Local residents visitions and hospital notes in McKinney
Mrs. Charlie Ayres remains a patient at Memorial Hospital in McKinney as visitors travel from Arkansas California Michigan and Texas to call on patients. Hap Bandy announces Hap s Drive Inn reopening on Highway 69 North. Various families from Sherman Denison Dallas Wichita Falls and other nearby towns spend weekends with local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Ayres
Memorial Hospital, McKinney
Hap Bandy
Hap’s Drive- Inn
Highway 69
Decoration Day Gatherings and Local Movements in Pilot Grove
Durant resident Miss Cecile Perkinson and niece Mrs. C V Akin visited Pilot Grove for Decoration Day services while many friends and relatives traveled to town. The Murphy family moved into a new west edge brick home replacing the previous dwelling lost at Christmas. Numerous visits and open houses marked the week with out-of-town guests from Sherman Denton Fort Worth and Dallas. CPS personnel changes included Joe Garrison taking a position in Deport and J W Burchfield transferring to Deport office. National Music Week featured a Baptist Church program with local and Dallas participants and a large reception for Don Collins with 65 guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecile Perkinson
Durant
Okla
C. V. Akin
Purcell, Okla
J. D. Lane
Pilot Grove
Virgil Murphy
Pete Massengale
Refus Scott
Dallas
R. Lee Hill
van Alstyne
Robert Cole
Sherman
Lola Scott
Ralph Wallace
Don Collins
George Burleson
Donna Gene Collins
Register
W. A. Phillips
Fred Garner
Willie B. Smith
Burleson
McCollum
Phillips
Smith
Wesleyan Service Guild Installs New Officers
Mrs. Sarah Kilgree was installed as president of the Wesleyan Service Guild during a candle light service at First Methodist Church led by Rev. John Roberson and Mrs. Summers. New officers include Mrs. Paul Ryan vice president and Mrs. Nana Francis treasurer. A memorial tribute honored deceased members D. M. Roddy and L. M. Goddard. next meeting is a May 18 picnic at Ray Vestal’s farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Kilgree
Wesleyan Service Guild
First Methodist Church
John Roberson
Russell Summers
Paul Ryan
Nana Francis
Ray Vestal
Lillian Neathery
Mardell Pumphrey
Summers
Lamp that emits neither smoke nor odor in 1784
A smokeless, scentless lamp was created in 1784 by a French inventor and entered general use in England early in the 1800s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Baptist Woman's Missionary Society Meeting Notes
The Baptist Woman's Missionary Society met at the church on Monday at 3 p m for a business session and Royal Service. The Ray Circle led the program on Praise of the Hawaiian Isles with Mrs Clyde Sadler in charge. Members present included Mrs Lloyd Alexander Mrs O E Head Mrs Ira Fleming Mrs J P Darwin and Mrs Herman Taylor. Mrs J P Darwin oversaw the business session and Mrs C J Meador presented a financial report. Hawaiian punch was served to 17 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Woman’s Missionary Society
Ray Circle
Clyde Sadler
Hawaiian Isles
Lloyd Alexander
O. E. Head
Ira Fleming
J. P. Darwin
Herman Taylor
Joe Rich
C. J. Meador
Family Reunion Brings Burchfield Relatives Together
Six of seven Burchfield siblings gathered at Mrs. Mary Burchfield’s Savoy home Sunday alongside numerous relatives and friends. Attendees included G. B. and wife and their Bells family, Bill and wife and Leonard family, Andrew of Sherman, Gus of Whitewright, Clifton Brewer and children from Fresno, N. R. Tillwell of Bells, Sonny Smith and son Philip of Whitewright, Jean Brown, Martha Jo Malechus and daughters of Dallas, J. W. Burchfield and Debby of Whitewright, Cora Lock and Beamer of Bells, and Cantrell and Minnie Burchfield of Savoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Burchfield
Savoy
G. B. Burchfield
Bells
Bill Burchfield
Leonard
Andrew Burchfield
Sherman
Gus Burchfield
Whitewright
Clifton Brewer
Fresno
Calif
N. R. Tillwell
Veteran questions and answers on VA benefits and loans
A VA release of liability for a GI loan requires the purchaser to assume liability in writing and prove good credit. A widow and daughter cases clarify pension vs compensation and continuation of benefits. a waiver may be rescinded to receive both. VA disability, pension, and school-age child payments rules are explained, including cessation of premiums deductions when compensation no longer covers premiums.
