The Talco Times (Talco, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1944 Page: 3 of 4
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TALCO, TEXAS,
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>AY, MARCH 31, 1H4 ", ^
LOCAL NEWS
PHONE 12 'U
By MRS. O. B. HOPWOOD
Sheppard Barber left Monday for
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Mrs. M. J. Spruill has' returned
from Texarkana, where she attended
her father, who is seriously ill.
George Cheakos visited his sons
in Dallas the last of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. King Ramsey made
a trip to Oklahoma this week.
James Harris'spent the week end
with his grandparents in Winnsboro.
Mrs. O. E. Jones attended the fu-
neral of a friend in Commerce on
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lilley arid
children spent from Wednesday until
Sunday with relatives in Tulsa, Ok.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Carter and Miss
Christine Carter spent Sunday in
Dallas, visiting Mrs. Truitt Carter
and son.
Rev. E. T. Howard, Miss Opal Mae
Howard, Mias Beulah Smith and Mrs.
Chas. Collins attended a B. T. II.
meeting in Pittsburg Sunday after-
noon.
Mrs. W. W. Peace left Sunday for
Orange to attend the wedding of
Miss Virginia Peace.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilkie ptj Ballinger,
are visiting their daughter, Mrs. C.
C. Penn and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray McClellan of
Wichita Falls, visited Mrs. Sue
Thomas last Thursday.
Miss Genevieve Welborn, recently
of Dumas, is visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Welborn.
Mrs. Sue Thomas attended the fu-
neral of her stepmother, Mrs. Fer-
guson at Bogata On Sunday.
Mrs. H. M. Secord and Mrs. Bill
Sloan left Monday for Palestine to
visit Mrs. Sloan’s mother.
Mrs. Douglas Cox returned Friday
from Clarksville hospital, where she
received surgical treatment.
Miss Janice Nell Gieger returned
Sunday from a visit with her par-
ents in Honey Grove.
A daughter was born Friday,
March 24, at Grant hospital, Deport,
to Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Parker.
Mrs. Leo Roberts and little daugh-
ter visited relatives in Gilmer and
Dallas last week, returning Satur-
day.
Mrs. Addie Nichols and baby son
of McKinney, are visiting her grand-
mother, Mrs. Tom Leake and Mr.
Leake.
Miss Gertrude Griggs returned to
Dallas Tuesday after spending three
weeks with her brother, Cecil Griggs
and family.
Mrs. J. L. Lemay of Pine Bluff,
Ark., spent the week end with her
husband’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.
R. Lemay.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Dodd of
Commerce, visited Mr. Dodd’s sister,
Mrs. R. O. Webb and family this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Webb attended
Mrs. Webb’s mother, Mrs. Dodd, who
is seriously ill at her home in Com-
merce.
Mrs. M. A. Ferguson and son and
Mrs. Magee of Bogata, spent Mon-
day with Mrs. Ferguson’s sister, Mrs.
H. A. Hoffpauir and family.
Miss Evelyn Brown, accompanied
by Miss Johnnie Mae Vaughn and
little son, visited her parents in Ash-
down, Ark., over the week end.
Miss Maurine Leftwich who is em-
ployed ip Dallas, spent the week end
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Leftwich in the Midway community.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Morris and
children and Miss Durane Alexan-
der spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Morris and Mr. and Mrs.
Buck Alexander.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. ^alker and
daughter, Elaine, returned Saturday
from Stephenville, where they at-
i tended Mr. Walker’s father, W. U.
^ Walker, who was quite ill.
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Mrs. R. J. Rosson and MrsL Cecil
Griggs and son, Eddy, went to Dal-
las Sunday. Mr, Rosson’s father re-
turned with them Monday for an
extended visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Frye returned
Wednesday from Hobbs, N. M., where
they visited their daughter, Mrs. Noel
Grice and family and their son, Oren
Fry and family.
In Talco Five and
Six Years Ago
From the Back Files of
The Talco Times ,
A B. T. U. study course is being
conducted at Calvary Baptist Church
this week. The attendance is good.
The following classes are being
taught: Adults, “Our Doctrines,”
Miss Opal Mae Howard; young peo-
ple, “Our Bible," Mrs. Chas. Collins;
intermediates, “Training in Church
Membership,” Rev. E. T. Howard;
juniors, “Trailmakers of Other
Lands,” Mrs. B. F. Edwards; story
hour, Mrs. Sue Thomas.
First Methodist Church
REV. H. M. SECORD, Pastor
Sunday school at 10:00.
Morning worship at 11:00.
Y nth Fellowship at 7:30.
Evening service at 8:00.
WSCS each Monday at 1:30. All
ladies are urged to be present.
Lavada Baptist Church
T. P. GRIFFITH, Pastor
10:30—Sunday school.
11:30—Sermon.
7:30—B. T. U.
8:00—Sermon.
Wednesday, 7:30—Prayer meeting.
2:30, Thursday—W. M. U.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend all these services.
Week of March 25, 1938
Upon completion of the Wilson No.
1, W. E. Wilson, owner of the farm
on the Sugar Hill road, had given a
fish fry to J. T. O’Neal Drilling Co.,
Inc., employees and friends.
Dr. W. L. Kelley had been elected
secretary-treasurer of the Dental So-
ciety for Congressional District No.
1 at a meeting- held in Paris.
Paul May, 12 year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Denison May of Winfield,
had died of injuries sustained when
struck by a car when he stepped off
the running board of a truck.
Construction was under way on a
tennis court for Talco, under super-
vision of Wayne Seay, Jack Caru-
thers, James Cagle, W. W. Bowden
and Renford Sikes.
Percy Griffin had landed an 80-
pound turtle while fishing in Sul-
phur river.
Th£ population of Talco had jump-
ed from 400 to 4,000 in two years.
A new radio shop had been open-
5=
ed in the My«rv Vtimit*re shop by
Mr. Bliss.
Jimmie Phillips and Miss Ora
Gammon had been married. Miss
Gammon was the former manager of
the Commercial Beauty Shoppe of
Talco.
Week of March 24, 1939
Mrs. Mattie Pirtle, 80 year old
resident of Johntown, had died after
several >veeks illness.
The Talco High School orchestra
had made its first public appearance
in the auditorium of the school. The
orchestra was led and managed by
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