Wreaths, Cookies, and Guests Highlight Local Event
Small holly wreaths were pinned on guests by Mary Helen Hill. Willie Joe Arney handled the register. Alice Johnson and Cladys Taylor served star shaped cookies to a long guest list including Mattie Taylor and many Mrs. and Miss names, reflecting a community gathering.
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Norma Lou Smith
Betty Lee Jones
Mary Helen Hill
Willie Joe Arney
Alice Johnson
Cladys Taylor
Mattie Taylor
Bob Sears
Lee Jones
Marie Johnson
Laura Hogler
Ernest Harrison
Frank Smith
Elmer Sanderson
Joe Johnson
Lee Wilson
Jesse Blakey
Ruth Gosnell
Margaret Coggins
John Reeves
R. C. Vestal
O. L. Jones
Earl Hill
Martha Bryant
Margaret Lilley
B. K
First Grade Christmas Thrill Favorites Santa Visit
First graders contentedly study words they have been reading and dream of Christmas. The note credits L. S. and M. F. C. with sharing the festive excitement as thoughts turn to Santa.
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Santa
L. S
Second grade class enjoys arithmetic and poetry display
The second grade students read well and tackle hard arithmetic problems with enthusiasm. Christmas poems are on the front board and pictures about Christmas decorate the room.
Third grade Christmas shop invites parents to view room
The third grade pupils ran a Christmas shop in their room using play money and tickets. Betty Lee Jones kept a ledger of daily sales while students like James Reeves and David Lee Johnson contributed in singing, candle exercises, acrostics, chart reading, spelling lists, and poems for a parents’ visit program on Tuesday afternoon.
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Betty Lee Jones
James Reeves
David Lee Johnson
Billy Ward Evans
Ernest Harrison
Guy Norris
Betty Jo Hamilton
Betty Margaret Sears
Norma Lou Smith
Winnie Sue Queener
Mary Helen Hill
Donnie B. Magers
Bobbie Blakey
Wandabell Sanderson
Elba Riddle
Jimmie Watkins
Houston Garner
Joe Truett Vestal
Billy Earl Henslee
Terry Max Miller
Maclean Roper
M. H. Mullens
Glendon Magers
Reba Cox
Fourth Grade Play Fuels Assembly Morning
The fourth grade presented a class play titled Farewell to Toyland during Monday morning assembly. The entire class participated, portraying Santa Billy Christian Mike Teddybear Don Newman Glorianna Janis Orton Postman Ernest Sanders Hobbyhorse Lonnie Martin Wooden Soldiers Singing Dolls Jack-in-the-box Raggedy Ann Katie Kincaid and several Mrs. Kincaid Mrs. Horton Mrs. Maddux Mrs. McCorstin Mrs. Pierce and Mrs. Whedbee as visitors.
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Toyland
Santa
Billy Christian
Mike Teddybear
Don Newman
Glorianna
Janis ‘Orton
Postman
Ernest Sanders
Hobbyhorse
Lonnie Martin
Wooden Soldiers
Singing Dolls
Jack-in-the-box
Joe Riddle
Raggedy Ann
Katie Kincaid
Olivia Whedbee
Clay Horton
Fifth graders await Christmas dolls and toys
In a small room on Wednesday morning, fifth graders eagerly anticipated Christmas gifts from the tree. Boys hoped for Shirley Temple dolls and soldiers while girls looked forward to footballs and airguns. Margaret Hanna appeared the quietest as Mr Humphrey teased Santa Claus. Eudell Bush showed notable Christmas spirit.
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Margaret Hanna
Mr. Humphrey
Santa Claus
Eudell Bush
G. H
Fifth Grade Christmas Drawings Brighten Class
Joe Cook and Eudell Bush drew Santa filling stockings his reindeer and sled Lester Simpson drew Mary and Jesus in the manger and Santa John Charles Jones and Montie Atkinson drew another sled and a reindeer They had a mighty pretty Christmas tree.
