Craterville Park Rodeo Promises Wild West Fourth Festivities
Preparations are under way for Craterville Park July 2 to 5 at the old Indian Fair Grounds turned rodeo arena. Top Southwest rodeo hands will face sunfishing outlaw branches bulldogging longhorns and bucking Brahma steers for large cash prizes. Frank Rush Jr directs a day and night program featuring a grand firework spectacle thought to rival state fair events.
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Southwest
Craterville Park
Frank Rush, Jr
Rain Helps Crops as Community Hears Sunday School
The rain proved a great aid to local crops while a large crowd attended Sunday School services. Absences noted as Warren E Johnson travels from Arizona and California. McCollister of Fort Sill visits uncle and Mrs Warren E Light. Keaton and Henry Pitcock mentioned among attendees.
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Church Ark
Abs
Warren E. Johnson
Chas
Arizona
California
McCollister
Fort Si Okla
Warren E
He L. Light
Henry Pitcock
Keiton
Miss Strawn Heads Denton Speaker Series
Miss Alice Strawn reported to a conference at Texas State College for Women on Friday June 17 detailing the three day Future Homemakers of America conference. She noted the Quail and Chanter of the Future Home makers of Texas programs and the unique cooperative effort planned for its vocational homemaking and agriculture departments in the state.
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Future Homemakers
Texas
F.F.A
Alice Strawn
Texas State Colege For Women
Conference of the Future Homemakers
de Quail
Miss Strawn
Denton
Swearingen Notes Weather Impacts And Local Events
Local farmers struggle to establish cotton stands after heavy rains and hail with about 2.05 inches of rain reported last week. Tolbert Anthony injured a foot stepping on a can yoke. Mr and Mrs Elmer Younge hosted a pony Friday night for the youth while a large community gathering attended FW Lee OTe ss and E Mes week events.
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Tolbert Anthony
Elmer Young
Lee Otess
E . Mes
Af Borg
Ami
Salt Fork Community Notes and Visitors
Sunday afternoon program praised by a large crowd. Local households hosted relatives and friends, including J P Cummings and Willa Jean visiting a Memphis home. A train wreck on Thursday morning June 16 drew thousands, crops damaged by rain, with many local families attending dinners and visiting friends across the area.
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J. P. Cummings
Willa Jean
Memphis
E. L. Wilson, Jr
Fred Cummings
Ben Morris
Viola
Wayne
R. C. Easterly
Leota
Raymond Graham
Bennie
D. W. Harris
J. W. Gollihugh
Clyde
C. W. Gollhugh
John Maxwell
Ernest Maxwell
C. A. Wright and Son
S. L. Maxwell
Wellington Student Manzer Honored On Steam Semester Honor Roll
Gerald Manzer of Wellington is among fifty three West Texas State College students named to the spring semester honor roll by the registrar. He is also one of twenty nine students named on both fall and spring honor rolls. Manzer is brother to L A Manzer and Don Manzer of Wellington.
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Gerald Manzer
Wellington
West Texas State College
Manger
L. A. Manzer
Don Manzer
Dozier Feature Highlights Local Church Attendance
Church attendance was strong at both the Church of Christ and the Methodist Church this Sunday. Community members joined in singing at Summerwood Sunday afternoon. Glenn Davis returned home from Canyon where he has been attending school. Mr and Mrs James Murry and their son Wendel Mack were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Roy Billingsley. Mrs Jim Clark and children were among other local visitors highlighted in the community notice.
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Church of Christ
Methodist Church
Summerwood
Glenn Davis
Canyon
James Murry
Wendel Mack
Roy Billingsley
Jim Clark
Blanford
Clar
Adterika Promoted for Quick Digestive Relief
An ad from Palace Drug Store touts Adterika as a remedy for abdominal fullness that presses on the heart. It claims one dose relieves stomach pressure by cleansing both upper and lower bowels.
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Palace Drug Store
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Margaret Billingslay
Haskell Sewell
Frank Massey
Mexico
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Willie Massey
Jim Offutt
Idaho
Odus Offutt
Dorothy Morten
McAllen
C. H. Caperton
RK. L. Johnson
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Dorothy Sechrist
Shamrock
Ernest Smith
Dozier
Cap Rock
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