Annual Homecoming at Marvin Church Draws Visitors
Members of Marvin Methodist Church hosted the third annual homecoming near Whitewright. The program featured devotional led by Lawrence Owen, music by local quartets, readings, and Rev. Harve Johnson of Ranger delivering the principal address. Registers listed many out of town guests from Bonham Sherman Denison Dallas and other nearby towns.
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Marvin Methodist Church
Whitewright
Devtional
Lawrence Owen
Worsham
Smith and Brown
Marie Smith
Harve Johnson
Ranger
Irene Brown
Roy Robinson
Trenton
E.G. Gilley
Ector
Pauline Owen
Jo Doris O'Neal
Joe England
Jonnie P Robbins
Peggy O'Neal
Sooter
R. J. Phillips
Ivanhoe
W. F. Mason
W. E. Ferguson
M. E. Fralicks
L. B Ely
Marvin Ely
B. Dobbs
Bonham
R. L. Dobbs
Truett McMillin
Bailey
Wade Robbins
J. F. Ross
Howe
C. R Dobbs
Greenville
Helen Maddux
Jerome May
L. M. Smith
Pilot Grove
J. A. Melugin
M. E. Miller
Marguerite Smith
Dallas
Mason St. John
J. C. O'Neal
E. G. Gilley
W. C. Anderson
Betty Marie Allen
Copesville
J. L. Simmons
Denison
Clyde Owen
G. V. Smith
Paris
C. S Smith
Talmadge Woodson
H. L. Dobbs
Leonard
J. D. Russell
James B Russell
Jimmie Lee
John Graves
Willie Smith
B. F. Blanton
B. F. Jr. Denison
Denison Marks 70th Birthday In North Texas
Denison observed its seventieth birthday Tuesday. Founded in 1872 with the M K T Railroad, Denison was incorporated September 23, 1872. The city then had about 500 residents and now counts 15,555, with a monthly payroll exceeding 1,000,000 dollars.
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Denison
M-K-T
Summer boarders and a farmer's city dialect dialogue
A farmer answers a question about taking summer boarders, noting better prices and that his wife enjoys hearing talk in a funny city dialect. This exchange captures rural life and humor in a compact vignette.
Governor Stevenson Praised at Corsicana Show Parade
In Corsicana the fourth annual Corsicana Livestock and Agricultural Show opened with a parade led by Governor Coke Stevenson on the horse Will Rogers. He attended a Navarro Hotel luncheon as guests praised the recent Texas Legislature for its accomplishments and cooperative spirit.
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Corsicana
Coke Stevenson
Amon Carter
Will Rogers
J. N. Edens
Stevenson
Navarro Hotel
A. P. Mays
Navarro County Bar Association
Texas
Clay Cotton
Palestine
Austin
National Defense Day Planned at State Fair of Texas
Dallas plans National Defense Day at the State Fair of Texas on Sunday Oct 12 with over 150000 expected to hear Senator Tom Connally address the crowd. Connally chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and is seen as ideal to deliver a patriotic message backing Roosevelt foreign policy. R L Thomas leads the event planning to unite Texans behind the president.
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Dallas
Texas
Tom Connally
Foreign Relations Committee
United States Senate
Connally
Southwest
R. L. Thomas
Fair
Roosevelt
Texas to honor National Defense Day at Cotton Bowl
Gov. Coke Stevenson will introduce Senator Connally at a 3 p m ceremony in the Cotton Bowl with 45 000 seats filled and radio coverage statewide. Civic groups back the event and 500 military and veterans organizations invited including American Legion VFW and Texas Defense Guard units.
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Texas
Coke Stevenson
Senator Connally
Cotton Bowl
I* the American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Texas Defense Guard
Lynn A. Stambaugh
The
American Legion
Liquor Sales in Drug Stores Down in Texas Dry Areas
Texas records show a sharp drop in drug store liquor sales under House Bill 373. August 1940 prescriptions: 449,288 vs 3,592 this year. gallons sold 43,147 vs 445. Drug stores licensed fell from 484 to 121, physicians from 1,184 to 95, with 130 more applying. Lubbock and Taylor counties illustrate the decline in stores, physicians, and prescriptions.
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Hunt County
Liquor Control Board
Austin
Texas
Lubbock County
Taylor County
Seed Wheat and Farm Equipment for Sale
Seed wheat offered by E O Young seven miles south of Wheelwright. Also farm appliances including a 4 year old mare priced at $100 a pair of farm horses $110 and mules $125 plus an International Hay Press $65 and disc plows at low cost. Loans on automobiles available via S H Montgomery Insurance Agency. Also help wanted for a middle aged woman to care for elderly lady. Funeral flowers and designs by Haile's Greenhouse.
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S. H. Montgomery Insurance Agency
Manning & Meador
Court of Civil Appeals Dissolves Second Injunction
The Galveston court dissolved the second injunction on July 31 after having enjoined it earlier. The decision marks a final resolution in the ongoing civil appeal.
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Court of Civil Appeals
Galveston
Hen breaks world egg record at Tarleton contest
At John Tarleton College Poultry Farm Stephenville a English single-comber White Leghorn hen laid her 343rd egg to finish a 357 day egg laying contest with a total of 376.25 points. The San Antonio hen dethrones Lady Temple as Tarleton marks its second world record in the event.
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Stephenville
John Tarleton College
United States
San Antonio
Tarleton Poultry Plant
T. A. Hensarling
Tarleton
Lady Temple
White Leghorn
Auto Finance Company offers rapid car loan financing
If you need money or want to refinance payments on your car, this lender will approve any reasonable amount and term with no delay. Bring your title papers and car for inspection. Manager F. W. Creager at 121% South Travis, Sherman.
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Sherman
Star Credit Company
Grayson County State Bank
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
Hitler’s War Turning Point Seen as Realistic Hope
A wartime columnist argues Hitler may not win the war and that public belief in a turning point has finally begun. He cites morale lifts from broadcasts by Allied airmen and notes multiple signs pointing toward a possible Allied advantage.
Roosevelt’s role in the looming global conflict
Frederic Nelson of the Baltimore Sun argues that the Hitler threat is a world conspiracy requiring American action. He credits Roosevelt for recognizing early that war could not be avoided and for positioning the U.S. to defend itself, despite isolationist critics.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Hitler
Roosevelt
Radio
Moving Pictures
England
America
Frederic Nelson
Baltimore Sun
Motivational Quotes on Leadership and Initiative
A collection of aphorisms urging action and independent thinking. It contrasts those who take initiative with those who question outcomes, urges leaders and doers to follow personal convictions, and warns against external pressures dulling individual resolve. The emphasis is on courage, motivation, and personal responsibility.
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Holmes
You can buy adding machine paper at the Sun office
An item listing notes adding machine paper is available for purchase from the Sun office.
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Sun Office
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