The Glow Worm Letters From a Grammar School
The eighth grade page notes the two month milestone of the school worm comic, thanks to Mr Doss the High School Reflector and teachers for news. Margie Johnson joins from Orangeville while illness reduces attendance. Grades review percentages fractions and circles as sixth to seventh graders. Cottontails beat Jack Rabbits 32 to 24 in a Friday race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Doss
Modene Vineyard
Cottontails
Edward Browning
Jack Rabbits
Charlie Sue Childress
Grandis Bennett
First Grade Learns Spelling and Town Life
In the first grade thirty pupils are present as they learn to spell words like little and have. They use a sand table town with houses cars and horses while practicing the alphabet and numbers one to ten. Miss Blanton notes writing improvement as the second grade displays a grocery store bulletin with items and a new pupil Alice Johnson joins. Joe Pennington moves to Houston and Galveston appears on the sand table. A third grade cold spell lowers attendance with several absentees listed. Seventh grade mid term exams begin with anxious pupils awaiting Friday's completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie Johnson
Orangeville
Dale Watson
James Norris
Miss Blanton
Martha Jo Darwin
Imogene Head
Alice Johnson
Joe Pennington
Houston
Galveston
Mary Ruth Holmes
Emma Joyce Hinton
Jack Wallace
Enos Wharton
Sixth Grade Teams Split for Spelling and Races
Rob ert Waldo captains the Bumble Bees and Marie Badgett leads the Hornets in weekly spelling and running events. Bumble Bees lead 2 to 0, as Texas History replaces reading after mid term per Ruby Pierson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bumble-Bees
Robert Waldo
Hornets
Marie Badgett
Ruby Pierson
Chapel Thursday Program By Glee Club Performs
Mr. Phillips led chapel with Mr. Burma inviting the Glee Club to sing Spanish tunes and other songs. Participants included Ruth Waldrum, Kathleen Mitchell, Christine Williams, Anita Vestal, Grace Chumbley, Sarah Belle Gillett, Sara Kathryn Atterberry, William Howard Harrison, Joe Preston Lee, Albert Lea Jackson, Hamilton Vestal, Leon Chumbley, William Janway, and Jack Lewis Yeager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
Mr. Burma
Ruth Waldrum
Kathleen Mitchell
Christine Williams
Anita Vestal
Grace Chumbley
Sarah Belle Gillett
Sara Kathryne Atterberry
William Howard Harrison
Joe Preston Lee
Albert Lea Jackson
Hamilton Vestal
Leon Chumbley
William Janway
Jack Lewis Yeager
Glee Club
Lenora Thrasher
Sun announces Democratic primary candidate for Public Weigher
The Sun states Harold Doss is the Democratic candidate for Public Weigher in the upcoming July and August 1936 primaries, seeking a second term. The notice signals official candidate qualification ahead of the polls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sun
Harold Doss
Guess Who finds Mary Ruth Holmes and George Hansard
The text identifies a seventh grade girl as one of the best baseball players who likes catcher but remains calm when displaced. It also notes a thirteen year old boy, five feet tall, ninety pounds, with medium brown hair and blue eyes, whose favorite sport is baseball. The names Mary Ruth Holmes and George Hansard are given as recent answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ruth Holmes
George Hansard
Joyce Hinton
Seventh grade students honor Tee man Sanders with fruit shower
The seventh grade boys treated Tee man Sanders to a fruit shower last week after his leg broke during a baseball game. The school hopes for a quick recovery as exam week arrives and Mrs. Robert Sears visits the fifth grade class Monday. Many in W. G. S. suffer from colds, with coughing throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teeman Sanders
Teeman
Robert Sears
Glenda Mae Rutledge
Mahurin News Social Roundup Hits Local Visit List
Local families and friends are noted across Mayfield Whitewright Savoy and Sweetwater with weekend visits and gatherings. Names include Grammer Bush Burris Monroe Mullican Hutchins Lowrey Withrow and Hodges family member conscripted to bedside care. Engraved wedding invitations offered by The Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel Grammer
