Veterans and locals share in Temple and Fort Worth humor
A Fort Worth Star Telegram editor James R. Record is toasted by 150 colleagues on his 35 years of service with speeches and gifts. Temple Chamber of Commerce manager E. H. Whitehead highlights rock wool insulation in Temple's Edwards Insulation plant, detailing its fireproof properties and energy savings.
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Fort Worth
Record
Mra. Record
West
Texas
E. H. Whitehead
Temple Chamber of Commerce
Temple
S. R. Edwards
Edwards Insulation Company
Mark Twain
Edwards
United States
Young
Methodist Women Hold Meeting Here
The Woman's Society of Christian Service held a meeting with changes to the schedule. There will be no meeting on the fourth Monday. a meeting is set for the fifth Monday with Mrs Jenkins as reader of the Spiritual Life Program.
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Frank
Woman's Society of
Chris
Jenkins
First Methodist Church Apologies and Greetings
The First Methodist Church under Pastor E R Gordon offers apologies and greetings to friends of all faiths and to those unaffiliated. The message promises joy and a path to finer things that will bring happiness in the coming years.
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First Methodist Church
E. R. Gordon
Sunday School Groups Entertained Wednesday
Cyril Roberson and Mrs. Eves O Baker hosted a Wednesday afternoon Christmas party at Bakers home for five year old Sunday classes. Children sang carols with piano accompaniment and played games such as Toys in Santa’s Jelly Bean Race Elephant Hunt and Decorating the Christmas Tree. Refreshments featured a Christmas motif and gum balloon decorations.
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Cyril Roberson
Eves O. Baker
Baker
Guess
Jo Martin
Neta Faye Shirley Conway
Norma Spivey
Henrietta Taylor
Barbara Brymer
Ann Stuckey
P. Mallard
Jake
Bible Class at Presbyterian Church Tonight
At 1:00 a.m. the Presbyterian Church hosts Bible classes led by Pastor H. M. Shepard. The program alludes to Christ’s birth and the broader message of love and faith as part of the evening.
Personal mentions and holiday travel notices in Comanche
Local items list residents and relatives visiting or returning home from travels to South Texas Houston Galveston Corpus Christi San Antonio and other Texas cities. Also notes promotions illnesses hospital discharges and holiday plans with several named people and towns including Comanche Dallas Waco Austin Abilene and Jacksonville. Closing line notes a jewelry store sale promotion.
iF. D. Hicks Acquires Glen Rose Reporter
iF. D. Hicks veteran newspaperman now at Bluff Dale announces purchase of The Glen Rose Reporter. He will assume publication December 28 with wife Mrs. Hicks as assistant. Hicks previously lived in Ranger for 21 years helping launch the local daily during the oil boom.
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D. Hicks
Bluff Dale
i'The
Glen Rose
Stephenville
Electrician from Temple Dies at Camp Bowie
Erven Peters a 31 year old Temple electrician employed at Camp Bowie died suddenly of a heart attack at 9 a m December 13 according to The Brownwood Bulletin at the military training center Survivors include his wife an eight month old baby his mother Mrs Pete Horava and his stepfather all of Temple
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Erven Peters
Temple
Camp Bowie
Brownwood Bulletin
Pete Horava
In Memoriam An Angel Took Our Loved One
A verse memorial describes a loved one passing peacefully at night with faith in Jesus. It portrays a quiet farewell, the soul joining angels at heaven’s shore, and hopes for reunion with family at the eternal rest. The piece emphasizes comfort in faith and eternal reunion.
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Heaven
Jesus
Newspaper Circulation Totals For Major Dallas Area
A list showing daily newspaper circulation figures for several papers, including Dallas Morning News at 108,153 and Dallas Times-Herald at 91,622. Fort Worth Star-Telegram and San Antonio Express are mentioned with figures. the note ends with a reference to a non-specific drug store.
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Dallas Morning News
Dallas Times-Herald
Penne Journal
Fort. Ay Star - Telegram
Worth
Star - Telegram Cou
San Antonio Express
Poetry Scholarship Created By TCU Dallas Club
Texas Christian University in Fort Worth will award a $75 semester poetry scholarship to budding writers for the 1940 41 school year opening Feb 1. Open to entering students including high school graduates or junior college transfers, the grant aims to foster creative writing in Texas. Also noted, Nan Bush suffers from pneumonia.
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Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
Southwest
T. C. U. Dallas Woman's Club
Rebecca Smith
Department of English
Texas
Tech
Dr. Smith
The Old Man and the New Courthouse Observer
Marion McDaniel of Sipe Springs reflects on an old man watching a new courthouse rise. The watcher, curious and annoyed by passing objects, whistles softly as time and thoughts swirl around the street scene.
Dutch Woodward Names Bowl Selections for New Year
Howard Payne legend Dutch Woodward selects bowl games for New Year's Day. He favors the Aggies over Fordham, Boston College over Tennessee, and in the Rose Bowl predicts Stanford to upset Nebraska, per Brady Standard.
