Deck Wells Reflects on Life and Local Letters
A reflective column by Deck Wells from Wellington covers birthdays and anniversaries, local politics, and quirks of Panhandle editors. He jokes about rivals, notes the Boulder Dam name change, and praises fellow journalists while lampooning misprints and gossip in Moore County News and World’s Worst Hick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Jimmie Gillentine
W. W. Halcomb
Moore County News
Dimmie
Halcomb
Shore
Panhandle Press Association
Halgcomb
Lo Halcomb
Will Rogers
Panhandle Press
Wellington
Brother Halcomb
Panhandis
Percy ‘Bones
Deck
Panhandle
Percy Bones
Bonehead
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NEEDWOOD Sunday School Gets Organized and Plays Planned
Sunday School was organized with officers and teachers appointed. A Friday closing program includes the play Mr. Bob and several short plays and readings. Bernice Blandford, back from a rest, will take part Friday night. Local families shared visits and weekend activities around Mrs. Blandford and Mrs. Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Bernice Blandford
Orn Blandford
Tommy Willard
Jones
Bill Hill
Curt Guynes
R. C. Blandford
George Deger
Jaynell
Abool
Louise
Robby Blandford
Loyd Francis
Water Fasts and Ad lerika Advised for Stomach Ailments
Readers are urged to skip one meal to ease stomach trouble and to drink plenty of water. A spoonful of Ad lerika each morning is recommended to cleanse poisons in the stomach and bowels, per Palace Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace Drug Store
Ady
Fresno Social Notes and Local Visits
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Langford and son Billie Joe spent Sunday with the Roberts family. Rosa Lee Roberts and Johnnie Graham visited Mildred Maeberry. Various locals, including Miss Rosa Lee Roberts and Diana Hicks families, hosted or visited on Sundays and weekdays. a Fresno Baptist Church play honoring Fresno students was a success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Langford
Billie Joe
D. BP. Roberts
Rosa Lee Roberts
Johnnie Graham
Mildred Maeberry
John Evan Forbis
J. D. Roberts
Virgil Ivy
Olen Roberts
Fresno
J. T. Langford
D. F. Roberts
Hoyt Nunnelley
2D. F. Roberts
A. B. Hicks
Alvis Horton
J.T. Roberts
Moreman
Tom Harwell
Texas
Marie Hicks
R. R. Kellison
Raymond Hicks
Maud Hicks
Hobbs Family Visits Tulsa as Father Fights Illness
Mrs J H Hobbs returned from Tulsa Oklahoma where she and her husband visited her father Henry Fleming who is critically ill. Ruth Hobbs accompanied Art Flemings from Shamrock to Tulsa for the return trip. A large family gathering at Elmer Smiths honored mothers E Smith and W C Norman with fifty three relatives present. G H Jones of Denison visited E W Miller family and planned a longer visit before heading to Tucumcari NM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Hobbs
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Henry Fleming
Mr. Fleming
Hobbs
Ruth Hobbs
Art Flemings
Shamrock
Flemings
Vene Sanders
Eddie Maddoux
Helen
Dorothy Nell
Sweetwater
Elmer Smith
E. Smith
W. C. Norman
G. H. Jones
Denison
E. W. Miller
Jones
Tucumcari
New Mexico
Buck Creek Community News Highlights Mother's Day Service
Sunday School and church were well represented with visitors as Buck Creek residents shared a Mother's Day program. Notable events included aCalifornia duet from Ahad dell boys and a thoughtful sermon by Rev. Stonecipher. Families from Aduddell Clement Lacy and Jones households gathered for visits and social evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canyon
Buster Stafford
Little Odessa Jones
Onie D. Smith
Ammazel Clement
Dennis Lacy
J. K. Porter
T. M. Jones
Guy Clement
Wellington
Ed C. Smith
Nina C. Clement
Lena Lacy
Ross King
Alley Lancaster
Onie TD
Ester Pearl Smith
H. Lacy
TR. Porter
Paul
Vergia King
Ritz Theatre Prepares Week Of Talking Pictures
Ritz Theatre announces a style packed week headlined by Technicolor Doctor X with Lee Tracy and Lionel Atwell. James Cagney returns in Hard To Handle as James Dunn and Sally Eilers co star in Sailor s Luck opening Saturday. Irene Dunne leads The Secret of Madame Blanche with dramatic acclaim as The Lady compares with The Sign of Madelon Claudette shown Tuesday and Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritz
Bonner
AU Technicolor
Lee Tracy
Lionel Atwell
Fay Wray
Preston Foster
Edmund Carewe
Robert Farwick
Pers
Jimmie
James Dunn
Sally Eilers
Sally Hilers
Miss Eilers
Wellington
Sally Jim
Dunn- Eilers
Fox I
Annapolis
Irene Dunne
Jack Street
Madame Blanche
Madel
Lon Claudette
Local church events and social visits noted in Loco and Olympic
Loco Sunday School and church were well attended. The Methodist Church will present a Mother's Day program Sunday evening. Numerous residents and visitors were listed for weekend visits in Memphis Denton Fort Worth Olympic and other locales. Olympic lost to Loco by 11 to 4. Hearne Texas city marshal T. P. Griffin, recently re elected, has held the office for 38 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud
Judge Holton
Jimmie — Gillentine
Methodist Church
Maurine Edgar
Vera Scott
Stella Mae Wattenburger
Lenora Williams
Ozell Wells
Pauline Brown
Memphis
Mrs. Kirk
Glenn Thompson
Lloyd Hall
Bill Weaver
Denton
Fort Worth
Berta Mae Vandiver
Olympic
Nola Bell Haring
Bessie
Faye Stout
Zack Clark
B. M. Hodge
Shortie Minter
Ocie Scott
Orville Bearden
Oneil Stout
Clyde Howell
J. G. Scott
Cecil Elbert
Neil Terry
Cleo McPhearson
Mary Loving
Doyle Clark
Loco
T. P. Griffin
Hearne, Tex
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Hugh Longino
Ralph Ball
Ralph
O. K
Bud Manzer
Archie
Cooke
Rockdale
Ernest Lewis
Wade Arnold
Boyd Bartenbruch
Hoover Dam
Boulder Dam
Ickes
Alabama
Arkansas
John Esten Cooke
Saya
Deck Wells
The
Wiien ‘Leader
L Weekly
Calle Orks
Needwood
Mrs. R. C. Blandford
Aberdeen
J. L. Taylor
John French
Tivitins
Methodist
Baptist
Nazarene
Christian
Church of Christ
Buck Creek
Willie Ella Jones
Ritz Theatre Books
John and Paul King
John Wise
John Hayhurst
Enos Harper
Ena Johnson
L. Stonecipher
J. C. Vincent
Clarence Cason
Tedder
Frank Starkale
Tom Samply
Dick Stafford
Tom Jones
Grace Clement
G. K. Patterson
B. B. Stafford
Ellis Funeral Home
America
President Roosevelt
Sincers
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