Ector Pioneers Honored For Building Town
Ector and surrounding community praise three pioneer couples for church, road, school and farming improvements. Oldest, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Orndorff, celebrate golden wedding in 1937. Bryant and Mrs. Pierce follow. J. C. Alderson and wife also honored. Several residents noted for long ties to Fannin County, Bonham and nearby towns.
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Ector
L. E. Orndorff
Orndorff
Kentucky
Texas
Fannin County
Maggie Linton
Carl of
Savoy
Leonard
J. D. Hollingsworth
A. T. Newell
Methodist Church
Mr. Orndorff
Church of Christ
Bryant Pierce
Mr. Pierce
Oklahoma
Roy Jane Crabb
Mrs. Pierce
Bowling Green
McKinney
Pierce
Ray
Ed Ohmert
J. C. Alderson
Mr. Alderson
Bonham
Richard
Mary Nelms Alderson
Annie Murphy
Alderson
Denton
Daniel
Mary Murphy
Fanning County
J. P. Simpson
Lucien
Monahans
H. L
Berry Brown
Abilene
Cottingham
Jack Dunn
Mr. Dunn
H. J. Cole
Arkansas
Dave Linton
Denison Herald
Formula For Whitewash
A historic formula describes making whitewash by soaking casein in hot water, dissolving tri sodium phosphate, mixing lime paste, and adding diluted formaldehyde at the end. It notes cautions on rapid addition, batch size, and coverage rates for wood brick and plaster surfaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lime Association
Woman Hears Her Own Funeral and Dies in South Carolina
Liberty Hill details show Mrs. Butler Funderburk 73 requested a living funeral led by Rev. J B Little. The service drew a crowd as prayers and hymns filled the room. She died Wednesday, six sons pallbearers, and the gateside service echoed the earlier rite. An airplane reveals new Italian architectural beauties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Hill
S. C
Butler Funderburk
J. B. Little
Mr. Little
What Lives in Bandera Frontier Times Voices
Ulmer S Bird reflects on hardship love faith and farming life to judge others by their struggles. The poem contrasts blizzards broken horses and dying livestock with devotion and community to argue that true talk comes from lived experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Standard
Bandera Frontier Times
Ulmer S. Bird
Campaign of 1936 Platforms and Candidates Outlined
The 1936 campaign reveals platforms and nominees across parties. Roosevelt and Garner lead the Democratic ticket backed by a pro New Deal platform. Landon and Knox head the Republican slate favoring state-led solutions. The Union and Prohibition parties present reform and prohibitionist approaches, while the Communist ticket features Browder and Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Townsend
Huey P. Long
Gerald L. K. Smith
New York City
The
People
Prohibition Party
Father Charles Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
Union Party of the
United States
Ner
Republican
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Frank Knox
Chicago
Union Party
William Lemke
North Dakota
Thomas Chas
O’brien
Boston
D. Leigh Colvin
Claude A. Watson
Los Angeles
lIt
Communist Party
Earl Browder
James W. Ford
Know Your State An Analysis of Texas Confederate Pension Fund
Geo H Sheppard comptroller analyzes the Texas Confederate Pension Fund revealing a large deficit despite fewer pensioners. Records show 802 veterans from the Civil War era, 258 with living wives, 544 single, and over 6600 widows receiving pensions. The original law began in 1899 with subsequent legislatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confederate Pension Fund
Geo. H. Sheppard
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Comptroller’ Department
Texas
Pension Reform and Fund Shortfall Outline Texas Law
The text outlines amendments to Texas pension law from 1917 to 1931, noting increases in mortuary payments from 35 to 100 dollars, wider eligibility, and date changes for widows. It discusses the pension fund’s funding via a 7 cent ad valorem tax, past equal prorating, rising deficits of over 5.3 million with annual shortfalls near 400 thousand, and mechanisms for current payments and warrants. It also mentions retired practices and state funds handling pre-1934 warrants and the Confederate Pension Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheppard
Confederate Pension Fund
Highway Investment Fund
Trained Monkeys Displace Men as Coconut Pickers
In British Malaya's Kelantan plantations trained monkeys called broks outperform human labor by picking coconuts up to 1,000 per day. A Malay keeper lowers the monkey via rope and ladder to the fruit, guiding the animal as it climbs and retrieves coconuts, reshaping plantation labor dynamics.
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Singapore
Malaya
Kelantan
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Simpson
Italy
First National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
U. S. Gov't Securities
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John N. Gar
Lemke
Father Coughlin
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
George A. Nelson
Wisconsin Farmer
Co-Operative Commonwealth
Stephens & Bryant
Dallas
East Texas
West Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Valley Mills
San Saba
Buffalo Gap
Taylor County
Old Settlers
Chico
Fort Worth
Galveston
Nordheim —Firemen
Atlanta
Hays County
Ben McCulloch
Ily
Weatherford
Parker County
Houston
Battle of San Jacinto
Johnson City
Colorado
Perryton
Gainesville
Roaring Springs
City of Houston
Greenville— Hunt County
Henderson
Bastrop
Ember
Henrietta
Pearsall
Hallettsville
Lavaca County
Craig
Craig’s
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