Down Memory Lane Highlights From The Sun 1922
July 26 dinner honors W C Reeves on 78th birthday at son Joe Reeves home. births for Oscar Pierce and Lee Wilson. deaths include Julian Connally and Floyd Harris story. river pool drowning of Frank Smith aged 12 near Floyd Everheart pool. injuries include Robert Doss arm fracture from car incident in Bonham. local club contests note HD Club butter winner Mrs Floyd Harris and state placement. moving to Whitesboro R. E. Burnham. deaths of Mrs Sarah Webster.
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W. C
Billy) Reeves
Joe Reeves
Oscar Pierce
Call Reeves
Gordon Clothing
Julian Connally
Frank Smith
Floyd Everheart
Floyd Harris
Kentuckytown
Preston Everhart Post elects legion leaders
The Preston Everhart Post American Legion elected Friday evening officers including John Reeves as post commander and T. R. Brice as vice commander. B. W. Newman was chosen adjutant and John Hollingsworth as service officer.
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Preston Everheart
American Legion
John Reeves
T. R. Brice
B. W. Newman
John Hollingsworth
First bale of 1937 cotton brought in
Oscar Mears south of town brought in the first bale of cot ton for 1937 Monday night. Joe Alexander, 21, was run over by a tractor at his home south of town Tuesday with injuries not serious. Miss Blannie Reeves hosted a birthday dinner for her brother Cull Reeves and Mrs. G C Stateville Friday. The Blanks family celebrated Miss Alice Blanks’s birthday Sunday. Mrs J D Garner died at the home of Mrs T F Coffman Thursday.
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Oscar Mears
Joe Alexander
Blannie Reeves
Cull Reeves
G. C. Stateville
Juror Quits After Age Claim in Wichita Court
In common pleas court Judge Baum excused Levi Groty of Wichita after he said at 113 he can work hard all day but cannot sit still. The item notes a farmer statistics claim stating Americans produce three fifths of raw materials and that prices farmers receive have fallen about 20 percent in the last decade.
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Wichita
Kan
Thomas C. Baum
Common Pleas Court
Levi Groty
United States
Constitutional Amendment Ten on Ballot Texas 1962 Proposal
Public notice outlines Senate Joint Resolution No 12 proposing to amend Texas Constitution Section 33 to allow state employees to serve in advisory roles or on school boards if not teachers, with expense reimbursement and no conflict of interest. It sets ballot language for and against approval and directs gubernatorial proclamation for the November 6, 1962 election.
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Senate
State Department
State of
Texas
Treasury
United States
National Guard of
National Guard Reserve
Officers Reserve Corps
National Guard
Organized Reserve
United States Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Coast Guard
Oe Air Force and
Public Notice on Constitutional Amendment Two Ballot Texas
Notice describes Proposed Constitutional Amendment to raise state funds for needy aged blind and children from 47 to 52 million dollars per year. Sets election timing, ballot form, proclamation, publication requirements and lists restrictions, federal aid match rules, recipient lists, and verification provisions. The governor will issue the proclamation and publish the amendment per state law.
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Senate
State of
Texas
United States
The Editor The Hated Yet Indispensable Town Figure
A reflection on the rough life of a hometown editor who must publish all the news warts and all. Weddings obituaries and court reports spark reader ire while bribes threats and libel fears test his resolve. He quips that clinging to truth is his only defense.
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Uncle Joe
Court News
Tax Foreclosure Notice for T J McCafferty Bells TX
State of Texas Foreclosure suit in Grayson County against T J McCafferty and unknown heirs for delinquent taxes on South Part of Lot 39 Block 2 Duganville Addition Bells. Filing date July 13 1962 suit 68415 seeks tax recovery penalties interest and costs and foreclosure of liens with return date September 17 1962. Issued July 31 1962 by Eunice S Earnest Clerk. Published in Whitewright Sun August 2 and 9 1962.
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State of Texas
County of
Grayson
T. J. McCafferty
Duganville
City of
Bells
Grayson County
Texas
District Court
15Th Judicial District
Sherman
Eunice S. Earnest
Shirley Davis
Whitewright Sun
Humble Man Speaks on Limits of Science and Life
A physician stresses humility in medicine noting that while science advances, doctors cannot replace complex body functions or create life. He compares medical limits to an auto mechanic fixing a sparkplug, highlighting belief in a higher Power and the mystery of creation.
Humble Man Reflects on Human Nature and Creation
Selby Mont promoter notes that a contemptuous familiarity with life leads to realizing how little humans know, praising humility as a sign of true greatness. The piece also gives kitchen advice to keep milk refrigerated and suggests adding light cream to scrambled eggs for richness.
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Earth
Laugh Your Troubles Away Build a strong box for worries
Anonymous poem advises making a strong box with a padlock to seal away troubles and heartaches. It counsels taking personal steps to hide cares from sight and protect inner burdens, ending with a light admonition to laugh and keep secrets.
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J. T. Purvis
W. E. LaRoe
C. A. Pace
R. E. Burnham
Whitesboro
Sarah K. Webster
D. W. Cato
Public Notice
Ars Late
The
Sun
Gomer and
Kirk
North Travis
May
Medical Arts Clinic
N. Highland
Lokey Edwards
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