Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 101, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1940 Page: 2 of 4
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leathering of Lggionaairea of the
fieighbortag eJtjr of Tsmple • few
i months ago. events were set in me-
Mon that have nwltod ia the «n*-
tion of a polo 80 feet high. The pole,
j of steel, weighs 13M pounds and is
|set In tan tons of pink Texas granite.
I Surrounding Mils is a breeder base
of concrete, which is white, of course,
I and inset an aix blue' tile statt.
.Thus the foundation could almost, be
.described as red, white and blue.
I It is to be hoped that many bean-
| tiful flagpoles will blossom over
Texas educational grounds from the
inspiration of the one at Mary Har-
dln-Baylor.
I It Singles
I ton, who now
I' ret as provident of the college, was
^^■^■B^BB Ion » Columbia University commis-
gBB Bp B I *i°n to study the schools of Provi-
dence, R. I., t/iat he was impressed
f I by the fart that, though many hf the
f 1 , inhabitants of that city were fOreign-
M | bom. every school had a substantial
'a»>d attractive flagpole.
^ So when he returned to Georgia,
^- where he was a member of Atlanta
This “expert” can give you the Po.t No 1 and became departmental
score of the Cotton Bowl game before chairman of Americanism, there
it starts. ; burned in his heart the desire to see
Around the State: At Kingsville
is K>« Apple Store with the slogan,
"By jour fruits, ye shall know us.”
And now it seems they are no long-
er undertakers or morticians but fu-
neral counselors—at least so one San
Antonian advertises. -
Quaint is the arrangement gf trees
in a roadside park near Bseville. Bach
tree io «bi a little h*md waded with
brick, lying a Venice-like impres-
larity to Mary PkkftoM, “America’s
Sweetheart” paused “Oh’s” and
“Ah’s" when she made a ttt—rnl
appearance in the eostUM to Jmw-
"bite, looking unbaUaynkty mtlo-
ADVERTISING RATES WILL SB
GIVEN UPON APPLICATION
Another “old joke" contest entry: palm trass. mission Use wit!
Here lies, the body of William Jay.1 Most trees are balanced but along- Measure ments'a
Who died maintaining his right-of- side the highway not far from Hondo • "ears” and they
. i« » tree with nearly all the foliage mined with the
He wss right, dead right, n* he sped on one side, tbs bare boughs and and trr^ ‘
BCHCtfeEXTO wS
His act did not give full satisfaction and P. T. sent for the new per-
former Hid tnw bias that.his wo* fell short
hsd-Ur
that so?" he answered with heavy sarcasm. "Wed,
—♦bin’. There ain’t nobody can reflect on my aMU
I'm the guy that’s mskin’ the shew
^— 'HI quit!"
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GRAHAM PUBLISHING CO.
Office ef PalBiaflia.
CM Oak Street, Grshass, Texas
GEO. T. SPEARS
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t to Km road
Stoat with a i
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he’s just as dead as M he'd been
wrong.
his heart the desire to see
— — —flagpole on every school-
| A philosopher has said, if you want )trouml jn the sute-and he came
|to see how greatly the world will 'close to realising that goal.
Any erne feus reflection upon the .miss you when you are gone, just|
diameter of any person or firm ap-! stick your finger in some water and i Dr. Singleton feels that old Glory
ring in thews columns will be see how much of a hole R leaves fluttering in the breese is an inapira-
when you poll it out. *>" student*. Being the first
_ sight they behold on arriving (t the
campus each morning and the last
Mary Hardin-Baylor College at sight they see on leaving the school
Belton will dedicate one of the most ;n the afternoon, the flag serves as a
magnificent flagpoles in the South- reminder of the priceless rights en-
west on Jan. #, with National Com- 1 joyed by all Americans. He believes
rounder Milo J. Warner of the Aaeri- that the banner deserves a noble set
can Legion aa principal apeaker— tine, in keeping with its own gran
but for the atari of the story, one has deur. ~
gladly aad promptly corrected upon
being brought to the attention of the
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By IRVIN 8. COBB
D ARNUM A BAILEY’S CIRCUS once was touring the South.
L> or tv, earlier an aci-obat who just had cloaed with a
SPIDERS
For thirty million year* spiders
have been on earth, according to n*
or two earlier,------- _ _ . _
burlesque troupe applied for a job with the circus and waa green one.
ture students, and man has lortg I
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Iiinileil (bum fin u initifif study. The i
Museum of Natural" TErWtffl7Vwp*d«.{-.
collection was enriched recently by >
ri.OO© specimen* gathered in the West:
Among them are many new species j
to he added to" the approximately .
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Trout, H. I. Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 101, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1940, newspaper, December 26, 1940; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1064403/m1/2/: accessed June 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.