The Glow Worm Mavor Billy Rhom Pennington Co Editor
The Glow Worm reports honor roll spellings for second graders and notes student changes. An nette Harper Joe Glenn Parnell Willie Frank Martin William King Billy Ray Harrison William Hughes Bergie Stateville Jimmie Matthews Mary Frances Thornhill Vera Bell Perry June Marie Kelly Bobby Haliburton Don Howard Cook. Laura Jean Wilson is absent with scarlet fever and is hoped to recover. Don Howard Cook joins the class from Savoy. Mr Ricketts supplies printed tuberculosis study material.
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Annette Harper
Joe Glenn Parnell
Willie Frank Martin
William King
Billy Ray Harrison
William Hughes
Bergie Stateville
Jimmie Matthews
Mary Frances Thornhill
Vera Bell Perry
June Marie Kelly
Bobby Haliburton
Don Howard Cook
Laura Jean Wilson
Savoy
New Member for Sixth Grade Norman Green Joins
The sixth graders welcome Norman Green from Sahuarta Arizona as a new class member, expanding the sixth grade cohort.
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Norman Green
Sahuarta, Ariz
Sixth graders prep for midterms and study geography
Over the past week students have been preparing for mid term exams. The class reviews key events by flipping through their books. They have begun geography focusing on countries across the seas and will later study Great Britain in more detail.
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Great Britain
Seventh grade completes booklets on many topics
Monday marked the last day for submitting booklets and extras on transportation, styles, cookery, nursing, sports, wax sculpture, and more. Eudell sculpted a soap car and a Roosevelt bust. every seventh grader produced a personal booklet reflecting their interest.
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Eudell
Roosevelt
Seventh graders discuss critical wartime Europe issues
The seventh graders spent about half of their social science period Monday morning discussing the critical situations in regard to the war in Europe.
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Europe
Seventh graders anticipate mid term exams
The seventh graders look forward to mid term exams and hope to do well. Miss Sullivan has been kind and allowed an independent writing exam when ready. The exam is due on the 18th. All students will be glad when Friday afternoon ends.
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Sullivan
L, T
Signature scarfs planned with patterns and prizes
We are making paper patterns for scarves with designs including a central big star and names around W. G. S.1939-1940. Work starts next week as we aim to craft the best scarf to win the prize, with excitement and fun expected.
White elephant drive for safety needs students’ book reports
Sixth and seventh graders may hand in book reports for credit until 4 o clock Monday January 22. If you haven’t sent your white elephant to the safe project, do so at once as several items have arrived and the drive is growing.
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Brook Mays & CO
Reliable Piano House
Dallas
Texas
Chatter Among Seventh Grade Social Visits
Seventh grade chatter notes visits by Billy Rhom to Denison and Sherman. Bobby Jim Morgan hosted Savoy visitors over the weekend. Kirk May traveled with his uncle Fender May toward Denison before Fender's trip to New York. Clarence Wootten spent the weekend in Denison and at the Durant dam in Oklahoma. Mary Frances Call visited relatives in Trenton. Willa Dean Rice hosted guests. Lester Simpson attended a Garland football game. Buford Garland visited his grandmother over the weekend.
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Billy Rhom
Denison
Sherman
Bobby Jim Morgan
Savoy
Kirk May
Fender May
New York
Clarence Wootten
Durant
Okla
Mary Frances Call
Trenton
Willa Dean Rice
Lester Simpson
Garland
Buford Garland
Time as God’s coinage for enrichment in the New Year
Edwin T. Randall emphasizes valuing time as God given coinage to enrich mind and soul. He urges careful review of the previous year’s seeds of kindness, beauty, truth, love and justice, noting learning endures and is key to facing the year ahead with purpose.
