Weekend visits and local notices from Sherman area
A digest of social visits lists Miss Patsy Prochacka in Georgetown with Miss June Bond and many Sherman Dallas Fort Worth area trips. Families such as the Woodalls Mynatts Ball Blanks Robbins and Reeves mark weekends with relatives and celebrations. Notable items include Mary Reeves turning 92 and faculty appointments at Arlington ISD and East Texas State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy Prochacka
Georgetown
June Bond
Robert DeBerry
Arlington Independent
Arlington
J. I. Carter
Whitewright High School
East Texas State College
R. H. DeBerry
Route 1
Supreme Law of the Land: Treaties Govern Indian Jurisdiction
The U S Supreme Court rules treaties with Indian nations rank with the constitution as the supreme law. In a January case a store owner could not sue in Arizona courts for goods sold on a reservation. tribal courts held exclusive jurisdiction under a Navajo United States treaty. The ruling notes Congress must grant state court jurisdiction over Indians on reservations. The decision emphasizes treaties as strong legal authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Supreme Court
Arizona
U. S
Tama city lifts beer ban on Sac and Fox Indians
Indians from the Sac-Fox Reservation celebrated as Tama's city council ended a month long beer ban after locals in Tama bars were described as reveling. The decision allows resumed beer sales to the group in Tama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama
Iowa
Greenland: World’s Largest Island by Area
Greenland is the largest island in the world with an area of 827,300 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenland
Island
Notice to claimants in Kinard estate filed 1960
Margaret Farnsworth as administratrix of Luther Edwin Kinard deceased issues notice for all claimants to present claims before barred by statute. Original letters issued May 24 1960. Estate administered in Grayson County Texas with address c o Henderson and Bryant Sherman Texas. Publication dates August 11 18 25 1960 and September 1 1960 in The Whitewright Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Edwin Kinard
Lubbock
Texas
Henderson & Bryant
Sherman
Grayson County
Margaret Farnsworth
Whitewright Sun
Texas Constitution Amendment on Lending Rates Proposed
A Texas House Joint Resolution seeks to amend Section 11, Article XVI to empower the Legislature to classify loans and lenders, license and regulate lenders, define interest and set maximum rates, with a 10 percent cap absent legislation and a 6 percent limit where no rate is agreed. It provides for appeals of regulatory agency actions and specifies election procedures for November 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOUSE
State of
Texas
State of Texas
Justice of Peace Court
Down Memory Lane in a Small-Town August 1940
Local notes include the first bale of cotton brought in by Albert Haliburton. Obituaries recall Fred Hymer dying in Orangeville and Mrs. R. D. McCurdy and Mrs. Melissa Robbins passing away. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Vestal. marriages include Alton Booker and Naomi Steadman. Myra Nell Vestal wed J. Stanley Schultz. other social items feature Nora Bryant’s bridge party and a Durant, Oklahoma job change for Franklin Sears Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Haliburton
R. S. Morehead
L. O. Lackey
W. J. Looney
D. R. Lewis
Corsicana
Fred Hymer
Hugh Hymer
Orangeville
R. C. Vestal
John M. Caraway
C. J. Davenport
Franklin Sears Harris
Durant
Okla
Alton Booker
Ely
Naomi Steadman
Ector
Nora Bryant
Sue Barnes
Norma Jo Mangrum
Margaret Lilley
Ina Mae _ Everheart
Martha Bryant
Dorothy Hamilton
Printess Compton
R. L. Binion
Pilot Grove
the Sun
J. Stanley Schultz
Flint, Mich
Myra Nell Vestal
Whitewright
R. D. McCurdy
W. M. Ingram
Melissa Robbins
Oscar Brown
Clarence Blanton
Tragic Death of 6 Year Old In Local Incident
Walter Patterson Jr. aged six accidentally discharged a gun Sunday afternoon and killed himself. The incident occurred in town. In other brief notes Paul Ryan of McKinney was mentioned last Monday, and Dr. John Ray along with several others traveled to Whitesboro Saturday night to hear Farmer Jim Ferguson speak for his wife who is running for governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Patterson Jr
Paul Ryan
McKinney
John Ray
Guy Hamilton
Ross May
Lloyd Moore
J. H. Waggoner
Whitesboro
Jim Ferguson
New Trend In Toy Making Emerges For Teenagers
New York report outlines a shift toward teen age specific toys with science and automotive themes. Bernard Gottlieb of the Toy Guidance Council notes a comprehensive 1960 lineup including a broadcasting station tape recorder and a battery operated computer for multiple experiments. Key items include a $19.95 Brainac K30 computer and a $2.98 air car prototype from Victor Stanzel Company. The piece also cites broader market moves toward larger toys and automotive toys as major trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bernard L. Gottlieb
Toy Guidance Council, Inc
Gottlieb
Brainac
Science Materials Center
Victor Stanzel Company
Schulenburg
Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jake Woodall
W. E. Mynatt
Mrs. R. L. Bradley of
Dallas
Mrs. C. J. Davenport
John Ball
Beulah Huseman
B. W. Newman
Boyd Newman
Lynn McKinney
Jim Grider
Jimmie Hughes and
David Betts
Fort Hood
Myrtle Menasco
Mrs
Leon Ball
Harold Ball
Jim Blanks
McAlester, Okla
Jess Blanks
Claud Robbins
Viva Phillips
O. M. Brown
Harold Doss
Elbert Thompson
E. T. Doss
Pilot Point
Wayne Stephens
Buddy Stephens
Mary Ryon
Jack Ryon
Lela Ryon
Mary Reeves
Joe Riddle
Mark and
Marissa Cramer
Fayetteville, la
Mrs. W. E. Mynatt
George Rutherford
Nancy
Candy
San Antonio
R. D. Maddux
R. J. Ballard
Myrtle Boyer
Harve Ballard
Electra
W. M. Mullins
SMU
Elizabeth Stephens
Judy Durham
Delinda Blackerby
Doris Tillett
Sandra Montgomery
Pat Clark
Kay Buchanan
Emily Jo Alexander
Ronett Thruston
Chi Omega
Commerce
Miss Thruston
Jack Thruston
Supreme Law of the Land
Wernher von Braun
Dr. von Braun
Free World
Nbc-Tv
Principality of Liechtenstein
Vaduz
Maine Sea Coast
S. H. Montgomery Agency
J. E. Fox
North Carolina
Bobby Fox
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Sturdi Bilt
Whitewright, Texas
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