Kae By any chance did your Martha Alford Thetford belong to the Noel Alford families in Limestone Co. TX ? I have done some work on that family & have also been told one of the Wolverton men married an Alford. I am not related to these lines I just do Limestone Co. genealogy. Pat Oates in TX. At 07:15 AM 6/5/2001 -0500, you wrote: >In 1935 a Bi-stone Empire Pioneer Club was organized seemingly by the Mexia >Daily News. Letters stating interest in joining the organization and a short >autobiography of the person seeking membership were published in the Mexia >Daily News. The letters were addressed to W. K. Boyd, president and general >manager of the paper and to B. H. Broiles, editor. Members were from >Limestone and Freestone counties. There is a picture taken in front of the >Mexia City Auditorium at the Mexia Public Library with a banner behind a >group of people which reads, Pioneers Headquarter. My mother, a native of >Wortham, recognized one couple in the picture that were from Wortham. >Perhaps there were some meetings of the group at the auditorium. I was >unable to find microfilm of the Mexia Daily News at the paper and at the >library. The issue my family has is dated Oct. 16, 1935. One of my great >grandmothers, Martha Waddell "Pattie" Alford Thetford, wrote a letter >stating her interest in joining the club which was published in this issue. >Part of her letter is missing. There is great history and information in >most of the letters. >Does anyone have any ideas where all the issues pertaining to the group >might be found? >Kae Moody Shaw >"A Limestone Co. Native" >[email protected] > > >==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== >http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ >