Whitewright gains Kentucky Colonel while Texas deals with amendments
A Whitewright resident, S. H. White, was named a Kentucky Colonel by the Kentucky governor during a visit. Texas papers publish four weeks of constitutional amendments totaling 14,382 words for November voting, costing about half a million dollars. Critics note low readership and suggest shortening publication. Zip codes delay Sun delivery. mail and telegrams often arrive late. Metropolitan designation for Sherman Denison could affect Whitewright’s municipal autonomy. Old-Timer recalls reel-based movie ads.
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Texas
Sun
Linton Savage
Sherman
Newton Cole
Gunter Afb
Ala
Whitewright
Denison Day in California Draws Former Residents
The Denison Herald notes an annual Denison Day in California next Sunday for former Denisonians now living there. Whitewright reports many ex-residents in California, with The Sun mailed to 23 of them and others not yet reached.
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Denison Herald
California
Whitewright
Auto price rise seen on 1967 car models
Detroit reports plan to raise prices on 1967 automobiles with estimates ranging from 50 to over 100 dollars per car. Higher costs from labor, materials, safety equipment, and new plants drive the increases, with executives signaling costs will be passed to buyers.
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Detroit
Jim Roche
General Motors Corp
Social Security Office Warns Of Swindling Acts
Sherman social security district office reports swindlers posing as Medicare collectors. District manager Gus Jones cautions beneficiaries that the $3 monthly premium for add on medical insurance is deducted from benefits, while nonreceivers are billed quarterly. Do not pay collectors. report such contacts to police.
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Sherman Social Security
Gus Jones
Jones
Golf on TV prompts mixed viewership
The writer notes eight million golfers and sixty million TV sets yet questions why golf dominates weekend broadcasts when many players are outdoors and golf is not a true spectator sport. The piece uses a skeptical tone about television scheduling.
Constitutional Amendment Proposal on Terms of District Directors
Texas House Joint Resolution No 21 proposes adding a section to Article XVI to limit terms of office for directors of conservation and reclamation districts to six years. The measure sets the ballot language for November 8, 1966, with FOR and AGAINST options and directs a gubernatorial proclamation and required publication.
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HOUSE
State of Texas
Texas
Death of Earl W. Fields prompts funeral plans
Earl W. Fields 70 was found dead in his car southwest of town Tuesday afternoon from a heart attack after years of heart disease. Funeral services will be held at Earnheart chapel with time pending word from his daughter in Iceland. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Fields born near Whitewright April 20 1896 was WWI veteran and former Grayson County deputy sheriff. Surviving are his wife a daughter in Iceland two brothers a sister and two grandsons.
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Earl W. Fields
Earnheart Funeral Chapel
Iceland
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. Fields
Whitewright
Frank Fields
Kate Benson
Bethel Baptist Church
Everheart-Thornhill
American Legion
Grayson County
R. W. Terry
Elgie Fields
Albuquerque
N. M
Cecil Fields
Morenci
Arizona
Vera Allen
Lake Dallas
Kenneth and
Keith Terry
Presbyterian Missionary Society Meets At Home
The Presbyterian Missionary Society met Monday at Mrs. Martha Jo Emerson's home with Mrs. Homer Sears presiding. Miss Ruth Cox kept minutes while Miss Mardell Pumphrey spoke and led a Bible quiz from Women of the Bible. Refreshments were served to 10 members. next meeting is Sept 12 at Mrs. Vera Hickman’s.
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The
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Martha Jo Emerson
Homer Sears
Ruth Cox
Floyd Bassett
Korea
T. E. Sears
Mardell Pumphrey
Vera Hickman
Churches Share Sunday Schedule And Weekday Activities
First Methodist Church led by Rev. George Topper lists Sunday events at 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Morning Worship 6:00 MYF 7:30 Evening worship. Tuesday 9:00 Bible study Wednesday 7:30 Choir rehearsal Friday 6:30 Sub district Picnic. Rev. Dale Gore notes nursing home S S at 9:00 9:55 Sunday School 6:00 Christian Life Development 7:00 Evening worship 9:30 Joy Russell Circle meets at Mrs. Holland's for Mission study with lunch. 7:00 Hour of prayer 7:45 Choir rehearsal.
