Lytle Social Notes and Club Gatherings Highlight January
In Lytle and area, the W H S Reflector notes editor staff and reporters, lists guests at a cafe reception, and records social events. A three-table bridge party hosted by Miss Martha Bryant featured a salad course and favors, while Miss Elaine Connelly of Trenton was honored by Miss Sara Kathryn Atterbury with a Friday night gathering for sixteen, including games and pudding with cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Bryant
Isabelle Craig
Elaine Connelly
Trenton
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
Claire Doss
Glenda Mae Rutledge
Drunette Farley
Doris Nicholson
George Hansard
Floyd Everheart
Modene Vineyard
Dale Watson
Rudolph Taylor
Edward Browning
Mary Ruth Holmes
Wilma Alexander
Wilton McFarland
Jack Farley
Jack Wallace
V. FE
Society Notes From Lubbock Holiday Parties Reach A Peak
Miss Janet Wilson of Lubbock hosted a party for 15 guests on Thursday December 26 with Christmas colors holly and artificial icicles. Guests included Aileen Pennington Nell Holmes Jo Willa Stateville Patsy Jean Young Ruth Anne Hunter Dallas Nancy Fortner Sweetwater and others in attendance. Aileen Pennington hosted a dinner for five couples on December 28 followed by a dance at Dick Montgomerys home. New Years Eve watch party hosted by Aileen Pennington for six couples featured dancing fireworks and a movie. A January 2 topsy turvey party at Mrs B W Newmans hosted by Ruth Anne Hunter and Sarah Belle Gillett used balloons Christmas lights and socializing to close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aileen Pennington
Jo Willa Stateville
Patsy Jean Young
Nell Holmes
Jack Meador
Jack Yeager
Grapes Vineyard
Fred Starr
Tom Holmes
Rex Brown
Wayne Bowen
Hamilton Vestal
Janet Wilson
Lubbock
Sarah Belle Gillett
Ruth Anne Hunter
Dallas
Nancy Fortner
Sweetwater
Fred Star
Merriwell Vineyard
Boyd Newman
J. W. Sanderson
Martha Bryant
Dick Montgomery
Tom
B. W. Newman
Newman
Gossip and holiday chatter in a small town Ticker Tape
Notes from W H S Ticker Tape reveal love rumors and social tidbits about Dot LaRue and Charlie W, Margaret, Jim Pat, Kath leen, J Y, Boogie, Fred, Boyd, and others. Neighbors Woodie Isabelle sing, and Mary Chaney eyes Lloyd A as Miss Travis hosts New Year guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dot LaRue
Charlie W
Dot
Margaret
Jim Pat
J. Y
Kathleen
Fred
Boyd
Grapes
Sarah
Woodie
Isabelle
Jack Lewis
Mary K. Chumbley
Shiek
Mary L. Chaney
Lloyd A
Custody appeal against Marian Emmitt case in Grayson County
Citation and summons issued in Grayson County Texas in case 36030. Josephine Emmitt, residence unknown, ordered to appear March 2 1936 before the 15th Judicial District Court at Sherman to answer a petition filed December 9 1935. Petitioner John Emmitt seeks a reformation of a 1926 custody judgment and custody of Marian Josephine Emmitt, asserting the child was improperly removed and that Emmitt is able to provide for her. Court clerk S V Earnest notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Texas
District Court
Grayson County
Grayson
Josephine Emmitt
15Th Judicial District
Sherman
John Emmitt
Marian Josephine Emmitt
S. V. Earnest
District Court of
Grayson Co
S .V. Earnest
Frankie Slaughter
Publisher mocks unreadable poetry handwriting
A publisher quips about illegible handwriting and questions why the poet did not type poems, while the aspiring writer defends the effort and jokes about typing being unlikely. The exchange underscores the tension between handwritten drafts and typed work.
Roosevelt's Budget Message to Congress Delivers Relief Gap
President Roosevelt tells Congress the budget excludes work relief estimates, cites a $2.136 billion relief cap, and promises a supplemental message in sixty days. Excluding relief, 1936-37 outlays total $6.753 billion with a $1.098 billion deficit, while debt and tax plans, public works funding, and AAA/CCC reforms outline a cautious, routine session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
America
CCC
AAA
Secretary of Agriculture
Budget Bureau
PWA
County Agent's Report for Year Sherman
The 1935 county report shows federal aid totaling 642000 paid to Grayson County farmers across cotton, wheat, corn, hogs, peanuts, cattle and sheep plus additional crop sales. Contracts by farmers, rental payments, and pooled certificates added income. field tests favored Ten Marq wheat and army worm control. Four-H enrollment reached 254 with 27 exhibiting. terracing and land work expanded, with next-year receipts projected near 4.56 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
AAA
Gray
Sudan
Red River Valley
Tyree Vawter
Harrison Davis
Dorchester
Harry Hudgins
Sherman
Vawter
Man shoots own hens when cold sets off alarm season
Winston Salem report says Paul Lindsey built a burglar alarm after chickens were taken. The device rang when thieves approached, but cold weather shrank the wires and triggered the gong. Lindsey fired, killing his own hens, as the alarm misfired on a cold night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Salem
N. C
Paul Lindsey
Lindsey
Man loses feet after extreme cold in bed
In Traverse City Michigan Ned Doe of Omena was found frozen under heavy covers with feet exposed. Doctors amputated both feet to save his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traverse City, Mich
Ned Doe
Omena
Wealthy man recalls lack of friends before riches
A reporter asks the wealthy man if wealth affects his friendships. He replies he never had any friends when he was poor, framing the exchange with sharp irony about social ties and status.
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Lytle Biggestaff
Velma Mae Nicely
Dorothy Tapscott
Joe Alexander
William Baxter
Jimmie Lee Brown
Mary Lea Cheaney
Lucase Cooper
Sybil Davenport
Katie Ford
Vivian Echols
Preston Hannah
Anther Hudgins
Pattie Jean Hulett
Dorothy LaRoe
Margaret Lilley
Pauline Mitchell
Dorothy Nicholson
Paul Pierson
Ocie Scott
Onie Scott
Byron Teague
Anna Lee Yowell
Grace Chumbley
Leon Chumbley
W.H. S
Agency
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Dan Scott
Stephens & Bryant
Fixeds Bank
Whitewright
Whitewright Sun
Farm News
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