The Wood County Record (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 27, Ed. 1 Monday, September 26, 1949 Page: 3 of 4
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— Jacket
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is our co-drum majorette and
play a snare drum in the band
for three years. Carlene’s assis-
ts are Ann Lukenbill and
Barlow. Ann does her
share in school activities and
plays a snare drum and a co-
drum majorette. Larry is a
football player on the first
squad. He is also a reporter
on the school paper. He can al-
ways be depended on whenever
4s needed.
‘r Art Director is talented
ara Peacock. She is flag
er and plays her accordian
the band. She also plays
iano for some of our group
g.
place of Fhotographer
as filled by a most capable
rson, Robert Choate. Robert
ds most of his spare time
is hobby, which is photo-
We know that he will
e plenty of good pictures
year.
e faculty and students be-
e that this group will wprk
d to produce an annual that
will enjoy very much.
—MHS—
senior class meeting
The Senior class met Wed-
nesday, September 14, to elect
officers. Our sponsors are Mr.
Prim and Mr. McCleary. The
.following officers were elecjed:
President, Randel Aaron.
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Attend Garden Club
Meeting in Marshall
SEPT. 26, 1949 THE WOOD COUNTY RECORD
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Garden Club Holds
Reassembly Meeting*
At Reeves Cottage
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Eight members of the Fannie
Marchman Garden Cub weiT
to Marshall Thursday to attend j The Fannie Marchman Gar-
a garden club meeting at which j den club’s annual reassembly
Mrs. McKnight of Ft. Worth ]Unche0n was held last Wed-
was the guest speaker. Her sub- ! nesday at the Mineola Club
ject was “Flower Arrangements Lake cottage of Mrs. E. A.
for the Home.” | RwVes.
Those making the trip were
Mrs. H. L. Lott, Mrs. W. D. Wil-
liams, Mrs. R. H. Carraway.
Mrs. Alma Chappell, Mrs. Don-
nie Ward, Mrs. E. A. Reeves,
Mrs. C. A. Feacock and Mrs.
E. Q. Hearn.
Mineolan Enrolls
7n Nursing School
The club's next meeting wil:
be held Oct. 5 at the Mineola
Country Club at 3 o’clock li-
the afternoon. Mrs. Louise
Cooper of Kilgore will lecture
on “Flower Arrangements’’
Members of the Civic Garden
Club will be guests of the Fan-
nie Marchman Club at thi-
meeting.
Those present last Wednes-
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Ro-
wan of Grayson. La., announ-
ce the birth of a son on Sept.
24. Mrs. Rowan, who was Miss
Louise Tilley before her mar-
riage, formerly taught in the
Mineola schools.
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A!R FORCE DARLING—Unique features displayed by the U. S. Air Force’s new Martin XB-51
high-speed ground-support ship include sharply swept back wings, tandem landing gear and “ : ”
shaped control surfaces. Power is supplied by three turbo-jet engines, two mounted on pylons on
ihe lower sides ol the fuselage, the third in the rear of the fuselage. No indication of speed, other
'ban “high,” was contained in the announcement of the XB-51. Advice to pilots of small craft—get
out of the way when you see this one coming.
to Be Top Check
On N. S. L. I. Dividend
sneak failed to gain. Kelley
then carried over. Try for point
was bad and the score was 7-6.
The Tigers received, bringing
the ball back 23 yards to the
38. But after a six-yard gain by
Norton, Bowdoin caught Hor-
Mrs. Varna Hays, 908 John-
son. Mineola, entered training weie iv*mes- W. C. Gearnei.
as a technician nurse student - A-ma Chappell, Marvin Car-
in the Bavlor University School son’ Elm0 BfirW*e’ E- Q- ECearT1
C. A. Peacock, N. C. Taylor.
Tom Castloo, W. R. Kingcaid.
O. W. Cooper. Lula Little, W.
D. Williams, H. L. Lott, Donnie
Ward. O. E. Dyer. B. A. Par-
rish, M. F. Usrv, E. A. Reeves,
Annie Cofield, S. E. Potts, Pau-
line Henderson, F. C. Reneau.
R. H. Carraway, J. C. Mc-
Glothlin, and J. L. Anderson.
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AE.COM/
The top dividend checks to : tion said.
be sent to World War II vet- For national service life in- ton for a two-yard deficit, and
erans on their national service j surance it is 65c. And the man Rhodes and Sinclair stopped Hospital,
life insurance will be for $528. w^° ^ ou^ a^ twenty-one Norton at the line. Kelley
-president, Johnny Mack i Dividends will start gojng out! wil1 now §'et a 55c dividend. brought the punt five yards
. Gray said the maximum pay
of Nursing on Monday, Septem-
ber 19, in Dallas. Mrs. Hays is
one of a class of 48.
After an extensive orienta-
tion program, Mrs. Hays began
formal classes on Thursday,
September 22. Baylor Univer-
sity School of Nursing pioneer-
ed the first technician nurse
course in June of this year. On
August 31. thirty-four students
of the class received their caps
prior to beginning their six
months internship in Baylor
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cretary, Wanda Weaver,
easurer, Peggy Woods,
eporter, Margie Mason.
in January.
brought the punt five yards I William Howard Taft was the
to the Orange 39. Walker tore ! first president of the 48 states.
ment of $528 is based on a 1 through tackle for 21 yards to
Veterans Administrator Carl ■ $10,000 policy in force for nine- j the Tiger 40, and on the next
R. Gray, Jr., disclosed this in ; ty-six months, on a veteran Play Kelley went through the
Thursday the class met releasing the formula to be used forty or less when the policy i middle like a shot. He
In the auditorium to select
their class rings. The president,
Randel Aaron, appointed a
committee of Joanne Montgom-
ery, Regina Crumley, Floy Hen-
derson, Joe Bright and Bubba
Kelley. They choose two rings
for the class to vote on. An
attractive all-gold ring was de-
cided upon. The ring deposits
to be placed at Jones Jew-
rs. They expect to receive
ir rings by last last week in
r.
