District Court Minutes and Civil Docket Summary
Week overview from District Court T includes cases filed, minutes writ up, and dispositions. Notable entries include Horton Gentry versus Sallie Edgentry adoption action, Shearer divorce with custody to plaintiff, and various motions denied for want of prosecution. Also lists grand jury members, indictments returned, and county court criminal minutes with fines for whiskey possession and DWI. Probate and guardianship filings, marriages licenses, and guardianship orders are noted alongside title to land and estate actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breadfeet
Horton Gentry
Sallie Ed- 3
Gentry
Sallie Brown
Cera Brown
A. C. Brown
Ellle Mac Watkins
W.E. Watkins
Annie Margaret Garner
Shelton Baril Garner
Nevie Lee Newman
James Lonnie Newman
William E. Baggarty
Barney Hudgens
John W. Smith
Earl Blakey
Sam Weaver
Leeman Ridley
Lake Bledsoe
A. B. Cain
Roy Leslie
B. C. Hanes
Dean Petty
Lem Stevens
M. H. Bentle
L. A. Sealey
A. G C. McClure
Earl Hugh Jourden
Rex Jones
Cleve Calhoun
Albert Leon Alexander
Clyde Armstrong
Moore
Quinn Bowers
Martin Doyle Lemons
Franklin
Gilmore
C. D. Parks
Elizabeth O. Swope
Nannie Ray Baker
David Steward Stout
Lula Isabell Taylor
Wiliam Calvin Rowe
Maudine Eloise Adcock
Yammie Don Owens
Wanda Duselle Melson
Clarence Erbin Underwood
Mary Annie Hayton
John Chapman Saunders
Ellen Wilson
Woman Awarded Sixty-One Thousand in Truck Collision Claim
The Texas Supreme Court upheld a Houston woman's $61,000 award after a city garbage truck struck her car. The trial court found Houston negligent for failing to repair the truck brakes. the ruling was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals and the state high court in a 5 to 4 decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Supreme Court
Houston
Birdie Shilling
Court of Civil Appeals
Supreme Court
Four-H Clubsters to Contest in Three New 4-H Events
Texas 4-H Club boys and girls will join 600 participants for 16 contests at Texas A&M during the State 4-H Round-Up. New events include soil and water conservation, vegetable team demonstration, and shrub identification. Teams from 14 districts compete. arrivals begin June 2 with a vesper and activities led by 4-H members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
Coll
Texas A. & M. College
A. H. Karcher, Jr
Texas Extension Service
Harry V. Rankis
Bryan
Rains Slow Wheat Harvest in Texas
Rains across the Texas wheat belt hinder harvest and cause damage from hail. In Denison to McKinney areas grain ripening slows due to cloudy weather and weeds threaten yields. Wichita Falls Archer City Seymour Benjamin and Olney report 40 to 60 percent harvested with completion hoped by June 22.
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Amarillo
Wheat Harvest Control Office
The
Texas Employment
Texas Wheat Belt
Denison- McKinney
Wichita Falls
Archer City
Seymour
Benjamin and
Olney
Commission
Heroic Medico Brig Gen Crawford Sams Receives DSC
Atherton California native Brig Gen Crawford Sams awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for a daring night landing in North Korea to verify epidemics among enemy forces. As chief of the UN Command Public Health and Welfare Section he aided force health and refuted propaganda alleging bacteriological war.
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Crawford Sams
Atherton
Calif
Korea
North Korea
General Sams
UN Command Public Health and Welfare
Ray Kirkpatrick Admitted To State Bar In Texas
Ray Kirkpatrick has passed state bar examinations and is admitted to practice in Texas courts. He represented Fannin County in the 50th 51st and 62nd Legislatures. A Trenton native, he attended Trenton High School, the University of Texas and Baylor University School of Law. He is a World War II veteran who served three years in North Africa Italy and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Ray Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Fannin County
H. E. Kirkpatrick
Trenton
Trenton High School
University of Texas
Baylor University School of Law
North
Africa
Italy
France
Housing Project No TEX-97-1A for Savoy Texas Bid Notice
Public bid advertisement from Bonham Daily Favorite lists the Housing Authority of Savoy inviting bids to build Housing Project TEX-97-1A in Savoy Texas. Work includes six units in three one story buildings with concrete slabs brick veneer tile walls and interior sheetrock plus site utilities. Bids close at 2 PM Friday June 20 1951 at the Bonham office with five percent bid bond and twenty five dollar deposit for plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Architects Office
Food Price Index Drops for Fourth Week
New York June 14 The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index fell for the fourth straight week to 7.07 dollars a case, the lowest level in nearly six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dun and Bradstreet
Informal Clinic on OPSO Rulings Set for June 19
Horace M. Troy of the Office of Price Stabilization will host an informal price clinic for Bonham area businessmen at the Chamber of Commerce from 9 to 11 a m Tuesday. Wallace Alexander president of the Bonham Chamber urged participation to get plain English answers on ceiling price developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace M. Troy
Bonham
Wallace Alexander
Alexander
Bon
GE Building Motor For Small Subs
General Electric says it is building motors and generators for a highly secret defensive submarine. The sub, smaller than a conventional submarine, will carry the latest undersea detection devices and be designed to protect harbors and coastal installations from enemy submarine craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
N. Y
U.P General Electric Company
Teey
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Agnes Edwards
Jesse Edwards
Auverne Davis
Leon Davis
Ray W. Clark
Thelma Jean Clark
Lana Partridge
Finnis Partridge
Marian Parish
Murrell Parish
Lula Mae Edwards
George Edwards
Odette Essary
Troy F. Essary
Frances Sherer
Tommy Edris Shearer
City of Ladonia
E. C. Lawdon
Bonham Building and Loan Association
Jack W. Franklin
State of Texas
Jack W. King
Ruth Carline King
Ieave
Ward Anne King
Julian W. McElvaney
Ludie Lawson
Luic Sanzster
Wm. Davis
Thos. S. Smit
J. C. Williams
Segatees
H. Lawson
B. B. Lawson
Charlie Wateen
Amaileet
Bonham Daily
Housing Authority of the
City of
Savoy
Bonham Steam Laundry
Hari
Hotp Mrechani Amon
Elkiy
Brown
Dad
Brown's
Ladiew Bemberg
Stes
Batiste
Wear
S-M-L
Giet Dad
Ttar
Brown’s Dent
Friendly Store
N. Sidr
Finley Insurance Agency
Benham Mate Bank
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