Zip Codes and Numbers Change the Way We Live
A reader reflects on the growing role of numbers in daily life from social security to ZIP codes. The piece notes a July 1 rollout, details Waco 767 and zone coding, and ponders memory fatigue and the irony of quicker mail yet more numbers to learn. The writer jokes about creditors missing ZIP numbers and progress.
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Army
Navy
Air Force
V.A
Uncle Sam
Waco
United States
Texas
John Doe
Orange Street
Militant Branch Of Oddfellows Holds Waco Canton Meeting
Mrs. Georgianna Stringer presided as president with Major Butler leading the Waco Canton No. 18 and L A P M in Bellmead at 1 0 C F Hall. The gathering featured numerous officers and speakers including Lt Col Arthur Rubel Major T H White and Col Mullins with escorts and sentry among attendees from Belton McGregor Killeen Moody Bellmead and Waco.
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Georgianna Stringer
Hardy Butler
Waco Canton No. 18
L.A.P.M
Bellmead
C.F. Hall
Lillie White
L. W. Pike
Ursula Mullins
Reba McNett
P.P
Alma Pierce
Jewel Pike
Lara Mae Goonan
Ada Davis
Irene Brookshire
Bess Kretzschmar
Non Harmon
Etta Butler
Arthur Rubel
T. H. White
George Mullins
Mullins
Henry Stringer
Louis Jackson
Chevys
John Payne
Raymond Pierce
R. C. Bell
Belton
McGregor
Killeen
Moody
Waco
Winans Reunion Set For June 30 In Brackenridge Park
The 3rd Winans reunion will be held Sunday June 30 1963 in San Antonio Texas at the Koehler Pavilion Brackenridge Park. All Winans are invited no reservations required bring a basket lunch coffee and iced tea provided. The pioneer Winans family traces to Amsterdam and early American settlements with descendants across the United States.
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Bastrop
Texas
John Winans
Winant - Wynant
Susannah Melyn
America
Gardner Harris wedding at Chanute AFB chapel
Linda Jo Harris of Rantoul Illinois and James Leon Gardner of Waco married in a Chanute Air Force Base chapel ceremony. Barbara Gardner was honor attendant and Larry Harris served as best man. They planned a wedding trip to the Ozarks and then settled in Waco where Gardner attends Baylor University.
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Linda Jo Harris
Tylon L. Harris
Rantoul
Illinois
Waco
Mr. Gardner
Baylor University
Baylor Alumni Fund Drive Across Texas Under CLASP
Baylor University wrapped alumni fund drives in eight Texas cities as part of the College Loyalty Alumni Support Program. CLASP unites 23 Southwest colleges to run a united fund like campaign for higher education, said Dr. George Stokes, executive director of the Baylor Ex-Students Association.
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Baylor University
Texas
Southwest
United Fund
George Stokes
Baylor Ex-Students Association
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Oddfellows
Winans-Winant
Wynant
Humble Services
John Hall
Columbus
H. B. Simpson
Headquarters
Twelfth Air Force
Baylor
CLASP
W.craver
Franklin
Lone Star Gas
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