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innsboro Paper
ys Mineola Team
ed as Champs
The Winnsboro News reported
week that the superinten-
ts, principals and coaches
let 15-A met in Pitts-
•'•Tuesday of last week to
dtacoss plans for the coming
seaoon. It was the opinion of
school officials there, said
News that Mineola would
probably win the district foot-
ball title.
Two teams were denied re-
was
is distributing the $2,800,000,- was taken out. j crossing the goal line before
000 dividend among some 16,- j Since the mortality rate for most fans knew who had the
000,000 veterans and their de- , persons forty and under did not ! bah. Point try again failed,
pendents and heirs. He had j vary greatly a single dividend Score, 12-7.
planned to release it next Sun- j rate will apply to that entire
day but changed his plans be- j age group, he said,
cause of published reports about | The dividend will be paid at
the formula. j the same rate on both term
The dividend, to be paid be- j and converted policies. No pay-
fore next June 30, is not sub- ments will be made for per-
ject to income tax. Veterans ; iods of lapse,
must apply for it, and about j “The scale does not apply to
three-fourths of them hs.ve al- ^ insurance on a permanent plan
ready done so. which has been surrendered
The formula, Gray said, is for a reduced paid-up amount,”
calculated on the basis of a j Gray said,
dividend of 55c for each $1,000 j “The cases will be handled
of insurance, for each month | separately.”
the policy was in force before
its anniversary date in 1948.
for all policyholders who w^ere
aged forty or younger at the
time the policy was issued.
For older veterans the divi-
dend declines gradually until
it is 20c a month, for veterans
fifty-five and over when the
policy was issued.
The scale: Age 41 at issue,
52c; 42, 40c; 43, 46c; 44. 43c;
45, 43c; 46, 37c; 47, 34c; 48, 31c;
quests for certification of cer- j J?’ ^ 2^; 51» 24c; 52’ 23c;
Do. ZZC; 4&1C.
For ordinary commercial life
iusurance, the typical monthly
tain players.
— Football
Continued from page 1
the second half. The Jacket
line was determined and un-
yielding and the offense stuck
to running plays. Rhodes sent
a booming kick-off down to the
five-yard line were Norton
juggled the ball and finally
came back four yards to the
nine. Norton got one at the
line but Horton was nailed for
a one-yard loss. Callaway got
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Rhodes 1 premium for $1,000 of term in- ovei* tackle for six, and his
Callaway took the kick-off and
came back nine yards before
Bright nailed him. Brotherton
and Barlow stopped Norton for
two, Sinclair clipped Hogan for
a one-yard loss and Bright
caught Norton five yards back,
forcing the Tigers to punt. Kel-
leyy took the 32-yard kick and
came back eight yards to the
Tiger 44. Walker and Knox
moved the ball to the 33. Af-
ter a five-yard penalty Kelley
and Walker carried 21 yards
to the 17. Walker and Kelley
The latest and most complete
oil nows—written locally—will
«s found in the Monitor
again divided time with the
leather for a first down on the
four. After a short gain by Kel-
ley Joe Bob Smith went over.
Point try was low, and the
score stood, 18-7.
The Tigers got one more try,
but after finding nothing at the
line, where Tyson, Barlow and
Thacker were unmoved, took to
the air. But this avenue was
also cut off when Walker took
a long pass over his shoulder
on the Tiger 45. After three
line plays and two penalties
for violating the substitution
rule the ball game ended with
the Jackets in possession.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Carraway
were in Caddo, Okla., Monday
attending the funeral of a
friend.
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Stepped into Smith’s Depart-
ment Store the other noon and saw
the strangest thing. “Sis” Davis
fuming up the stairs from the
:nt with a handle of wash.
“Is Smitty taking in washing
these days?” I asked. “Not quite,”
she says. “He’s just put in a new
utomatic washing machine, so
e girls who work here can get
tliteir laundry done while they’re
eating lunch. Means more time to
Telax at night and on weekends.”
I thought what a swell boss
Smiitj must be. Human relations
between the boss and employees
srance at age twenty-one Is [ *aa Pfrtlal!y W°cked The
$1.25, the Veterans Administra- i Jackats *°”k over on the Ti8'
______; er 30. Huffman went around
end for six, and the Tigers;
drew a holding penalty which 1
gave the locals the ball on 16. !
Kelley got two, Walker three,
and Huffman two at the line. ■
j Needing three yards. Walker j
1 took a low hand-off and ram- 1
j med into the line for no eain 1
The ball went over on the nine.
Norton picked up five, then
Bright stopped Callaway for a
yard loss. Norton got five more,
but the Ticers were still short
a yard and Callaway kicked 27
yards to Huffman who return-
ed 16 yards to the 30. Joe Bob ;
Smith went around end for 12.
and Kelley tore through tackle
for 12 more, moving the ball
I to the six. Smith went around
end and was knocked out of i
bounds on top of the flag. The ;
ball was placed inches from
the goal, and a quarterback j
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have certainly taken a lig step
forward daring my lifetime.
From where I sit, people seem
to be doing a better job of seeing
our neighbor’s viewpoint these
days. Though his ideas and tastes
may not be ours, we can under-
stand his preference for a certain
breakfast cereal, a favorite movie
star, or for a temperate glass
of beer or ale. That’s the way it
should be in a free country.
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The Wood County Record (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 27, Ed. 1 Monday, September 26, 1949, newspaper, September 26, 1949; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth757738/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.