Russell Ray Summers Memorial Scholarship Announced
A memorial four year scholarship to fund ministerial training for a Brazilian youth was announced at Easter services at the First Methodist Church. The recipient will study at Porto Alegre Institute to become a Methodist missionary in Brazil. Russell Ray Summers died in an automobile wreck March 18 near Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Ray Summers
First Methodist Church
Ashley D. Jameson
Porto Alegre Institute
Little Smu
South America
Brazil
China
United States
Alaska
J. Nelson Betts
Porto Alegre
Charles Wesley Clay
Waples
Whitewright Methodist Church
Sherman and
Bells
Officer Halts Wild Motorist In Boulder Chase
A six year old boy drove erratically through Boulder business streets prompting frantic police calls. Sgt Harold Stewart pursued through heavy traffic and after several blocks cornered the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Colo
Harold Stewart
Fisherman Severes Artery In Line Accident
In Compton California Ernest Lascar nearly died after a fishing sinker cast into the ocean snagged rocks. He pulled hard the sinker snapped back and struck his thigh severing an artery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Compton
Calif
Ernest Lascar
Lascar
Churches Schedule Versatile Services Across Several Parishes
Multiple churches announce Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11 with various ministers including James B. Storey James R. Wright Jr and John Therman Healy. Programs include Evangelistic services Bible classes Youth Fellowship Training Union and prayer. Mahogany trees note ends text with unrelated line about moonlight sap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Storey
Austin College
James R. Wright Jr
John
Therman Healy
Enterprise Church To Have Revival
A revival meeting begins Sunday April 16 at Enterprise Baptist Church three miles northeast of Whitewright. Services start 7 30 each evening through April 23 with Rev Horn of Dallas as evangelist. Rev Gil Skaar is church pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Baptist Church
Whitewright
Horn of
Dallas
Gil Skaar
Farmers May File Applications For More Cotton Acres
County PMA chair J L Ladd says new law sets minimum cotton allotments using one of three methods. Farmers in Grayson County must file by April 28 1950 to seek increased allotments with notices issued after the county committee reviews applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
J. L. Ladd
PMA
Grayson County
Illinois Senator seeks reform of federal vacation and sick leave
Senator Douglas of Illinois introduces two bills to cut federal workers vacations and sick days. One proposal lowers civilian vacation from 26 to 20 days and reduces sick leave to 12, while raising postal workers’ vacations to 20 days and sick leave to 12. The second bill ties vacation days to length of service with thresholds at 3, 10, and 20 years. He claims potential annual savings from 100 million to 190 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Douglas
Illinois
Postal Service
Cotton Belt Approved to Drop Two Agencies
The Texas Railroad Commission allowed Cotton Belt to discontinue its Bailey Bailey County and Tom Bean Grayson County agencies. The ruling requires full time agents at both locations for three months during the cotton shipping season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co
Cotton Belt
Bailey
Fannin County
Tom Bean
Grayson County
Ector Residents Schedule To Vaccinate All Dogs
Farmers and citizens of the Ector community will vaccinate all dogs against rabies Monday April 17 as part of the Farm Bureau drive in Fannin County. Calvin Witherspoon leads the rabies effort. Andrew Jackson and his wife faced a divorce validation issue in a separate note.
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Ector
Farm Bureau
Fannin County
Calvin Witherspoon
American Legion Urges Divine Guidance Week Nationwide
The American Legion calls a nation wide revival during the week of April 16 to urge church attendance and faith in God. National and state leaders highlight the motto For God and Country as a unifying guide to peace and avoidance of atomic war. A service at First Methodist Church in Preston Everheart Post No 225 will begin at eleven with colors, flags, and a message by Chaplain Jameson The American Legion invites the community to attend.
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American Legion
George N. Craig
Joe Spurlock
America
Horace H. Shelton
Department of Texas
Edward J. Carney
Texas
Shelton
Legion
E. W. Fields
Preston Everheart
Post
Ashley Jameson
First Methodist Church
Ronald Vestal
Earl Blanton
Elbert Bennett
Perry Kite
Arba Orenduff
John Biggerstaff
Roy Blanton
Byron Caraway
Houston Darwin
Adie B. Jones
Thomas Sears
F. M. Williams
Jameson
God
Census Takers Face Rough Treatment Across Regions
Reports from census takers describe hostile encounters from Philadelphia to Seattle. An enumerator was bitten on the nose, another struck with a frying pan, and a woman chased while her forms were smudged. A man in Minneapolis faced prior arrests and a new falsifying charge.
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Chicago
Doris Williams
Philadelphia
Seattle
C. E. Phillips
FBI
Kickapoo
Shawnee
Okla
Minneapolis
Ralph Sladen
Bartlesville
Tech Crop Judging Team Honored at Plant Industry Club Banquet
Roy E. Martin, son of Whitewright residents, appears in a Lubbock Avalanche-Journal photo from a Plant Industry Club banquet honoring Texas Tech intercollegiate and international crop judging team. The 1949 competition saw the team place high. Martin is a senior agriculture student and club president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Plant Industry Club of
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Roy E. Martin
W. J. Martin
Whitewright
Martin
Tech
Plant Industry Club
School Lunch Menus For The Week
Monday salmon croquettes with salad creamed potatoes hot bread butter honey apple and milk. Tuesday barbecue corn cabbage apple salad bread gingerbread with raisin sauce milk. Wednesday cheese sandwiches greens eggs candied yams ice cream milk. Thursday Bologna spaghetti green beans pickle bread butter peanut butter cookies milk. Friday tuna salad on lettuce beets creamed potatoes peas bread butter sweet potato custard milk.
