William McCraw Sets West Texas Speaking Tour
Attorney General William McCraw postpones Haskell and Spur engagements and extends a four day Panhandle and South Plains tour. June 16 visits Floydada Matador Paducah Wellington Memphis and Childress. June 17 stops Shamrock Pampa Borger Panhandle Amarillo with Sunday School in Post.
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Austin
Haskell
Spur
William McCraw
McCraw
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Floydada
Matador
Paducah
Wellington
Memphis
Childress
Shamrock
Pampa
Borger
Amarillo
Tulsa
Plainview
Littlefield
Swhbhock
South Texas
Adeline’s Father Harry Armstrong Sings Classic Ballad Composer of Adeline's Song Travels for Theatre
Harry Armstrong aged 60 still sings Sweet Adeline well enough for barbershop work. He wrote the music for Adeline as a 17 year old in Medford Massachusetts. The song rose to popularity after Richard Gerard in New York created Adeline. Armstrong now travels for a theatrical agency.
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Harry Armstrong
Harry
Medford
Mass
New York Music Hall
Richard Gerard
Armstrong
New District Head For MKT Railroad Named
The M K T Railroad announces D C Dobbins as superintendent of the Northwestern district, including Wellington. He succeeds F P Blount who moved to Smithville after leading the district previously. Dobbins previously served in Smithville and has visited Wellington several times.
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D. C. Dobbins
M-K-T Railroad
Wellington
Mr. Dobbins
Smithville
South Texas
F. P. Blount
Rangers Last Pony Is Gone From Texas Force
The Texas Ranger force no longer owns a mounted horse. Motorcars have replaced the last paint pony of fiction as the Rangers move to mechanized patrols. A few border peace officers still own saddle horses, but the state has no mounts for the Rangers.
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Rangers
Austin
Texas Ranger Force
Kelley by Allene Reynolds
Rev Don Culbertson filled his regular appointment here Sunday morning and evening. H A McWhorter spent Sunday with his parents of Headrick Oklahoma. He was accompanied home by Mrs McWhorter and daughters Rhae and LaVern who had visited there since Wednesday. Miss Ozada Kesler who has been attending school at W T S T C in Canyon has returned to her home here. Miss Virginia Martin of Mineral Wells spent Saturday night and Sunday as a guest of Mr and Mrs W F Vaughan and Mrs Winfred Payne, Mr and Mrs E J Davis, Frances and Dean of Fresno visited Mr and Mrs W F Brewster and family awhile Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs W H Vaughan of Wellington, Mrs Lydia Brewer and Mrs T J Lewis were Sunday visitors of Mr and Mrs W F Vaughan. Miss Eula Reynolds left Saturday for White Deer where she is visiting Mr and Mrs L A Cunningham and son Oscar. Miss Evelyn Camp who has been attending Hollis Junior College for the past school year has returned to her home here.
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Don Culbertson
H. A. McWhorter
Headrick
Oklahoma
McWhorter
Rhae and
LaVern
Ozada Kesler
Canyon
Virginia Martin
Mineral Wells
W. F. Vaughan
Winfred Payne
E. J. Davis
Frances
Dean
Fresno
W. F. Brewster
W. H. Vaughan
Wellington
Lydia Brewer
T. J. Lewis
Eula Reynolds
White Deer
L. A. Cunningham
Oscar
Evelyn Camp
Hollis Junior College
Texas First Cotton Of Year Ginned In Rio Grande City
Francis Lozano and four others produced the nation s first bale of cotton again in late May. The bale weighed 570 pounds from 1700 pounds of seed cotton and was ginned near Guerragin and headed toward Corpus Christi with Rio Grande City business leaders. Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce pledged a premium for the first bale as pickers began gathering the crop on May 23.
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Rio Grande City
Lozano
Corpus Christi
Pleasant social notes from the Stoneciphers and friends
Pleasant social column recounts visits among the Stoneciphers and Quail Amerson families. Cleo Stonecipher and Mollie D. spend time with Louis Stonecipher. Seth Lindsey and Verbal Gosnell travel toward California. Bertha Brown Isabel and Williams Minyard join Charley Amerson in Quail. Flora Neeves hospital update. Isabel Brown visits Opal and Ola Winegeart. W M Winegeart visits sister Mrs Dorsey in Wellington.
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Cleo Stonecipher F
Denworth
Cleo
Louis Stonecipher
Mollie D
Heme
Seth Lindsey
Abernathy
Mr. Lindsey
Frank Lindsey
California
Verbal Gosnell
Quail
Bertha Brown
Isabel
Lockie Williams
Willie Joe Minyard
Charley Amerson
Flora Mae Neeves
Wellington
Isabel Brown
Opal
Ola Winegeart
W. M. Winegeart
Fred Dorsey
Needwood School Closes After Successful Year
Needwood School closed Friday June 3 ending an unusually successful year. Nineteen students attended with activities including county interscholastic league meet and achievement tests. Five students earned B honor roll all year: Joe Hart Charles Hall Ella Ruth Hall Clifford Martindale Edith Hall.
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Needwood
Charley Hill
Joe Hart
Charles Hall
Ella Ruth Hall
Clifford Martindale
Edith Hall
Card of Thanks for support after illness and fire
The family thanks those in Wellington Aberdeen Needwood and Denworth for kindness during Mrs Stonecipher illness and after their Denworth house was destroyed by fire. They express deep appreciation for the community spirit and support received.
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Wellington
Aberdeen
Needwood
Denworth
Gifts of Those Who Helped Us in Denworth
Mrs Catherine Kingsford-Smith dies at 81 and leaves instructions for ashes to be scattered from an airplane. Her son Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith perished in 1935 during earlier flights. The note mentions Mr and Mrs Cleo Stone and Denworth Texas.
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Mrs. Cleo Stonecipher
Denworth
Texas
Catherine Kingsford-Smith
Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
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Ireland
Ministry of Education
Ulster
Annie Taaffee
New Orleans
Louisiana
Adeline’s
MKT
Kelley
Allene Reynolds
Opal Winegeart
Claes
Cme
Bing
Childrens Shoes
Childrens Coveralls
Wellington, Texas
Mary S. McCandless
New York City
The
Wellington Leader
Ideal Repair Shop
Nelson Jacobs
John Lindsey
Ruby’s
Washita
North Side Square
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