Editor Clyde Johnson Reporters and Local Names Listed
A fragmentary newspaper margin lists editor Clyde Johnson and reporters Madge Sears Guy Hamilton Jr James Lindsey Joe Thomas Meador Emma Claire Vestal Lula Lee Vestal Van Vestal with scattered initials and names including William Cantrell Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Johnson
Madge Sears
Guy Hamilton Jr
James Lindsey
Joe Thomas Meador
Emma Claire Vestal
Lula Lee Vestal
van Vestal
Pap Eeied
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Euses Veesedentes
William Cantrell Jr
Fire prevention talk at Whitewright High School
Students heard a March 8 address by Superintendent F W Smith on fire safety. He detailed a two minute auditorium evacuation and stressed keeping calm to prevent panics and deaths. He urged windows for escape if smoke blocks doors and warned against dropping matches to avoid school fires.
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Whitewright High School
F. W. Smith
Jolly Journalists Meet In March Session
The Jolly Journalists held a regular meeting on March 4 with an engaging program by members. Emma Claire Vestal spoke on the History of the Galveston Daily News and a planned talk was missed due to the speaker's illness. Dick Montgomery won the class vote for best exhibit as the club adjourned to view Texas scrapbooks.
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Jolly
Whitewright Sun
Emma Claire Vestal
Galveston Daily News
Jolly Journalists
Texas
Dick Montgomery
J. B. Cates
Illness Keeps Gladys Ray Home From School
Miss Gladys Ray is ill with the flu and missed school Monday and Tuesday. The high school reports a rise in invalids with Miss Boone and now Gladys. Mrs. Roby Childress subs again this week.
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Gladys Ray
Miss Boone
Gladys
Roby Childress
Chatterbox Club Meeting Highlights March 4
The Chatterbox Club convened March 4 with Myrtle Neal presiding. Members answered roll using Texas resources and heard a Texas Independence program including a talk on Spanish Days in Texas.
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Chatterbox Club
Myrtle Neal
Texas
Debate on Texas division and story recital at club
Georgia Jones records a meeting where Homer Lee Sears recounts The Rose Window by Jan Isabelle Fortune. The debate asks whether Tex as should be divided into five states with James Lindsey for the affirmative and Sears for the negative. The club adjourned to reconvene later.
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Georgia Jones
Homer Lee _ Sears
Jan Isabelle Fortune
Texas
James Lindsey
Homer Lee Sears
Texas Independence Day Program At Scrappers Club
The Scrappers Club met March 4 for its weekly gathering with a Texas Independence Day theme. Maxine Roberts discussed The Rose Window, Emmagene Sears shared The French in Texas, and a debate on Texas should be divided into two states followed. Madge Sears supported the affirmative and Kathleen Pierson the negative, with no decision after other students spoke. adjournment set for March 11.
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Scrappers
Texas
Maxine Roberts
Emmagene Sears
Madge Sears
Kathleen Pierson
Local visits and theater attendance across Texan towns
Gladene Gates visited her sister in Lindale last weekend. Billie Roberts White and Burgher Reed Vestal attended the senior play in Trenton Thursday. Joe Meador spent Sunday in Leonard and Sherman. Georgia Jones visited Ector and Savoy Sunday. Robie Brown in Commerce. Clarence James in Denison. Louise Autrey and Laurie Williams in Denison Sunday. Jimmie Lindsey and Madge Sears in Sherman Friday night. Clyde Johnson, Maxine Roberts, and Madge Sears spent Saturday in Sherman.
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Gladene Gates
Lindale
Billie Roberts
Billie White
Burgher Reed Vestal
Trenton
Joe Thomas Meador
Leonard
Georgia Jones
Ector
Savoy
Robie Brown
Commerce
Clarence James
Denison
Sherman
Louise Autrey
Laurie Jo Williams
Jimmie Lindsey
Madge Sears
Clyde Johnson
Maxine Roberts
Local Social and Visit Highlights from Pilot Grove
Sherman visitors came to town with Mr. and Mrs. Jo Ashinhurst and Mrs. Eula Andrew joining Mrs. Bill Henders on Thursday. C. J. Kaiser traveled to McKinney and Dallas on business. Jo Burke and others visited Bethel and Whitewright acquaintances. Louise Sloan visited Commerce and Anna relations were noted. A light humorous exchange ends the column about a boy and his father.