Sun Honor Roll Renewal Subscriptions Nurture Local Paper
Mrs. J F Fender of 221 W Rustic Lodge Minneapolis renews The Sun noting Waggoner obituary tribute and thanks Glenn and Cecil. Subscriptions paid by Printess Compton L H Grammer Grammer family members and many locals including Craig Earnheart Scott Stephens Hedgpeth Rutledge Boone Mitchell Montgomery Harvey Ford Martin England McMurry Boyd Evaggs Burks Bryant Canafax Owen Noe Thompson Giles Blanton Lay.
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W. Rustic Lodge
Minneapolis
Minn
J. F. Fender
Glenn
Sun
Waggoner
Cecil
Printess Compton
L. H. Grammer
V. L. Grammer
W. H. Craig
Billie G. Earnheart
J. O. Scott Finis Stephens Howard Hedgpeth
Obie Rutledge
J. L. Boone
J. Boone
Death of Detroit Bride Deemed Natural Causes
A Chicago coroner's jury ruled the death of Mrs. Marjorie Covington, 28, in a hotel bath on January 3 as natural. Pathologist cited acute heart failure and a toxicologist found no poison. An empty antihistamine bottle was found in the bathroom and another in the bedroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Detroit
University
A. L. Brodie
Marjorie Covington
Newspaper fails to hire his talents
Jack Gaskie, an unemployed furniture salesman, spent two days at the Denver employment service and, after extensive testing, was steered toward newspaper work. He is revealed to be a reporter for the Denver Rocky Mountain News reporting on the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Jack Gaskie
U. S. Employment Service
Gaskie
Unemployment Service
Denver Rocky Mountain News
Chevrolet Agency Established in Whitewright by M B Hasty
M B Hasty opens a Chevrolet automobile agency in Whitewright occupying the old telephone building on Main street. Official opening set for April 15 with cars radios and accessories in stock. Hasty previously worked in local business and theater operations and planned the agency for years.
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M. B. Hasty
Chevrolet Automobile
Whitewright
Chevrolet
Hasty
Palace Theatre
Dallas
Kissinger Chevrolet Company
Wolfe City
VA warns end of GI Bill rights ahead of July 1951
The Veterans Administration warns ex-GIs fifteen months in advance that the education and training program ends July 25, 1951. It outlines rules for final phases, allowing current enrollees to finish but not start new courses, and permits returns after temporary interruptions. Two exceptions apply for post July 25, 1947 discharges and those who enlisted under the Armed Forces Voluntary Recruitment Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans Administration
Armed Forces
Health Officer Praises Texas Newspapers
State Health Officer Geo W Cox lauded Texas newspapers as a potent force in mass public education. He noted editors and reporters consistently highlight public health issues and that rural readers rely on local papers for state and local health department releases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Geo. W. Cox
State Department of Health
Texas Press
Cox
Health Department
Deaths of Irene Marcy Mangrum Wife of W L Mangrum
Funeral services for Irene Marcy Mangrum were held at 3 p m Tuesday at First Methodist Church with Rev C C Hill dress and Rev Ashley D Jameson officiating burial in Oak Hill Cemetery pallbearers Gomer Graves Sherman Grover Stateville Carl May Roby Childress W E LaRoe and Joe Johnson Survivors include two sons Loren Mangrum Sherman Milliard Mangrum Opelousas La and two daughters Maud Arnold Topeka Kan Una Mae Mangrum Rock Hill S C. The Mangrums lived in Whitewright and Sherman before moving to Dallas after Mr Mangrum's death.
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Irene Marcy Mangrum
W. L. Mangrum
First Methodist Church
C. C. Childress
Ashley D. Jameson
Oak Hill Cemetery
Gomer Graves
Sherman
Grover
O'Daniel Targeted by Mail as Governor Run Rumors Rise
W Lee O Dandiel received a flood of letters urging him to seek Governor again. O P Lockhart, longtime friend, reported the mail after meeting O Dandiel at his Aledo ranch. O Dandiel offered no definite reply, while rumors followed Olin Culberson's withdrawal and Case March emerged as Shivers opponent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
W. Lee O’daniel
O. P. Lockhart
United States
Lockhart
O’daniel
Aledo Ranch
Olin Culberson
Case March
Allan Shivers
Janitor Seeks Change in Working Hours After Robberies
Los Angeles janitor Asimoto Kakichi asked for different hours after being robbed three times in two weeks by a knife wielding bandit. In a final mugging the thief searched him for $20 in a watch pocket and took his upper denture containing a $50 gold tooth.
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Los Angeles
Asimoto Kakichi
Kakichi
Bad Drouth Hits All Texas Areas
The drought grips Texas as it spreads from the west to the east and now covers virtually the entire state. Spring range feed prospects have fallen from very good to poor over the last month, with March rainfall subnormal and high winds drying moisture. Green feed growth is stalled and dry feed supplies dwindle on western ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture Today
USDA
TB death rate falls since war
Public Health Service reports the U S tuberculosis death rate declined rapidly after World War II. The rate dropped 10 percent in 1948 to 30 deaths per 10 000 population, with declines of 5 percent from 1945 to 1946 and 7 percent from 1946 to 1947.
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Washington, D
The
Public Health Service
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E. A. Doty
Central Christian Church
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R. L. Smith
W. T. Simmons
Edgar Ayers
Training Union
B. W. Newman
W. M
J. B. Layman
Brotherhood
Enterprise Church
Andrew Jackson
Roy Martin
Texas Tech
Bride
Chevrolet Agency
Sears
Co-op
van Alstyne
Grayson-Collin Electric Cooperative
REA
H. H. Sears
E. C. Winn
C. O. Robinson
George O. Douglas
Lewis Robinson
O’daniel Friend
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