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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1935
Page
5
Four New York actors star in Noah and The Bishop Misbehaves with Nicholas Hannen hailed as the most charming. Hannen, born May 1, 1881, plays a creaking yet dashing romantic hero whose portrayal elicits mixed reactions from female theatergoers accompanied by younger companions.
Representative Mary Teresa Norton of New Jersey known as the Mayor of Washington discusses the District of Columbia Committee role. The article credits her with securing 1,500,000 from the PWA for a tuberculosis hospital, pushing alley slum clearance, merging Washington's two street railway companies, forming a crime committee, and pursuing pensions for the needy blind.
The Franklin Institute will award the John Price Wetherill Medal on May 15 to Robert E. Naumburg of New York for the Visagraph. The device reads printed text for the blind using a photoelectric cell and embosses enlarged letters on paper for tactile sensing.
Mrs George Zachary and Mrs B Harrison entertained with bridge luncheons at the Harrison home on Tuesday and Wednesday. Sunflowers decorated the suites as guests enjoyed three course menus and high score prizes. Attendees included Mrs R R Robertson of Houston and Misses Betty Raines Lois Perkins Sarah and Margaret Upshaw among many others.
Summer flowers decorated the home of Mrs. Hugh Astin Tuesday afternoon as she entertained members of the Mary Martha Class of St. John's Methodist. The devotional was led by Mrs. Astin.
Bobby Lowe turned eight with a party at his parents home Mr and Mrs Frank Lowe last Saturday afternoon. Games on the lawn and a pink and white birthday cake with prizes followed refreshments. Special guests Mrs J C Dodson and Mr and Mrs F E Upshaw attended as children listed included Martha Jo Baird Shirley Dodson Max Rucker and Billy Lowe among others.
Mrs. S. P. Tucker entertained guests from Hamlin and Stamford with a luncheon and bridge gathering. The entertaining suite featured cut flowers and pastel decorations on a three course menu before the games began.
Mrs Ben Ray hosted the Wednesday Bridge Club at the Stamford Inn with tables on the mezzanine. Mrs L M Hardy won high score and received a double deck of cards, while Mr R E Hall took the cut prize as the group enjoyed a salad course and floral decor.
Mrs Pace entertained the Play-A-While Club with a Thursday afternoon gathering filled with flowers vibrant decorations and a forty-two friendly card game. After the games a salad course tea and cookies followed as guests Mesdames Coombes Dial Small Lamb Starbuck Furrh Gray Owen David Elliott and Lee attended.
The Literary Digest notes Clifford Odets as a rising dramatic force with two short plays Taxi Strike and Till The Day I Die forming a single evening of candid propaganda. The package blends urgency and politics, drawing mixed audiences including liberals, Communists, and mainstream patrons. Odets is hailed as a potent new dramatist shaping modern American theater.
W. F. Derrick, 81, dies suddenly at the home of his son C. A. Derrick in the Corinth area. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the son's home with Rev. Jack West officiating. Burial in Merkel cemetery supervised by Osment Barrow Funeral Parlor. Survivors include two sons C. A. Derrick of Stamford and C. T. Derrick of Merkel, three daughters married names listed, twenty grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
The Nacogdoches census of 1833 lists 1272 residents with 319 bachelors, 291 spinsters, 122 married couples, 9 widows and minors, and 3 others.
Rockdale residents gathered near Haskell for the East Side Singing Convention with the West Side. Several local families hosted visitors from Dallas, California, and nearby towns. A revival with Rev. Wallace Layton begins July 19 at Howard, with dinner on the ground and multiple attendees listed.
The article states the annual cost of crime up to 13 billion dollars, nearly triple the work relief appropriation, with most funds used for apprehension, trial, and incarceration. It contrasts this with education funding from kindergarten onward, noting the disparity in spending between crime control and schooling.
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