Weekend visits and travel notes cross Dallas Fort Worth
A listing of local residents and visitors with trips to Dallas Fort Worth and nearby towns. Highlights include W K Alexander and family in Dallas, Lokey Edwards and son in Fort Worth, Sam Phillips and family in Dallas, Miss Jeanette Jones with her parents, and others visiting relatives in Denton Sulphur Springs and Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lokey Edwards and Son
Fort Worth
Jeanette Jones
Dallas
Mrs. O. L. Jones
Nancy May
Mrs
Lallace May
Little Rock Home Demonstration Club Meeting Notes
The Little Rock Home Demonstration Club met last Thursday at 2 p m at Mrs. Floyd Harris home. President Miller led business as the club voted to send a gift to an Abilene patient and plans were made for a chili supper on Oct 27 at the club house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Floyd Harris
Edith Alexander
Miller
Abilene
James Jarvis
George Ball
Alice Blanks
H. O. Miller
Vera Biggerstaff
L. L. Wendell
Inez Pierce
Jesse Blanks
Marshall Miller
Ruby Cawthon
Piggy bank theft hits East Texas post office
Dooley Cain, postmaster of Hallsville near Marshall, reports a nighttime break in his post office. About 9 dollars was stolen, including 1 dollar 50 cents from the stamp drawer and the rest from his personal piggy bank, with the thief taking the piggy bank key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallsville
Dooley’ Cain
Texas
Marshall
Dooley
Veteran Questions And Answers On Korean GI Bill Rules
Veterans ask about replacing expired World War II GI term insurance after Korea service. A 1955 deadline exists for Korea veterans with expired policies, November 28 1955. Tuition under the Korean GI Bill can be charged up to 10 dollars monthly if the state college has costs. Carpenters cannot train for an occupation they already know. The passage ends with unrelated geography facts.
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Korea
Unsinkable boat to test Niagara Falls bold plan
British engineer Harold Gaskin Sr builds a fiber glass lifeboat claiming it cannot sink. He plans to cross the Atlantic by sea then push the craft over Niagara Falls as a dramatic test inspired by the Titanic era. He cites buoyancy and non return valves as safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoreham
England
Harold Gaskin
Atlantic
Niagara Falls
Gaskin
Man’s Best Friend Legend Explains Dogs Faithfulness
An old legend says after creation a chasm split earth leaving man and animals apart. The animals stayed calm, except the dog who whined and ran along the divide seeking his human companion.
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Mam
Man
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Mrs. W. K. Alexander
Guy Davis
Sam Phillips
W. H. Phillips
M. E. Winburn
E. A. Winburn
Sulphur Springs
Jack Curry
Columbia, S. C
A. A. Hudgins
Mrs. R. W. Terry
W. T. Dawson
Grapevine
Robbie Brown
W. A. Phillips
Riley Tabor
T. P. McFerrin
Denton
Sam Golden
Jim Walker
Mrs. Roby Childress
H. C. Willis
Stevie Ford
Edgar Ayers
Bill Brown
Grover C. Brown
Sarah Kilgree
John Blanks
Lynda Pannell
Tom Ford
S. D. Phillips
Marshall Hasty
Barbara Nell
ETSTC
Commerce
Michael McCurdy
Denison
C. C. McLean
Eugene Nelms
Ora Goddard
Escondido, Calif
Nuell Skaggs
Wilford House
The
Armed Services
G. A. House
H-D
Stephens & Bryant
New
Plymouth
Montgomery Motor Co
Dick Montgomery
Mer. & Co-Owner
Dodge-Plymouth
W. Main
America
P. S
Borneo
Cupit Laundry
Feed
Pascal Farley
Elizabeth Gurney Fry
A. W. Kusch
Grayson County
East Woodard
Grayson
State of
Frances G.een
Webusch
Whitewright Sun
Botany
Caroff
Your
Denison, Texas
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