Funeral today for Mrs Sam Massey in Ely community
Funeral services for Mrs. Sam Massey 75 are at 2 30 pm at Marvin Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Paul Kepp and Rev A D Jameson Burial in Oak Hill directed by Earnheart Pallbearers Oscar Harris Shirley Sells Virgil Smith Ivan Harvey Clarence O Neal Dave Beazley She died 8 40 pm Tuesday at her Ely home after six years of illness Born July 6 1875 in Fannin County she was married Jan 6 1896 in Randolph Survivors include her husband four sons Jim Charley Massey Lewis Massey Walter Massey one daughter Mrs W H Russell one brother Charley Williams six grandchildren and three great grandchildren
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Sam Massey
Marvin Methodist Church
Paul Kepp
Savoy
A. D. Jameson
Whitewright
Oak Hill Cemetery
Earnheart
Oscar Harris
Shirley Sells
Virgil Smith
Ivan Harvey
Clarence O’neal
Dave Beazley
Fannin County
Fort Worth
Walter Massey
United Nations Forces
Korea
W. H. Russell
Charley Williams
Bonham
Funeral for Mrs. Edward T. Brown Led by Local Clergy
Mrs. Edward T. Brown aged 70, died in a Dallas hospital after about two years of illness. Funeral held Monday at Pilot Grove Baptist Church with Rev. J. A. Henderson and Rev. Jimmie Burton officiating. Burial at Pilot Grove Cemetery. Survivors include husband Edward T. Brown of Pilot Grove, two sons B. F. Brown of Temple and A. L. Brown of Sherman, four daughters Jewel Moss Sherman Nina Butler Las Vegas Nev Lela Adams Dallas and Beulah Colley Los Angeles Calif, nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Edward T. Brown
Pilot Grove Baptist Church
J. A. Henderson
Jimmie Burton
Pilot Grove Cemetery
Earnheart
Charlie Kaiser
Claude Adams
Kimbrough Jenkins
J. McCollum
G. W. Scott
Bob Cawthon
Brown
Dallas
Sedalia
Texas
John
Mary McDougal
Pilot Grove
Methodist Church
B. F. Brown
Temple
A. L. Brown
Sherman
Jewel Moss
Nina Butler
Las Vegas
Nev
Lela Adams
Beulah Colley
Los Angeles
Calif
Arthur McDougal
Lubbock
Ernest McDougal
Fort Worth
Laura Creswell
Denison
Kentuckytown 4-H Girls Demonstrate Cake Decorating
Miss Viva Phillips of the Kentuckytown 4-H Club states the group will give a cake decorating demonstration at the Kentuckytown school house at 2 30 p m Friday. All interested in cake baking invited.
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Viva Phillips
Kentuckytown
The
Sun
Austin Fisherman Reels In $12,000 Marihuana Find
A fisherman along the Colorado River near the Montopolis Bridge retrieved a suitcase drifting to shore containing two packages of marihuana valued at $12,000. The substance was dry and believed dumped recently, with enough to intoxicate half the city.
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Austin
Colorado
Sheriff’s Department
Montopolis
Bailey named assistant county attorney in Denison
R. E. Bailey Jr. of Denison was sworn in as assistant county attorney succeeding Hal Rawlins. He will maintain roles as an accountant with R. R. Johnson, a private practice, and will have an office above the Johnson office while remodeling. Bailey, raised in Denison, holds a bachelor’s from North Texas State Teachers College and a law degree from Colorado. he served five years in the Navy as a pilot and attained lieutenant (sg).
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Denison
North Texas State Teachers College
Denton
University of Colorado
Bailey
Navy
Central Pacific
Soil District Awards Program Set For May 10
The Upper Elm-Red Soil Conservation District will hold its second annual awards dinner at the Turner Hotel in Gainesville at 7 00 p m on May 10 recognizing five outstanding conservation farmers and five neighborhood groups. Banks newspapers and radio stations sponsor the event with cash awards to groups and savings bonds to individuals. District board members cite encouragement of conservation farming and list participating banks newspapers and stations and the named communities.
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Upper Elm-Red Soil Conservation District
Turner Hotel
Gainesville
Texas
Willard Kemplin
Valley View
Henry Reynolds
Nocona
G. E. Blackman
Bowie
John Rice
Sherman
J. W. Hess
J. W. Hess, Muenster
Farmers & Merchants
Peoples National
First National
Saint Jo
Muenster State
Muenster
First State
Valley View National
Security National
Whitesboro
Citizens National
Denison
State National
Grayson County State
Merchants & Planters
Tom Bean
Bells
Whitewright
Bowie News
Montague County Times
Saint Jo Tribune
Nocona News
Muenster Enterprise
Forestburger
Forestburg
Mr and Mrs M R Smith celebrate 50th anniversary
Mr and Mrs M R Smith quietly celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their East Whitewright home Sunday. Their children and grandchildren attended. the couple were married at Marvin Methodist Church on April 25, 1901 and have spent most of their lives in or near Whitewright. They have one son, M C Smith of Long Beach, California, four daughters Maye Smith Faye Brown Irene Morgan Lucille Gentry and six grandchildren with one great grandchild.
