Local residents visit kin and shop for Christmas in Bonham area
A roundup of visits and travels includes Mr. and Mrs. Fred Starr in Gainesville, A C Maynard and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Nelms returning from Idaho. Several others travel to Dallas Sherman Denison and Houston while Christmas sales offer bedroom and living room furniture. A postmaster appointment is noted for Walter Huff at Trenton and a local marriage in Tom Bean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Maynard
Sam Nelms
Idaho
Roberts Co Christmas Window Display Delights Shoppers
Bill Jones notes Roberts Co showcases a white decorated west window with mince meat dates pineapples cocoanut and canned fruits. East window features corduroy jackets men shirts honor brand and a candy display. A free oil painting giveaway and West Texas Maize Heads for feed entice shoppers with Christmas specials and bulk pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts Co
Birthday Surprise for Mrs. E O Thomas at 68
Mr and Mrs E O Thomas and children from Tom Bean visited their mother Mrs E O Thomas on Sunday. Mrs Thomas marked her 68th birthday. The Sun notes two upcoming baptist sermons at Orangeville Church with Rev J D Flemings next Sunday at 11 and Rev Renfro on December 24 at 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. O. Thomas
Tom Bean
Frank Thomas
Whitesboro
J. D. Flemings
Orangeville Baptist Church
Renfro
Needlework Guild meeting notes and hospital updates
Group II of the Needlework Guild met with Miss Maggie Horton on Tuesday. New member Miss Faye Alverson was welcomed. Next meeting slated for Tuesday with Miss Vinita Jenkins. Health news includes Mrs. C. W. Pope improving after throat infection and surgery in Sherman hospital. Mr. Pope recovering. Mrs. L. B. Ewing operated on for removal of the first finger. improving at Sherman hospital. Central Christian Church Woman's Missionary Society met with program including music, readings, and a Christmas article, followed by refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Needlework Guild
Maggie Horton
Faye Alverson
Vinita Jenkins
L. B. Ewing
Harlingen
John Silman
Whitewright
Silman
Sherman Hospital
Ewing
Woman’s Missionary Society of the Central Christian Church
Leon Devonport
Gomer Graves
Tommie Chenoweth
Graves
Lucille LaRoe
Fred Smith
Miss Chenoweth
J. F. Fender
Rhom Pennington
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Louise Merritt
Reading
Betty Margaret Sears
Long-lived Missouri matriarch poses in Houston Chronicle feature
Mrs Mary Ann Blanton of the Ozark hills near Bonne Terre Missouri will turn 118 on February 20 Her daughter and son aged 66 and 62 live with her Her cousins and an uncle lived to 104 and 108 She has few medical visits in a lifetime once for typhoid and once for a back injury She used to smoke but quit and is distantly related to Mrs B F Blanton of Whitewright
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Chronicle
Mary Ann Blanton
Ozark Hills
Bonne Terre
Boy Scout Show at Palace Aids Christmas Relief
The Boy Scout show at the Palace theatre offered free admission for toys and discarded clothing donated at the box office. Attendees contributed over 100 toys, 25 girls garments, 15 boys garments, and eight infant garments. Scouts repair the toys and ship the items to the central relief committee for Christmas delivery.
