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Arlington Hall Junior College Yearbook 1941
(C. Avis Catalog entry #775)

"The Spinning Wheel" (no page numbers)

Picture caption (Image_1048.tif):
"THE QUEEN OF HEARTS, PEGGY CHILES AND HER COURT"
"Ethel Straitiff, Edith Waller, Weque Woods, Martha Brandon, Kitty Wenk, Beth Suppee, Betty Ward, Virginia Walden."

Picture caption (Image_1049.tif):  
"Regal Ones"
"PEGGY CHILES Queen of Hearts"
"MARTHA BRANDON Knave of Hearts"

Picture caption (Image_1050.tif) of Queen of Hearts and her escort:  
"THE EYES OF TEXAS ARE UPON YOU"
"Peggy Chiles, Jake"

Picture caption (Image_1051.tif) of group walking away from seaplane:
"FLYING DOWN TO NASSAU"
"Arrive Nassau via Pan American Clipper - Sunday, March 23 … Return to Miami via Clipper - Saturday, March 29"

Austin High School Yearbooks 1937-40
(C. Avis Catalog entry #774)

"The Comet"

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1937

In Sophomore section: 
Alvis, Jake
Ambition: "Mess boy in German Army"
Favorite saying: "I swan"

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1938

In Junior section p. 50: 
Avis, Jake
"Blasé´"
"Hirsh's" (a local drug store)
p. 116 in Senate Debate Club

In Sophomore section p. 63:  
Chiles, Peggy
"'She has what it takes' which means that she's cute, And friendly and smart and witty to boot."
p. 112 in Hypatian Literary Society

In Junior section p. 51: 
Chiles, Dwight
"Cowboy"
"Drug Store"

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1939

In Junior section p. 52: 
Chiles, Peggy
"Beautiful Lady"
"Hat-Check Girl"
p. 71 for Hypatian Literary Society (listed as 'Reporter')

In Senior section p. 21: 
Avis, Jake
Senate Debate '36-'39; Secretary '36; Vice-President '36.  Chess and Checker '36.  Intramural Debate '37-'38.  Intramural Football, Basketball, Baseball '37-'39.
p. 80 in Senate Debate Club

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1940

In Senior section p. 31: 
Chiles, Peggy
Hypatian '37-'40; Rep. '39' Pres. '39. Paisano '38-'39. Red Dragons '39. Future Homemakers '39-'40. Student Council Alt. '37-'38. Ext. Speech '37-'38.
p. 116 for Hypatian Literary Society (listed as 'President')

Texas A&M Yearbook 1940
(C. Avis Catalog entry #773)

"The Longhorn" lists:

Avis, J
in the Field Artillery
Battery "A" 
First year private
 

The Dallas Morning News 9/13/1915
(C. Avis Catalog entry #996)
 

Miss Fay Rudd

    Miss Fay Rudd was the first student to complete the course in the new department of expression at the College of Industrial Arts at Denton.  Miss Rudd's home is in Temple.  In addition to her certificate, she received a diploma from the household arts department of the college.
 

Dallas Morning News 5/8/1915 
(C. Avis Catalog entry #995)
 

TEMPLE GIRL WINS RECOGNITION.

Miss Fay Rudd to Be Community Supervisor for Bessemer Steel Company.
Special to The News.
    Temple, Texas, May 7. --- A Temple girl has won distinguished recognition in another State in the person of Miss Fay Rudd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Rudd, who has just been promoted to the position of community supervisor in the social welfare department of the Bessemer Steel Company, at Bessemer, Ala., with which institution she has been connected since her graduation from the Denton College of Industrial Arts one year ago.  The position carries with it a large salary and thirty days' vacation each year with pay.
    The Bessemer Company maintains an extensive social welfare department for the benefit of its vast army of employees, and of the entire staff of instructors and supervisors, twenty-six in all, Miss Rudd is not only the youngest, but is likewise the only one from a Southern State.  She will spend a month this summer at Hull House, Chicago, under the tutelage of Miss Jane Addams, in further perfecting herself in her chosen work.  Miss Rudd has just attained the age of twenty.

Biographical Directory of the Tenn. General Assembly
(C. Avis Catalog entry #919)

p. 643

Rudd, Joseph R. (c. 1814-1858)

House, 31st General Assembly, 1855-57; representing Monroe County; American or Know-Nothing Party.  Born in Virginia c.1814.  Exact date and place of birth, names of parents, extent of schooling undetermined.  Married Rachel C. Maples, native of Alabama, and daughter of William Maples, date and place of marriage not given.  Children--Sarah, Joseph, W. H., Texas E., Mc. A., Florence C., and J. C. Rudd.  Subject was a tailor by trade, living at Madisonville, Monroe County.  Appointed postmaster, 1848.  Died in McMinn County in 1858; burial place unknown.

