Pilot Grove Baptist Church Plans Ninety Year Anniversary
The First Baptist Church of Pilot Grove marks its 90th anniversary with a three day program starting Friday April 16 at 7 30 pm Events include song services scripture readings special music missionary messages and a memorial service with speakers such as Rev Roy Stanley Rev W R Drake Rev Howard McSpedden Rev Henry Gray and Rev J A Henderson Various sessions run Saturday and Sunday feature recognitions sermons church history and a Buckner Orphans Home program culminating in a Sunday night sermon and closing song service.
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First Baptist Church of
Pilot Grove
Ross O. Bourland
Roy Stanley
W. R. Drake
Howard McSpedden
J. P. Autrey
Christ
Calvin Assery
Holy Spirit
Henry Gray
Buckner Orphans Home
Underworld
Ralph False
Jesus
Dan Vestal
Sun Honor Roll Adds Local Students This Week
The Sun announces new additions to the honor roll including J. B. Blanton Johnnie Mac Vestal Cora Morrow J H Harvey Lucy Craig W B Hest Leon Spindle Lowell Guthrie Hess Guthrie Roy Hardcastle S S Russell Jim Brown Gladys Ray Sue Thompson.
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Sun
J. B. Blanton
Johnnie Mac Vestal
Cora Morrow
J. H. Harvey
Lucy Craig
W. B. Hest
J. Leon Spindle
Lowell Guthrie
W. W. Hess
M. C. Guthrie
Roy Hardcastle
S. S. Russell
Jim Brown
Gladys Ray
Sue Thompson
Return to Gold Money Base Is Urged for U S
New York report says 42 economists urge a return to a gold money system. They back a congressional bill allowing citizens to own gold coins and making paper money redeemable in gold. The economists’ committee formed in 1933 after Roosevelt policies and dollar devaluation.
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New York
Economists’ National Committee On Monetary Policy
Roosevelt
Arthur W. Crawford
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Ganders Life Is Happy One Satire From Texas Essay
A Texas Game and Fish publication attributes a humorous wildlife essay to an unnamed Texas school child. The piece comments on geese and ganders with playful misstatements about anatomy and behavior, then offers a practical tip to refrigerate batter leftovers for dipping meats and breaded foods.
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Austin
Texas Game and Fish
Texas
Cadet Davis Parrish Stars in West Point Hundredth Night Show
Cadet Davis Parrish, foster son of Dr. and Mrs. Ross R. May of Whitewright, played a feature role as a bellhop in the United States Military Academy production Malice in Wonderland. The Hundredth Night Show marks about 100 nights before June and signals near graduation as new second lieutenants prepare for Army careers. The cadets write, direct, and perform all roles, and this is the fiftieth presentation since 1886.
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West Point
N. Y
Davis Parrish
Ross R. May
Whitewright
United States Military Academy
Parrish
Grayson County Agriculture Club meets outside Sherman Denison
The Grayson County Agriculture Club held its first meeting outside Sherman Denison in five years, with about 75 attendees at Whitewright. Speakers included Bill Cunningham on soil conservation and W. W. Gunn on the 1948 AAA program, plus discussion of a $750,000 road bond issue and plans to grow club membership.
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Grayson County Agriculture Club
Sherman and
Denison
Whitewright
A. S. Brown
Pottsboro
Bill Cunningham
District Soil Conservation Office
Doyle Williams
W. W. Gunn
Sherman
AAA
J. A. Alexander
Grayson County
C. O. Spence
Mr. Spence
Pascal Farley
Frank Thompson
C. B. Bryant Jr
Red River County Repeats Mosquito Fight With DDT Mix
Red River County will spray mosquitos again this year using 7 percent DDT, starting April 1 and finishing by July 1. Four crews operate with county labor and $50 monthly maintenance from household fees for 3,600 rural homes.
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Red River County
Red River
Easter Bunny Accident Sparks Hospital Visit in Rock Springs
Six year old Donald Wilcox, in Rock Springs Wyoming, was hospitalized with a fractured left arm after saying an Easter rabbit shoved him from a porch while hunting eggs. The report notes that 1947 coal production in America was surpassed only by 1944.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Donald Wilcox
Donald
America
Local Notes Highlight Easter Visits and Community News
Bonham residents share Easter visits and travels with relatives in Sherman Temple Leonard and Fort Ord. Notable items include Mrs Mandy Mangrum’s 100th birthday celebrations with family, Oak Hill Cemetery memorial plot proposal, and airstrip donation plans by Lester Haile.
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Findley Haile
the Sun
American Legion
Oak Hill
Farm For Rent With Good Improvements
For rent a small farm with immediate possession offered by Tom Barbee. The listing notes good improvements and invites prospective tenants.
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Tom Barbee
County Road Bond Issue Endorsed At Community Meeting
A Sherman Denison area gathering in the High School auditorium approved a 750000 county road bond to be voted April 24. Voters signed a petition in support while officials outlined tax implications and road improvements supervised by an engineer.
