Let Us Be Thankful The First Thanksgiving Day
The article explains how Thanksgiving began as harvest festivals and became a national holiday in the United States. It traces origins to English harvest celebrations and notes the Plymouth colonists held the first American Thanksgiving during their second winter in the New World. Congress later set the last Thursday of November as a legal holiday.
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United States
England
Plymouth
New World
Congress
Texas Student Education Association Elects Officers
Betty Thompson of Baytown is elected president of the Texas Student Education Association with Connie Pollard and Janice Tidman as vice presidents and other officers named. Sponsors include Mr. Wallace Heaner Mrs. Gertrude Teter and Dr. David Norton. Activities cover a Drive In conference at A&M University and co hosting a Future Teachers of America Convention at Port Arthur along with programs by Ted Reel, science instructor.
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The
Texas Student Education Association
Betty Thompson
Baytown
Connie Pollard
Janice Tidman
Carolyn Corwin
Anna Jean Jones
Brenda Strack
Lou Lumpkin
Johnny Schmadl
Susan Brazzil
David Barnes
TSEA
Wallace Heaner
Gertrude Teter
David Norton
A&m University
Port Arthur
Ted Reel
Minerva Snoo Query At Math Class Sparks Campus Quips
A campus roundup notes quirky student and staff remarks about Lyndon Mall, car keys, bowling after bowling, door hazards and fashion. The piece mentions Karen Bouluoche, Sharon Overstreet, Danny Odom, Gene Arnold, Marilyn Baldridge, Donna Mooney, Hobson Smith, Malcolm Wilder, Paul Pearce, Tom Slack, Mary Ann Gregory, Kenneth Smith, Diana Vaughan, Bobby Edmonson, Cynthia Holecek, Carol Dippel, Judi Huck Abee, and Jennings Fletcher of NEA Field.
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Karen Boulouche
Lyndon Mallory
Big Ben
Sharon Overstreet
Danny Odom
Gene Arnold
Marilyn Baldridge
Donna Mooney
Beard
Hobson Smith
Malcomb Wilder
Paul
Pearce
Tom Slack
Mary Ann Gregory
Kenneth Smith
Diana Vaughan
Bobby Edmonson
Cynthia Holecek
Carol Dippel
Judi Huckabee
Jennings Fletcher
N.E.A
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Carolyn Herman
Jan King
Ts.e.a. News
Chatierbor Minerva Snoo
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