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Jo Ashinhurst
Eula Andrew
Bill Henderson
Sherman
Jo Burke
Tommie Miller
Bethel
C. J. Kaiser
McKinney
Shede Neathery
van Alstyne
Grady Stephens
Johnnie
R. Scott
Taylor Scott
Bonnie Mae
Lois Williams
Valda Smith
A. L. Scott
Near Whitewright
D. B. Andrew
Bob
Johnnie Reynolds
Louise Sloan
Commerce
Robert Wortham
Anna
Dr. Mitchell
Dallas
Tax Meeting Seeks Tax Cuts in Grayson County
About 100 county taxpayers attended in the fifty ninth district courtroom as county Judge A. S. Noble and commissioners discussed tax reductions. Officials warned against bond repudiation and noted only road and general funds offered real cut potential, with care for the poor guiding decisions.
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A. S. Noble
Noble
Edwin Kidd
Court House
Judge Noble
General Fund
John Umphress
van Alstyne
Charles Durning
Sam Johnston
Will Higgins
J. J. Ross
Mr. Kidd
Reece Bowen
J. D. Harling
Bowen
Barron
Ivy
Jokes and quips from a lively classroom roundtable
A collection of old jokes and comic exchanges from students and teachers. Bits include a funeral sermon line, a traveling salesman prom tale, a nurse by product joke, and misread Scripture prompts. The humor centers on misunderstandings and schoolyard banter.
Forgetful man recalls quarrel and forgotten words
A brief humorous exchange centers on a man who damaged his memory of a quarrel with his wife. He explains she stopped speaking for a week after something he said about a month ago. The punchline reveals he has forgotten exactly what he said.
Has your husband any hobbies
A neighbor asks Mrs. Tuggle if her husband has hobbies. she replies he has rheumatic ailments and hives but no hobbies. The exchange then shifts to a child asking who taught a naughty word, with a retort about Santa Claus and a Christmas morning mishap.
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Santa Claus
Nothing To Joke About Jones Scarcity of Scotch Jokes
Quote pair presents social satire on jokes about wealth. Jones notes a scarcity of Scotch humor while Smith laments difficulty laughing at rich men. Both recognize humor tied to money and social status.
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Jones
Why should working wives quit when husbands have jobs
A Waverly woman questions the demand that employed wives quit to favor husbands. The Boston Herald replies with a counterproposal that husbands deserve a break too, suggesting balance in labor expectations.
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Waverly
Boston Herald
What's The Use? Kentucky Farmer's Crops Prompt Mule Remark
A discouraged Kentucky farmer, after seeing his 1931 tobacco harvest fetch little at the local market, declares to bystanders that he will never again urge a mule to rise unless it is sitting in his lap. The remark reflects crop frustration and rural humor of the era.
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Kentucky
Farmer and son warn of stump in field
A farmer trips on a tree stump and falls while working with his son. He curses the stump aloud and the boy warns him that he might stumble on it again someday.
Starry music sparks a sunlit belle peeling
A whimsical exchange links stars and music with sunlit imagery. The remark about the sun causing a belle to peel suggests playful metaphor or playful dialogue without a clear event or reportable incident.
Hopeful For Son's Baseball Fight On Farm's Future
Farmer Corntas sel expresses cautious optimism about his son playing baseball and the tough work habit that could help make the farm pay. The exchange hints at rural values and the hope of a brighter agricultural livelihood through disciplined effort.
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Farmer Corntassel
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18Th St
Dr. Pierce
Scrappers’ Club
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Bobby
Father
Whitewright
Mark Montgomery
Kappa
Betty
Phi
Willie
Sadie
MacDonald
Stude
Honah
Toronto
Davenport
Pittsburgh
Bayer
Falda
X.ulus
Neurats
W. J. Barbee Agency
S. H. Montgomery Dependable Insurance
First National Bank
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