Avoca Community Notes and Baseball Results
Avoca news covers Mr and Mrs Hubert Bell moving to Coleman with Leroy Cantrell visiting. Various local visits in Avoca, Lagerton, Stamford, and Wilson. Baseball results: Avoca defeated by Wise Chanel 14 to 6, beat Hamlin Oilers 5 to 3, and defeated Truby 20 to 6. Community events include a Parent Teachers Association picnic, Home Demonstration Club meeting, and council report from Anson. A Portland furniture firm note ends with a stranger request for a baby girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Bell
Coleman
Mr. Bell
Leroy Cantrell
L. F. Good
Jimmie
Joe Curry
Rule
J. C. Williams
Jewel Faulkner
Canyon
Eck Gillespie
Walter Winberry
H. J. Hansen
W. I. Knowles
Abilene
Dorothy Harrell
Early Harrell
Smithville
T. J. Hammer
Avoca
Homer Caudle
J. R. Caudle
Mary Leslie Culwell
Perry
Wilson
Vernon Watts
Verna Lee
Orville
Darline
Anson
Wesley Beazley
Geraldine
Patsy Lee
Hawley
R. T. Taylor
Dallas
G. H. Rehnels
Lovington
New Mexico
J. E. Rennels
Cisco
George Truesdale
Lagerton
J. H. Rial
Wise Chanel
Hamlin Oilers
Truby
Anson Diamond
C. A. Daniels
Tahoka
Mary Lois Moore
O'Donnell
L. F. Goad
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Tabernacle
Richard Mathis
Stamford
L. O. Miller
Trent
H. W. Culwell
I. A. Goad
C. W. Cu
J. L. Watts
Home Demonstration Club
W. L Knowles
Knowles
Edd Sadler
U. S
Jimmie Fant
M. Lackey
T. E Richardson
H. H. White
Roy S. Hines
J. L. Rennels
W. A. Sylvester
J W. Grimes
J. J. Bounds
J. A. White
Edgar Sadler
Frank Swafford
Gary
Don
E. E. Clark
Mutord Williamson
R. H. Tidwell
Morgan
J. W. Gilpin
J. D
Woodson Huffaker
Oklahoma
Clyde Huffaker
Ane Hernds
Grady Browning
Myrtle Jean Browning
Jayton
Merkel
Omaha Man Still Wears 1908 China Suit
Joseph Kramolisch of Omaha Nebraska persists in wearing a blue serge suit bought in China in 1908 valued at 22 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kramolisch
Omaha, Neb
China
Wall Paper and Canvas at C. D. Shamburger Lumber Co
Local lumber firm C. D. Shamburger Lumber Co advertises wall paper and canvas supplies. Listings indicate the shop offers 26-tfe materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Shamburger Lumber Co
Tfe
Stamford Social Notes Reflect Wide-Range Visits
Mrs M Robertson of Aspermont visits Stamford relatives while Marjorie Burrow Spur travels to grandmother and cousin in town. Several local residents attend weddings in Wellington and Anderson, with bridesmaids and guests noted. Visits to Dallas Houston Abilene Hillsboro and Amarillo are listed along with upcoming United Charities meeting rescheduling and Father's Day family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Burrow of
Spur
B. C. Burrow
Nell Austin
Clovis Beasley
Odessa
Stamford
British Radium Hen Detects Lost Seeds
A London developed instrument named the Radium Hen clucks near radium, guiding hospitals in locating the valuable element. The unit originates from the National Physical Laboratory in England and highlights radium’s high value at around fifty thousand dollars per gram, a price far above ordinary eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Physical Laboratory
England
New Hope Honor Shower For Mrs Lindsey On Birthday
Mrs George Lindsey received a surprise handkerchief shower on her birthday supported by hostesses including Mrs Warren Hilliard and Mrs W L Woody. Guests listed include Mrs B A Watkins and many Lindseys. Several local activities and visits are noted along with a Texas Cowboy Reunion parade prep and a church service by Rev E Epinosa.
Sun day School lesson and church crop work noted
Morning and evening sessions described as the Sunday School lesson for next Sunday taught by the principal who has served the quarter. Monday members plowed the church crop and Tuesday they chopped the cotton. R H Newby of Springtown visited the Tidwell family Saturday night. Community members visit neighbors and relatives across nearby towns during summer. Stamford folks visit relatives in the New Hope area. Miss Frances Tutcher of Holliday visited her sister Mrs Floyd Brigham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Newby
Springtown
Aaron Tidwell
Stamford
New Hone
Frances Tutcher of
Holliday
Floyd Brigham
Fulton man shot chest deflection saves life
Although wounded in the chest, Wm. Evans of Fulton Illinois was not seriously injured as doctors said the bullet deflected by the breastbone fell from his clothes at the hospital after he was taken there for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Evans
Fulton, Il
Pedestrian Bumpers Endanger Pedestrians in British Truck
A British motor truck equipped with a large roller in front of its forewheels uses a backward revolving bumper to shove pedestrians who fall in front of the vehicle. This device aims to push them away from the truck to safety, raising concerns over safety and collision practices.
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Frank C. Scott
Stamford Inn
Stamford, Texas
Finley’s
South Side Square
Goodrich Silvertown
Goodrich
Silvertowns
Goodrich Safety
Te’aco
Hamilton
Ferguson
Portland, Ore
M. Robertson of
Aspermont
Dick Carson
Thelma Holland of
Dorothy Mae Pratt
Doyle Middleton
Jackie
Chickasha, Okla
Sarah Upshaw
Mary Bryant
Wellington
Virginia Stewart
Marion B. Thomas
Anderson
First Baptist Church
Miss Upshaw
Esdal Bartlett
Mary Frances
Lamesa
Dallas Southard
Stella Flint
Big Spring
Bobbie Nell Smith
Mrs. Geo. Smith
Margaret Saem
United Charities
Elliott Kemp
New York
J. A. Elliott
D. T. Sims
Kathryn
Mineral Wells
Sims
Marvin Elliott
Dewane
Julian
Tommy
Cliff Reynolds
Cliff, Jr
Hamlin
Conrad Knowles
Houston
Etta McKinley
Western Union
Mrs. L. M. Hardy
Louie Mack Hardy
Hillsboro
Mary Jane Bragg
J. H. Baldwin
Baldwin Ranch
Stonewall County
Travis Smith
Wanda Faye and
Edgbert
J. L. Rucker
J. B. Ray
San Angelo
T. J. Ray
Stanton
Glenna Ray
Bill Morrow
Wichita Record-News
Wichita Falls
Mrs
Frank Morrow
Mary Louise McDonald
Amarillo
Pryor-Bunkley
George Lindsey
Warren Hilliard
W. L. Woody
B. A. Watkins
Willie Watkins
W. T. Hilliard
Dorris Selby
Hammer
Barron Lindsay
Weston Lindsey
Edna Lindsey
Chamberlain
Agee
Breland Harold
Swan Chapel
Oliver Ely
Bethie Sue Lindsay
Barron Lindsey
Lewis Woodson
Cecil Lindsey
Thomas Lindsey
J. L. Woodson
Guy Watkins
Sam Shirley
Harold McDuff
Lindsey
E. Epinosa
Jones and Fisher Counties
J. H. Skiles
TRE Service
North Swenson
Chevrolet
Asf
Transportation
Fline
Michigan
Uint
Otor Company
Detroit
E.ral Motors
Hardy Motor Company
McHarg
Barrow Funeral Home
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