Betty Blackerby Wins $500 Helen H Swift Scholarship
Betty Blackerby 18 of Whitewright earns the Helen H Swift Scholarship for outstanding 4 H Club work. Grayson County home agent Zelma Moore notes the award, its aims, and Blackerby’s plans to attend Texas State College for Women in Denton to study home economics. She has led clubs, attended camps, and promoted youth activities.
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Betty Blackerby
Whitewright
Blackerby
Helen H. Swift
Zelma Moore
Grayson County
Maggie W. Barry
Betty
Chicago
Has
Alva Blackerby
Miss Blackerby
Miss Moore
Overhead Not Guns Chief Defense Cost
Figures released by the Council of State Chambers of Commerce break down the 48.5 billion dollar Military Establishment spending over four years. They show federal taxes paid by families at 3000, 5000 and 7500 incomes, total defense related taxes, and the share spent on personnel and materials versus weapons. The study calls for better efficiency and maximum return on defense investment amid the Korean crisis.
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Washington
Council of State Chambers of Commerce
Council
Defense
Forrestal
Johnson
Insect Killing Paint Becomes Big Seller
A new guaranteed insect killing paint is becoming a major seller across industries in Peoria. Cans are used on poultry and dairy farms, canning houses, schools, hospitals, hotels, restaurants, stores and homes. The paint is lead free, safe for humans and animals, washable, and safe in food preparation areas, available in six colors and white.
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Peoria
Iil
The Spice of Life Cartoon Exchange
A comic exchange about careers and a sub editor dream ends with playful quips. A boy defends his family’s ducks while a sister’s boyfriend gets a music gift. A weight champion joke ties to a local grocery business.
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Jones
Sunday School Banter on Sin and Redemption
A playful exchange between two girls in a Sunday School setting. One asks about progress, the other boasts being past original sin. The first counters that she is beyond redemption, signaling witty banter rather than a serious lesson.
Champ Sam Jones Recalled as Lightweight Icon
The fragment hints at Sam Jones known as a lightweight champion and addressed with a respectful nickname Sir. It reflects a wartime or sports era tone emphasizing his status and public regard.
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Champ
Sam Jones
Electricity in the Groove
A humorous dialogue shows Little Susie and her family trading playful lines about energy. Susie asks why hair crackles and learns it is electricity. The mother explains, and Susie jokes that the family is "in the groove" with electricity, gas, and being lit.
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Susie
Mountaineer on his first city visit remarks on streets
A mountaineer touring a city for the first time is impressed by asphalt streets and jokes that the ground is too hard to plow to justify building a town there. He tells his boy the remark after scraping his feet on the surface.
Old Timey Joke About Mumps and Measles
A humorous exchange contrasts mumps and measles with a pun about silence versus breaking out. The quip hinges on a play on words about illness and behavior.
Broun’s Appetite Grabs Headlines at Manhattan Eatery
Heywood Broun, famed Manhattan columnist, known for enormous meals, sat at a preferred restaurant and eyed a lengthy menu as the waiter awaited his choice. The scene highlights Broun’s legendary appetite.
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Heywood Broun
Manhattan
Broun
I See Nothing To Object To A Meals Review Line
A discerning diner seizes the menu and plate after tasting, telling the waiter he finds no fault. The columnist voice conveys a calm, approving verdict in brisk, period tone.
Watermelon Cucumbers and Court Notice Strike Juxtaposed
A rural chatty vignette contrasts a Vermont aunt and city cucumbers with a courtroom deed dispute in Grayson County Texas. The suit, Braswell et al versus heirs of Berry et al, seeks to recover title and possession to 45 acres in Sherman, with a 1950 court issuance noting the 42 day appearance requirement and the stakes in First Guarantee State Bank of Sadler assurance.
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State of
Texas
George Berry
Dora Berry
Laura Okes
Mattie Okes
Laura Oakes
Mattie Oakes
Vernon Lee
Fifteenth Judicial District
Court House
Said County
Sherman
Grayson County
D. A. Braswell
Mae Braswell
L. S. Omohundro
Harry Hudgins
R. E. Marshall
Hugh Halsell
S. Carmena
D. L. Thurston
T. L. Miller
Varas
Lizzie Miller
State Bank of
Sadler
S. V. Earnest
District Court
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Montreal
Canada
England
Russia
M. Mancelle
Flanders
Paris
MOBIL
Lea
G. C. Stateville
Magnolia
Tommy
Vermont
Riley
S. H. Montgomery Agency
W. E. Laroe
Reddy
Community Public Service Company
Your Friendly Electric Company
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