Sources:  Madisonville Democrat, February 4, 1954; U.S. Census 1850 and 1860, Monroe County; Monroe County Chancery Case #687 (filed 1858).

History of Monroe Co., TN (S. Sands, 1982)
(C. Avis Catalog entry #447)

p. 740

J. R. Rudd, House, 31st General Assembly, 1855-57, American or Know-Nothing Party.  He was born in Virginia in 1814--married Rachel C. ___, of Alabama, and their children were:  Sarah, Joseph, W. H., Texas E., McA., Florence C. and J. C. Rudd.

Mr. Rudd was a tailor by trade and an early Postmaster at Madisonville.

This webpage reproduces a chapter of History of the Lost State of Franklin by Samuel Cole Williams published by the Press of the Pioneers, New York, 1933

The text is in the public domain.

p. 310-311

HENRY CONWAY

Henry Conway was born in Virginia, and removed to the lower part of the Nolachucky settlement before 1783, in August of which year he was appointed one of the tax‑assessors of Greene county, and at the November term of court was on the grand jury.

 p311 He served as treasurer of the State of Franklin (1787); as one of the commissioners who signed the treaty of Coytoy (1786) and as speaker of the senate of 1786.

Two of the sons of Governor Sevier married his daughters. James Sevier's wife was Nancy Conway; Major John Sevier's first wife was Elizabeth Conway. A third daughter married John Sevier, son of Colonel Valentine Sevier, II, and became the mother of Senator Ambrose Hundley Sevier, of Arkansas. The wife of Henry Conway was Sarah Hundley of Virginia.

Through his son, Thomas, Henry Conway was progenitor of other grandsons who rose to eminence in the State of Arkansas. Henry W. Conway served with distinction under General Jackson in the War of 1812, and was member of Congress from Arkansas, from 1823 to 1827, when he was killed in a duel with Robert Crittenden. James Sevier Conway was founder of the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, and first governor of that State, 1836‑1840. Elias Nelson Conway was the fifth governor of Arkansas.

George Conway, a brother of Henry Conway, was of the commission that laid out the town of Greeneville. He served as colonel on the Cherokee expedition of 1793, and was first major-general of the State of Tennessee. Joseph Conway, another brother, served the State of Franklin.

Without doubt, the Conway family produced more men of ability than any other Greene county family.

Henry Conway remained throughout all vicissitudes firmly attached to the State of Franklin. Not until the February term, 1789, of the Greene county court did he take the oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina.

There is more than a hint of record that Henry Conway was a man of full habits. He lived well, and extended a gracious hospitality. Bishop Asbury was his guest on one of his visits to Tennessee, and Governor Sevier made the Conway home a stopping-place in his frequent journeying between Washington county and Knoxville.

Article regarding estate of Lewis C. Chiles
(C. Avis Catalog entry #819)

Maysville, KY Eagle 1-30-1828
p. 3

PUBLIC VENDUE.

Will be offered for sale to the highest bidder, on Saturday the 23rd day of February next, at the late residence of Lewis C. Chiles, dec. all the personal estate of the said deceased, consisting of HORSES - (among which are two Stallions, Regulus and his half brother Bolivar) - CATTLE, SHEEP, HOGS, FARMING Utensils, Household & Kitchen FURNITURE, and a good house SERVANT.  A credit of twelve months will be given on all sums over five Dollars, by the purchaser giving bond with approved security - for all sums of five dollars and under, the cash will be required in hand.

DAVID CHILES, Adm'r.
Jan 21st, 1828.

Wichita Daily Times 6/22/1921
(C. Avis Catalog entry #801)

p. 4

AVIS-ROBERSON WEDDING IS SOLEMNIZED TUESDAY

The marriage of A. W. J. Avis, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Avis, and Miss Gladys Roberson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mart Roberson, both of this city, was quietly solemnized Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Roberson home, Rev. Nat M. Grafton saying the ceremony.

The living and dining room suite was very beautifully decorated with ferns and shashia daisies in pots and tulle-tied baskets,  the potted plants and flowers banked about the double doors and vines trailing above to form a setting for the service.  When the relatives and a few close friends of both families have assembled, welcomed at the door by Mrs. Carl J. Waelder, Mrs. Fred Weeks, sister of the groom, sang "O Promise Me", accompanied at the piano by Miss Ruby Avis.  A few moments later Mr. Avis and Miss Roberson entered, unattended, to the music of the Lonhengrin processional, and the ceremony was performed.

Miss Roberson wore a handsome suit of midnight blue cloth, with a fall model hat of dark blue duvetyn, and carried a lovely shower bouquet of sweet peas and maidenhair fern.

Mr. and Mrs. Avis left for a short wedding trip and will be at home shortly after their return in their new home on Ninth street now nearing completion.  They received many handsome gifts from the wide circle of friends of both families which will add attractively to the furnishings of the new home.  Among the relatives present at the wedding were Clyde Roberson of Fort Worth and Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Grayson of Sherman.