COME VISIT MAIN STREETS' DOWNTOWN BUSINESS AND LOFT T OUR
      On Nov. 29, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., the Downtown Business & Home Tour will have eight festive locations to visit and sample food and drink and enjoy the Christmas decor of these downtown merchants and residents. The tour is sponsored by Main Street for their light fund.
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Xi Pu Mu Chapter meets in McBride home
      Xi Pi Mu chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met on Nov. 3 at Kristi McBride's home, with Peggy Bowne and Lou Anne Morse as co-hostesses for the meeting. Sandwiches, cookies and chips were served before the meeting. Vice President Sherry Lockman conducted pledge training prior to the meeting.
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Joy Makers enjoy Thanksgiving fare, blessings
      The Joy Makers met on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, in the Richardson Building and enjoyed a traditional Thanksgiving meal of turkey, ham, dressing and all the trimmings. Mrs. Doris Snow made everyone feel welcomed and called attention to the prayer list. Morris Hollowell gave the invocation before the meal.
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Congressman commends Mayflower Group
      The Tyler Colony Society of Mayflower Descendants State of Texas held its annual Compact Day Luncheon on Nov. 8 at the Hamilton West Club House in Tyler. A covered-dish luncheon and the meeting were held to commemorate the signing of the Mayflower Compact and the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620.
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CHITCHAT CORNER
Thanksgiving, late fees and special days
LINDA K. BALLARD
      If you think the holidays can be stressful wait until after the fact and you try to decipher the charges on all of those wonderful credit cards. To offset your hair from turning gray overnight we would like to share some helpful hints (tried and true) that may help you get out of the sinking feeling of remaining forever in debt.
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