Community Happenings From American Correspondents
Cotton picking is in full swing but worms are a problem in this community. Sam Galloway’s father and brother visit seeking work as locals repair the school roof. Several residents visit Anson Spur and Stamford for business and dental work. A large barbecue and Community Fair draws Rockdale and Stamford residents with music and a ukulele sextet. Sunday Schools are active. three baptisms are recorded at Be Hill. Upcoming Lindsey Chapel services and a prayer meeting are announced with invitations to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Galloway
J. C. Nix
Weldon Young
Anson
Warren
Simpson
New Hope
Pete Kornton
Spur
C. Raney
Paso
C. R. Winkler
W. R. Warren
Stamford
John Cassidy
J.C. Nix
Fordson
Rockdale
Baptist Church
Mat Steddum
George Covey
Be Hill
Baptist
Harrison
Lindsey Chapel
John Williams
Chambers and
Martindal
Operaton
Swans Chapel Notes Farm Activity And Fatalities
Swans Chapel reports cotton picking underway as some yards plow and yield is short this year. The infant of Mr and Mrs Dave Davis was buried at Swans Chapel cemetery. At 12:95 Saturday afternoon death angel claimed Thomas Campbell Ferguson formerly of Route A Stamford and brother of J F Ferguson. Ferguson was born in Gaston county North Carolina June 22 185?. Local families shared dinners and visits with relatives over the weekend including Mr and Mrs Tom Rowland Mrs Aubrey Williamson Bascom Guthrie and Mrs Laddie Compton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Davis
Swans Chapel Cemetery
Thomas Campbell Ferguson
Hi Ward
J. F. Ferguson
Route A
Stamford
Gaston County
North Carolina
Fataly
Tom Rowland
Aubrey Williamson
Bascom Guthrie
T. Williamson
Laddie Compton
T. L. Willamson
Rockdale Cotton Harvest Delayed by Drought
The Rockdale area reports a scant cotton crop this season due to unusually low rainfall since May. Residents mostly stay home, fearing disruption of oil prospect activity if wells are drilled. Nearby drilling continues at the Adams-Moody Well with Fred and Bill Lee drilling water wells in Berry Hill and Rockdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams-Moody
Messrs
Fred and
Bill Lee
Stamford
Berry Hill
Rockdale
Community Notes: Visits and Birthday Gatherings
Grandma Rhodes visited daughter Mrs. R A Cauthen then returned home south of Stamford. Mr and Mrs M V Bland and daughters Orie Lee and Valentine spent Friday with the J H Bland family in Sayles Community. Wilma Cauthen was guest of Madge Bunkley. A party at R A Cauthen’s honored son Tom and Vivian Simpson with games and cake for about sixty guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandma Rhodes
R. A Cauthen
Stamford
M. V. Bland
Orie Lee
Valentine
J. H. Bland
Sayles
Wilma Cauthen
Madge Bunkley
R. A. Cauthen
Tom
Vivian Simpson
Local residents share news and greetings from community
Mr and Mrs H L Hewitt and Monroe Etheridge host a dinner with Avoca and Leeders neighbors. Families including Apperson Ashburn Harvick Edwards and Mead visit relatives, report births, trips to East Texas Oklahoma and Mexico, and a neighborly weiner roast as Tuxedo letters inspire the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Hewitt
Monroe Etheridge
Ed Ashburn
R. T. Harvick
Ralph
N. H. Harvick
Richard Edwards
Marion French
Lorene Amerson
George Rivers
Local Notes From Tuxedo Area Amid Heat and Harvest
The community reports hot weather ideal for cotton picking with many already picking. Bro. Short preached two sermons after returning from a recent absence. Local residents Westbrook Peek Rutherford Meade Harvick Amerson and others were seen visiting and planning trips and a Stamford picnic. J M Amerson plans a new bungalow boosting farm prosperity. Mrs May and daughters visited Amerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Short
W. A. Westbrook
Stamford
J. F. Peek
I. C. Rutherford
WW. Jackson
J. H. Braswell
The
Plaines
Plains
Jess Meade
Debert
T. P Harvick
J. M. Amerson
C. W. May
Ovie
C. P. Amerson
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Willare
North Swenson
Moran
Fitz
Auto Wrecking Co
E. A. Short
Prop South Ferguson
Ray Rector
Kodak
Stamford, Texas
H. H. Hicks
Dr. S. B. Tadlock Guaranty Bank Bldg
Reid’s Cash Grocery
West Moran &, W. VW. Reid, Prep
Stamford Shoe Shop
B. F. Moore
West First State Bank
Connell
Orette Tayman
McConnell
Paul Galey
East Texas
Oklahoma
E. E. Meads
Ernest Owens
Mexico
J. E. Peek
Turner
Hill
W. J. Walker
McCauley
W. L. Randolph
L. Aullivan
W. L. Big Oyer
Pearl
Myrtle
Ola
Walter Nell
W. L. Jr
H. Durham
Mary Frances
Tuxedo
Texaco
Goulds
South Swenson
Reynolds
Penick
Hughes
Undertakers
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
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