Whitewright News Briefs and Community Notes
Community notices include LEON WHITE urging Whitewright Chamber officers to attend Thursday’s 7:30 p.m. Ayres Cafe meeting. Also reported: 51 people X-rayed by state mobile unit. Ron M. Faison named Prudential Hilltopper of the Month for March in North and East Texas. March weather and planting tips. debate over Texas fiscal policy. reflections on electricity’s role in daily life. Oklahoma’s 3.2 prohibition election proximity.
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Leon White
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
Ayres Cafe
State Health Department
the Sun
Ron M. Faison
Whitewright and
Sherman
Prudential
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Texas
Ron
Sun
Sherman Democrat
Emergency Radio Test Set April 17
All normal radio and television stations will go off the air for 30 minutes on April 17 in a Federal Communications Commission Conelrad civil defense drill. The drill marks the first nationwide test since 1956 to evaluate the Operation Alert-1959 system run by the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
U S Military Says It Could Flatten Russia if War Came
Joint Chiefs of Staff testified that a U S nuclear response would crush the Soviet Union if attacked. McElroy affirmed future American power would stay ahead, while officials warned Russia seeks superiority but would face a devastating deterrent. Burke added the U S could break Russia's back with present weapons.
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Washington
Russia
America
Free World
U. S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House Appropriations Committee
Defense McElroy
Economic Club
Detroit
McElroy
Soviet Union
Defence Secretary
Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs
House Appropriations Group
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
United States
Burke
Hale-Aikin bill cost rises in new Texas report
Texas Education Agency figures show Hale-Aikin educational improvement program costing $122 746 135, with local districts paying 20 percent and state share at $102 942 108. Senator Roberts predicts total state expense could top $130 million once all items, including teacher retirement, are counted.
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Roberts
McKinney
Edgar
Oklahoma Proposals Voted On Local Option And Liquor Sale
Voters face two measures one to legalize hard liquor sales in the state and another to adopt local option similar to Texas If Sooners back local option the adjacent Durant county across the river from Denison would likely vote dry closing taverns there and reducing cross river beer traffic and lake visits.
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Texas
Sooners
Denison
Durant
Lake Texoma
Broad Array Of Taxes Urged To Meet State Crisis
House Speaker Wag goner Carr urged enactment of a broad array of selective taxes to raise about 300 million dollars to meet Texas’ financial crisis. He called for modifying Gov. Price Daniel’s plan and spreading the burden with new items while preserving many existing taxes. Since 1902 the U S Secret Service has guarded the President.
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Austin
House
Waggoner Carr
Texas
Carr
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Price Daniel
Daniel
Rotary Club To Meet At Legion Home This Week
The Sherman Rotary Club will join the Sherman Industrial Committee for a noon meeting at the American Legion Home. Clint Hennig announced the event to publicize the Sherman Industrial Show set for April 6 7 and 8 at the Sherman Municipal Auditorium. Gov Price Daniel will open the show by telephone from Austin. Prizes include a boat and motor plus numerous smaller items. Demonstrations and displays of Sherman products and test equipment will fill the ballroom while heavy equipment lines appear on Municipal Building grounds.
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Rotary Club
Sherman Industrial Committee
Clint Hennig
American Legion
Little Rock
Sherman Group
Sherman
Sherman Municipal Auditorium
Price Daniel
Austin
Revival Meeting At Kentuckytown Begins Sunday
Rev Houston Garner pastor of Kentuckytown Baptist Church announces a revival at the church from Sunday April 5 through Sunday April 12 led by Evangelist Rev James Harper pastor of Pilot Grove Baptist Church.
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Houston Garner
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
James Harper
Pilot Grove Baptist Church
School Lunch Menu Weekday Dishes
The menu lists daily options for school lunches. Monday offers baked ham creamed potatoes English peas hot rolls butter and lemon pudding. Tuesday features Vienna sausage pinto beans mixed greens onion rings carrot sticks cornbread coconut cake. Wednesday serves hamburgers lettuce tomato pickle onion shoe string potatoes peach halves and ice cream. Thursday provides meat loaf tossed salad creamed potatoes tossed salad with french dressing hot rolls butter syrup. Friday presents salmon salad creamed corn pineapple slice with grated cheese on lettuce and cinnamon rolls.
Uncle Dan recalls good old days at Tom Bean country store
In a humorous letter from Tom Bean, Uncle Dan recalls debates about when modern days began. He cites calico prices and old remedies, jokes about doctors, financing, and Alaska pride, ending with a reflection on a lively Saturday night at the local store.
