Front Cover
Inside Left
and
Right Cover
Snapshots
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51 Monarch Pictured football Co-Captains Wayne Earl
Richards and Charles Drew Gillen
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Record of 1950 Football Season (1950 District Champs)
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Dedication - Group Picture Football Team- 1950--51 Co Champs
Coach Ralph Dean
Vinson Coach C. M.. Darnell; Charles Wesley Darnell,
Autrey Neal Crawford, R. J. Smith, Quilla Van Varnell, Bob
Russell, Robert Lee Neal, Co-Captain Wayne Earl
Richards, Billy Don Collins, Calvin Curtiss Cagle, Joe Dean
Hill,
Billy Doyle Freeman, Jerry Jordan, Johnny Rhodes, Bennie
Barnes, Manager Jimmy Russell, Hugh Allen Marlowe,
Jimmy Armstrong, Jerry Hale, Co-Captain Charles Drew
Gillen, Calvin Garrison, Donald Ray Holditch, Eddie Mahone,
Dwaine Easterling, Jerry Garrison, Garland Boyd, Harold Tipping,
(not pictured Jerry Staggs)
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Alma Mater Music and Words
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Our Gridiron Pictured Blooming Grove School, Homemaking
Cottage, Agriculture Shop, Blooming Grove Teacherage, Gymnasium,
Lions Field
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Blooming Grove School Board President A. D. Garrison,
Secretary W. A. Crawford, Gilmer Sheppard, Leland Daniels,
Ernest McGraw, Jay Sewell
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The Monarch Staff Associate Editor Wilma Tipping,
Charles Wesley Darnell, Social Editor Joyce French,
Wayne Earl Richards, Sponsor Mrs. G. E. Ramsey,
Sr.,
Editor-
Tommie Dean Farrish,
Co-Sponsor T. J. Williamson, Assistant Bus. Mgr.
Charles Drew Gillen, Art Editor Anita Pulliam Barnes,
Class Editor
Darlene Melton, Business Manager Adrelyn Westbrook
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The Big Three Superintendent John T. Black, High
School Principal C. M. Darnell, Elementary Principal
W. H. Haden
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Faculty Ralph Dean Vinson, Beatrice Price, T. J.
Williamson, D. W. Springer, Ruth Ramsey, O. B. Blessing, Bea
Pitts, Ollie Campbell, W. H. Haden, Lula Westbrook, Wynell Patterson, Dollie Darnell
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Senior Class Officers President Jimmy Crawford,
Vice-President Ralph Dozier, Secretary- Charles
Carroll, Treasurer Robbie Nell Crawford, Reporter
Genell Rhodes
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Seniors Jimmy Lee Crawford, Ralph Dozier, Charles Carroll,
Robbie Nell Crawford, Genell Rhodes, Johnny Rhodes, Tommie Dean
Farish, Donald Ray Holditch
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Seniors Charles Drew Gillen, Wilma Tipping, Dorothy Jean
Hiler, Wayne Earl Richards, Benny Barnes, Jo Ann Thomas, Darlene
Melton, Joe Dean Hill
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Seniors Hugh Allen Marlowe, Joyce French, Adrelyn
Westbrook, Charles Wesley Darnell, Billy Don Collins,
Sammye
Elizabeth Barham, Ellis W. Armstrong, Calvin Curtiss Cagle
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Seniors Charles Farmer, Jean Martin, Anita Pulliam Barnes,
Del McLain, Freta Sue Wilson
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Junior Class Officers President
Billy Doyle Freeman,
Vice-President Raymond Gantt, Secretary Clara Ann
Barham, Treasurer Robert Lee Neal, Reporter
Martha McCormick
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Juniors Raymond Gantt, Robert Lee Neal, Lena Mae McGraw,
Martha McCormick, Bob Russell, Jerry Gillen, Quilla Van Varnell,
Clara Ann Barham
