Whitewright notes on weather memories and local life
The column reflects a cold night record near Whitewright and recalls longtime local figures. It discusses a peddling wagon, church letters from Rev Newton Cole, and voting rights in Whitewright with both races paying poll taxes. It also covers a Lake Texoma shooting incident and commentary on newspaper fillers.
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Newton V. Cole
First Baptist Church
Bellevue Baptist Church
Colorado Springs
Colo
Whitewright
Tax Equalization Election Saturday in Whitewright area
Voters in the Whitewright Independent School District will vote Saturday August 10 on bonding Desert School District indebtedness and on tax equalization between the two districts. Polls open 8:00 a m to 7:00 p m at the city election room. Supt S T Montgomery Jr urged a representative turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Independent
Desert
Whitewright
Supt
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Marine Cpl Clem Assigned Embassy Duty in Turkey
Marine Corporal Clarence L. Clem from Whitewright is assigned two years of embassy duty in Ankara Turkey after completing the Marine Security Guard School in Washington D C The program trains Marines to protect American embassies and consulates worldwide.
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Cpl
Clem
Turkey
Clarence L. Clem
C. B. Clem
Whitewright
Ankara
Marine Security Guard
Washington, D. C
Department of State and
Marine Corps
Sun Honor Roll Subscriptions Acknowledgments List
A long acknowledgments list of subscribers including A L Biggerstaff Mrs John McAlester Walter L Bunch E A Hansard Mrs Harold Doss Blach Wellington P L Owen Mrs J N Fain Lillian Baxter Mrs R L Sears W W Compton Printess Compton Oglesby Stinnett S D Phillips Johnnie Johnson Clyde Brown Mrs Emmet Penn Linton Savage C F Collins Jr S E Rino Mrs Maggie Montgomery Dan Hollingsworth Verner Hodel J R Pierce E Edens Lola Scott Dorothy B Hamilton M Z Jones Lena Mae Gowdy T D Clabhorn Mrs T E Sears D E McCoy A N McCoy J P Williams Otto Russell Mal Jackson Roy G Blanton J H Harvey O C Slaughter Ray F Brown Will Mitchell Mrs Frank Armstrong W T Farrow Dr C P Johnson Mrs C J Waits Mrs John W McMurry Ira Kirkpatrick Mrs Ray Schlosser Mrs Howard Cook W A Thurman O S Bass Dr F D Layman Mrs Velmer to Freeman Grady Stateville Mrs C W Pope Dr Eugene Nelms Ralph Bond Rev Newton V Cole Kelly B Pierson Mrs Avon Dale Ricks Burn Everheart Mrs Bob Cawthon plus a closing student line about “Since pro means opposite of con” with an illustration prompt and student answer.
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John McAlester
Walter L. Bunch
E. A. Hansard
Harold Doss
Blach
Wellington P. L. Owen
J. N. Fain
W. M. Ingram
Ed Kent Jr
E. P. Mclver
Jesse Wallace
C. B. Robinson
James O. Huseman
Lillian Baxter
R. L. Sears
W. W Compton
Printess Compton Oglesby Stinnett
S. D. Phillips
Johnnie Johnson
Clyde Brown
Emmet Penn Linton Savage
C. F. Collins Jr
S. E. Rino
Maggie Montgomery
Dan Hollingsworth
Verner Hodel
J. R. Pierce
E. Edens
Lola Scott
Dorothy B. Hamilton
M. Z. Jones
Lena Mae Gowdy
T. D. Clabhorn
T. E. Sears
D. E. McCoy
A. N. McCoy
J. P. Williams
Otto Russell
Mal Jackson Roy G. Blanton
J. H. Harvey
O. C. Slaughter Ray
Rotary Governor To Visit Whitewright Club August 9
Rotary Governor Trent Root will visit the Rotary Club of Whitewright on August 9 as part of his annual circuit visiting all 50 clubs in Northwest Texas. Root, SMU vice president and former Texas Tech dean, coordinates district governance of Rotary International and will discuss administration and service with club officers and committees. The event highlights Rotary’s global growth and aims to foster goodwill and community improvement.