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Ed Doolittle
Joneses
Alaska
Uncle Dan
Deaths Mrs Brookins 70 White Wright
Mrs. Brookins 70 of White Wright died suddenly at 6:10 am Wednesday at the home of her daughter Mrs Porter Reeves in Fort Worth where she was visiting Funeral services 2:30 pm Friday at the Church of Christ conducted by Gerald Cleveland Burial Leonard Cemetery directed by Earnheart Active pallbearers Shirley Sells Wren Grimes Porter Harris J P Clabhorn Monroe Hackney Olan Parks She was born June 24 1888 in Pickett County Tennessee daughter of W B and Mollie Crouch She married Joe Brookins November 11 1905 and he died in 1943 She was a member of the Church of Christ Surviving two sons Clifford Brookins Leonard and J W Brookins Borger two daughters Mrs Porter Reeves Fort Worth and Mrs J E Ross Ector a sister Mrs John Curtis Holdin Missouri a brother J W Crouch Sherman and seven grandchildren
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Joe Brookins
Whitewright
Porter Reeves
Calloway Street
Fort Worth
Audelyif Daugh
Church of Christ
Gerald Cleveland
Leonard Cemetery
Earnheart
Shirley Sells
Wren Grimes
J. E. Ross
Ector
John Curtis
Holdin
J. W. Crouch
Sherman
Lawmakers Use Relatives Premises for Offices
Washington lawmakers rented offices from relatives under family tied schemes. Ralph J. Scott deeded his Danbury office to wife Verna and rented it back for 100 dollars monthly. Westland and Passman shared or repurposed spaces, costing taxpayers 100 dollars a month. W. Pat Jennings bought and used his own building as a congressional office. Vouchers reveal widespread practice of government paying for family offices, with no up to date records beyond June 30.
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Ralph J. Scott
N. C
Danbury
N. G
Verna
Everett
Wash
Westland
County
Republican Committee
Otto Passman
House
Harry M. Livingston
Livingston
Randall S. Harmon
Ind
Muncie
Nudist Camp In Fannin Revealed
Bonham reports that a 50 acre wooded tract in northern Fannin County operated by a Dallas resident has hosted weekend nudist activities for three years. The site is fenced with a locked gate and guard, and attendees are said to be from Dallas and Fort Worth, including bankers engineers clerks and truck drivers.
Special License OK'd For Some DWI Cases
A bill to authorize special occupational drivers licenses for persons convicted of DWI passed the Senate. The license would allow defendants who earn a living as drivers to continue work with time and route limits. A prior similar bill was vetoed by Gov. Price Daniel. Ouija Boards get their names from French and German words for yes.
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Austin
Senate
Wardlow Lane
Center
House
Price Daniel
Whitewright School and City Elections Set In Weekend Vote
Voters face two elections with polls from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Whitewright ISD trustees three seats and county school trustee at large are on Saturday’s ballot. Incumbents Durham Franklin seek reelection, Blackerby runs to replace retiring Clark. Dick Walker seeks county at large reelection. Tuesday city race includes two Commissioners Meador and Ayres seeking reelection without opposition.
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Whitewright Independent
Lewis Durham
Louis Franklin
S. D. Blackerby
Durham
Franklin
Blackerby
Lennis Clark
Dick Walker
Whitewright
Jack Meador
Charlie Ayres
Farmersville School Suspends Married Students
The Farmersville school board announced automatic suspension for married high school students. Readmission requires a letter to the board and principal recommendation on academics and conduct. Readmitted students may take only academic classes, relinquishing offices, honors, and extracurriculars, but may earn scholastic honors.
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Farmersville
DPS Issues Tips On Accepting Checks
The Texas Department of Public Safety promotes a pamphlet titled Check Checks outlining safeguards for accepting checks. It warns against accepting illegible or altered checks, post dated payments, or checks for more than the sale, and stresses verifying endorsements and identities while avoiding blank signatures.
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Texas Department of Public Safety
TDPS
Gifted groceries refunded after five years in Grayson County
In Sherman, Grayson County Commissioner Court restored a $20 grocery order issued five years earlier to a Bells man who suffered a heart attack and could not work. The recipient, now recovered, sent thanks to Judge J. N. Dickson and the court, noting he never had to use the aid.
Yankee origin tied to Dutch word yanku meaning snarl
A note traces the term Yankee to the Dutch yanku meaning to snarl, reflecting linguistic roots for the nickname used in American history.
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