Sayre school contract let for new 12 room building
The Sayre Oklahoma school board awarded the contract to build a two story brick and concrete grade school with an auditorium. Wm Lambert of Oklahoma City won on a base bid of 47200 dollars, heating equipment priced at 3700, with seven bids total ranging up to 51570 dollars. Construction starts immediately to accommodate increased attendance since January.
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First Woman Runs for California Governor
The 1930 Associated Press report notes Mrs. Clara Shortridge Foltz of Los Angeles as the first woman among California gubernatorial candidates. The field includes incumbent C. C. Young, Mayor James Rolph Jr., Baron Fitts, and Democratic contender Milton K. Young, with filing deadline details.
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Los Angeles
California
Clara Shortridge Foltz
Foltz
C. C. Young
James Rujd, Jr
San Francisco
Baron Fitts
Los Angeles County
Milton K. Young
Scores Hunt for Boy Scout in California
Riverside Calif June 28 Harold Johnson 12 year old Boy Scout is believed missing in the San Jacinto mountains after becoming separated from his group on a hike last Thursday. Forest rangers and scores of men and boys scour canyons and arroyos seeking the youth with little food and only a blanket and Scout kit.
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Riverside
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San Jacinto Mountains
Harold Johnson
Forest Rangers
Boy Scouts
Harold
Britain's Sportsman Prince Reflects On Parenting Tricks
An essay argues that parents often fear losing control and protect their own ego through overly strict childrearing. It contends many so called prohibitions are self serving and warns that true guidance should prioritize the child's best interests over parental pride.
Your Children Your Reasons for Scolding and Discipline
Do we discipline children for their sake or our own nerves and anger. We scold to vent bottled emotions after near misses or forbidden foods. If children understood motives behind cross words fewer harms would occur and just reprimands are needed.
Immigration out urged as joblessness remedy
Washington June 23 A 50 percent reduction in the immigration quota for fiscal year 1931 was proposed in a resolution by Chairman Johnson of the house immigration committee as a means of combating unemployment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Johnson
House Immigration Committee
Twenty five candidates enter Texas senate race for eight seats
In Austin on June 23, the Texas senate race lists twenty five candidates for eight contested seats with seven unopposed. The roster shows sixteen holdovers whose terms end in two years, and notes that filings by mail or withdrawals may adjust the field. Distinct candidates are named across districts 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 19, 12, 23, and 25, including Margie Neal, W R Cousins, Ed Westbrook, George Purl, Grady Woodruff, Ben G O Neal, and others.
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Austin
Texas Senate
Senate
Margie FE. Neal
Carthage
W. R. Cousins
Beaumont
BE. Doyle
Teague
Julian P. Greer
Athens
R. R. Owens
Corsicana
Ed Westbrook
Sherman
Cecil Murphy
Gainesville
J. J. Loy
Galveston
Tom Gambrell
Lockhart
W. K. Hopkins
Gonzales
Reno Kickenroht
Seguin
Grady Woodruff
Paradise
Eugene Miller
Weatherford
True Strong
Nocona
Ben G. O'Neal
Wichita Falls
Rube Loftin
Nenrietta
G. W. Backus
District 27 and 28 political race notes incu mbent mentions
District 27 lists James FE Neal Laredo Archie Parr Benavides and District 28 names Julien Hyer Fort Worth Frank Rawlins P S Banner with Fort Worth noting one incumbent.
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Neal
Laredo
Archie Parr
Benavides
Dist
Julien
Hyer
Fort Worth
Frank Rawlins
P. S. Banner
Wheeler Scholastic Census Gains 18 Percent
Final Wheeler county scholastic census shows a gain of over 18 percent. O B Miller announced Saturday in Shamrock as late returns were tallied.
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Wheeler
Wheeler County
O. B. Miller
County School Enrollment Totals by Districts
The county lists 4,962 children, up from 4,188 in 1929-380. Shamrock independent district accounts for 1,458 pupils, Wheeler 517, Mobeetio 800, rural schools 2,154. A Silver City farmer misplaced three $20 bills husking corn last fall and recovered two during shelling this summer.
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Shamrock Independent
Wheeler Independent
Mobeetio
Silver City
Bakersfield Texas Devastated After Oil Boom Dwindles
Bakersfield, Texas, a town of about 1,200 people during an oil rush, now shows only a general store and a restaurant after the boom subsides. The shuttered streets reflect a town emptied of transient workers and prospectors.
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Bakersfield
Texas
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