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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1938
Page
2
The church schedules sermons and meetings from December 31 at 11 30 PM to January 1 with regular Sunday services at 9 45 and 11 00 AM and 6 15 and 7 15 PM. The Test the Tithe program begins January 1 and church circles meet January 2 at 2 30 PM.
Courville and family celebrate Christmas at Crane while Mrs. J. G. Davis visits Fletma for holiday. Posts from Fort Worth note church services, Sunday worship, Watch Night program, and New Year sermons. A Dallas session discusses pension legislation with a proposed special train to Austin and lobbyist presence for the last sixty days.
Humble Oil and Refining Company sets a wide Texas radio network for the Cotton Bowl featuring Texas Tech and St Mary’s of California. Governors, college presidents, mayors, and officials will be introduced by Elliott Roosevelt. Tip-off is at 2 p.m. with pregame at 1:45.
A church message calls for strength and dedication in all services as the year begins. The speaker urges steadfast faith and disciplined effort in spiritual duties and communal outreach.
President Roosevelt authorized the FHA to insure an additional 1 000 000 000 in home mortgages. Administrator Stewart McDonald says the move sustains financing that boosted building activity since last spring and should lead to the most prosperous year since 1929 with further gains next year.
Mr Bob Speck and son Wayne Frazier from Rochester Texas with Miss Alene Frazier and Miss Madell Frazier visit Rev and Mrs Leon Frazier in their home during the holidays. Speck returned to Rochester Monday after Christmas. Youree and McCurry couples plan to leave Sunday for El Paso for the Sun Carnival and football game on January 2.
Archie Underwood as Chairman of the West Texas Cotton Bowl Committee announces plans for a massive parade January 2 from Union Station to the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas. Dallas and Lubock committees seek broad public support from all residents attending the Cotton Bowl game between Texas Tech and St Mary’s.
West Texas trains arriving at Dallas Union Station between 745 and 830 am trigger plans for a large West Texas parade for Cotton Bowl Jubilee. Organizers urge civic clubs newspapers and bands to mobilize participants decorate banners and promote cotton to spotlight West Texas as the Cotton Bowl of the nation.
Dean Gidley announced that the University of Texas College of Pharmacy has the largest student body among U S state pharmaceutical colleges with 244 yearly enrollments, a steady four year rise of about 17 percent. Ohio State remains close behind with a comparable enrollment.
Lightweight streamlined trains gain popularity among travelers as net earnings hit about $2 per mile. The note highlights efficiency and cost per mile driving interest in faster rail options.
State highway departments spent nearly 552 million dollars on road construction in 1937 and about 228 million dollars on maintenance, showing heavy investment in infrastructure during the period.
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