Local society notes from Clarksville to Dallas and beyond
Community entries list visits by Misses Margaret Higginbotham Velma Bennett and others to Clarksville McKinney Denton Lone Oak and Dallas. Mentions football games at Greenville and S M A T C U plus a Desert singing convention with dates in late November. Public questions poke light humor at Jack Ryan Mayo and study hall routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Higginbotham
Clarksville
Margaret Pierce
Velma Bennett
McKinney
Johnnie V. Dossey
J. T. Bayless
Denton
Lone Oak
Una Mae Mangrum
Tom Bean
Mary Lou Blanks
Mary Lee Andrews
Greenville
Forrester
Dallas
Miss Ray
Euna Lee Hampton
Trenton
Mary Connally
Lucille Williams
Desert
Bells
Homer Annip
Sherman
Laura Jean Fleming
Anna Jo Pennington
Velma Lee Cates
Ida Belle Chadwell
Doris Eversole
Ruth McGaughey
Honey Grove
Babe Nell Penn
Jack Ryan
Power to Think Shapes Character and Destiny
A meditation on thinking as a blessing that separates humans from animals and drives civilization. It links thought quality to personality, success, and moral choices, urging self control, solitude for better ideas, and vigilance against evil thoughts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satan
Assembly Tells Thanksgiving History and Music Programs
Wednesday events include talks on the history and significance of Thanksgiving by Janice McIver and Louise Echols, plus readings on Thanks giving and Daddy Carves. Alwilda Ryan, Lucille Williams, Mary Lee Andrews, Mary Cornelia Roberts perform piano and solo readings. Monday features mandolin by Mr Young, piano by Margaret Pierce, and Miss Ray singing and dancing with My Old Kentucky Home and Progress in Modern Times by Mr Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice McIver
Louise Echols
Alwilda Ryan
Grade Spirit Quota of Local School Lists Students
Eighth through Eleventh grade rosters list students by name: eighth grade includes Donald Hall James Lindsey Lester Martin Madge Sears Lloyd et Burgher Vestal Van Vestal. Ninth grade lists Velma Bennett Gradie Fae Coley Johnnie V. Dossey Oneida Nell Harris Una Mae Mangrum Beatrice Maynard 8S T Montgomery. Tenth grade names J. T. Thornton Mary Cormelia Roberts Lucille Williams Lacey Craig. Eleventh grade names Virginia Benson Vernor Gordon Mary Lee Andrews Mildred Holcomb Mardell Pumphrey Guy Yowell Frances Gillespie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Hall
James Lindsey
Lester Martin
Madge Sears
Lloyd Et Burgher Vestal
van Vestal
Velma Bennett
Gradie Fae Coley
Johnnie V. Dossey
Oneida Nell Harris
Una Mae Mangrum
Beatrice Maynard
T. Montgomery
J. T. Thornton
Mary Cormelia Roberts
Lucille Williams
Lacey Craig
Virginia Benson
Vernor Gordon
Mary Lee Andrews
Mildred Holcomb
Mardell Pumphrey
Guy Yowell
Frances Gillespie
Local visits mark holiday gatherings across towns
Ernest Neal spent Sunday in Durant. Velma Lee Jones spent Thanksgiving in Mt. Pleasant. Ollie Mitchell visited in Van Alstyne. Jack Silman and Robert Crowell visited in Rose Hill during the holidays. Miss Lauderdale attended the State Teachers Association meeting in San Antonio Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Mitchell
Harold Garner
Trenton
Thelma Ownby
Eva Jane Skaggs
van Alstyne
Euna Lee Hampton
Mary Connally
Desert
Ernest Neal
Durant
Velma Lee Jones
Mt. Pleasant
van Alstree
Jack Silman
Robert Crowell
Rose Hill
Miss Lauderdale
State Teachers’ Association
San Antonio
Breakfast in the Barnyard Singers
A dawn scene unfolds in a farmyard as animals chatter about food and early risers. The quarrel-free breakfast arrives and the barnyard clan circles, culminating in a shared meal among Rooster, ducks, hens, pigs, horse, cow, sheep, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Duck
Quack
Mrs. Duck
Sammy Sateage
Steve
Red Top
Pinky Pig
Perky Pig
Sammy Sausage
Mrs. Pink Pig
Sir Percival Pork
Grandfather Porky
Mr. Rooster
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Whitewright High School
Guy Yowell Babe Nell Penn Houston Young Opal Cates George Gordon Pope
Maggie Horton
Dorothy Hamilton
James Lindsey Oleta Chambers
Bells and Savoy
Cordelia Russell
Mayo
T. J. Chenoweth
Miss Tommie
Bonham
Eases Seeeens
Tenes Eeeeeee
Miss Hen
Coekie
David Duck
Runner Duck
Turkey
Mrs. Cow
Grayson County
Vestal Music and Machine Co
South Travis Street
Sherman, Texas
Lilley’s
GEOR
Varas
Oxfords
Lilley Dry Goods Company
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