Gathered Guests and Visits Across Towns
Recent guests include Roy Neathery of Temple visiting Mr. and Mrs. Joe Neathery and Miss Lelia Hall. Ronald Parks of Denison is here visiting friends. The Hall family spent the weekend in Fort Worth with the Moore family. The Rev M D Council and family were dinner guests with the Caifs. Ruth Hudson and children from Bonham visited her parents. Janice Hall and Kenneth Baler returned from Trinidad 4 H camp. Joe Price and sons Dean and Delton spend the summer with relatives in Modesto California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Neathery
Lelia Hall
Roy Neathery
Temple
Ronald Parks
Denison
W. J. Hall
Jerry
Ruth Ann Hall
Fort Worth
Richard Moore
M. D. Council
Audry Caifi
Council
Methodist Church
Ruth Hudson
Bonham
W. O. Berry
Janice Hall
Kenneth Baler
Trinidad
Joe Price
Dean
Delton
Modesta
Calif
Patrolman Takes $16,000 Instead of More Wager Risks
New York police officer Redmond L. O’Hanlon walked away from TV quiz shows with $16,000 after a day of wagering. He quipped about Shakespeare and admitted he would have pursued higher questions if single and able to bring in outside help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Redmond L. O'Hanlon
Shakespeare
Local families return from visits across Texas and California
Mr and Mrs F L Butts and son William of Dallas return from a visit with Mr and Mrs B F Butts. Dan DeKonte and children come back to Fort Worth after visiting her parents Mrs M E Ely. Travis Cole and family and John L Roach with Nancy Jo visit J M Cole family in Texas. George Bailey visits Honey Grove relatives. Bobby Talley and Joe Monahans return from Odessa with grandmother Mrs Sue Alderson. Ed Baker and California trip ends after visit with relatives and Dee Ray joins them. Jack Harrig of Terrell spends weekend with E C Parker family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Butts
William
Dallas
B. F. Butts
Dan DeKonte
Fort Worth
E. Ely
Travis Cole
John L. Roach
Nancy Jo
Marshall
J. M. Cole
J. W. Bush
Florida
George Bailey
Honey Grove
Bobby Talley
Joe Monahans
Odessa
Sue Alderson
Ed Baker
San Diego
Calif
Conservative father of five chooses $16,000 on The $64,000 Question
A man facing five children weighs risks on television deciding to stop at $16,000 instead of doubling. After two weeks of winning in Shake Speare questions and one correct answer last week he contemplates risking his winnings for a shot at more money. A wrong answer would forfeit his gains and leave only a consolation prize, an expensive automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Hanlon
Shake- Speare
Picket Lines Around Four Major Tanker Firms
Striking seamen from four maritime unions set up picket lines around major tanker operators on the Gulf Coast, including Sinclair Refining La Porte Pan American Texas City Gulf Oil Port Arthur and Texas Company docks. The NMU and allied unions planned the action though Sinclair’s line briefly withdrew. three other unions remained on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Gulf Coast
Sinclair Refining Co
la Porte
Pan American Refinery Corp
Texas City
Port Arthur
Gulf Oil Corp
Texas Company
CIO National Maritime Union
Sinclair
NMU
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
CIO
American Radio Association
Masters, Mates and Pilots Association
AFL
Moore awarded $240,000 in oil firms price war suit
George Moore, former Seattle service station operator, received $240,000 after a federal court jury found he sustained $80,000 in damages and awarded treble damages against seven major oil companies for allegedly boycotting him in 1952 over price cuts. The defendants include Standard Oil of California Tidewater Associated Union Oil The Texas Co Richfield General Petroleum and Shell Oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
George Moore
Moore
Standard Oil Co
California
Tidewater Associated
Union Oil Co
the Texas Co
the Richfield Corp
General Petroleum Corp
The
Shell Oil Co
McCarthy Drops Bid but Keeps Fight Over Big Four
Sen Joseph McCarthy conceded defeat as the Senate planned to debate a resolution pressing United States insistence on discussing Soviet satellite nations at the Big Four conference. The Foreign Relations Committee recommended defeat, while Lyndon Johnson denounced the move as a dangerous effort that could provoke pandemonium at the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Senate
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
McCarthy
Foreign Relations Committee
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Johnson
Twenty five years too long to wait for Davy Crockett divorce
In Detroit on June 22 Judge Chester O Hara granted Gertrude Crockett an uncontested divorce from Davy Crockett. She testified she had not seen him since he beat her and he walked out four months after their marriage on June 4, 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Davy Crockett
Chester O'Hara
O’hara
Gertrude Crockett
Davy
Orange Trees Survive Six Years in Coal Mine Darkness
In Kellogg Idaho two orange trees sprouted from seeds dropped by miners at the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine. The four foot plant grows on the 20 percent level under artificial light, rivaling the famed lemon tree for longevity. Miners tend it with soil care and worms, while officials hope it outlives the lemon tree’s 15 year underground life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg
Idaho
Bunker Hill
Sullivan
Herman Heier
James Allen
Heler
Woman Kidnapped From Bus Found In Bastrop La
Cherokee county sheriff said a woman seized from a bus near Gallatin Texas by two men, one armed, has been located in Bastrop Louisiana. Her husband Wallace Snyder was arrested. she is unharmed but fatigued and distressed. Sheriff planned to return Snyder to Rusk county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Cherokee County
Gallatin
Tex
Bastrop
Allan Dotson
Wallace Snyder
Rain Blesses Ravenna Farm Community Saturday
The Ravenna area enjoyed a welcome rain early Saturday morning. Local households hosted numerous visitors including extended kin from Sulphur Springs Amarillo Santa Rosa New Mexico Levelland Trenton Sherman Indianapolis and soldiers awaiting orders to Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burleson
Roxie Garner
Fannie Williams
Sulphur Springs
Murrel Jones
Amarillo
Roy Taylor
C. P. Goad
Santa Rosa
N. M
Clarence Taylor
Robert
Patsy
Pat McFarland
Milner
Levelland
Tom French
Parker's Grove
Roy Taylors
Ina May McClaran
Judy
Trenton
Roy White
Nunnelee
C. W. Williams
Sherman
Burleson
Lowell Williams
Williams
Indianapolis
Ind
Germany
Reserve Measure Sent to House By Arms Committee
The House Armed Services Committee voted 16 to 14 to send a watered down version of President Eisenhower's compulsory military reserve plan to a subcommittee for five days of study. Chairman Carl Vinson pressed for immediate approval and faced opposition from subcommittee members led by Overton Brooks as the session grew stormy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Eisenhower
Carl Vinson
D.-Ga
Vinson
Overton Brooks
D.la
Light and Hope Amid Despair Reflected in Quote
A speaker notes that even in dire times there is some light or hope. The remark acknowledges visible signs of resilience and cautious optimism in a bleak situation.
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Norge
Emerson Electric
Bonham Furniture Store
West 4Th St
F. Nat'l. Bank
By Russell R. Nielsen
Ravenna
Gerber’s Baby Food
Griffin's
Bell Peppers
Coles
Bree
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