Make-Believe Club Brings Hope To Eastland Boy
Billie Allen a 10 year old boy in Eastland formed the Happy-in-Spite Club with his mother nurse and housemaid after an operation left him bedfast. The governor of Texas James Allred wrote praising the brave effort inviting him to name an honorary member and urging large club membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastland
Billie Allen
F. M. Kenny
Ethel Hatten
Thelma Woods
Texas
James W. Allred
Austin
Governor Allred Learns of Boy’s Club Mystery
Mrs. Kenny recalls the club was organized “just to keep him happy” and wonders how the governor learned of it. Billie Allen’s boy’s club now counts 10 members.
All Around The Town in Amarillo
Community notes list visits from relatives and dignitaries across Manitou Ohio Clayton NM Albuquerque and Colorado Springs. Local clubs Hi Y across Sam Houston Central Junior Buchanan and Senior High lead charity work and a FERA Adult School convention is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Houston
Central Junior
Buchanan
Hollywood Hot Takes on Fame and Film Fame
Hollywood gossip notes show showbiz myth and finance collide as stars, moguls, and directors shape trends. George Burns jokes about Gracie Allen in a town buying Broadway hits and rewriting them, while names like Fred Astaire Lugia Montagna and Marlene Dietrich surface amid studio deals and censorship quirks.
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George Burns
Gracie Allen
Hollywood
Henry Wadsworth Lonefellow
Cinemania
Mar Weat
Marlene Dietrich
Klondike Lou
Lugia Montagna
Bull Montana
Road Body To Hear County Delegations
AUSTIN December 19 The Highway Commission registered 17 county delegations for a monthly meeting Friday on requests by woodamen. The article then lists several film stars with humorous personal preferences and dislikes, including Wallace Beery Clark Gable Claudette Colbert Kay Francis Carole Lombard Miriam Hopkins and others. The tone mimics a side panel of celebrity trivia attached to the meeting notes.
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Austin
The
Highway Commission
Woodamen
Wallace Beery
Leslie Howard
William Powell
Pencer Tracy
Clark Gable
Kay Francis
Claudette Colbert
Carole Lombard
Miriam Hopkins
Highway Improvement Hearings Across Texas Counties
The report lists roadway projects in several counties including Fannin Hidalgo Gonzales Dallas Travis El Paso Ochiltret Fayette Lee Milam Maverick and Kinney. Jack Chaney of El Paso president of the River Route Association appeared on the Highway 1 and U S Route 80 rerouting question in El Paso. Hidalgo County delegates requested construction of Highways 48 and 186 Mercedes Bridge on Highway 4 and widening Highway 4. The commission set a hearing for A N Balch Tyler city manager on grade separations in Smith County.
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Fannin
Hidalgo
Gonzales
Dallas
Travis
Fl Paso
Ochiltret
Fayette, Lee
Milam
Maverick
Kinney
Jack Chaney
River Route Association
el Paso
Hidalgo County
Mercedes
Highway 4
A. N. Balch
Tyler City
Smith County
Blue Star Ointment Promises Quick Itch Relief
An advertisement promotes Blue Star Ointment as a remedy for itch related conditions including eczema ringworm and tetter. It claims tested medicines kill the itching and urges use with a money check on the first jar if relief is not achieved.
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Make-Believe Club
Gov. Allred
Ricardo Cortez
Joe
Fair Theatre
James Cagney
Cireles
News-Globe
King's Better
Coty Toiletries
Paris
Dresser
Sears Zipper
Bill Fole
Williams
Nelson
West Tenth St
West “Sixth St
K. B. Ballard
Manitou, Colorado
John Ballard
Mrs. Ballard
Polk Street
Guy Correll
Ohio
Ted Pearson
Jack Pearson
Pearson
Clayton, N. M
Loren Hanna
Albuquerque
F. J. Stubbs
Iona Hanna
Lousiana Street
W. M. Moore
Johnson Street
Jeanie Rollins
Tyler
Bill Weidinger
Jim Burns
Clovis
N. M
Amarillo
Notre Dame University
South Bend
Ind
Jack Sisemore
Colorado Springs
J. C. Sisemore
Sisemore
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Bethany Baptist Church
Carl Clifftt
Marvin Fordson
Thomas Douglas
Wichita Falls
Otha Clendinen
Lubbock Checker Club
William T. Smith
Smith
Philbert Hogbloom
Littledoggerel
Michigan
Elsie Rainkin
Plainview
Bert Jackson
Taylor Street
Madison Street
Fred Douglas
Jackson Street
C. E. Turner
FERA
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
van Buren Street
Second Avenue
Roland B. Hayes
Paramount
O’shaughnessy
Jackie Cooper
Mission
Alice Faye
Stuart Erwin
Rochelle Hudson
REX
Stu Erwin
the Texas
Erwin
Romance, Inc
Pert Kelton
Skeets" Gallagher
Holywood
By Paul Harrison
Stu
Skeets
Rialto
Chester Mortis
Sally Eilers
Scotty Becket
Princess
Jimmy Cagney
Robert Armstrong
Fred Astaire
League
20Th Century-Fox
Jimmy Durante
Charles Ruggles
Pacific Coast
Ann Harding
Alison Skipworth
Screen
Santa
United States
Inel
P. H. Winstead
Ata
BR. Gallaher
Arent
Seagram’s
GAY
Gwe
Seagram
Banal
Suteerior
Seagram's
Ptorenestram
Sam
Seagram-Distiller
Corb
Execution Office
New Yo
Bum Cowder
Arthur
Trier
Superior
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