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Newspaper

Stamford American

Location

Stamford, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1925

Page

13

Billie Cramp Celebrates Fourth Birthday Party

Billie Cramp marked her fourth birthday with a Thursday afternoon party at her parents home 450 E Oliver Street. The house held Christmas decorations and guests included Neely Mae Walton Jack Walton Abrye Doran Betty Jane Doyle M L Cope Jr Sybil Lois O Keefe Maxine Wheeler Gloria Saddler Junior King Keith Louise Farr Alta Mae Hughes Jewel Hughes Virginia Marjorie Fuller Virginia Billy Crump.

Billie Cramp Frank Cramp E. Oliver Street Neely Mae Walton Jack Walton Abrye Doran Betty Jane Doyle M. L. Cope Jr Sybil and Lois O'Keefe Maxine

Intermediate League Christmas Social at St John’s

The Intermediate League of St John’s Methodist church held a Christmas social in the church basement Tuesday evening. About thirty to forty children attended the event with a decorated tree and refreshments. Little girls Martha Alice Moore Maybelle Baird Josephine Gardener Margaret Smith and Maxine Alexander served tea sandwiches and peppermint sticks. The program was led by Mrs J E Massey Mrs Gardener Mrs A L Moore and Mrs R L Haynie with Miss Talboth organizing the games.

Intermediate League of St. John's R. L. Haynie Talboth

Edwards and Young Vow in Marshall Methodist Church

Miss Laura Lee Edwards and Mr Calvin L Young wed at St John s Methodist Church in Marshall. The ceremony featured chrysanthemum decor, musical preludes, and a procession of ushers and attendants with pastel gowns and floral bouquets.

Laura Lee Edwards C. M. Edwards Calvin L. Young T. P. Young Marshall St. John’s Methodist Church Pauline Bunkley David John Inglish Martha Jane Bryant Georg

Battle on the home stretch wins the flag

The poem fragment describes a race or effort where effort and perseverance lead to victory, with focus on the home stretch and final flag and wire as the goal. It emphasizes determination and triumph despite discouragement from others.

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How Profit Is Found in Bullying a Bully

A writer argues fighting is brutal but instructive. Fear comes from ignorance and inexperience, and a boy who fights learns resilience. Recounting battles, the piece suggests that facing aggression develops self respect, while avoidance breeds cowardice.

Convent Dt Kansas City Stas Censen

Kiln Dried Spanish Cedar Dilemma in Wood Markets

A contributor to Adventure magazine explains why kiln dried Spanish cedar is challenging. Surface drying before heart moisture leaves can cause case hardening and cracking as interior moisture escapes. Kilns would need staged steam then gradual dry air, affecting market use beyond logs, with thin boards mainly used for cigar boxes.

Adventure Magazine

Sawn Veneer Making Reduces Delays In Carriage Mounting

Manufacturers seek thick fitch or square stock to cut thin sheets by circular saws, from steamed thick flitches or by slicing, to avoid delays from mounting and demounting in the carriage, noting waste from veneer processing.

Weing Lick Siaba

Super Plates urged for astronomy at Pan American congress

De C D Perrine of the Argentine National Observatory Cordoba urged development of higher speed photographic plates at the Pan American scientific congress. He said superior plates would make existing telescopes as effective as doubling their size and cost, and called for research into graininess in negatives for extreme accuracy.

de C.D Perrine Cordoba

What Makes Grapes Wild and Tame

In Petersburg, Robert Burns asks his mother why grapes are called wild. The mother explains wild grapes grow in woods and are smaller than tame grapes, while Robert wonders if wild grapes run away and tame grapes come when called, prompting a realization about the term wild.

Robert Sherif Burne Petersburg Burns Birthas Tndlinnnelia News

Why He Likes Knickers

A golfer explains knickers are practical for men as a pocket hole cost him change. He notes wearing knickers allowed him to recover the money by searching the sock, avoiding loss when long trousers would have hidden it.

Tuxedo Visitors Include Several Local Families

Visitors from Tuxedo on Saturday included Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Peel and daughter Ola Maude, plus Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Harvick and Mr. and Mrs. J. Ro Amerson and their family.

Tuxedo J. B. Peel Ola Maude R. V. Harvick J. Ro Amerson

Couple Returns from Texas Trip Visit Dallas Daughter

Mr and Mrs P Owen have returned from a trip to South Texas and visited their daughter and family Mrs O G Gainer in Dallas.

Mrs. P. Owen South Texas Tey Mrs. O. G& Gainer Dallas

Gainer Family Plans Holiday Visit to Dallas Parents

Mrs. O G Gainer and children Mary Louise and O G Jr of Dallas visit Mr and Mrs P C Owen. Mev Gainer will join the family here for the Holidays.

O. G. Gainer Mary Louise O. G. Jn Dallas Mr. Gainer P. C. Owen Mev Gainer

Newlyweds Head to San Antonio and Mar ehall

Immediately after the wedding the couple left for San Antonio and Mar ehall to spend Christmas with Mr Young's people.

San Antonio Mar~ehall Mr. Young

Thurber Woman Visits Estate Friend in Town

Mies Hele Marrs of Thurber visits Mrs. J B Dodson while tending the estate here. Dodson and Mee Marre are old friends. Marrs is a niece of the estate superintendent Ss. N. M. Marre.

Mies Hele Marrs Thurber Ss. N. M. Marre J BO Dodson Mrs. Dodson Mee Marre

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