We Heard About Local Visits and Community Notes
A long list of visitors and local movements recaps social calls in Sherman and nearby towns. Residents from Oklahoma City, Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Carrollton, Denison, Mesquite, and Trenton join relatives here for visits, hospital stays, and events. A Fort Worth Star Telegram writer stopped by Sherman for a story. Community church activities include a Halloween party and WM A workshop, with notices about Red Cross plans and bids for a new chapter house.
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Euell D. Alexander
Fort Worth
Grayson County
American Red Cross
Highway 75
Sherman and
Denison
Sally Cureton
Beta Sigma Phi Halloween Party at Firemen's Hall
The Chi Ki Chapter held a Halloween party for husbands and friends at the Firemen's Hall on Saturday night. A buffet dinner featured ham green beans candied yams salads hot rolls coffee and pie. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Earl Blanton Mr and Mrs James Edwards Mr and Mrs Jim Bryant Mr and Mrs Ed Kent Mr and Mrs W E Stanford and Mr and Mrs W L White.
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Chi Ki
Beta Sigma Phi
Earl Blanton
James Edwards
Jim Bryant
Ed Kent
W. E. Stanford
W. L. White
WSCS Meets For Week Of Prayer At Methodist Church
The Woman's Society of Christian Service met at the Methodist Church Monday at 12 30 for its annual Week of Prayer and Self-Denial lunch and program led by Spiritual Life chair Ott Lackey. Members participated in worship and readings, with offerings to various missions and funds including Argentina and Bolivia projects. The next WSCS gathering will be November 6 at 7 30 p m with the WSG as guests.
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Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Ott Lackey
Olivia Whedbee
John Streun
G. C. Stuteville
Clint Hennig
James Bryant
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Kenneth Frisby
Russell Summers
A. M. Bryant
A. P. Childress
Deaconess Retirement Fund
Argentina
Latin America
Bolivia
WSCS
WSG
Mottoes for October Provoke Sardonic Choice in LA
The Lets Have Better Mottoes Association announces October’s winning motto No hurry on this we can foul it up later with runners up including Everyone hates me because I'm always right I dont want to be a millionaire but it would be nice to have 999999 and I understand everything except what you are saying from The Sun in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Let’s Have Better Mottoes Association
Ramshackle diners steer to ramshackle guns
A rambling tale unfolds at a SPICE of LIFE dining scene where a waitress jokes about meats while a frightened attorney meets two Texans who approach after dinner. One texan calms the crowd saying they are after the program chairman, not the attorney.
Farmer Suggests Stopping at All Railroad Crossings
A tourist asks for good trip stops and a farmer replies dryly that he would stop at all railroad crossings. The exchange captures a rural, humorous tone about travel and caution on the road.
You’re So Kind and The Cliffside Picnic Basket
A little boy beside a cliff speaks to his father about safety and a picnic basket. The child cites his mother’s warning while the parent admires the scenery, creating a tense moment over leaving or taking the basket.
Eastern newcomer invited to speak at Texas Dinner Club
A small town attorney was invited to address a Texas Dinner Club. He appeared nervous as he spoke, noting that most of the men present were longtime locals.
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Texas
A Japanese Student and Will Rogers on American University
A Japanese student abroad writes to his father describing an American university as a vast athletic institution with studies for the feeble bodied. An insurance adjuster jokes to a hospital patient that the entire group must get hurt to be valid. Will Rogers quips that the VP’s best job is to ask, How's the President.
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Tokyo
Will Rogers
One for the Money at Parties
Zelda earned a reputation as a table-hopper at gatherings. She moved between groups, interrupting conversations and staying briefly to offer a minor remark. As she left a geopolitics discussion, an old man handed her a penny and reminded her to keep her change.
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Zelda
Humorous Exchanges From a Domestic Scene
A wife complains about old clothes and jokes that visitors would think she is the cook. Her husband quips that dinner would change their minds. An eight year old finishes swimming lessons and praises her instructor then guesses he is a late teen or early man.
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C. F. Collins
Oklahoma City
Mrs
Paul Stephens
Otto Russell
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Sherman
Lula Hollingsworth
Gee Hollingsworth of
Lillian Neathery
Hubert Brown
Long Beach
Calif
J. D. Yowell
Jim of
Cisco
Charlie Rice
Lynn McKinney of
Jim Grider
Gary Herd
Arlington
Clyde Little
J. B. King
Earl Jansson
William King
Dallas
Holmes Connelly
Trenton
Emmett Penn
Gladys Ray
Lena Mae Gowdy
Paris
Clyde Hansard
Mamie Williams
Mack Annip
Mary Hollingsworth
Bells
E. A. Hansard
Homer Tate
Bill Ireland
Dortha Vandagriff
van Alstyne
Jack Ayres
Carrollton
James Ayres
Mark Ayres
Ned Ayres
Eugene Thornhill
Mesquite
W. C. Thornhill
C. B. Bryant III of
Jefferson
Maurice Curfman
Detroit
Frank Smith
Jimmie Bassett
NTSU
Denton
Floyd Bassett
George Ball
Community Hospital
Charles Kellcher
Whitewright
Fitzhugh Mangrum of
Albert Mangrum
Walter C. Bailey
Charleston
S. C
Jim Williams
Beaumont
Bob Gilpin
Mr. Gilpin
Mr. Williams
The
First Baptist Church
Lloyd Alexander
Wallace Wilson
Bill Johnson
O. E. Woodson
Forest Avenue Baptist Church
Renee Morgan
J. D. Marlow
C. B. Lawson
Carl May
O. L. Jones
J. P. Darwin
Edgar Ayers
Joe Miller
Tom Brown
Joe Rich
Gene Hughes
Colorado
Suzanne
Keith
Birdseye
Maxwell House
Staley
All Purpose Cleaner
Clarence Jones
the Sun
Bologna
Donald Duck
Hartex
Gladiola
Maryland Club
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