Local items and obits from Grayson County era
Notes report deaths of G P Gooch and Aubrey Taylor near Choctaw gin. Grayson County courthouse to be modernized. Sam McMillin named city water collector. Frost covers ground. J H Graves and son bought East Texas cattle and shipped here. 40 years ago a string of local events from Leonard and Kentucky Town includes burglaries, stock purchases, and business changes.
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G. P. Gooch
Wm. Binkley
Grayson County Court House
Sam McMillin
J. H. Graves
Gomer
East Texas
Aubrey Taylor
Near
Choctawgin
Wells shot by prowlers near town in 1934 incident
Thirty years ago The Sun reports T. P. and Charley Wells were shot at four times by prowlers north of town Tuesday night. The same issue notes Miss Lucille LaRoe presenting pupils in recital Tuesday evening including Margaret Lilley Dorothy LaRoe Norman Frances Donigan Aileen Pennington and Fred Starr.
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T. P
Charley Wells
Lucille LaRoe
Margaret Lilley
Dorothy LaRoe
Norman Frances Donigan
Aileen Pennington
Fred Starr
DDT’s World War II Lice Trial Marks Quick Victory
Dr. J S Wiseman recounts how DDT deloused lice in hours and kept them gone for weeks. In a North African jail an officer tested powder on prisoners with a live lice bounty, then offered rewards. The next day no live lice were found, showing DDT’s dramatic effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Wiseman
State Health Department
Girl Scout Movement Begins in Savannah Founder
The Girl Scout movement started in Savannah Georgia with Juliette Gordon Low establishing the organization in 1912. She had previously led Girl Guide troops in England. Death and taxes are certain, but you feel the effect of death only once.
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Girl Scout Movement
Savannah
Juliette Gordon Low
Girl Guide
England
Many Convenience Foods Save Money
College Station extension specialists say a U S Department study comparing 158 items with homemade or fresh counterparts shows 48 items cost less by price alone. Time value and waste reduction favor convenience foods, with best buys including frozen orange concentrate and instant coffee.
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College Station
U. S. Department
Gordon R. Powell
Monument Due Face Lifting In Washington
Washington The Washington Monument will receive its first face lifting since 1934 the National Park Service announced on Wednesday plans to begin the restoration soon awaiting funding and scheduling details from the agency to proceed with the upkeep of the historic obelisk in the nation’s capital.
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Washington
Washington Monument
National Park Service
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Tom Howell
Leonard Sunday
J. B. Dickson
Joe Hamilton
Drewie Caylor
Mrs. Stepp
T. N
Parrish
Kentuckytown
L. R. Nelson
Lilley
Ernest Lilley
Frances Pilcher
Texas-Louisiana Power Co
Whitewright
D. B. Denney
Greenville
The
Texas State Department of Health
Austin
Ton BS CO
Gomer and
Kirk May
North Travis
Sherman
Medical Arts Clinic
N. Highland
President’s Commission On
Farm Seeds
Whitewright, Texas
CPS
Lorey Edwards
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