Whitewright ISD Wins Big Vote For Tax Equalization And Bond Help
In Saturdays Whitewright Independent School District election voters approved tax equalization 193 to 4 and bonded indebtedness 180 to 16. The lands and two school buildings with gym and workshop boost district value, positioning Whitewright to receive Gilmer-Aikin aid and improve local schools. The text urges continued support for trustees and faculty to keep schools among the county’s best.
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Whitewright Independent School District
Gilmer-Aikin
Whitewright
Funeral for Guy Hamilton Held Monday
Funeral services for Guy Hamilton were held at the First Baptist Church in Whitewright with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Hamilton, a longtime banker businessman and civic leader, died suddenly at home Saturday. Survivors include his wife, daughter Dorothy, and son Guy Hamilton Jr.
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Guy Hamilton
First Baptist Church
E. P. Wootten
Celina
A. D. Jameson
First Methodist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
B. W. Newman
N. E. Skaggs
Robert Sears
C. B. Bryant III
Sweetwater
Lester LaRoe
Leonard
Bryan Weber
Denison
Leon White
F. M. Echols
C. F. Collins
Paul Stephens
Mr. Hamilton
Kentuckytown
T. A
Inez Parrish Hamilton
Berta Ball
Sherman
Whitewright
Hamilton
Oak Hill Cemetery Foundation
Whitewright Masonic Lodge
Dorothy Hamilton
Dallas
Guy Hamilton Jr
Detroit
Mich
Carrie Hamilton
E. M. Mantiply
Los Angeles
Calif
First Bale of 1949 Cotton Brought in by C B Robinson
C B Robinson of Ida near Whitewright delivered the first 1949 bale at 2 p m ginned by Donigan Gin Co without charge. The bale and seed sold to Donigan at 30 cents a pound and 50 per ton respectively, with a 72.00 premium. Robinson’s 1820 pounds of seed cotton yielded a 634 pound lint bale. He picked about twenty acres for the bale at two dollars per hundred.
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C. B. Robinson
Ida
Whitewright
Donigan Gin Company
Donigan
Robinson
Tom Bean
Grayson County
Weldon Bartley
Tostar
Enteric
AMIBE
American Legion Posts Call Members to Evening Meeting
E. W. Fields commander of the Whitewright Post announces a business meeting at the Legion Home at 8 p m on Wednesday August 17. All members urged to attend and participate.
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E. W. Fields
Whitewright
American Legion
Legion
Fields
Revival Begins Sunday At Bethel Church
Revival starts Sunday at Bethel Baptist Church four miles south of Whitewright. Two daily services at 10 30 a m and 8 p m led by Rev R M Williams pastor East Sherman Baptist Church. Public invited to attend.
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Bethel Baptist Church
Whitewright
R. M. Williams
East Sherman Baptist Church
Five Injured In Automobile Wreck Near Whitewright
Five persons were injured in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 69 about two miles southeast of Whitewright at 6 30 p m Friday. William Umphries eight suffered the most serious injuries with a broken arm and facial cuts. Four others had minor injuries: M E Wilkerson Jimmy Wilkerson Joe Umphries and Tom Jaynes.
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Highway 69
Whitewright
William Umphries
Joe Humphries
M. E. Wilkerson
Jimmy Wilkerson
Joe Umphries
Tom Jaynes
Whitewright Mason Presley Short Receives 50-Year Pin
Presley A Short, the youngest bachelor and now oldest continuous member, earned a gold fifty year service pin from Whitewright Masons. Born 1872 in Murfreesboro Tennessee he moved to Texas in 1893 and settled in Whitewright in 1896. He is the fourth local member to receive the pin and the first who was made a Mason in Whitewright. Short recalls fellow members from early days and notes his son Lester presented the pin with his grandson Robert and granddaughter Helen in Midland.
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Masonic Lodge
Presley A. Short
Short
Blue Lodge
Royal Arch
Council of Royal and Select Masters
Whitewright
Mr. Short
Ben Montgomery
J. F. Lilley
D. M. Penn
Masonic Order
Whitewright Lodge
Montgomery
Leonard
Lilley
Nacogdoches
John Donahue
Trenton
W. N. Stone
Leora Short
Lilly Ayres
Denison
Lester Short
Midland
Texas
Shriner
Kentucky Lodge
Kentuckytown
David Bryant
Louis Holland
Miller
John Ray
W. M. Cox
Walter Hestand
White Produce Company
Planters Compress Company
Whitewright High School
Lester
Whitewright Blue Lodge
Whitewright Schools Awarded $44,077 in State Aid
W Cummings, superintendent, reports Austin confirmation that Whitewright District is tentatively approved for 44 077 aid from the Foundation School Program after the recent district tax rate equalization. This aid, with future state sums, should keep the schools financially sound for the next year.
