The Glow Worm Staff List and Editors
The Glow Worm lists editor Bob Sears and assistant Grace Harris with manager Lucille Starr. Staff includes Lottie Fay Brown, Billy Lanius Kincaid, Lucian Vestal, Jessie Mae Coffey, Virginia Hill, Davis Parrish, Thomas Arney, Billie Burke, Vineyard, Frank Wilson, and many others such as Lucille Starr and Helen Childress. Additional names include Juanita England, Betty Jane Owens, and Pearl Thrasher among the press team on the byline with B. L. K. and L. V.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Fay Brown
Grace Harris
Billy Lanius Kincaid
Lucian Vestal
Jessie Mae Coffey
Virginia Hill
Davis Parrish
Thomas Arney
Billie Burke Vineyard
Billie Hatfield
Frank Wilson
Buford Simmons
Myrtle Taylor
Helen Ruth Holcomb
Tommy Thornhill
Lucille Starr
Helen Childress
Juanita England
Betty Jane Owens
First Grade Reading Lesson With Bob Nancy Characters
The class learns rapid reading and letter sounds using pictures and sounds like meow bowwow gobble gobble and the word hello. A Thanksgiving calendar shows Pilgrims, fruit, pumpkins, flowers, ships, wigwams and colored pictures created by the children.
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Bob
Nancy
Turkey pictures decorate third grade class displays
Large turkey pictures brought to school by third grade pupils this week prompted classroom discussions of Thanksgiving dinners. Pilgrim child drawings and colorings accompany the displays.
Pilgrim play titled The First Thanksgiving Day staged
A reading class performed The First Thanksgiving Day as a study of Pilgrim life. Cast members included Margaret Burnham, Katie Kincaid, Eugene Reeves, Billy Christian, Edyth Biggerstaff, Billy Joe Riddle, and Ernest.
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Margaret Burnham
Katie Kincaid
Eugene Reeves
Billy Christian
Edyth Biggerstaff
Billy Joe Riddle
Ernest
Fifth Grade Thanksgiving Program Recap
The fifth grade planned a Thanksgiving program this week featuring stories poems and drawings. They practiced health vocabulary and studied the Southern States and their capitals in arithmetic. The class also runs a Friday club and wished everyone a good Thanksgiving.
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V. H
Sixth graders’ test results and assignments announced
The sixth grade had a test Tuesday with six passing grades and no test Wednesday. Students scoring below 75 must prepare a map locating all major cities and describe their events. English work focuses on four kinds of paragraphs and finding examples in the newspaper. Arithmetic requires hard work.
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D. P
T. A
Seventh grade Thanksgiving note from B L V and B H
In history we study four national home problems after the War of 1812 and make a Presidents booklet. We write plays in English and give reports on books. In arithmetic we study per cent and decimals. The seventh grade overall had a big Thanksgiving and they knew everyone did.
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United States
B. H
Home Economics Class Finishes Aprons With Two Seams
In home economics most of the girls are finishing their aprons. The ones that have finished their aprons are making two seams, a French seam and a flap seam. After we have finished our aprons and seams, our next project will be a slip.
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M. T
School News Movers Visit Nearby Cities
Miss Press went to Blue Ridge Tuesday afternoon. Betty Jane Owens spent Thanksgiving Day in Bonham. Fred Cook Jr. went to Tioga Sunday. J. F. Wilson went to Denison Sunday. Helen Ruth Holcomb went to Fort Worth Friday. Helen Childress went to Sherman Saturday. Lucille Starr went to Sherman Wednesday afternoon. -J. E. and B. J. O.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Press
Blue Ridge
Betty Jane Owens
Bonham
Fred Cook Jr
Tioga
J. F. Wilson
Denison
Helen Ruth Holcomb
Fort Worth
Helen Childress
Sherman
Lucille Starr
Local Toy Project Aims 40 Sheltered Horses Every Three Days
Mr Manning funded wood for a charity toy project making little rocking horses for the poor starting last Monday. The group plans to complete 40 toys every three days, with Mr Humphrey leading the effort ongoing.
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Manning
Humphrey
Girls Play Ball In Cold Weather At Local School
The girls improve steadily as they practice football and ball games. All teams show good players, with none dropping the ball. the seventh graders and various players are noted for their progress.
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H. C
Second Grade Thanksgiving Play Honors Indians and Pilgrims
Indian and Pilgrim themed program by the second grade portrayed life and customs of early settlers and Native peoples. Mothers and friends attended the event after a detailed study, with invitations written by the children. Present were Mrs. Paul Ryan, Mrs. Jesse Wallace, Mrs. Tom Head, Mrs. Clara Myrick, and others.
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Red Man
Paul Ryan
Jesse Wallace
Tom Head
Clara Myrick
J. L. McSpedden
J. A. Harper
Grover Vestal
T. A. Gray
R. R. Waldo
J. P. Darwin
J. L. Johnson
Charlie Cates
Barbed Wire Barrier Of Kenedy Kingdom Coming Down
A long stand in Kenedy County ends as bids are sought for a state highway through the restricted region. The Kenedy ranch, Yturria and King holdings, long protected by barbed wire, face a 90 mile detour for Valley access until the new road opens. Arch Parr and Duke of Duval era politics yield to highway progress led by Jim Neal and Nat Wetzel, with Julian Montgomery inaugurating the push in October.
