Changes In My Lifetime - Offset Printing

ADD OLD PRINTING PRESSES FROM 1950

METAL CASTING ETC

 

Being the daughter of the owner and publisher of the local newspaper, The Vernon Daily Record, I witnessed technology changing the world first hand. When I was little, I would go to the newspaper office with Daddy and watch the employees set type manually with metal letters and plates for every story.  They had to melt down silver bars to carve out the plates. Once those were set, the plate was sent to the back to begin the printing on the paper. This area of the building was very dark to me, with the use of the black ink. There were many heavy black machines with moving mechanisms that rolled the paper to be printed. There was also a rickety old elevator that we would ride down to the basement where the HUGE rolls of paper were stored. In the 70s, Daddy changed over to “offset” printing which was more efficient and clean.  He travelled all over the country to learn about the process, and eventually invested time and money to change the Vernon Daily Record over to this process.

Changes In My Lifetime - Computers

 THE WORLD WIDE WEB
1993

World Wide Web: Definition, history and facts | Live Science

Personal computers were unheard of until the 1980s. I was lucky enough to be teaching at that time and part of our in-service training was to learn the computer. Though it seemed insurmountable and confusing at the time, I am blessed to have learned what I did back then, in order to feel somewhat comfortable using today’s technology. The World Wide Web was not used until the 1990s, and once again, I was able to learn alongside my students, sometimes with their help.  They prided themselves of being able to teach the teacher. We were still using card catalogues when I retired from teaching in 2007, yet with the world wide web, we were fighting against students copying and pasting reports. I always felt that it was valuable for students to know how to access information in books. That process may now be a thing of the past.

Changes In My Lifetime - Technology

 COMPUTERS/TECHNOLOGY

The first computers 1950s

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First personal IBM PC

A quick look back at the first IBM PC that launched 42 years ago today - Neowin

In September 1956, IBM released the first computer with a hard drive, the IBM 305 RAMAC. The machine weighed one ton and measured 16 square feet. The development of the hard drive was revolutionary and influenced how we use computers in the modern day. So…all during my educational years, 1960-1978, we did things the “old fashioned” way, by hand. Bic pens were released in 1950 and were not even present in my world until the late 1960s. I used pencil for everything, very large pencils in elementary school. I remember using the first cartridge ink pens in Jr. High. I was fairly efficient at changing the cartridge, but it could get messy at times.

 For school reports, we had to access the library and manually find information in books. I adored using the card catalogue and learning the Dewey decimal system, probably because I loved being a teacher’s aide in the 7th grade under the librarian, Mrs. Moore. Every book in the library was cross-referenced in the card catalogue. A report might involve perusing several books, making notes on 3x5 cards, organizing them, then handwriting out the report.

 In high school, I learned how to type. Typing was my favorite class and I was very proficient and fast. I learned on a manual typewriter, and eventually, the school purchased several electric typewriters. We had to rotate in order to have experience on the electric typewriter. We had competitions and I always had one of the best scores of how many words per minute with the least mistakes. Before I left for college, Mother and Daddy purchased me an electric typewriter. Corrections were done with correction film or White Out. With three or four long reports due each semester, that was a lot of work.

Changes In My Lifetime - Challenger

 Space Travel 

THE CHALLENGER

A TEACHER IN SPACE

It Was A BIG Deal!

Christa McAuliffe - Wikipedia

Challenger crew from left to right: (front row) Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair; (back row) Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, and Judith Resnik

