Whitewright Entries Grab High Honors
Welcome Virginia Claflin of Dallas to Whitewright as she buys the apartment house and motel from Leon Bennett and plans to move in this week. Her daughter Linda Candiano and seven year old grandson will join her. Linda will open a dog grooming shop at the property. Virginia will pursue a real estate license at Grayson County College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Claflin
Dallas
Whitewright
Leon Bennett
Nebraska
Virginia
Linda Candiano
Linda
Shasaaphio
Grayson County College
Mr. Nothing Wins Grand Champion at Texoma Junior Livestock
Allan Layman of Whitewright senior earned Grand Champion with his steer Mr Nothing at Log Lake Park Texoma Junior Livestock show. The 1135 pound steer sold to Gibson's Discount Store for 210 per pound for a total of 2383 dollars after four years of showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Nothing
Allan Layman
Texoma
Log Lake Park
Layman
Whitewright High School
Gibson's Discount Store
Bill Scott
Sherman
Jeff Wortham
Sonny Smith
Whitewright
Jimmy Turner
Angus
David Johnson
Elbert Bennett
FFA
Allen Layman
Kyle Rogers
Reid Pittman
Jim Clark
Mark Woodruff
Brent Rowland
Jayne Harper
Carl McFatridge
Billy LeDane
Duroc Barrow
Billy Riker
Cross Barrow
Mike Flowers
Duroc Barow
Ricky Jones
Charles Judd
Lyle Selmon
George Williams
Jesse Grumbles
Whitewright Ffa
Whitewright Fha
Janet Smith
Sharon Rikes
Ken Almond
Diane Wortham
Charla Kimbell
Janna Worsham
Darlene Reynolds
Bart Bodine
Dena Wilson
Pam Holt
Jan Neathery
Karen Anderson
Brenda Thornhill
Tammy Morris
Lisa Earnheart
Pam Norris
Cindi LeDane
Norma Stepp
Log Lake shows reserve champion steer sold for $1 per lb
Sherman’s Log Lake reserve champion Charolais cross steer, named Mr Nothing, sold to the Denison Chamber of Commerce for one dollar per pound after months of training by Layman and his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenna Matthews
Sherman
Denison Chamber of Commerce
Layman
Ross Layman
Monsanto Agriculture Center
Bill Dyer
Whitewright
Allen Layman
Carl
Bill McFatridge
James Smith
Pettit’s Grocery
Edwards Chevrolet
Carl Edwards
Reid Pittman
Whitewright Rotary Club
Whitewright Lumber Co
Steve Sullivan
Earnheart Funeral Home
Kyle Rogers
Continental Telephone Company
Presley Auto Parts
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
Whitewright By-Products
Meadors, Inc
Melton's Thriftee
Dawson Propane
Whitewright Insurance and Real Estate
Mike McCollum
Angus
Whitewright votes: recount dropped in close mayor race
Whitewright ends recount request from Homer Ryon after he conceded. Mayor Dick Walker begins a new term and cites Texas election code procedure. HUD invites full sewer funding application worth about 81 000 dollars. Lone Star Gas hearings set for May 25 in Austin over proposed rate increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Homer Ryon
Dick Walker
Council
Ryan
Walker
Ben Munson
Ryon
the Sun
Department of Housing and Urban Development
East Whitewright
HUD
Steve Sullivan
Lone Star Gas Company
Merrell Dickson
Texas Railroad Commission
Lone Star Gas
Austin
Lone Star
Joe Wolfe
Time Capsule plans for Grayson County history display
Time Capsule publicity chairmen met at First National Bank in Whitewright with members to select items for burial on July 1 1976. Capsule travels to Tom Bean bank for display and will be opened in July 2016. Rules require five pages max for town histories, three for organizations, with copies for Whitewright library and Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
First National Bank of
Whitewright
Tom Bean
Bank
Gilbert Blythe
E.0. Thomas
Brice Feasel
Feasel
Sun
Joe Dornstadter
First National Bank
Charles Truksa
Bryant
Kay Bryant
Robert Fielder
van Alstyne
Grayson County Historical Society
the Sun
Also Mentioned on This Page
Whitewright Rambler
Whitewright Pto
Log Lake
Iowa
Hawkeye State
Lowan
W.L. Martin
Midland
Jean Jarvis
Velma Sadler
Martin
Robbye Broyles
Jack Farley
el Paso
Ford
National Grain Dealers Association
Whitewright Pril
Joe Griffis
Huffman Cleaner
Joe
Sue Brinkley
Allan
McKinney Cattle Company
Jerry Tapp
Utility Construction Company
C.C. Teague
Sonny Gosnell
David Spann
Worthy Ford
The
Dairy Queen
Steve Presley
Community Public Service Co
Lions Club
Jack
Trenton
Farley Grain Co
Lonnie McCartney
Whitewright 4-H
Sharon Riker
Kim Almond
Donna Durham
Alan Norris
David Pryor
Shelly Scott
Eddy Hughes
Cindy Almond
Debbie Jones
Cheryl Griffin
Belinda Brinkley
Tish Whatley
Karen Griffin
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!