Red Cross Blood Bank visits Whitewright April 30
Whitewright and nearby areas rally for Red Cross blood pledges with drive dates in Whitesboro April 29 Van Alstyne May 7 and Whitewright April 30 at the Presbyterian Church from 10:00 a m to 4:00 p m. Donors aged 18 to 60 weighing at least 110 pounds with good health are welcome.
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Whitewright
W. C. Cummings
van Alstyne
Whitesboro
Walker Pharmacy
Childress Pharmacy
The
Presbyterian Church
Red Cross
Bussy Thornhill
Betsy Munson
Denison
Grayson County
Grey Ladies
Mr. Cummings
Texas
Robert Fielder
Red Cross Volunteer Workers
Red Cross Blood Bank
al Eva Blanton
Norman Harper
the Sun
J. A. Worsham
G. H. Henson
P. F. Cox
C. T. Sadler Paul Ryan Frances Anderson Henson
H. O. Miller
Blood Bank Workers Plan Mobile Unit for April 30
A town group gathered at Mrs. Griffin Dollarhide Jr. home to finalize plans for a Red Cross mobile blood unit to be stationed at the Presbyterian Church on April 30 from 10 00 a m to 4 00 p m. Red Cross secretary Mrs. Lindsay Talley outlined the unit needs and duties for assisting volunteers.
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Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Red Cross Mobile Blood Unit
Presbyterian Church
Lindsay Talley
Red Cross
Denison
W. B. Munson Jr
Service Group
W. L. Hatfield
C. N. Massey
James Bryant
Lee Smith
Clay Horton
M. F. Alexander
Bethel
Claude Lackey
Tom Bean
Holmes Connelly
Trenton
Lunch Room Weekly Menu for Monday through Friday
The menu lists meals for Monday to Friday with milk served daily. Monday offers tuna sandwiches with lettuce, chips, peas, and fruit salad. Tuesday features meat loaf, corn, pineapple salad, and peanut butter cookies. Wednesday serves wieners with chili sauce, chips, and banana pudding. Thursday includes beans, greens, eggs, carrot sticks, cornbread, and peach pie. Friday presents deviled ham sandwiches, potato salad, lettuce and tomato, and cake with lemon sauce.
Texans Pay Record Federal Taxes in 1951
Washington Texas reports 1951 total federal tax receipts of 1 840 874 071, up from 1950 and 1945 records. The year saw approx 56 093 339 426 total tax take, with individual income and social security at 30 billion and corporate and excess profits at 16.56 billion. Other taxes added roughly 10 billion.
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Washington
Texas
Internal Revenue Bureau
Nearly a Hundred Members Obtained in C of C Drive
Griffin Dollarhide Jr. reports a strong Chamber of Commerce campaign result with nearly one hundred members signed and dues paid. Dues: $12 for businesses, $3 for individuals. some paid semi annually. First National Bank contributed $25, more than two full business memberships. Arba Orenduff led sales with about $200 on day one.
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Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Chamber of Commerce
First National Bank
Dollarhide
the Sun
Arba Orenduff
W. C. Cummings
Percy Darwin
Kathryn Roddy S. T. Montgomery
Sallye Hamilton
Earl Blanton
Glen Howard
Lucyle Sanders
Audra Bennett
Russell Summers Cossasennae
Community Public Service E Co
Mrs. T. E. Sears
the Whitewright Sun
Madge Braly
Glen Earnheart
Luther Gordon
Kimbell Milling Company
Guy Hamilton
Whitewright Variety Store
E. Christian
Montgomery Insurance Co
Ewell Skaggs
Whitewright Cleaners
Jack Lackey
Sanderson
H. C. Willis
Bennett Barber Shop
Martha Sears Emerson
Bryant King
Brown's Beauty Shop
Sam P. Farler
Lee Smith Shoe Shop
Johnson Jewelry
Jack Nossaman
Orenduff Jewelry
Drewie Caylor
Blanton Home & Auto Supply
Joe Hamilton Corvencces
LaRoe & Company
Heavy Rainfall Hits Whitewright Area Amid Long-Delayed Waters
The Whitewright region recorded its heaviest weekly rainfall in years totaling 4.00 inches since last Friday. On the 18th to 19th it dropped 1.07 inches then 0.43 on the 20th, with 0.25 on Monday and 0.57 Monday night and 1.68 Tuesday. Bois d’are creek flooded the highway near Oak Hill Cemetery for the first time in years. April total rose to 6.71 inches and 1952 to 12.56. Comparisons show much lower rainfall in prior years. Cotton planting is delayed due to wet conditions. Chamorros are residents of Guam.