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First Methodist Church
George Topper
Dale Gore
S. S
Nursing Home
Joy Russell
Holland
Assembly of God Church Schedule
Pastor Mrs Janice Hall leads services with Sunday School at 9 45 and Worship at 11 00 morning and 7 15 evening. A prayer meeting is planned for 7 30 p m Wednesday.
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Janice Hall
Church of Christ Service Times Set by Minister Mynatt
Minister W. E. Mynatt leads Church of Christ with Bible study at 10 a m worship and communion at 11 a m worship at 7 p m and Bible study for all ages at 7 30 p m.
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Church OF Christ
W. E. Mynatt
Baptist Church Sunday schedule with service times
Rev. Don Chandler leads the Baptist Church with Sunday School at 10:00 AM Training Union at 7:00 PM and Worship Service at 7:45 PM.
Bethel Baptist Church Sunday Schedule Ad
Bethel Baptist Church posts a Sunday timetable with Rev. Charles Pierce as pastor. Activities include Sunday School at 10:00, Worship at 11:00, Training Union at 6:30 and a second Worship service at 7:30.
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Bethel Baptist Church
Charles Pierce
Training Union
Dear Mister Editor from Tom Bean on editors and court cases
A Tom Bean reader writes the editor noting US Public Health Service waste of nineteen million dollars in stored drugs. He mocks court cases and shoe lawsuits, jokes about drivers, and praises editors as fine philosophers in a small community under heat and daily papers. He ends by praising newspaper folk as good philosophers.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Howard Rusk
Ed Dooolittle
Miami
Boston
Rushing Family Reunion at Fairview Park Sherman
The annual Rushing family reunion drew 89 attendees at Fairview Park in Sherman. Participants included numerous Rushings and in laws from Grand Prairie, Dallas, Lubbock, Bonham, Leonard, Whitewright, Trenton, Bells, Grapevine, Fort Worth, and other Texas towns.
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Rushing
Fairview Park
Sherman
Buster Rushing
Floyd Rushing
Chris
Jack Rushing
E. W. White
Grand Prairie
Joe Farris
Verda Hudson
Jim McHone
Noel Harbour
Dorothy Ulrich
Brenda McCollum
Harvey Rushing
C. B. Robinson
Albert Hames
Johnnie Starnes
Mary Ann
Joe Frank Robinson
Whitewright
Woodrow Bowen
Lafayette Latimer
Billy Joe Barnes
Trenton
Weldon Wilson
Bells
Myrtle James
Billy James
Grapevine
Fred Rushing
Fort Worth
W. D
October Draft Call For Texas Largest Monthly Quota Since 1953
Col Morris S Schwartz announces Texas draft boards must provide 2,671 men in October as part of a 46,200 national call. September quota rises to 1,890 from 1,585, and a total of 6,600 will undergo pre induction exams in September.
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Austin
Texas
Morris S. Schwartz
Schwartz
Amster dam Stock Exchange Founded in 1602
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange in Holland began in 1602 and continues to operate today, maintaining its historic role in global finance.
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the Stock Exchange
Amsterdam
Holland
Talala and Denison families plan August 1967 reunion
In a brief meeting led by Harvey Rushing of Dallas, Carrol Jones of Talala Okla and Joe Jones and family of Irving with Ed Hodge and children of Denison plus Mr and Mrs Joe B Jones decided the next reunion will be held on the second Sunday in August 1967 in Whitewright.
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Carrol
Talala
Okla
Joe B. Jones
Joe Jones
Irving
Ed Hodge
Denison
Harvey Rushing
Dallas
Whitewright
Whitewright Notices from August 12 1921
Louis F. Hopkins dies at his Whitewright home. Voters approve a 35000 bond issue to convert the Grayson College building into a high school. H Whitlock of Van Alstyne buys the W R Crockett bakery, now in operation. Frank Benton buys the William Morgan barber shop. A son is born to Mr and Mrs Tom Blant on August 6. Fred Holmes of Trenton plans marriage and leaves Tom single.
