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... Higgins, Texas, after the tornado, Weis Dry Goods, National Hotel, Eagle Cafe, and Gray Opera... House Bldg. Higgins Methodist church after the tornado of 1947, it was hit again by a tornado Jan. 5
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... the earlier building was destroyed by the tornado in 1947. Early members of the Church were Mrs. Hiram Black..., the records of the Church were destroyed in the 1947 tornado. The lot for the present building was donated..., who was also an early member of the Higgins building after the 1947 tornado. The Mary Ellen Harvester... Church of Christ in Pampa were overseers of the Higgins congregation for several years after the tornado.... Mr. E. R. Carver was the first minister after the tornado. During his work with the Church during
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... IE The First National Bank and Jones Store after tornado of 1947. Opera House and Eagle Cafe after... Higgins tornado 1947. 230
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... not destroyed in the April 1947 tornado. The history given here is one compiled by Rev. Bryant who took it from... job was nearing completion when the tornado of April 9, 1947, destroyed the building along with much... was dedicated as a memorial to those who lost their lives in the tornado. Members of the local church completely... four months. A. L. Hicks came to pastor in 1944-1947. Rev. Hicks was seriously injured in the tornado
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..., when a tornado swooped down about 7:30 in the evening. For weeks the town people worked around... the clock, digging out, tending the injured, burying the dead and clearing the debris. The tornado claimed
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... destroyed by a tornado in April of 1947. Since then most of the events that have taken place in Higgins... are referred to as before or after the tornado. There was an active home demonstration club in Higgins before... the tornado but it had to disband as there was no home demonstration agent for some time. One charter member
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... States. The upper story of this building was destroyed by the tornado. First grave in the Higgins..., the Latham House, was built in 1888. It later was a residence, and was destroyed in the tornado of 1947
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... enemy No. 1 or helping resurrect a town struck by a tornado which claimed 62 lives. But those... dispatched. The greatest tragedy of Judge Tarbox's career was the devastating tornado that levelled the town
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... the store until 1947, when it was totally destroyed by the tornado. The building was completely rebuilt... was instrumental in rebuilding the town after the tornado of 1947 by rebuilding his store building, several other
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... after a fire. Apparently someone had put it there to make their bales weigh more. The tornado certainly... to town, but we did not realize a tornado had struck until we reached the outskirts. My thoughts naturally
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... point. Devastating tornado struck April 9, 1947. I: .. . .. An estimated 45 were
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... First Baptist Church, after the tornado. installed. A new piano and robes for the choir members
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.... This is the present name and location of the Higgins Bank. On April 15, 1947, after the April 9th tornado, the board
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... out in the same house. Charles Akers died in the Higgins tornado in 1947; Mrs. Cleo Akers lives
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... tornado, but would run well into the thousands, for when he had been practicing 34 years it was more than
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.... Eva Bender. Evelyn M. Bender. The tornado that came through Higgins in 1947 destroyed some of Bender
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... the tornado in 1947, he went into the burlap bag business fulltime, operating the Higgins Bag Company. During
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... was born on the farm in Lipscomb. Mrs. Trueblood died the night of the tornado in Higgins, April 9, 1947
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.... On April 9, 1947 the Higgins Library was completely destroyed by the tornado which wiped out the town
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.... The new church was destroyed by the tornado which hit Higgins on April 9,1947. None of the church members
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