Grace Noll Crowell Chosen Texas Poet Laureate
The Texas Senate committee appointing the state poet laureate for the next two years selects Grace Noll Crowell of Dallas. The piece praises her national and international reputation, moral character, and the balance of her literary and home life, deeming her work both profitable and inspirational.
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Texas Senate
Natice
Texas
Grace Noll ‘Crowell
Dallas
Fea
Crowell
Grace Nell Crowell
United States
England
Flowing Bowl name idea sparks Dallas football debate
A Dallas newspaper suggests naming the proposed Dallas bowl game the Flowing Bowl to mirror California’s Rose Bowl and notes concerns about alcohol use at big games. The piece cites reports of drunkenness at events and critiques the idea of celebrating sport with liquor culture.
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Paris News
Dallas
California
Arizona
Louisiana
Townsend clubs expand nationwide reach and funds raised
The item reports 4,000 Townsend clubs in the country yielding $36,795 over 15 months. Promoters earn about $7,500 yearly including expenses, with commentary noting the wind that blows nobody good. A separate brief mentions two cars in Nay A Barage and two mortgages on the house.
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Townsend
Denison Werald
Corsicana
Windom jurist rules wife can keep money found on husband
A Windom judge decides that a wife is entitled to funds found in her husband's pockets. The ruling notes the case hinges on property rights within marriage and widow’s claims. Several local families attended Thanksgiving services at the Methodist church, including Bro Rosser and his relatives, with visitors from Dallas joining the worship.
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Brooklyn
Dallang News
Miss Mitay Gilly Visits Nearby Family Over Thanksgiving
Miss Mitay Gilley who attends C I A Penton spent Thanksgiving at home with parents Mr and Mrs KB Gilley. Guest Miss Lois Jean of Donna also attends C I A. Ernest Boyker and Hannah Moreau visited their parents as weekend guests.
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Tom Gilly
C. I. A. Penton
KB. G. Gilley
Lois Jean
Donna
CI. A
Ernest Boyker
Honey Grove
Mgr
Mes. J . Cole
Hannah Moreau
Tioga
R. R. Morgan
Opal Armstrong
Randolph
G L. Armstrong
Nampton
Savoy and
Whitewright
Helen Morgan
Carey Lane
Fort Worth
Leo, Mitchell
Wichita Falls
R. L. Dwaney
Walter Whitt
Bonham
Fred Wagoner
Ralph Culberson
Marshal Davis Trenton
Ceccil
Rooster
All the Beautiful Sentiments Weigh Less Than A Single Action
Quote by Lowell cited in a collection of sentiments highlighting small deeds over grand phrases. The line contrasts beauty of words with power of tangible kindness.
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Lowell
Bible Quotation on Justice and Mercy
A passage cites Job 36 6 stating God does not preserve the wicked but grants justice to the poor, reflecting a moral view on divine mercy and fairness. The line emphasizes divine concern for the vulnerable and accountability for the unjust.
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Job
To Be Alive in Such an Age Poem Reflection
An anonymous poem urges embracing the era of modern achievement and global unity. It calls readers to rise from despair, think and act for humankind, and claim a share in the world’s progress and heritage.
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Nord
Ambition to Be a Good Wife Noted by Ontario College Girl
A lone college student in Ontario answered a questionnaire with the sole aim of becoming a good wife. The piece calls the art of homemaking the finest form of creative work, contrasting her goal with peers pursuing acting, music, painting, or writing.
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Denison Herald
Christ
Herald
Ontario
Kmneth
Tyler Courier-Times
Broad-minded praise masks narrow problem focus
Paris News critiques the idea of broad-minded men, arguing their stance often aims to please the public rather than solve issues. The piece compares one-track thinking to railways avoiding wrecks by using a single path.
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Paris News
Moving plants and a fiscal griping note
A jumble of editorials and quips discuss plants allegedly rising from Earth at high speed and critique potential tax hikes by the legislature. They reference an old age pension deficit of over thirteen million dollars and Homer Price’s claim of a 28 million pension cost, with a nudge to tax gripe.
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Pittsburg
Homer Price
Marshall News
Homer
Thanksgiving Holiday Visits Across Honey Grove and Nearby Towns
Local families and relatives from Honey Grove and surrounding areas are listed as visiting kin during Thanksgiving. Names include Tarver, Kirk, Edwards, McBroom, Jones, Porter, Nelson, Nelson, Rogers, Reeves, Ford, Davis, Vaught, Wainwright, Gatlin, Sikes, Green, Cox, Hollis, Golden, and Scarborough among others, with travel between Bonham, Dallas, Corpus Christi, McKinney, Leonard, and other communities.
