Local News Request and Community Updates from Whitewright
Whitewright residents seek local news contributions for a hometown newspaper. A note mentions a restaurant on Grand Ave and urges readers to share happenings like guests, vacations, babies, marriages, or engagements. Community fund updates request donations to Blanton and Porter cemeteries. Mrs. Hugh Hunter notes upkeep concerns after July. Daniel Brinkley returns home after hospitalization. right leg paralysis noted. town thanks for prayers and support.
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Blanton and Porter
Hugh Hunter
Daniel Brinkley
Whitewright
Woodruff joins CPS Staff in customer service role
Stan Woodruff formerly of Trenton has joined Community Public Service as a customer service representative. He succeeds Butch Morgan and follows Danny Berend’s transfer to Ft Worth. Woodruff, a 1973 East Texas State University graduate, will handle customer contacts and assist in designing heating and cooling programs and energy efficiency initiatives. He plans to move to Whites Wright and enjoys baseball among sports.
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Stan Woodruff
Orginally
Trenton
Community Public Service
Butch Morgan
Danny Berend
Ft. Worth
Woodruff
East Texas State University
First Baptist Church
Dempsey Woodruff
Christopher Charles
Whitewright
Golden Years Topic At Rotary Club Meet
Mrs. Bill Fry outlined aging services offered by the Texas Department of Public Welfare in Grayson County at a Rotary luncheon. She explained the shift to a service role aimed at allowing the elderly to stay at home with help, noting eligibility by financial need and physical condition. Fry highlighted home services, nutrition programs, and senior centers as cost saving, dignity preserving alternatives to nursing homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Norma) Fry
State Dept. of Public Welfare
Grayson County
Child Welfare Department
Frye
Minions Service
SNAP
Clint Hennig
Whitewright schools open as enrollment rises and changes loom
Summer vacation ends in Whitewright School district as bells ring at 8 a.m. Enrollment totals reach 187 students at the high school, up 20 from last year, while elementary enrollment sits at 187, down 25. Grayson College site on the middle school campus is being torn down. Elementary music and physical education programs debut under Mrs. Pat Pierce and Coach John Parker respectively. Middle school enrollment figures were unavailable at press time.
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Whitewright
Grayson College
Mac Woodruff
Charles Pierce
Pat Pierce
John Parker
Parker
PTO Officers Lead Off New School Year Programs
The newly elected PTO officers held the first meeting of the year to plan programs and fundraisers including a budget talk by Supt. Dick Capps and a session on child mental health by Chuck Vaughn of the Texoma Regional MHMR center in Sherman. The group also plans a Christmas program and Q&A sessions at each meeting while selling cold drinks at Trade's Day to raise funds. James Johnson presides, with Diane Fennell, Kay England, Sherry Pennell, Judy Wolfe, and Dana Morgan in officer roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Capps
Chuck Vaughn
Texoma Regional
Mhmr Center
Sherman
James Snowdon
PTO
James Johnson
Diane Fennell
Kay England
Sherry Pennell
Judy Wolfe
Dana Morgan
Tigers Begin Football Practice Under Five Coaches
Fifty nine players turned out for football workouts this past week under Coaches Sessom Roach Parker and Kline. Sessions run twice daily since Monday August 9 with 6:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. practices. Seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen are listed. The Tigers scrimmage Community High School Friday August 20 at 6:00 p.m. and host the Pigskin Club Barbecue at the same time.
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Sessom
Roach
Parker
Kline
Tigers
Enthusiam
Mike Flowers Chooses To Number Houses
Eagle Scout Mike Flowers plans a service project for Whitewright with Troop 42 to install correct house numbers on Grand Avenue Walnut and West Locust streets. The effort, funded by Mike, will occur Saturday Aug 21 with owner permission required. Call 364 2779 to arrange.
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Mike Flowers
Floyd Flowers
Mike
Grand Avenue
Walnut
West Locust Streets
Whitewright
City Hall
Dress Codes Set at Bells High School
Bells High School opened with a new dress code and revised student handbook after registration day. Supt. Jim Borin introduced Mrs. Terry Bishop as the new science teacher and outlined sponsor roles for staff and students. The code limits skirt length to eight inches from the floor when kneeling and bans tight slacks and sweaters. Boys must have hair above the eyes, no mustaches or goatees, and sideburns not past the ear lobes.
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Bells
Jim Borin
Terry Bishop
Supt
Borin
Anna Pritchard
Hazel Griffin
Mary Hatley
Jack Pritchard
Bishop
Theodore Dettmer
Donna Thompson
Pates
Suspect Held In Burglary At Whitewright
Three men were arrested in an alleged burglary attempt at the OK Feed Mill in Whitewright. Jerry Compton, 25, of Whitewright, faces burglary charges while two younger suspects aged 14 and 16 were handed to juvenile authorities. Whitewright officer Mike Parker helped capture the trio as they were cutting a screen door early Saturday morning.
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Whitewright
Grayson County
Jerry Compton
Mike Parker
Rural Mail Carriers Meet in Denison
The Grayson-Fannin Rural Letter Carriers and Auxiliary Association held its quarterly meeting at a Denison restaurant. President L M Harmon presided, with Dan Markam delivering the invocation. George P Adams, new Texas RLCA president, spoke as guest. W L Caylor Ravenna was named vice president. Arvel Wiley Sherman re elected secretary treasurer.Auxiliary officers are Glen Adams Whitesboro president, Houston Darwin Whitewright vice president, and J D Moore Savoy secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson-Fannin Rural Letter Carriers and Auxiliary Association
Denison
L.M. Harmon
Howe-Dorchester Rural Carrier
Dan Markam
George P. Adams
Texas Rural Letter Car
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Whitewright Feambler
The
Sun
Grand Ave
Bonham Daily
Trenton Tribune
Charlie Ave’s
Hall of Ivy
CPS
T. Raymey Co
Dallas
General Cable
Bonham
Ray Murphy Chevrolet
Leonard
Rotary Club
Bob Bullock
van Alstyne
Gunter
P.T
Victor
Carolina Correa
Victor Correa
Pilot Grove
Steve Hodge
Ricky A. Rice
Walter Daniels
Ricky D. Rice
Tim Williams
Jeff Armstrong
Scoot Wilson
Curtis Luster
Carl McFatridge
Willie Ballard
Jeff Daniels
David Fortner
Kevin Bandy
Jim Clark
Gary Tillett
David Spann
Jimmy Turner
Bill Faison
Charles Judd
Stan
Thur Ballard
Jeff Cooper
Steve Blanton
Eddie Hughes
Tommy Mathis
Lonnie McCartney
Dwight Owns
Joey Riker
Scott Whipple
Alan Norris
Lonnie Hansley
Liney Coleman
Whitewright High School
C.W. Robinson
David
Bells High School
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