Christmas Society Minutes and Class Party Notes
The December society column covers the Cosmopolitan era gathering hosted by Mrs. George Newborn Jr and Mrs. Kelly Bryant with a Christmas tree, candles, and gifts exchanged for Goodfellows. Also notes a Winsome class Yuletide meeting at Mrs. Higvason’s home and a Kindergarten party for Mary Lewis M’s fourth birthday with festive decorations and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yule
George Newborn, Jr
Kelly Bryant
Fay
George Robison
Edwin Hawkins
Egent
W. R. Hamilton
Sutton
Bryant
Fayetteville
L. F. Higgason
L. F. Miguason
First Baptist Sunday School
James McCullough
Wright
Pauw Power
Goodfellows
Hig
Mary Lewis
Little Mary Rains Lewis
Marie Parkins
Paul Lewis
Marie Parking
Christmas Visitors From Nearby Towns And An Infant Birth
Mrs. Winkler and Mr. Moore guests over Christmas. families from Shreveport Texarkana Jonesboro Warren Jefferson Barracks Texas and El Dorado visit relatives. Aviation cadet Wallace Van Sickle leaves for University of Georgia Naval Air Corps training. Birth announced: a daughter born Tuesday morning at Julie Chester hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Graydon Anthony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Winkler
Jeff Moore
Shreveport
Comer
Boyett
Tony
Wallace van Sickle
University of Georgia
Athens
Naval Air Corps
All's Not Goldfish That Glitters
Abilene Kansas overheard in a butcher shop a quip about halibut and goldfish. A shopper questions the meat’s appearance, humorously suggesting goldfish as an alternative. The snippet captures a local light moment and plays on wordplay in a small-town setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Kas
Frantic Festival by Edmund Fancott
A fragment from a wartime weekend drama shows AWyera Maele and Fay Wat mee in Mondelyin as a party navigates romance and ambitions. Lieut Ross Benson courts Fay while planning a postwar cleaner world, and Myra debates love and luck with Benny at lunch. The scene ends with lingering attraction and a hint of future conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Awyera Maele
Fay Wat
Sven Thely Chelst
Wren Thorn
Buchta
Cocentrie
Werdy Linton
Artiat
AM Myra Suapeeted
Mtrange
Henry Wheniront Togenty
Leanny McCatakey
Hora Henson
Roup
Fientytn
Hm Lunci
Shoe
Benson
Fay
Liceus
Ross Benson
Jane
Leona
Myra
When the Boss Gums Up the Works in Manufacturing
James Marlow and George Elke summarize Robert L. McMurry’s critique in Advanced Management about how boss behavior drives worker morale. They detail types of managers who demoralize staff, from domineering insecure leaders to selfish executives who offer perks while cutting pay and enforcing harsh rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Goorge Elke
New York
Robert L. McMurry
Psycholopical Corporation of Chicago
McMurry
Bird Hunting Persists Despite Gasoline Rationing in Arkansas
Little Rock dispatch reports the State Game and Fish Commission finds only a slight hunting drop due to gas rationing and shell shortages. Assistant secretary Tom Mull notes ride pooling and saved shells sustain this season while warning prospects for next year if the war endures. He says hunters struggle to obtain shotgun shells despite government estimates of three-year stock levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
State Game and Fish Commission
Arkansas
Tom Mull
Assistant Commission
Mull
Kids Stump A City Council
Springfield Missouri report notes youths present questions to the city council as officials debate methods to ease employee tensions. The draft quotes discuss reducing irritations that could worsen antagonisms among staff.
Allies Press Japanese in Buna New Guinea Push
Allied forces in New Guinea hammer Japanese positions around Buna and Sanananda. MacArthur reports slow advances as air units strike entrenched troops and ground troops move toward the coast two miles from Sanananda, near the Papuan Peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Buna
New Guinea
MacArthur
Aminiuna
Government Station
Sanananda
City Council Probes Payroll Size in Civics Project
A civics project asks how many people are on the city payroll. The council and even the mayor could not provide a figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grade
Civics
French angel fish’s captive life and Easter origins
French angel fish, noted as a beautiful deep resident, lives only a month in captivity. The word Easter derives from the Saxon god Eostre, with a festival once observed in April.
First woman doctor in the United States Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell, recognized as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, broke gender barriers in the 19th century by pursuing medical training and founding a medical college for women. Her achievement paved the way for women in medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Elizabeth. Blackwell
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Daisy Dorothy Heard
Dorothy Heard
All Society
Pry Ev
Ehurch
John 8. Jackson
Texarkana
Pat Casey
Mr. Casey
H.Z. Lile
Jonesboro
City
Mrs.Truman Humphries
Barbara June
R. N. Mouser
Yuletide
Buford Poe
Billy
Warren
Linus Walker
Jefferson Barracks, Ma
Mrs. Walker
Forrest
E. P. Youngs
Earl Kinard
Nancy Ann
Narry Kinard
Tunclion City
Kenneth Kinard
el Dorado
Saenger
HST
Brian Donlevy
Veronica Lake
Alan Ladd
Rial
Boris Karloff
Peter Lorre
Man
Pat O’brien
Ruth Terry
Star Barber Shop
Eric Ross
City Bakery
Edmund Fancott
Way Rathbone
Lieut
Beano
Santa Claus
Ferdy
NEA Service, Inc
St. John’s
Benny
Bean
Northlands
Benny Tall
McMurray
Springfield, Mo
B. R. Hamm Motor Co
Dodge
Plymouth
Cecil Wyatt
U. S. Navy
Saenger & Rialto Theaters
H. M. Meeks
Mgr
Brannan’s Floral Hill Gardens
St. Joseph
Crescent Drug Store
Talbot
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