Local residents visit across towns and states
A string of social visits spans Bells Dallas Richardson Irving and beyond as families host relatives and friends. Notable notes include Joe Kaiser’s motorcycle collision injuring him but not reported as serious, Michael Beer from Warwickshire touring Texas with a Young Farmers Club exchange and meeting Bill McDowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Beer
Warwickshire County
England
Bill McDowell
Beer
Young Farmers Club
Texas
Future Farmers of America
McDowell
Community Notes From Whitewright and Neighboring Towns
Multiple short notices list residents visiting relatives and traveling. It notes patients at veterans hospitals in McKinney and Lisbon, births in Irving, and trips by locals from Tom Bean, Sherman, Dallas, Houston, and Whitewright. Also mentions visitors from Pearlenton Mississippi and New Jersey en route to New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blach Wellington
Allendale
N. J
Whitewright
New Mexico
Bells Mayor Talks Grayson Fire Defense Plan At Rotary
Rotary Club hears Bells mayor J. E. Dopson describe the Grayson County Rural Fire Defense Plan and local fire departments. Walter Bunch introduces the speaker. Gerald Cleveland is welcomed as a new member. Guests include Wayne Bruce F M Work Ed Huffstutler and the Robersons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E
Happy) Dopson
Bells
Rotary Club
Grayson County
Walter Bunch
Gerald Cleveland
Church of Christ
Wayne Bruce
F. M. Work
Denison
Ed Huffstutler
Plano
John Roberson
Whitewright
Watermelon Party At Roadside Park In Trenton
The Junior Department of the First Baptist Church hosted a watermelon party Monday night at a roadside park near Trenton. Attendees included Mrs. C. T. Sadler and several others, with names such as Mrs. Carl Holland Mrs. L. E. Alexander Anita McLauchlin Homer Gentry Brenda Geers Rose Ann Bunch Donna Shaw and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
First Baptist Church
Trenton
C. T. Sadler
Carl Holland
L. E. Alexander
Anita McLauchlin
Homer Gentry
Brenda Geers
Rose Ann Bunch
Donna Shaw
Lillis Watkins
Sarah Gail Johnson
Linda Wright
Peggy Bennett
Ray Bunch
David Woodson
Dennis Mc
Visit Recap Of A Group Gathering With Prayers
Lauchlin Darwood Berryhill Curtis Tillett and Charlie McLean Jr along with Dee Anna Alexander Lloyd Alexander and Carl Holland attended. After meals the group played games sang songs and concluded with a prayer by Mrs. C. T. Sadler.
Family Reunion Honors Mrs Powell with Sherman Hosts
A Thursday night family reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Holland honored Mrs. Thelma Powell of Houston. Attendees included multiple Sherman couples and their children, with extended relatives from Dallas Pilot Grove Pottsboro and Houston present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Powell
Jimmy Ray Stevens
Houston
Carl Holland
Tommy Thorpe
Dallas
W. A. Smart
Pilot Grove
Bill Brown
Judy
D. B. Taylor
Gerald Alverson
Sherman
Tom Thorpe
Jimmy
Elizabeth Taylor
Pottsboro
Cobb Reunion Draws Family From Dallas and Nearby Towns
The Cobb reunion gathered at Mrs. Louise Sikes home in Dallas last Sunday with attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Ray Blakey and family Gainesville Mr. and Mrs. Ross Blakey and children Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dyer and children from Gainesville Mrs. Minnie Byford and others from Grand Saline and Whitewright plus relatives from Sherman Denison Grand Prairie and Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobb
Louise Sikes
Exeter Avenue
Dallas
Ray Blakey
Ross Blakey
Jack Dyer
Gainesville
Minnie Byford
Clifton Armstrong
Ferrin Tipps
Grand Saline
Riley Tabor
Carl Caraway
Freddie Walt
Whitewright
Noble Page
Sherman
Ollie Bartlett
Denison
Hugh Cobb
Grand Prairie
Bertha Dean
Baylis Anderson
Jim Kain
Jerry Sikes
Patsy
Witnesses End Convention With Dire Predictions
In New York the Jehovah's Witnesses closed an eight day international assembly at Yankee Stadium and the Polo Grounds drawing 253 922 attendees. Nathan H Knorr proclaimed the world ending with Armageddon and a new world to follow. A Navy safety concept uses a TV screen to guide pilots potentially replacing instrument panels for future air travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jehovah's Witnesses
International Assembly
Yankee Stadium
Polo Grounds
Nathan H. Knoor
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
Witness Movement
Knorr
U. S. Navy
Chief orders white official car amid downtown ride scare
Porterville California Fire Chief Ross Gardner has his official car painted white after a pedestrian hailed him on a downtown street and rode in the red and white vehicle. The man told the chief to stop driving a car that looks like a cab, while the chief said he was not offering rides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porterville, Galif
Ross Gardner
Regular-price gasoline now tops octane levels of a decade ago
The current average at service stations shows regular-price gasoline delivering a higher octane rating than premium fuels did ten years earlier, reflecting shifting refining and pricing structures.
