Honor Roll for Grammar School
The grammar school honor roll for the second six weeks lists top students by grade. First Grade includes Marshall Everheart Jr and Jack Gee Smith among others. Second Grade features Sara Katherine Atterberry and Marjorie Blanton. Third Grade lists Louise Jared and James Erven Hughes. Fourth Grade names Litha Sue Hollingsworth and Dorothy Hagard. Fifth Grade highlights Margaret Lilley and Gladys Gosnell. Sixth Grade includes Dorothy Nicholson and Mabel Louise King. Seventh Grade features Woodrow Belew and Marl Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Everheart Jr
Hub Delay Myrick
Jack Gee Smith
Jack Wallace
Frances Riddle
Imogene Head
Evelyn Hill
Laverne Kilgree
Glenda Rutledge
Sallie Joe Truett
Sara Katherine Atterberry
Marjorie Nell Blanton
Justine Sears
Albn Dickerman
Helen Clabhorn
Marcell Gosnell
Bubbles Ford
Mary Phillips
Luther Guy Hagard
Clifton
Vivian Echols
J. C. Hannah
Claudine Glidewell
Louise Gladden
Pauline Coley
Isabelle Craig
Katie Ford
Percy Darwin
Lytle Biggerstaff
Ella V. England
Velma Mae Nicely
Annie Lee Yowell
Preston Hannah
Jay Lee Vestal
James Anderson
Dorothy Nicholson
Mabel Louise King
Dorothy Tate
Lula Lee Vestal
J. Y. Russell
Dwight Coley
Ila May
Robert Truett
Edith Mae Sears
Ray Lee Truett
Frances Haliburton
Jack Lay
Dorothy Joan Gillett
Inez Coffey
Wilma Janway
J. W. Burnette
Dorotha Wood
Woodrow Belew
Marl Ryan
Thomas Sears
Monabelle Biggerstaff
Nora Bryant
Ruth Joplin
Martha Sue Lindsey
Norma Joe Mangrum
Julia Ann Pritchett
Denison Hospital Trickster Bails on Free Care Scheme
A man arrived in Denison on a cot claiming illness and stayed at Denison City Hospital for a day or two. Doctors found no ailment while he feasted on meals, then admitted he was broke and was sent back toward Oklahoma with a detour via Jacksonville and Dallas. An investigation traced his ticket to El Paso, with a switch to Dallas and Denison en route.
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Denison
Denison City Hospital
Kansas City
Muskogee
McAlester
Jacksonville
el Paso
Dallas
Odd Fellows Donate Christmas Gift to Corsicana Home
Ott Lackey collects funds from Odd Fellows each December and forwards 43.50 to the Odd Fellows Home for children in Corsicana to buy Christmas gifts. He has raised substantial sums in recent years through his solicitation.
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Ott Lackey
Odd Fellows Home
Corsicana
Odd Fellows
Our Own Vaudeville He I m Nobody s Fool
A brief vaudeville sketch features a bold male performer declaring independence and a witty female counterpoint questioning bravado. The exchange centers on pride, wit, and playful banter typical of mid century stage entertainment.
Frank Thomas Heads Whitesboro Bank
Frank Thomas born and raised in Whitewright has been named active vice-president of the newly formed Whitesboro National Bank after the merger of First National City National and Security State. Thomas, connected with City National for ten years, is the son of Mrs. E. O. Thomas of Whitewright. rumor places C B Dorchester of Sherman as future bank president.
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Frank Thomas
Whitewright
Whitesboro National Bank
Whitesboro
First National
City National and Security
Thomas
City National
E. O. Thomas
C. B. Dorchester
Sherman
Rings In Pairs Trend At Paris Jewelry Shops
The vogue of wearing dinner rings in pairs spreads rapidly with salesmen noting demand for paired single stone rings. Women seek old bracelets and lockets with paired miniatures to convert into rings, reflecting fashion's pairing craze.
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Paris
Sun Publishes Early For Christmas Greeting Issue
The Sun will publish Monday next instead of Thursday to reach readers before Christmas Day in the annual greeting number. All news items announcements and ads should be sent by Friday or Saturday, not later than noon Monday. Businesses will feature Christmas greetings in the next issue.
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Sun
Wife killer ends life in prison cell in Lubbock
Clay Lester, 35, who blasted jurors after a 99 year sentence for killing his wife Vergie on Oct 24, hanged himself in his Lubbock County jail cell. He had shot her two hours after she filed assault charges and was found by officers hanging from a plumbing pipe around 2 pm.
