Down Memory Lane 35 Years Ago Highlights Local Happenings
Bonham visitors and residents figure in a November 1923 digest. Bonham couple Lois Lively visited friends. Mrs. Fain will move to La Mesa with her husband. District meetings, PTA programs, and the Epworth League and BYP activities appear among names like Hamilton, Hollingsworth, Pace, and Wallace. The community notes also record a birth, a car accident injury, and deaths in East Whitewright.
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Lois Lively
Bonham
W. A. Fain
Lamesa
Theresa Everheart
Maxie Echols
Martha Joe Sears
Ben Sturdivant
Epworth League
Jack Yeager
Russell McGinnis
Martha Bow
Eula Ferrell
Marjorie Holland
Mildred Chambers
Lester Short
Hattie Johnson
Grace Vestal
Grayson County
Carrie Hamilton
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Denton
John Hollingsworth
Red Pace
Virgil Montgomery
Elmo Wallace
American Legion
Ladonia
Clifton Brewer
H. B. Crosby
G. F. Bryant
Sue Stephens
PTA
Seventh grade honor roll lists Norma Donigan and peers
Norma Frances Donigan Sarah Belle Gillett Nell Holmes Roy Martin Aileen Pennington Jo Willa Stateville Clyde Whitworth and Patsy Jean Young are on the seventh grade honor roll. Mrs J H Biggerstaff 71 died at the family home Friday. Mrs Lester Haile fractured her right wrist Wednesday. B F Blanton celebrated his 90th birthday Saturday. Miss Tommie Chenoweth Rev B
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Norma Frances Donigan
Sarah Belle Gillett
Nell Holmes
Roy Martin
Aileen Pennington
Jo Willa Stateville
Clyde Whitworth
Patsy Jean Young
J. H. Biggerstaff
Lester Haile
B. F. Blanton
Tommie Chenoweth
Veteran questions on GI premiums loans and education
Reader asks about paying GI insurance premiums in advance and savings. VA notes discounts for yearly payments. Other questions cover training wage limits under Korean GI Bill, July 25 1960 GI loan deadline, and War Orphans education rules excluding study in Canada.
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Canada
United States
Versatile Cotton Sack Craft Wins Free New York Trip
Mrs. Arthur Haugen of Virgil South Dakota won a free one week vacation to New York by sewing a stuffed toy shirt quilt mother daughter dress outfit pillow case apron lounge coat and napkin place mat combination. The contest by the National Cotton Council and Textile Bag Manufacturers Assn sought the most original and useful items made from cotton feed sacks.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arthur Haugen
Virgil, S. D
New York
National Cotton Council
Textile Bag Manufacturers’ Assn
Milk powders add nutrition for everyday cooking
Guidance on using nonfat dry milk solids to boost meals across dishes from potatoes to gravies. Suggestions include per cup measurements, substitution for liquid milk, and enhanced protein in custards and meats to improve daily nutrient intake.
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College Station
Loud TV May Indicate Family Fuss or Deafness
Prof Max Kaplan of Boston University offers six reasons for constant loud TV and radio use. Causes include family fights, ego assertion, teen rock influence, and hard of hearing. No cure is offered, and the behavior is linked to growing up and misperceived sound quality.
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Boston
Max Kaplan
Boston University
Kaplan
Homestead Tax Rules and Deadline Warnings in Texas
State Bar of Texas warns homeowners that homestead can be seized for delinquent taxes. Foretells April 1 rendering deadline for city agencies and April 30 for state and county taxes. Explains affidavit filing, $3000 exemption, and potential penalties, liens, and sale if taxes remain unpaid.
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Texas
Brown avoids gambling charge in whiskey bottle claim
In Memphis, Anna Brown, a Black woman, obtained a dismissal by telling the judge she and friends played not for money but for a drink or a smell. She noted winners received a drink from the bottle while losers only got a smell.
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Memphis
Tenn
Anna Brown
Happiest People On Earth Parable and contest prize answers
A knight burdened by needless prevention learns life’s load can become impossible. An English contest asks who is happiest, yielding four prize answers: a craftsman whistling, a child building sand castles, a mother after a bath, and a doctor after a life saving operation.
London Man Hits by Wife in Clock-Themed Assault
Police report a London man was hospitalized with facial cuts after his wife told him his face would stop a clock and threw the clock at him to prove it.
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London
Ont
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Wrenn Webb
Leon Adams
H. P. Donigan
Gladys Ray
Susie Noe
Bennie Thornhill
Sherman
Calvin L. Patton
East Whitewright
B. G. Gowdy
Holmes Connelly
Trenton
Bryant King
Glen Earnheart
C. B. Bryant
Jack Nossaman
A. M. Bryant
Okihi Camp
Joe Johnson
Betty Jan Harper
Anna Ruth Johnson
Billie Joe Phillips
Tom Sears
Atwa Casualty Wantronn
Surety G
Sherman Savings and Loan Association
Sherman Savings
North Travis
State Bar of
Studebaker Lark
Montgomery Motor Co
Dick Montgomery
DODGE
Plymouth
Studebaker
Denison, Texas
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