Local Social Notes From Amity And Surrounding Towns
We list visits and weekend gatherings across Amity, Dallas, Sherman, Bells, Wylie, Fort Worth, and other nearby communities. Names include Ayres, Tidwell, Nicholson, Chitwood, Rice, Roberts, Gillett, Scott, Bixler, Henson, Hughes, Bailey, Cox, England, Waldrop, Dossey, Massey, England, Brown, Dess, Owens, Ayres, Watson, Oliver, Williams, and others. The Thursday Night Bridge Club met with high scorer Mrs. Carl Edwards. next meeting set with Mrs. David Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Cook Jr
Carl Edwards
C. J. McMillin
Lallace May
Jack Thruston
David Johnson
Trinity River trip reveals life and lore along the Texas waterway
A Dallas couple John R. Heston and Linda Heston describe their two week journey from Dallas to Galveston in a 18 foot Alama Craft. They camped on the boat ate meals along the way and stopped to meet river laborers and ghost town sites including Cincinnati Texas once evacuated during a yellow fever outbreak. They share tales of river characters like Humphrey Edward Joaquin Biller John Henry Hyde and Lela May and fossil hunter Nolan Zera Ward as the river’s history and hardships unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Heston
Linda
Texas
Trinity
Cincinnati
Navasota
Hestons
Humphrey Edward Joaquin Biller
John Henry Hyde
Lela May
Hyde
Nolan Zera Ward
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
Goodrich
Riverside
Ward
Rome
State OF Texas
Grayson
Ot of Texas
UWS
G. L. Horton
Magnolia Park
Denison
Grayson County
Et al
District Court of
15Th Judicial District
District Court
Sherman
A. D
Local river lore on finding drowned bodies sparks boat rentals
Residents claim a drowned person's favorite food sinks with the body. They say tracking this food downstream in a sack or old overalls reveals the body's location. The report notes one fishing camp still asks renters for their favorite food before lending a boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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Drownings on Farms Prompts Red Cross Safety Tips
A government study ranks drownings as a leading farm fatality. The Red Cross releases 12 safety tips for pond owners including adult supervision for children, swimming ability, stable floats, rescue gear, CPR capability, approved water supply checks, fencing, debris clearing, marked deep water, unreliable air devices, no solo swimming, and general water safety education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Americans Need And Eat Less Flour
The Bureau of Business Research says Americans now eat less flour than in 1900 due to machines raising efficiency and higher living standards. Per person flour use fell from 230 to 121 pounds. Texas ranks sixth in flour output with 14 million sacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Bureau of Business Research
Bureau
Texas
Kansas
San Jose Mission
San Antonio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ned Ayres
Amity, Ark
Mrs. Mattie Tidwell
Desert
Brother
Charlie Tree
Thomas Chitwood
Howe
Charlie Rice
Grace Roberts
Honey Grove
Dallas
Morris F. Gillett
Mrs
R. A. Gillett
Elvis Scott
W. M. Pierson
J. A. Bixler of
Wylie
Lloyd Alexander
Nettie Manis
Tallulah, la
J. E. Henson
Nora Hughes
Carol Hughes
Gene Hughes
W. C. Bailey
Charleston, S.C
Miss Ruth
Pascal Cox
Ralph Judd
Oklahoma City
Charlie Ayres
Ed Kent Iit
J. F. England
William Henry Cantrell
Don Collins
Robbie Brown
Jessie Mead
Bells
John Inter
Adah Gillespie
Olive Myrick
Ava Waldrop
Fred Waldrop
L. R. Dossey
Miss Jewel
Robert Rosso
Wewoka, Okla
C. A. Massey
Fort Worth
O. M. Brown
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Harold Dess
E. T. Dess
Pilot Point
R. B. Owens
Sabinal
Harold Doss
Thomas Ayres
Dean Watson
John Oliver
Tioga
W. D. Williams
Farley
Pascal Farley
Whitewright
Trinity River
Trinity Improvement Association
Galveston
S. W. Earnest
Fifteenth Judicial District
Shirley Davis
Whitewright Sun
Plymouth
Montgomery Motor Co
Dick Montgomery
DODGE
Studebaker
Denison, Texas
Stephens & Bryant
Insurance & Real Estate
Sherman Savings and Loan Association
Sherman Savings
North Travis
Sherman, Texas
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