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Juniors Jimmy Armstrong, Kenneth Golden, Gwendolyn Barton,
Elizabeth Ellis, Johnny Bowling, Dwayne Walker, Ray Dean Gorden,
Billie Dean Scoggins
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Sophomore Class Officers President Jerry Jordan, Vice
President Jerry Garrison, Secretary Justin
McSpadden, Treasurer Bobby Doyle Tipping, Reporter-
Harold Tipping
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Sophomores Harold Tipping, Peggy Brister, Helen Joyce
Dozier, Bobby Doyle Tipping, Jerry Garrison, Martha Orme, Katie
Beth Woodall, Justin McSpadden
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Sophomores Nevada Grounds, Jimmy Russell, Duaine
Easterling, Carolyn Jane Hinkle, Wynell Gilliam, Jerry Staggs,
Calvin Garrison, Ellie Lee Kitchens
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Sophomores Calvin Claude Melton, Wanda Nell Haden, Natalie
Dozier, Otis Perry, Carl Barham, James Lee Yates, Barbara Drake,
Elton Gorden
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Freshman Class Officers President Autry Neel Crawford,
Vice- President Jimmy Woodland, Secretary
Barbara Hiler, Treasurer Eddie Mahone, Reporter-
Mary Easterling
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Freshmen Autry Neel Crawford, Mary Easterling, William
Sonny Barham, Charles Robert Holditch, Barbara Hiler, Jimmy
Woodland, Katherine McGraw, Eddie Mahone
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Freshmen Barbara Hargis,
Jimmy Thomas, Patsy Farmer, Bill
Hollingsworth, Robert Lane, Will Roy McGraw, Alla Mae Derryberry,
Donnie Gillen, Mary Slater, Jerry Hale
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Freshmen Tommie Trussell, R. J. Smith, Betty Scoggins,
Lacy McGraw, Robert Lee Walker, Alton Franklin, Jewell Prince,
Garland Boyd, James Ellis, Jean Nevills
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Eighth Grade Margaret Ann Garner, Charles Walker, Dorothy
Faye Allmond, Hollis Arlen Hinkle, Floyd Dean Wooten, Cosia
Burke, Charles Ray Perry, Billie Ewing, Glenda Franklin, Billy Gene Kindall, Doris
Ann Cates, Donald Grenshaw, Ray Loren Dunaway, Lillie Klutts, J.
D. Warren, Wanda Barham, Wynell North, Tillman Ferrell, Arlene
Scott, Earcell Rasco, Joe Haden,
Clyda Jo Childress, Lonnie Allmond, Janis French, Roy Roberts,
Mary Bess Spencer, J. K. Melton, Sible Bowling, Ronny Jordan,
Wanda Jones
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Seventh Grade Carolyn McCormick, James Jones, Mary Farrald,
Wendell Lee Richards, Peggy Sue McGraw, John Klutts, Barbara Ann
Hawkins, Douglas Hiler, Peggy Flovin, A.
J. Herring, George Klutts, Lucille Floyd, Jimmy Harris,
Dudley Farish, Meta Ann Hargrove, Dorman Allmond, Betty Jean
Gillen, Maudie Kate Yates, Billy Joe Hale, Sue Gorden, Danny McSpadden, Doyal Prince, Lurene Crawford, Virgil
Hollingsworth, Mozelle Holditch
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Sixth Grade Jane McGraw, John Reid, Donna Towns, Elwyn
Rhodes, Patsy Sue Dozier, Freddie Charles Southard, Maxine
Whitner, Raymond Gorden, Bobbie Marlowe, Donald Merl Lewis, Reba Nell
Daniel, Bevie Grounds, Virginia Trussell, Bobbie Ruth Bryant,
Douglas Dwaine Melton, Dixie Cates, Charles Edward Saunders, Margie Ann Orme, Royce
Adams, Lucy Faye Brister, Kenneth Scott, Judith Gillen, Neilan
French, Clara Ann Montgomery, Joe Ellis, Verna Mae Easterling, Dorothy Minefee, Robert
Gorden, Willie Jo Hollingsworth, Macel Crawford, Ruby Waters
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Fifth Grade Mary Ann Herring, Thomas Sheppard, Mary
Frances Tipping, Harold Don McGraw, Barbara Gail Grounds, L. M.