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Whitewright
Bridge
Oak Hill Cemetery
Cannon Oil Well Test Near Whitewright Progressing
The Cannon wildcat oil well seven miles southwest of Whitewright continues test operations. Reports say several showings have occurred and the well has returned to hard formation. Depth is about five thousand feet.
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Cannon Wildcat
Whitewright
Oklahoma Texoma Park resort to start in May
Oklahoma plans a $5 million Lake Texoma Park resort on 1600 acres with start expected in May after a lease agreement on federal land along the Washita arm was reached in talks among U.S. Engineers state agencies and the Game and Fish director. The note adds a historical line about John L. Sullivan versus Jake Kilrain in 1889.
Whitewright Homecoming Date Revised to June 22
Grayson County Democrats set precinct 38 convention for May 3 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Whitewright box to choose presidential nominee. Whitewright homecoming moved to June 22, the fourth Sunday, due to Grayson College reunion scheduling. Plans include joint reunion and lodging/mailing preparations for former Whitewrighters.
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Grayson County
R. H. May
Whitewright
R. M. Carter
May
United States
Bethel
Kentuckytown
Chamber of Commerce
Grayson College Ex-Students Association
Grayson College
Gladys Bay
R. E. Hickman
Tom Sears
Harriman enters Democratic presidential race
W Averell Harriman announced he is an active candidate for the Democratic nomination. The Mutual Security director outlined a platform of expanding economy social progress and world leadership while noting he would resign his post if nominated. He joins Kefauver Russell and Kerr as declared Democrats. Harriman has New York support and may draw Northern backing.
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Washington
Mutual Security
W. Averell Harriman
Kefauver
Tennessee
Russell
Georgia
Kerr
Oklahoma
Harriman
Truman
New York
Eisenhower Gains in New York and Pennsylvania Delegates
Eisenhower leads Taft in early delegate counts after Tuesday primaries in New York and Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania a strong 675,000 vote win for Eisenhower is offset by Taft's record write in total. New York prelims show Eisenhower with 86 of 96 votes likely, Taft limited to one definite delegate with more uncertain outcomes.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
Pennsylvania
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Chicago, Il
Brannan presses four point plan to meet farm quotas
Washington briefing outlines Brannan’s 1952 farm program goals. He seeks to extend price supports to more commodities, allow government action to limit production, raise support levels toward parity, and pay farmers the difference for perishables. He calls for repeal of the sliding scale to avoid weak protection amid record output and price shifts.
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Washington
Brannan
Congress
Senate Agriculture Comitee
Sen. Kerr
Dem
Oklahoma
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Minnie Childress
Clarence Tillett Jr
James L. Cooper
Lee Wilson
Dorothy Birdwell
Lee Roach
Janice Neal
H. H. Thrasher
F. G. Hoover
C. M. Massey
C. H. Massey
O. C. Slaughter
D. L. Buchanan
J. P. Darwin
L. Ball
W. R. Milam
R. R. Summers
Dave Beazley
Ida Burchfield
Edith Grider
Ned Ayres
H. H. Sears
Grady Gillett
Roy Blanton
Alton McDowell
M. W. Davis
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Glenn A. Howard
B. R. Vestal
Lillian Neathery
O. V. Barker
Blood Bank
Whitewright Public School
C. of
C. Drive
Pascal Farley
A. M. Bryant
Ieee
Lester Haile
Craig’s
Wilson's Cafe
le Ole Grover
Stateville
Northside
C. E. Garner
C -Arlton Johnson Servicice
J. Meador
Sjiecie
J. B. Dixon
Avtos Igeoyo Bassett
Whitewright Eee Company
Edillett Grocery Dhools
Guam
Texoma Park
John L. Sullivan
Jake Kilrain
P. O. Box
Sears
Ike
White House
van Buren
William Henry Harrison
Tyler
Clara Barton
Patent Office
American Red Cross
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
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