Firemen's supper fundraiser funds new truck
Block of notes mentions a Firemen's Hall ice cream and cake supper Saturday night with donations to pay for a new fire truck. Rain measured six tenths of an inch Sunday and Monday cooled the heat. Hay fever warned of a worst season, with tissues urged. An imagined space craft language scrambler is referenced with a TV sighting. Water supply notes share pump trouble at a well but two old wells are pumping, with demand lighter due to mild summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Lansford
Ozark
Whitewright
Medicare effects and linguistic quirks in language use
A reflective piece discusses the July 1 1966 start of Medicare and uncertainties about doctor participation and patient protection. It notes that pres ent hospital policies should not be canceled until coverage begins and humorously surveys English homographs and homophones to illustrate language confusion.
Army Says U S Boys Healthier Than in WW II
Washington The Pentagon reports American youths today are healthier than those in World War II. More are rejected for service mainly due to stricter mental requirements, with mental rejections up 12 percent since 1950, while medical rejections stay around 15 percent. Mental screening moved to pre induction after 1950 and has been tightened multiple times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pentagon
Office of the Army Surgeon General
Bernard D. Karpinos
Surgeon General's Office
Deaths J W Hassler 65 Sherman
Funeral services were held in Sherman for J. W. Hassler 65 who died Friday of a heart attack. Burial was in West Hill Cemetery. Surviving are his wife two brothers W H Hassler and J O Hassler of Tom Bean and a sister Mrs P H Connell y of Whitewright Route 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
J. W. Hassler
West Hill Cemetery
W. H. Hassler
J. O. Hassler
Tom Bean
P. H. Connelly
Whitewright
Graveside rites held for two day old Langford infant
Graveside services for James Morgan Langford two day old son of Ronnie and Mrs Langford were at 3 00 p m Sunday at Wittitoe Cemetery Kentuckytown directed by Earnheart Funeral Home Rev Don Howland Baptist minister of Tom Bean officiated He was born August 13 at Whitewright Clinic and died August 15 in a Sherman hospital Survivors include a sister Merla Jane grandparents Mr and Mrs H D Langford and Mr and Mrs P A Jones Jr of Tom Bean great grandparents Mr and Mrs P A Jones Sr Mr and Mrs Ernest Maddox Mrs Mae Langford all of Tom Bean and Mr and Mrs M S Clayton of Sherman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Morgan Langford
Ronnie Langford
Wittitoe Cemetery
Kentuckytown
Earnheart Funeral Home
Don Howland
Tom Bean
Whitewright Clinic
Sherman Hospital
Merla Jane
H. D. Langford
P. A. Jones Jr
P. A. Jones Sr
Ernest Maddox
Mae Langford
M. S. Clayton
Sherman
Marvel L Vermillion Dies at 89 Former Anna Mayor
Marvel L Vermillion a longtime Whitewright Nursing Home resident died Monday at a McKinney hospital aged 89 He was a former mayor of Anna and Westminster and a native of Altoga Funeral services were held in Anna and burial followed at Stony Point Cemetery Surviving are seven daughters and one son
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Whitewright
Marvel L. Vermillion
McKinney Hospital
Anna
Stony Point Cemetery
Vermillion
Altoga
Westminster
Personal income climbs in June to 524 billion
U S personal income rose to an adjusted annual rate of 524 billion in June, up nearly 4 billion from May. The gain, 7 percent higher than June last year, reflected sharp increases in farm owner income and boosted corporate dividends, with wages salaries rents and interest included in the total.
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Dept. of Commerce
Milk trade would lose value in long term exchange
Dairy specialists at the University of Kentucky in Lexington say exchanging a cow for all its milk over a year is costly. For 11,000 pounds of milk you would also supply more than seven times that weight in water and feed, making the deal economically unfavorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kentucky At Lexington
Grid Workouts Start Monday for Tigers 1965 Schedule
Rodney Hudson, head football coach, begins daily workouts for the Tiger squad on Monday. First game Sept 10 at home versus Wolfe City. Schedule lists matches with Van Alstyne Honey Grove Farmersville Fannindel Anna Leonard Royse City Celeste Bells and a conference mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Hudson
Tiger
Fred Douglas School
Sherman
Hudson
the Sun
Tigers
Wolfe City
van Alstyne
Honey Grove
Farmersville
Fannindel
Anna
Leonard
Royse City
Celeste
Bells
Whitewright Wins Boys League Playoff in Two Straight Games
Whitewright swept Dodd City with 9 4 and 12 2 scores in the league playoff. In Friday's game Whitewright had 12 runs on 10 hits with 1 error while Dodd City made 4 errors and had 2 runs on 6 hits. Leading Whitewright hitters included E J Durham Bob Spencer and Ken Golden with two singles each and Layman with a homer. Jerry Lindsey led the visitors with 2 singles and a double. The Youth League playoff ended with Leonard taking two of three wins 11 6 and 8 6 after an 11 8 Whitewright victory in the opener. Leonard's Will Cureton and Edwin Caraway led striking out while Whitewright's Chucky Watkins hit 3 of 6 with two doubles and two home runs in the series. Leonard won the decisive game as Edwin Caraway struck out 9 for Whitewright and Bob Van Schoick fanned 10 for Leonard. Thus ends summer little league baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Dodd City
Larry Morris
Roy Layman
Gary Maxwell
E. J. Durham
Bob Spencer
Ken Golden
Layman
Jerry Lindsey
Leonard
Will Cureton
Edwin Caraway
Leonard Steve Weaver
Bob van Schoick
Chucky Watkins
A Father’s Ten Commandments Excerpt
A father lists ten guiding obligations to raise a responsible citizen. He vows to teach respect, sportsmanship, religion, family, and community, to foster independence and self-reliance, and to encourage love of country, participation in local government, and planning for the future.
