The Glow Worm Grammar School News Notes
Second grade honor roll names follow spelling week reports. Laura Jean Wilson is ill with scarlet fever and absent. Don Howard Cook joins the class from Savoy.
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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
Sixth graders welcome Norman Green from Sahuarta
The article notes Norman Green visiting from Sahuarta Arizona as a guest for sixth grade activities. The event highlights student engagement and regional connections.
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Norman Green
Sahuarta, Ariz
Whisperings From Sixth Grade Midterm Prep Notes
Sixth grade students busy for mid term exams. social studies focus on geography and world currents. They review events from their books and plan to study Great Britain after a general survey of surface features.
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Great Britain
Seventh graders submit booklets with diverse projects
Monday marked the deadline for handing in booklets and extras created during studies in transportation, styles, cookery, nursing, sports, wear, sculpture, and more. Notable works include Eudell's sculpture project featuring a soap car and a soap bust of President Roosevelt.
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Eudell
Roosevelt
Seventh graders discuss critical European war situations
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 allowed flexible timing for the writing exam and set a due date of the 18th. The class will be glad when Friday afternoon is over.
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Sullivan
L. T
Signature scarfs spark designs and paper patterns
We are creating paper patterns for signature scarfs with a big star center and the name W. G. S.-1939-1940 arranged around it. Work starts next week as we aim to craft the best scarf to win the prize with much anticipated fun.
Ricketts Provides Printed Tuberculosis Study Material
Mr. Ricketts is supplying print ed matter intended for our tuberculosis study.
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Ricketts
Notice on book report credit due date for juniors
Sixth and seventh graders may submit book reports for credit until 4 o clock Monday January 22. J H C
White Elephant Drive Seeks Gifts for Safety Effort
The Grammar School requests donations of white elephants to support a growing safety project. Anyone with a suitable item is urged to send it promptly, promising the recipient will become a treasured pet.
Chatter Among the Seventh Grade Visitors and Visits
Several seventh graders and local residents are noted for weekend visits. Billy Rhom visited Denison and Sherman. Bobby Jim Morgan hosted Savoy visitors. Kirk May traveled with his uncle to Denison before a New York trip. Clarence Wootten visited Durant and Denison dam. Mary Frances Call visited relatives in Trenton. Willa Dean Rice hosted guests. Lester Simpson saw a Garland football game. Buford Garland visited his grandmother.
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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 urges evaluating the prior year to see seeds of kindness beauty truth love and justice bearing fruit. Time is our coinage to enrich mind and soul and prepare for the battles ahead. The piece contrasts wasted time with purposeful learning and growth.
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Edwin T. Randall
It Costs Money to Win a Public Office In Texas
In Texas candidates face steep costs to run for major offices with $25,000 as a baseline start. The piece critiques campaign finance rules, noting laws cap official spending while unofficial totals run far higher. It argues big money, not nickels and dimes, dominates statewide races.
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Texas
America
The Art of Carving Pork Loin
The guide explains loosening the backbone during cooking and moving the roast to a carving board. It describes severing the backbone with one knife sweep and placing the roast for carving with ribs as guides. It advises steadying the roast with a fork and slicing thin for temptingly tender portions.
Tests Galore in Seventh Grade Junior Review
Monday morning the seventh grade faced three tests based on the last three issues of the class paper Junior Review. No student found an easy question in the 56 pages. the mid term may cover the full 18 issues.
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Junior Review
Card of Thanks and Auto Finance Ad
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to friends for sympathy and flowers after a death. The same page advertises automobile loans offering refinancing and quick approval with inspection, from Auto Finance Company led by F. W. Creager at 117% S. Travis St. Sherman.
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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 finance and spending vary by race
The text discusses how well known candidates can raise funds and spend less, while unknowns must pay more for campaign work. It notes that governor and statewide races attract large spending, often over $25,000, while state school superintendent and similar roles require less money due to limited funding.
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United States Senate
Railroad Commission
Source of disease germs is found
The U S Public Health Service reports infantile paralysis is spread through sewage and healthy carriers. Sewage samples from Charleston caused polio symptoms in monkeys, showing the virus is waste-born and carried by immune humans.
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Washington
United States Public Health Service
Charleston
S. C
Expert Judge and Witness Quip on Oath
Expert judge questions the witness about the oath. The witness replies with a wry note about her husband being a golfer and her son driving a second hand car. The exchange reflects humor in a courtroom setting.
Census Will Be Of Value to Farmers As Well as to Others
College Station reports the sixteenth decennial census will answer key farming questions. Tyrus R. Timm says data will show farm counts by year, rural migration, and population shifts. April 1 begins population canvasses with broader census work underway. Sophomore joke closes the item.
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College Station
Tyrus R. Timm
College Extension Service
Timm
Census Bureau
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