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A lady came into the store last week and asked for me to go back to some of the history that dates back to the 1850's and 1860's, as she failed to get in on that period when we first started doing this part for the paper. I told her that I would have Jackie go out into the barn and look for something old. While she was looking for the dirty old boxes, she had to knock the cob webs and dust from the top of the stacks of old printed matter that had been collecting dirt and dust from the traffic on our famous dirt-road street (which was officially named Spring Street and is one of the original plotted streets of Aubrey). A new subdivision has been neatly paved and has improved the value of the land that my grandfather Wood Goin used to grow cotton and corn back during the time that this lady was wanting information. Jackie turned the attic fan on to help draw the dust out of the barn, and thought she had found an old school paper that was printed back during the depression. Sure enough, the old paper was printed back in February of 1934. One of the stories printed in the Aubrey Hi-Spots, which was the school paper is headlined as: THIRTY-FOUR STUDENTS HAVE GOOD ATTENDANCE RECORDS FOR ALL THREE MONTHS The story goes on Thirty-four students are still eligible for the attendance awards to be given at the close of the three months record and there is a slight decrease. By grades they are as follows: First Grade: Charles Lawson and J.W. Walton Second Grade: Mary Alice Coffey, Kathryn Hodges, Mary Sue Thompson, Wanda Jenson and J.H. Powell Third Grade: Jack Walston and James Lee Williams Fourth Grade: Mildred Thompson, Donna Vee McCarson, Hazell Housden, Elvira Adams, Frank Laguna, and Franklin Housden Fifth Grade: Joyce Powlege, Joy Holmes, Tommie Jenson, Nati Laguna, Leon Milton, William Kerby, Charles Thompson, Horace McKinney, and Billy Lipstreu. Sixth Grade: J.M. Ashford and Ruth Coffey Seventh Grade: Mary Alma Gibons Ninth Grade: Fred Curry Tenth Grade: Otis Lipstreu, Marion Phillips, Mary Powledge and Mildred Hodges Another headlined story was as follows: TRUSTEES AND THEIR WIVES ENTERTAINED BY FACULTY WITH VALENTINE PARTY Valentine Day was celebrated by the Faculty Club with a party honoring the trustees and their wives. The high school laboratory was transformed into a play room and decorated in the valentine motif for the evening. Miscellaneous games furnished entertainment. The climaxing event was the "Heart Hunt" in which each guest followed the indication of the heart bearing his name to find his concealed valentines. Refreshments of fruit and nut Jello topped with whipped cream, angel food cake, diced with small red hearts, and coffee were served. Small hearts with verses were plate favors. Trustee and wives present were: Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. O.A. Lipstreu, Mr. and Mrs. Wood Goin, Mr. and Mrs. S. Hodges, and Mrs. Otis Yarbrough. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Bryant of Denton. In the same issue of the paper, it just about includes every student by name in the school that was preparing for the Denton County Meet for League candidates and will be very interested in the story that happened more than a century ago. I need a group photo of the 1934 period for that issue, so if anyone can dig around in your old dirty and dusty barn and find me a photo, we will print that League story. So look close and bring me a photo. Instead of a photo this week, I an including a copy of the advertisement as it appeared for electric customers. It was only about ten years before this ad that the Bridgeport officials bought and removed Aubrey’s only power plant and moved it to Bridgeport, Texas. |
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