Reflector Driver’s Seat Leaders 1948 1953
A record lists the Reflector driver’s seat holders from 1948 to 1953 including Kathryn Roddy Lillian Neathery Evelyn Burns Nan Dyer Glenn Howard John Petrash S T Montgomery Jr W C Cummings Maurice Boyer B R Vestal B R Caraway O V Barker Earl Blanton and Percy Darwin for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Roddy
Lillian Neathery
Evelyn Burns
Nan Dyer
Glenn Howard
John Petrash
S. T. Montgomery Jr
W. C. Cummings
Maurice Boyer
B. R. Vestal
B. R. Caraway
O. V. Barker
Earl Blanton
Percy Darwin
Senior Class Poem Featured In Local Pages
A long poem salutes the senior class with named students and playful vignettes. It highlights Cleve Anderson Jr. and several classmates, noting personalities, romances, and school life in a lighthearted tone. The piece sits beside a separate humorous item about Dixie Smith planting ice in heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleve Anderson Jr
Mercury
Mary Lou Alexander
Norman
Okla
Dixie Smith
Air Force
Spelling Bee Challenge at Local PTA Sparks Light Laughs
A playful clash unfolds as the PTA complains about gaps in spelling while children propose a spelling bee. The piece humorously notes caution before judging neighbors and hints at night school signups.
Lightning Power Warns of Dangers and Protection
Regional guidance explains how lightning forms a giant spark and thunder, the risks of injury and farm losses, and practical shelter order during storms. It emphasizes seeking protected buildings or metal structures and avoiding open areas, trees, and hilltops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
United States
National Safety Council
W. S. Allen
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Allen
Report Cites War Deaths As Needless
Senate investigators charged that ammunition shortages caused needless American deaths in Korea and accused the Truman administration of miscalculating Communist designs. Four of five subcommittee members said pinpointing responsibility is difficult while the armed services unit faulted ex President Truman and several departments for misreading international communism. Poise is the ability to talk fluently while the other fellow is paying the check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Korea
Truman
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Senate Armed Services Unit
State Department
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of the Army
Party Council
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Americans Imprisoned Behind The Iron Curtain
State Department tallies 5170 Americans held in Iron Curtain nations led by Poland 3100 and Soviet Russia 835 with 1179 claiming citizenship. Other countries include Czechoslovakia 330 Hungary 430 Romania 413 Bulgaria 62. Most cases involve naturalized citizens visiting or returning to native lands before World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Poland
U. S
Warsaw
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
America
Bored Taylor Newspaper Jazzes Up Stock Report
In Taylor Times the cattle market report mocks dull summaries with satire. It notes fat calves selling 18 to 23 cents per pound and stock steers at 14 to 18 cents, contrasting current prices with last year’s higher levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Taylor Times
Also Mentioned on This Page
James Reynold Ayres
J. Don Biggerstaff
Aubrey Lee Burnham
Larry Conley Cooper
Otis Lee Bass
Beverly Ann Bassett
Billy Ralph Tilger
Margie Brownfield
Mildred Clem
Benny Rye
Ruth Ann Cummings
Jimmy
Martha
Marjorie V. Neathery
Dearle Wayne McKnight
Myra
Myra Nell McKnight
Dearle
Joe Morris
Trenton
Billy Wayne Patridge
Denison
Shirley Pool
Lillian Roberson
Pat Russell
Carol Ryan
Gayle Taylor
Helen Sinor
Bill Wolfe
Leon Simmons
William Simmons
Leon
Gene Stephens
Mazelle Musser
Herman Klapproth
Grayson County
Texas
Chas. L. Klapproth
Midland
Whitewright Sun
Ade
Joe Marsh
Pta
Doc” Brown
Speedy Taylor
Chip
Doc
United States Brewers Foundation
Southwestern Bell
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lone Star Gas Company
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