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M. R. Smith
East Whitewright
Smith
Marvin Methodist Church
Whitewright
M. C. Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Maye Smith
Faye Brown
Denison
Irene Morgan
Vernon
Lucille Gentry
Wichita Falls
Rotary honors W. E. LaRoe for 20 years of perfect attendance
W. E. LaRoe received a 20 year perfect attendance pin at the Whitewright Rotary Club meeting last Friday. Rev. A. D. Jameson presented the award, noting LaRoe is the club’s only charter member still in good standing. LaRoe has attended 1040 weekly meetings, with make up meetings across the country. The event also welcomed reinstate George M. Hight and guests from Sherman-Denison Twins baseball club.
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W. E
Rotary Club
Rotary
LaRoe
Tom Sears
Sherman-Denison Twins
Ken Dicken
Roy Parker
Roy Hawes
Dicken
Sears
George M. Hight
Hight
Palace Theatre
Whitewright
Whitewright Manufacturing Company
Paul Simpson
Bonham
Harvey Martin
Mary Goodson
Lewis Hall
Sherman
P. S
McMahon warns MacArthur plan could spark world war
Senator Brien McMahon warns that bombing proposals against Communist China could trigger a world war with atomic bombs on American cities. He outlines four strategic facts emphasizing limited war aims, Western Europe’s industrial stakes, allied opposition to expansion, and Russia’s current atomic threat.
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Washington
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Douglas MacArthur
China
MacArthur
McMahon
House
Senate Atomic Committee
Far Eastern
Senate
United States
Europe
Asia
Russia
House Accepts Amendment on Car Checks
The Texas House approved a Senate amendment requiring one inspection station per county to handle the compulsory annual mechanical safety checkup for cars. The measure moved to the governor's desk on Monday.
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Austin
House
Senate
Salesman Guilty Of False Statements In Quebec Case
A stainless steel firm salesman Raymond Gingras was found guilty of false statements and fined $25 plus costs after allegedly showing aluminum utensils in a stainless steel demonstration to scare customers about health risks of cooking with aluminum.
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Quebec
Raymond Gingras
Dwarf Apple Trees Bear Good Fruit for Small Yards
The University of Idaho extension service reports dwarf apple trees grow to eight feet but yield excellent fruit. They require less pruning spraying and harvesting, fit small spaces, and offer the same quality as fruit from standard trees with many varieties available.
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Moscow
lIa
University of Idaho Extension Service
Local 4-H Girls Qualify For County Dress Revue
Ten junior and six senior 4-H girls competed in the dress revue held in the high school auditorium. All entrants scored 80 or higher to qualify for the county-wide event, with Gayla Wrenn Sears and Margaret Williams serving as group presidents and judges from Hi-Way Club.
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Gayla Wrenn Sears
Margaret Williams
Jimmy Nossaman
Elmo Sistrunk
John J. Burden
Linda Pannell
Doris Ann Head
Dolores DeBerry
Jean Scott
Wanda Lee Huber
Trellis June Penny
Edna Mae Hood
Nelda Ruth Tipps
Nancy Holland
Margie Norris
Mary Cecil Page
Virginia Harvey
Glenda Robarts
Anna Lou Phillips
Mary Ila Lewis
Truman Aims Parity Price Freeze For Farms
Senate Democrat Maybank says President Truman will ask Congress to grant authority to impose a year long freeze on farm parity prices. The plan would fix parity at the start of a crop year and hold it through the year, with tighter rent controls and possible import subsidies.
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Washington
Truman Administration
Congress
Maybank
South Carolina
Truman
Whitewright Future Farmers Get Chevrolet Pickup
With help from M B Hasty owner of Hasty Chevrolet Company of Whitewright the Whitewright Future Farmers obtained a pickup for field trips and livestock transport. The truck bears Future Farmer branding and Courtesy of Hasty Chevrolet Company noting its value to vocational agriculture and activities. Whitewright FFA reports they are the first Grayson County chapter to receive a pickup through local dealership support.
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M. B. Hasty
Hasy Chevrolet Company
Whitewright
Hasty Chevrolet Company
Vocational Agriculture Department
Sherman
Hasty
Chevrolet
Future Farmers of
Grayson County
Ava Gardner Gum Chewing Gets Director’s Orders
In a 1890 melodrama Ava Gardner was praised for acting but faulted for chewing gum. The director scolded her with the remark that only men chewed gum in the 1890s and it wasn’t permitted on stage.
