Wingate Social Roundup Highlights Many Local Visits
Wingate residents and surrounding towns report a flurry of visits including Worthingtons, Smiths, Guy families, and Obie Wheelis from Abilene. Army duty for SP4 Gene Wheat, hospital news for Ike Phillips, and multiple family reunions marked the week. The Wingate 4-H Club enjoyed a Bronte outing while the A R Wheats of Midland stopped by parents here. Continuous local visits and health notes define the week in Wingate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Guy
W. B. Worthington
Lovington
N. M
Jack Smith
M. L. Guy
Lela Sawyer
Winters
Doyle Guy
Jim Minor
Donna
Curtis McCartney
Arlena
Opal Wheelis
Abilene
Oletha Elsers
Ballinger
Ben Williams
M. R. Smith
Wingate
Russell Smith
Midland
Bagwell
Wheat
Harter
Leila
Lillie Ruth Alphin
SP4
Gene Wheat
90Th Adm
Big Spring
J. O. Sanford
Winters Hospital
Ina
John Byrd
Bill Harmon
Buchanan Lake
Kirkland
Ballinger Park
Flossie Kirkland
Dean Holder
Nona McCowan
Ila
John Cathey
Monahans
Don Cathey
Granbury
George Frick
South Dakota
Studio Closure Notifies Customers for Five Weeks
The studio will be closed for about five weeks during parts of July and August. Customers with picture orders are urged to call in June to arrange delivery before closure, as access to orders may be unavailable during the shutdown.
Bridal Shower Honors Sandy Lowe
Sandy Lowe bride elect of Jim mie Hoppe was honored at a Monday evening bridal shower at the First Methodist Church. About 50 guests attended with helpers including Mrs. LaDell Davis and Mrs. S. B. Parks. Out of town guests from Memphis, Garland, Abilene, Coleman and Ballinger joined local friends for a daisies and Bells of Ireland tea with a Sandy and Jimmie theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Lowe
Jimmie Hoppe
First Methodist Church
Bob Clark
J. L. Shaw
S. B. Parks
T. K. Martin
A. J. Wells
James Phillips
Nina B. Puckett
LaDell Davis
John Wade
Z. B. Morgan
W. F. Lowe
L. R. Hoppe
Edna Colwell
Rotan
Mary Frick
A. G. Hoppe
Tamara Gans
Ireland
Jane
Betty Lemmons
Memphis
Janie Milliken
Garland
Paula Spurlin
Nita Milner
Ginger White
Abilene
Jo Hudson
Coleman
W. C. Harris
W. B. Hoppe
Ballinger
Babson Sees Labor Costs Curbting Commodity Prices
Roger Babson argues higher labor costs keep commodity prices from breaking, noting Dow Jones slide from a January peak and widespread wholesale declines but retail prices staying high. He discusses copper and oil, world demand, and possible fallout from war, with cautious predictions for downward pressure in metals and oils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babson Park
Mass
Europe
Japan
China
Russia
Card of Thanks for Billy Dale Shores
The Shores family express appreciation to those who sent food or flowers after the death of Billy Dale Shores. Special thanks go to Brother Robert Elkins, Brother A. J. Jorgenson, and several Baptist churches, along with those who served in music and as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Dale Shores
Robert Elkins
Lawn
A. J. Jorgenson
Abilene
Lawn Baptist
Winters Southside
VFW Auxiliary Hearses Plans and Minutes For June
Mrs. James Crockett presided at the VFW Auxiliary meeting at the post home. The group set meetings for the first and third Mondays and announced a cake sale on June 11 in front of Heidenheimer’s. Delegates to the Fort Worth Department Convention were named and relief efforts included groceries and clothing for needy families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Crockett
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Post Home
Heidenheimer’s
Mable Shaw
Department of Texas
Veterans Hospital
Big Spring
Department
Fort Worth
Mesdames D. W. Giles
W. L. Collins
Wallace Watson
Deward Awalt
Martha Sellers
Ida Adams
Mamie Wilkerson
James Bates
D. W. Giles
Joe Yocham
C. C. Paske
Ted Meyer
Nevell Fisher
Family visitors spend Sunday at Divide home
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Spain and son Jerry of Brownwood spent Sunday visiting their father N. C. Egger in Divide. Also Mrs. W. W. Yates and others joined the visit at the same home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Spain
Jerry
Brownwood
W.W. J. Yates
N. C. Egger
Divide
USDA Creates Packers and Stockyards Division
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson announces a new Packers and Stockyards Division within the Agricultural Marketing Service effective July 1. The move consolidates oversight of interstate livestock transactions and related anti unfair practice regulation under a single unit. Howard J. Doggett will head the division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Agricultural Marketing Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Packers and Stockyards
Howard J. Doggett
Belgium
Parents say licenses keep kids from driving cars
Many parents note that their children would own cars if not for driver licenses. They emphasize safety, cost, and supervision concerns shaping teens’ access to vehicles.
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Wingate News
Tom Holder
Webb
Maggie Allman
Baird
Holder
Therman Allman
Albany
Eugene Rogers
David Bryans
Dock Rogers
Roe
Corpus Christi
Kathy Dunn
Sweetwater
Barbara Taylor
Clyde Dunn
Dunn
A. R. Wheats
Little Studio
Roger Babson
U. S
Sahara Desert
France
Sahara
de Gaulle
Nasser
Egypt
Emterge
ABC
Ial
Winters Lumber Company
Winters, Texas
J. Crockett
VFW
Gregory Peck
Deborah Kerr
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sheilah Graham
Jerry Werry Wald
Henry Enry
Ek Yuan
Rene
Stechnicolor
Corcoran
Colvin
Shido
Eastham
Buena Vista Distribution Co., Inc
Walt Disney Productions
Robert
Urry Hil United Motists
USDA
Runnels County
DIAL
Caryl Chessman
Alum Campbell
PJ Campbell
Vincent Price
William Castle
Columbia Picture
SIOE
San Anda Sty
Michal Bonla
Gary Neangor
Marcel Udine
Sydmey Boeha
Henry Hathaway
Evaneomonic
Souna
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