Christmas Reflections and Yuletide Traditions
The piece blends holiday customs with legends of mistletoe laurel and the Christmas tree, recounting a Christ child motif and moral meanings. It notes Bethlehem’s significance and urges praise for Christ alongside family gatherings and charitable thoughts during the season. It also reports visits from Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Meek and Mrs. Roy Hale’s holiday entertaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby Meek
Shreveport
Mr. Meek
S.J. Meek
Wedding of Miss Colbert and Mr Folkes at Grace Church
The marriage of Miss Marvem Colbert and Mr Samuel Hatcher Folkes Jr. will take place December 27 at Grace Church with Miss Jane Colbert as attendant and Mr Samuel Folkes Sr. as best man. After the ceremony the couple will honeymoon in Chicago and Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Colbert
Grace Church
Marvem Colbert
Henry Colbert
Samuel Hatcher Folkes, Jr
New Orleans
Jane Colbert
Samuel Hatcher Folkes
Claude Wright
Elizabeth Johnston
Robert Irvin
E. F. Hayward
Chicago
Dallas
Texas
Folkes
City High
Rancorps Macon College
Sophie Newcomb Collest
Alpha Omicron Pi
Mr. Folkes
Augusta, Ark
Blair Academy
Blairstown
N. J
S. H. Foikes, Sr
Meade Foikes
Christmas and New Year Festivities At Local Venues
A sequence of December events lists dances and dances and benefits across Virginia hotels Riverside Country Club the Lotus Club and Y M H A venues. Highlights include December 24 10 p m Christmas Eve dance with the Four Horsemen and December 30 Phi Kappa annual ball. A New Year’s Eve dinner dance at Riverside and a Y M H A dinner dance with the Louisiana Serenaders are also planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women's Club
Lillian Jackson
Mabel Fisher
Virginia Hotel
The
Four Horsemen
Junior Charity League
Delta Beta Sigma Sorority
Riverside Country Club
Lotus Club
Phi Kappa Fraternity
Virginia
Business and
Professional Women Club
Louisiana Serenaders
Dear Miss Vane Advice On Letting Go Of An Unworthy Love
A reader laments a breakup with a boy deemed unworthy and seeks guidance. The reply urges shifting focus to work or a hobby, distancing from the remembered romance, and suggests practical steps with differing paths for social and family pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Vane
Shelia
Parents influence on child social growth in adolescence
The text argues that by childhood children imitate peers more than elders and that home influences can hinder social development. Domineering or possessive parents may curb the child’s need to form outside friendships, delaying maturity and independent relationships.
Eccentric Vet of Civil War Kills Sheriff in Arkansas
G L Mattlock a 95 year old Civil War veteran is suspected of fatally shooting Sheriff John A Phillips 5 of Madison county as deputies attempted to arrest him at his north Huntsville area home. The sheriff died beside a warrant as Mattlock fled leaving a wife and several children. Deputy Sheriff Terker reported the veteran fired on the officer and fled after the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old
Mexico
Fayetteville
Ark
G. L. Mattlock
John A. Phillips
Madison County
T. B. Tarker
Phillips
Mattlock
Huntsville
Jim Allman
Terker
Sherif Phillips
Bly Now
Love's Reawakening in a Gift of a Doll House
Marion and Philip Veritzen clash over a lavish gift meant for Madge as Lillian forces a tense inclusion in a Christmas gathering. A doll house replica reveals professional ties and hidden ambitions, while Auntie Madge and the narrator navigate fragile loyalties amid family drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Veritzen
Marion
Ronald
Carolyn
Otto
Madge
Lillian
Harry S
Stephenson
Atl
Philly
Mr. Veritzen
Junior
Phil Veritzen
Phil
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T. J. Sandridge
Clifford Johnston
Ernest Noble
D. A. Bradford
James Phelps
E. McVay
Kelly Stough
Eva Bradford
DeSiard
Gotham
Mother
L. T. Hastings
First Baptist Church
Carpenter
Kate Flanagan
Ella Hewlett
Couch
Monroe
Jesus
Paul Smith
Naomi Smith
W. Smith
Naomi
Bernhardt
Just
Bilge Clair
Sable Ivoire
Rudolph Gans
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Elizabeth Green
George Green
Dodd College
Mrs
W. P. Ladis
Gulfport, Miss
Milton King
Little Rock
Morse King
Miss Alma King
Dorothy Soloman
Percy Sandman
Edwine Joseph
Beryl Norman
L. S
Everett McKenzie
West Side
Olivia Harmen
Millsaps College
Jackson
C. F. Pizarto
Frances
Mr. Piztarro
Edith McKeithen
Myrtle Vernon
el Dorado
Dansante
Y. MH. A
Hebert Fink
Jack Marrus
Pal
Bill
Jim
Alice Judson Peale
Associated Press
London
Mars
Lok
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Love
Adele Garrison
Ran Vertisen
Bhut
Roderick
Mr. Partzen
Dicky
Lilian
Festure Service
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