Down Memory Lane and Local Notes From The Sun
A montage of local events including open cotton boll at The Sun office, a wedding reception for Grady Spindle, oil mill acquisition by Marshall Malone and Associates, deaths and births, new job at Cotton Belt, and community notices from this period with multiple names and places in the Texas area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest McCoy
Sun Office
J. F. Spindle
Grady Spindle
Marshall Malone and
Whitewright
Martha Alverson
Dave Alverson
Hubert Cox
Cotton Belt
W. J. Martin
Near Town
Births and deaths noted in Whitewright area
Mr and Mrs Jim Joyce announce the birth of a daughter on Saturday. Mrs Clyde Thompson of McCurtain Oklahoma announces a daughter born August 2, granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Horace Thompson of Whitewright. Fred Hymer died at his brother Hugh Hymer's home in Orangeville Saturday. Mrs V H Montgomery has gone. J W Dooley and T J Giles attended Masonic work in Leonard on Tuesday. Several couples spent Sunday at the club house on Red River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Patterson Jr
Paul Stephens
Ernest McCoy
Floyd Collins
Joe Rich
Finis Stephens
Harve Rich
Marley
Charley Wells
John A. Ray
Guy Hamilton
Ross May
Lloyd Moore
J. H. Waggoner
Jim Ferguson
Whitesboro
R. L. Johnson
Billie Magar
White Rock Lake
Dallas
Paul Ryan
McKinney
William C. Reeves
Nora McDonald
Merkel
Pilot Grove Baptist Church
Jim Joyce
J. W. Dooley
T. J. Giles
Leonard
Masonic
Claud Meador
John Yeager
Ray Manning
P. J. Pierce
Red River
Clyde Thompson
McCurtain
Okla
Horace Thompson
Whitewright
Fred Hymer
Hugh Hymer
Orangeville
V. H. Montgomery
Don’t Argue With a Train Warns Texas Official
Dallas leader E C McFadden president of the Texas Safety Association urges motorists to exercise extreme caution at highway rail intersections. He notes 167 rural grade crossing accidents in 1954 and offers safety rules including checking for second trains, listening for whistles, and obeying protective devices. Signs of Life are for your protection he says.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. McFadden
Dallas
Texas Safety Association, Inc
Depends What Hope The Doctor Sought From The Wife
A doctor tells a worried wife that prognosis hinges on what she hopes for as the sick multi millionaire fights illness. The exchange centers on expectations and uncertainty about outcomes.
Rising Delinquent Bills Hit Collection Agencies
The Wall Street Journal reports a surge in delinquent bills as credit terms ease. Installment credit outstanding climbs to 24.1 billion dollars on May 31, with a year over year rise of at least one percent. Collectors like Heller and Church note booming business but big lenders remain cautious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Wall Street Journal
Ray Vicker
Robert Heller
Heller Collection Bureau
Warren
Ohio
Fred A. Church
Des Moines
United States
Lands of Wiley C. Fair heirs cited for oil development in Grayson County
The 15th Judicial Court of Grayson County Texas issues a citation in Cause No 63218 requiring J C Fair et al to appear by 10 00 a m on September 12 1955 and answer a petition by Gladys Fair Robinson et al for a receiver to lease lands in Grayson County for oil gas and other minerals. The land includes five tracts totaling about 149 5 acres in the M B Lamar Survey and related parcels. The petition seeks to preserve and distribute proceeds under court direction for all vested contingent or possible interests of Wiley C Fair deceased and others named or heirs unknown. The citation names numerous heirs spouses and related parties and was published in The Whitewright Sun in late July and mid August 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Texas
J. C. Fair
Pearl Fair
J. M. Fair
Nellie L. McEvoy
Charles J. McEvoy
W. C. Fair
B. E. Fair
M. R. Fair
Martha Jane Edmisten
John Edmiston
Dixie Faye Oliver
Leo Oliver
Edna Marie Gianformaggio
Antonio Gianformaggio
Jackie Fair
Jimmy Dale Fair
Roy Lee
Josephine Gore
Altha Lee Fair
Wiley C. Fair
15Th Judicial Court
Grayson County
Sherman
A. D
Gladys Fair Robinson
Herbert A. Robinson
Paul Gore
Sarah Ann Gore
Ena Ferguson
Robert A. Ferguson
Frances Beggs
W. V. Beggs
Hugh Fair
Blanche J. Miller
M. B. Lamar
R. A. King
Elisha Brown
Esas
W. A. Godwin
W. M. Perry
Perry
Copperas Branch
Copperas
L. E. Vigus
D. W. Rankin
E. Morrison
E. Carpenter
D. M
Mattie Lawrence
J. J. Lawrence
Prairie
Debt Burden Widespread Say Collectors Association
The American Collectors Association reports ten million American families are seriously in debt, about one in five households. Executive secretary Glenn B. Sanberg notes the figure highlights a rising but not sole aspect of the collectors' business, with broad economic implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn B. Sanberg
The
American Collectors Association
Churchill on qualifications for a politician
The quote attributes to Winston Churchill a view that the essential trait for a politician is the ability to predict future events and to explain afterward why the predictions failed. The witticism reflects on political accountability and foresight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
Fort Worth TV Station KFJZ to Air First-Run Movies
KFJZ TV in Fort Worth plans a nightly movie lineup from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday to Wednesday, with midweek fare changes and a separate Thursday to Saturday slate. The new station on West Freeway has begun test patterns on Channel 11 to check equipment ahead of an anticipated September 11 schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
tTelevision
Kfjz-Tv
Southwest
W. Freeway
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clovis
N. M
Em Montgomery
John M. Caraway
C. J. Davenport
J. E. Fleming
Sherman Hospital
the Sun
J. R. Fleming
J. B. Dixon
E. R. Hancock
Ambrose Sunday
Franklin Sears Harris
Durant
C. A. Giles
Ollie Bartlett
Clay
Hansard
Clifton Bridges
Bill Riddle
CCC
Alton
Pete) Booker
Ely
Naomi Steadman
Ector
Nora Bryant
Sue Barnes
Norma Jo Mangrum
Margaret Lilley
Ina Mae Everheart
Martha Bryant
Dorothy Hamilton
Printess Compton
L. L. Binion
Pilot Grove
KFYN
North Texas
Oklahoma
Cy Rat
Chisum
E. Brown
A. Ruyleetux
Reuben Donnel
Brown
D. J. Perkins
J. W. Owen
Elizabeth Barnes
S. W. Earnest
Nancy Davenport
Whitewright Sun
Whitewright Area
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