United Charities drive seeks funds for Graham work
The Graham community urges donations for United Charities for 1924 and the Goodfellows fund for widows and orphans. Local leaders C Fay Marshall and J T Rickman emphasize past aid to feeding, clothing, hospital fees, and burials, urging all households to contribute. The note lists collection points and committee members.
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United Charities
Goodfellows Fund
Texas
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Dallas
Houston
Waco
Denton
Graham
I. T. Gilmer
Fraham
Papa
Mama
Graam
C. Fay Marshall
J. T. Rickman
Sec. & Treas
A. D. Stewart
Sam Phillips
Edgar McLendon
A. Long
G. E. Beavers
Willie Reads a Barque Word Prompting a Bow Wow
A Western Christian Advocate note tells of Willie struggling on a reading word barque. The teacher insists Barque aloud and harshly repeats the prompt. Willie then looks to classmates and bursts into Bow Wow, ending the moment with a child’s outburst.
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Willie
Grandmother Synthia Holden Dies After Pneumonia in Texas
Obituary notes the death of Synthia Jane Holden at 72 in Graham Texas from pneumonia. Born May 13 1850 in Nashville Tennessee she moved with family to Navajo County Texas. She leaves two sons D H Holden and J H Holden a daughter Mrs Geo Hancock and many grandchildren. Her burial will be in Wagner Oklahoma.
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Synthia Jane Holden
Nashville
Tennessee
Graham
Texas
Navajo County
William Holden
Wagner
Oklahoma
Methodist Church
J. H. Holden
D. H. Holden
Wilson
Geo. Hancock
Bagg
Christian Endeavor Meeting Deliberates on a Successful Worker
At 6 30 P M December 9 1928 the Christian Endeavor session led by Talmadge Wright studied the topic The Successful Worker with scripture reading What Makes a Successful Worker Proverbs 6 6 11. Members Pauline Mayes Katherine Morris Jim McGowan Jack McGowan Faydelle Mayes Vivian Dickenson Ruthe Russell and Eugenia Carlton shared insights on diligence industry zeal and consecration with the program culminating in song Work for the Night is Coming and a benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talmadge Wright
Christian Endeavor Society
Pauline Mayes
Christ
Katherine Morris
Jim McGowan
Jack McGowan
Jer
Faydelle Mayes
Num
I Thes
World’s highest dam rises on Tuolumne River
Construction on the Tuolumne River in central California reaches a milestone as the dam nears completion. The structure will stand 283 feet above the riverbed, culminating in a 16 foot paved roadway at its crest.
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Tuolumne River
California
Mammoth Stadium to be world’s largest athletic arena
England advances construction of a vast stadium on a 200 acre British Empire Exhibition site. When finished it will measure about 800 feet long 300 feet high and hold around 125 000 spectators reflecting a bold push in national sport and exhibition scale.
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Tennyson
Lord Tennyson
England
Tenny 1
Universal
William Desmond
Eileen Jewick
Val Cleveland
Ter- Island
Desmond
Sunburst Question Sparks Witty Household Exchange
Mrs Newrich quizzes her impoverished neighbor about a sunburst and the neighbor retorts that he would likely notice if he took another bite, delivering a caustic remark in a sharp exchange.
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Graham Lodge
Erry Streets
W. W. Good
N. G
S. J. Allen
Ree
ED W. Whiteley
E. W
Ed) Whiteley
B. W. Cox
Newcastle
Belknap
Hugh Wray
Breckenridge
J. F. Barnett
J. B. Terrell
Joe Clark
H. C. Williams Sr
J. H. Blanton Sr
Jack Woolfolk
Young County
Old Fort Belknap
E. E. Veal
F. O. Jones
Harriet Tucker
Newcastle Register
Christian Endeavor
Itegati
F.o. B
Er. Be. Bhat
Studebaker
South Bend
America
Chbelt Motor Company
J. E. Hellams
South Side Square
Graham, Texas
Santa Claus
Toyland
Wer
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