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Lubbock
Clay Lester
Lester
Lubbock County
Ninety-Ninth
Vergie
Undresses To Die in Well
LEMONT Ill Charles Gilburn removed his clothing before taking his own life by entering a well In a reported incident authorities said he undressed prior to the fatal act avoided use of the clothing in the well
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Lemont
Charles Gilburn
Big Stock Feed Bill
Farmers in Kentucky spend 15 million dollars annually for commercial stock feeds according to the State University findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Farmers of
Kentucky
the State University
Lewis Named Second Oldest Yeoman Clerk in U S
D R Lewis of Whitewright is the second oldest Yeoman clerk in the United States. He has served as clerk of the Whitewright Homestead since February 13, 1899, and will mark thirty one years in February. J P Kruser of Lake View, Iowa, is the oldest clerk, serving since June 1898.
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D. R. Lewis
Whitewright
United States
J. P. Kruser
Lake View
Iowa
Yeoman Propeller
Yeoman Fraternity
Lewis
Odd Fellows Lodge
Lodge
Professor J B Johnson Dies in Waco at 63
Dr J B Johnson longtime head of the Baylor University mathematics department in Waco died at his home Tuesday afternoon after a short illness. He taught morning classes before a heart failure believed linked to grief over his wife who died six weeks earlier. Surviving are two sons, five daughters, and several brothers and sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Johnson
Baylor University
Waco
Johnson
L. P. Sears
J. B. Dickson
Whitewright
Albert Johnson
Abilene
J. B. Johnson Jr
Earl Allison
Paul Porter
Brazil
Hugh Hinson
Florence
Louise Johnson
Indictment in Senate liquor case names Geo L Cassiday
Washington reports a grand jury found indictments possible at four locations after an inquiry into liquor law violations spurred by the Washington Times. Geo L Cassiday, dubbed the man in the green hat, was indicted after being arrested near the Senate Office Building where police said he planned a liquor delivery.
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Washington
Geo L. Cassiday
Senate
Washington Times
Hearst
Expression Recital by Lu cille LaRoe Pupils
Pupils of Miss Lu cille LaRoe will perform a piano and vocal expression recital at the grammar school auditorium tonight at 7:30. Featured performers include C. B. Bryant Jr Claudine Glidewell James McFerrin Joe Villa State ville Dorothy Juan Gillett Louise Jared Martha Joe Darwin Guy Hamilton Jr Norma Frances Don igan Boyd Newman Dorothy Frances Darwin Clyde Johnson Elizabeth Waggoner Dorothy Hamilton Frances Bryant Madge Sears Emmagene Sears Maxine Roberts Johnnie V. Dossey Louise Sloan and Una Mae Mangrum.
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Lucille LaRoe
Grammar School
C. B. Bryant Jr
Claudine Glidewell
James McFerrin
Joe Villa Stateville
Dorothy Juan Gillett
Louise Jared
Martha Joe Darwin
Guy Hamilton Jr
Norma Frances Donigan
Boyd Newman
Dorothy Frances Darwin
Clyde Johnson
Elizabeth Waggoner
Dorothy Hamilton
Frances Bryant
Madge Sears
Emmagene Sears
Maxine Roberts
Johnnie V. Dossey
Louise Sloan
Una Mae Mangrum
Man Held on Mann Act Is Free on Bond
Vernon Ramsey aviator granted bond of 1500 dollars after waiving preliminary hearing on Mann Act charge. Ramsey flew to Sherman by plane from Denton where he arrived last week with Miss Evelyn Miller who was bondfree as witness.
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Sherman
Vernon Ramsey
Paul Kurn
United States
Ramsey
Denton
Evelyn Miller
Steers Shipped to Kansas City From Bells Area
R L Holcomb shipped 116 head of fine beef steers to Kansas City at the start of the week. The cattle, raised on his Bells area farm over about a year, average 1100 pounds and should bring around 110 dollars per head. It marks one of the best lots shipped from the region in some time.
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R. L. Holcomb
Kansas City
Bells
Nine rattlesnakes captured alive near Santa Anna
Charlie Bland of Santa Anna captured nine rattlesnakes alive after locating their den about five miles north of town. The snakes measured four to six feet and carried seven to twenty three rattles each. His plan for the reptiles is not known.
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Santa Anna
Charlie Bland
Here
Finders Keepers Find a Faulty Adage in Milwaukee
Milwaukee resident Leon Dixon found a $10 bill dropped on a street and refused to return it to Fred Carr who had lost it. A civil suit resulted. the court ruled that before finding is kept the owner must be sought by advertisement and county clerk notification for a year. If no owner is found after the waiting period the funds are divided with the county treasurer.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Leon Dixon
Fred Carr
Dixon
Carr
No Nearer Solution to Flu Germ, Medical Paper Says
The Journal of the American Medical Association editors denounce Dr Isadore S Falks influenza germ isolation as unwarranted saying there is little evidence they have progressed beyond others in the field. Falk replies that his report was made before the Bac teriology Club and more detail will follow in print.
