Texas lawmakers start second session after rapid-fire first
Austin reports lawmakers closed the first called session and began a second. Gov. Price Daniel issued the call to address a plan to shield public schools from occupation fears. Texas tax, cotton, and speed law questions dominate discussion with figures from Sly on severance taxes and per capita costs.
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Austin
Texas
Price Daniel
House
Senate
John F. Sly
Princeton
Sly
Texas Research League
League
East Texas
West Texas
Old Cotton Belt Association
Carolyn Calvert
Jokes From a Busy Theater and Daydreamed Dialogues
A collection of joke snippets from a theater crowd and daily life. A wife jokes about palm readers while a man cracks a pun about a palm. A couple seats themselves first in a movie theater and spar with a stranger. A series of one liners covers parenting, work, appliances, and quirky misunderstandings.
Man Charged After Altercation with Friend at Bench
A man appeared before the bench charged with kicking an erstwhile friend in the stomach during a confrontation. The brief mentions the assault and court appearance with limited details.
Penny in Meter Save For Childrens Home Envelope
A note to a car owner offers extra time and hints at a parking ticket savings. The envelope to the County Home for Children yields a substantial sum. An insurance man is refused a policy after a streetwise remark. Donald lists adults for a birthday list noting their money.
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Donald
Aunty Mills
Grandpa Smith
Uncle Dick
Grandma Jones
Mother
White Mother Inspires Black Teacher's 70000 Word Manuscript
Jessie Bennett Sams of Los Angeles pays tribute in a hand printed 70000 word manuscript to a late Southern white woman, Mrs Bessie Lee of Fort Myers, who rescued her ragged family and funded education. The book plans a Readers Digest condensation and is issued by Mc Graw Hill for the Christian Herald Family Book Club. Sams and her twin sister Mingie rose from poverty to college, with Sams later teaching in Los Angeles.
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Jessie Bennett Sams
Los Angeles
Bessie Bennet Battle
Bessie Lee
Fort Myers
Fla
Miss Rossie
McGraw-Hill
Christian Herald Family Book Club
Florida A&m College
Tallahassee
Sams
University of California
University of Colorado
John Sams
Mail Change of Address Before You Move
A Times notice urges subscribers to submit a new address before moving to avoid missing three editions. It explains the Postoffice Dept rules require prompt reporting and asks for the complete new address and zone number via a two cent post card. Also includes kitchen hygiene guidance to wash hands with hot water and soap before handling food.
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Postoffice Department
Divorce Citation for Spoon in Grayson County Texas
Court issues citation for Lillian Estelle Spoon to answer for divorce from Bobby Joe Spoon on cruelty grounds. Notice states appearance must be by December 9, 1957 before the 15th District Court in Sherman. Published in The Whitewright Sun in late October and November 1957.
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State OF Texas
Lillian Estelle Spoon
A. D
15Th Judicial District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Bobby Joe Spoon
S. V. Earnest
Gladys Hamilton
Whitewright Sun
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Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
Daniel
Court of Criminal Appeals
Harris County
O. K
Babs
Jane
Tony
Alice
California
Conducted By
Rev
Peck Williams
Snowhill Baptist Church
Blue Ridge
Kentuckytown
Houston Garner
Ust
South Bend St
Ford
Whitewright Motor Company
Whitewright, Texas
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