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Rotary Club of
Whitewright
Trent Root
Rotary International
Texas
John L. Biggerstaff
Remus R. Summers
Mr. Root
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
SMU
Root
Rotary
Lucerne
Switzerland
Free World
Biggerstaff
North
South
Central America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Islands of the Pacific
Cambodia
French Cameroon
French Equatorial Africa
Guadeloupe
Liechtenstein
Uganda
President gets bill for dam at San Angelo
The Senate passed a bill authorizing a 32 million dollar dam and reservoir at San Angelo Texas. About 11 million would be repaid by operators of 10 000 irrigated acres and domestic water users would repay about 7 million. Congress must appropriate funds to start construction. Texas irrigation totals exceed 4 706 017 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
White House
San Angelo
Texas
House
Congress
Propose Closing Of Court House All Day on Saturday
Grayson County officials seek public input on closing the county courthouse all day Saturdays with only the Sheriff's Office handling business. The plan cites Saturday holidays for workers and years of noon closures. If no strong objections arise, the schedule starts August 17.
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Court House
The
Sun
Grayson County
Woody Blanton
Texas
Grayson County Court House
S. W. Earnest
the Sun
McElroy Named Defense Secretary
President Eisenhower named Neil H. McElroy of Proctor & Gamble as secretary of defense to succeed Charles E. Wilson. McElroy, a 32 year soap firm executive, was confirmed by the Senate after Wilson announced plans to retire from the Pentagon.
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Washington
Neil H. McElroy
Eisenhower
Defense
McElroy
Proctor & Gamble
Charles E. Wilson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Senate
Wilson
White House
Pentagon
L. M. West Named Bells School Superintendent
L M West of the Tom Bean school faculty is elected superintendent of the Bells schools succeeding Stacy Newman. Newman resigns after six years and becomes junior high principal at Jefferson. Mrs Newman will teach at the Jefferson grade school. West previously headed Bells High School before moving to Tom Bean.
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L. M. West
Tom Bean
Bells
Stacy Newman
Newman
Jefferson
West
Food Prices Rise Again in Wholesale Index
New York reports the Dun & Bradstreet wholesale food price index reaching 6.39, a 26 month high and 4.8 percent above last year. The six week run of increases shows higher prices for wheat corn rye oats hams butter milk cocoa potatoes steers and hogs while flour lard sugar coffee cottonseed oil eggs and lambs decline.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Meat dealers urged to use newspapers for ads
The National Association of Retail Meat and Food Dealers urged retailers to use newspaper advertising as the bargain media to build business on solid foundations. They said newspaper ads will return many times the original investment. Printing in Whitewright was noted in the copy.
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Chicago
National Assn. of
Death of Floyd Clyde Long at 61 in Whitewright studio
Floyd Clyde Long, 61, was found dead in his Whitewright photographic studio last Thursday. He suffered a heart attack likely occurring Wednesday night or Thursday morning after chest pains. Born September 7, 1895 in Gainesville, he married Goldie Laningham in 1921. she died in 1940. Survivors include a son Charles A. Long and siblings Walter, Charles I., Charlotte, Evelyn, and G. G. McClaran. Funeral in Gainesville and burial at Fairview Cemetery.
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Floyd Clyde Long
Gainesville
Fairview
Mr. Long
Goldie Laningham
Whitewright
The
Baptist Church
Charles A. Long
Memphis
Funeral services held for William Cleve land Pheobus
William Cleve land Pheobus 72 died at his Tom Bean home after a three year illness. Funeral conducted by Gerald Cleveland at Earnheart chapel with burial in Wittitoe Cemetery. Surviving wife Annie Hopper Pheobus a daughter Marion Pennell two brothers Charlie and Clifford four grandchildren four great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
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William Cleveland Pheobus
Earnheart Chapel
Gerald Cleveland
Church of Christ
Wittitoe Cemetery
Jack Yowell
Robert Yowell
Nyal Yowell
Claude Yowell
Grady Yowell
T. J. Yowell
Pheobus
Tom Bean
Grayson County
John William
Nercis Pheobus
Annie Hopper
Marion Pennell
Charlie Pheobus
Whitewright
Clifford Pheobus
Widow of Professor Anderson Dies in Fort Worth
Mrs Beulah Lockhart Anderson 85 widow of Grayson College faculty member Professor Jim Anderson died at her son's Fort Worth home. A native of Whitewright she will be buried there after a Ft Worth funeral. Survived by sons G N Anderson Dallas J F Anderson Fort Worth John L Anderson. daughter Mrs J B Williams Dallas. five grandchildren four great grandchildren.