Dear Mister Editor letter on government pamphlets and weather costs
Uncle Dan of Tom Bean writes that a flood of Washington pamphlets arrives each year. He cites $50 million in snuff sales in 1964 and six million snuff users, then recalls snuff brushes from a gum tree and the old days. He notes a Library of Congress survey claiming 18 federal weather agencies spend $432 million yearly, with seven using $226 million on the same task. He plans to contact his Congressman about weather study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
General Grant
Richmond
Department of Fisheries
Library of Congress
Record Mile Crop Seen
Washington reports the Agriculture Department forecasts a sorghum grain crop of 524 million bushels, up 27 percent from last year and 13 percent above the five year average. Acreage to harvest lies at 13.3 million acres, 11 percent higher than last year and 1 percent below average. Overall sorghums planted for all uses total 17 million acres, up 1 percent. Yield per harvested acre is projected at a record 47 bushels, up 5.9 from last year and 5.6 above average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
City Auto Ownership Shown in Big and Suburban Areas
In U S cities over 500 000 population 61 percent of families own automobiles while 87 percent of suburban families own at least one car. The figures highlight urban and suburban car ownership differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Texas Rainfall Below Normal In July
The Texas Water Commission reports that 17 of 19 weather bureau stations in Texas had below normal rainfall in July. El Paso had its driest July in 30 years and Fort Worth in 31 years. All-time low water levels were logged near Pasadena and Alief in Harris County and El Paso County. Reservoir storage fell from 10,310,400 to 9,614,000 acre feet by July 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Water Commission
Weather Bureau
Texas
Commission
el Paso
Fort Worth
Pasadena
Alief
Harris County
Commissiin
Polio Cases Hit Record Low in 1964 Report
The Public Health Service records 91 paralytic polio cases in 1964, the lowest since reporting began. Cases were geographically scattered and most patients were not adequately vaccinated, with totals far below 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Public Health Service
Vintage memories recall August 1940 community items
In August 1940 workers in the school lunch room accumulated 2400 tin cans and 100 glass jars of vegetables. Paul Stephens bought the C. B. Bryant homestead on South Bend Street. A son arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Ballard on August 16, with other births and enlistees noted. Mrs. Kirkpatrick serves as principal and teacher at the Negro school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Stephens
C. B. Bryant
South Bend Street
Virgil Ballard
Route Two
Edgar Taylor
Bill Byrum
Route 4
Jack Wallace
Arlie Durham
Coast Artillery
U. S. Army
1930 Randolph Resident Joe Cooper Dies at Home
Obituary notes the death of Joe Cooper at his Randolph home on Sunday while a separate item mentions a lawn party hosted by Miss Inez Ray for Miss Elizabeth Waggoner. Mary Joe Sears is announced as a county historical contest winner receiving a cash prize. School opens Sept. 15 with a listed faculty including F. W. Smith and W. C. Cantrell among others.
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Joe Cooper
Randolph
Inez Ray
Elizabeth Waggoner
Mary Joe Sears
F. W. Smith
W.C. Cantrell
Archie Gee
Gladys Ray
Rozelle Cavaness
Dorothy Tapscott
Margaret Boone
Sue Stephens
Susie Noe
Margaret McMurry
Kate Fulton
Isabelle Noe
Sallye Hamilton
Deaths and Damages From Local News in 1925
Mrs. Andy Rouse, 51, died at home east of Mahurin on Tuesday. John E. Webster died Thursday morning at his daughter Mrs. Maggie Montgomery’s home. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Huffines were injured in an automobile crash east of Cannon Tuesday. Pilot Grove school house burned Monday afternoon. Mrs. H. H. Parker died at home Friday. John Vestal bought the Gafford residence on East Maple Street.
