Typed as spelled and written - Lena Stone Criswell

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT
Forty-First year - Number 84
Marlin, Texas, Friday Morning, April 10, 1931

RETURNS FROM ELECTION
CANVASSED AT MEETING

Other Matters Receive Attention at
Session of Marlin School
Trustee

Results of the school trustee election held Saturday were canvassed
by the board of trustees of teh Marlin independent school district at its regular April session Tuesday night.  G. H. Olinger, J. G. Barganier, Dave Denning and L. A. Robinson were declared re-elected and took the oath of office.

Teachers named to conduct summer school were Mesdames Beulah Milam and Raymond Barnett for the high school, Mrs. A. C. Dunn and Miss Louise Peyton for the elementary school.

Report of the auditing committee was received and some equipment was ordered.

April 20 was set as the date of the annual spring holiday.

The meeting was preceded by the annual dinner for the board of trustees prepared and served by girls of the senior economics class, the appetizing menu being highly commended by the guests.

Decorations attractive.

Blue and yellow were the chosen colors for the affair, a centerpiece of bluebonnets adorning the table.  Bluebonnets also were placed effectively about the room.  Place cards were of blue with yellow nut cups and candles shades.

The menu included oyster cocktail, entre, creamed chicken in patty case, breaded veal chops, asparagus, duchess potatoes, creamed peas, scalloped apples, Parker house rolls, pear salad, pineapple dressing, brownbread sandwiches, strawberry ice cream, French cakes, demitasse, mints  and nuts.

Those who served were Fannie Alexander, Alyce Fae Steele, Agnes Scheef, Elmerine Bayless, Ruby Coone, Lois Oliver.

The guest list included Messrs. G. W. Glass, T. C. Linthicum, G. H. Olinger, Dave Denning, J. G. Barganier, L. A. Robinson and Dr. N. D. Buie.

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