Hogwallow Echoes and Local Quips Parade Through Town
A collage of small town anecdotes runs through Hogwallow with residents joking at the blacksmith shop and post office. Sie Kilden chases a pig from a potato patch while Luke Mathewson boasts half a century of marriage with no cross words. Washington Hocks surveys a house ruin after a Thursday fire and notes the mess left by carpenters and paper hangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sie Kilden
Luke Mathewson
Washington
Scholarship for Eighth Grade Boy Opens at Whitewright High
Announcement of a $4,500 Culver Military Academy scholarship in memory of Mrs. Emily Jane Culver offered to Texas boys in 8th grade. The award covers tuition, board and room for three years with the winner paying only wearing apparel, books and personal necessities. Consult the principal if interested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Whitewright High School
Culver Military Academy
Culver
Emily Jane Culver
Unconscious Motorist Refuses Shelter After Crash
A motorist, picked up unconscious after a crash, woke as he was carried into a nearby garage. He began to struggle and said the first thing he saw was a Shell sign and that a “darned fool” stood in front of the ome.
Winter Sickness Touches Orangeville Area
Community notes show widespread influenza and illness across families around Orangeville. Social visits continue despite bad roads with church services paused until weather improves and locals plan gatherings at the Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Eason
Little Son
Bonham
Lucian Jones
Bernie Richey
Telephone
Lonnie Holt
Frank Holt
Thelma Rushing
Christine Blanton
The
Baptist Church
Jimmie Bowen
Paul Bowen
Maggie
Pearl Garland
Cleo Hall
Nell Brown
Faye Holt
Clovis Pace
J. P. Banks
Orfreal Worsham
Alton Bowen
Edna Earle
Gladys Taylor
Ruby Joe West
L. B. Miller
Hickman May Retire From Ranger Service
A Fort Worth report says Guy Waggoner will be offered the U S marshal post for the Western District of Texas and that Tom Hickman may retire from the ranger service to become Waggoner’s assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Guy Waggoner
United States Marshal
Western District of
Texas
Tom Hickman
Sterling
Ranger
Waggoner
Sun Office Offers Adding Machine Paper For Sale
Local Sun office advertises adding machine paper available for purchase. Paper is offered to customers in need of torn, rolled, or perforated stock for business calculations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Office
Farm Relief Bill Would Boost Income for Farmers
Washington reports an emergency relief bill to raise farm incomes by setting minimum prices for major commodities. The Agriculture Committee approved the measure 14 to 8 and sends it to the House floor for debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Agriculture Committee
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Roosevelt
Jones
Farm Board
America
New Mexico Ends Two $1-a-Year Federal Jobs
In Albuquerque and Las Vegas a federal program will drop two $1-a-year special agents as part of economy measures. Miss Margaret J. Long of Las Vegas and R. T. Kellogg of Silver City lose their posts, confirmed by Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
E. A. Perrault
Federal Employment Office
Washington
Las Vegas
Silver City
Margaret J. Long
R. T. Kellogg
Banks to Close at Noon to Avert Holdups
The Colorado Bankers Association urged small banks under its jurisdiction to close at midday when staff are depleted to deter robberies. The note says banks will close during lunch so robbers will have to pause too.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colorado Bankers Association
Funeral services for Mrs Lillian Thompson Lively in Whitewright
Mrs Lillian Thompson Lively died December 23 in a Dallas hospital after surgery. Services were held December 24 at the home of Mrs T E Sears with Rev Harrison Baker and Rev L G Hagard officiating. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery. She was wife of T H Lively, longtime Whitewright dry goods merchant, and mother of Thomas Lively. Her siblings were Joe A. Thompson and Mrs D Orendorff. A daughter, Rachel Lively, preceded her in death.
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Lillian Thompson Lively
T. E. Sears
Harrison Baker
Munger Place Methodist Church
Dallas
L. G. Hagard
Whitewright Methodist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Whitewright
B. F. Thompson
Thompson
Thomas Lively
Joe A. Thompson
Canyon
D. Orendorff
Shreveport
Rachel Lively
Lively
Holiday Visits Highlight Pilot Grove Social Roundup
Pilot Grove residents and relatives spent holidays visiting family across Wichita Falls Pottsboro Slaton Dallas Texarkana Sherman Whitewright and San Antonio. Notables include McSpeddens Thropps Taylors Binions Sloan and St John with multiple trips and shared meals at local homes.
Country Doctor Retires After Thirty Years With Fortune
A country physician retires after three decades of practice, crediting steadfast duty and strict honesty. He notes the financial windfall of $98,500 from his grandfather’s death as a key factor enabling his retirement.
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Hogwallow News
Denk Botts
Atlas Peck
Sim Flinders
Poke Eazley
Sidney Hocks
Jeff Potlocks
Wild Onion
Orangeville News
Hickman
Nelson
Missouri
Beam
Illinois
Haugen
Iowa
Ketcham
Michigan
Hope
Kansas
Clarke
New York
Schafer
Wisconsin
Mrs, Lillian Lively
Annie Laurie Carter
Memphis
Charles Gilpin Jr
Dallas News
Raymond Carter
Jersey
Luther Sears
Mattie Hastings
Planters Gin Company
B. F. Blanton. le
Earl Hill
L. LaRoe
E. D. Barlow Nursery
Eenville
R. L. Johnson
Byrne Commercial College
Tyler Commercial College
Tyler
Joe B. Cameron and Son
Rawleigh
Grayson
Cooke County
W. T. Rawleigh Company
Tenn
W. L. Miller
Luther Skaggs
Auto Finance Company OF
Sherman F. W
Iertie
Pilot Grove News
Scott McSpedden
Wichita Falls
S. T. McSpedden
T. A. Thorp
Pottsboro
G. E. Thrift
George Parrish
Slaton
Pina May Anderson
Westminster
Fay Reagan
Roberta Sloan
F. M. Sloan
W. O. Davis
Bob Russell
Post
Herbert Taylor
Helen and
David Taylor
Tom Binion
Lee
First National Bank
W. T. Nicholson
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