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Texas
Kenedy
Texas Highway Commission
Kenedy County
Great King Ranch
Kenedy Ranch
Yturria Ranch
Sarita
Great Rio Grande Valley
Archie Parr
Duke of
Duval
Highway Commission
Big Jim Neal
Senate
Nat Wetzel
Austin
Julian Montgomery
Neal
Forbidden Kingdom of
Prices for Meat Drop Across Major Cuts in Chicago
Chicago reports show meat prices retreating from peak levels reached two or three months ago. Wholesale pork loins and fresh pork prices have fallen 10 to 48 percent in recent weeks, while beef cuts decreased 9 to 27 percent from October highs. Lamb prices remain about 10 percent below two weeks ago.
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Chicago
Institute of American Meat Packers
Christmas Cards by Sun engraving house offers 25-card minimum
The Sun promotes a line of engraved Christmas cards manufactured by a leading American engraving house. Each order can be as small as 25 cards with no two orders identical. Order now.
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America
For Sale Gentry school house sealed bids due Dec 6 1937
The Gentry school house will be sold to the highest bidder with bids sealed and due by Monday noon December 6 1937 by the Trenton School Board. Mail bids to E L Wilson Trenton Texas. The board may accept or reject any or all bids.
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Gentry
Trenton
E. L. Wilson
Texas
Thomasson Inspects Fannin WPA Projects in Bonham
Gus W. Thomasson of the Dallas district WPA office and area engineer R. F. Daniels visited five Fannin County projects. Five more potential jobs were discussed to keep men employed through winter, including roadwork from Trenton to Rudolph, Cotton Center to Maile, a Bonham sewer upgrade, and Honey Grove street paving extension.
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Whitewright-Ely
State Office
Trenton
Rudolph
Cotton Center
Maile
Bonham
Honey Grove
Power Line Work Begins in Fannin County Texas 52 Project
The Fannin County Rural Electrification project known as the Texas 52 Fannin Project starts with an initial 100000 dollars for southern county lines and a further 165000 dollars for completion. The system begins at Wolfe City and extends west to the Savage community north to Bailey southwest through Leonard to Nobility then north to Trenton and on to Orangeville and Ely. Remaining county areas await additional REA allotments.
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Ely
Ribbons and Paper For Sale By The Sun
Typewriter paper typewriter care bon adding machine paper and typewriter ribbons offered for sale by The Sun.
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The
Sun
Everybody Gets 13 Of A Kind In Bridge Deal
In San Pedro on a liner voyage, four players reported perfect bridge hands with thirteen of a kind. Mrs Mildred ll of Atlanta held thirteen spades, Major A B Speirs of Scotland thirteen hearts, Mrs Lloyd Hughes with thirteen diamonds, and Paul B Seydell of Atlanta thirteen clubs. The table played on despite disbelief, and Mrs Sey dell won the grand slam spade bid.
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San Pedro
Calif
Mariposa
Mildred Ll
Atlanta
A. B. Speirs
Lloyd Hughes
Paul B. Seydell
Whisky tragedies hit two youngsters in California
In Oakland Ronald Garcia, 3, was treated with a stomach pump after drinking a pint of whisky. His mother Evelyn Garcia rushed him to hospital where staff reported the child’s condition was not serious. In Fresno Fidel Martinez, 5, died after consuming a third of a pint of whisky, death attributed to acute alcoholism by Dr. H M Ginsburg.
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Oakland
Calif
Ronald Garcia
Evelyn Garcia
Fresno
Fidel Martinez
Fidel
H. M. Ginsburg
Self made widows denied insurance by federal judge
Chicago. Federal Judge Chas. G. Briggle ruled widows cannot collect husbands life insurance if they kill them. The decision involved Mildred Bolton serving a 199 year term for shooting her husband Joseph on June 15 1936. The judge said public policy requires the $10 000 policy be paid to relatives rather than the widow.
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Chicago
Chas. G. Briggle
Mildred Bolton
Joseph
Briggle
Bolton
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Bob Sears
Miss Opal Press
Rexall
Dyer & Childress
Home Economics
Curtain Goods
T. W. Ayres & Son
Carter
Gossard
T. T
D. Pp
L. S
J. T
T. M
L. W
H. N
Kenedy ‘Kingdom
Carl Gillespie
W. J. Barbee
Electric Singer
the Sun
Grayson, Fannin
Collin Counties
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Tom Barbee
Manning & Meador
Whitewright
Rawleigh’s
Memphis
Tenn
J. E. Smith
Dexter, Tex
G. H. Jackson
Elm Street
Dallas
W. W. Caylor
Will Smith
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
S. Travis St
Thomasson
Fannin Wpa
Lester Haile
Tricycles
Scooters
Manning & Meadow Furniture — Farmalls — Hardware
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