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Beulah Lockhart Anderson
Jim Anderson
Grayson College
John L. Anderson
Fort Worth
Whitewright
Ft. Worth
G. N. Anderson
Dallas
J. F. Anderson
J. B. Williams
Infant Debra Ann Bunch Dies in Houston Family Notice
Debra Ann three week old daughter of Mr and Mrs Rainey Bunch of Houston died Wednesday. The infant's death was reported to her maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs R C Vestal. Mrs Bunch is the former Zoe Vestal. She is survived by her parents and a brother Morgan Bunch.
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Debra Ann
Widow Pauline Bradford Dies at 86 in New Mexico
Mrs Pauline Bradford 86 widow of D C H Bradford died last week at her home in Truth or Conse quences New Mexico and was buried there She was a Church of Christ member The Bradfords were prominent Whitewright citizens in the early 1900s when Mr Bradford ran a general store and peddling wagons Surviving are daughters Hattie Everheart Ethel Bolstad of Albuquerque and Mrs Percy House of Los Angeles and sons J L Bradford of Ohio and R H Bradford of Utah
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Pauline Bradford
D. C
Percy House
Los Angeles
Calif
J. L. Bradford
Ohio
R. H. Bradford
Utah
Mrs. Roy McDaniel Dies at 66 in Denison
Mrs. Roy McDaniel 66 died in a Denison hospital. Funeral services were held in Denison and burial in Fairview Cemetery. Born near Whitewright October 21, 1890 she was the daughter of John M. and Georgia Collins. She married Roy McDaniel June 8, 1920 and lived in Denison 28 years. Survivors include her husband two daughters two brothers a sister and three grandchildren.
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Roy McDaniel
Denison
Fairview Cemetery
Whitewright
West Palm Beach, Fla
Tom Collins
Whitesboro
Floyd Collins
Midland
Georgia Collins
Lyric Theatre marquee mishap in Bisbee
Aziz Bisbee man who rigged the Lyric Theatre marquee could not fit the film title Love Is a Many Splendored Thing on one line. He left it as Love is a Many Splendored Edge of Hell Thing, creating a comic error.
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Bisbee
Aziz
Lyric Theatre
Ned Ayres To Open Downtown Cafe In Remodeled Building
Ned Ayres will move his cafe from Highway 69 to the old Pierce cafe building downtown. Lee Wilson owns the remodeled site and plans a private dining room and kitchen after lowering the ceiling. The dining area will match Craig cafe space and serve Rotary Club and other groups, with operation expected within a week of August 26.
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Ned Ayres
Pierce Cafe
Lee Wilson
Highway 69
Wilson
The
Sun
Mr. Wilson
Tippie Pierce
Sherman
Mary Pierce
Clovis
N. M
FHA Cuts Down Payment and Hikes FHA Loan Rates
The government halves the minimum down payment for FHA insured homes and raises FHA loan interest to 5 1/2 percent. New discount rules cap fees on FHA and VA mortgages while FNMA lists new purchase prices. Critics warn higher rates may undercut intended relief for moderate income buyers. The revised schedule sets 3 percent on the first 10,000, 15 percent on the next 6,000, and 30 percent above 16,000.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Veterans Administration
Federal National Mortgage Association
FNMA
Albert M. Cole
Housing and Home Finance Administration
Congress
Eisenhower
Albert Rains
Dem
Alabama
House
Rains
Examination For Tom Bean Postmaster
The U.S. Civil Service Commission announces an exam to fill the Tom Bean postmaster vacancy. Applications available at Sherman post office where the written test will be conducted. Salary listed at 3880 dollars annually.
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U.S. Civil Service Commission
Tom Bean
Sherman
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