Local FFA Members Win at Texoma Stock Show
Dee Ann Dyer showed the Grand Champion steer at the Texoma Livestock Show at Log Lake Park. Her 837 lb steer sold for 150 dollars a pound to John Howard Chevrolet of Denison. Darrell Dyer held the Champion crossbred and Reserve Champion Angus, with sales to Pettis Grocery Carl Edwards Chevrolet and a 42 cent per pound price for the crossbred. Kim Watkins took 2nd in light weight Angus, sold to Ful-O-Pep Feeds. Kenny Golden showed the 1st place middleweight Hereford steer sold to Sherman buyers.
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Dee Ann Dyer
Log Lake Park
Dee Ann
John Howard Chevrolet
Denison
Darrell Dyer
Pettis Grocery
Carl Edwards Chevrolet
Darrell
Angus
Kim Watkins
Ful-O-Pep Feeds
Sherman
Kenny Golden
Hereford
Purcha
OK Feed
First National Baek of Whitewright
Jim Worsham
Gary Christian
Gary
Whitewright FFA shines in county fair livestock show
Whitewright FFA members displayed multiple grand and blue ribbons in cattle swine and horse divisions. Allan Harper Darrell Dyer Kenny Golden Kim Watkins and Dee Ann Dyer led championship efforts. Leaders thanked supporters and urged continued backing for next year.
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Carelos Bodine
Duroc
Allan Harper
Whitewright Ffa
Dee Ann Dyer
Darrell Dyer
FFA
Kenny Golden
Kim Watkins
Jim Worsham
Shownane Ship
Whitewright City Council Holds First Regular Meeting
The Whitewright City Council accepted the resignation of city manager Russell Summers after 20 years as mayor and approved several ordinances. Summers will stay as water superintendent and as justice of the peace. Thomas Gillett announced Hudgens Thompson Ball and Associates of Oklahoma City as master planners for Whitewright.
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Whitewright
Russell Summers
Summers
Thomas Gillett
Hudgens Thompson, Ball and Associates
Oklahoma City
Tracksters win district meet despite small team size
Whitewright earned 70 points to place second to Honey Grove in the District 16-A Track and Field Meet in Bonham on April 10. The Tigers set a school relay record in 45.5 seconds, Willie Wright won the discus with 128 feet, and Don Huffman led with a 10.0 in the 100 yards.
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Whitewright
Honey Grove
Bonham
Tigers
Hind Honey Groves
Willie Wright
Randy Lancaster
Robert Dixon
Whitewright Gin earns safety plaque for accident prevention
L. E. Alexander of Whitewright received a plaque from Texas Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes at the Texas Cotton Ginners Association convention. The Whitewright gin was honored for 10 consecutive years with no loss-time injuries, as association president Otto Pfluger praised 22 gins with ten year awards.
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L. E. Alexander
Whitewright
Whitewright Gin
Texas
Ben Barnes
Texas Cotton Ginners Association
Association
Otto Pfluger
Pflugerville
Zip Codes Required on All Mail After Friday
Officials announce mandatory ZIP codes on all mail effective 4:30 PM Friday April 17. Any noncoded letters will be set aside and coded later, risking 24 hours or more delay. A ZIP code directory is available in the lobby and staff can look up codes by phone or in person.
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USA
Safety awards honor Texas gins with injury-free records
Pfluger announced plaques for gins in the Association's Safety program recognizing one to nine years of injury-free operations. Other top finishers include Brant Gin Bellville Buskegin Shiner Locc kett Gin East Vernon Moe Millin Gin Palacios and several others across the state.
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Pfluger
Brant
Bellville
Buskegin
Shiner
Locckett
East
Vernon
Moe Millin
Palacios
R. Morgan
Corpus Christi
Pagemaster
Sawyer Flats
Seagraves
Rayland Gin Co
Recreation group to be organized in Whitewright
The Whitewright Recreation Organization will hold its first meeting on Tuesday April 21 at 7 30 PM in Firemen's Hall. The gathering will form the group and elect officers and decide the 42 champions while inviting members to propose sports or recreational activities. Don Crombie and Curtis Tillett can answer questions.
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Whitewright Recreation Organization
Firemen's Hall
Don Crombie
Curtis Tillett
Whitewright
Crombie and Tillett
Continental Telephone System reorganizes East Texas operations
The Continental Telephone System reorganizes its East Texas area effective March 1 with F G Winters announcing. The East Texas district, covering counties from Gainesville to San Antonio and beyond, includes 18 exchanges serving about 57 000 telephones and district offices in Bennett Crockett and Point led by Jerry Ritter and Lawrence DeWitt. Absentee voting for the May 2 1970 primary starts April 13 with county clerks offices open 8 am to 5 pm weekdays through April 28.
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Continental Telephone System
F. G. Wineters
Texas Telephone and Telegraph Co
East Texas
Fairfield
Texas
Gainesville
San Antonio
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Gulf Coast
Bennett, Crockett and
Point
Jerry Ritter
Lawrence DeWitt
Bogata
Caddo Mills Ferris
Emhouse
Hawkins
Maypearl
Whitewreight
Whitewright 4-H members exhibit at Log Lake Show
Miss Donna Collins of Whitewright and three other Whitewright 4-H Club members competed in the Log Lake Show in Arts and Crafts and food divisions. Jayne Harper Nancy Neathery and Kathy Golden earned blue and red ribbons for oils ceramics and cakes. The Whitewright chapter seeks adult sponsors as 4-H talent grows through teacher training at North Texas State University with 1 200 students in 1969 70 and 448 preparing for secondary teaching roles.
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Whitewright
4-H
Log Lake
Jayne Harper
Nancy Neathery
Kathy Golden
Dallas
Ft. Worth
Denton
NTSU
Collins
Austin D. Colleins
Stuent
Wakefield Elementary
Sherman
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Texoma
Ricky Ellison
Angus Steer
Chapel of Care Nursing Home of
Monsanto, Agriculture Center
Farley Og Donaghey Grain
Jerry Hicks
Bobby McCullough
Abe Farrington
John Biggerstaff
Steve Fortner
Holstein Dairy Heifer
Steve
Jack Rogers
Rogers
White Wright
Duroc Boar
New City Council
Don Huffman
Ronnie Capps
Vic Daniels
Marshall Hasty
Aspett
Hasty
Sonny Smith
Smith
J. B. Thornhill
Steve Sullivan
R. D. Maedux
Ako Feo
The
Whitewright Sun
Lloyd Alexander
Telephone Company
First National
First National Bank
John Bryant
Bryant
Frris
Mac Vineyard
Ferris
Bogota
Caddo Mills
Hawekins
Jim Crump
Melvin Willis
Haewkins
Kenneth Jeffery
Dean Theomas
Don Taylor
Donna Collins
North Texas State University
Hers Wi
Miss Collins
Whitewright High School
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