Whitewright Honors Roll and Local School News
First grade honor roll lists Paul Ryan James Lackey Clyde Montgomery Della McLean Dorothy Gordon Gladys Roberts Laura Cantrell Edwin Savage Lois Cates Hester Martin. Ten grade honor student Willie Coggins and school board reelection details plus faculty roster for 1923 24 term. Local cotton seed demand note. 20 years ago items include weddings, obituaries, recitals and a turkey dinner in Pilot Grove News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Ryan
James Lackey
Clyde Montgomery
Della McLean
Dorothy Gordon
Gladys Roberts
Laura Cantrell
Edwin Savage
Lois Cates
Hester Martin
Willie Coggins
Lillie McFatridge
Emma Epting
Claud Truett
Cordelia Yeager
Mr. Ginnings
A. J. Ray
Robert Lansing
Consul John Ray
Moscow
Tomsk
Siberia
Evelyn Wilson
J. W. Wilson
Denton
Whitewright
Charles Coleman Tunnell
Aspermont
Elwood (Buster) Ford
Bells Friday
Ermitta Jane Wiser
Annabel Neathery
Tommie
Fire destroys Morton Ashinhurst poultry yard
A Monday afternoon fire in a broad er house killed about 50 young chickens belonging to Morton Ashinhurst. The incident was reported by the Pilot Grove News amid other local items including a birth, a new job, a baseball result, and a cottonseed shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton Ashinhurst
Pilot Grove
J. L. McSpedden
John Philip Barbee
Texas Power and Light Co
Dallas
Rangers
Whitewright
Bonham
Express
Mrs Hobby Becomes Cabinet Member
Mrs Oveta Culp Hobby was sworn in as Secretary of Health Education and Welfare, the first woman and second Democrat in President Eisenhower's cabinet. The Texas editor will oversee social security and food and drug safety as the department gains cabinet status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oveta Culp Hobby
Eisenhower
Texas
White House
Federal Security Agency
Hobby
Reflector listing notable authors and writers
The Reflector continues listing renowned literary figures including Andre Gide Sigrid Undset Thomas Mann Sinclair Lewis Rudyard Kipling Eugene O Neill Anatole France John Galsworthy Luigi Pirandello W B Yeats Selma Lagerlof Maurice Maeterlinck Gerhart Hauptmann Rabindranath Tagore Knut Hamsun and Henri Bergson. B J J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andre Gide
Sigrid Undset
Thomas Mann
Sinclair Lewis
Rudyard Kipling
Eugene O'Neill
Anatole France
John Galsworthy
Luigi Pirandello
William Butler Yeats
Selma Largerlof
Maurice Maeterlinck
Gerhart Hauptmann
Rabindranath Tagore
Knut Hamsun
Henri Bergson
Senior plays cast for this year announced
Casting for the senior plays is complete. Two one act plays, Thanks Aw fully and Antic Spring, have been selected for the senior program. Samuel French Company arrangements set for the royalty play. Try outs aided by Mr. Vestal, Mrs. Blanton, Miss Darwin, Miss Neathery, and Mrs. Roddy. Presentation date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Lee Latham
Samuel French Company
Homemaking Girls Plan April Style Show
The homemaking girls and sponsor Mrs Blanton plan a style show for late April. They will model outfits they have made and are currently making.
King Orders First Paris Sidewalks in 12th Century
Paris records show King Philippe Auguste ordered the first sidewalk along the Seine in 1182 after finding the palace passage choked with garbage and mud. The concept spread slowly, with formal naming as trottoirs in 1704 and popularity rising a century later during the Restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Quais
Seine
Philippe Auguste
Understanding How Appellate Courts Reach Decisions
The article explains the path of appeals from trial to higher courts, including state intermediate Courts of Civil and Criminal Appeals, the Texas Supreme Court, and federal Circuit Courts to the U S Supreme Court. It notes errors in trials can lead to reversals and that lawmakers may fix defects by new laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Supreme Court
America
Trial Court
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Texas
Supreme Court of Texas
District Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
U. S. District Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
Popcorn Tragedy Claims 8 Month Old in Frightful Incident
An 8 month old girl Vickie Sue Pederson died after a kernel lodged in her throat Thursday night. She was daughter of Mr and Mrs R L Pederson and died on arrival at a hospital. The fragment notes a separate statistic: three out of four traffic accidents involve passenger cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big
Vickie Sue Pederson
R. L. Pederson
Mixed Incentives Irish and Scotch Free Fight Joke
Comic quip notes a joke about an Irish crowd and a Scotch crowd entering a free fight. It plays on the idea that the Irish fight for the sake of fighting while the Scots fight because it is free.
Debtors and Creditors Notice for J G Burks Estate
March 19 1953 grant of letters testamentary on the J G Burks estate issued by Grayson County Court to Nannie E Burks executrix. Creditors must present claims per law and debtors settle. address R F D 4 Whitewright Texas. Published in Whitewright News March 26 April 2 9 and 16 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Burks
Grayson County
Texas
Whitewright
Nannie E. Burks
The
Whitewright Aan
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Gertrude Schooling
Olivia Whedbee
Annabelle Finnell
Kate Fulton
Mae Hall
Clara Craig
Orbin Blanton
Susie Noe
Carrie Futtrell
Ernie Harper
Lloyd Wright
C. C. Willis
D. B. Taylor
Coralee Echols
Gladys Ray
Hampton
Tommie Chenoweth
Annette Harp
H. L. Durham
H. L. Webster
Hardwick-Etter Hardware Co
Sherman
Lucile LaRoe
C. H. Beseda
van Alstyne, Texas
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H. Montgomery Agency
Lity Union Life
King
Courts of
Childress
Humble Company
Baytown
Humble Oil & Refining CO
Humble Pipe Line CO
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