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Title Page: The Cedar Tree; 1949; State Orphans' Home, Corsicana, Texas

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Dedication: Governor Beauford H. Jester; Governor's Mansion; The State Capital

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State Administration; State School Board: Honorable Hall H. Logan (Chairman); Honorable T. B. Warden (Member); Honorable Tom DeBerry (Member)

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Local Administration; State Home Officials: Moyne L. Kelly (Superintendent); Louis A. Loeffler (Storekeeper-Accounant); W. Carl Murdock (Assistant-Superintendent, Educational Director)

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Members of Executive Council: Mrs. Sue N. Royall (Dean of Girls); Mr. C. G. Putman (Dean of Boys); Mr. J. E. Carrington (Dean of Boys); Mr. A. F. Leach (Dean of Boys); Rev. Durward Geddie (Chaplain); Dr. Erwin F. Bohmfalk (Chaplain); Dr. Harry Ezell (Dentist); Dr. Leslie E. Kelton, Jr. (Physician-Surgeon); Mr. E. E. Collins (Recreational Director); Mrs. E. E. Collins (Dietitian); Mr. A. J. Edrington (Chief Engineer); Mrs. A. J. Edrington (Head Nurse); Mrs. Ralph Balentine (Laundry Supervisor); Mr. R. W. Griffin (Head Stockman); Mr. J. C. Freeman (Head Stockman); Mr. Homer J. Thomas (Head Farmer-Gardner); Mrs. Annie Osborne (Head House-Mother); Miss Lalla Fore (Head House-Mother); Mrs. Otha Lena Thomas (Head Seamstress)

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High School Faculty: Mr. E. C. Watson (Principal-Basketball Coach); Mr. John H. Corner (Principal-Coach); Mrs. Thelma Boatner (Home-Making Department); Mr. John L. Roberts (General Metals Instructor); Mrs. Bertha Posey (Science Department); Miss Martha Roberts (Cosmetology Department); Mr. A. J. Campbell (Band Master); Miss Alma Jean Crawford (Business Administration); Mrs. Caroline Gray (History Department); Miss Oma Lee Campbell (English Department); Mrs. Irene Deupree (Home-Making Dept)

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Grammar School Faculty: Mr. D. D. Waller (principal coach); Miss Dorothy Harvard (5th Grade-Coach); Mrs. Lillian Baker (3rd Grade); Mrs. Ruth Walker (6th, 7th, & 8th Grades);  Mrs. Mary Olsen (1st & 2nd Grades); Mrs. Ruth Miller (6th, 7th, & 8th Grades); Mrs. Mettie B. Stokes (4th Grade); Mrs. Inez Watson, (6th, 7th, & 8th Grades); Mrs. Louise Putman, (6th, 7th, & 8th Grades); Miss Ruth Riddlesperger (6th, 7th, & 8th Grades); Mrs. A. J. Campbell (Public School Music); Mrs. L. H. Mathison (6th, 7th, & 8th Grades); Miss Lillian Davidson (Physical Education); Mrs. Wylna Putman (4th Grade); Mrs. Finis Farr (Piano-Violin); Mrs. Marie Grubbs (5th Grade)

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Employees: Miss Cora L. Roberts, Miss Neoma L. Collins, Mrs. Virgil Ellis, Mr. Paul R. Potts, Mrs. Jane Potts, Mr. E. B. Renfrow, Mr. A. L. Norton, Mr. James E. Gay, Mr. E. H. Bottoms, Mr. M. F. Reed, Mr. Vernon C. Miles, Mr. J. G. Neal, Mr. W. H. Davis, Mr. S. G. Staggs, Mr. D. A. Wright, Mrs. Florence Brooks, Mr. S. B. Nowell, Mr. Carmer, D. Pfaffenberger, Mr. Jesse J. Wallace, Mr. Ralph Balentine, Mr. W. M. Burns, Mr. W. R. Middleton, Mr. Clyde Carrington, Mr. Robert M. Fulton

