Down Memory Lane 25 Years Ago Highlights
From The Sun dated February 9 1922 notes moves births and deaths in Sherman Paris and Trenton area. Kay Kimbell and J C Robinson and families relocate. Ab Barrett dies. Mitchell Bros stock sold by trustee J H Reeves. Mrs Annette German Harp hosts reception for Mrs George German. births to Howard Turner and Turner families. John Milton Burkett bankruptcy filing. J R Oliver ships 41 registered Durocs. Bethel Community Club meeting. harness shop sold. cotton prize awarded. several births announced. Pilot Grove and other local items include school program speakers and Burnham Bros employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Kimbell
Sherman
Ab Barrett
Trenton
J. C. Robinson
Paris
J. L. Devenport
Sanger
Mitchell Bros
J. H. Reeves
Annette German Harp
George German
C. M. Howard
N. K. Turner
Ely
Enterprise News
John Milton Burkett
Route 4
United States District Court
J. R. Oliver
Bethel Community Club
Jesse Bow
E. B. Martin
Manning, Clark & Meador
L. H. Grammer
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Willie Allen
Rose Hill
Robert Allison
Orth
Allison
W. M. Smith
Jim Biggerstaff
Pilot Grove News
Guy Hamilton Jr
J. P B. Haliburton
Jimmy D. Daugherty
Myra Nell Vestal
Billy Magar
Bernard Magar
Cleophus Haliburton
Local Death and Birth Announcements
Mrs Emmett Cooper aged 42 died in a Bonham hospital on Wednesday. Miss Lucy Craig visits her sister Mrs Milton Greenway in New Orleans. Mr and Mrs Fred Clark of the Canaan community announce the birth of a daughter on February 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Cooper
Bonham Hospital
Lucy Craig
Milton Greenway
New Orleans
Fred Clark
Canaan
The Call to Service by Edgar A. Guest
An inspirational verse-style reflection urging personal duty and helpful actions. It emphasizes doing useful service while life lasts, trusting divine guidance, and the value of aid offered to others even without full understanding of why.
Parents Warned Reading Too Early May Hurt Eyes
Ambitious parents urged not to teach literacy too young as eyestrain and possible permanent damage may result. The Better Vision Institute in New York notes children's eyes grow fully by age eight or nine and early close work fatigues delicate ciliary muscles. Parents should not misread glancing from a child as disinterest. The article also mentions a Houston charity distributing free show tickets for The Ten Commandments to Hungarian refugees and others, funded by an anonymous cotton-picker-turned-executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Vision Institute
New York
The
Vision Institute
Houston
We Heard About Local Visits and Luncheon Plans
A series of social visits span several towns with Mrs. Mary Box, Mrs. Florence White, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Bowen, and others attending gatherings in Caddo Cedar Rapids Sherman and McKinney. Notable notes include chickenpox for Richard Maxwell and a granddaughter's surgery in Bonham. The Kidd-Key Club annual luncheon is planned for Saturday at Hotel Grayson in Sherman with a 1.75 dollar meal and RSVPs requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Underwood
Bonham
Kidd-Key Club
Hotel
Grayson, Sherman
Milo Brame
Sherman
Kidd-Key
Cracks at the Crowd by Claude Callan
A satirical column traces family and social quirks from Flighty’s flirtations with wickedness to ambitions of modernity. It weaves in loans, work, and marriage tensions as a humorous reflection on growing older and reconsidering past mistakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Callan
Flighty
Perdition
Punished Junior and the Sunday School Decision
A boy named Punished Junior causes chaos with a cat canary fish aquarium and clock parts before his mother condemns him to not attend Sunday School. The piece ends with a note on snakes having up to 300 pairs of ribs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior
Granddad
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paul Cook
Burnham Bros
Billie Jean
Jesse Wallace
Beecher St. John
Charley
John Adams
Desert News
Central Christian Church
F. M. Echols
H. P. Donigan
C. J. Meador
Ab Ithael McMillin
J. B. Hamilton
T. E. Barbee
Oran Sears
H. T. Atterberry
Ruth Clark
R. P. Childress
Joe Robbins
C. W. Spinks
Lester Simpson
Parrish Bottom
Evelyn Hill
Sarah Belle Gillett
Jo Willa Stateville
Marjorie Henderson
Litha Sue Hollingsworth
Lorna Lee Thornton
Drunette Farley
Glenda Rutledge
Sybil Davenport
Joy Wilson
Frances Riddle
Mary Phillips
Betty Jo Morrow
Miss Draper
Mary Lee Chaney
Pauline Dixon
Albert L. Jackson
Marie Thrasher
Anita Vestal
Edgar A. Guest
Whitewright
Texas State Optical
S. J. Rogers
N. Jay Rogers
Pregisionevision
Denison
W. Main
See “the Tracer
Webap-Tv
Channel
North Travis
Timit Storey
Mark
Conditio
Ists
J. F. Farquhar
Coventry
England
Mary Box
Caddo, Okla
Florence White
J. G. Nargang
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
T. B. Bowen
Harmon Hayes
Ector
M. E. Miller
Mrs
T. W. Bowen
McKinney
Guy Johnson
Grand Prairie
Warren Ross
Joe Ross
Elmer Barnes
Idabell, Okla
J. W. Barnes
George Bennett
Hugh Hunter
R. F. Williams
Ben Miller of
Ella Johnson
Frank Magers
Richard Maxwell
Mrs. J. O. Maxwell
Frank Smith
J. W. Cantrell
Dallas
Hazel McLean
Harold Strong
Miss McLean
R. C. Thrasher
Calvin McKnight
Hobart Thrasher
Guy Collins
Waco
Ed Price
Collins
Chevrolet
Dad
Daisy
H. H. Taylor
First National Bank Bldg
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