Weekend Visitors and Travel Notes Across the Region
Miss Junie Hood left Saturday for Oregon to make her home. Multiple families from Slaton Sherman Corpus Christi Dallas Fort Worth Paris Grand Prairie Longview De Kalb and Dallas visited relatives here or spent weekends with local residents. A Kentuckytown Baptist revival ended with eleven professions of faith and baptisms conducted by Decatur Baptist College students Bill Self Lawrence Cox and Pastor Charles Taylor.
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Miss Junie Hood
Oregon
Charles Taylor
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
Bill Self
Lawrence Cox
Decatur Baptist College
Long-Lived Dogs Sheltered Loved and Well Cared For
New York report finds dogs reaching 17 or more often come from loving homes with good diets and safe living conditions. A Gaines Dog Research Center survey of about 200 aged dogs across 31 states shows most are male mixed breeds living in family homes with regular exercise, occasional veterinary care, and strong owner belief that love and care extend life.
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New York
Gaines Dog Research Center
Average U.S. wage earner life length reaches seventy
The record shows the average lifespan of American workers now stands at 70 years. A literary aside quotes Shakespeare on happiness seen through another’s perspective.
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U.S
White Chicago church names first Negro pastor
A South Side church, the Sixth United Presbyterian in Woodlawn, has called Rev. A. L. Reynolds Jr., making it the first white Chicago congregation to appoint a Negro pastor. The church serves about 160 members and reflects a notable change in city religious life. The article also notes that hay is grown on one in five cultivated acres across the United States.
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South Side
Chicago
A. L. Reynolds Jr
Sixth United Presbyterian Church
Woodlawn
The
United States
It's the Law Marriage Does Not Change Property Ownership
Texas law keeps property control with the individual. Each spouse owns separate property from before marriage and gifts or inheritances after marriage. Post marriage, community property is presumed unless proven otherwise. the wife’s special community income and related assets remain under her control.
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Texas
Veteran Questions And Answers
Q I'm planning to convert my World War II term insurance policy to a permanent plan. May I convert just part of it, rather than the whole amount? A Yes. You may convert part of your insurance not less than $1 000 in multiples of $500.
Veterans benefits queries on Korean GI Bill, wheelchairs, and blindness
The text states entitlements do not extend for on the job training under the Korean GI Bill. A veteran must have a service connected disability to qualify for special aids for the blind, and both peacetime and wartime veterans may qualify for wheelchair housing grants if service connected disabilities limit mobility.
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Bruce Pember
Bruce Jr
Slaton
R. H. May
Jack Smith
Sherman
C. K. Smith
Charles Kelieher
Corpus Christi
Joe Bodine
Kaufman
Grover Stateville
Grady Gillett
Mrs
George Wall
Paris
Edgar Ayers
Buddy Ford
Dallas
Joe Pannell
Austin
Earl Hill
of Sherman
Jess Blanks
Angie Fiorini
Carey Wallace
W. E. LaRoe
John Pumphrey
Miss Mardell
George Brown
Charles Wortham
T. M. Monroe
Arnett Monroe
Les Hicks
J. E. Henson
Robert Thornhill
Fort Worth
M. L. Thornhill
Lee R. Alexander
Grand Prairie
Roy Travis
David and
Joe
Longview
John Biggerstaff
DeKalb
Johnnie, Ann and
Gladine Harper
Pascal Harper
Fred Garner
Don Collins
Margaret Jordan
John Dale Reeves
Carol of
John Reeves
A. B. Hemphill
Robert
Jack Pritchard
Bells
Joe Johnson
U.S.A
Chester Lanigan
Tippy
Decatur, Ill
Red Cross
Connecticut
Shakespeare
Texas State Optical
TSO
Pre Atary, Rag
Eekly
S. J. Rogers
N. Jay Rogers
M&p Bank
Denison
West Main
TSC
ALL Star Theatre
Wbap-Tv
Great Gildersleeve
Wpraa-Tv
Atexans
Ben Ramsey
Franklin
Mark Twain
Earl Blanton Whitewright
Southland Life Insurance
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