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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1922
Page
2
At the PTA meeting committees were named for Program Library Finance Social Meetings Hygiene and Sanitation Play Grounds with chairmen and members listed. Also notes a vice president acting chair and references Maud Morrow Brown and a May 3 appearance by an American tenor.
The Mississippi House of Representatives approved a bill to ban pool and billiard tables and similar games. Amendments barred operation in Y M C A s and elsewhere, with the measure finally passing 69 to 21 and fines up to 500 dollars for violations.
Charley McCharen exhorts readers to take bold risks in Lafayette County oil leases. He argues early wildcatters turned common soil into wealth and urges would be investors to back new drilling ventures to earn substantial profits.
Near East Relief announces a nationwide high school essay oration contest with $2,000 in prizes from Henry Morgenthau. State winners receive 15, 10, and 5 dollars with three national prizes among state winners chosen by a panel. Essays must address regions in Turkey, Armenia, Syria, Georgia, Palestine or nearby areas and be delivered at a public event.
County Baptist churches gather at New Prospect Church eleven miles east of Oxford for a full day event with a ground style dinner and morning and afternoon programs. The schedule features W M A talks, Dr R A Kimbrough sermons, Sunbeam demonstrations, and a Denominational Loyalty talk. A later note advertises Riccardo Martin at University Chapel on May 3 and May 38 events with admission prices.
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