Fifth Grade Cooperates and Competes in School Work
The Glow Worm notes a semester focus on interdependence and cooperation. Reports cover spelling and English tests with high averages for girls, a 13 to 9 win in a fifth vs fourth grade tag, social science on Canada, and an assembly by the seventh grade featuring a play The Suppression of Slang plus multiple performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dale King
Ernoon
Helen Maddux
Margaret Benton
Mary Helen Maddux
Betty Jane Harper
Dorothy Sue Douglas
Elizabeth Mullins
Azilee Smith
Pattie Everheart
Canada
First Grade Treasure Hunt Inspires Bird Study
The first grade explored woods Friday morning to hunt for wild flowers and spot different birds. They returned joyful and wrote stories about the trip while in art class they drew various birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Badgett
Second Grade Excursion Hones Bird Nests and Tree ID
Velma Holland and Mary Alice Harrison describe a Friday field trip where second graders hunted for bird nests and identified tree species. Billy Ward Evans collected samples from various trees and the class practiced physical exercise, marching to several tunes as they began the lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Ward Evans
Velma Holland
Mary Alice Harrison
Friday Spelling Match and Busy Fourth Grade
In a Friday game Robins beat Cardinals 15 to the Robins win. Weekly honor roll includes Billy Christian Katie Kincaid Billy Joe Riddle Janis Horton Eugene Reeves Carl Simmons Henrietta Jackson Ida Pearl Thrasher. Seven rabbits on the wall with ribbon children: Mary Helen Hill J H Lane Howard Ross Homer Frank Coffman Dorothy Lane Daniel Lane Dorothy Clark. Fourth graders study life in Mexico with tapestries showing burros flowers parrots and ox carts. They tied in a fractions speed contest and work on drawing paper chains rag dolls and a library corner.
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Robins
Cardinals
Billy Christian
Katie Kincaid
Billy Joe Riddle
Janis Jayne Horton
Eugene Reeves
Carl Simmons
Henrietta Jackson
Ida Pearl Thrasher
Mary Helen Hill
J. H. Lane
Howard Ross
Homer Frank Coffman
Dorothy Fae Lane
Daniel Lane
Dorothy Clark
Mexico
Marie Ward
Bertha Ford
Spelling Contest Upset Between Boys and Girls
The boys have defeated the girls twice in spelling and the girls handed the boys a program Friday afternoon.
Sixth grade study of cotton history and posters
Grace Harris reports on a sixth grade class reading The Story of Cotton about natives calling cotton wild wool growing on wild trees. Monday posters were turned in, and the class notes their posters could circle Grammar School when linked. Friday arithmetic winners played two hours, and Buick and Oldsmobile references appear as class discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Harris
Girls Lose 6 to 5 as Bells Ring Late
The girls played another baseball game Friday while the boys edged them 6 to 5. Three men were on base while hard hitting occurred. Lydia Mae Arney came up to bat as Malachia Wright wrote.
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Lydia MaeArney
Malachia Wright
Fifth Sixth and Seventh Pupils Slay Spelling Demons
Last week fifth and sixth graders faced hundred spelling demons with twelve fifth graders and fifteen sixth graders making 100. Names of those achieving 100 are listed for both grades. Seventh grade tackled two hundred demons with several students scoring 100. The class in social science studies the departments of the national government.
Miss Druliner Visits On Thursdays At School
Home Hygiene girls cheer Miss Druliner’s Thursday return as pupils recount a lunch bell delay for her car. She cannot obtain a doll in Sherman but will try Dallas this weekend. Students list lessons learned like reading a thermometer and counting a pulse with Betty Atkinson and Dorotha Darwin as pretend patients. Lydia Mae Arney and Marjorie Mears drew a thermometer on the board.
