Dance memories and Mexican currency notes stir reflections
Lonse Graves recalls youth dances in Ennis and East Texas, from childhood gatherings to college balls, sharing memories of the Ennis Country Club and A&M bands, then shifts to details about Mexico’s new five peso note featuring La Corregidora and the Queretaro aqueduct with historical notes. The column ends with an odd aside about penguin leg anatomy.
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Ennis
Corsicana
Waxahachie
Gilmer
Glmer
Jefferson Hotel
Upshur House
East Texas
Mt. Pleasant
Winnsboro
A&m
SMU
Texas
Dallas
Tennessee
Texas University
Austin
Mexico
Banco de Mexico
S. A
American Bank Note Co
United States
Spain
Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez
Queretaro
Father Hidalgo
la Corregidora
Mexico City
Neptune
Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras
Do Nothing Or Little In Retirement Says A Mississippi Writer
A reader asks how to write about the merits of doing nothing in retirement. Francis Nugent notes retirement belongs to the individual and, if affordable, one may choose self-survival and simple pleasures. Even resting can have value, but most people eventually seek some activity, even if it is mild.
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Debbie Anderson
Gregg County
Ennis
Ennis Country Club
Waxahachie
Mississippi
Sam
Legion Auxiliary Holds Meeting in Dallas Highway Hut
Members of American Legion Auxiliary Post 281 met Monday night at 7 30 p m for the regular monthly session. Officers present included Mary Brock treasurer. The group reported 32 members after one new dues payment and noted the storm damaged roof has been repaired.
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American Legion Auxiliary Post
Dallas Highway
Nina Hughes
George Tippett
Mary Brock
Brock
Veterans Hospital
the Legion
Union Grove events loom as Brown duo to headline banquet
Lions Paw Michael and Sandra Brown, KLTV weather reporters and entertainers, will headline the Union Grove FHA Sweetheart banquet on February 14 in the REA auditorium, CGuilmer. The event is sponsored by Mrs Kay Moyers with a letter of acceptance sent to Miss Lela Davis, Union Grove FHA president.
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George Tippett
Legionnaires
Thelma Byers
J. F. Moore
Maggie Lyman
Artie Moss
Nina Hughes
Michael and
Sandra Brown
KLTV
Union Grove
Rea Auditorium
Cguilmer
Brown's
Lela Davis
Future Homemakers of America
Kay Moyers
Meet Your Teacher Garry Boyd Union Grove vocational agriculture head
Garry Truman Boyd Union Grove vocational agriculture teacher and newest married faculty member, married December 28 in Gilmer. From Campbell Hunt County, he earned Lone Star Farmer and DeKalb awards, numerous show plaques, and seven grand champion livestock wins. He joined Union Grove February 5 1971 replacing John Manning. He holds a BS from East Texas State University earned December 1970 and was active in FFA rodeo and 4 H.
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Garry Truman Boyd
Union Grove
Gilmer
Garry
Hunt County
Campbell
DeKalb
John Manning
FFA
Rodeo Club
The Book's Korner Mixed with Old Kitchen Tricks
Dorothy Scroggins lent a pre turn of the century medical booklet with odd tips for cooking and home hacks. It covers acid stomach cures, pan care, burning fixes, nut picks for jars, and cane seat care while recalling a milk doorstep ritual and onion odor remedies. It also shares two USDA tied recipes Mexican Potato Balls and Potato Chip Brownies with detailed steps.
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Dorothy Scroggins
United States Department of Agriculture
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Gladewater
Lonse Graves
Francis Nugent
City Cpe
V_ CLEANERS & LAUNDRY
Ceater
Legion Auxiliary
Lions Paw
Paco’ Cruz
Guatemala
Phoenix Jr. College
Paco
Kilgore Jr. College
Roswell
New Mexico
Rangers
Kilgore College
Molly Smith
Phoenix Jr College
Arizona
Daingerfield Vocational Mechanics
Boyd
East Texas State University
A. T. Boyd
Johnson County
Glen Rose
Betty Humphries
Greenville
Alaska
Tom Fox
Betty Fox
Spring Hill
Baylor
Les Ater
Byron Spencer
Upshur County Vocational School
Presbyterian Hospital
Barney Medlin
Circle
Paco Cruz
Pappy Gilliland
Korner
Fredalene Clark
Winnie Lee Shop
van Eto
LE Area
Vre
Eeu Ea le Ory Vega
GAT
OECUL
Fabriga
PrIce
Bentley Fabrics
Qlomon
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