Special Holy Week Services At First Methodist Church
Special Holy Week services begin Thursday at 7 30 pm with The Lord s Supper led by Pastor Harold Taylor and include participation from Presbyterian and Central Christian churches. Good Friday features the seven last words theme at 7 30 pm, with Easter Sunday expected to draw record attendance. The Junior Fellowship presents The Way of Life a one act play by Martha Bayley with Ruth Williams Sandra Montgomery Louisa Lackey Joyce Thornhill Linda Gillespie Donald Woods Dan Hennig Sammy Montgomery Joe Kaiser and Bryant Dollarhide.
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First Methodist Church
Harold Taylor
Presbyterian
Central Christian Churches
Methodist Church
Jesus
Martha Bayley
Ruth Williams
Sandra Montgomery
Louisa Lackey
Joyce Thornhill
Linda Gillespie
Donald Woods
Dan Hennig
Sammy Montgomery
Joe Kaiser
Bryant Dollarhide
Jesus Christ
House Adds Big Sum to Farm Funds
The House approved a farm bill boosting cash for farm programs by 21.36 million dollars and authorizing 45 million more for rural electrification loans. The package totals 720.10 million in cash and 320.5 million in loan authorizations, well above administration and committee recommendations. Rep H Carl Anderson defended restraint but funding increases prevailed.
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Washington, D. C
House
Appropriations Committee
Senate
H. Carl Anderson
Minnesota
Republican House
Rough Lake Means Care With Boat Or Headlines
Three drownings in artificial impoundments prompt caution from Game and Fish Commission. Dodgen notes seven fishermen have died across Possum Kingdom, Lake Travis, and Lake Tyler, warning the season could become the worst on record due to rough conditions.
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Austin
Howard D. Dodgen
Game and Fish Commission
Texas
Possum Kingdom
Lake Travis
Lake Tyler
Dodgen
Visitor in House Checks Artillery In Gallery
A 9 year old Roy Palmer handed a toy wood pistol to spectators in the House of Representatives gallery. He and an adult discussed checking artillery as guards warned of possible excitement. The incident recalls a March 1 shooting by Puerto Rican fanatics that wounded five congressmen in the House chamber.
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Washington
House of Representatives
W. F. Bryson
Roy Palmer
Cleveland
Ohio
U S Suffering 142 175 Korean War Casualties
A revised tally shows the American armed forces suffering 142 175 casualties in the Korean War. As of March 31 the Army 110 076 Navy 2 080 Marine Corps 28 172 Air Force 1 847. Of the total 33 237 died 103 376 wounded 410 missing.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Whitewright Farmers & Merchants Club Meeting Tonight
The Whitewright Farmers and Merchants Club meets at 7:30 pm in the High School Gymnasium sponsored by the Whitewright Gin. Lloyd Alexander reports Ike Morrison of Bonham and other specialists will discuss planting cultivating fertilizing poisoning and harvesting cotton with a social hour and refreshments to follow. All local farmers and interested business people are urged to attend.
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Whitewright Farmers & Merchants Club
Whitewright Gin
Lloyd Alexander
Ike Morrison
Bonham
Legislature Closes 30 Day Special Session In Texas
Austin officials report a smooth end to a 30 day special session that enacted Governor Allan Shivers agenda including near 26 million dollars in new taxes. The bill funds a 402 dollar yearly teacher raise and boosts state employee pay, with new taxes on natural gas beer and corporate wealth. A 10.8 million dollar permanent construction program funds Eastham Prison Dallas UT Southwestern UT Dental Houston rehab of the Deaf and related projects.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
House
Senate
Shivers
Joe Kilgore
McAllen
Eastham Farm
Southwestern Medical School
University of Texas
Dallas
University
Dental
Houston
State School For the Deaf
Legislature Bans Abandonment of Ice Boxes
The Texas Legislature approved a bill making it unlawful to abandon old ice boxes where children can access. Prompted by child suffocation deaths nationwide, the measure establishes a fine of 5 to 200 dollars for improper disposal of containers of 142 cubic feet capacity with 50 square inch doors.
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Austin
Texas
Tuna Boats Near Bikini Test Show Minor Radioactivity
Two tuna boats operating over 600 miles from Bikini reported slight radioactivity on life buoys and stay lights after returning to Osaka. Geiger readings found no radioactivity in crew or 37 ton catch.
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Osaka
Japan
U. S
Bikini
Kyodo
Woman achieves near mythical bridge hand in Canonsburg
Mrs Helen Kasob at the Canonsburg Bridge Club was dealt ace king queen jack and ace of clubs across three suits plus clubs and bid seven no trump. Experts say the perfect hand occurs about once in a billion. She plans to frame the hand for her game room.
