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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1957
Page
3
A string of weekend and holiday visits features Mrs. Nettie Taylor and Mrs. Ida Harbor from Dallas calling on local residents, with travelers from Tulsa Baytown Fayetteville Ark Richardson and other Texas towns sharing time with relatives and friends across several communities. notable names include John Petrash J G Simmons Jerry Wilson and ETSTC student John Stephens among the visitors and hosts.
Mr and Mrs Sears Anderson visited Rev and Mrs Slagle in Gainesville on Monday. Mrs C B Bryant Jr of Sweet Water visited Whitewright over the weekend. Clyde Vestal and family from Dallas spent last weekend with their mothers Mrs John Vestal and Mrs C A Wilson. Grady Hansard and daughter Treena of Greenville visited Elbert Hansard. Joe Warren and children of Fort Worth visited M M Warren. Lucio Orozco and daughters Debby and Becky spent the weekend with their grandparents Claud Garner. John Dale Reeves and daughter from Garland along with David Reeves of ETSTC Commerce visited John Reeves. Mrs Ron Faison hosted her bridge club with high score by Mrs James Bryant. substitutes were Mrs Bryant, Mrs Marshall Hasty and Mrs Allen T Short. The club will meet next with Mrs Jack Farley.
Rotary Club speaker Marvin Blount of the Texas Department of Public Safety outlined the road safety inspection program. He cited a drop in crashes due to mechanical defects from 15 percent to about four percent and projected a further reduction to three percent this year. Community Hospital patient Walter Bunch was noted, and visitors included Rham Pennington and others.
Citation from the State of Texas directs unknown stockholders of the defunct Sherman Oil Mill to appear by filing an answer to the petition in Grayson County District Court. Plaintiffs seek appointment of suitable successor trustees for the Sherman Oil Mill. issue date April 2, 1957. due by May 20, 1957.
Chicago source says Adlai Stevenson joins Weiss Rifkind Wharton Garrison of New York City in a strategic merger to better serve corporate and international clients. The New York firm, over 40 lawyers, is led by Simon Rifkind Lloyd Garrison and John Wharton. Stevenson lives in Libertyville.
An ankle-judging contest in England drew 24 female contestants behind a curtain. The winner, announced as the prettiest, was an 81-year-old matron.
A long list of unknown heirs and named defendants face a June 3 1957 deadline in District Court Denison Texas. The suit No 64400 filed March 30 1957 seeks title and possession to Lots 1 2 3 and 4 in Block 4 Cook's First Addition Denison and names The State National Bank Denison Town Company The Unknown Stockholders of the defunct Denison Town Company and Maria Lopez among others as contesting parties.
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