Seeing Things As They Go By Returns Home Holiday
A humorous column notes the sting of finding an unwanted gift and recalls a local drama scene by Stamford figures. It includes a short joke about a stamp request, misidentified post office, and a Christmas gossip snippet about Mary Elizabeth Bounds and other locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobyns
Leavitt's
G. G. Flournoy
L.C
Stamford
S.C
Flournoy
Ben
Mary Elizabeth Bounds
Harry Bounds
Local notices and social roundup in Lueders area
The column lists visits and events around Lueders including 1% mile west of Bluff Creek wells, Carlton Trotter and Lee Cauthen visits, Nugent and Abilene relatives, and a Busy Freshman party with games and treats. Also mentions church activities, Christmas program, holidays in Abilene Fort Worth and Dallas, and a beer barrel Danube float aspiration by Anton Gittinger. Christmas trees for sale by Mrs High Florist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Trotter
Albany
Lee Cauthen
Will Myatt
Nugent
Lueders
Olga Marie Lieb
Abilene
Henry Lieb
Truman Garrett
Breckenridge
I. Z. Brown
Clovis
New Mexico
Barbara McDonald
la Vera Higgs
Maxine Price
Bonnie Burson
Lucille Webb
Rachel Fitzgerald
Helen Webb
Helen Hanson
Bernice Douthit
O. Z. Helmer
Esmond Higgs
Lucian Punches
Bill Willingham
Junior Tosh
Homer Higgs
Homer Cowan
Mr. Brown
O. B. Carter
Lagerton
J. C. Eubanks
Ott. Purcell
Anson
Dee Griffith
Colorado
John Griffith
B.Y.P.U
Ray Rushing
Eunice Dillard
Onieta
Juanita Fitzgerald
Roy Claton
Baptist Church
Billy Terry
Trent
W. H. Howell
R. Dunlap
Helen
Dallas
Willie Matt Culwell
Cathryn Liscomb
Fort Worth
Methodist Church
Guy Douthit
Dorothy
Mary Alice Putnam
Breedlove of
Haskell
George Grey
Christmas Candles and the Inner Christmas Spirit
A devotional reflection on Christmas as a season of sharing and inner magic. The author urges care for others, remembering those less fortunate, and finding true joy in giving, friendship, and spiritual light rather than material excess. It recalls 1934 context and emphasizes belonging and inner warmth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Christ
Local Stamford Students Return Home For Holidays
Five Stamford students from Hardin-Simmons University travel home for Christmas break. Four freshmen are Clyde Crawford Sara Cox Raymond Lawrence and Hattie Bell Martin. The fifth student Margaret Upshaw is a senior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Hardin-Simmons University
University
Clyde Crawford
Sara Cox
Raymond Lawrence
Hattie Bell Martin
Margaret Upshaw
Bible Study and Sunbeams Hold Christmas Program at Church
Reverend Sam Morris led a Bible lesson on Judges for the W M U at First Baptist Church on Monday. The Sunbeams presented a Christmas program and tree at the church during the same hour. Both groups will not meet next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Morris
W.M.U
First Baptist Church
Sunbeams
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Cleburne Huston
Jones, Haskell, Stonewall
Fisher
Shackelford Counties
Stamford Territory
Texas
Hattie
Jimmie Carrol
Jeanne Fleming
KGKO
Wichita Falls
Bob White
Chillicothe
Bob
Missouri
O. Henry
N.S. Holland
Columbia University
New York
N.S
Stamford High
L. W. Johnson
Bluff Creek
Ralph Walter, Jr
Camden
N. J
Anton Gittinger
Budapest
Danube
Jones County
Office
Stamford Inn
Stamford, Tex
Manty Ag
Nna
Santa Claus
Oklahoma
Lone Star
Stamford Andfd
Western Gas Ca
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