Local Social Roundup Visits and Sick List
We Heard About. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Layman visited relatives in Bells Sunday. Mrs. John Inter of Dallas is visiting her sister, Mrs. Adah Gillespie. Mrs. Paul Cornelius is a patient in Community Hospital, Sherman. Mr. and Mrs. James Stuteville and children of Richardson visited Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Stateville Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Russell visited Mr. and Mrs. Pat Russell in Arlington Sunday. Robert DeBerry of Sherman spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. DeBerry. Mrs. Howard Harrison of Sherman visited Mr. and Mrs. John Smith Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. James Skinner of Westminister spent Wednesday with her mother, Mrs. A. L. Biggerstaff.
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Mrs
Ross Layman
Bells
Mrs. John Inter of
Dallas
Adah Gillespie
Paul Cornelius
Community Hospital
Sherman
James Stuteville
Richardson
G. C
Stateville
Robert DeBerry of
R. H. DeBerry
Howard Harrison of
John Smith
James Skinner
Westminister
A. L. Biggerstaff
J. G. Simmons
Vernon
Glenn Doss
Mr. Simmons
Robert Bradley
Arlington
Mark Bradley
van Alstyne
Bill Ireland
Ireland
Walter Tallent
L. R. Smith
Sherwood Shores
Lake Texoma
Les Murphy
Thank You Message and Local Social Notes From Garland
A thank you letter cites serving as congressman and Democratic nomination for November 6. Social notes list Miss Winnie Hamilton and Miss Sallye Hamilton of Garland and many local visitors from Fort Worth Sherman Denison and Dallas, with shifts to civic events and family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnie and
Sallye Hamilton
Garland
Mayors to discuss Grayson civil defense council
Mayors of Grayson County towns will meet with County Judge J N Dixon on November 8 for further talks on a Grayson County civil defense and disaster council. Last night about 37 youths from five Whitewright churches raised 40 dollars for UNICEF.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Summers
Sherman
J. N. Dixon
Grayson County Civil Defense and Disaster Council
Whitewright
United Nations Children’s Fund
George Burleson
Lewis Durham
Unicef
Bethel W M U Holds Royal Service on Emblem Significance
Bethel Baptist W M S met Wednesday night for the Royal Service program focusing on the significance of the W M U emblem and emphasizing the watchword Labors.
Prayer meeting report notes enlistment chair and calendar
Those taking part included program chairman Mrs J P Williams and president Mrs Jack England who read the last meeting minutes and appointed Mrs H O Miller as enlistment chair. Nancy McKinney led the children as others recited names on the prayer calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
J. P. Williams
M. W. Williams
Ralph McKinney
Weldon Bartley
Mac Williams
Smoky Cate
Louis Franklin
Jack England
H. O. Miller
Nancy McKinney
Wilson Vestal wedding at Bells officiated by Rev Van Boening
Mrs Maye Wilson and Roscoe Vestal were married at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Bells with Rev Van Boening, Methodist pastor, presiding. They reside at Mr Vestal's East Main Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maye Wilson
Roscoe Vestal
Bells
van Boening
Mr. Vestal
East Main Street
DeKalb City Claims Barbed Wire Origin
DeKalb Illinois officials assert the city as the home of barbed wire’s creators. The article notes the early fencing used double wire and highlights local claims to invention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeKalb, Ill
1874 Barbed wire invention by Glidden on DeKalb homestead
Joseph F. Glidden made the twisted strands to hold barbs in place in 1874 on his DeKalb area homestead. He fashioned the barbs on a grindstone with Mrs. Glidden providing turning power for the task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Glidden
DeKalb
Glidden
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