The Ladonia News (Ladonia, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, January 2, 1970 Page: 4 of 6
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Texas Ghost Town Newspapers and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the UNT Libraries.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
SPORTS CORNER
/ 2 e
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
4rED By MAY NEZ
PLAYERS AS THE
FNEST A DDLE -
LINEBACKYE ///
FB0TBALZ 15
THE ^^A/7^
FALCONS‘
TOMMY
EOLS
*(H =====
THE FORMER TE AS
ALL-AMERICAN/ J3 AN
ALL LEAGUE WHO JS
OA/zY IN HAS FOURTH
SEASON // 77 NF2.
HE3 62255285...
CANDY
BY TOM DORR
ToM DPR,
May good
ime To
Spare
By GERALD ANDREWS - Retirement Adviser
The Worth of a Hobby pages of old books, magazines
This column is promptedby and newspapers in effort to
a newspaper story that afriend determine precisely what Poe
clipped and set to me. wrote. He was editing a col-
r 1 . lected edition of Poe for the
The story tells of a collection Harvard University Press at
of coins that sold for what I the time of his death.
would consider a smallfortune. Somehow, he also found the
They were auctioned off in a time to indulge his hobby. While
What na OFZoins? Mainly tourinsi Europe, hemyould se
Greek and Roman, with some rial. along with Foemate-
extras thrown in. You could Relaxing from his labors
guess from the description that on Poe, he would sort and
they might be worth something, catalogue his coin collection.
And you might also guess As Poe scholars consult his
that the owner spent his life writings on their subject, so
doing little else than putting his do specialists in the field of
collection together. A profes antique coins.
sional numismatist, no doubt. Professor Mabbott, combin-
Wrong. Gathering coins was ing literature and numismatics
simply a hobby with him. His proved that a scholar’s hobby
profession was teaching litera- can be financially rewarding
ture to college students. That’s a moral for the rest
He was Professor Thomas of us. You and I may not
O. Mabbott, who died recently, pursue hobbies that will make
In the course of a long ca- us wealthy, but any hobby
reer, Professor Mabott became may add a little to our in-
the world’s leading authority come if only we take the trouble
on Edgar Allan Poe. He spent to become professionally com-
countless hours turning the petent.
VLAFF OF THE WEEK
00 =
"It’s not that kind of bowl game .. .
Page 4
The Ladonia News
Fri., Jan. 2, 1970
Charlie Metro, new managel
of the Kansas City Royals
makes his home in Golden
Colo.
One-half cup of cottage
cheese has about the same
amount of protein as three
ounces of cooked meat, fish
or poultry, or three meduim
eggs.
times abound.
Robnett & Joyner Insurance Agency
Torn Robnett
Bob Joyner
ACROSS
1. Taxi rider
5. Put film in
a camera
9. Day or
Duke
10. One of the
Mongolias
12. Grampus
13. Scrape off
14. King of
Bashan
15. Contends
with
17. Editorial
pronoun
18. Entertains
20. Tread the
boards
21. Certain
photos
22. Clever
conversa-
tionalists
23. Beef----
mode
24. Ironing-
board
cover
25. Siberian
river
27. Historic
horseman
DOWN
1. Lose
sight of
2. Kind of
light
3. Gunflint
state:
abbr.
4. Common
suffix
5. Places for
milady’s
pendants
6. See 17
Across
7. One
time
8. Subtract
9. Some
revolve,
some
slide
11. Takes
time out
31. Covered,
as some
walls
32.-----
necessity
33. Good
citizen
34. Music note
35. Pauline’s
affinities
37. Lower the
lights
38. Old hat
39. Moldings
41. Lady lambs
42. Storage
areas
as
26
30
35
38
25
36
13. Follows Today’s Answer
the MsNieusamaq
leader 3300 3 vis
15. Kind Nigmas sad
of lily E
16. Water 3
jug
19. Goliath, S
for one
20. Helper a
22. Hesi- a
tate a
24. M. LeMoko
25. Aerial
maneuvers
26. Worn out
27. Pied
Piper
followers
28. Depends on
29. Puzzle
cheeses
31. Ends of
the earth
4
33. Sinful
36. Cold
and
pene-
trating
37. Scout
group
39. Against:
prefix
40. Enlisted
man
3
24
40
Punch Line of the Week
Januaryl isthe
day on which some
people discover
they have broken
their first New
Year’s resolution.
Dennis Shaw, San Diego State
quarterback, led the nation’s
collegiate football players in
total offense in 1969 with 3,186
yards and 45 touchdowns. He i
scored six TDs and passed for |
39 others.. f
Gulfstream’s two $100,000 $
stakes, the Gulfstream Park
Handicap and the Florida
Derby, have been set for March
21 and 28, respectively.
1970
Good luck to ill of you, from all
of us, fo all of 1970.
JEWELERS
COMNRCE, TEXAS
or And About Teenagers
HE WON’T
SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT
GETTING
MARRIED..
THE WEEK’S LETTER: “I say when, you may be in a
have a problem and I wish to rocking chair before he takes
have an opinion, please. I met you to the altar. If you have
this boy in 1967 and we went been dating for two years and
steady for a year. He two- he has promised to marry you,
timed me, and then we broke you are entitled to more than a
up. We kept dating, however, promise. Tell him so, and, if
and acted just like we were he still refuses to set a date,
still going steady. I went out you can be pretty sure that he
with another guy, and now I never will. One thing you can
feel guilty. Wehad made plans be sure of — if he really loves
to get married, then started you, he won’t let you get away
arguing so much we called it. - - if he doesn’t love you,
off. I want to marry him. He then you are better off if you
promised to marry me. Henow break up for good.
says he loves me very much, * * *
but won’t say anything about
getting married. Am I being too If you have a teenage problem you want to
pushy?” P discuss or an observation to make, address
otip 4. T your letter to FOR AND ABOUT TEENAGERS.
• 1.1 ESP IS It he prom- community and SUBURBAN press service
isea to marry you, but won’t FRANKFORT, KY.
Generation Gap U.SA
"I used to date Reggie until I began to notice a change
in his appearance ... he didn’t appear for weeks at a
time.”
Happy New Year
Times change, sincere wishes:
do not- our best to you.
Erwin Plumbing and Tin Shop
We are taking this
opportunity to express
deep appreciation to
you, our valued
friends and customers.
Happy New Year!
ter
ica
ind
sig
dai
Am
saf
abi
top
ligk
ove
a c
off
or
feat
app
ical
roo
of :
easi
Nex
pair
trim
I
woo
with
can
virtu
With a special
"thanks" for
being so special
to us, we wish
you the happiest
year ever.
L. F. FRY'S
John and Jane
1970
J. Howard and Elizabeth Mason
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View two places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Morrow, Joe T. The Ladonia News (Ladonia, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, January 2, 1970, newspaper, January 2, 1970; Ladonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1650463/m1/4/?q=+%22Amarillo%22+%22streets%22: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .