Whitewright community recreation plans and fire dept events
A meeting Friday at 7 30 p m at the Firemen's Hall invites Whitewright residents to discuss a recreation center. The Pigskin Club meets Monday at 8 p m at the Community Public Service Co office to plan the Sept 2 football barbecue. The Whitewright Volunteer Fire Department hosts its annual watermelon party downtown Saturday at 6 30 p m with eat all you want pay what you like. The piece notes air conditioning’s rise and nostalgia for sweating tied to Texas summers.
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Pigskin Club
Community Public Service Co
Whitewright Volunteer Fire Department
Whitewright Post Office Site Plan Dropped At Meeting
At a Whitewright Chamber of Commerce committee meeting last Thursday night the plan for the city to build the new post office was abandoned. A bond company representative noted the city is at bonded limit under current property evaluations and suggested doubling evaluations could allow more bonds, but advised against entering the real estate rental business.
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Chamber of Commerce
Whitewright
Rain Improves Pastures After Weekend 2.25-Inch Gauge
A regional area recorded 2.25 inches of rain last weekend, reviving lawns and pastures and aiding growing crops while briefly cooling summer heat.
Gov Connally Proposes Lockup for Criminally Insane
The plan to lock up and throw away the key for criminally insane individuals has not received expected approval. Records indicate many such persons serve for a time in institutions before release or further action.
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Gov. Connally
Deaths in Bonham for Pearl Cole 79
Funeral services were held at 3 p. m. Thursday in Bonham for Miss Pearl Cole 79 who died Aug. 9 in a Bonham hospital Burial was in Carson Cemetery north of Ector Miss Cole born Oct 10 1886 in Hollywood Ark was a retired weaver of the Bonham Cotton Mill In 1922 and 1923 she was matron of the girls dormitory in the Penial Orphans Home at Penial Tex She was a member of the Nazarene Church Survivors include six sisters Mrs Frank Smith Whitewright Route 1 Mrs Louis McCormick Dallas Mrs Raymond Hance Dimmitt Mrs Chester White Tucson Ariz and Mrs C E Green and Mrs A H Smith Lamesa three brothers Lual Finley Salinas Calif T W Cole Waxahachie and Lemon Cole Canton and several nieces and nephews
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Carson Cemetery
Ector
Miss Cole
Hollywood
Ark
Bonham Cotton Mill
Penial Orphans Home
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Nazarene Church
Frank Smith
Whitewright Route 1
Louis McCormick
Dallas
Raymond Hance
Dimmitt
Chester White
Tucson
Ariz
C. E. Green
A. H. Smith
Lamesa
Lual Finley
Salinas
Calif
T. W. Cole
Waxahachie
Lemon Cole
Canton
Dudley D. Clark Dies at 69 in Ector After Illness
Dudley D. Clark, 69, of Ector died Sunday after a two week illness. Funeral services were held in Bonham Tuesday with burial in Randolph Cemetery. Born November 18, 1896 in Mississippi, he was a World War I veteran and retired farmer. He married Clara Johnson August 26, 1920 in Ector. Survivors include his wife, two brothers Joe Clark of Bonham Star Route and Louis Clark of Shreveport, and a sister Mrs Ray McSpaddar of Nevada.
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Ector
Bonham
Randolph Cemetery
Mr. Clark
Mississippi
Sam Clark
Clara Johnson
Joe Clark
Star Rt
Louis Clark
Shreveport
Ray McSpaddar
Nevada
Governor opposition to policies on temporary insanity
The text argues that certain individuals declared insane are released as cured and resume crime. It states the Governor does not plan to seek laws to permanently confine all temporarily insane, but only those who commit murder and other major crimes, whether in fact or feigned insanity.
Dump ground problems rise as old habits fade
A historical note describes how past disposal practices kept dumps small while modern plenty of goods flood towns. Sherman faces a proposed dump site, and Whitewright sees a growing trash crunch with no accessible place to empty whisky and beer bottles or cans, stressing city pickups.
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Sherman
Whitewright
Proposed Texas constitutional amendment on term limits for district directors
Texas House Joint Resolution No. 21 proposes adding Section 30c to Article XVI to set a six year maximum term for governing bodies of conservation and reclamation districts. It calls for voting on November 8, 1966, with For and Against ballots and directs governor proclamation and publication as required.
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State of Texas
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Baptist Revival To Start Sunday at Local Church
A revival begins Sunday at the Baptist Church and runs through the next Sunday. Pastor Rev. Dale Gore announces Evangelist Rev. Joe Bissett of Oklahoma City, Gore’s brother in law. Gore serves as music director. Daily services at 10 am and 7 30 pm.
