Grammar School News and Fire Prevention Song
The seventh grade English class reports with help from faculty and list of reporters including Mary Dale King and Martha Lee Bradley. Mary Helen Hill attended the Centennial last week. This is Fire Prevention Week and third graders learned a new fire safety rhyme about matches and a breeze fanning flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dale King
Martha Lee Bradley
Mary Alice Harrison
Bertha Ford
Othel Stapleton
Lewis Vestal
Betty Atkinson
Lydia Mae Arney
Robbie Mae Brown
Jarvis D. Maddox
Brother Gillett
Robert Waldo
Marjorie Burchfield
Mary Helen Hill
Little Miss Muffett
Glow Worm aims to glow this year with reader support
Mary Dale King thanks readers for praise of the first Glow Worm issue and pledges to improve the school paper. She urges students to focus on actions in class and on the playground, noting today’s youth are judged by deeds, not plans. The note calls for collective effort to advance the paper and school activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Glow Worm
Mary Dale King
First Grade Class Adapts With Teacher Absent
Bertha Ford notes Mrs Roby Childress substituting for the ill first grade teacher. The room displays pictures of stick horses and the hopeful class shows gains in reading and writing as students steadily improve.
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Roby Childress
Bertha Ford
Pet Parade Features Second Grade Pupils
A new second grade pupil May Ray Wilson joined classmates studying pets. The week’s pet parade moved to the first grade with Billy Ward presenting a turtle and a frog while Harry Watson brought a snake kept safely in its fruit-far home. Teacher assistants include Winnie Sue board Harold Ray library David ball Willie Jo ball Betty Jo housekeeper Norma Lou Smith calendar leader and M. H. Mullins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Ray Wilson
Billy Ward
Harry Watson
Winnie Sue
Harold Ray
David
Willie Jo
Betty Jo
Norma Lou Smith
M. H. Mullins
Local Club Roster Mentions Several Names
A fragment lists members including Norma Lou Smith Betty Margaret Sears Junior Harrison Glendon Magers Winnie Sue Queener and Betty Jo Hamilton with Othel Stapleton noted.
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Toothless Club
Norma Lou Smith
Betty Margaret Sears
Junior Harrison
Glendon Magers
Winnie Sue Queener
Betty Jo Hamilton
Othel Stapleton
Third Grade Enrollment Grows to 44 Students
The third grade enrollment reaches 44 with a rising count. New pupils this week include Ida Pearl Thrasher Mary Lou Thrasher Jimmie Watkins and Jimmie Bartlett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Pearl Thrasher
Mary Lou Thrasher
Jimmie Watkins
Jimmie Bartlett
Fourth Grade Welcomes New Pupil L A Watkins
The fourth grade study desert life and write stories in English. Girls dress dolls as Arabs. The class welcomes new pupil L A Watkins, making the group 27 students strong.
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L. A. Watkins
Betty Atkinson
Fifth Grade Campaign Urges Proper English Usage
Teachers praise the alert orderly fifth graders who hand in papers on time. The class launches a campus campaign against grammar errors. Last week Faucheaux Vestal created a poster on using saw and seen, this week the focus shifts to did and done.
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Faucheaux Vestal
Elaine Manning Celebrates First Birthday Sunday
Elaine Manning marked her first birthday on Sunday with family and friends in a small town celebration. The article also notes local youngsters and staff including Mary Alice, Jack Thrasher, Jack Thornhill, Marie Badgett, Margaret, Robbie Mae, Lydia Mae Arney, and James Birt in school activities and sports.
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Elaine Manning
Mary Alice
Jack Thrasher
Jack Thornhill
Marie Badgett
Margaret
Robbie Mae
James Birt
Lydia Mae Arney
Geography study shows punctuation in real newspapers
The sixth grade explored punctuation with live examples from British Isles themed papers. A sentence traveled around the room before correct reading, read by Davis Parrish. In a contest Tuesday the row led by Bob Sears defeated the row led by Helen Ruth Holsomb.
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British Isles
Davis Parrish
Bob Sears
Helen Ruth Holsomb
Robbie Mae Brown
Seventh Grade Geography Study Highlights Texas Oil Cotton
A seventh grade class compares the United States with the world while focusing on Texas. Students have drawn graphs showing US and global data and learn that Texas leads the United States in oil and cotton production.
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United States
Texas
Seventh grade progress under Mr Ricketts notes
The piece records the seventh grade's progress with teacher Mr Ricketts, focusing on arithmetic fractions, history explorations, and a health unit on water supply. It lists names like Brother Gillett, James Birt Phillips, Wandell Riddle, Dorotha Darwin, and Mary Dale King as cartographers and includes a brief definition of the word cartographer.
