colbert
Albert Stevenson
Andrew Griese
J. B. Burney, Sr
Local residents visit and family news across McConnell area
G L Ross returns home to McConnell and several relatives visit from Ranger Avoca Stamford and New Light. Reports note sickness including G L Ross and mumps, church services canceled due to illness, B Y P U programs, and locals traveling to Leeders Anson Pleasant Valley.
Local Social Notes From Bunkerhill And Area
Miss Faye Rice hosted a party and weiner roast at her parents home. Grandpa Roberts of Coleman visits the George Roberts family. Mrs. Norbert Boedeker visits Stamford. Fred Nierdieck and daughter Clara visit Fr J Boedeker. Chatwell and Boedeker families attend a Sunnyside music night. Rev Red Henson preaches at Union Tabernacle. Nazarene meeting set to begin July 1 with Rev White in charge. A rain and high winds bring relief to parched feed crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Glenn Sylvester
Walter Sylvester
S. A. Knowles
Stamford
Louie Knowles
Eva Faye Huffaker
Wilson
Luke Watts
Mesdames
Wesley Beasley
L. C. Good
Leeders
Vernon Watts
Anson
Smith
Lamesa
J. R. Caudle
Charlie Hughes
New Hope
Jake Salmon
Floy Woodson
Slaton
H. D. White
Ernest Clark
Canning
Hugh Culwell
Lily Fave
Onita Culwell
Funston
Bob Hines
Roy Hines
Mary Ellen
Adams
Lee Eaton
Joe Strother
Lueders
Johnson
Weinart
Geneva Broom
Margaret Davis
Helen Niensler
McClaim
Margie
Sam Griffith
Mmes
Messrs
Eunice Salmons
Kinnell and Wilburn
Sam Hansen
Woodrow
Henry
Ray
C. D. Swenson
Pete Drury
Q. A
Howard Bell
Rochester
Avoca
A. D. Woodson
Sweetwater
Women’s Missionary Society of the
Methodist Church
Womens Missionary Union of the Baptist Church
Dan White
Allen White
Ches Humphrey
Faye Rice
John R. Rice
Roberts
Coleman
George Roberts
Norbert Boedeker
Rufus Fuqua
Fred Nierdieck
Clara
Sagerton
Lumber for canaries price from Shambur Lumber Co
C D Shambur Lumber Co lists lumber for canaries at fifteen dollars per thousand. The terse note provides a unit price and supplier name with no further context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaries
C. D. Shambur Lumber Co
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Henry Hansen
Glenn Rennels
Thett Wagley
Jack
Carlton Williaams
Frankie Beth
Joel Grimes
Will H. Grimes
Jewell Driskell of
Hillard Wasterling
Carl Hansen
Houston
J. C. Blake
Robert Earl
Fred Taylor
Charlie Powers
Denton
Jake Salmons
Newton McDonald
Harry McDonald
George Culwell
Mary of
Stamford Inn
M. G. Catter Marble and Granite Works
Ohio Ave
Wichita Falls
Goodyear Speedway
U. S
Goodyear
Chevrolet
Ford
Chrysler
Dodge
Nash
Auburn
Essex Nash
Franklin i Nash
Buick
CERTO
RED & White
LUX Toilet Soap
G. L. Ross
James Ross
Bricksdahl
Salmon
Toreenday
Morris Nix
John Sykora
Claud Young
Co. W. Powers
Charley Hughes
Christene Hammer
A. W. Bean
Don Knowles
J. B. Burney
Marvin
Bill Weaks
Lagerton
Fred Selby
Florida
Mississippi
Briscoe
B.Y.P.U
Ior
Rita Hughes
Dick Lindsey
Hampton Skiles
J. M. Mickler
Baron Lindsey
Bunkerhill
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