Local residents visit relatives across Texas area
A long list of visits and travels spans from Sherman to Dallas and Fort Worth with numerous families, in laws, and friends visiting kin in Bonham, Wylie, Denison, Gregg County and beyond. Local trips include hospital stays, birthdays, and a Pruitt family reunion at Burns Run on Lake Texoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Brown
T. C. James
Pruitt
Burns Run
Lake Texoma
W. H. Forrest
Texarkana
F. L. Baxter
Jones Building and Supply Company Limited Partnership Notice
Subscribing parties certify a limited partnership under Texas law for Jones Building & Supply Company a general contracting business with Arvil O. Jones as general partner and Tom B. Moore as special partner. Capital contributed $5,000 by Moore. term from July 17, 1952 to July 16, 1962. Witnessed July 17 1952. Published Whitewright on July 24 31 August 7 and 14.
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State of Texas
Jones Building & Supply Company
Arvil O. Jones
Sherman
Grayson County
Texas
Tom B. Moore
Tom. B. Moore
The Spice of Life and Funny Farm Lines
A collection of quick quips and social vignettes moves from a mother and minister to a ferry crew joke. A farmer jokes about Fibber McGee and a four letter farm word that promises fortune with hard work and oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fibber McGee
Flattery Fails In Fly In Eye Gaffe
Two men joke about courting tactics. Jack brags how a line about a fly in a woman's eye wins her over, then says the same trick backfires when the girl ends up with a fly in her mouth, revealing the stunt's weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Joe
Faithful Child Prays for Sparrow Trap to Fail
Gladstone recalls a neighbor's daughter who trusted prayer to thwart a trap set by a brother. The girl prayed with radiant faith for three days and held unwavering belief that the trap would fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Mother
Julia
Moral and misheard phrases in a classroom scene
A collage shows students misinterpret phrases and share tall tales. A boy cites Gene Autry in a Western duel tale and a line about love prompts a blunt moral reveal. The piece ends with a quip about attempting the impossible and failing.
First graders told to watch only certain shows
A teacher instructed her first grade class the day before to limit their television viewing to specific programs. The move aimed at shaping healthier watching habits among young students.
Texas House Resolution proposes amendment for Workmen's Compensation Insurance
The Legislature proposes adding Section 61 to Article III to authorize cities to provide Workmen's Compensation Insurance for employees and to fund administration and premiums. It sets election timing for November 1952 and details ballot wording for both options. The Governor to issue proclamations and publication requirements.
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House
State of Texas
State OF
Texas
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Pauline Nelms
Mrs
Effie McGee
McKinney
Lena Mae Gowdy
Dallas
Buffalo
Wyoming
H. T. Brown
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Roscoe Pace
Denison
T. L. Hodder and
Wylie
John L. Hodder
West Columbia
T. L. Hodder
Earl Blanton
San Antonio
Bryant Penn
Overton
Emmett Penn
J. E. Coggins
Wills Point
Mattie Harris
Robert Sears
Angleton
Maurice Garner
Mrs. B. W. Newman
Tennessee
Jerry Wilson
Fort Worth
J. P. Darwin
Mabel Mantiply
Los Angeles, Calif
Carrie Hamilton
Guy Hamilton
G. L. Baugher
Yellowstone National Park
Bess Queener of
Waco
C. B. Bryant III
Bonham Hospital
Mrs. Roby Lee Wilson
Fort Smith, Ark
J. F. Wilson
Edward Lee
Clarksville
Lee Wilson
R. L. Powell
J. C
Lockney
Ben‘ Savage
A. R. Hill
Jesse Blanks
Roy Belew
Meadow
Mrs. M. Belew
Floyd Bassett
Carlsbad Caverns
Lodene Hutt
Rebecca
Don Fuller of
Frank Smith
L. E. Brown
Weldon Evans
DeKalb
George Brown
Nodie Kidd
James Kidd
Jimmie Lon
Durant, Okla
Robert Burns and Sons
Brownsville
Martha Jane Neathery
Roy Neathery
Henry Reeves
Amarillo
John Reeves
Vernon Snyder
J. H. Hayes
M. W. Williams
Tyler
Morgan Wilson
Peggy Ann Durst
Canyon
Bobbie Kay Cawthon
Bethel
Donna Kay Franklin
Donnie Wilson
Burl Sanders
Charles Sanders
Walter Herd
Wagner, Okla
Jim Hicks
Lem Tittsworth
Bonham
Boutonnieres
Glenn Doss
Ethel Short
Labor Weekly
Mary
Gene Autrey
Hombre
Whitewright Sun
Unas Ise
Dixon
Magnolia
Fisher
Green Cross and
Highway Safety Inter- Industry Committee
America
Hasty Chevrolet Company
Whitewright, Texas
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