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Texas
Ricketts
Brother Gillett
James Birt Phillips
Wandell Riddle
Dorotha Darwin
Mary Dale King
Seventh Grade Falls to Eighth in Two Games
In Friday action the seventh grade lost 36 to 6 to the eighth grade. Paul Simmons suffered a battering but vows to keep the ball. Tuesday saw another defeat 19 to 6. The Wednesday lineup lists G W Ford at center C B Bryant and Billy Lanius Kincaid as guards Davis Parrish and Brother Gillett as tackles J W Cantrell Calvin Pennell in ends and Wilton McFarland Paul Simmons Clyde Riddle and Joe Thomas Thornhill in the back field.
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Paul Simmons
Robert Waldo
G. W. Ford
C. B. Bryant
Billy Lanius Kincaid
Davis Parrish
Brother Gillett
J. W. Cantrell
Calvin Pennell
Wilton McFarland
Clyde Riddle
Joe Thomas Thornhill
Otto’s Deportment Score Notes At 100
Mary Alice Harri records a school diary item noting Otto achieving 100 in deportment while Alma Jo is not a catcher and Mrs Roddy has not bought new dresses. Malachia and Mary Dale are not laughing as Marie Badgett and Martha Lee are not together.
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Otto
Mrs. Roddy
Alma Jo
Malachia
Mary Dale
Marie Badgett
Martha Lee
Temporary line-up for girls' ball team listed
The proposed roster names Alma Jo Sanderson as pitcher and Mary Alice Harrison at first base with Marjorie Burchfield at second base and Margaret at third base Dorothy Sue Douglas as first short stop Malachia Wright at second short stop Charlie Sue Chil dress in left field Lydia Mae Arney in center field Myrtle Taylor in right field and Mary Lee Wilson as catcher Martha Lee Bradley notes the lineup.
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Alma Jo Sanderson
Mary Alice Harrison
Marjorie Burchfield
Margaret
Dorothy Sue Douglas
Malachia Wright
Charlie Sue Childress
Lydia Mae Arney
Myrtle Taylor
Mary Lee Wilson
Martha Lee Bradley
Seventh Grade Produces History Play
A seventh grade history play titled The Story of Columbus was produced on Tuesday. It was written by Betty Atkinson and Velma Holland, with students including Mary Alice Harrison Wilton McFarland Martha Lee Bradley and many others. Directors were Velmar Holland and Betty Atkinson.
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Betty Atkinson
Velma Holland
Columbus
Mary Alice Harrison
Wilton McFarland
Brother Gillett
Martha Lee Bradley
Marie Badgett
Marie Ward
Alma Jo Sanderson
Jackie Lee Thompson
Margaret Coffey
Bertha Ford
Billy Jack Harper
Jarvis D. Maddox
Paul Simmons
Wandell Riddle
G. W. Ford
Robert Waldo
J. W. Chaney
Five Way Tie Looms For 500000 In Toronto Stork Marathon
A Toronto contest to be won by the mother bearing the most children in ten years after Chas. Vance Millar's death grows tighter as two expectant mothers push toward a potential five way split of the $500,000 legacy. Seventy six babies born to the eight leaders in the decade, with seventeen stillborn or dying later, raise questions of eligibility and court action to divide the prize.
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Toronto
Chas
Vance Millar
Martin Kenney
Kenneys
Joseph Bagnato
John Nagle
Arthur Timeblock
Benito Mussolini Graziano
Canada
Brightest yet most mischievous pupil confesses to mother
A teacher writes that a boy is the brightest in her class but also very mischievous. The mother replies that she is dealing with her own troubles with the boy's father, leaving the teacher to decide how to handle the situation.
Parrot Native Range Across Tropics and Asia
The parrot is native to tropical America, Australia, and the East India region, indicating a broad distribution across several continents and climates. The detail highlights diversity in habitat from the Americas to Asia and Oceania.
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Tropical
America
Australia
East India Region
Aboriginal skull used as drinking cup by tribes
A report describes Aboriginal communities in Australia using the skull of a revered deceased relative as a ceremonial drinking cup carried by several people. The practice reflects ancestral respect and ritual significance within the communities.
Mary Dale King and Doretha Dar Win
The seventh grade stud ies directions in English this week. Directions were given from the north entrance to the grammar school auditorium. Students wrote letters directing an imaginary guest from the Katy depot to their home.
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Mary Dale King
Doretha Darwin
Grammar School
Katy
Marjorie Burchfield
Want Ads Offer for 1931 Chevrolet Coach For Sale
For sale a 1931 Chevrolet coach in good condition priced right. Contact Dick Montgomery. Onions for sale 25 cents per bush at warehouse near power plant. Call W M Ingram for details.
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Chevrolet
Dick Montgomery
W. M. Ingram
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