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Palace Theatre
Central Relief Committee
Scout
The
Sun
Palace
Methodist Church Plans Boy Scouts Sunday Service
The Methodist Church invites all parents and young people to a Sunday 11 a.m. service with Boy Scouts present. The sermon titled Your Boy will address fathers and mothers about attendance and school attendance aims to rise 25 over last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Methodist Church
C. W. Dennis
Piano Recital by Miss Chenoweth Pupils At Grammar School
Miss Tommie Chenoweth presents a piano recital Monday at 7 15 PM in the grammar school auditorium. Performers include James German Foucheaux Vestal Martha Louise Vestal Mary Helen Maddux Martha Joe Darwin Dorotha Darwin Jack Smith Lula Lee Vestal Leon Adams Doris Neves and Doris Annip. Rhythm bands of grammar school pupils will also play. Public invited with no admission charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommie Chenoweth
Grammar School
James German
Foucheaux Vestal
Martha Louise Vestal
Mary Helen Maddux
Martha Joe Darwin
Dorotha Darwin
Jack Smith
Lula Lee Vestal
Leon Adams
Doris Neves
Doris Annip
Literary Digest Straw Vote Question Sparks Debate
The Toledo Blade notes a public wonder that The Literary Digest has not conducted a straw vote to gauge national needs. The remark hints at growing demand for measurable public opinion on key issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Literary Digest
Toledo Blade
Expression Recital by Miss Lucille LaRoe at Grammar School
Miss Lucille LaRoe presents an expression class recital in the grammar school auditorium on Thursday evening December 21 at 7 30 featuring readings plays musical numbers and a Yuletide dance. Miss Clyde Johnson of T C U Fort Worth will perform a piano solo with pupils Mary Frances Stephens Billy Rhom Pennington Wallace Reeves Davis Parrish C B Bryant III Billie Lanius Kincaid Lucian LaRoe Vestal Jarvis Maddux Gene Martin Hooper Claire Doss Drunette Farley Ruth Vestal Doris Nicholson Marjorie Nell Blanton Sarah Belle Gillett Norma Frances Donigan Aileen Pennington Fred Starr Jo Thomas May J Y Russell Dorothy LaRoe and Margaret Lilley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille LaRoe
Clyde Johnson
Fort Worth
Mary Frances Stephens
Billy Rhom Pennington
Wallace Reeves
Davis Parrish
C. B. Bryant III
Billie Lanius Kincaid
Lucian LaRoe Vestal
Jarvis Maddux
Gene Martin Hooper
Claire Doss
Drunette Farley
Ruth Vestal
Doris Nicholson
Marjorie Nell Blanton
Sarah Belle Gillett
Norma Frances Donigan
Aileen Pennington
Fred Starr
Jo Thomas May
J. Y. Russell
Dorothy LaRoe
Margaret Lilley
Texas Population Snapshot of 1845
Texas shows a population of 150000 in 1845 marking a mid decade demographic milestone for the republic on the eve of deeper state formation and migration patterns shaping its early growth and settlement.
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Texas
4-H Club Organized at Ely
A 4 H club was organized by the girls of the Ely community on Monday at Mrs Lennie Reeves home. Eleven members enrolled and officers elected Vera Dodd president Louise Bradshaw vice president Bernice Clark secretary and treasurer Lamonte Dodd reporter. The group hopes for more members and a successful club that helps local girls.
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Ely
Lennie Reeves
Vera Dodd
Louise Bradshaw
Bernice Clark
Lamonte Dodd
Two Strangers at a Funeral Sermon at Presbyterian Church
Dr. B Wrenn Webb will lead Sunday services at 11 a m with the sermon Two Strangers at a Funeral The evening service will be dismissed to honor the Christmas service at Central Christian Church A 7 p m Wednesday prayer and Bible study will discuss church matters
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B. Wrenn Webb
Central Christian Church
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Mrs
J. A. Blanton
Charley Ayres
Leonard
J. B. Hembree
J. T. Roberts
Jack Hannah of
Sherman
Emmet Penn
Lem Tittsworth
Bonham
Jennie Crittenden
Denison
B. G. Gowdy
Lena Mae
M. L. Seay of
Ector
D. B. Smith
Guy Dillon
Plainview
Rev
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Clyde and
Vivian Shaw
van Alstyne
Cora Simmons
Mrs. H. J. Arledge of
Houston
Raymond Mode of
Howe
Cull Reeves
Clyde Montgomery
Evelyn Gates
Cooper
H. R. Tucker
Athens
J. B. Hall
Clarence Martin
D. S. Cannon
W. H. King
Eugene McElvaney
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Mr. Smith
J. P. Barbee
Tyler
T. E. Barbee
Lewis Arledge
Chesley Rutledge
Lewis Johnson
Martha Joe
Ola
Olive Parkins
Estelle McDonald
Blue Ridge
Virginia Benson
M. L. Taylor and Son
Ben
O’donnell
Geneva Barrett
Graham
Earl Benson
D. M. Taylor
Pilot Grove
Walter Huff
Trenton
Washington
Manton Earnheart
Miles Earnheart
William D. Webb
Ballou
Pottsboro
Justice of the Peace
Guy Stedham
W. H. Stedham
Bill Jones
Mr. Roberts
C. W. Pope
Philco
Philcos
Joe Johnson
Devonport
Presbyterian Church
Xmas
Paris
King’s
Dyer & Childress Drug Co
Santa Claus
Cole & Davis Company
Humming Bird
Cole & Davis Co
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