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Andy Rouse
Mahurin
John E. Webster
Maggie Montgomery
W. C. Huffines
Cannon
Pilot Grove
H. H. Parker
John Vestal
Gafford
East Maple Street
Morehead to Open West Side Drive In Station
In a move dated August 20 1920 R S Morehead leases the west side of the J H Truett building to install a drive in filling station. Roy Benson sells a 42 acre farm south of town to Joe Coggins at 240 dollars per acre. A collision at the depot crossing between S H Montgomery s Ford and a Katy motor car caused excitement Friday noon. The Blue Bird Club met last week with Mrs Byron Sears. Miss Dale McGaughey accepts employment with Hudson Davis Co dry goods store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Morehead
J. H. Truett
Dale McGaughey
Hudson, Davis & Co
Roy Benson
Joe Coggins
S. H. Montgomery
Ford
Katy
Depot Crossing
Blue Bird Club
Byron Sears
Reception Sunday For Dr Sullivan At Whitewright Clinic
Dr Stephen A Sullivan and wife introduced at a public reception hosted by Dr and Mrs Paul E Geers. Event runs 2:00 to 4:30 p m at the Whitewright M S Clinic where Sullivan is practicing dentistry after recent equipment installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Geers
Whitewright M&s
Stephen A. Sullivan
Stephens
University of Oklahoma
Baylor College of Dentistry
Dallas
McKinney
Linda Robinson
Influenza Rise Expected This Winter 1965 66
The U S Public Health Service warns a higher influenza incidence is likely this winter 1965 66 than last season and urges plans to immunize. It notes prior outbreaks and recommends vaccines for chronic or high risk groups including elderly pregnant women nursing home residents and crowded living conditions. Individuals not vaccinated since July 1963 should get two shots between September 1 and mid December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
U. S. Public Health Service
House Committee Votes To Hike Minimum Wages
The House Education and Labor Committee tentatively voted to raise the minimum wage from 1.25 to 1.75 an hour in three steps over three years. The panel backed covering an additional 7.1 million workers under the federal wage law, advancing a bill beyond Johnson administration proposals.
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Washington
House Education and Labor Committee
Johnson
Interior tightens billboard proximity nationwide
The U S Interior Department bans billboards within 1000 feet of roads on land it controls. The order raises the limit from 660 feet and covers land in Alaska and 12 western states as part of a road beautification push. White House aides say the move targets eyesores and blocked scenic views along interstates. Press secretary Bill Moyers notes Johnson staff members Marvin Watson and Jake Jacobsen discussed highway legislation with engineers, including Texas official D C Greer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U. S._Interrior Department
Interior Department
Bureau of Land Management
Alaska
White House
Johnson
Bill Moyers
Ancient Greeks Saw Clouds as Apollo's Cattle Grazing
The belief held that cloud formations in the sky were livestock tended by the sun god Apollo. Scholars note the mythic view linked weather and divine pastoral imagery in ancient Greek imagination.
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Apollo
Heavenly Meadows
Grayson County Youths Face Draft Exams in September
Grayson County Draft Board announces 65 youths slated for physical exams and 18 for induction on September 2 as part of an expanded draft ordered by President Johnson. The 18 oldest passers will be inducted. board may begin Navy drafts. Married men face no induction. students must be enrolled full time to avoid draft status.
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Grayson County
Maria Wright
Grayson Co. Board
Pastor to Lead Morning Service at Leonard Church
The pastor will lead the morning service at Leonard Presbyterian Church next Sunday. It is announced that on the fifth Sunday, regular services will resume at the usual location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Leonard Presbyterian Church
Sunday church schedule with meetings and retreat
First Methodist Church announces Sunday School at 10:00 with Hindrances to Christian Growth topic, Morning Worship at 11:00, Junior MYF at 4:30, MYF at 6:00, Evening Worship and Bible study on Mark chapter ten at 7:00. Official Board meeting Monday 8 p.m. at the church. Lay and Minister Retreat set for August 27-29 at Southern Methodist University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Southern Methodist University
Assembly of God Church Sunday Schedule
Sunday School at 9 45 a m Worship at 11 a m and 7 p m Christ Ambassadors meet Saturday at 7 p m Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 p m Worship service at 9 a m each Sunday
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Assembly OF God Church
Christ Ambassadors
Church and community group schedule recap
A Sunday routine lists S. S. at a nursing home at 9 00 and Bible study at 9 55 with church training at 6 00. Tuesday features Rex Ray Circle at the church 9 00 Joy Russell Circle 2 00 and Sunbeams at 3 30. Wednesday includes a mid week prayer service at 7 00.
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S. S
Nursing Home
Church In Bible Study
Church In Training
Rex Ray
Joy Russell
Central Christian Church Invites Sunday Visitors
Central Christian Church invites visitors to attend each Sunday service. The notice emphasizes welcoming newcomers and suggests joining for worship and fellowship.
Bible Study and Worship Schedule
Bible study for all ages at 10 a.m. Worship with communion at 11 a.m. Evening service at 7 p.m. Bible study for all ages at 7:30 p.m.
Kentuckytown and Bethel Baptist Church Service Schedule
A church notice lists Kentucky town Baptist events with Sunday School at 10 a.m. Prayer and worship times include 11 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. Bethel Baptist follows 10 a.m. Sunday School and 11 a.m. worship with 7 p.m. training and 8 p.m. worship. The ad urges trying a Sun Want Ad for results.
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Kentuckytown Baptist Church
Bethel Baptist Church
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First Baptist Church
Central Christian Church
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