"I touch the future. I teach."  ~ Christa McAuliffe

Space exploration continued to “skyrocket” so to speak. Though what I’m about to write about did not happen in my childhood, I feel it worthy to add here as it impacted me a great deal in my early days of teaching. I remember it clearly as if it were happening right now. Derek and I had moved back to Austin in 1983, and in 1984 President Reagan announced the Teacher In Space Program to increase interest in the Space Shuttle Program. They began searching for the first civilian, an educator, to fly into space. Christa McAuliffe was selected out of the more than 11,000 applicants and space awareness among schools all across America was heightened. All of us awaited anxiously as Christa began training and preparing to communicate with students from space. January 28, 1986, is a day welded into my memory forever. It was an exciting day to reach the school house that morning, knowing that a TEACHER as a civilian was being launched to teach lessons from space. We quickly began to readjust our schedules, many of us agreeing to combine ranks and view the launch on television together in the library. Then the unthinkable happened. The shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into flight. The shock and horror swept over the building. Shortly, the passing period came and we were trying to comprehend what had just happened and how we were going to readjust our schedule. I went to my classroom to meet my students, and as they entered so did my principal, Mary Bull. What happened now for me seemed like a ‘bullish’ act because she arrived with her pad to do my yearly evaluation which in and of itself is stressful for a teacher. My mind was SWIRLING. As a young teacher, I went into a survival mode of my own. It was a hellish nightmare, as I did what instinct would tell me to do and that was to have the students open their spelling books and proceed, or try to proceed, with a normal lesson on this horrific day. It seemed to me that she was smiling on the inside in a devilish way, watching me scramble to pull it together. Not only was I grieving from the tragedy, now I was pressured in the largest sense as a teacher to press on. It nearly made me ill, physically and emotionally. That year, I had 8^th period off and I couldn’t wait to make an early exit from the building, feeling like I was struggling to breathe. When I made it home, I laid down on the couch, covered myself in a blanket to watch the coverage now unfolding on the television. I don’t remember much else…but I couldn’t help but feel that I had been personally challenged and attacked on this day of great tragedy, more especially in the educational world.

On January 28, 2016, several teachers who competed alongside McAuliffe for a seat on the Challenger traveled to Cape Canaveral, Florida, for a 30th anniversary remembrance service, along with her widower, Steven, and son, Scott. After remarking that 30 years had passed, Steven said "Challenger will always be an event that occurred just recently…”

 I agree!

Changes In My Lifetime - Space Travel

 SPACE TRAVEL

History of All Logos: All Nasa Logos

In the 1960s, amid national tragedies and social changes, America’s space achievements were a source of pride. It was unfathomable during this decade to watch as we put men into space. On May 5, 1961, Alan Sheppard was launched into the earth’s sphere.  It was amazing and terrifying at the same time. This precipitated President Kennedy to announce a formal ‘space race’ against the Soviet Union on May 25, 1961, and by in February 1962, John Glenn lifted off in a rocket to become the first American to orbit the earth.  The large complex in Florida eventually grew into NASA; and with their discoveries and advances in technology, our lives began to change forever.  During the next 2 years, Project Mercury had 6 successful launches with a solo astronaut, followed by the 10 missions of the Gemini Project, where man continued to conquer space with space walks and spacecraft dockings. This was huge national news as we were able to watch the liftoffs and ocean landings on black and white televisions. The Kennedy Center began to build its massive moon launch facility. With the last Gemini mission in 1966, the stage was set for the final march to the moon. Bigger and more powerful rockets were needed to propel astronauts beyond earth’s orbit and on towards the moon. Tragedy struck on Jan 27, 1967 when the first Apollo mission carrying 3 astronauts blew up during take-off.

This proved that there was enough power, but the launch had to be perfected. America didn’t give up, and with Apollo 7, three men were launched for an orbital mission. They circled the earth and returned.  Just 2 months later, Apollo 8 lifted off and on Christmas Eve 1968, man circled the moon and viewed the earthrise from the lunar horizon.  The unthinkable occurred in July 1969 when Apollo 11 carrying Neal Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, landed on the moon’s surface as all the world watched on television. It was breathtaking and nerve wracking to watch this and not know what could/would happen. I remember thinking they may be stuck in space forever, but their nodule lifted off and was able to take orbit and return to Earth without burning up. It was unreal and some wanted to claim that it was fake and didn’t happen. America did win the space race and Kennedy space center became the launch capital of the world.

Changes In My Lifetime - Automobiles

 Automobiles

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My Maverick was red with a white vinyl top. I later called it the AO mobile because I pledged a sorority at Baylor and their colors were red and white.

