Local Notices and Visits Across the Area
Mrs. John Pumphrey is critically ill at home. Mrs. W. M. Cox improves after serious illness last weekend. Jim Hardcastle of Saginaw visits today. Joe Hamilton returns from two weeks in Bonham veterans hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Russell McGinnis of Rockwall visit Mrs. C. P. McGinnis. Mrs. Olive Myrick and others visit Dr. and Mrs. John Inter in Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Pablo of Bay City and Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Broughton of Big Spring guests of D. E. McCoy. John and Mrs. Reeves attend East Texas State Teachers College graduation. their son John Dale Reeves is in the class. Mrs. Leroy Baldwin leaves for Porto Rico to join her husband. Clarence Woodson returns from three-year Germany tour. will report to Fort Sill Feb 27. Chester Slaughter sustains a badly cut left hand. treated at Sherman hospital and at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reeves
East Texas State Teachers College
Commerce
John Dale Reeves
Sfee
Clarence Woodson
Germany
C. A. Woodson
Fort Sill
Okla
Chester Slaughter
Sherman Hospital
Denton Visit By Blanks Couples Prompted Gatherings
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Blanks spent Wednesday night with Mr. and Mrs. John Blanks at Denton.
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Mrs
Jesse Blanks
John Blanks
Denton
Rotary program highlights March of Dimes talk
Rotary Club program chair Lokey Edwards introduced Frank Thompson and John Biggerstaff who discussed the March of Dimes polio drive. Clint Hennig announced the Rotary Ann banquet for February 21 at the Methodist Church with County Judge Jack Gray as speaker and a musical program planned. Attendance limited to Rotarians and their ladies due to dinner service limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lokey Edwards
Rotary Club
Frank Thompson
Sherman
March of Dimes
John Biggerstaff
Clint Hennig
Rotary Ann
Jack Gray
Denton County
Hennig
Friday Literary Club Discusses Children's Literature
The Friday Literary Club met at Mrs. Grady Gillett’s home last Friday to explore Children’s Literature. Mrs. J. C. Bryant spoke on roles for libraries and parents in fostering a love of good books, with Mrs. C. J. Meador and Mrs. J. T. Holloway contributing on best books and anti comic books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Gillett
J. C. Bryant
C. J. Meador
J. T. Holloway
Bethel W M U Meeting Highlights Community Mission
The Bethel W M U met at the church Monday afternoon with Mrs Christene Sanderson as chairman. The program opened with a song and prayer. Sanderson gave a talk on Community Missions and leaflets on The Family were distributed. Nursery sheets were cut for beds and to be finished by Mrs Ruby Cawthon and Mrs Ray Bartley. Eight members and two children attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel W. M. U
Christene Sanderson
Leota Hardgrove
Ruby Cawthon
Ray Bartley
Inmate seeks transfer from Leavenworth over climate issue
Federal prisoner Ray F. Harris complains the Kansas climate worsens his asthma and requests transfer to the Texarkana Texas facility. He labels confinement in Kansas as cruel and unusual punishment and cites bad air as a reason for relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Texas
Kansas
Ray F. Harris
Leavenworth
Texarkana
One Membership To Avoid One Membership To Avoid
Readers are urged to refuse joining a club created by A G Kettunen of East Lansing Michigan. The letter to the Michigan Heart Association outlines ten plus one hard demands for members, including prioritizing work, endless office hours, always saying yes, and avoiding rest or delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Kettunen
East Lansing
Michigan
Michigan Heart Association
Education quotes from thinkers and a note on nests
A selection of famous lines on education by Steele Smith Holmes Emerson and Fischer. The quotes discuss how education shapes vanity and governance and the idea of education starters long before birth. The final aphorism notes an eagle’s nest accumulates material each year.
Better Check Children When Throat Is Sore
New York report on strep throat danger to children. The American Heart Association urges parents to call a doctor if a child shows several signs including sudden sore throat, pain on swallowing, tender glands, fever 101 to 104, headache, nausea, or recent contact with scarlet fever or strep throat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Heart Assn
Building dollar falls to 43 cents in 1941 survey
New York reports the 1941 building dollar has shrunk to about 43 cents. The Dow Service analysis based on 85 cost sampling cities shows building costs up 3 percent over six months, driven mainly by wage boosts. It takes $2.30 to buy as much building as one prewar dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dow Service
Dow
Maine
Florida
Mississippi River
Southeastern
South Central
New England
North Central
Puzzles and Observations on Nature and Language
A collection of wry reflections on everyday objects like coffee grounds and knot holes, plus tips about thermometers. The piece notes coral species off Scotland and Norway differ from tropical forms, and closes with a lighthearted caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Norway
It Isn’t Your Town It’s You Poem by Denniston
A reflective poem urges readers to stop blaming the town and to take personal action. It argues real towns grow when residents work together and avoid shirking, showing that collective effort shapes the community.
Great Outdoors Under Pressure From Population Growth
Dr. Charles B. Loomis of Michigan State College warns that expanding population will stress outdoor access over 25 years. He links urban fringe migration with increases in hunting and fishing interest and argues outdoors access reflects democratic values across social classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Charles B. Loomis
Michigan State College
Origin of Uncle Sam name traced to Troy store yard
The nickname Uncle Sam arose from a wartime Hudson River supply yard run by Elbert Anderson. Government inspector Samuel Wilson, nicknamed Uncle Sam, supervised provisions marked EA US for Elbert Anderson and United States. The tale spread, and the United States came to be known as Uncle Sam. Wilson died in Troy in 1854.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Uncle Sam
England
Commissariat
Elbert Anderson
Hudson River
Troy
New York
Samuel Wilson
United States
Mr. Wilson
1854
Grass widow phrase origin in colonial India
Webb B. Garrison explains in Ladies' Home Journal how military life in hot coastal stations led officers to send families to hill stations for the summer. The term grass widow arose from the contrast with grassy hills, describing a wife separated from her husband without divorce.
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India
Room For Improvement Real estate sketch hints at change
A real estate agent shows an old farmhouse to a woman who sketches plans and muses on transforming the property. She then wistfully recalls she spoke similarly about her husband at first sight, implying a hopeful but cautious outlook on renovation and romance.
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Pumphrey
W. M. Cox
Jim Hardcastle
Saginaw
Joe Hamilton
Veterans Hospital
Bonham
Russell McGinnis of
Rockwall
C. P. McGinnis
Olive Myrick
Adah Gillespie
Lela Bell
John Inter
Dallas
Jim Pablo
Bay City
M. E. Broughton
Big Spring
D. E. McCoy
Leroy Baldwin
Sgt
Porto Rico
Old Justice
Snap Shots, Inc
Walker Pharmacy
Australia
Grayson Oleo
Gladiola Biscuits
Skidoo
SWIFT
Decker
Grocery & Market
Richard Steele
Adam Smith
Henry Brougham
R. W. Emerson
O. W. Holmes
Martin H. Fischer
Folger’s Coffee
Heinz Baby Food
Betty Crocker
Scott Tissue
Sun Valley
Sunvale Bacon
W. T. Denniston
James Jesse Strange
Beaver Island
Whitewright
S.P.I.B
L. Laroe & CO
Cole & Davis Co
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