Vague Northfield social notes gather visitors and kin
Northfield compiled a list of guests and relatives visiting Silverton and nearby towns. Names include Mrs Bethany and Mrs McDonald with many others from Abilene Childress Amarillo Quanah and Dickens. The gatherings cover dinners visits graduations and weekend stays across multiple households.
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Bill Bethany
Claude McDonald
Jim Dobbins
Frank Jameson
Silverton Ond
Beer
Ce Timmons
Weldon Timmons
Gus
Nat
Rush Timmons
Cee Wee
Allan Thomas
Abilene
Bill Cook
Lycia Sweet
Childress
Bell Cook
Abi Kan
Don Dawson
Marillo
Walter Timmons
Kell
Houston Buck
R. E. Hoovers
Tom Moore
H. S. Callahan
South Plains
Tom Yeager
Quanab
Messrs
Messames
Walter Immons
Kelly
Paul Cruse
Ruth
Donald
Newell Timmons
Estelline
Nannie Crump
N. L. Cook
Dickens
John Wren
Cecil Carrick
An Thomas
Amar
Jerry Thomas
S. C. B. Ashford
Cann
Sue Carrick
MANNERS by Millet and the London Market Tale
A fragment notes Paris streets and London markets as open air selling spaces. It contrasts two markets, Paris and London, hinting at social customs and public commerce in a historic setting.
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London
The Emmy Awards Flashback and TV Viewing
Washington column notes a retrospective on early television and changing attitudes toward watching. The author contrasts strict parental limits with today’s permissive use, observing two teen girls with clean records and a younger boy shaped by unrestrained viewing as a walking commercial.
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Washington
UPI
Community Visits and Travels Across Texas and Oklahoma
Local residents from Kirkland and surrounding towns report visits and trips to Wichita Falls Oklahoma City Fort Worth Amarillo Quanah Hereford and Liberal including families of Clements Weightman McDaniels and Tims. A reader’s trivia note explains hair strength as a strong animal fiber capable of supporting weight.
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Porter Steffey
Childress
Leonard Myers
Marvin Stovall
Oklahoma City
Judy Werner
Amarillo
Greer Weightman
Sandra
John Terry
Carl Harris
John Ryder
Seymour
G. C. Weightman
Othel Werner
Kenneth Clements
San Antonio
A. B. Clements
Elmer Melton
Roger
Fort Worth
Bobby Carlile
Lester Thorne
P. J. Harp
Oscar Pryor
Jack Watkins
Tab
Lisa Cochran
Clovis
N. M
M. G. Cartridge
Robert Dee Pickrel
Dee Pickrels
Lina
Donald John
Liberal
Kan
Frank Cochrans
Olin Baird
Hereford
Johnny Tims
Stevie
Max Pryor
George Pickrel
Quanah
M. F. Leonard
Chester Cochran
Holliday
Dale Driver
James
Canadian
Cora Hammack
Albert Storm
Iowa Park
J. Crews
Earl Cook
Jack Sides
W. R. Jarrell
Douglas Jarrers
Fred Clark
Mike Kindle
M. W. Dethridges
Baby
Lubbock
E. L
The Nostalgic Myth of Europe Before War Years
The piece argues prewar Europe seemed fine only for royalty and the wealthy while common people faced poverty long hours and limited education. It notes autocratic rulers policing dissent, and spies in liberal states, with nostalgia rising from wartime hardship. The myth grew as memories warped by hunger and suffering.
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Europe
Russia
Turkey
Germany
Kaiser
Engiend
Belgium
Holland
Scandia
Parents overreact to early television ads and violence
A reflective study of a case history argues parental fears about crime and violence from early TV are misdirected. It contends children are more likely to memorize Madison Avenue slogans than emulate criminal paths.
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Northfield Cws
Manners
Millet
Texas
Earl Harwell
State Farm
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Dallas
Kirkland News
Gus McDaniels
Wichita Falls
City Parts CO. Complete Automatic Machine Shop
Travis McCain
Commerce St
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Philip van Dor
N Stern
John Lane
Underworld
Madison Avenue
Noei
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