Bogus Check Trio Nabbed After Eyecatching Sign
Three Tulsa men passed phony checks totaling 70 dollars in a car marked by a bold eye catching sign reading If You Can Read This You're Too Damn Close. Police caught them near Okmulgee Oklahoma after victims recalled the message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okmulgee
Okla
Tulsa
Arkansas
Oklahoma
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E. O. Young
W. H. Phillips
Iva Taylor
Frank Rascoe
Patricia and
Donna AshiShurst
Mrs
J. H. Gosnell
Grover Stateville
Richardson and Irving
Earl Jansson of
Bryant King
D. E. McCoy
D. E. McCoy Jr
Aztec, N. M
Elbert Price
Joe Hamett
Friendship, Okla
Sharon Stuteville
Richardson
Grover Stuteville
Hollis Ashburn
Mineral Wells
W. L. Wilson
F. H. Hoy
Dennis
Bobby
Lubbock
Carlson Burchfield
Charles Shoemake
Columbus
Ohio
M. E. West
Clyde Jones
Merkel
W. E. Dillon
Abilene
Willard West
Mesquite
Bill Kincaid
Lynda
Harry F. Holland
Abbott
Olivia Whedbee
Lanius Kincaid
Joe Kaiser
Steve Edwards
Joe
Claud Garner
Malta
C. P. Johnson
Sherman Hospital
Fred Starr Jr
Garland
Wilson Kaiser
Russell McMurry
Robert A. Nieman
Roby Lee Wilson
Wichita Falls
Lee Wilson
Alpha McCurdy
Risser Hospital
Bonham
Eugene Thornhills
W. C. Thornhill
Henry Reeves
Amarillo
John Dale Reeves
John Reeves
Clara Simmons
Caddo, Okla
Lucian Flowers
Oklahoma City
L. B. Simmons
California
Mattie James
Jack Barbee
Lindale
Dick Barbee
W. J. Barbee
Rex Ray
J. P. Darwin
Jess Norris
Shaffter
Calif
R. C. Norris
Mr. Norris
Community Hospital
Ralph Wallace
Haskell Scott
Lucile Massengale
R. L. Watts
Haskell
Kraft Pure Blackberry Jelly
Kimbell
Post
Mellorine
Greon
Kimbell’s Pork & Beans
Hunt
White Swan Instant Coffee
Mrs. Tucker
Big Tex Bacon, JR
Grayson
Mrs. Pickford
Borden’s
Tom Brice
Veterans Hospital
McKinney
Ralph Brown
Lallace May
Son Russel Glen
Bill Webb
Mark Ayres
Bryan
Johnnie Mallard
Jim Ayres
Ira Arnold
Betty Holcomb
Tom Bean
Mollie Marley
O. E. Woodson and
Jerome Whipple
Pearlenton, Miss
J. C. Whipple
Paul Stephens
John
Palo Alto
C. J. Waits
Glen Earnheart
Washington
Colorado
Greenville
Jasper Gunter
Lisbon
J. W. Gunter
Jasper
Jack Morton
Irving
Morton
Joe Willa Stuteville
Joe Jenkins
Mamie Jo
Savoy
Elbert Hansard
Mamie Williams
M. A. Annip
Hansards
Grace Roberts
Billy Roberts
Honey Grove
Mackie Greer
Littlefield
Clyde Craig
Roswell, N. M
Watermelon Party
the Beauty Center
Ella Mae Barker
Is Thrift Plus
Earl Blanton
Southland
HOT Check
Hite
Honey Boy Salmon
Keith
Maxwell Hou
Scott Tissue
Concho Dill
Crocery & Market
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