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Miss Druliner
Sherman
Dallas
Betty Atkinson
Dorotha Darwin
Lydia MaeArney
Marjorie Mears
Bertha Ford
Marie Ward
Sevenths grade visitors travel countywide this weekend
A list of seventh grade visitors includes Barbara Jean Gordon Charlie Sue Childress Jarvis D Maddux and Mary Dale King in Sherman Dorotha Darwin and Betty Atkin son stayed with Velma Holland Morris Fogle Gillett visited Dallas Marjorie Mears Desert Margaret Coffey at McKinney Otto Russell at Leonard Bertha Ford in Trenton J C Hasting in East Texas Alma Jo Sanderson writes of weekend sightings and schoolyard notes Billy Jack inattentive Alma Jo trading seats Paul Simmons homers J C Hasting initials on arm
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Mr. Ricketts
Martha Lee Bradley
Margaret Coffey
Velma Holland
Mary Alice Harrison
Alma Jo Sanderson
J. W. Chaney
Thomas Sanderson
Barbara Jean Gordon
Charlie Sue Childress
Pattie Everheart
Betty Jane Harper
Ben Robert Jones
Wallace Reeves
James Stuteville
Dorothy Sue Douglas
Ann LaRoe
Azilee Smith
Cecil Magers
Edith Harper
Robert Owens
Martha Louise Vestal
Mary
Billy Jack Harper
Robbie Mae Brown
Mary Lee Wilson
Betty Atkinson
Mary Dale King
Dorotha Darwin
Paul Simmons
Wilton McFarland
Sherman
Jarvis D. Maddux
Morris Fogle Gillett
Dallas
Marjorie Mears
Desert
McKinney
Otto Russell
Leonard
Bertha Ford
Trenton
J. C. Hasting
East Texas
Billy Jack
Alma Jo
Quirky Quotations From a Noisy Day in Class
A curio of humorous schoolyard remarks and casual exchanges shows teachers, students, and parents bantering about chores, soap, piano practice, and a rooster incident. The snippets capture lighthearted moments as characters tease, tease back, and navigate daily tasks with playful misbehavior.
Cost of living up 8 percent in March report
The National Industrial Conference Board says living costs rose 0.8 percent in March from February with food up 1 percent. Rents, clothing, and sundries each gained modestly while coal costs fell 6 percent as warm weather approached. The report shows year over year increases and compares to 1929 peaks. California forest fires burned over 700000 acres in 1936.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board
Statistical Organization
Rural Social Roundup Near Nobility and Whitewright
Orangeville residents and relatives gather at multiple homes including Nobility Whitewright and Sherman area towns. An infant death occurs in the Howell family with burial at Wittitee Cemetery. Several visits and local travel note exchanges among Wilder Mayse Savage Young and Richey families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Young
Russell of
Whitewright
Fred Howell
O. V. Wilder
John Savage
Charley Young
Bramlet Burden
C. E. Mayse
Paul Brown
J. P. Blanton
Porters
Wittitee
Robert Segers
Marshall
Junior Wilder
Junior Mayse
Don Fuller
Charlie Smith
Sherman
Frank Smith
J. D. Rich
Age Benefits Battle to Go to High Court
Washington The First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston ruled unconstitutional the old age benefit provisions of the social security act and the decision will be appealed to the Supreme Court. Attorney General Cummings said arguments on constitutionality would be heard April 26, aiming for a prompt ruling before term end.
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Washington
First Circuit Court of Appeals
Boston
Supreme Court
Cummings
Circuit Court
George P. Davis
Edison Electric Illuminating Company of
Jar lid trick to ease opening in hot water
To make jar lids easy to remove, place the jars upside down in hot water for a minute or two or run hot water over the lids.
Cleanup yields 11 725 empty liquor bottles in Collin County
McKinney Texas Gene Baldwin county road foreman reports annual highway cleanup totaling 11 725 whisky and beer bottles gathered by him and aides on county roads including Highway 5 24 14 and 78 with counts by road.
Employee seeks raise as other firms woo him
A worker asked his boss for a raise claiming interest from several firms. The boss later learned the competing firms were the gas company, the water company, and a furniture supplier.
Wise Exchange on Work and Listening Between Mother and Child
A compact dialogue contrasts a mother’s insistence on doing work with a child’s readiness to act. The exchange emphasizes initiative and listening, both sides acknowledging capability within time constraints.
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