Jack
Mayfield
L. H. Grammer
Velma Bush
Whitewright
V. L. Grammer
Lyndell Bush
Vivian Grammer
Elmer
Vernon Mullican
Greenville
Mildred Burris
Barbara Monroe
Savoy
Lamar Burris
Tip Phillips
Sweetwater
Aaron Burris
Arthur Mullican
Winnie Farmer
Oland Bush
Charlie Pierce
Jimmie Hutchins
Margaret Lowrey
Doyle Withrow
Velma Kitching
Jim Hodges
Seed oats and flowers offered by local vendors
SEED OATS For good seed oats clear of Johnson grass see N B Nicholson. FLOWERS Cut flowers and pot plants for all occasions. Myrtle Badgett. FARMALL 10 20 Tractor for row crops at a bargain. Millet hay also for sale by T Doss. FOR SALE Fine Silver Laced Wagandette eggs 50c per setting by Finis Alverson Whitewright. REAL ESTATE If you have real estate to sell or buy see Tom Barbee. If
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Nicholson
Myrtle Badgett
Farmall
T. Doss
Finis Alverson
Whitewright
Tom Barbee
New Machine Picks Cotton At Low Cost
LITCHFIELD Ariz World wide changes in cotton culture may follow the introduction of mechanical pickers. John and Mack Rust of Memphis forecast elimination of hand harvesting and discuss price cuts to about $1 an acre. The machine tests show steady cotton flow, cleaner samples, and wider potential for export. Soviet officials reportedly inspected the picker as Amtorg eyes large scale production. Local cotton men show enthusiasm but note some loss to ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield
Ariz
John
Mack Rust
Memphis
Tenn
John Rust
Brazil
United States
Russia
Amtorg Trading Company
New York
Royal Mounted Rides in Autos
Ottawa reports Canada’s Royal Mounted Police boast 2,573 personnel with 277 horses 413 motor vehicles 34 motorcycles and 19 patrol boats. The force enforces federal laws tracks pistols and revolvers and handles duties from smuggling prevention to policing government properties and remote sub arctic areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Force
James MacBrien
Mounted
Royal Mounted Police
Arctic
Four Babies Die From Beds Covers Tragedy in Alabama
In Birmingham four infants suffocated while mothers wrapped bed covers over their heads to keep them warm. The Hodges twins, five weeks old, were among the victims. Lexie Gay, six months, died at Irondale. another infant, about two months old, was unidentified. The cold snap saw the mercury at 13 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Julian B. Hodges
Lexie Gay
Irondale
Cotton Bowl renamed Fair Park stadium in Dallas
Officials announced last night the Fair Park stadium will be known as the Cotton Bowl. Centennial officials and City Manager Hal Moseley, a Texas A and M College alumnus, plan to stage several big games in Dallas during the Centennial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Fair Park
Centennial
Hal Moseley
Texas A. & M. College
Enemies Do Well By Attacking Roosevelt Say Bonham Favorite
The Bonham Favorite notes that Hearst Reed Raskob the duPonts and Jouett Shouse oppose Roosevelt not for him but for liquor interests. It argues these enemies rarely serve the people and that their opposition this time boosts Roosevelt’s position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
William R. Hearst
Jim Reed
Raskob
duPonts
Jouett Shouse
Bonham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Claire Doss
Ass’t
Glenda Mae Rutledge Business Mer
Clarence Bonds
John Rufus Taylor
Bessie Joe Russell
Christine Nicely
L Joe Magers
Geography
Cecil Hodges
Skip—Drunette Farley
Boots—Frances Riddle
Shorty
Dot
Dorothy Sue Douglas
Flea—Jarvis D. Maddux
Skeeter—Charles Skaggs
Mickey
Jackie Lee Thompson
T. G. Thompson
St.to
T. W. Ayres & Son Whitewright
Mahurin News
Nicholson Grocery
R. D. Ford
Dick Binion
Stubblefield Garage
Ed Martin
Manning, Clark & Meador
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
MGR
S. Travis St
Sherman
D. Biggerstaff
Dr. Bow
A. Neathery
Royal Mounted
Cotton Bowl
Fair Park Stadium
Sun Office
Farmall Farming
Rollie R. Waldo
Farley
Oluu
East
Texas
Yosemite
Pascal Farley
Nomy Headquarte
C. L. Jones
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!