Local Notes Highlight School and Community Happenings
Elvy Hampton becomes Sherman Democrat advertising solicitor. Sherman PTA officers named. Self Help Club hosted by Mrs Jess Martin. Laura Elizabeth Cantrell chosen CIA Denton freshman favorite. Bettie Currin honored on 79th birthday. Local deaths and new employments noted. High school seniors listed. Birth announced for a daughter. Lota Jane Frazier dies in Desert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvy Hampton
Whitewright
Sherman Democrat
PTA
T. E. Barbee
W. N. Carter
Lucian Andrews
H. L. Durham
J. W. Wilson
J. H. Waggoner
J. C. Gillespie
D. B. Taylor
Jess Martin
Self Help Club
Kentuckytown News
Laura
Elizabeth Cantrell
CIA
Denton
Bettie Currin
R. E. L. Binion
Tom Binion
Pauline Binion
Sarah Binion
Flora Harbert
W. A. Hamilton
Pascal Cox
Hillsboro
George Burnham
Lubbock
W. R. Hooper
Y. T. Manning
Leonard
Leon Devenport
Cooper
J. L. Cantrell
Precinct 3
Louise Autrey
Woodrow Belew
Monabelle Biggerstaff
Marguerite Booker
Jack Bradley
Jesse DeBerry
Vera Dodd
Robert Doss
Franklin Dixon
Pearl England
Sonny Hancock
Alice Harper
Elizabeth Hedgpeth
Ruth Jopling
Rollen Lay
Norma Jo Mangrum
Wayne Martin
Billie Earl Montgomery
Mary Frances Myrick
Julia Ann Pritchett
Merle Robbins
Dorothy Ryan
Thomas Sears
David Smith
Grady Stillwell
Malcolm Williams
Frank Holingsworth
J. W. McKinney
Lee Cassity
Lota Jane Frazier
Desert Sunday
Easter sunrise program at Central Christian Church noted attendees
Reflector lists participants Mrs Newton Manning Mrs F D Layman W B Bixler Rev Leroy Anderson Mrs Sarah Kilgree Margaret Hanna Billy Rhom Pennington Dr B Wrenn Webb Jim Jernigan Rev J M Connally Rev Leslie O Evans Cecil Watson showed an egg weighing six ounces Leona Thrasher and J O Dollar wed Saturday Senior class favorites named with top picks in popularity looks and athletics
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Christian Church
Newton Manning
F. D. Layman
W. B. Bixler
Leroy Anderson
Sarah Kilgree
Margaret Hanna
Billy Rhom Pennington
B. Wrenn Webb
Jim Jernigan
J. M. Connally
Leslie O. Evans
Cecil Watson
Leona Thrasher
J. O. Dollar
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
Floyd Everheart
Marcell Gosnell
Billie Pritchett
Naomi Penny
Charles Harrison
Wilma Alexander
J. B. Thornhill
April Is Promises A Poetic Park Scene
A lyrical vignette portrays April as a month of youth, hope, and promise. Scenes of families outdoors, neighbors chatting, and gardeners tending plants mingle with rain, soil scent, and new growth. The piece celebrates communal life and seasonal renewal.
Local social notes from Killeen to Dallas and beyond
Mrs. Dan Morgan visits Killeen friends. Visitors include Rathjohns, Nutts, Catheys and Phillips in Irving. Vera Hicks visits Dallas relatives. Bonham and Bromide guests travel. Burns of Dallas and Tulsa host house guests. Lansford sisters visit grandparents. Tommy Wayne born by cesarean. Dallas relatives attend Walker-Walt wedding. bridge club hosts neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Lansford
Dallas
Tommy Wayne
R. E. Walt
Ernest Walt
Brenda Lansford
Walker-Walt
Jessie Walker
Charles Wrenn
Larry Johnson
Westley Johnson
Thomas Fleming
Denison
Winifred Barron
April Stirring Sets Stage for May's Gracious Month
A poetic reflection notes April as the great stirring and a doorway to May, described as the most gracious month, with imagery of weather storms, shutters, and sparrows gathering straw under porch eaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
The Egg Timer Salesman and the Traffic Light Method
A salesman offers a wife a timer for her eggs. She declines, saying her husband Jack prefers her method of watching traffic lights and boiling eggs for three reds and two greens.
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Jack
Notice of Execution Sale in Grayson County Texas
The sheriff announces an execution sale of about 300 acres in Grayson County to satisfy a judgment in favor of Foy Wallace dba Gunter Lumber Company against B. T. Erwin. The sale is set for May 5, 1959, between 10:00 A M and 4:00 P M at the courthouse door in Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
Grayson
15Th Judicial District Court
Grayson County
Texas
Foy Wallace
Gunter Lumber Company
B. T. Erwin
Gunter
B. F. Hall
Antonio Hernandez
Levi Nix
Nix
Hernandez
W. F. Glennetux
T. W. Erwin
G. W. Blanton
Whitewright Sun
Beware Strangers Peddling Anything Exposé Warning
An unsigned notice warns Chillicothe residents about two men from a nomadic group selling questionable lightning rods and other items. Officers urge checks on strangers offering quick paints rugs or drives and advise contacting authorities or the Chamber of Commerce before buying. A light local humor exchange follows.
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Chamber of Commerce
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Tom Sears
Atma Casualty Controne
April Is
Dan Morgan
Killeen
Frank Phillips
Stala Rathjohn
Carol
D. N. Nutt
Mrs
Fenon Cathey
Irving
J. C. Delano
Guymon
Okla
Phillips
Vera Hicks
Joe D. Hicks
Grady Stepp
Cole Roberts
Lois Roberts
Delia Cole
Reb Ryan
Bonham
W. A. Bower
A. R. McMurry
Bromide
Oklo
J. P. Roach
Paul Haliburt
Melvin Sims
Kenneth Harvey
Sherman
Clyde Vestal
Weldon Wilson
Ross Wilson
Tulsa
Paul Strader
Houston
John Vestal
Morris Wilson
Michael and
Scotty Lansford
Mrs. R. W. Lansford
David Johnson
Allen T. Short
George Hight
May Badgett
Short
Philip Earnheart
Lone Star Gas Company
Quanah Tribune-Chiefs
Chillicothe
United States
Allen
Beryl
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
James Harper
Pilot Grove Baptist Church
Houston Garner
Lorey Edwards
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