Texas Biggest Show Schoolboy Grid Race
The Texas Interscholastic League runs a vast schoolboy football season with 900 plus schools and 8,000,000 paid admissions. Crowds vary from 15,090 to 260,000 for multi division state finals, led by Waco and Abilene historic success. The piece notes traditions dating to the 1920s and emphasizes the campaign’s wide reach across Texas communities.
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Harold V. Ratiaff
Associated Press
Texas
Highland Park
Waco
Paul Tyson
Abilene
Wichita Falls
Breckenridge
Stamford
Birth of Brid get Ann Seals in Houston
Mr and Mrs Oren Seal of Houston announce the birth of a daughter on Thursday December 14 weighing eight pounds 12 ounces and named Bridget Ann The seals also have a four year old son Mark Mr and Mrs A A Seal plan to visit Houston December 26 to meet their granddaughter Ex Librarian in Hawaii Miss Ila Hawkins former Richards Memorial Library librarian now in Hilo Hawaii sent a Christmas card to the Lackeys and Manns and reported living in Hawaii since last May Her address is 56B Pukihoe Hilo Hawaii The Lackeys card photo showed a royal poinciana shrub in bloom
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Oren Seals
Oren Seal
Houston
Bridget Ann
Mark
A. A. Seal
Hawaii
H. L. Lackey
Duke Mann
Ila Hawkins
Richards Memorial Library
Hilo
Santa Claus Keeps His Youthful Glow at Nearly One Century
Still spry Santa Claus, the grand old man of Christmas, turns near a hundred this year. Cartoonist Thomas Nast first shaped Santa in 1860s drawings, illustrating Clement Clarke Moore’s poem. Nast’s political cartoons previously toppled Boss Tweed, and Santa endures as a timeless icon for children and the young at heart.
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Santa Claus
Thomas Nast
Nast
Clement Clark Moore
St. Nicholas
Boss Tweed
Tweed
New York City
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