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Louis F. Hopkins
Whitewright
Grayson College
H. Whitlock
van Alstyne
W. R. Crockett
Frank Benton
William Morgan
Tom Blant
Robb and Rawley theatre to open soon
Forty years ago on August 12 1926 a new Robb and Rawley theatre was set to open Tuesday. The MP baseball team clinched the championship by six games over the BCs. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Joe Johnson Sunday. Mr and Mrs Claud Alexander, recently of Slaton, have returned to the community. Chicken thieves raided J A Harpers henhouse but fled after Mr Harper appeared with a shotgun. The bachelor team of Tom...
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Robb & Rawley
Mps
Bcs
Joe Johnson
Claud Alexander
Slaton
J. A. Harper
Harper
Tom
Margreta Fender Injured in Austin Automobile Crash
A Sunday automobile accident near Austin injures Miss Margreta Fender. Public Weigher Tom Brice appoints Findley Haile deputy public weigher on August 9, listing Mrs. Ronald Vestal in the notice.
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Margreta Fender
Austin
Tom Brice
Findley Haile
Ronald Vestal
Palace Theatre Sold to T M Hasty of Mount Vernon
The sale of the Palace theatre is confirmed with buyer T M Hasty of Mount Vernon, as Clay Horton and Joe Johnson finalize the transaction. Aug 7 notes and another item mention insurance activity and a 96 year old life policy maturing, reflecting an 1894 policy use case.
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Clay Horton
Joe Johnson
Palace Theatre
T. M. Hasty
Mount Vernon
Dave Henderson
Louise Wilson
Paul Langford
Phoebe Ellen Turner
Windom
Badgett Smith Wedding Rites Held In Whitewright
Saturday evening ceremony at Mrs W L Hatfield home united Miss Pattye Badgett and David L Smith. The bride, daughter of E M Badgett of Whitewright, and the groom, son of Mrs Eva Smith of Sherman Route 4, were married by Rev Dale Gore. Reception followed as the couple plan to live in Whitewright.
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W. L. Hatfield
Edwin Badgett
Benny Simpson
Irving
Paula Moore
Dallas
Dianne Cargill
Plano
Judy Gosnell
Register
Whitewright High School
North Texas State University
State Department of Public Welfare
Sherman
Tom Bean High School
Texas Instruments
Whitewright
July Wedding Announced for Lillis Pauline Watkins
Mr and Mrs L A Watkins Jr announce the marriage of their daughter Lillis Pauline to Jerry Roger Martin on July 23 The ceremony was at the Baptist Parsonage with Rev Dale Gore officiating Margaret Wright cousin of the bride served as maid of honor and Raymond Brown of Bells was best man The bride will be a senior at Whitewright High School this fall The groom is a 1965 graduate of Bells High School and works for Anderson Clayton in Sherman They will reside in Sherman
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L. A. Watkins Jr
Lillis Pauline
Jerry Roger Martin
A. L. Martin
Bells
Dale Gore
The
Baptist Parsonage
Margaret Wright
Raymond Brown
Whitewright High School
Bells High School
Anderson-Clayton
Sherman
How to tell raw eggs from cooked eggs by spinning
A simple test helps distinguish raw from cooked eggs. Spin each egg on a flat saucer. a cooked egg spins like a top while a raw egg will not spin well due to its liquid interior. Labeling eggs after cooking avoids mix ups during picnics and busy kitchen prep.
Auto Insurance Ties Rates to Driving Records
The State Board of Insurance unveils a system that sets car insurance by a driver’s experience over 36 months after 1969, counting penalties for accidents and major traffic violations. One point triggers a 15 percent rise, with escalating increases for more points, and exceptions apply for certain nonfault accidents and other cases.
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State Board of Insurance
Breakaway Pole Approved For Highway Safety
The Highway Commission approved a 3.2 million plan to make the interstate system safer. It includes replacing conventional sign supports and illumination pole bases with breakaway units, covering 58 sign projects at about 3 million and 18 illumination items at 243 thousand.
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Ausrin
The
Highway Commission
Texas Constitution Amendment on Legislature Qualification Date
Public notice details a proposed Texas constitutional amendment to set the date new legislators take office. It outlines changes to Article III sections on Senate terms, class divisions, and House terms, plus the election process, Governor’s proclamation, and publication requirements. The ballot text would seek voter approval if results show a majority in favor.
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State of Texas
State OF
Texas
House of Representatives
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