Johnson of Wellington Dies After Long Illness
Floyd Johnson a Wellington carpenter who lived in this county for 40 years died at home Friday July 26 after a long illness that kept him home the last two years. Born in Williamson Texas in 1889 he was 56 years 11 months and 8 days old. He moved with his parents to Foard County in 1898 then to Duke Oklahoma before settling in this county in 1906. He married Nina Miles on January 2 1915 and worked as a guns handler in Wellington from 1922 to 1935 before taking up carpentry. Funeral services were held Saturday July 27 at Ellis Funeral Home with Rev. W A Squyres officiating. Pallbearers were Hardy Wright Otis Jesse Henry McClure Ben Hurst Sam Lasater Claude Savage. Flower bearers were Mike Jessie Bledsoe Marie Ball Gertrude Stall Bertha Williams. Burial was in Wellington Cemetery. Surviving are his widow Nina Johnson two daughters Gertrude Mayhugh and Lorene Motsenbocker three granddaughters Barbara Ann Mayhugh Charleen and Sharon Motsenbocker and a sister Eva Clemons. A brother Roney Johnson preceded him in death.
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Floyd Johnson
Wellington Carpenter
Mr. Johnson
Williamson
George Johnson
Foard County
Nina Johnson
Gertrude Mayhugh
Lorene Motsenbocker
Barbara Ann Mayhugh
Charleen
Sharon Motsenbocker
Eva Clemons
Roney Johnson
Rev Landreth to Lead Quarterly Conference at Salt Fork
District superintendent Rev E D Landreth of Clarendon will speak at 11 o clock Sunday at Salt Fork Church during the quarterly conference. Services include a dinner after the morning session and a gathering with Quail Bethel and Salt Fork churches represented. Attendance urged for members from each church. The rest of the note contains unrelated moralizing snippets about drinking and married life.
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Lington
Salt Fork
C. D. Cameron
E. D. Landreth
Clarendon
Weland
Quail
Bethel
Doers of the Word and Obedience in Gospel Faith
A religious reflection cites Romans Hebrews Thessalonians and James to argue salvation rests on obedience to the gospel. It warns mental assent is insufficient and emphasizes hearing believing and obeying God's word. It notes grace remains despite obedience and cites Christ’s atonement and the Holy Spirit’s revelation.
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Heaven
Peter
Jesus Christ
Paul
Christ
James
God
Variety Clubs Story Captured In Technicolor Film
A planned Paramount musical feature will chronicle the Variety Clubs of America from a Pittsburgh baby case in 1928 to a nationwide network of 28 tents. Stars including Bing Crosby Bob Hope Ray Milland Betty Hutton and Alan Ladd are slated for the film with production set to begin in August.
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Variety Clubs of
America
Reader’s Digest
Sheridan Square Theatre
Pittsburgh
Variety Club
United States
Paramount
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Ray Milland
Betty Hutton
Alan Ladd
Dorothy Lamour
Paulette Goddard
Barry Fitzgerald
Veronica Lake
William Bendix
Sonny Tufts
John Lund
Gail Russell
William Demarest
Howard DeSilva
Marjorie Reynolds
John Hoyt
Billy DeWolfe
Cass Daley
Modern books lag on covers far apart
A pithy quip notes that many contemporary books suffer from a gap between their front and back covers. The remark implies a critique of design alignment and coherence in modern publishing.
Silver Coins Contain 90 Percent Silver Alloy
The coins are composed of 90 percent silver with the remaining 10 percent made up of an alloy.
J A Powers 77 Dies At Dodson In July Morning
Julius Augustus Powers born 1869 in Texas dies at 5:00 am Friday July 26 at Dodson. Retired farmer, resident 28 years. Funeral at Dodson Baptist Church with Rev W E Brown. burial in Dodson cemetery. Survived by three children, six grandchildren, two sisters. Interment by Elis Funeral Home.
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J. A. Powers
Dodson
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W. W. Carter
Mike Carter
Edwin Crowder
Ben Bogle
Walter Boggs
Floyd Jones
R. L. Daugherty
J. W. Shadix
Billie Beth Lowe
Laneil Sanders
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Elis Funeral Home
Julius Augustus Powers
Lila Drummond
Comanche
Powers
Noel Burge
Andrew Powers
L. H. Sanders
Hollis
L. W. Davis
Minnie Powers
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Childress
Wellington Flying Service
Wellington Airport
My Friends
Precinct 3
Jim Lowe
Collingsworth County
C. E. McKinney
Mrs
Dora Ryan
First National Bank
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