Local And Personal Items From Whitewright Texas
Local notes report visitors and travelers among residents including Mrs H A Williams and son in Crockett Texas and Miss Sue Stephens visiting Waco. several residents return from Sherman and Collinsville with Christmas plans. Community updates include church society prayers, school vacations, an auction of subscriptions, and local business notes about purchases and real estate near Whitewright.
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W. Ju. Johnson
Sherman
Sue Stephens
Waco
Lou Sears
Murry Bryant
Leonard
May Badgett
Collinsville
Sun
Ryan, Oklahoma
Wolfe City
Ladonia
Parent Teachers Association Holds December Session
The Parent-Teachers' Association met December 9 in the public school library for a business session. A donation of $12 to fund school books was acknowledged. Miss Hollingsworth will preside at the next meeting with a round table program on opportunities and duties to encourage students to stay in school. The next meeting is the second Tuesday in January.
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Parent-Teachers’ Association
Has Narrow Escape From Fire At Sivells Home
Miss Joy Ball, boarding with Mr. and Mrs. S B Sivells, burned her feet when a hot iron scorched bedclothes on a very cold night. Fire awakened Mr. Sivells at about 2 AM Monday. the bed was burning but quickly controlled. A delay of five minutes could have left Miss Ball severely burned. she slept through the danger in a warm dream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B. Moore
Mr. Moore
Altus
Okla
Lloyd
Temple
Texas
Moore
Allen
Luther Parr
W. H. Wimpee
North Whitewright
J. S. Kershner
Jim Henry
Orangeville
Miss Joy Ball
S.B. Sivells
Mr. Sivells
Miss Joy
van Alstyne
Christmas contrasts joy with homeless children in war zones
A reflective Christmas piece contrasts the festive joy of the season with the plight of displaced children in war zones. It notes fathers away at war and some families lost, leaving many with no shelter or stockings, and the cold ground for their beds.
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Santa Claus
Calumet Baking Powder Promises Economy in Kitchen
A wartime notice urges housewives to cut food waste as sugar and flour costs soar. It praises Calumet Baking Powder for reliable leavening that yields tender, well risen bakings and offers a free 72 page cookbook upon sending in the one pound can slip from Calumet’s Advertising Department in Chicago.
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Calumet Baking Powder Co
Chicago
Ordered soda pop cases from Montgomery and Ryon
Delici ous cold drinks available at home by ordering cases of our soda pop in any flavor. Manufactured on site and bottled in clean new containers.
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Montgomery & Ryon
Townsfolk advised to leave teams at livery for protection
Citizens are urged to park and entrust horses at Kim Henry's livery barn, also known as the Ray barn, for safe keeping and care during town visits.
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Kim Henry
Ray Barn
Boy Scout Program Featuring Play The Boy Scouts
Sunday program includes Leader King Montgomery and talks by Lefevre Gordon Ralph Sanders Joe Johnson Frank Thomas and Rev Fleming on flag respect scout duties injuries and making men of boys. Officers urged to attend. Visitors welcomed and new members wanted. L D
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Boy Scouts
King Montgomery
Lefevre Gordon
Ralph Sanders
Joe Johnson
Frank Thomas
Boy Scout Organization
Rev. Fleming
L.D
Hampton Court Singers Bring Novel Lyceum Program
The Hampton Court Singers, five artists, form a new Lyceum company shaping a distinctive program with minimal opera and added motion readings. They promise costumed, staged performances blending concert style with acting and English song readings. Open on Friday night in the public school auditorium January 1.
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Hampton Court Singers
Lyceum
Beasley's Shoe Shop Sells Rayo Lamp as Xmas Gift
Beasley's Shoe Shop invites shoppers to step in and purchase a Rayo Lamp as a Christmas present. The ad emphasizes a handy home lighting option and seasonal gift appeal for holiday shoppers.
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Beasley’s
Cotton Belt Express Schedule Fragments
Readable fragments show Cotton Belt timetable items for east and west bound motor cars with 11 00 a m and 4 50 p m entries and a 5 30 p m remark. Names and complete details are incomplete but indicate standard daily running times and train numbers.
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Cotton Bel‘t
East
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J.L. Truett
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E.P. Randle
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D. A. Ray
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S.G. Andrew
Westminster
The
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Holland’s
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George H. Williams
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Roy Cook
the Sun
Sam Cameron
Dixie Lyceum Bureau
Carlisle Military Institute
R. M. Womack
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Guy Hamilton
Marguerite Montgomery
Edna
Julian Montgomery
University of Ilinois
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Virginia Longley
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F. C. Williams
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Dallas News
G. D. Bennett
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C. B. Bryant
South Bend Street
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Methodist Church
Methodist Mission School
Rio
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Missionary Society
W. A. Vaughn
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Spivy Badgett
Vaughn
Mr. Badgett
East Whitewright
Sam Doss
W. F. Ramsey
Elliott Thomas
Justice of the Peace Efp
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Tom Bean
Georgia Anderson
Mildred
Mell Roberts
Jim
Morrell Sears
Austin College
Pierce & Son's
Parent-Teachers’ Ass
Florence Lawrence
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Consolidated Film Supply Co
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Jas. B. Kelley
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Davis Brothers
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Whitewright Cotton Oil Company
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