Womanless Wedding Highlights Tonight in Whitewright
The Parent-Teacher Association hosts a charity event at 8 p.m. in the Grade School auditorium featuring a bride Floyd Badgett and groom John Petrash with local celebrities like Elbert Bennett and Mackey Greer in the wedding party. Supporters expect a strong crowd and top entertainment.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Citizns
Dorothy Lamour
Mae West
Lana Turner
Baby Snooks
Floyd Badgett
John Petrash
Army Engineers to Control Lake Texoma by June 1
Army engineers are gradually taking over Lake Texoma operations from the National Park Service and will assume full control by June 1. Congressman Sam Rayburn, during Easter recess, said he supports the Perrin Air Force Base land transfer to the federal government but details await appropriations and approvals.
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Army Engineers
Lake Texoma
National Park Service
Sam Rayburn
National House of Representatives
Rayburn
Congress
Grayson County Commissioners Court
Perrin Air Force Base
Potato flour and apple products seen from chemistry
Philadelphia chemists report new processes for potato flour milling that could cut cost to under two cents per pound. Soap substitutes from NYU and St Johns labs promise germ killing and cleaning action. Apple ice cream and other apple products await flavor preserving methods from the eastern regional lab.
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Philadelphia
American Chemical Society
Roderick K. Eskew
Eastern Regional Laboratory
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corp
New York University
St. John’s University
R. P. Homiller
Eastern Regional Research Laboratory
Whitewright seniors present The Inner Willie at high school
Whitewright High School senior class will stage a play next Thursday night April 28 in the high school auditorium. The production is titled The Inner Willie and features senior performers.
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Whitewright High School
Willie
Business Failures Diminish in Week Ended April 14
Business failures dropped to 184 for the week ended April 14, compared with a revised 230 the prior week. The tally stood at 101 in the same week last year, 59 in 1947, and 313 in 1939, per Dun and Bradstreet.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
July Called Car Sales Boom Peak
Detroit reports the auto industry expects a record postwar sales surge through July with higher production and sales in the next three months than any prior period. After mid July, analysts foresee added price cuts as buyers remain price conscious and used car resale values influence demand.
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Detroit
REA Grants Texas 2.56 Million Dollar Rural Electrification Loans
The Rural Electrification Administration announced 2.56 million dollars in loans to five Texas electrical co operatives. The funds will extend service to 3129 farm families, with Erath County Electric Co operative receiving 1.08 million for 44 miles of line serving 1048 customers and system improvements. Other loans include Farmers Electric Co-operative 470 thousand for 289 miles serving 805 rural establishments, Jackson Electric Co-operative 350 thousand for 183 miles serving 556 families, McLennan County Electric Cooperative 335 thousand, and Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative 325 thousand.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Texas
REA
Erath County Electric Co-operative Association
Stephenville
Farmers’ Electric Co-operative
Greenville
Jackson Electric Co-operative
la Ward
McLennan County Electric Cooperative
McGregor
Deep East Texas Electric Co-operative
San Augustine
New Farm Price Program Could Take Effect In 1950
Chairman Cool ey of North Carolina, head of the House agriculture committee, says Congress will draft a new farm program for 1950. He favors some Truman proposals and opposes the Aiken bill, aiming to avoid its flexible 60 to 90 percent parity system. Senator Aiken charges the admin program would tighten controls on farmers.
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Washington
Cooley
North Carolina
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Senator Aiken
Vermont
Atomic plant disaster recognized as a remote possibility
Atomic Energy Commissioner David Lilienthal said scientists still see a remote chance of an explosion at the Hanford project. He noted a 173000 acre Wahlake slope area across the Columbia River must stay closed to settlements due to this remote disaster possibility.
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Richland
Wash
David E. Lilienthal
Hanford
Softball League II Organized in Whitewright
A four team softball league forms in Whitewright with managers Elbert Bennett Leslie Holland Wilson Kaiser and S. T. Montgomery Jr. Umpires signed include Homer Sanderson Roy Blanton Paul Ryan Silas Neal E Booker and Grant Hoover. Games run Monday through Friday at Legion Park starting 6 pm with matchups Bennett vs Holland Kaiser vs Montgomery and more beginning May 2 at Tiger football field.
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Whitewright
Elbert Bennett
Leslie Holland
Wilson Kaiser
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Homer Sanderson
Roy Blanton
Paul Ryan
Silas Neal
E. Booker
Grant Hoover
Legion’Park
Bennett and
Holland
Montgomery and
Kaiser
Bennett and Montgomery
Tiger
Bennett
Montgomery
Governor seeks 22 million in ad valorem tax plan
Governor Beauford Jester urged the 51st Legislature to order collection of 22 million dollars in state ad valorem taxes over the next two years to meet obligations. He sits on the automatic tax board with the treasurer and comptroller. He also asked lawmakers to consider a constitutional amendment lengthening terms for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general to four years.
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Austin
Beauford
Automatic Tax Board
Wheat Pact Okay Asked By Truman
President Truman urged the Senate to ratify a 41 nation world wheat pact to guarantee a foreign market for at least 168 million bushels annually. The four year treaty sets a ceiling export price of $1.80 a bushel with subsidies to farmers to cover the difference.