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T. Barver
Lille
Joe Max
Cordie Garner Sprint
Honey Grove
C. G B
Porter
Ector
Stella Nelson
McKinney
Louis Nelson
Louella Rogers
CG. I. A
Reeves
Dodd City
John Shields
Homer Ford
Be~tor
Howard Dassey
Louise Davis
Bonham
Claud Davis
CG. L. Vaught
Laura Anderson
Dudek
Bessie Wain- Wright
Dallas
A. W
Alice Wainwright
Elva Gatlin
Jess Gatlin
Little Son
West Texas
Bonham Residents Attend Community Homecoming and Visits
Bonham residents gathered for a homecoming with Rosser and family. Grady Raspberry and family celebrated F G Raspberry’s 48th wedding anniversary with a dinner and relatives from Cad Do and Friona joined. Various local residents, teachers, and pastors visited in Greenville, Paris, and other towns while health concerns and travel notes are listed.
Baby Boy Joins Oakley Family After Nov 24 Births
Mr and Mrs Jack Oakley welcomed a 10 pound son on November 24 named Trouble Joe. Proceeds from a pie supper totaled 34 20 benefiting the local school and church. Visitors from Bonham Ravinia Ravenna and Corinth joined neighbors for Sunday events and a singing convention.
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Jack Oakley
Joe
Hank
Bonham
Myrtle Ohmer
Helens Brackett
Georgia Lee Chick
Ravinna
Hester Snead
Weelr
Dallas
Mee
Two Title Chases Set For Saturdays Texas Game
Texas Augie and SMU battle for the SWC crown with the Aggies and Mustangs both needing wins or ties on December 7 at Kyle Field. SMU seeks a title by beating Texas A&I and top rivals, while A&M aims to avoid the cellar as TCU, Texas and Baylor shapes loom.
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College Station
Texas
Texas Augie
Southern Methodist
Kyle Pield
Mustangs
Aggies
Texas Christian
University of Texas
Naymyr
Rice
Arkansas
Baylor
T. G. U. Frogs
Longhorns
Squirrel protection moves beyond 100 scalp law in Ohio
In a note from Ohio a century ago a law required every free white man to deliver 100 squirrel scalps annually or pay a 3 dollar penalty. Today conservation efforts aim to protect the grey squirrel from extermination.
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Ohio
Funeral Service for A. M. Garner Held at Bonham
Funeral services for A. M. Garner, 86, who died Monday evening at his daughter’s home in Bonham, were conducted Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Mrs. Balding’s residence. Rev. B. F. Milam and Rev. B. R. Smith officiated. Burial followed at Willow Wild cemetery. Pallbearers included Joe Barnett Fred Harvey J B Farmer Chare Jones Bam Miller and H T Richards. Garner, a Georgia native and long-time Fannin County resident, was a devoted First Baptist member. He is survived by his wife several children and grandchildren.
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A. M. Balding
East 11Th Street
Bonham
Balding
B. F. Milam
R. Smith
First Baptist Church
Willow Wild Cemetery
Joe Barnett
Fred Harvey
J. B. Farmer
Chare Jones
Bam Miller
H. T. Richards
Garner
Georgia
Fannin County
Thin Ice Fatal in Spokane Creek Tragedy
Raymond McDonald age 12 and his sister Wilma drowned after breaking through two inches of ice on a creek near their Spokane home. Wilma reportedly plunged into the water attempting to save her brother.
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Spokane
Wash
Raymond McDonald
Wilma
Centennial Life Insurance moves collecting office to new contact
The Centennial Life Insurance Co collects moved from the Alexander Hotel with Miss Ethnn Contue in charge of collections and new applications. It advertises a low cost family policy offering $250 coverage for each family member at $100 per month, claiming strong local establishment since 1922 and service to NE Texas. The notice mentions a Texas district office and Miss Edna Coniie ab Lem Tidsworth Furniture Co. 132-81-1
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Centennial Life Insurance Co
Alexander Hotel
Ethnn Contue
Caeh
N. E. Texas
Texas
Edna Coniie
Tidsworth Furniture Co
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