Texas high schools turn to big money for stadiums
Dallas leads with an 800 000 dollar high school athletic plant as part of a 2 000 000 dollar two year expansion. Fort Worth opens a 200 000 seat 20 000 capacity field. San Antonio builds a 22 000 seat stadium with WPA funding around 400 000 dollars. The article notes rising costs and crowds as school athletics become big business.
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Dallas
Texas
Hope Smith
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Porter's Community News Highlights Local Visits
Health in this community is good at this report. Mrs Joe Rich and Mrs Elbert Bennett entertained the junior and primary Sunday school classes with a party Thursday night. Mr and Mrs George Hicks visited Jim Hicks and family Sunday. Mr and Mrs A E Wilkinson and daughter attended the singing at Blanton's Chapel Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Hugh Hunter and children of Ector spent Saturday night with the latter's parents, Mr and Mrs G D Bennett. Mrs W C Anderson, Betty and Colleen Allen, Mrs Elmer Anderson and baby and Mr and Mrs R L Cooper visited Mr and Mrs M M Cooper Sunday afternoon. Dorotha Jean McCord spent Saturday afternoon with Billy Lee Williams of Bonham. Mr and Mrs J W Gunter and children spent Saturday night with Mrs Hattie Dale south of Bonham. Mr and Mrs L Williams spent Sunday afternoon with his aunt, Mrs.
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Joe Rich
Elbert Bennett
George Hicks
Jim Hicks
A. E. Wilkinson
Blanton’s Chapel
Hugh Hunter
Ector
G. D. Bennett
W. C. Anderson
Betty
Colleen Allen
Elmer Anderson
R. L. Cooper
M. M. Cooper
Dorotha Jean McCord
Billy Lee Williams
Bonham
J. W. Gunter
Hattie Dale
L. Williams
Mary Wilkins
Bonnie Ray Hicks
Alvie Lock and Son
Jack Stewart
Genette
Genelle Hicks
Charlene
Mary Lee Fincher
Odus Jones
Harlie Howell
Dallas
McCord Family and Kin Visit Nearby Communities
Local residents including Mattie McCord Claude McCord and their children spent Sunday with relatives near Ector and with Mrs. Mary Wilkins. Dorotha Jean McCord stayed with Bonnie Ray Hicks, and several families including Hicks Fincher and Jones groups visited Hugh Hunter and family and Mrs Jack Stewart’s household. Elbert Bennett of Dallas visited the area over the weekend.
Legislation Sealed: Resigned Lawmaker Cannot Return
Atty. Gen. Gerald C. Mann ruled that a legislator who resigns and serves in another branch abandons the seat and cannot withdraw the resignation. Gov. Lee O'Daniel should call special elections to fill the Corry vacancy in Tarrant and Denton counties. Three other resignations in state service may also trigger elections. county judges would set dates if needed.
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O’daniel
Convict Gets A Home To Wait For Pension
Oklahoma City. Sentenced Wednesday to five years in Leavenworth on counterfeit charges, Terry Dodd, 60, who has done time there before, remarked that Leavenworth is the best old folks' home in the United States and when I come out this time I’ll be 65 years old and ready for my pension.
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Oklahoma City
Leavenworth
Terry Dodd
United States
Journalism Heads For Higher Status
Chicago reports the formation of an International Council for Education in Journalism to elevate journalism to professional status comparable with law. Caspar Yost of the St Louis Globe Democrat was elected chairman. The group, with editors and school associations, set principles on journalism education as essential as other professions.
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Chicago
International Council For Education
Caspar Yost
St. Louis Globe Democrat
American Society of Newspaper Editors
American Association of Schools and Departments of Journalism
Fire destroys barn and feed at Reynolds farm
A barn and its contents on Uncle Johnnie Reynolds’ old home place southwest of town were destroyed by fire last Thursday night. The loss included 400 bales of hay seed wheat and oats and three hogs with no insurance on the building or feed. J P Reynolds resided on the farm and had not gathered his corn crop.
