Social Notices From Pilot Grove and Nearby Towns
A page of local greetings records visits and illnesses. Families and relatives travel to Sherman McKinney Orangeville Sedalia Trenton Slaton Denton Abilene Greenville Winnsboro Englewood Weatherford and Panhandle. notables include Miss Edith Ward and a large Ashinhurst reunion at Post Oak.
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Dan Andrews
Jack
Miss Cornell
Sherman
Lillian Morgan
McKinney
Bedford Teague
Fort Worth
E. E. Benson
D. M. Taylor
J. L. Taylor
Orangeville
Jewell Andrews
Ernest Andrews
Albert Burks
Joe Burks
Anna Joyce Benson
J. D. Lane
Sedalia
Ray Henderson
van Alstyne
Nan St. John
Fannie Swanger
Trenton
Mae Sumners
Panhandle
Texas
Post Oak
J. M. Ashinhurst
Jim Ashinhurst
Joe Ashinhurst
Hal Benson
Lowell Andrews
Stanley Garland
Simmie Ward
S. G. As ¥Enhurst
Edith Ward
Homer Binion
Ina
A. K. Sparks
Tom Bean
Thelma Henderson
Curtis Ashley
R. K E. L. Binion
Sarah
Pauline Binion
Ben Brayden
Pell Cato
S. T. McSpedden
Bernice Davis
Jennie Tate
Greenville
Billie Bow
R. H. Otts
Winnsboro
Charlie Rhodes
Corsicana
R. L. Cochran
Englewood
Tenn
J. S. Edwards
Slaton
Alice Wilson
Thad Rhodes
T. C. Johnson
Weatherford
F. Lovell
Fidelis Class Meets on Church Lawn
The Fidelis Class of the First Baptist Church gathered Friday evening for a regular business meeting on the church lawn. Officers reported, unfinished business was disposed of, and nine members were served watermelon.
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Fidelis
First Baptist Church
Baptist Church Notes in Summer Heat
The church reports strong activity despite heat and vacation. Sunday school attendance reached 210 last Sunday. Workers' Council met Thursday at the annex with 31 present as Mr Simmons added four electric fans. Home study continues, awards are often given, and seven Gold Seals are current.
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Workers’ Council
Annex
Simmons
Revival closes as baptismal service at Baptist Church
The Enterprise revival meeting ended Wednesday night with a baptismal service at the Baptist Church. Rev. Ackley will preach Sunday in both services with topics Thinking and Acting in the morning and Repentance in the evening. The B Y P U adult group plans to merge August business and social activities into a picnic tonight.
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Enterprise
the Baptists Church
Ackley
Texas growth and industry drive state progress in 1929
Central Texas Refining opens a $150,000 facility in Luling with 2000 barrel daily capacity. Lub bock expands from 670 to 5043 telephone connections since 1920. Bowden canning plant at Comanche processes 4188 pounds of berries on first day. Panhandle Power a Light completes line Stinnett to Grover 33 miles. Matagorda adopts electric lights after 101 years. Central Power & Light serves town. West Texas Utilities builds 31 miles of 66KV lines linking Cross Plains Burkett Rising Star Pioneer and oil fields. Mesopotamian date palms planted under Texas A&M and USDA supervision. Railroads plan 1929 extensions: Santa Fe San Angelo Sonora 65 miles. Fort Worth & Denver Northern 110 miles Childress Pampa. Texas & Pacific Abilene-Southern to San Angelo. Grand Saline continues salt operations locally.
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West Texas Utilities Co
Cross Plains
Burkett
Santa Anna
Rising Star
Pioneer
Texas
United States
Denver
Frisco
Rock Island
Texas & Pacific
Santa Fe
San Angelo
Sonora
Fort Worth
Morton Company Discovers Very Thick Salt Deposit
Engineers report a rock salt formation 1 000 feet thick in a new Morton mine to be sunk near town. A shaft will reach the salt layer at about 200 feet depth and when in full operation the mine will employ about 600 workers from deep wells and the salt basin.
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Morton Company
Hogwallow News Roundup From Hog Ford Church Notes
Jefferson Potlocks for two weeks bedridden peers from window today. Atlas Peck's wife reports Clair Hancock's wife discussing Slim Flinders cruel treatment and cotton in his cave. Annual foot washing at Hog Ford church next second Sunday. Cricket Hicks attended last year and earned a good pair of sex. Rye Straw Storekeeper complains one deaf ear for credit, other keen for loafer requests.
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Atlas Peck
Poke Eazley
Clair Hancock
Slim Flinders
Cotton
Hog Ford
Cricket Hicks
Rye Straw
Local Constable Quells Noises At Abandoned Cabin
Luke Mathewson says he has lived to about 80 and kept out of jail and not married more than twice. The Depuy Constable visited the Musket Ridge cabin last night to quell mysterious noises. He lacked jurisdiction because the noises were linked to a murder long prior to his tenure.
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Luke Mathewson
Depuy
Just Started Vicar Checks Baptism Date
A vicar and mother dispute the baptism certificate date, with the mother insisting the date is the sixth while the vicar claims the sixteenth. The exchange captures a clerical verification moment and family friction surrounding church records.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pilot Grove News
Baptist Church
Gordon’s Cash Grocery
W. E. Smith & CO
R. B. Anderson
Central Texas Refining Co
Luling
Lubbock
Bowden
Comanche
Panhandle Power & Light Co
Stinnett
Grover
Hansford County
Matagorda
Central Power & Light Co
Rio Grande Valley
Texas A. & M. College
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Mesopotamia
Grand Saline
J. W. Gladden
Finder
Billy Magar
P. A. Short
J. Lee Yates
Whitewright
Planters Gin Company
J. R. Murphy
S. L. Young
Buell Spindle
Clay Horton
W. C. Huffines
Ely
W. A. Dodson
J. H. Gosnell
McCaskey
the Sun
Hogwallow News
Dunk Botts
Jefferson Potlocks
Hatchery
Sunset Farm
van Alstyne, Texas
Ford
St. Louis
Lilley Dry Goods CO
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