Bryson Community Sings and Fair Draw Big Turnout
Sunday’s all day singing at the tabernacle drew about a thousand people from across the county with a bountiful ground meal. A Bryson fair the previous Saturday showcased canned goods, crafts, pastries, farm crops and live stock, earning praise despite not listing attendee names.
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Bryson
R. E. Parker
McMurray College
Floyd Bennett
Graham
Bennett
Eugene McCloud
Abilene
McCloud
Mary Stewart
Graham High School
Bessie Hughes
Decatur Baptist College
Decatur
Juanita Simpson
Ida Taylor
Denton
Vernon Crumpton
Bryson High School
Will Jones
Jermyn
Ladies Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Cyrus Clayton
Horace Caldwell
Lubbock
Wakeley Keen
Denver
Colorado
Letha Jones
Los Angeles
California
G. L. Jones
Peterson
Altus
Oklahoma
Ruth Lynn
Cleburne
Bryson Public School
Bernie Jones
Wichita Falls visitor charms old friends and schoolmates
Mr. Chap Smith arrives from Wichita Falls this week to reconnect with longtime friends and former classmates, sharing stories from the past and plans for the visit.
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Chap Smith
Wichita Falls
Ed Purdy's Philos Teases Sellers Belief Flip
Ed Purdy's Philos highlights a joke about gullible sellers as Ed Biggers drinks shellac and gains a slick smooth finish in a wry, punchy cartoon line.
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Ed Biggers
West Texas towns gear up for gas, hotels, and highways
Quanah will receive natural gas from Upham Gas Co with pipelines from the Panhandle, serving Quanah and Memphis, Childress, Wellington, Vernon, and Chillicothe. Vernon awards a $50,000 hospital contract for four sanitariums and 125 beds. Anton launches a new county newspaper, Anton Progress. Midland hosts a county farmer’s picnic honoring local business leaders. Brownfield Chamber hears about Chamber of Commerce value. San Angelo plans two hotels to replace the burned Landon Hotel. Alpine to commercialize Jordan Marble Mountain with a $200,000 quarry and $15,000 machinery installed. marble variety spans ebony to white. Stamford expands West Texas Chamber publicity. Lamesa advances water, sewer, lighting, and school projects as growth accelerates. Rising Star reports highway work on new routes toward Brownwood with Bankhead improvements. Gaps on Bankhead Highway near Palo Pinto and Taylor County paving plans move forward. Crosbyton builds a high line from Ralls, with Texas Utilities supplying service.
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Quanah
Upham Gas Co
Texas
Memphis
Childress
Wellington
Vernon
Chillicothe
Texas Panhandle
A. B. Garland
Anton
Anton Progress
Hockley County
Midland
Midland County
Brownfield
Porter A. Whaley
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
West Texas Organization
West Texas
San Angelo
Landon
L. W. Walker
S. A. Naylor
London
Alpine
Jordan Marble
Stamford
F. H. Whitehead
Cisco
Lamesa
Dawson County
Rising Star
Brownwood
May
Palo Pinto
Burkett Sued for Divorce in Eastland Court
Eastland September 21 Judge Joe Burkett a member of the State Highway Commission was named defendant in a divorce suit filed September 12 by his wife Mrs Fannie Burkett. Papers were withdrawn from the clerk’s office and the allegations have not been made public.
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Eastland
Joe Burkett
State Highway Commission
Fannie Burkett
Swing Moment Between He and She
A brief exchange shows him inviting her to sit on a swing and her courteous reply telling him to go first. The snippet captures a quiet, polite moment of mutual consideration without further context.
Ten Commandments film praised by clergy in praise and critique
Clergymen urge congregations to see The Ten Commandments as a defining motion picture. Dr Chester Marshall recalls mixed expectations, then praise for the epic drama and its message amid New York’s crowds, urging every American to see the film at the National Theatre. The note includes local Salem items and mentions DeMille’s blockbuster with Estelle Taylor and others.
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Chester C. Marshall
Educational Screen
New York
National Theatre
Estelle Taylor
Theodore Roberts
James Neill
Charles de Roche
Lawson Butt
Paramount Pictures
Cecil B. DeMille
Laziness debate sparks in General Store scene
Stranger asks about a man by the bench. Native calls Bill Simpkins the laziest man in town. The stranger jokes he cannot be the laziest since he stays in a hand position, but the locals counter that a tack on the bench keeps him there, proving Bil’s reluctance to move.
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Bill Simpkins
Bil
Ten Commandments to Play at National Theatre
Cecil B DeMille sets Moses exodus against Sunday jazz in a lavish Paramount film opening Monday and Tuesday September 28 29 at the National Theatre. A devout mother ejects a son for disrespect and the story follows the clash as the commandments shape his fate.
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Red Sea
San Francisco
Moses
Egypt
Cecil B. DeMille
Paramount
National Theatre
DeMille
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Ed Purdy
Philos
West
Taylor County
Crosbyton
Ralls
The
Texas Utilities
Fay Lamphier
Alameda
Oakland
Crown
Atlantic City
Eastland Court
Gms
A. B. Chapin
Max
Keystone Bac
Buccaneer
Kiki Cuyler
Butt
Coop
Firestone
Miles
Shamrock Motor Co
Southeast Corner Square
Graham, Texas
SALEM
Brantley
Eava
Grace
Oleta Needham
Center Ridge
W. I. Mahan
Irene
Lillian Mahan
Joe Henderson
Adilene Mahan
Geo. Gilmore
Smith
Godfrey Smith
Irene Mahan
Jean Kisinger
Ten Commandments
Hinson-Hockaday Grain Company Distributors
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