Increase Your Vocabulary Next Year At Grammar School
The Grammar School plans a daily word drive using 170 words per teacher to build vocabulary. Four copies of Thorndike Century Junior Dictionary have been purchased to aid instruction. Students performed a program with duets, songs, poems, and pantomimes while visitors Mrs. Montgomery Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Pennington attended. Poetry notebooks are being created as third graders read and study poems.
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Whitewright
Edward L. Thorndike
Grammar School
Billy Rhom Pennington
Margaret Hanna
Mary Frances Stephens
Mary Frances Call
Dorothy Nell Hall
Joanna Harrison
Ola Agnes Riddle
Mary Gene Simmons
Hugh Tim Atterberry
Texas
Mark Montgomery
Fred Cook
R. T. Pennington
Claire Doss
Spelling Honors Highlight Fourth Grade Winners
Imogene Head notes spelling excellence in fourth grade with students Robert Owens Cecil Magers Betty Jane Harper Ben Robert Jones Margaret Benton Wallace Reeves John Biggerstaff Winnell Stapleton and Edith Harper. Alaska geography chosen as study topic for class.
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Robert Owens
Cecil Magers
Betty Jane Harper
Ben Robert Jones
Margaret Benton
Wallace Reeves
John Biggerstaff
Winnell Stapleton
Edith Harper
Alaska
Imogene Head
Mud turtle in first grade needs a food plan
A grade one class seeks guidance for feeding a tiny mud turtle gifted Monday. After a bath from the sanitary teacher, the turtle, now in a glass dwelling, surveys its new home and awaits proper diet guidance from the students.
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Sos
Lloyd Roddy
Second Grade Presents Star Face Reel and Display
The second grade unveils a new talkie reel titled Star Face for the picture show with a child narrator. Students study Japanese Chinese and Indians and display many attractive pictures on the wall. Frequent class interruptions lead Bettye Nell to urge calling Miss Fletcher Dr Fletcher.
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Star Face
Bettye Nell
Miss Fletcher
Dr. Fletcher
T. G. Thompson
Chapel Program Led by Miss Sallye Hamilton
The chapel program Thursday morning was in charge of Miss Sallye Hamilton who presented pupils of the school in a brief ceremony highlighting student performances and achievements.
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Sallye Hamilton
Poems Readiness and Readers Reflect on Next Thursday
The note quotes Mary Ruth Holmes noting varied reader tastes from comic to tragic poems and predicting what will be read next Thursday, highlighting a mix of humor, sadness, and bold love poems.
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Mary Ruth Holmes
Two Hundred Spelling Demons Challenge Students
Last Friday the two hundred spelling demons were tackled by students with Claire Doss achieving a perfect score. The group shows improvement and will have several chances to aim for at least ninety percent spelling accuracy by the end of the school term.
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Claire Doss
Joe Magers
Principal urges students to improve with six week grades
Exclamations of sorrow and joy echoed as the report cards were handed out. Some pupils who had neglected lessons muttered that they didn’t care, but their unhappy expressions showed otherwise. The note concludes with a firm directive to work hard for the next six weeks to earn proud grades.
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Cecil Hodges
Plain dresses win favor for summer party plan
Modene Vineyard notes the mothers chose plain summer party dresses over taffeta and satin, with rain bow colors for girls. Boys plan white outfits with dark ties, and a small yearly change is preferred. Jack Wallace reports a 9 to 9 tie in a Friday recess game and a playoff next Friday.
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Modene Vineyard
Jack Wallace
Fishermen rely on silent giant in catch tale
A cryptic line hints at a large silent man linked to a fishing catch, suggesting the public may never learn the exact number of fish taken. The passage centers on mystery around a prominent, unnamed figure and his role in the fishing episode.
Nine Piggies Answer to Individual Names in Washington
In Washington Iowa Mrs Fred D Stewart trained nine pigs to respond to individual names. The pigs, kept on her back porch in three boxes, take turns at a large bottle during feeding. Residents gather to watch as she calls each pig by name. A separate note mentions an amber glass forehead device to shield eyes from headlight glare.
