PTA Programs Explain Uintah District Board Roles
Special PTA programs presented by Board of Education members and district staff outlined the district's duties to patrons. The Uintah School District Board, a five member body, elects officers, sets objectives, selects policies, reviews staff decisions, and evaluates policy impact to fulfill legal obligations.
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Mamma
Erirnenna
Uintah
Hack
J. C. Haws
Frances Lenox
Alvin G. Bowden
Ruth Haslem
Grant Pickup
D. Blayne Morrill
A. Don Batty
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Education Board
Board of Education
Board of Education of
State of
Utah
Christmas card tradition grows into major industry
The volume of Christmas cards in America tips the scale at over two and a half billion this year with 14 to 16 cards per person. The Postal Service hires extra workers and postage revenue nears 80 million dollars while the card trade booms as a distinct Christmas custom rooted in modern American life.
Christmas Holiday Was Once Forbidden
A historical note recalls that Christmas was banned in colonial Massachusetts, with penalties for observing the holiday. It recounts early observances by Toston in 1010 and notes that Massachusetts formally permitted Christmas celebrations in 1056 under state law.
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Gouys
Marrsuchusetty
Thia
Toston
Mlavernoy Androm
State of
Massachusetts
Lonely Spot Letter Seeks Companionship From Paper
A woman writes to a daily newspaper from a very lonely place saying she and her sister need another woman to talk to. She notes they are not truly lonely as they have each other but seek companionship and conversation with another woman.
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Slater
Christmas cards grow from London shops to American homes
The piece traces Christmas card origins in the 1650s in London and its rise in Britain then America. It notes a British firm paying 35000 dollars in 1882 for paintings to reproduce on cards and cites Victorian cards with humorous lines. It ends by noting annual card rituals and business mailings.
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John C. Horsley
London
America
Holiday Stuffed Broiler Chicken Instructions
Step by step recipe for roasting two broiler chickens with stuffing made from prepared cornbread mix, onions, celery, butter, and optional Brazil nuts or oysters. Directions cover cleaning, salting, buttering, tying, stuffing division, baking at 375 to 385 degrees, and serving with gravy.
Politicians report ly solved and hospital cards raise funds
Politicians report progress on a fundraising effort as hospitals sent no less than 40,000 Christ tents to make new cards last year. The supply of used cards appears greater than the demand, leaving the season with a surplus and unclear plan for disposal or reuse.
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Pasent
Pres. Coover Launches Program To Boost Scout Membership
In March 1930 President Hoover announced a development program for Cub Scouting aimed at pre Scout age boys. The decade plan sought to enroll one in four youth and keep interest four years. The 1930s saw growth milestones including the Mortimer Schiff Scout Reservation in New Jersey, the 1933 World Jamboree in Hungary, and the 1939 membership count of 1,357,093 Scouts and leaders as the era closed.
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Editows Nothom
Elihig
Boy Scouts of
Arerica
Hoover
Washington
Mra Jatoh IL Schiff
Mortimer
Schiff
Mendham
New Jersey
Figaidant
Godollo
Hungary
United States
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Roosevelt
Federal Building
Wassailing in English tradition for a good crop
The passage notes wassailing as an English custom from the 1400s involving hot ale and spiced drink from Scandinavian influence. It describes the practice of trees and fields being wassailed or toasted to bless future harvests, with Henry VII mentioned in relation to the tradition.
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Henry VII
Ingland
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