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Dale Gore
Joe Bissett
Oklahoma City
Bath school bombing cited as deadliest since 1927
Mason Mich Justice of the Peace Roy Adams argues the 1927 Bath schoolhouse bombing, which killed 45 people including many children, surpasses the Texas sniper killings as the era’s worst crime. He notes hidden explosives under the building and Kehoe detonating a truckload of charges.
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Mason
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Bath
Justice of the Peace
Roy Adams
Adams
Andrew Kehoe
Lansing
Lower
Michigan
Kehoe
Church schedule at First Methodist and Marvin churches
Rev. George Topper presides with Sunday School at 10:00 followed by morning worship at 11:00. Evening worship at Marvin Methodist Church at 7:30. M Y F at 6:00. Monday Official Board meeting at 7:30. Tuesday Bible study at 9:00. Wednesday Choir rehearsal at 7:30.
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George Topper
Marvin Methodist Church
Weekly church schedule with revival dates
Morning worship at 10:00 followed by Sunday School at 11:00 and evening worship at 7:30 led by Rev. Dale Gore. Sunday 9:00 S. S. at Nursing Home and 9:55 Sunday School. 6:00 Christian Life Development. 7:00 Evening worship. General WMU meeting at 2:00. Revival services August 21 to 28 at 10:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. daily.
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Dale Gore
S. S
Nursing Home
Christian Life
Assembly of God Church Service Schedule
Pastor Mrs Janice Hall leads Sunday School at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m and 7 15 p m A midweek prayer meeting is at 7 30 p m on Wednesday
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Janice Hall
Church of Christ Weekly Services With Minister Mynatt
The Church of Christ announces Minister W. E. Mynatt leading Bible study at 10 a.m. Worship and communion at 10 a.m. Evening service at 7 p.m. Bible study for all ages at 7 30.
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Church OF Christ
W. E. Mynatt
Baptist Church Services Schedule
Rev Don Chandler pastor leads worship at 11 00 am with a 7 00 pm Training Union and a 7 45 pm worship service at the Baptist Church.
Bethel Baptist Church Sunday Schedule
Bethel Baptist Church lists Rev. Charles Pierce as pastor with Sunday School at 10:00, Training Union at 6:30, and Worship Service at 7:30.
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Bethel Baptist Church
Charles Pierce
Training Union
Dear Editor Readers Slam Expert Talk In Tom Bean Letter
A Tom Bean correspondent riffs on self styled experts from commerce and Chicago doctors to Utah and England, arguing they push debt, polygamy talk, gland theories, and inflated prices. The writer lauds Agriculture Secretary Freeman while decrying the flood of so called experts critiquing national prosperity and everyday life.
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Ed Doolittle
Zeke Grubb
Department of Commerce
Bug Hookum
Utah
Bug
Clem Webster
Chicago
The Spice Of Life At The Lunchroom Table
In the high school lunchroom a girl says she wrote to 16 colleges and notes one has a rating of 1 479 boys and 215 girls, highlighting the large applicant pools as a sign of interest.
Former corp president bids farewell to rehab director
The ex leader, declared cured, ponders life after release and jokes about future paths from law to theatre or perhaps becoming a little red wagon. Two spinsters aboard an Atlantic cruise ask a deckhand about the captain, who is forward, in a light exchange. A man wonders where the mirror reflects his wife's taste.
Witty mother-daughter moment at wedding vows
A bride's mother quips during the ceremony that marriage is about balance with a humorous line: if the groom withholds, just take it. The exchange adds a light, playful note to the nuptials.
Young Duane Starts Solids Amid Odd Items
A proud mother reveals her baby Duane is now eating solids including pencils keys newspapers rubber bands and ash trays reflecting a humorous domestic scene.
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Duane
Spelling Memento at Breakfast Sparks Rural Reference
A breakfast table moment features a child saying Daddy and asking for rural residents to the north, hinting at a family discussion about place names or regional identifiers. The fragment suggests a local, domestic scene with a focus on directions and community.
Open House For Savoy School Is Announced
Savoy prepares a public open house for the new combined high school and elementary school from 4 to 5 p m Sunday Sept 4 announced by contractor Robert Hodges. Architect N R Langford of Sherman of Commerce oversees design featuring Terrazzo floors brick construction six classrooms and modern kitchen equipment. A 48 passenger Chevrolet bus is in transit. Faculty meeting Sept 1 and student registration Sept 2 followed by classes starting Sept 6.
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SAVOY
Robert Hodges
Charles Muller
N. R. Langford
Sherman of Commerce
Hodges
Students Raise Funds for Departing Teacher
A school group asks for an extra fifty cents to bring to class today to fund a farewell gift for their teacher who is leaving. The head of the house questions the purpose while the plan proceeds.
