Super Lobby Forms Nationwide Farm Coalition
Rebel farm groups build a coalition across cattle wheat cotton pecans apples to rally votes on Capitol Hill. Led by Mike Norton the National Milk Producers Federation aims to trade support to push a middle road program and fund dairy exports with a 500 million loan, shaping next year’s farm battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
E. M
Mike) Norton
National Milk Producers Federation
Capitol Hill
Norton
Rep
Poage
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
Combine
National Conference of Commodity Organizations
Champion Grower Of Watermelons In Hope Ark
Oscar Middlebrooks of Hope Arkansas is celebrated as world heavyweight watermelon champion since 1935. He first rose to fame with a 195 pound melon shipped to Hollywood in that year and a 165 pound world record set in 1930s. He lost the title in 1932 to E O Kennedy but regained it in 1935 and has held the crown ever since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Ark
Oscar Middlebrooks
Hope, Ark
Hollywood
Dick Powell
Little Rock
Robert Ripley
Believe-It-Or-Not Fame
Middlebrook
Arkansawyer
E. O. Kennedy
Atlanta
Veterans Questions and Answers VA Education and Care Guidance
Veteran guidance covers outpatient care for training injuries not service connected and GI insurance beneficiary changes. It notes no single War Orphans deadline with age bounds and overseas study under the Korean GI Bill if at an accredited school. Also includes nutrition tip about cooking to preserve vitamins.
Citation by Publication No 9782 in Estes Minor Estate
Public notice from Grayson County Texas for the estate of John William Estes a minor. Geneva Smith guardian filed Final Account and application for discharge August 2 1957. Hearing set the first Monday after ten days from publication at Sherman Courthouse with required appearance and responses. Clerk J C Buchanan deputy Connell Rogers. Published in The Whitewright Sun August 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
John William Estes
Grayson County
Texas
Geneva Smith
John Willam Estes
Sherman
A. D
J. C. Buchanan
Connell Rogers
Whitewright Sun
Advice on Methods to Eradicate Bees in Structures
University of Wisconsin agriculture experts outline two main removal methods for bees in walls or hollow trees. Plug entrances with oil-soaked cloth using chlordane or seal with a double paper bag containing benzene hexachloride or calcium cyanide. DDT works but slower. exercise caution with poisons and prefer early spring when honey stocks are low. Nighttime hose flushing clears exterior nests. if stung, scrape the stinger to reduce venom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Birthday dinner honors W C Reeves at 78
Mrs. Joe Reeves hosts a birthday dinner for W C Reeves known as Uncle Billy south of town. The event marks his 78th birthday with family and church friends in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C
Billy) Reeves
Joe Reeves
Eunice Turner
Jack Spindle
Annette Harp
Marian Simmons
Raymond Ray
Beatrice Beasley
Guy Yowell
Ellis May
Church of Christ Young People
Oscar Pierce
Lefevre Gordon
Sherman
Legion Post Elects Officers At Preston Everheart Meeting
Preston Everheart Post American Legion elected John Reeves as post commander and T R Brice as vice commander along with B W Newman adjutant John Hollingsworth service officer Rev J T Purvis chaplain W E LaRoe publicity officer and C A Pace sergeant at arms Jerome May bought the 70 acre Henry Phillips farm northeast of town R E Burnham moved his family to Whitesboro this week. CITATION BY PUBLICATION No 9971 THE STATE OF TEXAS Margie Ann Noel guardian Oscar Harold Noel filed final account and application for discharge in Grayson County Court Sherman Texas posted July 31 1957 set for hearing first Monday after ten days from posting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Everheart
American Legion
John Reeves
T. R. Brice
B. W. Newman
John Hollingsworth
J. T. Purvis
W. E. LaRoe
C. A. Pace
Jerome May
Henry Phillips
R. E. Burnham
Whitesboro
First Cotton Bale of 1937 Reaches Donigan Gin
Oscar Mears brought in the season’s first cot ton bale on Monday from the Mrs. D. B. Tate farm. The Donigan Gin Co. ginned it and sold it for 11 1/2 cents per pound with a $22 premium from Whitewright merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Mears
D. B. Tate
Donigan Gin Co
Mears
Whitewright
Julian Montgomery
Fort Worth
Joe Alexander
Sherman
J. D. Garner
T. F. Coffman
William A. Shook
Duncan
Okla
F. E. Vittitoe
J. R. Rutledge
Wichita Falls
Blannie Reeves
Call Reeves
G. C. Stuteville
Clean sweep test for Ga gambling crackdown begins
The Fort Worth Press notes Attorney General Wilson faces a contempt-of-court action after the first club operator violates an injunction. It questions who might be next in the clean up of Gainesville gambling and sin pits with a grim, homespun warning. A tangential line on mint flavoring peas is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Gaveston
Grandma
West Texas
Fort Worth
Citation for Divorce Abandonment in Grayson County
Court issues citation commanding Margaret Stone to answer Richard Olin Stone’s petition for divorce on abandonment. Date specified for appearance is September 9, 1957, before the Fifteenth District Court in Sherman Texas. Case filed May 20, 1957, file No. 64303. Published in The Whitewright Sun in July and August 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
Margaret Stone
A. D
Fifteenth District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Richard Olin Stone
V. Earnest
Shirley Davis
Whitewright Sun
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Sam
Majestic
Nat'l Park Service
U.S. Dep't of the Interior
HOT Springs
J. M. Wright
Bryant King
First National Bank
Co. B. Bryant
W. H. King
F. E. Douglas
T. E. Sears
Emmett Penn
R. H. May
R. A. Gillett
Kay Kimbell
Howard Brodhead
Floyd Harris
Kentuckytown
Grayson County Council
A. & M. College
Viva Phillips
Lee Williams
F. M. Echols
Rotary Club
J. R. Westbrook
Denison
Betty Sloan
Annie Wilson
Pilot Grove
Tom King
Amarillo
R. G. Pennington
Royse City
Devil’s den
Grady Fae Coley
Faye Alverson
Aline Alverson
Retha Mae White
John Alverson
Bob Collins
D. E. McCoy Jr
Harvey Rich
Russell McGinnis
Sarah K. Webster
Margie Ann Noel
Oscar Harold Noel
Tom Sears
NATA
Los Angeles
New York
Chevy
Chevrolet
National Automotive Testing Association
Aiken
Bayonne
York
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