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the Sun
W. C. Cummings
Whitewright
Austin
Whitewright Independent
Wit at a Funeral Parlor Echoes Rumor and Farewell
A local joke exchange turns the room witty as neighbors discuss a widow’s late husband. The banter hints at his character and the social tone of the community gathering.
Sun Honor Roll Adds Week’s Names From The Sun
The Sun honors Earl Blanton Guy Allen Dr F M Williams Guy Burchfield Mrs J W Henry C B Bryant Jr R E Sandlin J W Neves G L Baugher C R Walker Mrs T H Truett and Mrs Tillie Trotter of Clifton visiting Mr and Mrs Carl Holland and relatives. The slow growing yew tree noted as historic bow wood remains common in England.
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Sun
Earl Blanton
Guy Allen
F. M. Williams
Guy Burchfield
J. W. Henry
C. B. Bryant Jr
R. E. Sandlin
J. W. Neves
G. L. Baugher
C. B. Robinson
C. R. Walker
T. H. Truett
Houston
Tillie Trotter
Clifton
Carl Holland
England
Legion Auxiliary Plans Kitchen Shower at Whitewright Legion Home
The American Legion Auxiliary met with president Mrs. A. R. Orenduff presiding. New officers were elected: Mrs. Griffin Dollarhide 1st vice president, Mrs. Jack Lackey 2nd vice president, Mrs. F. M. Williams secretary treasurer, Mrs. Jack Meador reporter historian, Mrs. Ashley Jameson chaplain. A kitchen shower is set for Wednesday night Aug 17 to furnish the Legion Home as a social center for Whitewright youths. Donations of kitchen items are welcomed.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
A. R. Orenduff
Griffin Dollarhide
Jack Lackey
F. M. Williams
Jack Meador
Ashley Jameson
New Legion
Whitewright
Cummings Resigns as Fannin County Superintendent
W C Curlee Cummings resigns as Fannin County superintendent of public instruction effective Sept 1 to devote full time to the District. He has served since 1943 and helped establish the Veterans Vocational School and the County School for Handicapped Children. He will move with his family to Whitewright.
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W. C
Curlee) Cummings
Fannin County
Commissioners’ Court
Dodd
Bells
Grayson County
Cummings
Gilmer-Aikin
Lions Club
Whitewright
Editor Receives Roasting Ears Gift From Farmer Friend
The Sun's senior editor recounts a humorous episode as Newell Skaggs delivers a large share of roasting ears from his corn patch. The gift, timed late, avoids town talk and leaves the editor with plenty to spare. The piece ends with a note on the term race and its three main human groups.
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the Sun
Newell Skaggs
Skaggs
Sun Office
Mr. Skaggs
Free DDT Distribution Saturday In Local Community
The Sherwin Williams and local partners offer free pint cans of destroy 6 DDT liquid coating at the Dollarhide store on Saturday August 13 from 8 to 10 am and 2 to 4 pm. The product coats surfaces after application with a brush and remains effective for months.
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Sherwin-Williams Company
Grffin Dollarhide Jr
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
Dollarhide
B. W. Newman
Chamber of Commerce
Weed & Insect Control, Inc
Sheriff Raid Seizes Beer in Whitewright Bar Raid
Two deputies raided a Negro dwelling in Whitewright last Thursday and confiscated thirty six cans of beer. Estelle Williams, Negro, was arrested in the raid. Local officers aided the operation. Sheriff Markel Dicken was in Whitewright Tuesday investigating sacks stolen from a Sherman flour mill and sold locally.
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Whitewright
Estelle Williams
Markel Dicken
Sherman
Charges Reduced In Gaming Cases In Sherman
A Fifteenth District Court grand jury charged Arthur Willingham and seven others with exhibiting for gaming at the Hi-Life Club raid on July 31. Bonds were set at 500 dollars each, with additional indictments for murder and theft in the same session.
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M. T. Gonzaullas
Ralph Oliver
Justice Court
R. C. Slagle Jr
Slagle
W. L. Mitchell
Denison Negro
Grayson County
Willie Littlejohn
Cocker Brings Up Orphan Cats in Waco Town
Blondie the cocker spaniel owned by 12 year old Paul Guzzardo caretakes orphan kittens. She has mothered several youngsters and is currently raising one three month old kitten after its mother abandoned it. Mrs Husbands opposes Blondie and struggles to feed the sibling with a cod liver oil diet.
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Waco
Blondie
Paul Guzzardo
Fred Husbands
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