Tipping, Johnnie Denise Gilliam, Roland Haden, Joan Allmond, Tommy Barton,
Barbara Sheppard, Roy Kennedy, Carol Ann Franklin, Leslie Barham,
Doris Annette Eddlemon, Jerry McCulloch, Emma Belle Lane, Freddie Lee Wiley, Sarah Jo
Walker, Donald Ray Adams, Nancy Jane Childress, Jerry Cleo
North, Odessa Hollingsworth, Bobby Lambert, Sue Bryant, Morris
Lester, Brenda Vera Dunaway, Kenneth
Burleson, Diane Hinkle, Shirley Ann McSpadden, Ethel Diann
McGraw, Linda Lou Turner, Sandra Lou Hiler, Sandra Mahone, Jessie Mae Green, Velma
Louise Ryno, Belva Jean Daniel, Lynda June Jordan
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Fourth Grade Bobby Gene Barham, Donna Richardson, Billy
Wayne McGraw, Patsy Cobb, Kenneth Ray Southard, Sudie Melton,
Charles French, Wanda Vest, Ronny Hiler, Alice Barham, Billy
Watkins, Mary Hollingsworth, Jimmy Don Bryant, Ronald Hale, Reda
Scoggins, Bobby Dan Bell, Dorothy Adams, Earl Welch, Linda
Richardson, Percy Morton, Robbie
Grounds, Dwayne Jones, Larry Garrison, Jane Minefee, Johnnie
Gillen
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Third Grade Linda Gale McGraw, Delbert Cantrell, Judy
Carolyn Haden, C. L. Ward, Pat Woodland, Autry Neil Herring,
Billie Jo McCurrin, Gerald McSpadden, Helen Mae Bailey, Herman Gorden, Jane McGraw,
Jerry Wayne Lambert, Carolyn Ann Armstrong, Paul Grenshaw, Wanda
Ruth Dozier, Oscar Dean Burleson, Glenda Thomas, Dale Hollingsworth, Emma Lee
Thompson, Eldon Hiler, Carolyn Sue Dugan, Bobby Warren, Darlene
Farmer, Jimmy Garrison, Glenda Jo McGraw, Robert Ellis, Myrtle Fay Fuller, Rita Mae
Murphy, Richard Errol Hinkle, Joyce Weathers, James Roy Avery,
Norma Jean Brister, Donald Gorden, Edna Jo Green
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Second Grade Charles Warren, Patricia Barham, James
Hollingsworth, Carol McSpadden, Jimmy Hale, Patsy Gorden, Ralph
McSpadden, Patsy Montgomery, Jerry Thompson, Carolyn Sue Ward, Bob
Melton, Johnnie Mae Daniel, Tommy Slater, Sharon Rasco, Jimmy
Hall, Mary Ann Cagle, Edward McClure, Polly Gorunds, Leon Towns, Rebecca Richardson,
Claude Lane, Buna Currington, Roy Scoggins, Jimmie Ann Jones,
Jimmy Prince, Linda Mahone, Charles Prince, Jeannie Beth George, Betty Allmond, Glenda
Barham, Marie McAdams, Mickie Widener, Nellie Fuller
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First Grade Raymond McGraw, Sue Farmer, Eddie Rhodes, Mary
North, Garland Gantt, Sharon Felder, Jimmy Walker, Billy Fines,
Carol Floyd, Jimmy Haden, Rosalie Hill, Jimmy Nicholson, Carolyn French, Ray Dean
Ellis, Betty Fines, Dallath Cates, Leroy Ewing, Dorothy Herring,
Lelia Ruth Gillen, Eljuan Ewing, Stella Cantrell, Joel Hollingsworth, Lina
Farrald
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Football Sweetheart Jo Ann Thomas Co-Captains
Charles Drew Gillen & Wayne Earl Richards, Mascots Bill
Gillen, Bobby Brown, Janet Hennen Cheerleaders Martha
McCormick, Dorothy Jean Hiler, Genell Rhodes, Adrelyn Westbrook
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King and Queen of High School Joe Dean Hill and Dorothy
Jean Hiler, Prince & Princess Bob Russell and Martha
McCormick, Prince & Princess Jerry Hale and Alla Mae Derryberry
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King and Queen of High School Joe Dean Hill and Dorothy
Jean Hiler
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Prince and Princess Bob Russell and Martha McCormick,
Prince and Princess -Jerry Hale and Alla Mae Derryberry
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Most Representative Boy Wayne Earl Richards
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Most Representative Girl Genell Rhodes
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Senior Favorites Jo Ann Thomas and Wayne Earl Richards
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Junior Favorites
Elizabeth Ellis and Robert Lee Neal
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Sophomore Favorites Nevada Grounds and Jimmy Russell
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Freshmen Favorites Kathryn McGraw and Jimmy Woodland
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Lions Sweetheart Jo Ann Thomas