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Employees: Mrs. Mattie L. Neese, Mrs. Bessie Plunkett, Mrs. Laura Presley, Mrs. Peggy Leach, Mrs. Thelma McCulloch, Mrs. Phil B. Taylor, Mrs. Maudie Head, Mrs. J. M. Hardin, Mrs. Mary M. Blanchard, Mrs. Emma Minix, Mrs. Frank Pevehouse, Mrs. S. O. Young, Mrs. Maude M. Howard, Mrs. Lettie Hawkins, Mrs. Ada H. Brister, Mrs. Elena Wright, Mrs. Viola Jones, Mrs. Robert M. Fulton, Mrs. Arlene Corner, Mrs. Annie E. Waller and Joe David, Mrs. Maggie M. Etheridge, Mrs. Mollie G. Smith, Mrs. Ora Lee Wallace, Mrs. Ava C. Raley, Mrs. W. R. Middleton

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Employees: Mr. W. R. McNeill, Mrs. Rosie McNeill, Mrs. Mattie Scruggs, Mrs. Clara Burns, Mrs. Mary B. Hendrix, Mrs. Edna Davis, Miss Leona Mosley, Mrs. Margia P. Jennings, Mrs. Lela Griffin, Mrs. Mattie Green, Mrs. Lois Thornell, Mrs. Mary J. Freeman, Mrs. Henri E. Norton, Mrs. H. C. Russell, Mrs. Vernon Miles, Mr. Lanier Edens, Mr. Q. Q. Dickson, Mrs. Mattie Dickson, Mrs. M. F. Reed, Mrs. Vera Oden, Candid Photos

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Fly Page - Classes of 1948 - 1949

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1948 Graduating Class

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1949 Graduating Class

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Graduates - 1948: Braxton Anders, Clifton Belschner, Ralph Balentine, Laverne Cawthon, Virgil Creacy, Charles E. Cunningham, Margie Dillard, Eva Leta Downey, Louise Gragg, Arthur Ray Herrington, Bobbie Hambrick, Betty Jean Hilliard, Charles E. Jones, Edith Land, Patsy Lawrence, Lee Lawrence

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Graduates - 1948: Charles Murdock, Martha Nell Mann, George Pinnell, Betty Phillips, Billy Earl Phillips, William P. Phillips, Jimmie Pillows, Waymond Perona, Marvin Ed Rawls, Loveless Redding, Carl Roberts, Mertie Jo Smith, Helen Smotherman, Hazel Smotherman, Johnnie Spencer, Margaret Weaver, Hessie Marie Young

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Graduates - 1949: Emma Alford, Joyce Alford, Beverly Belschner, Madeline Bromagen, Eugene Bryant, Doris Carl, Dorothy Carl, Lloyd Cross, Delia Dowell, Cleophus Downey, Treamon Elrod, John Erzen, Frankie Fore

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Graduates - 1949: Lucille Fowler, Rubie Marie Herrington, Frieda Hilgenburg, Frances Lynch, Dovie Lee Pillows, Pansy Reed, Luther Rogers, Katherine Scott, Albert Taber, Roy Taylor, Charlene Thixton, Jimmie Turner, Joe Dan Wells

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Juniors - 1949: Louetta Alford, Flora ALice Anders, Cora Lee Berry, Birtalee Boring, Frances Burns, Bobbie Campbell, Glynn Canady, Billy Cannon, W. A. Cannon, Juanita Cass, Doris Cawthon, Marietta Cheatham, Opal Creacy, Dorothy Edwards, Thomas Gordon, Ruby Jean Hull, Thelma Hutchins

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Juniors - 1949: Benny Jack Jones, Lee Jerry Loftin, Lewis Lynch, Eugene May, Oliver Milner, Helen Murdock, James Murdock, Theresa Patty, Rogers Perona, Ella Mae Prestridge, Nancy Rice, Bobbie Rodgers, Rose Marie Walker, Dewayne Weatherford, Margie Weaver, Norma Lou Young

