Texas State Superintendents and Education Reforms
Editorial recalls past Texas State Superintendents from 1887 to 1930s, noting leaders like Woods Blanton and J M Carlisle, and describes the Gilmer-Aikin Law of 1949 creating a 21 member Board of Education. It outlines roles of the Texas Education Agency and praises the State Teachers Association as a powerful educational force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas Education Agency
Siete
Educsition
J. W. Eagar
State Board of & Maca Ots
Rand
Jtate Department of Education
Education chief's early roots and four year term
The future education commissioner, a Howard Payne College graduate, spent youth in this area and served as Orange superintendent of schools before his 1949 State appointment. Reappointed in 1953 after completing the initial four-year term. He calls the trio of Home School and Church essential to a strong community, praising youths at work on worthwhile projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. M. W. Marrs
Stephenville
Terrell
Marrs
J. 8. Kendall
North Texas State Normal College
J. M. Carlisle
Carlisle Military Institute
Arlington
O. H. Cooper
Cooper-Estill
Lemmon
Texas
Cooper
Sam Houston Normal Institute
Sammons University
Rites Held Here For R G Morris Burial at Sidney
Funeral services were held Friday for Robert Gayle Morris 69 at Comanche Funeral Home with Rev. J D Smoot in charge. Burial followed at Pendergrass Cemetery in Sidney. Morris served in the Navy 1942 to 1945 and died February 22 1955 in the Veterans Hospital Popular Bluff Missouri. He leaves wife Bessie Morris and five children Lilly Mae Schelling Tommie Morris Dorothy Hubbell Billie Morris and five grandchildren among siblings and in laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gayle Morris
Veterans Hospital
Popular Bluff
Missouri
Comanche
J D. Smoot
Pendergrass Cemetery
Sidney
Carbon
Texas
R. C Morris
Bessie Smith
Santa Anna
Marathon
Squires, Missouri
Bessie Morris
Lilly Mae Schelling
Pittsburg
Penn
Tommie Morris
Tucum
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Vrnis
Baker
Woods
Nie Webb Blanton
North Tex
Ferguson
Miss Blanton
Thomas L. Blanton
University of Texas
Austin
Purina
Purina Broiler Chow
Firton Bros
Comanche, Texas
State
Arlington State College
H. C. Pritchett
Arthur Lefevre
R. B. Cousins
F. M. Brawley
W. F. Doughty
C. N. Shaver
L. W. Rogers
State Board of Education
State Teachers Association
Hos
Mets
Ixtas Siste Teastiers
End Resien
Cheracter
Baautiful
Come Modicus
Loca
Marguerite Ross
J. W. Edgar
Moorman
U.S
Pat
Clarence Bryant
Davis Feed Store
McDougal Feed Mill
BFE
H. Tluke
Boomer
Jim BO
Jimbo
J&r. Tackleco
P.O
Largo
Fla
R. G. Morris
I. Grove
Avery
Burrit Oi) & Goods
Tiny
Urton
Goodson
Otis
Chambray
Men's Army
Phillips
Magnesia
Hope
Chantbray
Claussner
Work
Oxfords
Alka Seltzer
Work Sox
Bayer Aspirin
Birdseye
Kotex
Baxter
Hunt
Colorado
Wilson’s Pure
L.C. Hook Farming Enterprises
Good Springs, Nevada
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