American Legion To Begin Work on Club Building
Preston Everheart Post American Legion building committee wins go ahead to start the 30 by 60 foot concrete and tile club building on North Bond Street east of the Frozen Food Market. Architect Jim Grady of Sherman drew plans. G L Baugher to supervise. Funded by roughly 8000 dollars, with local citizens contributions two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Everheart Post
American Legion
Jim Grady
Sherman
Post
G. L. Baugher
American Legion Post
Bond Street
Wilson Kaiser
Jack Meador
Roy Blanton
Tom Sears
Clay Horton
CPSC Employees Meet In Sherman
The Northeast Division of the Community Public Service Company held its semi annual meeting at the Grayson Hotel in Sherman. Division Manager M. W. Davis opened with welcomes and new employee introductions. Speakers included N R Parsons H L Stout from Fort Worth and Elizabeth Pendleton Owen Hull Doris Carmack with local attendees from Whitewright. Dinner followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Public Service Company
Grayson Hotel
Sherman
M. W. Davis
N. R. Parsons
H. L. Stout
Fort Worth
Farmersville
Elizabeth Pendleton
Owen Hull
Doris Carmack
Whitewright
Boy Scout News and Upcoming Activities
The troop reports a record meeting attendance with a weiner roast in the scoutmaster’s backyard. Scouts must pay fifty cents annual national registration and five cents weekly local dues. Next Monday new knot work, the timber hitch, is required and plans for an Arkansas trip April 17–18 include bed roll and three dollars for meals with a Lookout Mountain overnight if possible. Camporee at Lake Texoma set for April 22–23 as the group pursues three Class A ratings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BSA II
BSA
Arkansas
Lookout Mountain
Ozarks
Whitewright students win in one act play contests
The Whitewright High School speech class dominated the Princeton event on Wednesday night winning first place in the one act contest. Ann Mary Doty was named best actress and Lou Rae Holcomb took third in the girls division while Dean Alexander finished second in the boys division. The play was Three Is a Crowd and cast members will compete soon at Southern Methodist University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright High School
Princeton
Ann Mary Doty
Lou Rae Holcomb
Dean Alexander
Southern Methodist University
Across the Tracks a Lesson on Caution and Fate
A brief proverb notes that the prudent person halts at a rail crossing for a minute, while the reckless one may lose everything. The line emphasizes swift risk awareness and its lasting consequence.
Donigan Elected President of Texas Ginners Association
H. P. Donigan a local ginner was chosen president of the Texas Ginners Association in Dallas succeeding Max C. Smith of San Marcos. Donigan, previously vice president, has long aided the association as more than 3,000 ginners attended the three day session. The group urged easing travel for Mexican cotton pickers to Texas and may present the resolution to Mexican officials in Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Donigan
Texas Ginners Association
Dallas
Donigan
Max C. Smith
San Marcos
Texas
Jay C. Stilley
Mexico City
Williams and Fields Win Whitewright Trustee Seats
M W Williams and E W Fields were elected to the Whitewright Independent School District board in a Saturday election. A total of 201 votes were cast for the two winners, the largest trustee vote in years. Both losers R A Gillett and Clay Horton had long service on the board. Williams lives in the old Bethel district and Fields in the old Blanks district, now consolidated with Whitewright ISD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Williams
E. W. Fields
Whitewright Independent
R.A. Gillett
Clay Horton
Whitewright
Williams
Old Bethel
Fields
Old Blanks
Texas Clean Up Week urged for health in April
Dr. Geo W. Cox state health officer calls for statewide Clean-Up Week April 4 11 urging cities to clean streets alleys parks vacant lots and remove rubbish. He says destroy mosquito breeding places dispose garbage and keep premises clean to reduce dysentery typhoid and polio risks.
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Austin
Texas
Geo. W. Cox
Cox
Whitewright
Waco Reacts as Youth Dies of Rabies
The death of a 13 year old boy with rabies sparks alarms in Waco with reports of suspected rabid dogs. Police and health officials kill implicated dogs and monitor others while 17 people begin preventive treatment. Officials expect a city ordinance to require dog vaccination amid a large unvaccinated dog population.
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Waco
Health Departments
Humane Societies
Calf roping demonstration set for Sunday at Legion Park
A group of local cowboys from Sherman and Howe will host a calf roping demonstration Sunday at 2 p.m. at the American Legion park. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman and
Howe
American Legion Park
Gershom Ma
Shanghai
China
First Baptist Church
Whitewright
Bethel
American Legion Hall
Wilson Kaiser
Kaiser
Slot Machines Held Illegal Even While Not In Use
The Third Court of Civil Appeals affirmed San Angelo County Club v. State ruling that slot and marble machines with pay-offs are illegal gambling devices subject to seizure by peace officers even if not in use or exhibited for gaming. The case involved ownership of eight slot machines one marble machine and an undetermined number of coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Third Court of Civil Appeals
San Angelo County Club
Whitewright students win cash in tuberculosis essay contest
Four students from Whitewright High School earned cash prizes in an essay contest sponsored by the Grayson County Tuberculosis Association. Winners include Jane Meador and Peggy Clark in division one and Junie Hood and Douglas Neal in division two. The Whitewright Booster Club formed committees to organize the May annual meeting and other activities including fundraising for a soil technician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright High School
Grayson County Tuberculosis Association
Jane Meador
Peggy Clark
Junie Hood
Douglas Neal
H. H. Sears
H. E. Hall of
Sherman
Whitewright
Whitewright Booster Club
Newell Skaggs
Gomer May
Jack Meador
M. P. Bell
Roby Childress
Tom Sears
Clay Horton
W. E. LaRoe
Glen Earnheart
Clyde Craig
Grayson County
O. V. Barker
R. R. Summers
W. E. Pennell
H. B. McMahan
Whitewright Local News Highlights And Visits
Whitewright and surrounding area report visits from Womack family of Mount Pocono and others, births in Denton and Dallas, and local church and civic updates. Residents attend meetings, repairs, and a baseball team planning session while reporting on a returned soldier burial and weather-driven farming notes.
