Hugh Roy Cullen King of the Texas Wildcatters
A portrait of Hugh Roy Cullen as an oil titan and philanthropist at 75. From a rough start quitting school at 12 to building vast wealth through oil Cree kology and risk taking led to a foundation of 160 million dollars funding hospitals colleges and cultural institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Texas Wildcatters
Hugh Roy Cullen
Cullen
Texas
Ed Kilman
Theon Wright
Prentice-Hall
King of
Roy
Oklahoma
Fidence
Houston
YMCA
Texas Medical Center
University of Houston
Cullen Foundation
Norman Vincent Peale
Free Donuts and Coffee at Sack and McBride Clover Farm
Free donuts and coffee offered Saturday December 4 from 12 to 2 at Sack and McBride's Clover Farm Store. Local shoppers invited to stop by for refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sack & McBride
Clover Farm
Missionary Verna Hertzler to Speak in Local Churches
Miss Verna Hertzler, missionary to Japan, will speak at Fair Haven on Friday Dec 10 at 7 30 p m and Sunday Dec 12 at 7 30 p m. She will also address Malvern church on Sunday Dec 12 at 9 30 a m and 7 30 p m with an 11 a m session on Dec 12 in Fair Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna Hertzler
Japan
Fair Haven
Malvern
Missionary Miss Verna Hertzler Honored by Japan
Miss Verna Hertzler, appointed missionary to Japan in October 1926 from Los Angeles Calvary Evangelical United Brethren Church, taught at a large male commercial school, led evangelistic Bible classes, and aided postwar church reorganization. She survived Kobe concentration camp in September 1942 and later sailed on SS Gripsholm, ending her service in Osaka. For her wartime relief and long devotion to Japan, she received the Fifth Order of Merit of The Sacred Treasure from the Emperor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna Hertzler
Japan
Calvary Evangelical United Brethren Church
Los Angeles
Christ
Osaka
Christian Church Church
Hertzler
Thanksgiving Guests Fill Wilsons Family Home
Residents host relatives from Clinton Clintonia Saginaw and Davenport for the holiday. Several guests visit and share meals with local families including the Dimmicks Hugginses and Carolls with extended kin from Urbana Mt. Vernon Thompson and Fulton areas.
Thanksgiving Visitors Share Time Across Clinton Area
Residents and relatives visited during Thanksgiving with family across Clinton Morrison Lanark Fulton Port Byron Morristown and nearby towns. Names include Stransky Kissell Holland Shoemaker Bealer Feldt Bicker Ashpole Blair and others visiting from Savanna Davenport Clinton Moline and Rockford.
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Franklin G. Stransky
St. John’s Military School
Delafield
Wis
F. A. Stransky
Savanna
Anna Hartvigsen
Clinton, Ta
Wayne Groharing
Charles Hogg
Dubuque
Mel Kissell
Mr. Kissel
Frank Kissel
Colorado Springs
Colo
Edward Holland
University of Missouri
Hobart Holland
Ann
Edna Shoemaker
Wendy
Eugene Bull
Tom Corrington
Cherokee
John Carpenter
Clinton
Elsworth Nice
Robert Carroll
Cpl
David Bealer
Texas
Leonard Feldt
Frank
Fulton
Mrs
Richard Badtke
Herbert Badtke
Morrison
Lillian Mumford
Maude Brown
Harriett
Harold Brown
Russell Albert
Port Byron
Rachel Blair
Merle Bicker
Clarence Bicker
Lanark
Harold Sorensen
John Ashpole
Gilbert Holland
Edson Holland
Emil Brach
Philip
Robert Holland
Calvin Eslinger
Glen Bicker
Mer
Gwendol Miller
Moline
Ralph Pannier
Monady
Wayland Bennett
Chadwick
Thanksgiving Gathering Across Several Families
A Thanksgiving weekend photo of visits and dinners across multiple households. Robert Atherton of Eglin AFB in Florida spent the holiday with his parents, and extended family members traveled between Mt. Carroll Clinton Streator Aurora Milwaukee and Galesburg for meals and fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Rice
Claude Grim
Jim Phelps
Sterling
Herman Timmons
E. F. Giblin
Harmon
Hackbarth
Rockalls
Eugene Bull
John Carpenter
Clinton
Bull
Jerry Foltz
Chadwick
Larry Carroll
Robert Carroll
Leroy Foltz
John Ashpole
Ed Kay
Albany
Laura Christiansen
John
Clinton, Is
Franklin Fellers
Russell Albert
Port Byron
Richard Badtke
Robert Atherton
Eglin Afb
Florida
Merle Atherton
Rush Carroll
Robert Gelwicks
Mt. Carroll
John McCaughey
Streator
Wayne Ashby
Galesburg
Wayne Ashby Jr
Louis McCaughey
Hattie Greeley
John Gates
Dorothe Lewis
Aurora
Cheryl
Duane Hook
Joan Hook
John Frosch
Milwaukee
Wis
Cecil Frosch
Arthur Witt
Charles Witt
Clinton, Ta
Harold Witt
Wayne
Robert Lewis
Bayard Lewis
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Chile
Colorado
Mr_ Rush _ Carroll
Wilbur Hall
Orlo Smith
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Frank Smith
Delia Melendy
Henry Strauch
Milledgeville
Baylor TV
Chadwick Supply
Bushmans Service
Telephone Co
Quick Way Eng
Parks Hatchery
Kraft Food
Browns
Krafts Swiss
C. F
Kraft
L. Oncken
J. Magill
R. Geison
G. Deem
S. Daggert
H. Crouch
C. Busse
J. Ramsey
D. Emnyre
J. Schryver
O. Olson
D. Bogott
J. Plog
Fossetts
Seiverts
Steins Market
Cheese Co
Bierman & Larson
Gulf Oil
Quick Way
Richters
Schroeders Impl
Nobles Jewelry
Industrial
Steins
Nobles
Cheese
R. Dambman
F. Prowant
R. Schluening
R. Eisfeller
G. Weber
P. Dimpfl
B. King
D. Olson
H. Suchchard
Donald M. Bride
Harry Diehl
David
Toepfer
Fay
Vernel Nixon
Farmer City
Wm Roland
Minneapolis
Robert Bristol
Jack Marken
Gail
Guy Asay
Marilyn of
James Hook
Joan
A Mans Hewitt
Ferguson
Savanna, Ill
Packington
Canterbury
Claude Briggs
Thomson News
Jennie Griswold
Glen Wilt
Saginaw
Mich
Clinton Witt
Paul K. Witt
Conrad Lillie
Lockport
Robert Huggins
Vivian Glazier
Chicago
Don Fletcher
Urbana
Delbert Dimmick
Arthur Moeszinger
Mary Jane
Clinton, Ir
Carroll Dimmick
Ben Dimmick
John Dimmicks
Merle Prins
Debra
Albertine
Diane
Hampshire
Mt. Vernon
Esther Bielema
Lou Houzenga
Andrew Houzenga
Wallace Dresbach
Mary Jean
William Dresbach
Robert Queckboerner
Kandis
Near Lanark
John Carenter
Robert
Clinton, Ia
Edward Brookstra
Edward
Adeline Groharing
Fred Hook
Adam Heinze
William King
Leslie Durward
John Reagan
John Cooper
E. O. Hemmer
W. A. Adams
Leslie Grim
Kara Lou
Diehl
Balkan Wieners
Steele
Balkan
TV Guide
Olds
Chevrolet
Ford
del Ray Demonstrator
Lewis Motor Co
Thomson, Illinois
Potter Bros
Clarence Appel
Mgr
Thomson Thomas McKee
Megr
Argo Fay
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