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Chicago
Isadore S. Falk
Journal of the American Medical Association
Medical Journal
Morris Fishbein
Enza
I. S. Falk
Holiday Buying In Full Force In Whitewright Stores
Whitewright merchants report rising holiday trade as Christmas nears. Stores display an attractive, varied line of gift goods with buyers selecting wisely. Merchants have invested thousands of dollars in holiday merchandise to delight shoppers.
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Whitewright
Steel Directors Approve $350 Million Merger
Four steel firms agree to merge Republic Iron and Steel of Youngstown Central Ally Steel of Canton and Massillon Doner Steel of Buffalo and Bourne Fuller of Cleveland in a $350 million deal awaiting stockholder vote today in Cleveland Ohio.
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Cleveland
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Youngstown
Central Alloy Steel Company
Canton
Massilon
Ohio
Doner Steel Company
Buffalo
Bourne Fuller Company
Cold wave grips city as thermometer hits 12 degrees
The Bow-Wright Pharmacy front reads 12 degrees early this morning the lowest since 1927. After a week of unusually warm weather the cold spell proves hard on people and livestock. The weather bureau forecasts milder conditions soon allowing thawing and Christmas shopping to resume.
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Bow-Wright
Weather Bureau
Oil Lease Boom Shifts South of Savoy
Oil activity surges south of Savoy as Ed B. Parsons Company of Fort Worth buys leases in Mahurin, three miles south. A new deep test derrick is under construction three miles north of Savoy with drilling expected to start this week. Operators monitor Savoy developments for further activity.
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Savoy
Ed B. Parsons Company of
Fort Worth
Here
Mahurin
Black cat changes color at sea among storm survivors
A black cat that turned white from fright aboard the Lowestoft vessel Gladys landed at Grimsby with storm survivors after the crew abandoned ship off the German coast. The cat’s color change, tied to the crew’s terrifying ordeal, is noted by the London People's Dispensary for Sick Animals as a documented reaction seen in animals after frightful experiences.
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London
Lowestoft
Gladys
Grimsby
Channel
North Sea
Auto Suggestion Describes Emergency Hospitals Overfilled
The report notes emergency hospitals are crowded with motorists who had the right of way in a recent incident.
Miss Renwick Ends Life to Escape Inquest Case
In Cardiff Wales Miss Etta Renwick killed herself to avoid testifying at the inquest into the death of Edwin R Taylor who died by his own hand after she ended their relationship.
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Cardiff
Wales
Etta Renwick
Edwin R. Taylor
Whitewright Ends School Term For Holidays
Whitewright public schools adjourn for Christmas holidays Friday and resume Monday December 30. The nine month term will not extend with extra days for holidays and teachers do not draw pay during Christmas recess.
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Whitewright
Board of Education
Margaret Forester
Dorothy Tapscott
Dallas
Rozelle Cavaness
Maypearl
Oswald Haynes
Mrs Chas McKemy Dies. Funeral Set in Denison
A message from Austin reports Mrs Chas McKemy died at 1 o'clock Thursday morning. She was wife of Chas McKemy, state labor commissioner and congressional candidate. Funeral services will be held in Denison Friday at 3 PM, where the couple lived for years. McKemy reared in Canaan, a brother of Mrs J B Burris.
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Austin
Chas. McKemy
Labor
Congress
Denis
McKeny
Canaan
99 Bodies Recovered From McAlester Mine Shaft
Rescue workers pulled 59 bodies from the Old Town Coal Company mine after an explosion. Two miners were believed buried in wreckage, while five initially survived the blast and two escaped to safety. After-damp hampered efforts as morgues filled and attempts continued to locate two more missing men.
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Mcalester
Okla
Old Town Coal Company
Lifeboat Holds 160 Persons in Coast Guard Launch
Cowes reports a motor lifeboat launched here is practically unsinkable and can carry 160 people, highlighting its seaworthiness and capacity.
Population of weekly newspapers in the United States
A survey notes there are 11 387 weekly newspapers operating across the United States. The figure highlights the breadth of local journalism and regional press coverage nationwide.
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United States
Pupils Present Musical Recital at High School
A one hour program Friday evening featured Miss Tommie Chenoweth's pupils at the high school auditorium. First public appearances impressed with skilled training and careful teaching. Dorothy Juan Gillett and Boyd Newman delivered recitations. Jack Smith sang I'm to be Santa Claus with a playful pose. The stage glow included wreaths bells trees and a Christmas drill with Santa Claus, adding to an enjoyable recital.
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Tommie Chenoweth
Glee Club
Dorothy Juan Gillett
Boyd Newman
Be Santa Claus
Jack Smith
Santa Claus
Thomas Sears
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Denison Hospital
Whitesboro Bank
Merrie Christmou S
BR. Lewis
STEEL
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