My grandparents were the first generation to own vehicles. Pappy had to crank his truck to start it. I remember always having a family car, though for many years, Mother and Daddy had only one family vehicle. Probably about the time that we moved to the home on Bismarck, a second car was added for Mother’s convenience of toting kids around. Cars used leaded gas. Price per gallon for gasoline was about .31 cents. In 1996, with passage of The Clean Air Act, we were mandated to purchase unleaded gasoline. The seat belt began showing up in cars in 1968, but no one used them. By 1995, every state had a mandatory seat belt law. I’m not sure that I always used my seat belt until 2000.  We had very few interstate highways so we drove mainly on U.S. Highways and some State Highways.  I learned to drive on the FM (Farm to Market) back roads around Vernon.  These were the roads that we often drove during our Sunday afternoon drives through the country.  I was small and was never really interested in learning how to drive. One Sunday afternoon, Daddy came outside with a pillow in his hand and said, “Let’s go!” I was like, huh? It was that afternoon that I learned to drive a car, with many follow up Sunday afternoon drives to get a feel for the road.  I took Driver’s Education as a full semester course as a sophomore. We studied from driving manuals in the classroom, viewed tape of the actual driving experience and then we began our training in the vehicle where we would drive through the city with our teacher in the front seat. These vehicles were equipped with a brake on the passenger side, just in case our teacher deemed it necessary to brake to avoid an accident. In the summer before my junior year, I took the Driver’s Test with a patrolman.  My first car was a Ford Maverick, red with a white vinyl hood. Gasoline prices had increased to about 50 cents per gallon. On my birthday, Daddy woke me up and said that we were going to Quanah to pick up my birthday gift, a car! He told it was a VW bug. I invited Terri Howard to ride along. When we arrived in Quanah, a red Maverick was on the showroom floor and presented to me as my new car.  I was shocked, but I do have to say, I was a bit disappointed that it had no a/c. Daddy, too, quickly realized that was a misjudgment because of the weather in Texas. By my senior year, he had an air conditioner unit installed below the dashboard and it was a good thing because the next year, I drove this Maverick back and forth to college. Of course, I added an 8 track tape player and speakers.

Changes In My Lifetime - Transportation

 Transportation

Above: Richard Crabtree supplies this photo of a Frisco 4-4-0 locomotive parked at the Vernon depot in 1951.  The Frisco passenger depot was located on the south side of the tracks between Main St. and Cumberland St.

Texas Railroad History - Tower 37 - Vernon

The railroad was still used when I was a little girl. Trains carried mostly grain to the grain elevators and oil to the refineries. Passenger trains also occupied the tracks, as people travelled by train to neighboring towns and occasionally across the nation. I remember going down to the train depot for a field trip with my classmates and riding the train (my first time on a train) to a neighboring town. We turned around and came back, and for me, that was quite a trip! I clearly remember the old train depot.

We also had a Grey Hound Bus terminal and it was OFTEN used by people. I remember taking several trips with mother by bus to see relatives, as it was the most convenient and carefree way to travel. Many times, we went to the bus terminal to pick up family relatives who were coming to Vernon for a visit.

The jet airliner that carried passengers wasn’t invented until 1958 and took a while to catch on for those of us use to taking the train or bus. I remember on several trips with Mother and Daddy to Dallas, that Daddy would take us out on the highway by Love Field and park our car on the side of the road, just underneath where the planes flew over to land on the runway. It seemed surreal to see something so huge and loud and powerful in the air. It was an incredible experience in the 70s to begin using a jet for transportation.  Wichita Falls built a small airport that we used to make a flight to Dallas for our connection to other places. Paula by this time was an air force wife and we would travel by plane to visit her.

Changes In My Lifetime - Music Devices

 MUSIC DEVICES

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The battery powered transistor radio came out in 1955, and I remember always having one in the bathroom to listen to the latest music on AM radio.  There was often static, and the radio had to be in the right position to get reception. There were very few really clear stations.  FM came along later to solve these problems. 

Our favorite music was purchased on vinyl records, mainly 45 rpms.  We would stack as many as possible on the turn table. After one record would play, the needle arm would lift and swing out of the way, while another 45 would drop down.  Eventually we purchased 33s which were larger with a small hole.  They may have 6 songs on each side by the same artist and they had album covers with photos. I had quite a collection of 33rpm albums. After the invention of the reel-to-reel tape recorder in the 1940s, music reproduction evolved into four-track and eight-track cartridges. By the late 1960s, many cars were sold with 8-track tape players. With this popularity, there was a demand for home units and the boombox came out in the 1970s. Eight-track players for the home and vehicle became less common in the late 1970s when the compact cassette (invented in 1962) took over the market. The eight-tracks often came unlooped or creased or worse, the tape would break. Eight-tracks were phased out by late 1982.  Cassettes were only a fraction better, but quite smaller. With these I was also able to tape my favorite music with my own tape recorder.  I used this quite a bit for my teaching, recording my own voice of chapter reading. We were also watching VCR movies (a large tape-type cassette) and Blockbuster stores were renting the most current Hollywood movies. In the 80s and 90s, we spent many hours on the weekends watching movies and on occasion I would show a VCR to my students if a book we were reading had been made into a movie. Along about 1982, the CD music format came out but took a while to catch on. Movies were also now on CDs. Portable music CD players were introduced in the mid 80s but were not popular until the 1990s when anti-skip technology was introduced. I remember listening to my very own music with ear buds when travelling in the van with all the wives for playoff games in the 90s. With the advent of music downloads in the early 2000s and iTunes Music in 2003, CDs are decreasing in popularity.