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Sophomores - 1949: Wesley Jean Belschner, Jerry Canady, Betty Ann Carpenter, Morris Carpenter, John Casey, Sudie Chapman, Trudie Chapman, J. C. Colburn, Jack Denney, Ruby Joy Denney, Leatha Nell Dilliard, Aline Dowell, Lois Fade, Florence Forrester, James Forrester, Milton Hambrick, Leon Hambrick, Peggy Hammond, Elsie Mae Hilliard, Elizabeth Hoffpauir

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Sophomores - 1949: Leon Hull, Willie Jenkins, Betty Kelly, Wanda Kilgore, Billy Lambright, Edwin Lambright, Macca Ben Lawrence, Ethel May, Wallace Mitchell, Alta Patty, Delois Piland, Edward Prevost, Louise Richardson, J. T. Shipley, Charles Ray Smith, Peggy Stroud, Harlyn Tucker, Patty Sue Whisenhunt, Lois Jean Young, Jeanette Zanter

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Freshmen - 1949: Bobbie Bateman, Joe Beal, Barbara Belschner, Patsy Chiles, Betty Jo Cooper, Sidney Culver, Dolphus Darnell, Carroll Elrod, Josephine Fielding, Floyd Forrester, Artie Fowler, Don Freeman, Billy Hammond, Raymond Harry, Dorothy Jenkins, Helen Kitchens

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Freshmen - 1949: Alice Jane Loftin, Neal Mann, Shirrell Milner, Kenneth McCulloch, Alta Ree Pillows, Barbara Prevost, Delta Rainey, Wanda Rice, Betty Rice, Dorothy Ridens, Huey Rush, Betty Smotherman, James Smotherman, Billy Wilson, Bobby Earl Young, Dubart Young

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Eighth Grade: J. E. Athey, Dorothy Beal, Stella Cantrell, Ella Mae Casey, Billy Ann Davis, Geneva Drury, Ella Mae Fowler, William Horton, Frances Loftin, Raymond McFarland, Waymond McFarland, Lannie Oden, L. D. Pickle, L. G. Reeve3s, Sadie Richardson, Oswald Rogers, Riley Rodgers, Edna Earl Stevens, Isaac Charles Tomerlin Jr., Silas Wilson, Patsy Lee Wood, William Wood

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Eighth Grade: Lonnie Bearden, Mary Bearden, Philip Bromagen, Mary Dean Cole, Gertie Fade, Anail Fletcher, Bobbie Fore, Shirley Gordon, Gerald Gragg, Billy Harry, Mattie Sue Jones, Sylvia Loudermilk, Roy Lynch, Roy Lee May, Lois Perry, Bobbie Wayne Phillips, Thelma Prestridge, Cora Mae Smith, Joan Stroud, Sarah Nell Turner, Billy Bob Wells, Dorothy Whisenhunt

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Seventh Grade: Mildred Allen, Alvin Ray Athey, Frances Baker, Jo Ann Balentine, Ruby Lee Bateman, Betty Belschner, Alice Marie Bentley, Pauline Bono, Estelle Bromagen, Dorothy Cantrell, Margaret Carpenter, Evelyn Chapman, Floyd Cheatham, Thomas Darnell, Lowell Eaves, Billy Elrod, Doris Jean Flowers, Mary Lee Fore

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Seventh Grade: Johnnie Forrester, Teddy R. Garner, John T. Hutchins, Nelda Jackson, Verlene Kimbrough, Edward Kitchens, Warren Land, Evelyn Mauldin, John Mauldin, Joyce McClintock, Loretta McManus, Jerry Perona, Billy Jo Ridens, Wanda Nell Roberson, Clemmie Tanner, Bobbie Ray Tomerlin, Harold Wilson, Wanda Faye Wright

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Sixth Grade: Wanda Anders, Charles Cannon, Noah Gene Creacy, Marlin Ray Downey, Paul Drury, Nita Ruth Dickson, Billy Wayne Duncan, Marjorie Edwards, Louis Gene Fletcher, Wonail Fletcher, Minnie Belle Garner, James W. Hutchins

