Down Memory Lane Local notices and life events
Fred Wilson reports a 142 degree thermometer reading at Kimbell Milling Co.. weddings include Fred Cook and Josephine Pierce, J A Harper and Zelma McCoy. Births announce a daughter for Mr and Mrs Frank Hicks and twin daughters for Mr and Mrs Frank Montgomery. A five room cottage on South Bend street burned. theft of 25 frvers. Harris qualifies as sharpshooter. Treasury deficit tops 1.786 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wilson
Kimbell Milling Co
Fred Cook
Josephine Pierce
A. F. Vestal
J. A. Harper
Zelma McCoy
P. R. Johnson
Westminster Guild
Elizabeth Groves
Carl Holland
Eunice Turner
Kentuckytown Self Help Club
A. & M. College
Frank Hicks
Frank Montgomery
Corona, N. M
Whitewright
Hassell College Ex Students Plan Savoy Reunion
The first Hassell College ex students reunion is set for Savoy on August 6 and 7. The items cover community obituaries births and local business openings, with notes on birthdays and new coach appointments.
Proposal to create county retirement and death funds amendment
Text outlines voters marking against or for a constitutional amendment to allow counties to establish retirement disability and death compensation funds for county precinct officers and employees after voter approval. It describes ballot wording and voting machine placement and directs the Governor to issue proclamations and publish notice as required by Texas law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Asid
United States
Tate
State of
Cinet
Precinet
Was there a contract in the Brown Smith offer case
An offer must be accepted within a reasonable time. Smith delayed six months, Brown bought a similar set, and Smith later claimed acceptance. The court would deem the offer lapsed as unreasonable. Reasons include withdrawal, expiry, death, or counter offers. The quip about a dishwashing machine ends the piece with humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Brown
Notice of deed of assignment in Grayson County Texas
R C Wilson of Grayson County executed a deed of assignment on the th day of July 1958 conveying all property to the assignee for creditors. Creditors must consent in writing within four months and file claims within six months from first publication. Assignee BR E Bandy Jr resides in Gainesville Texas. Published in The Whitewright Sun August 7 14 and 21 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Tenas
Grayson
R. C. Wilson
North Side
Greovery
Gainesville
Texas
BR E. Bandy JR
Whitewright Sun
Consumer Food Bill To Top 1957 Record
A 1957 consumer food bill hit a record 50.499 billion dollars with marketing costs rising to 61 percent of retail food costs. Labor, transportation, and other costs pushed the total higher in 1958, per Agriculture Department figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Profit margins higher in 1957 for major food firms
The department reports 46 leading food processing firms had lower profit to sales in 1957 than 1956, and profits as a share of equity were down for these and other processing companies. Meat packers fell from 1956 but beat 1952 and 1954. Eight top retail chains and five leading tobacco companies posted higher post tax profits in 1957.
Wise choosers and luck in autumn fortunes
The poem reflects on luck and choice in life. It contrasts pluck with fortune and notes that memory and debts influence outcomes. It suggests silence and indifference can protect from harm and hints at uncertain crops and vines not blessing all pines.
Citation by Publication No. 11668 Final Account of Estate in Grayson
Wylie R. McDonald deceased estate exposed to final accounting by Claud E. Easterly Temporary Administrator. Hearing set for the first Monday after ten days from posting August 18 1958 at Sherman Courthouse Grayson County Texas. Interested parties must file written objections and appear to contest the account and application for discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
Clyde Reed
NCM
Grayson County
Texas
Mamie Lou Reed
Sherman
A. D
J. C. Buchanan
Connell Rogers
Whitewright Sun
Wylie R. McDonald
Claud E. Easterly
Grayson
Tex
Also Mentioned on This Page
Angeline Wilson
East Whitewright
Lucian LaRoe
C. J. Meador
Paul Cook
Texas-Louisiana Power
Hassell College
Savoy
Fred Garner
Church of Christ
Garner
Chicago
Berry W. Rushing
G. W. House
C. Walters
Bells
M. J. Denton
B. F. Blanton
Buddy Stephens
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Darktown
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
SJR
S It
LPG
Neriel
Tucson
Arizona
American Forestry Association
Post Office Department
Theodore Roosevelt
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