Friendly Bible Class Christmas Party at Methodist Church
Members of the Friendly Bible Class enjoyed a Christmas party last Friday afternoon in the church classrooms. Christmas decor and a tree with gifts set a festive scene. Misses Katherine Monroe Frances Terry Owensby performed, quilts were promised for the Waco Orphans Home, host Mrs August Horstmann served date loaf and coffee, and memory books were presented to Mrs R H Johnson.
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Friendly Bible Class
The
Methodist Church
Katherine Monroe
Frances Terry
Owensby
Waco
August Horstmann
R. H. Johnson
Moli
Baptist Missionary Society Reschedules Royal Service
Due to bad weather the ladies did not meet in regular session Monday afternoon. They will gather next Monday afternoon at the church at three o'clock for a Royal Service program.
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Ladies of the Baptist Missionary Society
Bridge Games Held at Comercial Hotel Hosts
Mrs. S. A. Codle entertained two bridge tables Saturday at her apartments in the Commercial Hotel in honor of Mrs. W. C. Shipley of Waco. After several interesting rounds, light refreshments were served.
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S. A. Codle
Comercial Hotel
W. C. Shipley
Waco
Christmas program at Presbyterian Sunday School
A Christmas program directed by Mrs. C. C. Acrey will be presented Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Sunday School Auditorium. The program features a tree with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus, Christmas scriptures, and songs by Sunday School members. Everyone is urged to attend.
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Santa Claus
C. C. Acrey
The
Presbyterian Church
Buckholts and Cameron residents visit and study
Community news notes visits and shopping across Buckholts Cameron and Temple. Influenza illness runs through the area with several families affected. A funeral for Mary Svetlik at Bryant Station in December is reported along with holiday gatherings and local high school athletics in San Marcos.
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C. B. McNeill
Vernon Gain
Leonard Patillo
E. B. Hyer
Mattie Bancom
Arnold Jungmann
Willie Glaser
J. M. Mayberry
Cotulla
Texas
Laredo
Mexico
San Antonio
Mary Svetlik
Bryant Station
Herman Glaser
Louis
Ladis Svetlik
Steve Svetlik
Joe Barton
Bartlett
Grover Williams
Elimar Horstmann
Temple
Buckholts
San Marcos
Marion Corley
Arkansas City
Kansas
Lions Parade Called Off for Flu Epidemic
The Lions Club canceled Santa Claus plans due to a city flu outbreak and bad weather and ad space issues. They aim to bring Santa earlier next year in a bigger event. Velma Newton returned from a visit with Mrs Russell Wine in San Antonio. Mrs Tom Denson will travel around the 27 for a month with her niece Mrs Dr Blair in West Palm Beach Florida.
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Lions Club
Santa Claus
Lions
Velma Newton
Mrs. Russell Wine
San Antonio
Tom Denson
Dr. Blair
West Palm Beach
Florida
Blair
Vesta Watts
Christmas in America Shaped by Pagan Roots Says Scholar
Prof William Warren Sweet of the Divinity School told a University of Chicago group that Christmas blends pagan customs with Christian meaning. He traces early Roman feasts to Saturn and Kalends rites, notes American commercialization, and outlines shifts in church attitudes from strict observance to broader acceptance by 1880.
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William Warren Sweet
Divinity School
University of Chicago
Bondchapel
Doctor Sweet
Europe
America
Rome
Saturn
Italy
Earth
Church of England
Sweet
General Court
Colony of
Massachusetts
Baptists
Congregationalists
Gas Consumers Want Facts The Associated Gasoline Consumers
The Associated Gasoline Consumers formed to study oil proration and its impact on Texas citizens. President Joe E. Murphy says the group seeks truth on whether proration raises gasoline prices and if industry benefits come at the public’s expense. Membership costs nothing unless contributions are made. Kenneth Wiley from Hillsboro visits with his parents.
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The
Associated Gasoline Consumers
Tex
Texas
Texarkana
el Paso
Red River
Gulf of Mexico
Joe E. Murphy
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Tree and
Santa
Ed Kolba
Rockdale
Martin Rubac
Oto Kamenicky
Cameron
A. R. Walschak
J. R. Slovacek
E. E. Phillips
Nadine
Genevie Walschak
Jane Phillips
Harriet Corley
Will English
Marie
Delma Criswell
Moran
D. Criswell
Delma
Buford MacMillion
Dabney
John Kuzel
Tom Kuzel
Will Kuzel
John Tomascek
Lydia
Lion’s Parade
Coleman-Eplen
Billie Marek
James L. Coleman
Wise County Messenger
Kenneth Wiley
Hillsboro
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