Burleson College Entries and Local Industry News
This page notes Edwin May, Wayne McGaughey, Robert Holland and Miss Emma Davidson joining Burleson College at Greenville. It records Miss Hazel May’s wedding to Albert Lea Jackson, cotton prices around 20.75 to 21.25 per unit with about 75 bales ginned, and ads for Dort and Hudson automobiles. Local clergy, Rev. A R Nash and Rev W A Kirkpatrick, attend meetings and install mills.
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the Sun
Edwin May
Wayne McGaughey
Robert Holland
Emma Davidson
Burleson College
Greenville
Hazel May
Whitewright
Albert Lea Jackson
New York City
Reynolds May
W. H. Stedham
John
Frank Wright
Local Cotton Receipts and Community Notices
Up to Wednesday night more than 2,000 bales of cotton had been received here. The marriage of Sarah Hampton to Howard Kilgree is announced for Friday September 8. Local advertisers include Planters National Bank First National Bank Westside Dairy and more. Ford Motor Co. ads list Detroit fob prices for models from Roadster to tractor.
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L. C. Hampton
Sarah
Howard Kilgree
the Sun
Planters National Bank
First National Bank
Westside Dairy
City Meat Market
Luther Smith & Son
Mangrum Bros
Lloyd Moore
Bow-Wright Drug Co
J. W. Davidson
Sears Auto Co
Odeon Theatre
Dyer & Jones
W. T. Nicholson
Hudson, Davis & Co
J. L. Kirkpatrick
Whitewright Lumber Co
Gallaher & Son
Black Cat
Gordon Clothing Co
L. LaRoe & Co
Gordon Bros
D. W. Davis Men’s
Manning & Clark
Farmers Union Gin Co
Roberts Garage
New York Bargain
J. F. Lilley
Biggerstaff & Horton
R. S. Morehead
Ford Motor Co
F. O. B. Detroit
Ford
Crimm Powell Revival Draws Big Weekend Crowds
A crowd around 3,000 attended Sunday night services at the Crimm Powell revival with an estimated 2,000 in attendance Saturday night.
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Crimm-Powell
Enrollment gains as local schools report increases
A total of 213 students including 10 post graduates enrolled in the high school, a gain of about one third over last year. Grammar school enrollment stands at 202. Cc. A. Smith longtime Smith Hotel owner died Saturday. Rev. W. A. Kirkpatrick longtime Paris Presbyterian minister died Monday night.
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Cc. A. Smith
Smith Hotel
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Paris
Thirsty horse drowns while seeking drink in dry spring
A Texas court notice accompanies a rural tale of a thirsty horse that fell into Alter's water hole after drought lowered a six foot spring by at least a foot. The document also details a divorce case, Cecilia Gaines vs Clarence Gaines, filed August 27 1949 in Grayson County with a hearing set after 42 days.
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Mexica
N. Y
Lawrence W. Alter
Alter
Psychologists Report Alcohol Damages Brain Health
Denver report reveals tests on 51 alcoholics without mental disease show permanent brain damage from chronic drinking. Dr. Lucille B. Kessler cites slowed blood flow, oxygen deprivation, vitamin deficiencies, and impaired memory and judgment, with abnormal brain wave activity and loss of Alpha rhythm.
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Denver
Colo
American Psychological Assn
Lucille B. Kessler
Traverse City
Mich
State Hospital
Kesler
Kessler
Army To Release Reserve Officers Under Defense Economy Plan
The Department of the Army announced the release of 3,387 Army Reserve officers on active duty as part of a broader three service economy program. About 1,250 will be released by December 31, 1949 with the rest returning to inactive status by April 1, 1950, each given at least three months notice. Selection will cover all non regular officers on duty, with United States based officers frozen in assigns and overseas personnel brought back before release.
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Army Reserve
Department of the Army
Louis Johnson
Army
United States
Pepper Shortage Deepens Amid War Driven Disruptions
Washington reports a worsening pepper shortage as supplies from the Netherlands Indies have been knocked out by war and political strife. India remains the main supplier. the 1949 crop is not due until December and is estimated at 42 million pounds. Prewar US consumption ran about 50 million pounds annually.
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Washington
U. S
Commerce Department
Netherlands Indies
India
United States
Divorce Notice in Texas Case Rhodes v Rhodes
Court notices list Leona Mae Rhodes as plaintiff and William Henry Rhodes as defendant with a divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. The order dates to September 1 1949 and includes a summons to appear August 2 1949 at the county court house in Sherman.
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State of Texas
William Henry Rhodes
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Leona Mae Rhodes
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
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Clara Craig
Dallas
Clarence Gaines
Cecilia Gaines
Joe Marsh
Main Street
Buck Blake
Buck
United States Brewers Foundation
Kingston Drug Store
Denison
Rexall
New York
San Francisco
George Washington
Glen
Clipper Craft
Don Richards
South Travis
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