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Washington
Iowa
Fred D. Stewart
Fifth Graders Score High in English Tests
Seven fifth grade pupils scored above 90 on an English test this week led by Davis Parrish with 99. Others above 90 include C. B. Bryant, Jessie Coffey, Helen Ruth Holcomb, Billy Lanius Kincaid, Hoyle Riddle, and Myrtle Taylor. Billy Lanius Kincaid and Lucille Starr earned A in arithmetic. Perfect spellers this week were Lucian Vestal, Helen Childress, and Jessie Mae Coffey.
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Davis Parrish
C. B. Bryant
Jessie Coffey
Helen Ruth Holcomb
Billy Lanius Kincaid
Hoyle Riddle
Myrtle Taylor
Lucille Starr
Lucian Vestal
Helen Childress
Jessie Mae Coffey
Wanted to rent five or six room dwelling with garage
Want ads run for real estate and loans. Listings include a five to six room dwelling with garage and city conveniences for rent. Real estate queries handled by Tom Barbee. Auto loan service offers refinancing and new loans with quick processing. Also an execution sale notice in Grayson County Texas targeting W T Nicholson property auction.
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Horace Gordon
Tom Barbee
Texas
Grayson
Justice Court
Tarrant County
American Seed Company
W. T. Nicholson
H. C
Whitewright
A. D
K. B. Simmons
Grayson County
Pheasant Hatching Scheme Aims to Delight North Texas Hunters
Grayson County setting hens will hatch pheasant eggs from Oklahoma as Game Warden Sam Turner hopes to supply North Texas hunters with a living pheasant crop. Once hatched the birds will be released to fend for themselves, provided hunters do not shoot too well.
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Turner
Social visits span Denison Tom Bean and Oklahoma
Ruby Pierson visited relatives in Denison Sunday. Martha Jo Darwin spent Sunday with Altha Biggerstaff of Tom Bean. W. J. Billner of Savoy was a guest of Cecil Hodges Sunday. Evelyn Hill visited in Tom Bean Sunday. Glenda Mae Rutledge, Frances Riddle and Drunette Farley were in Oklahoma Saturday.
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Ruby Pierson
Denison
Martha Jo Darwin
Altha Biggerstaff
Tom Bean
W. J. Billner
Savoy
Cecil Hodges
Evelyn Hill
Glenda Mae Rutledge
Frances Riddle
Drunette Farley
Oklahoma
Seventh graders read a mix of poems on Thursdays
In reading class seventh grade pupils read poems weekly with moods ranging from sad to humorous. Modene Vineyard slows her pace but gains praise. Mrs Roddy shared a humorous sea yarn The Tale of the Nancy Bell as part of the poetry selections.
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James Russell Lowell
Edward Anthony
Walt Whitman
Edgar A. Guest
Modene Vineyard
May Festival Preparations stir at Grammar School
Mr. Phillips begins work for the May Festival to be held Monday May 11 at 6 30 p m at the south entrance of the Grammar School a decorative archway will mark the path through which performers pass. A seventh grade party at Claire Doss home featured Bingo and a treasure hunt with prizes.
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Phillips
Modene Vineyard
Mary Alice Harrison
Local fishing trip tale ends with vanished principal
A humorous weekend account alleges the town principal and male staffers fled for a fishing or hunting trip. The story includes misadventures with a possum or turtle, Johnnie Bean getting lost, and the principal gulping tomato juice from a can before the tale ends, with no solid details or confirmations.
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Johnnie Bean
Netherlands to build tunnel under North Sea canal at Velsen
The Netherlands plans a vehicular tunnel under the North Sea canal at Velsen to shift traffic from awaiting ferries. The project aims to improve continuous transit and reduce ferry dependence, signaling a major infrastructure upgrade for regional transport.
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Netherlands
North Sea Canal
Velsen
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