Church Services and Revivals Highlight Local Faith Life
Central Christian and Assembly of God announce Sunday services led by Joe Lee Pike and Rev. R L Hamm plus Evang B L White. First Presbyterian notes extensive summer activities with Miss Dorothy Nelson directing Christian Education and a fall retreat for women at Woodlake. Original street lights described as fiber torches.
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Central Christian Church
Joe Lee Pike
Denison
Dorothy J. Nelson
Bonham
Floyd Bassett
Juduson
Walter Crofton
Ladies Aid
Women’s Missionary Society
Paris
Woodlake
Homer Sears
Lee Smith
Polio in Texas Down 50 Percent This Year
State health officials report polio cases far below last year with 594 cases by July 21 compared to 1,288 in the same period in 1950. Health officers admit the pattern is unpredictable and unclear though some communities may benefit from cleanup campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Austin
George W. Cox
Pretty Plumber Plans to Wed Auto Mechanic
Arlington Virginia. Lillian Anne Baumbach 21 earned a master’s degree in plumbing and will marry George William Jacobs Sept 12. She plans to return to plumbing work using a Stilson wrench and pipe vises after the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Virginia
Lillian Anne Baumbach
George William Jacobs
WANT ADS From Whitewright Area May Include Rentals and Sales
Want ads list multiple rentals houses with 4 rooms and utilities, sales of farms and houses in Whitewright area. Entries include Mrs. Cotton Liner J L Ball Stephens Bryant Luther Gordon and T C Hall with addresses and contact details. Also ads for feed hardware plumbing auto parts watches and Army recruitment prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manton Fain
Caro Maxey
Farley & Hill
Singlo
Town
Jack Nossaman
Manton
Whitewright
Hannah Florists
Carrie Hamilton
Babcock Auto Store
Stephens & Bryant
Westinghouse
Philco
Sandy
C. J. Meadow Hardware
Ford
Chevrolet
Tom Barbee
C. J. Meador Truck & Tractor Co
Grayson County
Rawleigh
S. R. Brinkley
Sherman
Texas
Newlite
Elbert Bennett
U. S. Army and
Air Force
W. Woodard
Denison
Lightning Kills Six Idaho Girls at Picnic Near Grand Teton
A sudden storm struck a Mor mon church picnic near Darby Idaho on the Idaho Wyoming border killing six girls and injuring four others. Sheriff Dwight Loosh reported a rescue effort using pack horses to move the injured from the Grand Teton foot area after the Lightning hit as the group ate lunch following an ice cave visit.
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Driggs
Idaho
Lofty
Teton Mountains
Idaho-Wyoming
Teton County
Dwight Loosh
Grand Teton Peak
Darby Camp
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Mormon
Ants in Pants for Joe Stalin in Bellflower
Reading a clipped newspaper note from Bellflower California about a New York manufacturer who sent an unusual message to Joe Stalin. The item hints at political or social satire reflecting wartime sentiment and press coverage.
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Bellflower
Calif
New York
Two Boys Send Pants to Stalin Charm Second Gift
John Reeves and Buddy Rogers, 16, mailed a pair of pants to Joseph Stalin after capturing the gift in a vacant lot. They joked that Uncle Joe was getting too big for his britches and sought to send capitalism inspired ants for his capitalistic pants. A one foot measure was once tied to a man’s foot length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Stalin
New York
Uncle Joe
John Reeves
Buddy Rogers
Stalin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Assembly OF God Church
R. L. Hamm
Church OF Christ
Evang
B. L. White
Linley E. Vowell
First Presbyterian Church
North Texas
Lee H. Smith
First Baptist Church
James L. Cooper
W. T. Simmons
S. S
Edgar Ayers
T. U
J. P. Darwin
Ralph Brown
Brotherhood
Allen Collier
Collier
Bob Randall
Dallas
T. W. Ayres & Son
Pascal Farley
J. L. Ball
Badgett
Luther Gordon
Skippy
Jimmie Kent
Bond Street
Main
Delfel Place
Lewis Whitworth
T. C. L. Hall
T. C. Hall
Grinnell
Mwa
Blanton
Home & Auto Store
Ants IN
Pants
Joe Stalin
Social
Junket
Hudson Fly Sprayers
Griffin
Oak Ridge
Kraft’s Round Cheese
Kentucky
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