Grayson County Beer Election Yields Dry Victory
In Grayson County's beer election held Saturday the drys won 9260 to 5782, a 3478 margin, with over 15 000 votes cast the largest count in the county. Denison favored beer 2766 1602, Sherman 1550 2635 against, Whitewright remained dry with 315 dry votes to 88 wet.
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Grayson County
Denison
Bethel
Whitewright
Jamison
Basin Springs
Tom Bean
Kentuckytown
MacArthur Seen Failing to Reclaim GOP Nomination
Capital observers interpret Harold E. Stassen’s Wisconsin victory as narrowing Gen Douglas MacArthur’s path to the Republican nomination. Dewey loses prestige while Stassen gains potential delegates, with Taft and Dewey likely to unite to block him if needed ahead of Nebraska votes.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Wisconsin
Douglas MacArthur
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Stassen
Minnesota
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dewey
Nebraska
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
McGrath predicts South Democratic revolt will blow over
National Democratic Chairman J Howard McGrath said the Southern Democratic revolt against President Truman would fade before election time. He asserted he does not believe the South will desert the Democratic Party and predicted Truman will adopt a hands off policy on the 1948 vice presidential contest, leaving the nomination to the national convention.
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Seattle
J. Howard McGrath
Truman
Rhode Island
Birth Announcement in The Sun Family Note
A family presses to report a newborn to The Sun, stressing timely birth notice as a duty to the baby and the public record.
Whitewright honors longest serving mayor reelected to seventeenth term
Whitewright elects Mayor F. M. Echols to his seventeenth term as mayor and city manager. Echols has served 32 years as mayor and 27 years as city manager since 1921 under the commission form. He won Tuesday with 110 votes to 5 write-ins in a 115 vote tally.
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F. M
Echols
Whitewright
Texas
Howe
Edwin Badgett
Marshall Hasty
Guy Hamilton
W. H. King
Hamilton
King
Rham Pennington
Sherman
Roby Childress
Grayson County Tuberculosis Stamp Drive Update
The Grayson County Tuberculosis Association reports Whitewright’s drive raised 156.34 with 149.25 mailed contributions and 7 positive patch test reactors to be followed by the nurse. A total of 334 patch tests were done in Whitewright schools and 39 in the Negro school, after mailing 217 letters and receiving 96 cash responses.
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Grayson County Tuberculosis Association
Whitewright
Homer Sears
H. E. Hall of
Sherman
Public Health
Report Missing Children for School Census in Whitewright
Superintendent B R Caraway asks parents or guardians to report any missed children aged six to eighteen on September 1 1948. An enumerator will visit to list missed names and qualify for state aid. Deadline for enumerations is near, so prompt action is required.
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B. R. Caraway
Whitewright Independent
Vaughan Declares Candidacy for Grayson County Judge
Denison attorney R C Vaughan 33 a four year Army veteran announced Tuesday his bid for judge of Grayson County Law Court. He is the only candidate so far to seek the post now held by Judge David H Brown who recently launched a campaign for Congress in Texas fourth district. State law requires the law court judge to be an attorney.
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R. C. Vaughan
Denison
Grayson County Law Court
David H. Brown
Texas
Law Court
Frank Trimm Announces Candidacy for County Commissioner
The Sun notes Frank Trimm is a candidate for county commissioner of precinct two and plans a formal announcement in a future issue. He is well known to voters in Whitewright and surrounding areas.
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the Sun
Frank Trimm
Trimm
Whitewright
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Cuba
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W. B. Womack
Mount Pocono, Pa
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Route Two
A. M. Stinson
Denton
S. E. Wallace
Horace Ashlock
Claud McMillan
Greenville
Earl Blanton
G. F. Bryant
E. F. Everheart
Ben Childress
Ben Jr
Tulsa, Okla
Irene Kent
Mrs
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Ray Schlosser
Linda K
Minneapolis, Minn
R. B. Gordon
Philip Earnheart
Alamogordo, New Mexico
F. M. Williams
Madonna Hospital
B. R. Nicholson
Rusk
Doris Nicholson
W. T. Nicholson
Verner Hodel
Lockney
J. D. Russell
Jack L. Morton
Grover
Stateville
Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service
Travis Street Methodist Church
Donald Paul Hudgins
A. A. Hudgins
National Guard
Arkansas City
Kansas
Dave Taylor
Pilot Grove
Taylor
Anther A. Hudgins Jr
Denver, Colo
Andrea Kay
Presbyterian Hospital
That City
Weldon R. Drake
Frisco
T. H. McSpedden
Drake
T. L. Cowart
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
T. W. Dixon
Joe
Bells
Pfe
Elbert R. England
Preston W. England
New York City
Pfc
England
U. S. Military Cemetery
St. laurent-sur-Mer
France
Marion Smith
Miss Mae
Jack Brown
Etha Louise Brown
M. B. Morgan
Vernon
B. G. Gentry
Wichita Falls
W. W. Brock
Denver
Colo
Gen. MacArthur
Goner
McGrath
South
F. M. Echols
R.C. Vaughan
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