Christmas Dinner With Unexpected Guests
The Gay family hosts a spontaneous Christmas meal inviting pastor Gideon Reaver and doctor as new friends join the table. Betty coordinates with Marjorie and Ted as Evan Brower arrives with tension, while Marjorie deflects his demands and remains engaged with her guests. The scene ends with a planned morning rendezvous and a cliffhanger note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
Marjorie
Ted
Gideon Beaver
Santa Claus
Gideon
Gideon Reaver
Christian
Tosey
Mr. Reaver
Thas
Becky
Father
Gay
Mrs. Gay
Mr. Gay
Aryone
Evan Brower
Aster Street
Miss Wetherill
Evan
Mrs
Cherry Mountain Club Discusses Warm Durable Blankets
Miss Louise Kummler leads Cherry Mountain Home Demonstration club at Mrs Ed Moellering’s home on April 20 to discuss practical blankets. Attendees include Mesdames Moellering Alf Moellering Chas Holly Fritz Rummler Hy Durst Victor Moellering and Misses Cora Durst Louise Rummler. Meeting adjourned to Miss Louise Rummler’s home in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Kummler
Cherry Mountain Home Demonstration Club
Ed. Moellering
Moelfering
Alf. Moelfering
Chas
Holly
Fritz Rummler
Hy. Durst
Victor Moelfering
Cora Durst
Louise Rummiler
Louise Rummler May Ltd
Insects in My Garden Tomato Fruit Worm Advice
Mrs. R A Klett of the Knapp 4-H Club tells girls at her home on April 17 that the tomato fruit worm seriously injures early tomatoes and is hard to control. She prescribes two arsenate of lead sprays or dusty treatments with lead arsenate to lime, with two applications a week apart, to reduce damage. Members present include Rosa Segner Anita Kuhlmann Celeta Kunz Cecilia Kunz Lorene Dietrich Dora Dietrich Louise Kramer and Louise Kramer reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A.klett
Toato
Rosa Segner
Anita Kuhlmann
Celeta
Cecilia Kunz
Lorene
Dora Dietrich
Louise Kramer
Kiett
The Quiet Soldier of Failure in a Small Town
A man of integrity and Yankee ingenuity struggles with opportunity and modern methods. He turns from travel for a safer life, resists change at his firm, and ends as a beloved, homespun critic. The piece argues honest success is not ignoble, warning against valorizing timid retreat.
The Will to Fail and a Writer’s Paradox
Dorothea Brande discusses the will to fail through a renowned writer who delays work until desperation drives output. The piece explores superstition around luck, the thirteenth hour, and self‑bewildering patterns that trap a creator in a treadmill of fatigue and delayed success.
Operator Sought by L C R A for Lake Resort Inn
The Lower Colorado River Authority seeks a reliable operator to run a restaurant and resort inn in the administration building at Buchanan Dam. Interviews continue as the building, a stone structure overlooking Lake Buchanan, awaits lease agreement. The project aims to attract visitors to Buchanan and Inks lakes during the upcoming vacation and fishing seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Colorado River Authoritys Administration
Buchanan Dam
Starcke
Lake Buchanan
National Youth Administration
Buchanan and
Inks Lakes
Inks
Buchanan Lakes
Palo Alto Club Delves Into Comfort in Children’s Wear
Palo Alto Home Demonstration club met at Mrs. Felix Jung on April 13 with Miss Stewart urging comfortable clothes and light starch for children. Mrs. Ervin Itz gave a short council report and Stewart spoke on collecting wildflowers for a Scrap Book. Members present included Mesdames Otto Arhelger, Felix Jung, Herman Maner, Erwin Itz, Arthur Itz, Edgar Treibs and Miss Selma Arhelger. Mrs. Emil Treibs attended as a welcome visitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Stewart
Palo Alto
Felix Jung
Ervin Itz
Stewart
Mesdames Otto Arhelger
Herman Maner
Erwin Itz
Arthur Itz
Edgar Treibs
Selma Arhelger
Emil Treibs
Emil Lehne
A. I
Methodists at Unity Session Begin Merging Effort
Kansas City April 25 Delegates continue registration for the Methodist uniting conference set to open tomorrow with 900 delegates from across the nation and world. A public reception for delegates and visitors is tonight. The Epworth League with 350000 members faces decisions at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Methodist Uniting Conference
Epworth League
Young People’s Organization
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
League
Iris Queen of Texas Harvests 1800 Plants Near Brady
Mrs. Frank Kidd, the Iris Queen of Texas, tends 1800 irises in her ranch yard near Camp San Saba. She grows 700 named varieties and 1100 seedlings, with three iris lines set for testing in California in September. She also cultivates 750 gladioluses and 250 dahlias and exchanges blooms with collectors worldwide. A unique Ethiopian anisy blooms in her garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
Frank Kidd
California
Wages Paid to Men in 1937 Twice Those Paid to Women
In 1937 women in Texas covered by the Social Security old-age program earned an average of 625 dollars, while men averaged 1027 dollars. Government figures show 8,251,036 women and 21,906,658 men had earnings credited. taxable wages for Texas women totaled 89,388,768 dollars and for men 688,372,201 dollars. Comparable totals for Louisiana and New Mexico are listed with Texas leading averages at 688 dollars and 639 dollars respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
E. Avery
Social Security Board
Avery
Louisiana
New Mexico
Busby Jokes About Triplets Then Promotion
Busby asks about triplets from boas as Zimpir jokes about being promoted to head of his apartment. Zimpip clarifies he leads Production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busby
Zimpir
Zimpip
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First State Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Vane
Kerrville, Texas
City Bags
A. C. Wendel
Leon F. Zwiener
Optometrist
Fredericksburg
Dr. le Gear
Producti
viTy Drug Store
Rudolph Stehling
Goodrich
Silvertown
Gulf
Henry Henpeck
Balesgir
Henry
Cherry Mountain Club
Patrealze Herald Advertisers
Dorothea Brande
Lake Resort Inn
Palo Alto Club
Methodists
E. E. Saenger Lumber Company
Patronize Herald Advertisers
H. Welge Lewis
Woerner Warehouse
Erwin Woerner
Prop
Travelers Cafe
Alex Mittendorf
John Deere
Aermotor Mills
Fairbanks Morse
Krauskopf Bros
Fredericksburg, Texas
WM. Schroeder, JR
de Soto
Plymouth Sales and Service
Firestone Tires
Willard Batteries
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