Changes In My Lifetime - Fashion & Music

 

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FASHION AND MUSIC INTO MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS

In the 50s, I had play clothes. I wore corduroy pants, and in the summer, I wore short sets. On Sunday, we all wore our “Sunday Best” to church. During the 60s, women rarely were seen outside of the home without a dress on. Mimi never wore pants. Girls were required to wear dresses to school. When I was a sophomore, a new dress code allowed girls to wear pants to school, but only in the form of a pant suit! It was a great day!

As the 1950s gave way to the 1960s, beatniks gave way to a new counterculture, the hippie. Culture closely followed America’s involvement in the Vietnam War which empowered the Hippie Movement. They did not protest; they just wanted “to do their thing.”  Hippies listened to folk music and rock, not jazz. They wore ripped jeans, tie-dyed clothing and flowers in their hair. They sought spiritual perfection through psychedelic drugs, i.e. LSD. Though this culture was miles away from my little home town, I lived some of these things vicariously through music and fashion during the early 1970s, my high school years. I wore hip huggers, bell bottoms, stretchy tops, crop tops, large platform heels and tie-dyed t-shirts. I loved the new age folk music and hard rock: Joan Baez, The Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Santana, Crosby Stills, Nash and Young, and Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Then came Woodstock Music Festival in the summer of 1969. Nearly 400,000 people flocked to New York State. It was sickening to see this play out on television, and their behavior under the influence of heavy drugs only confirmed in my mind that I would NEVER be a part of the drug culture. I was appalled at their behavior, yet at the same time, I enjoyed this new ‘revolution’ type behavior. But in my world, the youth were held in check by small community ethics and Christian values.   

The hippie movement was waning in the late 60s. Attitudes towards the “love generation” changed drastically when 5 people died at another large music festival, coupled with other violent acts: the Manson Murders and Kent State. There was growing opposition to the Vietnam War, and once again, times were changing. 

Changes In My Lifetime - Music

 HOW FASHION AND MUSIC CHANGED OUR CULTURE

Rock & Roll emerged. I can only imagine how the older generation felt as the music changed from Big Band to this new loud beat and electrical instruments. Music in the 1950s changed the world. The clothing styles changed drastically. Guys wore jeans and leather jackets (in Vernon the guys wore their letter jackets); girls wore pedal pushers and scarves. Family morals, though, remained conservative through it all. American Bandstand hosted by Dick Clark from 1952 -1989 aired on Saturday mornings.  It featured teenagers dancing to the Top 40 songs.

45 RPM records were popular, and with an older brother and sister, we were in good supply of the most current tunes.  I remember most Saturdays were spent in downtown Vernon meeting up with friends to take in a movie and then wandering around town. Mother would drop us off at the Herring National Bank where we would eat at Jacks, a well-known hamburger place where hamburgers were cooked on an open griddle. We would then walk to The Plaza on the Main Square and take in the current movie. Afterwards, we would wander in and out of stores, eventually making our way to Norsworthy Record shop. It was fun to check out the current music there because they would give us several 45s and we could take them to the listening booths in the back of the store.

The Beatles - 1960s - Original Vinyl Record 02 Stock Photo - Alamy

Changes In My Lifetime - Television

Television

Me in 1958 with our new TV 

Paula and Cousin Pam at bottom of page.

During WWII (before my time), families would gather around the radio to listen to President Roosevelt and his fireside chats. During the 50s, black and white televisions exploded onto the scene. I remember a road trip we took to see Daddy's sister (Billye Merle) and her family. They were doing well financially and had a TV, a brick home, and Billye even had a mink coat. My memory of the TV is less than desirable, as the picture was only snow and my attention was quickly diverted to play time with my cousin David so most of my memories of that trip were playing with Lincoln Logs and erector sets. This television must have made an impression on Mother and Daddy as I don't remember not having a television. Daddy must have promptly purchased one.  I would have been pre-school at the time of this trip.

