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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1938
Page
6
Llano High broadcasts weekly campus news with staff notes and student editors. The piece notes a Christmas tree program Friday the 22 with each class performing a fifteen minute segment before a holiday vacation from December 23 to January 1.
A tense week at Llano High School as lessons finish early for term exams before the Christmas holidays. Students and teachers anticipate the break with holidays and quiet halls as the term winds down.
The note outlines a special Christmas issue and the staff’s hurried efforts to publish weekly, with lighthearted remarks on holiday plans and gifts, a quick look at the editor Mr. Nichols, and a cheerfully informal tone to end.
Cecil Roy a senior aged 16 hobbies include Home Sweet Home and Norma Ruth. Lucile Kendrick a junior aged 17 lists hiking and Youre telling me as favorites with Gee and Dreaming among interests. Hazel Grenwelge known as Tiny a sophomore shares You tell em pal and other cues.
A 14 year old freshman Mildred Smith lists dancing as a favorite pastime and algebra as a study favorite. She admires Clark Gable and privately hopes to become a nurse, with junior year noted as a secret passion.
The school announces a long holiday recess from December 23 to January 2 with a holiday program on December 23. Hachelisa will present a number followed by gift distribution. The program includes a choral club Frozhman number class members Christmas reading by Doris Buttery a Christmas story by Arlene Pehl and senior talent numbers from class members.
A collection of personal plans shows individuals traveling to San Antonio San Angelo Beaumont Brady and San Saba for holiday visits. Others list leisure aims such as hunting boxing events and hosting gatherings while several entries hint at possible social pairings.
Chigger Farr has a Austin boyfriend while Mary Adelaide wears a Burnet sweater and Ozella shoots firecrackers. The dance on Dec 10 drew many students as Mildred Furria, Maybeth with John Rabb, and Dorothy S. sparked chatter about who pairs with whom.
A humorous list defines phrases as skeletons of bones with no names, a yard tall tale, and playful rundowns. It pokes fun at phrases like Jungle love Strip Poker and Sound Sleeper while offering quips on matrimony and alimony.
In a humorous exchange a man writes to Ruth’s father asking for correction as Ruth shows signs of antigenitism. The reply suggests discipline, with the claim that Ruth’s father walloped her last night and may wallop her again today.
A wife recounts her husband winning a thousand dollars at poker and splitting. A clerk asks about the baby, and Mrs. Jones reveals the infant is “getting married next week” as the line delivers a comic twist.
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