Texas National Parks Draw Record Visitor Interest
The National Park Service reports 180 areas with 59,300,000 visitors in 1957, an eight percent rise. Camper days reached 3,189,000 as park tourism grows across the nation. Big Bend in Brewster County, Texas, hosted 74,960 visitors last year.
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Texas
America
National Park Service
Conrad L. Wirth
Great Smoky Mountains
North Carolina
Tennessee
Isle Royale
Michigan
Big Bend National Park
Brewster County
Texas outdoor licenses surge in 1957 with Lake Texoma lead
The Corps notes more visitors at Lake Texoma in 1957 than other national installations as sport fishing and wild game hunting rise. A total of 34,195,183 licenses sold, up 1,031,352 from 1956, with Texas ranking high in hunting licenses and fishing license revenue.
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Texas
Corps of Engineers
Lake Texoma
Michigan
United States
Telephone Company Color Telephones Promote Home Use
Advertises color and color extension telephones with nine color options including white and moss green. Highlights group visits to company premises, films on science and history, and affordable pricing of ten dollar installation plus one dollar monthly extension, inviting local residents to explore facilities and inspect offerings.
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Whitewright
Greenhill Seeks Texas Supreme Court Seat
Joe Greenhill of Travis County announced his candidacy for his first elective term as associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court. He was appointed last fall after 20 years in trial and appellate courts and has long experience in Supreme Court work.
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Joe Greenhill
Travis County
Supreme Court of Texas
Greenhill
Supreme Court
University of Texas
Navy
Pacific
James P. Alexander
Few Brewster
John H. Sharp
C. S. Slatton
Graham Smedley
Attorney General's Office
Brewster
86 Year Old Woman Plans Marriage To 29-Year-Old
Bloomfield Indiana news notes 86-year-old Laura Belle Wilson and 56-year younger fiancé Jim Bough seek a marriage license but are blocked by Indiana age laws. They traveled to Spencer to apply but lack Owen County residency and Wilson must prove she is at least 18. Clinching details include Wilson seeking a birth certificate from Kentucky.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana
Laura Belle Wilson
Jim Bough
Bough
Spencer
Owen County
Church Service Schedule for Homer Fudge Pastor
The schedule lists Sunday School at 9 45 a m Worship at 11 a m Christ Ambassadors at 6 30 p m Worship at 7 30 p m and Wednesday Prayer Meeting at 7 30 led by Rev Homer Fudge pastor and church leaders.
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Homer Fudge
Christ Ambassadors
Sunday and Wednesday Bible Study and Worship Times
The notice lists weekly church sessions with Bible study on Sunday at 10:00 a.m. worship and communion at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Evening worship, and Wednesday Bible study for all ages at 7:30 p.m.
Bethel Baptist Church Sunday Schedule
Sunday School at 10:00 a m Morning worship at 11:00 a m Training Union at 7:00 p m Evening service at 7:30 p m Prayer service on Wednesday at 7:30 p m
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Training Union
First Presbyterian Church Preaching and Sunday School
The First Presbyterian Church holds Sunday School at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m with special music. The pastor recently served Crossroads church in baptism and communion and will swap with the Leonard pastor on the first Sunday in May for similar services. Announcement next week. Reverend Philip Spencer and family honored last Sunday as they prepare to enter Austin Presbyterian Seminary next fall.
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Crossroads Church
Leonard
Philip Spencer
Presbyterian Seminary
Austin
C. C. Dooley
Franklin Announces For Commissioner Of Precinct Two
Ernest W. Franklin of Denison announces his candidacy for Grayson County Commissioner Precinct 2 in the Democratic primary on July 26. The Sun will publish his formal announcement later.
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Ernest W
Ernie) Franklin
Denison
The
Sun
Grayson County
Franklin
First Methodist Church Hosts Visitor and Conference
The church invites all Methodists to attend morning worship at 11 with district superintendent Rev. Philip W. Walker and a fourth quarterly conference during the 10 am Sunday School hour. Evening services follow at 7 pm. Fishing license rules update notes exemptions for youth and seniors, and no reel for home county fishing.
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Methodist
Philip W. Walker
Philip Walker
Linwood John Roberson
Kentuckyown Baptist Church Service Times
The Kentucky Town Baptist Church reports the schedule with Training Union at 6 30 p m and Evening worship at 7 15 p m Local readers learn the weekly times for worship and study.
Church Schedule and Revival Plans Summary
Sunday School 9 55 a m Worship 10 55 a m. Lottie Moon Circle meets Monday at 2 00 p m W M U and Executive Board 6 30 p m P M Workers Conference East Denison Church 7 30 p m. Tuesday circles nursery 9 30 a m Joy Russel Circle 3 00 p m Rex Ray Circle 3 00 p m Prayer service 7 30 p m Sunbeam meeting 7 30 p m Choir rehearsal 8 15 p m. There were 177 in Sunday School last Sunday and 45 in Training Union. The offering was 280 76 Rev Fred Waldrop to lead revival with Rev J E Fender visiting in his absence Mrs O L Jones directs the choir.
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Lottie Moon
East Denison
Porter Circle, Nursery
Joy Russel
Rex Ray
Sunbeam
Training Union
Fred Waldrop
J. E. Fender
Banham
Vandalism at Shrine Sparks School Principal's Trip
In Mito Japan Ashamed principal Sonosuke Iizuka traveled across the country to erase wall scribblings from a shrine defacement by students during a school excursion. The remark ends with a stray line about buying in Whitewright.
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Mito
Japan
Sonosuke Iizuka
McElroy Predicts Peace For Present
Secretary of Defense McElroy said Khrushchev will be buried, and he believes there will be no trouble for a while. The remark appeared in a copyrighted interview in U. S. News & World Report.
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McElroy
Washington
Khrushchev
U. S. News & World Report
Professor Allows Cashing Forgotten City Checks
Albany New York state lawmakers and Governor Harriman approved a bill enabling Dr John Hastings 82 retired City College map maker to cash 23 forgotten pay checks worth nearly 5000 dollars from 1936 to 1942 The law blocked city checks after six years and required the special act.
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Albany
N. Y
Averell Harriman
John Hastings
City College
New York
Whitewright Sun Thursday Publication Note
The Whitewright Sun publishes weekly on Thursdays from Whitewright Texas. Subscriptions cost 2.00 in Grayson and Fannin Counties 2.50 outside those counties and 5.00 for foreign subscribers. The paper is a service institution inviting news from individuals and organizations while the editor selects what counts as news.
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Grayson
Fannin
Grayson and
the Sun
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