So the first televisions that I remember were a very primitive form, probably a Zenith or RCA. Many times it had a snowy picture that sometimes could be adjusted by the rabbit ears on top. Tin foil wrapped around those would sometimes help with reception.  Most houses had TV antennas to pick up the only 3 channels available. TV stations would sign off at midnight with the playing of the national anthem and the iconic countdown with the Indian chief being the center of the spinning digital dial. Initially, there was no remote control. That came into vogue in the 60s, and by the late 60s, most everyone had a remote control color TV.

 Shows like I Love Lucy, and Leave It To Beaver gave birth to the modern sitcom. Game shows like The Price Is Right, What's My Line, The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game, Jeopardy were the rage. At its peak between 1955-1958, there were 22 game shows on air. In 1958, it came to light that the shows were rigged. It was called the fall from innocence as the American public realized that they  couldn’t blindly trust everything seen on TV.  The winning contestants in a show called The $64,000 Question had been supplied the answers in advance and this scandal prompted Congressional hearings. Though there were no laws prohibiting this, the networks and sponsors kept game shows off the air for quite some time.

 The first half-hour serial "As the World Turns" began on CBS in 1956. It became the highest rated show on TV. (In 2010 it was cancelled by CBS due to low ratings.) I remember Mimi taking time out of every day to tune into “As the World Turns.” Other TV shows that I remember: The Lawerence Welk Show, Lassie (every Sunday evening) Bonanza, The Munsters, Hee Haw, I Dream of Jennie, The Andy Griffith Show, The Today Show every morning, Captain Kangaroo, and late night Johnny Carson. I watched Popeye every single day while I munched on my after school snack which was often homemade cookies that Mother had baked. I loved Popeye, Brutus and Olive Oil. I adored the Wizard of Oz, as it always aired Thanksgiving weekend, which was the kick-off to the holiday season. I loved Saturday morning cartoons and the Christmas cartoon classics of Rudolph and Frosty.

The Ed Sullivan Show brought to light many budding stars, including Elvis Presley and The Beatles. I remember as a child being appalled at their hair styles, music and antics.  But they took America by storm.

Dressed in their Easter best, Paula Quillin and Pam Jackson

Echoes of the Past - the 60s & 70s

 

Picture from Friendship Baptist Church 1987 Austin

This poem was found on Facebook in Texas History April 29, 2025

 by Cheryl King 

 

We are the echoes of a time long past,

A generation built to last.

We walked to school, then home again,

No phones in hand, just sun and rain.

 

We did our homework, quick and neat,

Then ran outside to rule the street.

We played 'til dusk, our voices loud,

In hide and seek beneath the clouds.

 

We baked with mud, not pots or pans,

And built our dreams with paper hands.

With sports cards stacked and trades well made,

We chased the wind, we weren’t afraid.

 

We hunted bottles, scrubbed them clean,

For five cents back—a childhood scene.

Then came the treat, our sweet reward:

A Mountain Dew and candy hoard.

 

We spun our records, danced along,

To every scratchy vinyl song.

We saved our photos, clips, and news,

In albums we would proudly use.

 

On rainy days, we’d play and scheme,

With board games and a decked-out team.

At midnight, TV said goodnight,

With an anthem fading out of sight.

 

We had our parents, strong and near,

Their voices calm, their presence clear.

We whispered jokes beneath the sheets,

Our laughter soft, our hearts upbeat.

 

We are the ones now fading slow,

A golden time the world won’t know.

A generation, bold and free—

Gone, but rich in memory.

I wouldn’t trade those days for gold,

I’m proud to be from days of old.😎

Letter from Burwell Jones to MEB Jones May 1928

 

Robert "Bob" Milton Jones Letter to Grandpa

 Bob, Burwell's son, wrote to MEB Jones in February 1928

Burwell's Letter to MEB Jones Jan 1928

 

Burwell's Christmas Letter to MEB Jones 1927

 

Burwell Jones - The Lawyer

 

Burwell Walter Jones Family Portraits

Burwell, daughter Dorothy, wife Iona

Back row: Burwell, Iona, 

Front row: Dorothy, Rose, Mary

Youngest daughter, Rose Madeline Jones

Burwell's last child was son Robert "Bob" Milton Jones

 

Burwell Walter Jones Pictures

 Burwell Jones went to Law School.