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Joe Cook
Eudell Bush
Santa
Lester Simpson
Mary and
Jesus
John Charles Jones
Montie Atkinson
V. H
Sixth grade names new quartet from Kentuckytown and Orangeville
The sixth grade announces a new quartet comprising Leroy Martin, Wallace Reeves, Dorothy Sue Douglas, and Betty Jane Harper. The note credits these two towns’ growth to arithmetic races and marks the group as the class’s latest talent.
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Kentuckytown
Orangeville
Leroy Martin
Wallace Reeves
Dorothy Sue Douglas
Betty Jane Harper
D. P
Christmas Holidays Hurrah for Ten Day Break
A brief holiday greeting from H. L. C. wishing readers a Joyful New Year and noting ten days of Christmas holidays being taken advantage of.
Girls Beat Boys In Eight to Four Score
A lively description of a Tuesday evening game where the girls defeated the boys eight to four. The scene captures the crowd’s reaction with vivid, humorous observer comments about the players and their emotions.
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H. C
Can You Imagine Mr Humphrey Liking Potatoes
A playful item notes imagined traits for several people. Mr Humphrey supposedly likes baked sweet potatoes while Billie Burke Vineyard wears colors, Naomi Waldo studies, and Betty Jane Owens does not read.
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Mr. Humphrey
Billie Burke
Naomi Waldo
Betty Jane Owens
Fragmentary Notes on Named Exchanges at Local Party
A list of fragmented social snippets mentions Nan Sherwood and Lotta Fay Brown, plus parties hosted by Mrs Mack Pierson. It references Mr Humphrey, P EF, C R, B J P, J R, M H M, B J H, O R hockey Tuesday, and other initials implying social interactions with no clear narrative or dates.
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Nan Sherwood
Lotta Fay Brown
Mr. Humphrey
Sixth and seventh graders make and donate Christmas toys
Sixth and seventh grade boys assembled and repaired donated toys for a city hall charity drive. Students Lucian Vestal and Tommy Thornhill led painting and repairs, producing mules, birds, sew saws, magazine stands, jumping jacks, airplanes, and guns for distribution.
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Lucian Vestal
Tommy Thornhill
Grammar School Hosts Visitors Friday
The Grammar School welcomed callers Friday including Mr. LaRoe, Mr. Clay Horton, Mr. Murry Bryant, and Mr. Key, per L. W.
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Grammar School
LaRoe
Clay Horton
Murry Bryant
Key
L. W
Home Economics Class Slips and Aprons Tying Up
In home economics the class makes slips and aprons as projects. Some students finish slips while others complete aprons and expect to begin cooking after mid term. Rector notes domestic skills will be pursued this term.
Christmas program Sparks Cheer at Grammar School
Students filled with joy as Christmas celebrations unfolded in chapel at 11 30 on Wednesday with songs talks and poems. Mr Manning announced Santa would visit at 2 00 to give away presents while thoughts of the tree and gifts danced in heads. After the program everyone hurried home for lunch.
Santa visits a mystery room with candy delivery
At about 1 30 p m on Wednesday a sweet sound announced Santa entering a room though it was unclear how he arrived. He asked if the children had been good and promised a return on Christmas night. Thomas Arney assisted Santa in delivering candy.
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Santa
Thomas Arney
Christmas Visits Told In Orangeville News
A flurry of holiday visits are logged across towns with families from Greenville Sherman Marshall Porters Ector Dallas Whitewright Bonham and Dallas area joining relatives in local homes. The item closes with a playful quip about new brothers in the Walter family.