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F. F. A. Sweetheart Jean Sanders
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Snap Shots
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Fair Duke and Duchess Johnny Rhodes and Adrelyn Westbrook
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Drummers Wynell Gilliam, Helen Joyce Dozier, Lurene
Crawford, Barbara Drake, Flag Bearers Martha Orme,
Darlene Melton, Wilma Tipping
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Pep Squad Tommie Dean Farish, Wilma Tipping, Joyce Melton,
Darlene Melton, Lena Mae McGraw, Martha Orme, Carolyn Jane
Hinkle, Barbara Hargis, Wanda Jones, Mozelle Holditch, Meta Ann Hargrove, Carolyn
McCormick, Peggy Flovin, Katie Beth Woodall, Peggy Brister,
Sponsor Bea Pitts,
Elizabeth Ellis, Gwendolyn Barton,
Billie Dean Scoggins, Ellie Mae Kitchens, Betty
Scoggins, Cosia Burke, Wanda Haden Sponsor Wynell
Gillen, Helen Joyce Dozier, Tommie Trussell, Alla Mae Derryberry,
Billie Ewing, Nevada Grounds, Jean Nevills,
Wanda Barham, Barbara Drake, Clyda Jo Childress, Wynell North,
Mary Bess Spencer, Barbara Hiler, Mary Easterling, Robbie Nell
Crawford, Dorothy Jean Hiler, Glenda
Franklin, Janis French, Lurene Crawford, Maudie Kate Yates,
Genell Rhodes, Martha McCormick, Patsy Farmer, Kathryn McGraw,
Adrelyn Westbrook, Jo Ann Thomas, Wynell Gilliam
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Football Team Co Captain Wayne Earl Richards, Calvin
Curtis Cagle, Donald Ray Holditch, Co-Captain Charles
Drew Gillen, Johnny Rhodes, Joe Dean Hill,
Billy Doyle Freeman, Bob Russell, Quilla Van
Varnell
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Football Team Jerry Jordan, Robert Lee Neal, Jerry Staggs,
Dwayne Easterling, Billy Don Collins, Jerry Garrison, Hugh Allen
Marlowe, Jimmy Armstrong, Charles Wesley Darnell
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Football Team Harold Tipping, Benny Barnes, Eddie Mahone,
Calvin Garrison, R. J. Smith, Jerry Hale, Manager Jimmy
Russell, Garland Boyd, Autry Neal Crawford
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Girls Volley Ball Group Picture ( champs 45,46,47, 48, 49,
50) Dorothy Jean Hiler, Tommie Dean Farish, Adrelyn
Westbrook, Jean Sanders, Genell Rhodes, Martha McCormick, Sammye Beth Barham, Coach Beatrice
Price,
Elizabeth Ellis, Lena Mae McGraw, Barbara Hargis, Jo Ann Thomas, Boys Volley Ball
Group Picture ( champs 48, 49, 50)Charles
Wesley Darnell, Wayne Earl Richards, Charles Drew Gillen, Calvin
Curtis Cagle, Bob Russell, Quilla Van Varnell,
Jerry Hale, Coach C. M. Darnell, Jerry Garrison, Jerry
Jordan, Robert Lee Neal, Johnny Rhodes, Benny Barnes
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Girls Basketball Squad Third Place District 51- Coach
Beatrice Price, Gwendolyn Barton, Adrelyn Westbrook, Wilma
Tipping, Barbara Hiler, Kathryn McGraw, Lena Mae
McGraw, Jo Ann Thomas , Wynell Gilliam, Tommie Trussell, Jean
Martin, Genell Rhodes,
Elizabeth Ellis, Martha McCormick, Dorothy
Jean Hiler, Tommie Dean Farish
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Boys Basketball Squad First Place District 51 - Coach
C. M. Darnell, Quilla Van Varnell, Charles Drew Gillen,
Charles Wesley Darnell, Jerry Jordan, Jerry
Hale, Jerry Garrison, Johnny Rhodes, Calvin Curtis Cagle, Bob
Russell, Wayne Earl Richards, Robert Lee Neal
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State Winner Spring 50 First Place Low Hurdles, Texas
Interscholastic League Truman Trim Rhodes
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Book Finders Club Martha McCormick, Darlene Melton, Wanda
Haden,Tommie Dean Farish, Wilma Tipping, Robbie Crawford, Jimmy
Crawford, Charles Wesley Darnell, Ellis Armstrong, Martha Orme,
Barbara Drake, F.F. A. Group
Picture, F. H. A. Group
Picture
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Senior Play Cast Billy Don Collins, Jimmy Crawford, Genell
Rhodes, Adrelyn Westbrook, Darlene Melton, Charles Wesley
Darnell, Dorothy Jean Hiler, Ellis Armstrong, Jo Ann Thomas, Sammye Beth Barham,
Robbie Nell Crawford, Joe Dean Hill, Calvin Curtiss Cagle,
Director Mrs. G. E. Ramsey, Sr.
