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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1924
Page
5
Young County schools prepare to vote on raising the tax rate to fifty cents to fund maintenance and a new bond for a school building. The Huffstuttle school house will host a public talk by the County Superintendent next Friday.
F O McBrayer, former county teacher now superintendent at Peachock, reports reelection with a substantial salary increase and plans for a new building this summer. The note praises his success in the new role.
C. H. Dillehay in transition from Olney to Hereford serves as superintendent and will teach mathematics in the West Texas Teachers College summer program this year.
Supt. P. M. Johnston of South Bend will head the department of economics in the summer school at the North Texas Teachers College, guiding courses and instruction for attending educators.
A large group of Young County boys and girls will travel to Austin this week to participate in the State Interscholastic League meet. Officials express optimism about future reports of winners next week.
College entrance examinations for pupils from non affiliated schools will be given at the County Superintendent's office on May 8 9 and 10. Persons inter-
Advertisement notes hollows in cheeks neck and shoulders and claims Ironized Yeast boosts energy and facial glow. It asserts users gain weight and firm flesh with daily use and urges purchase from Scott-Long Drug Co.
Eliasville school children plan a sunset May 1 fete featuring a pretty and highly entertaining program for the community.
Applicants for the June teachers examinations must file formal applications in the County Superintendent's office before May 20. Proper blanks will be sent on request.
Blond Bess voices strong opinions claiming she would not join the office baseball pool. She cites inability to catch a ball and disbelief in public bathing as reasons for her refusal.
Clerk of the District Courts of Young County Texas issues a deposition commission after thirty days. Deposition targets Mrs H D Hotaling in Tonkawa Oklahoma and Mrs Lois Tillis in Shawnee Oklahoma for the Lois Tillis vs J G Tillis case No 7341 B in the 92nd District Court. Date on record is April 8 1924.
In good form the daughter should rise along with the gentleman when her mother enters, as a mark of respect due to the mother.
A reader cites etiquette questions. Do not say pleased to meet you. Say how do you do. Knife and fork use starts farthest from plate and moves inward. In dining the lady sits to the right of the gentleman. butter knife rests on bread plate. olives and radishes eaten with fingers. pits on bread plate if present or side of dinner plate. A married woman cannot be a bridesmaid but may be matron of honor.
Writ commands publication in a Young County Texas newspaper for ten days and a hearing on W L Chandler's application for probate of Mellie Chandler's will and letters testamentary at the County Court in Graham. The next term begins on the first Monday in July 1924, July 7, 1924. Kennedy, Clerk.
A reflective line asserts that honest prayer lifts the spirit, offering solace through spiritual conversation. The piece frames intimate dialogue as a path to inner peace and moral renewal.
The article explains mistletoe and holly origins in pre Christian practice. Druids treated mistletoe as magical found on sacred oaks and shared sprigs as charms. It notes mistletoe grows on oak and apple trees and also on several other hosts.
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