Whitewright Chamber Of Commerce Projects Highlight 1975
The Whitewright Chamber of Commerce completed beautification on Grand Street with benches and planters. They awarded Bicentennial poster prizes to Susan Floyd, Donna Staley, and Kathy Barnes. The Fourth of July events drew large crowds with parades and entertainments, and Christmas drawings boosted local business. Santa visits, the annual banquet, and recognition of local leaders were noted. Priscille Riker hands presidency to Charles Truksn on April 4 with new officers announced.
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Whitewright
Chamber of Commerce
Grand Street
Chamber
Susan Floyd
Donna Staley
Kathy Barnes
Edith Jester
Town and Country Club
Santa Claus
Sun Office
Judy Mallett Cureton
Jack Jackson
Fort Worth
Barrett's
van Alstyne
City Hall
Clint Hennig
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
Priscille Riker
Charles Truksn
Anne Logan
Continental Telephone expands Whitewright presence in 1972
Continental Telephone Company of Texas decided to locate a service center and a district office in Whitewright. The Whitewright site handles 6,000 accounts across 14 exchanges and supports 17,000 subscribers in 43 exchanges through eight service staff and four district managers. The district is staffed by up to 51 employees in the service department, with engineers, construction supervisors, and facility managers overseeing operations from the Whitewright building at the Traffic Circle on Highway 69, while two other centers at Bogota and Emory perform similar functions. The company credits local cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce. broader notes mention NAS pollution deaths and border changes with Mexico.
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Continental Telephone Company of Texas
Whitewright
Anne Logan
Bill Scarber
William (Buss) Bizzle
Travis McMahan
Springtown
Highway 69
Richard Knight
Richard Howell
Joe Norwood
Frank Thompson
Bogota
Emory
Continental Telephone Company
Chamber of Commerce
Continental
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