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Sherman
Denison
Grayson County
Rotary Club Hosts Prominent Visitors For Grayson Farm Program
A weekday Rotary Club luncheon featured a prominent guest group promoting the new Grayson County farm program. Speakers included W I Glass Dan Dudley M J Morris Ben Cook L C Reynolds C O Spence Foy Wallace J A Alexander and E O Thomas. Mackie Greer chaired and explained flight mechanics and aviation topics.
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Rotary Club
Grayson County
W. I. Glass
A. & M. College
College Station
Dan Dudley
Denton
M. J. Morris
Ben Cook
Sherman
L. C. Reynolds
Whitesboro
C. O. Spence
Foy Wallace
Gunter
J. A. Alexander
Wowhome
E. O. Thomas
First National Bank
Tom Bean
C. B. Bryant Jr
Mr. Spencer
Mackie Greer
Greer
Air Corps
Liability law urged in state
Dallas Court Judge Joe M Hill urged the Dallas Bar Association to back proposed liability legislation from the Governor's Highway Safety Conference committee. It would make negligent drivers pay damages from crashes, not require insurance, and bar driving until liabilities are settled. He warned against allowing careless drivers to ruin lives and urged accountability behind the wheel.
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Dallas
Corporation Court
Joe M. Hill
Dallas Bar Association
Committee On Laws and Ordinances
Governor's Highway Safety Conference
Hill
Three Elections In Whitewright Next Week
Whitewright voters have three elections within a week using poll tax receipts. Two Saturday ballots elect two trustees for the Whitewright Independent School District and decide a county-wide beer issue. A Tuesday vote will choose a mayor, with F. M. Echols the sole name on the ballot after a voter petition.
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Whitewright
Whitewright Independent
School Board
M. W. Williams
Bethel
E. W. Fields
Blanks
F. M. Echols
Texas Population Nears 7 Million by July 1946
Texas reached about 6,961,023 people on July 1 1946 with 4,240,881 potential voters over twenty one. Census data show higher under twenty one growth in Texas due to birth rates and project national voting age population to 94,641,000 by November 1948 with women outnumbering men by roughly 1,670,000.
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Washington
Texas
Bureau of the Census
Census Bureau
United States
Office Seeker Faces Heavy Costs In Election Year
In Grayson County the Democrat primary looms on July 24 with few candidates. Candidates must fund numerous social tickets and donations. The biggest expense goes to the county Democratic committee chair for costs of two primaries. Short ballots save labor but raise per-candidate costs.
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Egypt
Democratic Executive Committee
Grayson County
Modern Living Not Danger Free
Mrs. Darrell Keifer frosted her electric refrigerator and froze her hand to the unit while trying to dislodge ice. She could not reach the switch, stood for minutes with one hand trapped, then released herself after turning the switch and removing the ice tray.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Darrell Keifer
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Cadet Davis Parrish
Agriculture Club
Texas Lions
Lloyd Mitchell
Hardin-Simmons University
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Mitchell
HSU
Will Mitchell
Maggie Horton
C. D. Hanes
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Frank Smith
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Joe B. Stewart
Fort Ord
Calif
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Commerce
Azilee Smith of
W. L. Smith
Hobart Thrasher
His Brother
Roy Thrasher
San Diego
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Veterans Hospital
McKinney
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G. L. Baugher
Henry Pritchett
Wichita Falls
Wally Holland
Tulsa
Oklo
James Stuteville
North Texas State College
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Ruth Maddux
R. D. Maddux
Doris
Mozelle Jacks
Fort Worth
Leola Jacks
Mesquite
Mrs. L. F. Jacks
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Tom Blakey
the Wekend
Chesley Rutledge
Keith Phillips
Susan
Chesley Rutledge Jr
Frances Miacek
Oklahoma City
Billy Mitchell
Irving
Charley Mitchell
Bob Mitchell
Lake Texoma
Sallye Hamilton
W. C. McGlasson
Sallye
Winnie Hamilton
Greenville
Hayden Hamilton
Ralph Kaiser
Sherman Hospital
Clarksville
Weldon Kaiser
Norma Smith
E. T. S. C., Commerce
Lou Miller
Winnsboro
F. A. Smith
W. E. LaRoe
Denison Elks
Elks Hall
LaRoe
R. J. Harvey
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Bonham Friday
Billy Roberts
Margaret Hanna
Marion Felker
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Elbert Hansard
Alta Nell
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Misses Mozelle
Doris Jacks
Mobile
Ala
Inlaw
J.P. Barbee
J. L. Bow
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Lloyd Menchie
Los Angeles
Pearl Menchie
Clifton Page
Conway Craig
Lester Haile
Mandy A. Mangrum
J. E. Mangrum
Ryan, Okla
Orangeville
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