The Glow Worm Staff and Visitors This Week
Editor Dorotha Darwin and assistant Mary Dale King present the Glow Worm with a roster of reporters including Charlie Sue Childress J W Chaney Mary Lee Wilson Lydia Mae Arney Alma Jo Sanderson Betty Atkinson Jackie Lee Thompson Othel Stapleton Mary Dale King Robbie Mae Brown Annieola Watkins Teeman Sanders James Birt Phillips Marie Ward G W Ford J G Hastings Wandell Rid die Jack Thornhill Robert Waldo Betty Lee Jones cited for poem Ernest Harrison Jr play An Indian Party Visitors listed Mrs Bob Sears Mrs Audrey Evans Mrs Jesse Wallace Mrs Frank Smith Mrs Ernest Harrison Mrs Joe Johnson Miss Lois D Merrith attendance noted with hope for return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Sue Childress
J. W. Chaney
Mary Lee Wilson
Lydia Mae Arney
Alma Jo Sanderson
Betty Atkinson
Jackie Lee Thompson
Othel Stapleton
Mary Dale King
Robbie Mae Brown
Annieola Watkins
Teeman Sanders
James Birt Phillips
Marie Ward
G. W. Ford
J. G. Hasting
Wandell Riddie
Jack Thornhill
Robert Waldo
Betty Lee Jones
Ernest Harrison Jr
Bob Sears
Audrey Evans
Jesse Wallace
Frank Smith
Ernest Harrison
Joe Johnson
Lois D. Merrith
Doretha Darwin
Christmas Celebration Across Christian Nations
A terse meditation on Christmas as the birth of Christ and a time for peace goodwill and charitable acts. It notes December 25 as the common date, references carols and Longfellow, and cites Clement of Alexandria for the festival’s early origins while stressing the season’s spirit over exact dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Prince of Peace
Kings
Longfellow
Clement of
Alexandria
First graders learn sounds as Indians and turkeys adorn board
The first graders practice letter sounds and soon form words. Miss Blanton’s pupils display smiling Indian pictures and bright turkey crafts on the board. Betty Atkinson and Mary Dale King note Santa and reindeer picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Blanton
Nola Mae Ingram
Billy Jo Scott
Robert Bridges
Santa Claus
Betty Atkinson
Mary Dale King
Second graders stage colorful Indian life program
The Friday chapel program by the second graders featured costumes with painted faces and Indian blankets as backdrops. Girls wore Indian girl outfits with papooses. boys appeared as Indian boys with painted faces. David Lee Johnson portrayed an Indian chief with a wig. The program included a piano solo by Foucheaux Vestal, Sleepy, Ten Little Indians, an Indian Dance, a second grade boy story, and How An Indian Received His.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lee Johnson
Fifth Grade Students Compile City Profiles for Chamber Letters
J. W. Chaney with Pattie Everheart assist fifth grade pupils in crafting information letters to chambers of commerce in key North Central cities. The project aims to gather city and state details for educational outreach and regional awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
North Central States
J. W. Chaney
Pattie Everheart
Third Grade Christmas Theme and Fourth Grade Spelling Champs
The third grade expands a Christmas theme with renamed reading groups Camels and Reindeer. Students read The Birds Christmas Carol by Douglas Wiggin and study multiple Christmas tales. Fourth graders boast perfect spellers and a surge in library books as they recite poems and welcome Joanna Harrison back from illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Wiggin
Miss Sallye
Beard
Billy Christian
Fred Ray Garner
Billy Earl Henslee
Flowers
Margaret Ann Burnham
Fish
Betty Jean Brice
Edith Biggerstaff
Patrick Murphy
Don Newman
Jimmie Bartlett
Betty Journey
Willie Ruth Maddux
Jimmie Lou McCarstin
Betty Jo Pierce
Virginia Pierson
Ball
Eugene Reeves
Lonnie Dee Martin
Paula Jean Garner
Janis Jayne Horton
Willa Dean Rice
Ida Pearl Thrasher
Betty Nell Yeager
Leon Kuykendall
Lydia Mae Arney
Mary Lee Wilson
Hugh Tim Atterberry
Carl Pierson
Kirk May
Monty Atkinson
Mary Frances Call
Mary Frances Stephens
Kenneth Norris
Ola Agnes Riddle
Bobby D. Montgomery
Billy Rhom Pennington
Dorothy Nell Hall
Weldon Ingram
Imogene Kuykendall
Joanna Harrison
Mary Alice Harrison
Margaret Coffey
Fifth Grade Clean Up and Poetry Day Highlights
Last Wednesday the fifth grade cleaned their room with help from Betty Jane Harper Dorothy Sue Douglas John Biggerstaff Billie Joe Phillips and G C Brown. Friday featured poetry with Azilee Smith as champion reading eleven poems from memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Manning
Betty Jane Harper
Dorothy Sue Douglas
John Biggerstaff
Billie Joe Phillips
G. C. Brown
Carlis Neal
Azilee Smith
Sixth Grade Health Posters Attract Attention At Christmas Study
The sixth grade showcased health posters with Bob Sears winning best and Billie Burke Vineyard second. Helen Ruth Holcomb returns after chicken pox. Daily inspections cover cleanliness of face hands teeth nails clothes hair and handkerchiefs while a study on Christmas customs proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Sears
Billie Burke
Helen Ruth Holcomb
Roddy
Cecil Owens
Grace Harris
Davis Parrish
Helen Childress
Pete Ford
Myrtle Taylor
Lucille Starr
C. B. Bryant
Buford Simmons
Billie Burke Vineyard
Seventh grade elects officers for the year
The seventh grade held a Friday class meeting to elect officers for the year. Dorotha Darwin was chosen president, Mary Alice Harrison vice president, Mary Dale King secretary, Brother Gillett treasurer, Betty Atkinson parliamentarian, Margaret Coffey reporter, and Malachia Wright sergeant at arms. A program committee was appointed by Mr. Manning: Martha Lee Bradley, Marie Badgett, Velma Holland, and Billy Jack Harper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorotha Darwin
Mary Alice Harrison
Mary Dale King
