Thanksgiving Day Proclaimed in Historic Wording
A local column recalls Thanksgiving origins with Washington's 1779 proclamation and the national call to observe a day of gratitude to God for liberty and peace. Also notes residents Mesdames Gay Secor Hugh Spiller and the Spiller siblings traveling to San Antonio and Dallas visitors joining D T Whittle family.
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United States
Washington
Congress
Wne
Mesdames Gay Secor
Hugh Spiller
Flora Mae
Mary Spiller
Roy Spiller
San Antonio
Evergreen School Box Supper Aids Permanent Improvements
The Evergreen School community invites the public to a box supper and program next Wednesday the 28th. Proceeds fund building and grounds improvements including a windmill tank and trees. Trustees are J. J. Richardson M. Huffman and Ed Hunger, teacher Miss Dewey Brown. House guest Vernon Miller. student John D. Henderson visits.
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Evergreen
J. J. Richardson
M. Huffman
Ed Hunger
Dewey Brown
A Christmas Story as Aunt Susan Saw Christmas
Aunt Susan muses on Europe and care in her big city mansion while the canary sings. Jessica and Polly, cousins with differing lives, consider gifting the aunt, each dreaming of adventures they have never known, and Christmas nears with plans to show they remember her.
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Aunt Susan
Susan
Jessica
Polly
Europe
Elm Street
Miss Fisk
Church Hill
Pearl
Nation Observing Education Week Across the Country
President Coolidge proclaims Educational Week urging all Americans to pursue liberal education. He emphasizes readiness of citizens, duty of government, and the role of night schools, moonlight schools, colleges, and extension programs in expanding national culture and self government.
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Coolidge
United Co
United States
Notes of Parent Teachers Association Meeting
The notes describe the purpose of the Parent Teachers Association to strengthen home school bonds and child training. It urges cooperation between parents and teachers, emphasizes honesty, purity and patriotism, and invites all to a meeting on Monday November 26 at the schoolhouse.
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Parent-Teachers’ Association
Funds for schools sent from Austin delays
Austin reports the initial current year school apportionment payment was delayed due to printing blanks. The $1 per child allocation was set November 1 and remittances went out November 15. Officials may adjust future payments and consider interim 50 or 75 cent disbursements to ease bookkeeping.
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Austin
Polo Teams to Be Organized Here
Local athletic enthusiasts plan to organize polo teams in Junc and begin practice within days. The Watson Divide boys already have a team and may send players to teach locals for future match games. Mrs. Phillip Joseph visited San Antonio earlier this week.
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Junction
Phillip Joseph
San Antonio
Mail Your Christmas Parcels Early Urges Post Office
The article urges early mailing to ease postal strain during the holidays. It advises marking parcels Do Not Open Until Christmas, wrapping securely, using proper addresses, avoiding letters inside parcels, and prepaying postage. It notes two weeks for international mail and shares local anecdotes from Menard and San Marcos visitors.
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Post Office Department
Parcel Post
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J. D. Fisher
Bissel
Dallas
D. T. Whittle
Stella Whittle
Evergreen School House
Vernon Miller
Crawford, Texas
Susie Beasley
John D. Henderson
Schreiner Institute
Ethel Cook Eliot
Notes OF Parentteachers’ Association
Dublin
Menard
Ed Mears
Ford
Lee Bouie
Lawrence Johnson
Mr. Mear
Mrs
Walter Buckner
San Marcos
Beasley Ranch
Mrs. Buckner
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