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Canonsburg
Helen Kasob
Rotary Club Enjoys Bountiful Ely Meeting Dinner
The Rotary Club visited Ely for a regular gathering and enjoyed a lavish dinner prepared by the Ely Home Demonstration Club. Guest speaker Al Rolfe of Quaker Oats demonstrated synthetic rubber production and presented a talk on Surferal, with others like Carlton Johnson and C. B. Bryant in attendance.
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Rotary Club
Ely
Quaker Oats Company of
Sherman
Rolfe
Carlton Johnson
C. B. Bryant
Mrs. Homer Sears Named Secretary of TB Association
Sherman report on the South Grayson Tuberculosis Association’s annual meeting. C. W. Williams re elected president. officers include Milton Schwartz Ralph Hester and Mrs Homer Sears as secretary with William Rader as treasurer. Plans for Searchlight on Tuberculosis education and expanded 1954 55 budget outlined. Budget from 1953 TB Christmas seals raised $3350.47.
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Ernest Griffith
National TB Association
Leonard Collins
Nowlin
School Lunch Menu For The Week
Tuesday April 20 roast beef and gravy with potatoes mixed fruit salad ice cream and cookies. Wednesday boiled ham English peas potato salad banana pudding. Thursday hamburgers lettuce tomatoes potato chips ice cream and cookies. Friday steak and gravy corn tossed salad stewed apricots.
30 Year Smoking Linked to Lung Cancer Doctor Claims
Dr Evarts Graham of St Louis states that 30 to 35 years of cigarette use is needed to produce lung cancer and that exposure to smoking for half a life span underpins cancer risk. In 684 proven cases only 1.3 percent were nonsmokers and over 80 percent smoked more than 30 years, though many scientists dispute a definite cigarette cancer link.
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Chicago
Evarts Graham
St. Louis
Graham
Texas House salutes its oldest employee Uncle Henry Blair
The Texas House honored 79 year old Uncle Henry Blair a longtime Negro janitor in the chamber since the turn of the century He refused to speak saying I don t want no truck with that microphone noting his streak of service and long tenure in the legislative building
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Austin
Texas
House of Representatives
Henry” Blair
Henry
Rain totals nudge Texas towns amid welcome moisture
Whitewright saw steady rainfall this week with 1.43 inches at the water plant and additional totals from Sunday through Monday night bringing the weekly rain to 1.85 inches. March rainfall remains light at .94 inches and the March-April total is 2.79, leaving planting hampered but aided for crops pastures and gardens. An extra .28 inches fell last night, increasing weekly figures.
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Whitewright
Texas
Deaths James H. Akridge 69 Desert farmer
Funeral services held at Earnheart Chapel for James H. Akridge 69 a Desert area farmer and stockman who died Sunday in a McKinney hospital. Burial was in Cross Roads Cemetery with pallbearers listed. Survivors include his wife two daughters three brothers and three grandchildren.
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Earnheart Chapel
James H. Akridge
Desert
McKinney
Howard Holland
Lee H. Smith
Cross Roads Cemetery
Henry Donaghey
Kemp McCarley
Tom Brooks
Everett Matthews
Leonard Prewitt
W. G. Woods
O. L. Stewart
Jerry C. McCain
Akridge
Joe Akridge
Asa Walker School
Old Westminster Baptist Academy
Presbyterian Church
Fannie Giles Akridge
Earl B. Blanton
H. E. Slingerland
Cheyenne
Wyo
Grace Akridge
Sherman
Willie Akridge
Whitewright
Jodie Akridge
President Eisenhower bars Oppenheimer from secret data access
President Eisenhower ordered J. Robert Oppenheimer barred from all access to secret data and suspended as a top atomic defense adviser pending a review of sixteen FBI charges. Sen. McCarthy claimed affidavits allege Communist ties and recruitment of communists to handle atomic work.
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Washington
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Eisenhower
Oppenheimer
Joseph McCarthy
Rep
Wisconsin
Phoenix
Ariz
McCarthy
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
Communist Party
San Jacinto Day
Houston
Los Alamos
N. M
Temper and Brains Clash in a Family Quarrel
A husband and wife spar over their son's temper in a witty dialogue. She blames no single source while he notes the family trait. The exchange hints at a coming clash of wits as they brace for a dispute.