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Sixth Grade: Mae Dean Jackson, Shirley Ann Jackson, Betty Jean Morrow, Mary Ann Oden, Jane Perona, Dorothy Pickle, Shirley Prevost, Dorsey Rutherford, Dee Shipley, Shirley Tpmerlin, Darrian Wallace

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Fifth Grade: Betty Jane Boring, Bobbie Braswell, Ollie Braswell, Billy Joe Campbell, Ruth Carpenter, Norma Jean Cheatham, Betty Chiles, Bobby Ray Cole, Curmey Dowell, Mary Drury, Jeanette Eaves, Otha Edwards, Jodie Force, Dorothy Hammond, Louie Dean Fletcher, Foster Lee Fielding, Joyce Elrod

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Fifth Grade: Johnnie Harry, Bobby Henson, Geneva Henson, Truman Hull, Kenneth Jenkins, Myrtle Lean Moon, Charles McLaughlin, Clarence Nelson, Shirley Prestridge, Pauline Shipley, Ted Lee Stevens, Wayne Stroud, Dwight Tanner, Jerry Wilson, Dwaylon Wallace, Edna Jean White, Felix Gary Williams

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Fourth Grade: Valton Allen, Andrew Baker, Ozelle Colburn, Richard Cooper, Shirley Dickson, Virginia Diel, Bettie Leo Drury, Henry Eldridge, Mattie Lou Fade, James T. Fontenot, Janie Freeman, Warner Griffin, Bobbie Harry, Reuben Holder, John Keller, Elmer Joe Kitchens

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Fourth Grade: Charles Loeffler, Nettie Jean Moon, James Pepper, Robert Edward Perry, Charles Rutledge, Lynette Rutledge, Raymond Rush, James Sampson, Joe Scott, Daisy Mae Sharp, Buster Slater, Kenneth Slater, Edna Earle Tanner, Hugh White, Claude Wood

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Third Grade: Billy Wayne Allen, Doyle Blair, Leon Blair, Charles Carpenter, Martha Chiles, Joyce Dean Creacy, Della Carlene Dickson, Harold G. Fontenot, Donald Francois, Eugene Goodson, Jennie Marie Harry, Opal Marie Harvey, Jimmie Henson, Mary Jackson, Parker Loeffler, Marjorie Massey, Hubert Mauldin, Beverly Nelson, Jimmie Pepper, Alvin Robert Perry, Stanley Roberson, Wilma Rush, John Rutledge, Clarence Sampson, Freddie Sharp, Billy Stubbs, Grace Weaver, Richard Wood

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First Grade: Helen Goodson, Sylvia Lacy, Carlene Massey, Bernice Moon, Kenneth McManus, Edward Nelson, Connie Overby, Betty Carol Perry, Morris Alvin Perry, Paul Prevost, Yvonne Ray, Trena Rutherford, Willie Rutherford, Leslie Slater, Truman Tanner, Barbara Wood, Daniel Lee Wood, Gladys Wood

Second Grade: Billy Joyce Drury, James Drury, Howard Joe Duncan, Rachel Eldridge, Gerald Goodson, Gladys Harry, Alvin Moon, Doris Perry, Bobby Pickle, Kenneth Tomerlin, Myra Lee White

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Pre School: Cecil Goodson, Woodrow Harry, Jimmie Meador, Tommie Meador, Virginia Moon, Lamar Moon, Arvin Lee Perry, Harvey Truitt Perry, Nila Jean Roberson, David Rutherford, Lula Mae Rutherford, Jimmie Williams, Thomas Weaver

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Released Students: Odean Anderson, Patricia Bow, Julius Braswell, Willie Braswell, Reagan Carpenter, Jackie Collins, Curtis Dowell, Lloyd Drury, Alton Ray Fowler, Norma Jean Garner, James Graham, David Henson, Willis Rutherford, Juanita Hutchins, Donald Johnson, Wesley Jones, James McLaughlin, Ethel Mae Neal, Mildred Neal, Henry Patty, Charles Pepper, Robert Piland, Ezekiel Rainey, Marilyn Sanders

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Recreational Activities

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Fly Page - Organizations

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Religious Activities & Organizations