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Garland Smith
Greenville
Joe Smith
Eugene Evans
Sherman
Aubrey Mayse
J. E. Donihoe
Marshall
Junita Reneau
Maudie Fae Holt
Bettie Blanton
Leonard
Jack
Sue Hicks
Porters
Lawrence Burden
Charley Young
Clint Jones
John Savage
Ector
O. W. Wilder
Dog Creek
Lloyd Barry
Trenton
Robert Segers
Vaden Bush
Bill Mayse
Whitewright
Sam Donihoe
Fred Howell
Dallas
Joe Brown
Desert
Paul Brown
Billie Reneau
Banuwwailer
J. D. Cooper of
Clarence Connar
Legion Post backs forty-year minimum draft age
Travis Post of the American Legion votes three dissenters to approve a resolution urging a 40 year minimum draft age if war resumes. The measure argues younger men are unavailable due to school pledges and that older service members bring experience, while government and industry seek to preserve younger workers.
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Austin
Travis Post
American Legion
United State
Post
Armed Services
B. J. Ruppert
Texas
110 Billions Insurance In Force In U S 1937
Total life insurance in force in the United States at the close of 1937 is about 110 billion dollars, per the Commerce Department. The largest legal reserve life insurance total, 26.35 billion dollars in assets, averages 412 dollars per policyholder. Investments span farm and city mortgages, U S government securities, real estate, railroads, and utilities with Federal bonds rising to 18.2 percent. In 1937 insurers paid about 2.4 billion to policyholders and beneficiaries, with 40 percent as death claims and 60 percent as endowments, annuities, dividends, and other benefits.
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Washington
United States
United States Department of Commerce
the Association of Life Insurance Presidents
New York
Legal Reserve
Legal Reserve Life Insurance Companies
Elephants Supplying Piano Keys Spark Curious Conversation
A student looks up from his book and notes that more than five thousand elephants annually are used to make piano keys. The landlady responds with a remark about the remarkable things elephants can be trained to do.
Not Thirsty: Goldfish Water Question Stirs
A brief exchange has a caretaker asking if the goldfish were given fresh water. The reply notes the water from yesterday remains unfinished, highlighting a small domestic concern about pet care.
General Motors announces 30000 layoffs to cut workforce
DETROIT Mich General Motors Corp announced a restructuring reducing its U S payroll by about 30000 effective Jan 1 President William S Knudsen said the cut will total about 20000 in Michigan with no wage cuts and a 24 hour week The company expects the move to be temporary despite a broader recession and notes remaining U S payroll above 205000 with a payroll over 24000000 monthly
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Detroit
Mich
General Motors Corporation
William S. Knudsen
Knudsen
United States
Michigan
General Motorw
General Motors
Night escape from Meadowlands hospital by patient in Newark
A Newark man described as a "smiling Joe" Thomas fled West Hudson Hospital after leaping from a second story window with three stitches in his heart. Police could not locate him as Grazina Taite, 28, Jersey City, was released on bail after a knife blade incident.
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Kearney
West Hudson
New Jersey
Meadowlands
Joe’ Thomas
Newark
James Parks
Thomas
Ay ‘Th
Grazina Taite
Jersey City
Gr avell proposes $250 yearly voter dividend plan
Ambl er Pa businessman J Harvey Gravell outlines a plan to give every voter a $250 annual dividend funded by a national loan association with eminent domain powers. He cites current banking interest as waste and says the program would distribute interest earnings to voters. He previously gave $75,000 in Christmas bonuses to workers’ wives and $90,000 to employees to pay debts.
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Ambler
J. Harvey Gravell
Gravell
Roosevelt
National Loan Association
Detroit
New Castle
Del
Walkersville
Ontario
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J. A. Yeager
Jes & Son Whitewright
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Home Economics
Orangeville News
Bernie Richey
Bonham
J. D. Richey
Leo Hagey
Jimmie Lee
P. Bowen
Sockman
Walter
Legion Post
U.S
W. J. Barbee
W. H. Stedham
Grayson, Fannin
Collin Counties
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Tom Barbee
G. W.ford
Northwest Whitewright
Lottie Taylor
Claude Garner
Auto Finance Company
Genera Motors
G. M
Knuajsen
Lees Hospital
Sun
Cash Grocery
Rollie R. Wald
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