Local rancher seeks historic wheeled items for kid's dude ranch
Otto Russell, longtime cattle dealer, runs a Want Ad seeking four jennies a stage coach a surrey a two wheel cart and buggy harness for a North Texas children's dude ranch. He hopes to locate the items though a stage coach may be elusive.
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Otto Russell
Surrey
Russell
Texas
Mrs. Vestal Named 1954 State Mother by American Mothers
Mrs. R. C Vestal was chosen as the 1954 state mother by the American Mothers Committee of the Golden Rule Foundation, New York. The letter called her a symbol of ideal motherhood and an inspiration to mothers everywhere. she learned of the honor only after receiving the notice.
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R. C. Vestal
American Mothers Committee
Golden Rule Foundation
East 42Nd Street
New York
Sun Honor Roll Subscriptions Acknowledged
The Sun lists subscription payments received for valued subscribers including W. J. Martin Miss Cora Morrow Mrs. Audrey Evans Mrs. Riley Smith A 2c Sonny Smith Frank Whitworth Mrs. Lillie Goodnight H B Turner and others. Names include community residents and several Mrs. titles with a range of individuals and a corporate contact.
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the Sun
W. J. Martin
Cora Morrow
Audrey Evans
Riley Smith
Sonny Smith
Frank Whitworth
Lillie Goodnight
H. B. Turner Howard Hedgpeth
Robert A. Jones
E. L. Hill
E. J. Morgan
O. W. White
C. H. Carpenter
Joe Wallace
E. Lucille Craig
Alice Withrow
Cordia G. Caldwell
W. T. Pritchett
E. W. Shollenberger
W. B. Holcomb
L. B. Holland
Louis Franklin
Jerry Wilson
Ed Kent Jr
E. B. Burchfield Co
C. McKenna
Maggie Noe
Bob Walker
R. H. Darwin
Earl Jenkins
Wheat crop down ten percent in survey
Washington reports winter wheat crop fell about 10 percent from December to early April. The Agriculture Department pegs this year's winter wheat at 677,981,000 bushels, down from 750,140,000 previously and 877,511,000 last year, with dry weather and dust affecting Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas and Colorado. Spring wheat not yet estimated. planting survey suggests 223,000,000 bushels, totaling 900,981,000 for the year.
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Washington, D. C
Agriculture Department
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas
Colorado
Big Three Chill Big Five Hopes at Geneva Conference
The United States Britain and France told Moscow they will not sponsor Communist China at Geneva while allowing it as a participant. Geneva opens April 26 to address Korean and Indochinese peace issues.
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Washington
D. C
United States
Britain
France
China
Moscow
No Hurry: Riddle About Paper Ornament Necklace
A playful exchange centers on a mystery object described as having 24 feet, green eyes, and a pink body with purple stripes. The joke ends with a nudge to remove it from the neck, implying a quirky ornament or prank item.
Status of the New Whiteway in Doubt
City officials weigh scrapping the main business district mercury vapor lighting plan amid protests over creosoted poles. The Sun reported objections from The Sun building, the Masonic Hall, and Flower Shop owner, while some urge steel poles for broader approval. City Commission has not decided on the lights.
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Whitewright
Russell Summers
the Sun
Main Street
Sun
Sun Building
Masonic Hall
Allen T. Short
M. B. Hasty
Dallas
Stateville
Ayres
American Legion
A C Mike Casey Seeks Grayson County Superintendent
A C Mike Casey of Denison declares candidacy for Grayson County School Superintendent. Former Denison mayor and vocational agriculture teacher, long a Kraft Foods field worker, now in the insurance business. His formal announcement will follow.
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A. C
Mike) Casey
Denison
the Sun
Grayson County
Casey
Kraft Foods Corporation
Kraft
Bobby Anderson Hurt As Cars Collide
SHERMAN. Bobby Anderson of Whitewright was working on his automobile in the 400 block of Pecan when he was bruised by one of two cars in a collision shortly after noon Monday. Quinby Jefferson of 123 Nall drove west on Pecan and collided with an eastbound car driven by Mrs Aubin H. Ricketts of 803 E College. Ricketts car spun and struck Anderson.
Fertilizer Sales Decline for Third Straight Year in Texas
Texas fertilizer sales fell nine percent in the last half of 1953, the third consecutive annual drop for July to December. Dr. J. F. Fudge links the decline to changes in the Production and Marketing Administration program and a shift from normal superphosphates toward other fertilizers while nitrogen materials rise.
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College Station
Texas
J. F. Fudge
Harris
Hidalgo
Colorado
Dallas
Jefferson
Wharton
Fudge
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Homer Sears
TB Association
John
R. C Vestal
Whiteway
Bobby Anderson
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