Southwestern Life Club to Meet in Colorado Springs
Dallas agents of the Southwestern Life Insurance Co will hold their 85th annual convention in Colorado Springs June 15 16 and 17 marking the first time the event will be held outside Texas More than 300 agents and wives are expected with Broadmoor Hotel as headquarters Activities include tours to Garden of the Gods Pike s Peak and an ice carnival A Friday banquet will feature J Ralph Wood as keynote speaker and prizes for top performers announced during the year
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Dallas
Southwestern Life, Insurance Company
Texas
Southwestern Life Club
Colorado Springs
Colorado
C. J. O'Donnell
Southwestern Life
Broadmoor
Mecca
J. T. Forbis
Wellington
Forbis
Garden of the Gods
Pike’s Peak
Mountain Country
J. Ralph Wood
Selby Named To Amarillo School
Robert Selby elected director of secondary education in the Amarillo School system after years as principal of Pampa Schools. A Wellington High School graduate of 1925, he earned a Bachelors from Oklahoma and a Masters from Colorado State Teachers College, with part of a doctoral program. He is a past president of the Northwest Texas Conference of Education. he and wife Clara and their son Bobby have visited Salt Fork area recently.
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Callingsworth County
Robert Selby
Amarillo
Selby
Pampa
Clara Selby
Salt Fork
Wellington High School
University of Oklahoma
Colorado State Teachers College
Greely
Colo
Northwest Texas Conference of Education
Bobby
Dozier Doze of Dozier News Brief
Dozier residents attend singing events in Abra and Borger while visiting families near Wheeler and Sanmnorwood. Crops damaged by a Friday sandstorm. Mary Lee Davis visits Canyon. Zone Methodist Church meeting at Sanmnorwood draws Dozier attendees.
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Abra
Terry
Holt
Texas
Ivan Stohaugh
Frank Massey
Len Massey
J. W. Sechrist
Carrell Laycock
Wheeler
Shorty Sechrist
James
Curtis Kidwell
James Clark
Willie
Leo Massey
James Dowell
Borger
G. C. Porter
Ada Nell
Twitty
W. T. Green
Green
J. W. Johnson
James Murry
Jack Clark
Magic City
J. H. Clark
Claude Blandford
Shinnery
J. H. Blandford
Jimmie Lee Clark
Margaret Billingsley
Vinson
Okla
Mary Lee Davis
Canyon
Dozier
Methodist Church
Sanmnorwood
I. W. Johnson
H. M. Glass
Dodson Juniors Visit Oklahoma Adventure
The Dodson junior class returned home June 6 from an outing to Crater Ville Park and Medicine Park Oklahoma. Participants included Jewel Davis Geraldine Hunt Ruby Hodel Tresia Davis Dorothy Milner Kelly White Harold Smith and others.
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Ruby Hodel
Craterville
Sandstorms prompt replanting in Lillie community
Farmers in this community must replant after Friday night and Sunday sandstorms. A light shower Sunday night was welcomed. Joe Thomas and Dalton Knowles work with the highway department at Canadian this week. The Sunday school at Lillie grows, and invitations go to nonattenders for next Sunday. Community visits, sermons by Rev. Fred Bell, and various local health and social notes follow.
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Joe Thomas
Dalton Knowles
Highway Department
Canadian
Lillie
John King
John Thomas
Balls
G. D. Thomas
Fred Bell
Ross Gladney
Hatch
New Mexico
J. L. Gladney
C. W. Gollihugh
Alice Strawn
Quail
Ada Lee Gladney
Fort Worth
Amaria
Dorothy
Bert Gladney
Calhart
Ozro Bartlett
J. T. Clement
Joe Darden
Wheeler
Zook Thomas
Bennett
First Bale of 1939 Cotton Ginned in Corpus Christi
CORPUS CHRISTI The first bale of the 1939 cotton ginned in the United States arrived here early Monday morning June 12. Francisco P. Losdano of La Grulla Starr County won first-bale honors for the third year in a row. He was 12 days behind his 1928 time but beat his 1937 time by two days and his 1945 by ef O1 days, yet 23 days behind the all-time record set by Ernest Mate of San Benito on May 21, 102.
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Corpus Christi
United States
Francisco P. Losdano
la Grulla
Starr County
San Beniet
Ernest Mate
Virginia Glenn Begins Work In Local REA Office
Miss Virginia Glenn started work last week at the Greenbelt Rural Electrification Association offices and will remain through the summer. She recently returned from Texas Technological College at Lubbock.
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Virginia Glenn
REA
Greenbelt Rural Electrification Association
Glenn
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Civil Service Exams Announced In Three Fields
The United States Civil Service Commission lists open competitive exams for Public Health Nurse, Graduate Nurse, and Indian Field Service including Alaska. Deadlines vary by region, with Alaska dates in November 1939 and January 1940. Applicants must meet age limits and obtain full details from R F Curry or the Civil Service Board of Examiners.
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United State Civil Service Commission
Commission
Washington D. C
Colorado
Alaska
Arctic Circle
Department of the Interior
U. S. Public Health Service
Veterans’ Administration
R. F. Curry
U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners
Black-Draught Tonic Laxative Ad
An old advertisement touts Black-Draught as a spicy all vegetable intestinal tonic that tones lazy bowels and relieves constipation. It claims headaches biliousness sour stomach belching and loss of appetite will improve the day after use.
Texas Oklahoma Singing Meet Sets Dates in Clarendon
The Texas Oklahoma Annual District Singers Association announced the meet will be held in Clarendon on October 7 and 8. A. B. Wills of Memphis, president, said last year drew about 4,000 people from as far as 200 miles away. Other officers include E. J. Cooper Texola vice president and J. T. Evans Granite Oklahoma vice president.
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Clarendon
A. B. Wills
Memphis
Wellington
E. J. Cooper
Texola
J. T. Evans
Granite
Oklahoma
Convention Draws Collingsworth County Singers
Mrs. L. C. Byrum of Cahoma secretary treasurer notes that with the convention near, several hundred singers from Collingsworth County are expected to attend.
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L. C. Byrum
Cahoma
Collingsworth County
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Meeting of Insurance Co
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Zellar
Center
J. X. King
Department of Agriculure
Beltaville
Kerco
Mrs
Roy Billingsley
Ray Hulse
T. W. Reeves
Littlefield
Bill Reeves T
Detroit
Ford
Dodson
Larson
Mer
Logy
Essick
You Too
Hanes
P. H. Hanes Knitting Co
Winston- Salem
North Carolina
Boo Asah
Mel Blys
J. J. Jones
Montgomery Ward
East Ward School
Hanes Underwear
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