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National Honor Society & Future Home-Makers Club

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Drum Majorettes: Emma Alford, Delia Dowell, Delia Dowell, Betty Kelly, Frances Lynch; Band Director: Mr. A. J. Campbell; Drum Corps: Theresa Patty, Patty Sue Whisenhunt, Frankie Fore, Bobbie Campbell, Dorothy Edwards, Mr. A. L. Campbell Director; State Home Band

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State Home Pep Squad, Drum Corps, Drum Majorettes, Sponsors: Miss Alma Jean Crawford, Miss Oma Lee Campbell, Mr. A. J. Campbell; Church Choir: Mrs. A. J. Campbell Director;  Square Dance Club, Miss Lillian Davidson Sponsor.

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University Inter-Scholastic League Contestants

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Licensed Cosmetologists; Cosmetology Club; Propeller Club

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Scouting Activities

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Scouting Activities

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Scouting Activities

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Scouting Activities

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Camp Fire Girls

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Blue Birds

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Recreational Activities

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Fly Page - Sports

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Football - Varsity & Junior High Squad

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Football "T" Men

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Basketball - Boy's Varsity & Girl's Varsity

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Track

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Major Athletics - Scores

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Football

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Best All Around Players - State Home Laddies "Cannon Fodder"

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Champions of all the football years 1914-1948

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Boy's Basketball Champions

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Girl's Basketball Champions

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Basket Ball Champions - District 36-B

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Track and Field Squad; Girl's Volley Ball Squad

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Interscholastic League Teams

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Camping Activities Summer

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Ex-Students' Home-Coming

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Governor Jester Visits State Home

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School Buildings

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School Buildings

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School Buildings

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School Buildings

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Fun and Frolic on the State Home Campus

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Squares and Marriage Bells

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Advertisements - Collins Street Bakery

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Advertisements - The Pioneering Spirit Still Prevails - Texas Power and Light Company

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Advertisements - McCammon Funeral Home

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Advertisements - Complements of State Home Boy Scouts

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Advertisements - J. M. Dyer Co.

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Advertisements - The Navarro Hotel and Coffee Shop; The Sherwin Williams Co.; Mexican Inn

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Advertisements - K. Wolens; Corsicana Dr. Pepper Bottling Company; Jack Sisco Motors

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Advertisements - State National Bank; McAdams Pharmacy; W. M. Forester Chevrolet Company

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Advertisements - Corsicana Laundry & Cleaning Co.; Miles Furniture Co; Elbert Hays Corsicana Marble & Granite Works

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Advertisements - The First National Bank; Sam Daiches Jewelers; Fullerton Cleaners

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Advertisements - R. S. (Bob) Reading; Rhoads Jewelers; J. C. Penny Dry Goods Company

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Advertisements - Silas G. Fry; Simon Daniels; McColpin Grain Co.

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Advertisements - Elliott & Elliott Insurance-Accounting; Two Bros. Barber Shop; Collin Street Barber Shop; Tekell Furniture; Green's Shoe Shop; J. E. Butler, Jr.; Taylor Studio; Don Winslow New  York Life Insurance Co.

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Advertisements - P. & S. Pharmacy; Lyon-Gray Lumber Co.; Southland Cotton Oil Co.

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Advertisements - Corley Funeral Home; M. Evans Jeweler; Buie Implement Company

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Advertisements - George's Grill; Barq's; Nehi Royal Crown Bottling Company

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Advertisements - Velvet Ice Cream Co.; Bill Bruss Motor; C. D. Pevehouse Grocery and Market

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Advertisements - Oil City Iron Works; City Office Supply; P. Samuels Men's Clothiers

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Advertisements - Louis Hashop Drugs; Beaton Motor Co. Buick Dealer

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Advertisements - I. J. (Jack) Bigony Continental Oil Co; J. F. Taylor Co. Luggage; Golden Brothers; Dr. Smotherman-Dr. Wilson Veterinarians; Macray Dept. Store

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Advertisements - Connor-Green Nash Your Nash Dealer; Kamens; Grantham Cleanders

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