Weather and community notices in Whitewright area
The week passed with no major storm damage though Randolph suffered hail and crops near town were harmed. Rainfall soaked into the soil while forecasts promise sunshine. Decoration Day at Wittitee Cemetery is set for May 3 at 2:30 p.m. A WHS senior class mailing notes diplomas valued at about 93 600 for 19 graduates.
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Randolph
Weather Bureau
Wittitee
Kentuckytown
B. M. Dean
WHS
Two Voting Places Here Saturday in Whitewright
Whitewright voters will use two polling locations Saturday for Democratic and Republican primaries. Democrats vote at the Firemen's Hall with precinct convention at city hall at 2 pm. Republicans meet at Mrs. A. M. Bryant’s home with convention at 3 pm and voting for Pilot Grove Tom Bean Ida Whitewright voters in the Bryant breakfast room.
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Whitewright
A. M. Bryant
Pilot Grove
Tom Bean
Ida
Bryant
Ralph Yarborough
Gordon McLendon
McLendon
Yarborough
Connally
Don Yarborough
Baseball Meeting Here Friday Night
A 7:30 PM meeting at Community Public Service Co. local office in Whitewright will organize the start of Little League and Pony League baseball. Parents and all interested youths’ guardians are urged to attend.
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Community Public Service Co
Whitewright
Baptist Junior Choir to Attend Dallas Music Festival
The Junior Choir of First Baptist Church Dallas will join about 1,500 youths from North Texas for a Junior Choir Clinic Festival at Cliff Temple Baptist Church on Saturday May 2. The event runs 9 30 a m to noon with Dale Gore directing and Mrs Guy Hamilton as accompanist. Parents will accompany the choir to Dallas.
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First Baptist Church
North Texas
Cliff Temple Baptist Church
Dallas
Church Music Department
The
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Ken Bennett
John Woodson
Janna Wilson
Brenda Chism
Sharon Hasting
Pat Marlow
Robert Dixon
Jeanette Geers
Cynthia Smith
Suzanne Bodine
Treasen Marlow
Kevin Barker
Carlos Bodine
Phyllis Earnheart
Carolyn Tillett
Rhonda Jones
Kay Badgett
Rhonda Bonds
Jackie Smith
Sandra Shepperd
Glenna Sue McCollum
Karen B. Smith
Pam Edgington
Steve Bono
Stephanie Bush
Dale Gore
Guy Hamilton
Liverpool couple sails for Caribbean holiday from Beatle son
Former Liverpool bus driver Harry Harrison and his wife Louise travel to the Caribbean for a three week holiday as a gift from their son George. Harry left bus driving to help manage his son George's fan mail after the Beatles trip.
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London
Liverpool
Harry Harrison
Louise
George
Harrison
Post Office Deal Shifts Hours to Three Remaining Clerks
The post office deal reduces hours for the substitute clerk who will lose many shifts while the workload is redistributed to the other three post office employees. The bank will also be open until noon on Saturday.
Uncle Dan’s Virus Riff Skewers News and Domestic Life
Dear Mister Editor recounts a humorous, winding letter from Uncle Dan of Tom Bean about a virus across the home front. He jokes about medical terms, soap commercials, English doctors and bathing, Ed Doolittle’s visit, a daughter’s broken engagement and Spring cleaning viruses.
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England
Eisenhower
General MacArthur
Bath
Ed Doolittle
Whitewright School Board Pushes Bond For New High School
The Whitewright Independent School District seeks voter support for a bond and tax plan to build a new high school on a new site. It cites overcrowded elementary classes, limited playground space, rising operating costs, and an aging three story high school as justification. A public meeting is set for May 7 1964 in the library and voting day is May 9 1964.
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Whitewright Independent School District
Whitewright Public Schools
Texas Education Agency
Deaths Aldridge brother held funeral in Van Alstyne
Funeral services for Joe Reid Aldridge were held in Van Alstyne on Wednesday. He was born August 2, 1898 in Trenton, a World War II veteran and Baptist. Survived by four brothers J. D. and Buster Aldridge of Van Alstyne Ben Aldridge of Trenton Curless Aldridge of Whitewright and two sisters Toledo Turner of Lubbock Ada Jenkins of Pilot Grove. Burial followed at Burns Cemetery in Trenton.
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van Alstyne
Joe Reid Aldridge
Curless Aldridge
Whitewright
Burns Cemetery
Trenton
William E. Aldridge
The
Baptist Church
J. D
Buster Aldridge
Ben Aldridge
Toledo Turner
Lubbock
Ada Jenkins
Pilot Grove
Whitewright High School baseball schedule and opener
Whitewright High School opened with a 6 to 3 win over S S at Sadler. The schedule lists five more games against Fannin Del, Van Alstyne, S S again, Fannindel and Van Alstyne with dates in May. Players include Jim Billner Mike Burchfield Jim Kent John Aldridge James Clark Dan Turner Don Albaugh Terry Edwards Joe Hennig Kenneth Langford Curtis Tillett Mark McKinney Mickey Meador Scooter McCurdy Ray Bunch and Larry Deeds. Tennis Davis Cup note follows.
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Whitewright
S&s
Sadler
WHS
Fannindel
van Alstyne
Jim Billner
Mike Burchfield
Jim Kent
John Aldridge
James Clark
Dan Turner
Don Albaugh
Terry Edwards
Joe Hennig
Kenneth Langford
Curtis Tillett
Mark McKinney
Mickey Meador
Scooter McCurdy
Ray Bunch
Larry Deeds
Whitewright approves $275000 school bond for May 9
The Whitewright Independent School District calls an election for May 9 to issue $275,000 in bonds with a tax increase from 1.35 to 1.85 per hundred dollars. Proceeds fund a new senior high and gym with nine teaching areas, library, labs, and offices on 20 acres west of the American Legion Park.
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Whitewright Independent
Dick Walker
the Sun
American Legion
Postal Service To Be Curtailed Here
Postal operations in Washington and other cities will shift to five days a week starting May 4 under Postmaster General John Gronouski plan to save 12.7 million dollars. Money order sales and postal savings transactions will be cut to weekdays only, while box rent collection follows the same schedule. No essential services will be eliminated and patrons are urged to complete most business early in the week.
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Washington
John Gronouski
John Biggerstaff
Johnson
Biggerstaff
Eagle Rank Bestowed on Two Whitewright Scouts
Randy and Murry Bryant received the Boy Scouts Eagle rank at a Whitewright Rotary Club dinner. Judge R. C. Vaughan presented the awards and spoke on Scouting history. The event featured mother and grandmothers pinning miniature badges and neckerchiefs.
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Randy
Murry Bryant
Whitewright
A. M. Bryant
F. H. Waltz
Denison
Waltz
John Biggerstaff
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Post Office Dept
Parcel Post
First National Bank
Baptist Junior Choir
Dallas Music Festival
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Everbody
Board of Education
Whitewright Independent School
Joe Reid
Aldridge
H. S
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