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Dutch Woodward
Lohn Sancher
Howard Payne College
Dutch
Howard Payne
Aggies
Fordham
Boston College
Tennessee
B.C
California
Stanford
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Brady Standard
Christmas Week Notices and Local Obituaries
The community gathered for a Baptist Church program on Sunday night presenting the Birth of Jesus. Fletch Falls, father of Mrs. Claud Hill, died Monday from a severe headache. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Barekman visited her parents Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Pittman, daughter of Doc Rhymes, has been visiting her parents. Mrs. Sam Barton of Big Spring brought Christmas gifts to friends. Glen Huddleston returns from a year in the Army on a thirty day furlough. Miss Verdis Haile and Leslie Monsey wed Thursday night December 12. A play titled The Womanless Wedding delighted the community. Billie Wallace hosted a tacky party Monday night. Miss Estelle Gardiner of Hamilton and Coach Thomas Smitherman of Katy visited the Harvey home last Saturday. Mrs. J. M. Stewart of Katy spends holidays with her mother, Mrs. W. W. Harvey.
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J. H. Lewis
J. A. Scott
South Texas
Isla Herring
Laredo
Houston
Galveston
Corpus
San Antonio
Humble
Dublin
J. B. Dupuy
Waco
Keith Lane
A&m
John Travis
C. P. St. Clair
Abilene
Z. Oswaldt
J. C. Greer
J. Dean Williams
Jacksonville
Texas
Chester Brown
Comanche
Schwartz
Hoffman’s Department
Maxine George
Texas Wesleyan College
Hal McCorkle
Eddie Jones
Herbert Goodson
MacEwan Palmer
North Texas State Teachers College
Mary Ellen
R. W. Pate
Frank Phifer
Brownwood Hospital
J. M. Hooker
The
Baptist Church
Jesus
Fletch Falls
Claud Hill
J. A. Barekman
Pittman
Doc Rhymes
Sam Barton
Big Spring
Glen Huddleston
Miss Verdis Haile
Leslie Monsey
Billie Wallace
Schmidt Family Spends Christmas in City
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Schmidt Jr. and daughter Betty Jo of Fort Worth spent Christmas with their mother Mrs. M Ward, here.
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Conrad Schmidt, Jr
Betty Jo
Fort Worth
M. Ward
First Methodist Church Invites Attendance For Year End
The church invites all to close the year in worship with morning and evening services. Special youth service planned for Sunday night with visiting young people as honored guests. Sunday School at 9 45 a m Morning Worship 11 00 a m Evening Worship 7 15 p m Epworth League 6 30 p m гостей
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Epworth League
Local Social Notes and Holiday Weddings in Comanche
Soda Springs and Comanche residents spent time with relatives over the holidays. Mrs. Hartman and family hosted visits with Curtis Hartman and C D Hartman in Comanche. Miss Neta Jean Gressett visited East Texas. Brownwood residents B G Norwood and Mrs. Sam C Carter hosted a weekend in Comanche. Two holiday marriages occurred with Jack Vinyard and Miss Gaines wed, and Horace Geye and Miss Joyce Williams from Comanche also tying the knot.
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Curtis Hartman
Comanche
C. D. Hartman
Neta Jean Gressett
Bob Gressett
East Texas
B. G. Norwood
Brownwood
Sam C. Carter
Irene Hartman
Coma
Christmas visits by Abilene families and Texas A&M students
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson with Miss Blanton and Miss Lamoyne Boyd of Abilene visited I. O. Boyd and family Sunday. Harold Prater Percy Parson J D Evans Jr and Elwood Boyd of Texas A&M are home for holidays. Reba Statum a Winters teacher visits her parents. Billie Bartlett Mike Bagley of the army at San Antonio visit their parents. J A Cox Grady Parson in the Air Corps stationed in Arizona visit their parents.
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Anderson
Blanton
Lamoyne Boyd
Abilene
I. O. Boyd
Harold Prater
Percy Parson
J. D. Evans, Jr
Elwood Boyd
Texas A&m College
Reba Statum
C. D. Statum
Billie Bartlett
Mike Bagley
U.S. Army
San Antonio
J. A. Cox
Grady Parson
Air Corps
Arizona
CARDUI Promises Relief For Women Suffering Headaches
CARDUI is advertised as a tonic that eases periodic discomfort and headaches. The notice claims it helps relieve distress by starting a few days before and continuing through the period and emphasizes women have used CARDUI for more than 60 years.
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Cardus
Beltzer
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Boyce House
Bob Blake
Taft Tribune
Dallas
Frost Enterprise
Hoffman
Sol Hoffman
Gary
Deastic
Mane Boy
Bors
H Ofeman
Presbyterian Church
Christ
Earth
H. M. Shepard
Service Drug
If. D. Hicks
Memoriam
Golden Gate
Little Nan Bush
Andy
Marion McDaniel
Sipe Springs
Estelle Gardiner
Hamilton
Thomas Smitherman
Katy
Harvey Home
J. M. Stewart
W. W. Harvey
MR. Gresham
Edna Earl Whitlock
J. R. Gresham
Rising Star
Baptist Parsonage
H. D
Jack Bryant
Mir Ana’ Af
Ernesteen
Edd Green
Imogene
Thomas Wayne
Sharon
Soda Springs
Dudney'’S
Dudney’s
Clifford Davis
Congress
Webber Wilson
Coldwater
Ole Miss
Evening News-Scimitar
Memphis
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Alka-Seltzer
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