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Edwin T. Randall
Many Absent From School List Amid Flu Outbreak
The notice lists Eudell Bush Edward Montgomery John Rufus Taylor Margaret Hanna Glenn Stapleton Carl Pierson Willa Dean Rice Mary Frances Call Mary Jean Simmons Ivy Joe Stephens Doyle Hinton and Melvin Fleming as absentees, noting flu as the main cause. The fragment ends with Margaret's status.
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Eudell Bush
Edward Montgomery
John Rufus Taylor
Margaret Hanna
Glenn Stapleton
Carl Pierson
Willa Dean Rice
Mary Frances Call
Mary Jean Simmons
Ivy Joe Stephens
Doyle Hinton
Melvin Fleming
Margaret
Carving Roast Pork How-To From Illustrations
The guide describes loosening the backbone during cooking and placing the roast on a carving board. It notes removing the backbone with one knife sweep and positioning the roast for carving with ribs toward the carver. The carver stabilizes the roast with a fork and slices thinly for appeal.
It Costs Money to Win a Public Office in Texas
Fort Worth Press analyzes campaign finances in Texas races. It notes modern campaigning costs dwarf the old myths of inexpensive runs, detailing official limits, off the books spending, and the sources and uses of funds in state and national contests. It argues money shapes who can realistically run and win.
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Texas
America
Seventh grade tests over Junior Review issues
J C tests galore as seven grade members face five days of exams based on the last three Junior Review issues. No one finds an easy question in the 56 items and they wonder what the mid term for the semester’s 18 issues will cover.
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Junior Review
Thanks for sympathy and flowers from neighbors and friends
The Hedgpeth family thanks friends and neighbors for kind words and deeds during illness and after death of a loved one and for beautiful flowers. Signed by H. W. Hedgpeth and family along with Mrs. Ruby Kerr Herman Crowell and Robert Crowell. Also an automobile loan offer from Auto Finance Company F. W. Creager manager Sherman Texas.
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J. A. Henderson
H. W. Hedgpeth
Ruby Kerr
Herman Crowell
Robert Crowell
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
S. Travis St
Sherman
Campaign spending variances among candidates
The piece notes established candidates with wide networks can spend less than unknowns who must hire much of their work. Some campaigns rely on minimal expense while others require costly publicity. Governors, railroad commissions, U S Senate seats and top offices attract large fund raising with $25 000 or more common, while statewide offices like state school superintendent or treasurer attract less money due to limited funds.
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Dick Vaughan
Fort Worth
Railroad Commission
United States Senate
Attorney General's Office
High Court
Source of disease germs is found
The United States Public Health Service reports that infantile paralysis spreads through sewage and healthy carriers. Sewage samples from Charleston during a past outbreak caused polio symptoms in monkeys, showing waste-born transmission.
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Washington
United States Public Health Service
Charleston
S. C
Expert Judge Quote Reveals Oath Question
The exchange features a judge asking a witness if she understands the oath while the witness replies that her husband is a golfer and her son drives a second hand vehicle. The humorous line captures a light moment amid courtroom proceedings.
Census Will Be Of Value to Farmers As Well as to Others
College Station reports that the sixteenth decennial census will answer key farming questions. Economist Tyrus R. Timm says data on farm numbers, rural migration, and population shifts will guide national agricultural programs and reflect movements from city to country and state to state. The census begins April 1 for population and agricultural canvasses, with other sectors already underway.
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College Station
Tyrus R. Timm
A. and M. College Extension Service
Timm
Census Bureau
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Mavors
Billy Rhom Pennington
Margaret Lucyle Hanna
Mary Frances Stephens
Joanna Harrison
Bobby D. Montgomery
Lucyle Sanders
Ricketts
Social Science
Social Science News
T. W. Ayres & Son Gossard
Haile
Stafford Typewriter
Sun
Whitewright
Stephens & Bryant
Whitewright Hatchery
Main Street
G. W. Ford
T. E. Barbee
Ramsey
East
Houston Street
Sherman, Texas
Star Credit Company
Grayson County
Jennings
Simmons
North Side
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