70 Boards and Commissions Created by Legislatures
A Menard News overview lists 70 Texas boards and jobs created between 1929 and 1938, detailing yearly additions from 1929 to 1937 and noting large staffs and expense accounts. It argues many boards are political devices, draining tax revenue despite some pursuing public goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Game, Fish & Oyster Commission
Public Safety Commission
Advisory Judicial Council
Brazos River
State Board of Education
Board of County and District Road
Board of Mineral Development
Oklahoma
Division of Child Welfare
State Commission For the Blind
Firemen’s Training School Advisory Board
Board of
Mansion Supervisors
Bureau of Information For the Blind
Compact Commission
New Mexico
Goliad State Park
Texas Relief Commission
Texas Bond Commission
Comal County Water Conservation District
Guadalupe
Leon River
Nueces River
State Board of Trustees
Teachers Retirement
Board of Architecture Examiners
Firemen’s Relief Pension Commissioner
Division of Public Welfare
Board of Control
Department of Public Welfare
Camp Hulen
Menard News
Washout on line forces friend to stay away
A telegram notes a washout on the line prevents travel. In reply, a friend urges them to come anyway and offers a borrowed shirt, implying hospitality and casual resilience despite travel disruption.
Money talk and a washer debt joke
Two men discuss finances with a joke about paying debts. A salesman asks when the electric washer will be paid for and Mrs Pryce retorts that it would pay for itself. The humor centers on debt and repayment in a casual exchange.
Why Popcorn Pops
A playful dialogue features Scientific Dad explaining to Willie how popcorn pops. He describes polygonal starch cells expanding with heat causing the endosperm to swell and the hull to split, while fragments bend back toward the embryo as Willie plans to explain it to his little sister.
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Willie
Funeral Bridge Club Quip Sparks Droll Remark
A witty quip contrasts death with social life as a man asks about his wife’s reaction to his death. The reply suggests she would attend the funeral if not occupied by her bridge club. The remark reflects a dry, period newspaper humor style.
First Payment Question Hints at Jones's Credit Habit
A witty line contrasts Jones paying something down with never paying more, probing whether he is a reliable customer. The remark highlights cautious lending attitudes and concerns about complete repayment.
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Jones
Opposites in a Classroom Exchange
A teacher asks for opposites of sorrow misery and woe. The pupil answers Joy happiness and then Giddap in place of the expected term. The exchange has a humorous tone reflecting a child's wordplay.
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Giddap
Precision fitter and bricklayer exchange quip
A bricklayer jokes about precision while a passerby claims to be a precision fitter and jokes about measuring in thousandths of an inch. The barber quip involves a customer’s dog watching and the barber joking about accidentally cutting off a customer’s ear.
Offbeat Exchanges and Jokes from a Busy Street
A tourist quarrel over blame at a Main Street traffic stop leads to a punch of social status quips. A university daughter asks her mother for dress money in a mocking air mail note, and a gas man incident prompts Mrs. Murphy’s defense with a mop handle remark.
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Main Street
Air Mail
Jimmy
No explicit event headline found in OCR fragment
Dialogue snippet shows a fatherly remark about a son’s progress and a character named Crabtree recalling past role reversal with clothing. The exchange suggests a lighthearted moment about growth and status between two speakers.
Right Though Wrong Bobby Dad Intuition Exchange
A father explains intuition to his son as a humorous take on a mother’s confident yet erroneous certainty. The quip frames intuition as a playful family dynamic about belief and correctness.
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Bobby
Humorous Vignettes Run Through Daily Life
A collage of quips and exchanges captures light moments from lifeguards to clerks. Jokes cover a six foot eight applicant, household manners, medical misreadings, preaching attention, romance, policing, and fashion insults ending with a diner order setup.
Hen dialogue ends in allowed bite sized humor
A dining room exchange features a waiter noting the hen named Betty and a jokey line about a wife discovering a pocket. The repartee delivers a light domestic quip about exploration yielding material for a lecture.
Newlywed Presents First Turkey at Dinner
Mrs Newlywed enters the dining room and announces she has placed the first turkey on the table. Her spouse compliments the stuffing as they discover the bird is not hollow, eliciting a surprised reaction.
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Mrs. Newlywed
Pop Version and a Wizard’s Wallet Joke
A humorous exchange features Pop explaining a wizard as a man who can keep up with the Jones and not fall behind on payments. The quip frames a lighthearted view of financial savvy and comic wordplay.
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Pop
Sammy Teacher Confronts Student Over Breakfast Mistake
A classroom exchange reveals a tense moment as the teacher accuses Sammy of a dirty face and breakfast eggs, while Sammy corrects the timing, saying the eggs were eaten yesterday morning. The dialogue hints at memory and misperception in a school setting.
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Teacher
Sammy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Automobile
Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
Whitewright Lumber Co
Travelers Insurance Company
Insurance Company
Ruth
Ashburn
Ashburn’s
Ditto
Mother
Mummie
Betty
Yeager’s Service Station
THE
Texaco
Texaco Indian
Texaco Motor Oil
Havoline
Willard Batteries
Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
Nat'l Bank
Whitewright
L. LaRoe & Co
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