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One Act Play Billy Don Collins, Martha Orme, Adrelyn
Westbrook, Wynell Gilliam, Harold Tipping, Darlene Melton, Bob
Russell, Jimmy Crawford, Director Mrs. G. E. Ramsey, Sr.
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Our Star Players
Elizabeth Ellis, Martha
McCormick,. Lena Mae McGraw, Darlene Melton, Wilma Tipping, Jean
Martin, Barbara Hiler, Martha Orme, Wynell Gilliam, Jerry
Garrison, Jerry Jordan, Jerry Staggs, Dorothy Jean Hiler, Wayne
Earl Richards, Adrelyn Westbrook, Robert Lee Neal, Ray Dean
Gorden, Genell Rhodes, Jo Ann Thomas, Tommie Dean Farish,
Charles Drew Gillen, Johnny Rhodes,
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Darlene Melton, Charles Drew Gillen, Jimmy Crawford,
Adrelyn Westbrook, Del McLain, Joyce French, Johnny Rhodes,
Wayne Earl Richards, Jo Ann Thomas, Tommie Dean Farish
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Bus Drivers Mr. Whitener, Earl
Hollingsworth, Ivan Dozier, Asberry Farmer, Care Taker
Will Frederick,Lunchroom Staff Viola Ward, Wilma Flovin,
Bess Freeman, Lula Tipping, Substitutes Geraldine
Thompson, Mary Ann McSpadden, Kathleen Reid
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Snap shots
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Ad Gillen Chevrolet
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d B & R Grocery, Market and Locker Plant
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Ads R. S. High Insurance Blooming Grove Times, W.
A. Crawford First State Bank
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Ads Whortons Service Station, H. S. Whorton
Grove Cafι, Tom and Clara Yarborough
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Ads Clover Farm Store, Garrison Brothers Grove
Theater -- McCormicks Burial Association
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Ads Huffs Cleaners Club Cafι -- Grove Gin, A. J.
Crocker Manager
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Ads Grove Home and Auto Store, W. H. Milam, Jr.
Reids Drug Store Pattersons Food Market
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Ads Loyds Dry Goods - McGraws Cleaners Wood
and White Variety Store --J. D. Huffstutler
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Ads Ritchey Gin, H. C. Ritchey - William Cameron
Company --Pattersons Drug
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Ad Mexican Inn
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Ads Collin Street Bakery Whiteselle Brick & Lumber
Co. Kamens Dept. Store
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Ads Hill & Shipe Shoe Store Marks Bros.
Dept. Store Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. --Sears, Roebuck And
Company
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Ads Jack Sisco Motors Harrys Flowers, Harry A.
Clowe, Jr. Roneys --Velvet Ice Cream
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Ads P. Samuels Mens Clothing Buie Implement Co.
Sam Daiches Jeweler J. M. Dyer Co.
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Ads Navarro County Tractor Company Burson and
Pearson Coca- Cola Bottling Co. Stroube Implement Co. LTD.
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Ads K. Wolens Department Store Griffin Tractor
Company Sanitary Laundry --Big 4 Shoe Store
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Ads Trinity Pharmacy No. 2 ; Compliments of : Dr.
J. H. Playfair, Lloyd Simpson, Simon & Daniels, Rufus Pevehouse,
Stop & Style Beauty Shop, Harris & Jacobs, Arnold A. Armstrong,
A Friend
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Ad University Supply & Equipment Co.
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Autographs
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Autographs
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