Brother Gillett
Betty Atkinson
Margaret Coffey
Malachia Wright
Mr. Manning
Martha Lee Bradley
Marie Badgett
Velma Holland
Billy Jack Harper
Seventh Grade Girls Triumph Over Eighth In Gym Game
The seventh graders beat the eighth graders 18 to 16 in a gym game. Starters were Malachia Wright Mary Dale King Mary Alice Harrison Margaret Coffey Mary Lee Wilson Lydia Mae Arney. Substitutes Alma Jo Sanderson and Charlie Sue Childress scored with Wright Harrison and King. Several players sat out due to lack of tennis shoes. Velma Holland notes the seventh graders are real players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malachia Wright
Mary Dale King
Mary Alice Harrison
Margaret Coffey
Mary Lee Wilson
Lydia Mae Arney
Alma Jo Sanderson
Charlie Sue Childress
Velma Holland
Sparrow Visit Spreads Through Seventh Grade Classroom
Monday morning the seventh grade hosted a visitor a sparrow. Mr Ricketts taught arithmetic as the bird fluttered around the room until Brother advised opening the top window. The bird then flew out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ricketts
Barbara Jean Gordon
Notable names ponder imagined traits among locals
A playful list questions if Mary Dale King would still have curly hair Robert Waldo would avoid laziness Grace Harris would write less Martha Lee Bradley would raise grades and Charlie Sue Childress would skip basketball Alma Jo Sanderson prompts reflection on personalities and habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dale King
Robert Waldo
Grace Harris
Martha Lee Bradley
Charlie Sue Childress
Alma Jo Sanderson
Wife Whispers Outtalks Rival Radio Party Remark
Jones notes friends recall his wife as the life of the party. Smith confirms she could talk louder than the radio, highlighting her lively presence at gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Smith
Shape Unimportant Little Bride Asks For Tender Steak
A light humorous vignette where a bride asks a butcher for steak without caring about shape, only tenderness. The butcher questions round or square, highlighting the bride's practical wish for a tender cut amid playful banter.
Perpetual Motion Joe and the Edits of Publication
The joke plays on endless editing as a form of motion. A friend quips that poetry of motion means work that keeps moving from editor to editor and never gets published. The note adds a factual statement that Manila is the chief port of the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perpetual Motion
Joe
Manila
The
Philippines
Cardus Aimed at Functional Monthly Pain Relief
Women from adolescence to menopause report Cardus eases cramps and monthly pains. Mrs Crit Haynes of Essex Missouri praises it for cramps in youth and as she entered the change of life. She says nervousness and head and back pain improved. Thousands testify benefits. if no benefit consult a physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardus
Seven Pillars of Wisdom for Parenting Outlined by Dr Lesoard
Dr Howard M. Lesoard of Boston University outlined seven pillars of wisdom for raising children and three key parental qualifications. He urged giving a child rope yet holding the other end, stressing respect for the child, self-reliance, family involvement, gradual discipline, value-based judgments, sex education, and enriching family discussions to foster understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Howard M. Lesoard
Boston University
National Council For Education Through
Lesoard
Campaign Against Drivers Smoking Gains Momentum
In New York a police broadcast urged drivers not to smoke while driving. First deputy police commissioner Harold Fowler said smoking can distract a driver and risk injury or death to the driver and companions. He cited a strict Czechoslovak law with severe penalties for smoking while operating a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harold Fowler
Czechoslovakia
Gull saved by goosefish becomes CapeCod Jonah legend
In Provincetown crowds watched a sea gull struggle to rise from the water as a large flat goosefish dragged it under. A fisherman retrieved the fish, opened it, and the bird recovered, flapping away after a dramatic near-tragedy witnessed by over 100 spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provincetown
Mass
Cape
Jonah
Jefferson Boy Bags A Buck With .22
Youthful hunter J. C. Coogin of Potters Point used a .22-caliber rifle to shoot a 186 pound dressed 10-point buck at Caddo Lake. He said he intended to hunt gray squirrels but fired when the deer appeared, marking the second deer officially reported killed in the area since the season opened.
Kentucky tobacco market eyes $40 million harvest
Lexington Ky largest loose leaf tobacco market in the world and other Kentucky marts anticipate a $40 million golden harvest as a short crop due to dry weather boosts prices. Growers note roughly $1 million in income from the season, with Department of Agriculture estimates signaling a strong market ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Kentucky
Department of Agriculture
Crop figures and tourism route noted in report
The year’s crop totals 217,425,000 pounds with 156,600,000 pounds of barley. Last year Kentucky’s crop stood at 266,718,000 pounds. The Soviet Union is mapping a tourist route for 1937 in the circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Soviet Union
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D. M. Roddy
the World Book
M. H. Mullins
Jarvis D
Betty
Whitewright Lumber Company
Whitewright Lumber Co
Cass
Jefferson
Stateville
Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
Kirkpatrick’s
Paris
Nunnally
Bibles
Kirkpatrick Pharmacy
Omer May, Man
L. LaRoe & Co
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