You Should Pay Full Insurance Premiums Yourself
Policy instruction urging individuals to bear entire costs of insurance premiums themselves, removing employer or state subsidies. Emphasizes personal financial responsibility and potential impact on coverage options.
Wife-Renter Sentenced in Formosa Slaying
Chiang Yung tung, 35, jailed 15 years by Formosa supreme court for murdering the man to whom he rented his wife. He testified he rented the wife to Lin Chih-kuei in 1955 for 14 dollars a month. Chiang stabbed Lin when asked to return the woman last August. Sun Want Ads get results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripel
Formosa
Chiang Yungtung
Supreme Court
Chiang
Lin Chih-kuei
Lin
Bulls harbor strange stomach contents in Vermont report
The Vermont extension service notes bulls suffer hardware disease more than goats. A slaughtered bull yielded a curios mix of items in his stomach including gold bridgework nine pennies bottlecaps hypodermic needles rubber heels nails a rubber doll an inner tube coffee can bands and a broken pop bottle. The article also mentions John Stevens Phoenix achieving the first successful steam boat voyage in 1809.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stevens
Phoenix
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Mrs
Nettie Smith Horton of
Marshall, Ark
J. W. Bell
Windom
L. F. Jacks
Bob Birdsong
Malibou
Albert Mangrum
Harold Doss
Ray Hansard
Irving
Neva Cleary
Greenville
R. S. Morehead
Mrs. I. L. Neathery
Earl Barker
Garland
Clyde Little
Frank Gillespie
George Hight
Pascal Cox
Community Hospital
Lyndal Pierson
Wichita Falls
W. M. Pierson
Joe T. Vestal and Sons
Joey and
Mike
Alexandria, la
R. C. Vestal
H. O. Leuschner
Sarasota
Florida
J. Stanley Schultz
Flint
Michigan
Lillian
Estelle Baxter
Robert Ball
Ed Sullenger
Weldon Prueitt
Linda and
Nondas
Denison
Howard Baxter
Danny
Austin
W. E. LaRoe
Veterans Hospital
Bonham
Mrs. Lallace May
Bill Webb
Bobby Golden
C. C. McLean
Raymond Wrenn
R. W. Wrenn
Hugh Hunter
Bill Lyons
Winnsboro
Leon Wolford
J. A. Harper
Grover
Glen Neal
Nocona
Ray Lumpkins
A. J. Carter
Gate, Okla
Jess Mercer
Floyd Bassett
C. D. Herrera
Tacoma, Wash
Mildred Ates
Fort Worth
Ed Kent Jr
Kent
Nola Reeves of
Kilgore
Florence Kilgree
Jean Spence
Tom Bean
R. H. Darwin
Gainesville High School
Pearlie, Minn
Sam Golden
Champs
Fred Waldrop
Finis Stephens
C. W. Pope
Luther Gordon
Lena Mae Gowdy
George Caldwell
Baptist Workers Conference
Kimbell
Mrs. Pickford
Grayson
BIG Tex
Keith
Kraft Macaroni Dinner
Betty Crocker Meringue
Betty Crocker
Maxwell House
Folger’s
Maryland Club
Griffin
Hob Hardin
Douglas Walker
Gene McMillin
Leon Copeland
Booby Hardin and Sons
Decatur
T. H. McSpedden
Laynell
Denton
Ruth Miller
Hazel
Phyllis
Linda
Thomas McSpedden
Janie
Frisco
Jimmie
Jack McSpedden
Bernice Davis
Joe Garrion
Deport
Garrson
Owen Hull
Northeast Division
Community Public Service Company
J. W. Burchfield
Burchfield
CPS
Baptist Church
Guy Hamilton
Bill Smith
Dorothy Hamilton
David Johnson
Dick Walker
Earl Blanton
S. T. Montgomery Jr
B. R. Vestal
L. J. Reynolds
Houston Darwin
C. C. Dooley
Tom
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Sun
Bull
Burlington
Vermont Extension Service
Hunt's Tomatoes
Campbell’s Pork & Beans
Spic & Span
Maxwell House Coffee
Grayson Oleo
Joc
Woody
Kimbell’s
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