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Washington
Truman
The
Senate
Farm Bureau Meeting Set for Wednesday Evening
The Whitewright Community Farm Bureau will meet at 8 p m on Wednesday April 27 in the High School agriculture building. All farmers and interested residents are invited to attend. You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends. Joseph Conrad.
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Whitewright Community Farm Bureau
Joseph Conrad
Sears elected president of Whitewright school board
At a Monday night trustees meeting Tom Sears was elected president, E. W. Fields vice president, and Grant Hoover secretary. Sears is a new board member, succeeding C. J. Meador. The only business was the election outcome. another meeting next week may name a superintendent and teachers. Curlee Cummings will not accept the superintendent role. Other board members include Russell Summers, J. A. Harper, M. V. Williams and Roy Blanton.
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Whitewright Independent School District
Tom Sears
E. W. Fields
Grant Hoover
Sears
C. J. Meador
Meader
Curlee Cummings
Bonham
Whitewright
Russell Summers
J. A. Harper
M. V. Williams
Roy Blanton
Rotary Club Elects Officers for Coming Year
The Rotary Club elected Joe Johnson as president with Newell Skaggs as vice president F G Hoover as secretary and C J Meador as treasurer. They will assume duties in June. Guest speaker Robert Cantrell editor of the Bonham Favorite spoke on You Get Out of Life What You Put Into It.
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Rotary Club
Joe Johnson
Newell Skaggs
F. G. Hoover
C. J. Meador
Paul Stephens
Robert Cantrell
Bonham Favorite
Cantrell
Whitewright
Mr. Cantrell
Ed Barcus
Arthur Hopkins
Sherman Rotary Club
Philip P. Andell
Dallas
Dan Smith
Russell Summers
Rotary District
Sherman
Woman Near 103 Attends Church In San Angelo
In San Angelo Easter Sunday Mrs. Sarah Armstrong nearly 103 attended her church in the First Methodist building for the first time. Despite a crippling fall she joined worship with aid from an ambulance and remained mentally alert during services May 12 draws near for her 103rd birthday.
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San Angelo
Sarah Armstrong
Armstrong
Cordell Hull Leaves Bethesda Navy Hospital
Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull, 77, has fully recovered from a long illness and left Bethesda Naval Hospital permanently. Hospital officials said Hull departed the facility on Monday.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Hull
Foundation Advises Polio Prevention Rules in Texas
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis urges Texans to avoid crowds fatigue irregular hours questionable water and sudden chilling to prevent polio. By April 9 this year Texas reported 123 cases versus 39 last year with Harris County 315 cases in 1948 and other counties detailing the distribution.
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Dallas
Texas
National Foundation For
Texans
Foundation
Harris County
Tarrant
Bexar
Nueces
el Paso
Travis
Grayson County Receives Road Funds Under State Program
Grayson County is slated to receive about 250 000 from a two year 30 million lateral road fund. County Judge J N Dickson said the allotment is on a money basis and could add 10 to 12 miles a year to the state road system depending on location. F M Davis, district highway engineer, outlined the plan during a Paris office meeting. Davis may visit Sherman soon to advise on construction targets for the funded roads.
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Sherman
Grayson County
F. M. Davis
Davis
Grayson
Paris
J. N. Dickson
Dickson
Annual Chamber Meeting Set for June 10 in Whitewright
Directors of the Whitewright Chamber of Commerce announce the annual meeting for Friday June 10 at the American Legion Park. A barbecue and entertainment are planned with informal events and guest mixings. Officers will be elected and year end reports given.
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Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
American Legion Park
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Meador
Clyde Craig
Glen Earnheart
Joe Johnson
Tom Sears
Jim Bryant
Co. B. Bryant Jr
Transportation Committee
Pascal Farley
L. D. Selman
H. W. Snowden
Dallas
R. L. Pool
Whitewright Manufacturing Company
Whitewright
Bryant
Pool
Geo. Hight
Civic Improvement
B. W. Newman
Treasury
Draft setup being slowly put to sleep in Washington
Although legally with more than a year to live, the draft system is quietly being phased out after Congress and the President signed a two year draft law. Youths must register on their 18th birthday and draft boards classify 19 year olds and track occupation and marital status of men ages 19 through 25. Registrants must report address and status to local boards after age 26.
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Washington
Girl Escapes Kathy's Fate In Des Moines Well Rescue
Des Moines Iowa Betty Johnson fell into a 40 foot well when its cover gave way. A neighbor Mrs Norene Jamison was lowered into the well on a clothesline and held the child above water until firefighters pulled them both out. The quick action saved the 4 year old from a Kathy Fiscus like tragedy.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Kathy Fiscus
Betty Johnson
Norene Jamison
Betty
Favor Growing For Balanced State Budget
Austin reports growing support for keeping state spending within current revenues and funding welfare institutions without new taxes. Gov. Beauford H. Jester backs the plan with Rep. Ray Kirkpatrick and Sen. James E. Taylor, noting projected budget gaps and the need to improve hospitals. The bills show higher welfare and education allocations. expect difficult committee action as session continues.
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Senate
Kirkpatrick
Taylor
Jester
House
Finance Committee
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