Fisherman’s quarrel baits a vacation boast
A matron in a bridge game laments to a companion about George blaming her for their vacation. She admits she talked too loud used the wrong bait reeled in too soon and even caught more fish than he did. The quip wraps their discord in light humor.
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George
What this country needs is a good $50 scar
A hospital patient complains to a visitor about the cost of minor surgery, remarking that in this country a good fifty dollar scar would be preferable to expense.
Died J. W. Nicholson 40 years ago obituary note
From Aug 23 1926 edition J W Nicholson died at his home Monday. Also reports Dorchester chick hatchery plans Bow Wright Drug Store sale and the 1926 school faculty list listing F W Smith superintendent and teachers in the elementary and high schools.
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J. W. Nicholson
R. D. Ford
Dorchester
Roscoe Pace
Bow-Wright
J. C. Gillespie
F. W. Smith
B. W. Crain
Dorothy Porter
Mac Reed
Dorothy Chambless
Roberta
Hot Line Unused After Three Years
Washington reports the Washington Moscow hot line set to prevent miscalculation has gone unused for three years. Since becoming operational August 30 1963 only hourly test messages have been sent over the 5000 mile cable and radio circuits.
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Washington
Washington-Moscow
Defense Department
Tom Bean Bank Board Announces Leadership Changes
Richard Reynolds of Bells, a Sherman native, is named vice president of the First National Bank of Tom Bean. Elliot Thomas becomes board chairman, Claude Lackey is elected bank president, succeeding Mr. Thomas. Lackey is a Tom Bean native. Reynolds previously led Bells bank and once worked with Sherman’s M&P National Bank.
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Richard Reynolds
Bells
Sherman
First National Bank of Tom Bean
Elliot Thomas
Claude Lackey
Ir. Thomas
Whitewright
Lackey
Tom Bean
Reynolds
First National Bank of Bells
M&p National Bank of Sherman
van Reynolds of
Large Rural Water System Approved In Fannin County
Preliminary approval from the Farmers Home Administration unveils the Southwest Fannin County Water Supply Corporation as the region’s largest rural system in Texas. The project includes a 87 mile network serving over 200 square miles, with a 300,000 gallon tank near Trenton and a 75,000 gallon tank at Savoy. A $310,000 loan and a $211,000 grant fund the plan, with 20 pounds of pressure required per customer.
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The
Farmers Home Administration
State
Texas
Washington
Southwest
Fannin County Water Supply Corporation
Trenton
Farm Road 151
Jimmie Reed Butler
Butler
Savoy
Production Dip Reflected in Milk Prices Rise
A fall in milk production and fewer producers pushed dairy prices higher. Byford W. Bain reports dairy farmers earned 5.44 dollars per hundredweight for 3.5 percent butterfat milk in July, up from 4.85 in June.
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Byford W. Bain
Federalarket
Important Chamber Meeting Friday Evening on Recreation Center
Clint Hennig president of the Chamber of Commerce announces a 7:30 p.m. meeting Friday at Firemen's Hall to discuss a community recreation center. Johnson Fontaine Company engineers and Farmers Home Administration loan staff will present the full program. Aug 19 attendance urged for interested residents.
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Clint Hennig
Chamber of Commerce
Johnson Fontaine Company
Farmers Home Administration Loan
Whitewrigh
Working class man called lousy lover but honest
Madison Wis The working class man is a lousy lover a guy who would rather drink beer with the boys than stay at home but at least he is honest says a University of Wisconsin sociologist Professor Jack Sternbach He told a seminar that it is the woman who is boss of the household who keeps track of the budget and looks after the children in a working class home The men said Sternbach live essentially outside the home with their buddies Sternbach called working class men lousy lovers because of a lack of sensitivity to their wives feelings He said 35 million Americans belong to a working class that has not yet been depicted accurately and is too often portrayed by movie actors as populated by men who sweep women off their feet torn undershirts and all
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Madison, Wis
University of Wisconsin
Jack Sternbach
Sternbach
University of Wisconsin School of Social Work
How to remove candlewax from fur furniture
To remove candlewax from fur furniture chill with ice to harden the wax crumble off the wax with a finger then scrape gently with the dull edge of a knife. Apply a cream wax and rub well then dry with a soft cloth.
Amendment Establishing Texas Legislature Qualification Date
Article proposes altering Texas Constitution to set date for when newly elected legislators qualify and take office. It details Senate class division, term lengths, and election timing, plus House provisions and governor’s proclamation duties. If approved by majority, amendment becomes part of the Constitution.
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