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Hollywood
Ava Gardner
Ava
Army seeks musical star for Oklahoma road show in Japan
The U S Army advertised for an attractive young girl to sing lead in the road show company of Oklahoma now in rehearsal in Japan. Salary is 4600 dollars annually plus allowances. The show is set for a two year run on military bases across the Far East.
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Hollywood
Oklahoma
U. S. Army
Japan
Far East
Dollarhide Named Whitewright Community Chairman for ETCC
Griffin Dollarhide Jr. is appointed community chairman of Whitewright by Leighton McKinney Denison county chairman. Other Grayson County chairs include H D Hynds Van Alstyne E T Allen Whitesburg Albert J Martin Denison and John H Perry Sherman. Hubert M Harrison ETCC general manager says the appointments bring a constructive year as they raise the county quota and keep citizens informed.
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East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Whitewright
Grayson County
H. D. Hynds
van Alstyne
E. T. Allen
Whitesburg
Albert J. Martin
Denison
John H. Perry
Sherman
Leighton McKinney
East Texas Chamber
Hubert M. Harrison
East Texas
Harrison
Whitewright Nurse Wins Navy Craft Awards at Armed Forces Meet
Lt. Anna J. Benson of Whitewright Texas a Navy Nurse Corps officer stationed at Bethesda Maryland won first prize for jewelry work and second prize for special work at the Second Annual Armed Forces Occupational Therapy Competition held at Philmont Country Club Pennsylvania The contest drew entries from all service branches and included hospitalized and staff divisions The Occupational Therapy Department at the National Naval Medical Center offers crafts like weaving leatherwork painting jewelry woodwork and plastics Lt Benson is the daughter of Mr and Mrs E E Benson of Whitewright.
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Anna J. Benson
Navy Nurse Corps
USN
Whitewright
Texas
National Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Armed Forces
Philmont Country Club
Philmont
Penna
Benson
E. E. Benson
OPS Orders Price Fixing At Factories
Washington officials announce a sweeping order directing 75 000 manufacturers to reprice a wide range of products in a bid to roll back unjustified postwar price hikes. The move aims to reduce overall producer prices while noting possible net increases. it bases pricing on pre war figures plus costs. A 30 day extension for 276 000 retailers to file pricing charts and implement new margins was also granted until May 30.
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Washington
Michael DiSalle
DiSalle
Office of
Hitler yacht to be scrapped by Delaware company
The 476 foot Grille once gifted to Hitler and seized as a prize of war was sold to North American Smelting Co of Wilmington for scrap materials. The vessel built at 4 million dollars had a top speed of 30 knots and an origin tied to Hitler's regime.
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New York
Adolf Hitler
North American Smelting Company
Wilmington
Del
George Arida
Middle East
United States
Hitler
Fresh Red Troops Hurled Into Action In Korea
Chinese Reds pour fresh troops into western Korea forcing Allied withdrawals toward Seoul. Munsan, 21 miles northwest of Seoul, falls as Reds push within 20 miles of the capital. Allied counterattacks seal holes while front-line losses mount. multiple enemy traps are broken.
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Tokyo
Seoul
Munsan
Eighth Army
Korangpo
Douglas withdraws as 1952 Democratic presidential hopeful
Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois pulled out of the 1952 Democratic presidential race saying he is not a candidate and has no desire for the presidency. He endorsed Truman if he runs and suggested General Eisenhower or General MacArthur as potential Democratic alternatives, listing Kefauver Fulbright McMahon Stevenson Williams and Taft or Eisenhower as possible successors.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Paul Douglas
Illinois
Douglas
Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Eisenhower
General MacArthur
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
MacArthur
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
Brien McMahon
Rhode Island
Adlai Stevenson
Mennen Williams
Michigan
First VA Dividend Checks On GI Policies Mailed
The Veterans Administration mailed the first checks of a 685 million dollar special dividend to 8 million GI life insurance policyholders. Dividends cover National Service Life Insurance policies with January anniversaries. The VA notes WWII veterans should not expect payment until months after their policy anniversary. The second dividend will apply to in force policies dated 1948 to 1951 and in force for three months or longer.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
National Service
You May Keep Diamond Found in Arkansas Mine
In Murfreesboro Arkansas visitors may search the diamond preserve and keep one diamond. The Pike County mining area yields high quality gems with the largest found so far weighing 40.22 carats.
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Arkansas
Murfreesboro
Ark
Pike County
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Soil District
M.R. Smith
Central Asia
Edmund Burke
ARMY
Dollarhide
ETCC
OPS
Hitler Yacht
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