Obituary for Burwell Jones and Iona May Jones

 

Burwell Walter Jones Information

 This information was written by his daughter Mary Jones McGee.

Burwell Jones Family Group Sheet

 This Group Sheet was done by his daughter, Dorothy Autry. My mother, Carolita Jones Quillin passed it down to me.

MEB Jones Group Sheet

 

Happy Birthday to the Man in My Life

 

This little guy was born on this day in 1954. I have lived with him for WAY over half of my life. He puts me first in every situation and takes care of me in every scenario. He is the most unselfish person I know and has always places others before himself.   I don't doubt why the kids in the neighborhood who were friends with his brothers would come knocking on the door to see if Derek could come out to play. And I know there is a reason why he was the first person his mother would contact when she needed something. He looks at things in black and white...not gray. He is intelligent, the smartest man I know. I love him and am proud to call him my own. 

Changes In My Lifetime - Central A/C & Heat

 Central A/C and Heat

Swamp/Evaporative Coolers

There was no such thing as central air condition. The little house on Texas Street where I was brought home after being born had clunky window swamp coolers. I remember how mother would place me on her bed in front of the water cooler at nap time. The sound would lull me to sleep blocking all other noise. For heat we had floor furnaces. As an infant, I fell onto one and burned my leg. For many years, I had a large scar all the way up my calf in the shape of the furnace grid.  Mimi and Pappy had a furnace grid in a small hallway in the center of the house, and we would straddle it to soak up the rising warm air. Central Air came into vogue and was placed in the ‘modern’ home that Mother and Daddy built on 4105 Bismarck Street in 1963.

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The picture below was taken in 1955 or 1956 in the backyard of our home on Texas Street in Vernon Texas. This is the swamp cooler Mother would lay me in front of for a nap each afternoon.

Changes in My Lifetime - Telephones

 

This was Daddy's first desk at the Vernon Daily Record in 1955. He became the Advertising Manager after being an add salesman. He gained the trust and respect from his two bosses, Mr. Nichols and Mr. Dixon.

TELEPHONES

We had rotary dial phones and we didn't have to dial the prefix. For example, I think our home phone number was 552-5143, but we only had to dial 2-5143. The outlying rural areas had party lines. I once had a boyfriend, Mark Ramsey, who lived in Oklaunion. When I was in Jr. High, it was popular for boyfriends to call their girlfriends and visit in the evenings. (I was always told that I was NOT to call a boy. They must call me. It was not proper in our home for girls to chase boys.) Since he was in a rural area, his phone was a party line, meaning that several households shared the same number. Obviously, when someone picked up the line and interrupted our visit, we had to yield to their need to make a call. Long distance calls were a big deal. We had to dial 0 and let the operator work the number until the party was reached. Since we paid by the minute, I was cautioned about the expense involved in calling long distance. We could call collect which meant that the person you were calling would be the one to foot the bill. So when Bill was stationed in Vietnam and called collect, I did not accept the call....and later so regretted it when I saw the disappointment that we were not able to visit with him. Being naive, I didn't think it was my place to accept that expense. I tried to follow the rule book.  For Christmas one year when I was a freshman, I asked for and received a Princess phone. The phone company came out and placed a line (not a private one) in my bedroom.

News Article Clipped by MEB Jones

 c. 1900-1910

My guess after going through all of his writings would be that these topics would be of concern to MEB Jones, and that he would have saved them to use in preparation for his sermons.

Lonely Soul - MEB Jones

 c. 1910

Acts 1 Witnessing - MEB Jones

 

End of War Article - MEB Jones

 

Same page below...but with the picture 

Red Book Sermon Notes - MEB Jones

 

Lady Book Notes - MEB Jones

 pages 8 - 12

Lady Book Favorite - MEB Jones

 I loved this page more than other. I felt that my great-great grandfather was speaking to me.

                                                                THE WISE OLD OWL

Lady Book Notes - MEB Jones

I didn't spend much time with these notes, but once again, I had to make copies because THEY ARE SO OLD! c. 1910

I titled them Lady Book because of the logo on the cover.