Santa's pack holds surprises for youngsters this Christmas
A bustling array of toys and games awaits children on Christmas morning with miniature versions of adult activities. The scene includes dwarf dirigibles, bouncing dolls, model skyscrapers, toy stoves, and educational devices. Kids will find telescopes, microphone sets, and interactive games, all designed to entertain and educate.
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Modern Doll Furniture Adds Year Round Joy for Children
New nursery and doll house furniture embraces swank modern design big enough for kids to use. Electric trains go from luxury to affordable mass production. deluxe sewing kit and pattern sets aid dressmaking. Modern blackboards with colored chalk and stencils excite creative play at home.
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Mary
Dresser Sets and Toilet Articles Delight Little Girls
A passage notes dresser sets including combs, mirrors, and brushes remain popular with young girls. It mentions leather box packaging for travel, bath powder gifts, manicure sets, and even a clever doll dressing powder gift from last Christmas.
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Interest in Physics Courses Grows at Local College
At the College of Mines and Metallurgy, a UT branch, fall registrations for introductory physics rise to 13 percent of 276 total students, about 28 non engineering or pre medical students. Dr E J Knapp cites a 2.3x increase over 1933 as evidence of growing interest in physics among modern collegians.
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Charles G. Walker Attends Band Clinic in Lubbock
Fifty two band directors from Western and Northern divisions attended the Band Clinic directed by A. R. McAllister in Lubbock on December 11 12. Charles G. Walker local band director attended the clinic as Texas Tech Lubbock High School and Siaton High School bands performed alternating numbers. McAllister analyzed the pieces and emphasized time quality tempo and balance while Mrs. McAllister highlighted FF indicating the whole band plays together.
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Charles G. Walker
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Mrs Lemar Lunt Leaves For Fort Worth Visit
Mrs Lemar Lunt departed last Saturday for Fort Worth to spend a month with her parents.
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Mrs Beates Here at Douglass Hospital Offices
Mrs CW Deets joined Dr Deats at the Douglass Hospital where Gertist recently opened offices. Deets moved from San Antonio.
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Family moves from San Antonio to Monahans
Dr. Watts traveled to San Antonio last Friday and returned with Mrs. Deats who will make her home with her husband. Dr. Deeds, dentist, recently opened offices in the Toonglass Hospital.
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Quins Dolls Grow Older Too
The doll news of the season highlights Hollywood influence with Shirley Temple and the Dionne quintuplets as trendsetters. New quintuplet dolls appear a year older, with colorful costumes including nurses, doctors, policemen, firefighters, cowboys and Indians. Manufacturers promote toys as educational aids, stressing educational value for age groups. It looks like a great Christmas for Young America as children play with their new toys.
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Dionne
America
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Mary
Originality Shown in Gifts for Mere Male Sports Gadgets
A lively gift guide for outdoors lovers highlights playful wood figures, a compact flybook, angler scarves, tackle pieces, and an offshore fishing chest. It suggests practical and whimsical items, balancing novelty with useful gear for fishermen and outdoor enthusiasts.
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Hemingway
Untoward Fun And Novel Gift Ideas For Him
A playful catalog of gadgets and gifts for men from desk devices to golfing accessories. Highlights include a compact 15 inch desk super gadget combining radio clock and pen set, paired with stocked golf balls and elastic band practice aids, plus a rainproof golf suit for inclement weather.
Shooting gear and game boxes for indoorsmen
A compact piece outlines gifts for shooters and range marksmen. It notes coats with pockets and padding, belts with shell cases, available in Puritan or embossed styles, and jokes about indoor games requiring a boxed setup with chess, checkers, cribbage, poker, and roulette accessories.
New Self Lighting Match Gadget For Smokers
A gadget for men who smoke pipes offers a self lighting match roll. The device rests on a mush tray base with a stalk rising to a chromium mushroom at the top. Pull the stalk and the match lights from beneath the mushroom.
1936 Gift Picks for Women Blend Old and New
A 1936 Christmas gift guide blends classic favorites with modern touches. Lists stockings with colored lace toe caps, velvet or corduroy day slippers, high cut evening shoes, bed jackets in silk and satin, quilted styles, capes and scarves, fitted bathrobes, and glamorous lace lingerie. Recommends practical sets including slip, panties, nightgown and matching bed jacket with coordinated accessories.
From Nightshirts to Travel Kits in Rocher's Wool Range
Nightshirts of Rocher’s soft wool and matching nightgowns, housecoats, travel lingerie improving, tailored pajamas with robes, novel jewel cases and cigarette boxes made of cocoons. Travel kits for stockings and lipsticks shift from silly to handsome. New suede and fur gloves with decorative trimmings debut alongside Persian lamb designs.
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Rocher
Makre
Evening Bags and Travel Accessories Beckon
The note lists refined evening bags in antique tapestries and brocades, including one with miniature figures on a gold frame. It suggests matching wraps, black lace gloves with gold accents, and fitted aluminum suitcases with compartments for toiletries and gadgets. Also recommends leather bound dictionaries and reference sets suited to the recipient's work or hobby.
Holiday Gift Trends for Women in Stationery and Accessories
Colorful stationery revival features chartreuse beige gray and saddle leather tones. Handcrafted blouses and simple British sweaters appeal to budget buyers. Perfume remains a stocking stuffer risk. safe options include wardrobe kits. Embroidered kerchiefs range from petite to large squares with monograms. Outdoor gifts like linen squares with horse motifs and ship themed monograms appeal to riders and nautical fans. For last minute gifts choose a florist or, for homebodies, a basket of hardy winter plants.
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