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Johnnie Reynolds
J. P. Reynolds
Denison Approves Waterworks Bonds in Special Election
Citizens of Denison approve issuing 275000 in water works and sewer bonds in a special election. A federal grant of 95000 will be requested from the Works Progress Administration. The measure passes 347 to 28, one of the lightest votes ever cast in the city.
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Denison
Works Progress Administration
O'Daniel Declares Navy Day In Texas Proclamation
Governor O'Daniel designated October 27 as Navy Day urging Texans to show loyalty to sea defenses and to fly the national emblem from all public buildings.
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Austin
O’daniel
Auto finance offer for loans and refinances
Auto Finance Company F. W. Creager manager advertises loans of any amount and term with no delay. Bring license receipt and car for inspection to save money. Card of thanks from Mrs George Simmons and family expresses gratitude for sympathy after the death of George Simmons.
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Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
S. Travis Sr
Sherman
George Simmons
K. B. Simmons
Seven Grayson Co Students Enrolled at Commerce College
East Texas State Teachers College enters its 51st year with its largest enrollment. Two Whitewright students, Percy Darwin and Winnie Ruth Morgan, are listed among Gray Son County enrollees. Other Gray Son residents include Valeria Dodson Thelma McClain Sherman Billy Brown Tom Bean Ted and Velma Jo Bow.
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Commerce
East Texas State Teachers College
Whitewright
Percy Darwin
L. H. Darwin
Winnie Ruth Morgan
J. E. Morgan
Grayson County
Valeria Dodson
Thelma McClain
Sherman
Billy Brown
Tom Bean
Ted
Velma Jo Bow
Phillips Would Trade Lake for Texas Land
Governor Leon Co. Phillips joked that Texas trade Oklahoma a large triangle of land including Wichita Falls Burkburnett Vernon and Quanah in exchange for land not inundated by the Red River dam project He said he would drop his objections to the Denison Dam if the swap occurred.
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Oklahoma
Leon Co. Phillips
Denison
Texas
Lone Star
Red River
Wichita Falls
Burkburnett
Vernon
Quanah
Phillips
Children to police town on Halloween in Glen Echo
Washington. The Mayor of Glen Echo Maryland Beulah Mc Cuen has assigned the towns 200 children as marshals to prevent vandalism this Halloween. Each block elects a marshal who will be deputized, badgeed, and appoint two to three deputies. Their pay is a big party at the firehouse the night after Halloween.
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Washington
Glen Echo
Beulah McCuen
Parents of 8 Killed in Beer Dispute
In Shamokin Pennsylvania State Police report a double murder suicide. Stanley Gerkinski 53 shot his wife Helen 43 after an argument over a bottle of beer then killed himself when he missed the bottle from his coat pocket.
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Shamokin
J. L. Hochreiter
Hochreiter
Stanley Gerkinski
Helen
Country Home Magazine Suspends Publication After 62 Years
New York. Country Home Magazine, founded in 1877 as Home and Fireside and renamed in 1930, will suspend publication with the December issue. Crowell Collier Publishing Company president Thomas H. Beck cited a shift to more profitable fields.
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New York
Country Home Magazine
Thomas H. Beck
The Little Things by Eleanor Hammond
Poem excerpt praising small daily joys such as green grass near the door dandelions by the path flickering candles and cozy firelit rooms as a Sun typewriter carbon advert notes the piece.
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Porter News
Good Housekeeping
Mattie McCord
Claude McCord
Erwin Waite
Mann
Bargain Square
T. W. Ayres & Son
Carter’s Underwear
Gossard
Manning & Meador
Haile
Nick
Lower Main Street
W. F. McDowell
Stephens & Bryant
Tom Barbee
Grayson CO
Commerce College
Aymath
Eleanor Hammond
The
Sun
Typewriter
Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
TFS
Mmun, Public Service Company
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