Local residents share weekend visits and updates
Mrs. Nettie Taylor spent the weekend with friends in Ector. Dee Smith of Garland visited her mother Mrs. John Vestal on Friday. Mike Walters of McKinney and his wife visited Mr. and Mrs. John E. Smith Sunday. Brady visitors included Mrs. Raymond Cates and daughter Ann. Dal as guests included W L Gordon visiting sisters. Hugh Davis Lyons visits grandparents in Winnsboro. Bonham visits by C W Pope and Bill Bass. Short confined after a heart attack. Denton visitors J B Wootten and family. Fort Worth and Austin residents visited Mr. and Mrs. George Bennett. Dallas guests Mr. and Mrs. George McCurdy and children. Lakewood and Colorado visitors concluded a visit with Grover C Hardcastle. Garland and Latta visitors N B Nicholson and Mrs. Robert Goddy. Sgt James Dixon en route to Korea for 13 months. Hudgins family weekend in Broken Arrow Oklahoma. Chesser grandchildren visit Bennie and wife.
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James Dixon
J. B. Dixon
Sergeant Dixon
Korea
A. A. Hudgins
Donald Paul Hudgins
Broken Arrow
Okla
Whisky fraud alarms producers across Scotland and Europe
Scotland's whisky and textile makers confront fake imitations of their brands. In Greece and Argentina locals sell woolen goods under Scotch trade names. Tourists in several European countries are offered “Scotch” cheaply but the product is not Scotch.
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Scotland
Greece
Argentina
Seat Belts Boost Safety On Rural Roads
Texas A&M home management specialist urges buckling up every trip. Research from Cornell shows belts could save 5,000 lives annually and cut serious injuries by a third, with five times higher death risk if thrown from a vehicle.
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College Station
Elsie P. Short
Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University
Cornell University
Automotive Crash Injury Research Center
Child-Beating Parents Seek Safe Harbor in Hospitals
Three Philadelphia social workers identify signs of abusive parents who use hospital visits after injuries to avoid detection. They say such parents fear internal disintegration and display irritability, unreliability, lack of remorse, and minimal contact with the child, masking abuse by pretending accidents.
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Philadelphia
Marian Morris
Robert Gould
Patricia Matthews
Local News Briefs From Whitewright Area
Down Memory Lane Grady and Buell Spindle joined Huffines Garage. Morehead and Mangrum sold the Odeon Theatre to B Legg of Trenton. Wilbur Cannon of Sulphur Springs married Gladys McMurry of Whitewright on Tuesday. William Lee east of town injured by a mule crushing his cheek bone. Julian Boone began Dallas cotton season work in Whitewright Tuesday earning a 14.50 premium. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Bruce Pember of Austin on Sunday. Mrs Pember is Maurine May. The HD Club met with Mrs Lindsay Coffey on July 27. Mr C L Patton and Mrs Belle Tabor married Tuesday.
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Grady
Buell Spindle
Huffines Garage
Morehead & Mangrum
Odeon Theatre
B. Legg
Trenton
Wilbur Cannon
Sulphur Springs
Gladys McMurry
Whitewright
William Lee
Julian Boone
Dallas
Bruce Pember
Austin
Pember
Maurine May
HD Club
Lindsey Coffey
C. L. Patton
Belle Tabor
40 Years Ago Tragedy In Red River Diving Incident
Walter Hassler 22 son of J M Hassler of Bells died after breaking his neck Sunday while diving in the Red River, succumbing Monday night.
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Walter Hassler
J. M Hassler
Bells
Red River
D. A. Taylor
Celina
R. May
Blakey Place
William Mitchell
First Bale Brought in by J W Blakey 1934
In August 1934 J W Blakey delivered the first bale signaling a start to the season as recorded in The Sun dated August 2 1934. The brief item notes Blakey's role in inaugurating the local bale trade.
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the Sun
J. W. Blakey
Pests Develop Immunity to Common Pesticides
Exterminators report rodents bed bugs and roaches building resistance to milder poisons. James Prices of Oliver Goldsmith Co cites rising calls for bedbug orders. Charles Houghton notes survivors resist treatments. Arthur Broke says monthly service is harder yet. Harold Jennings says immunity keeps business brisk.
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James Prices
Oliver Goldsmith Co
Dallas
Charles Houghton
Boston
Safety Fumigant Co
Arthur Broke
New York City
Pioneer Exterminating Co
Harold Jennings
Smithereen Exterminators of
Chicago
Government informs the impoverished in new anti poverty war
The Informer comments that the government must publicly notify certain citizens they are among the impoverished to identify target groups in the new anti poverty effort. It argues that without official notification people may not know their status in the program.
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Colorado Springs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nettie Taylor
Ector
Dee Smith
Garland
John Vestal
Mike Walters
McKinney
John E. Smith
Raymond Cates
Ann of Brady
Gene Hughes
W. L. Gordon
Allen T. Short
C. W. Pope
Hugh Davis Lyons of
Winnsboro
Mrs
Earl Lyons
Bill Bass
G. G. Pope
Bonham Sunday
J. B. Wootten and Son
Denton
J. L. England
Velma Russey
Fort Worth
Joe Lotting
George Bennett
George McCurdy
Marie McCurdy
J. D. Edwards
Lakewood, Colo
Grover C. Hardcastle
N. B. Nicholson
Robert Goddy
Latti, S. C
Paula
Diane Short
Blue Ridge
John Tilden
Dennis
Nan
Beverly
Judy Chesser
van Alstyne
Bennie Chesser
Gomer and
Kirk May
North Travis
Sherman
Medical Arts Clinic
N. Highland
Howard Brodhead
B. L. Sanderson
I. L. Neathery
Bob Richardson
J. B. King
John Hollingsworth
W. F. Sanders
Olivia Whedbee
J. N. Smith
W. Main Street
Royce Jones
Addie Sanderson
William M. Davis
H. T. Atterberry
W. B. Hestand
Slaton
Beas
American Cancer Society
S. H. Montgomery Agency
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