Local happenings bring injuries deaths and community events
Down Memory Lane notes an auto accident injuring Troyce Burkhalter east of town and the death of John Daniel Williams at 66 from Bethel. Other items include gin plant plans by H P Donigan, a fishing trip by Wilson Johnson Gordon Barbee and Cox to Oklahoma, San Jacinto Day parade and events, deaths of Minnie Coffey and Addie L Caylor, and weddings and school activities across Whitewright area.
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Troyce Burkhalter
John Daniel Williams
Bethel
H. P. Donigan
Brookshire
J. W. Wilson
R. L. Johnson
H. L. Gordon
W. J. Barbee
Walter Cox
Oklahoma
San Jacinto
Local Graduates Listed as Class of Seventeen Names
The high school graduating class includes Leona Ashinhurst Anna Joyce Benson Martha Bryant Nora Bryant Inez Coffey Winnie Mae Farmer Aleta B Head Elizabeth Ireland Ira May Mary Lena Reeves Edith Mae Sears Lula Lee Vestal Meda Jane Wiser Riley Beazley Ross Brown Regin ald Hicks Frank Hollingsworth A N McCoy Lawrence Owen J Y Russell Marl Ryan. Mrs J H Hopper honored with a birthday dinner Friday at her home northeast of town. Miss Margaret McMurry of Whitewright and Mr John H Madonne of Beirut Syria were married Saturday evening. Mr Lilburn Ross of Whitewright and Miss Anna Lee Roark of Leonard were married last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Ashinhurst
Anna Joyce Benson
Martha Bryant
Nora Bryant
Inez Coffey
Winnie Mae Farmer
Aleta B. Head
Elizabeth Ireland
Ira May
Mary Lena Reeves
Edith Mae Sears
Lula Lee Vestal
Meda Jane Wiser
Riley Beazley
Ross Brown
Reginald Hicks
Frank Hollingsworth
A. N. McCoy
Lawrence Owen
J. Y. Russell
Marl Ryan
J. H. Hopper
Town
Margaret McMurry
Whitewright
John H. Madonne
Beirut
Syria
Lilburn Ross
Anna Lee Roark
Leonard
Local FFA judging team returns from Texas A and M College
Rudolph Russell Billy Ray Conners Albert Thornton Morris Fogle Gillett Billie Jack Harper and Philip Earnheart returned from Texas A&M College where they participated in the State FFA judging contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Russell
Billy Ray Conners
Albert Thornton
Morris Fogle Gillett
Billie Jack Harper
Philip Earnheart
A. & M. College
Vote Out Divorces Says Archer Fullingim
Archer Fullingim argues in Kountze News that divorces should be voted out as sin similar to liquor and cigarettes. He proposes a per person tax on divorcees and imagines a broad tax program funded by banning various sins while noting diverse opinions onTen Commandments violations. The column blends moral taxation with provocative social critique.
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Archer Fullingim
Kountze News
Featherbedding Across Trades Cited By Valley Farm Bureau News
The Valley Farm Bureau News laments featherbedding across industries from rail to theater. It cites railroad workers earning under four hours pay for a full day, and refers to quotas and excess crew in cranes. The piece notes eight hours pay for three with Pittsburg Plate Glass and reveals make work rules in printing and plumbing practices. It highlights electricians and carpenters restricted from power tools, and port operations with unnecessary fork truck use. It concludes with a critique of make-believe labor practices in theater and suggests cost pressures hit farmers too.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Chicago
Port Brownsville
Valley Citrus
Valley Farm Bureau News
Mindnich Divorce Citation Issued by Grayson County Court
Citation no 66490 commands Joyce June Mindnich to answer a divorce petition filed December 14 1959 by Frederick W Mindnich. The hearing is set before the 15th District Court in Sherman Texas by May 9 1960.
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State OF Texas
Joyce June Mindnich
15Th District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Frederick W. Mindnich
A. D
S. V. Earnest
Shirley Davis
Indian petroglyphs found in Southern Illinois area
A group reports newly discovered petroglyphs in Southern Illinois may be ancient carvings by Indigenous tribes that disappeared before European contact. The stone walls depict men birds and animals and are tied to precolonial history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
New World
Whitewright measures gas rates by city ordinance
A legal notice declares an ordinance fixing general service rates for natural gas and gas service to residential and commercial consumers within Whitewright Texas Grayson County and provides for rate changes and amendments and declares an emergency.
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Whitewright
Grayson County
Texas
Whitewright approves gas rate ordinance for 1960
The Whitewright city commission adopts an emergency ordinance fixing the 1960 residential and commercial gas rates. Effective May 1, the minimum bill is 1.00, readiness charge 0.50, gross 0.8433 per MCF and net 0.759 per MCF for timely payments. The ordinance requires mayoral approval and is published in The Whitewright Sun.
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Whitewright
Lone Star Gas Company
Texas
State OF Texas
Grayson I
Harold Doss
Grayson County
City of
A. D
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Minnie Coffey
Grnder Carl
Lee Cassity
Addie L. Caylor
Chesley Rutledge
Dallas
Rotary Club
F. M. Echols
F. W. Smith
R. T. Pennington
J. S. Purvis and
Ray Manning
Raymond Cates
Ardmore
Okla
Ray Cates
June Wright
Bokchito
Jesse Wallace
George Bennett
Greenville
Joe Thomas May
Bill White
Denison
Dorothy Nicholson
Rusk
Reagan Tarrance
Bolivia
Tin
Roberts
Ben Ramsey
Ray Roberts
Texas Senate
San Augustine
Senate
Ernor
Yours
Leon White
Community Public Service Company
R. L. Bowen
Fort Worth
Power Company
White
Kermit and
Farmersville
R. R. Summers
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Lokey Edwards
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