New Life Insurance Ads by Ron Faison in The Sun
Ron Faison, a Prudential special agent and former lumber yard manager, debuts life insurance ads in The Sun. He resides in Whitewright with an Sherman office at 427 North Rusk Street while promoting Prudential as part of a broader national roster.
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Ron Faison
Sun
Ron
Prudential Insurance Company of America
United States
L. LaRoe & Company
Whitewright
Sherman
North Rusk Street
Social Security Bill Sent To White House For Signature
The House sent to President Eisenhower a bill raising social security benefits by seven percent and trimming federal public assistance grants. Old age and survivors insurance beneficiaries will see a 7 percent boost with a $3 minimum monthly increase, and payroll taxes rise from 2 1 4 to 2 2 percent with the wage base up to 4800. Maximum family benefit climbs to 254 a month and future beneficiaries gain through higher tax and wage thresholds.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
White House
338000 Texans to Benefit From New Welfare Program
Texas welfare recipients stand to gain as the new social security bill may raise monthly checks in October. Officials estimate an annual Texas increase of about 12.6 million dollars, with old age, dependent children, blind, and disabled programs all receiving boosts. Exact amounts depend on the final bill and state local matching formulas.
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Austin
Eisenhower
John Winters
Department of Public Welfare
Texas
Winters
Washington
Getting News Is Often Hard Job
Roanoke Virginia World-News reports why stories miss deadlines as a reporter calls an Air Force major during volleyball, a superintendent at a vacation Bible school, a mother bathing child, and a businessman whose secretary is at a weight class, delaying information.
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Roanoke
World- News
World-News
Air Force
Witty Inscriptions Highlight Store Window and Tombstone
A Marietta tombstone reads Been Here And Gone Had a Good Time. In New York a drugstore sign boasts We dispense with accuracy. A store window proclaims Clotheslines are for the birds in sign language.
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Robert A. Diedrich
Marietta
Georgia
Harold Helfer
New York
Fact errors show in major papers beyond The Sun
The note cites discrepancies in reported amounts with The Fort Worth Star Telegram and The Wall Street Journal, which both listed $127 while The Sun reported $117. This illustrates how incorrect figures appear across outlets and the need for verification.
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Fort Worth Star Telegram
The
Wall Street Journal
Sun
Local Friends Remember Visits and News From Sherman to Fort Worth
Social notes list visits across North Texas including Dallas Bonham Sherman Paris France and Wichita Falls. Notables: Mary Elise born Aug 2 to Lt Col and Mrs James C Rives of Paris, France. Tom Holmes hospitalized after heart attack. Harold Pace promoted at Parke Davis. Kelly Pierson and family open house for grandparents golden wedding in Blue Ridge.
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Charlie Ayres
Dallas
W. A. Bower
Frank Hume
Bonham
Mary Ann Hesley
Sherman
W. H. Phillips
William Harrelson
California
Willie B. Smith
Ben Dyer
Garland
Tom Holmes
The
Trenton Tribune
Risser
Trenton
James C. Rives
Paris
France
Mary Elise
John A. Ray
Whitewright
Richard Bennish
Greenville
Guy Dillon
Durant
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Hillcrest Memorial Hospital
Waco
Dillon
I. B. Blanton
Fort Worth
C. A. Blanton
Wichita
Kan
Lee May
Alpha Walt
Savoy
Ruth Ann Walt
Hoyt Lamon
Bells
Mabel Lamon
E. T. Blanton
Tom Blanton
Paul Cook
W. A. Akridge
Roscoe Pace
Watermelon Party at Little Rock Home Demonstration Club
The Watermelon Party at the Little Rock club house featured members and guests including J. A. Jarvis Latimer and Layman families and others. The next regular meeting is set for Sept 11 at 10 30 am at the club house with Miss Zelma Moore as speaker and Whitewright club members invited.
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Little Rock Home
J. A. Jarvis
Arthur Latimer
Jack Biggerstaff
Frank Ireland
Bob Cawthon
Jess Blanks
Bill Ireland
Sims Wortham
J. B. Layman
John Underwood
H. O. Miller
David
Monte
Roddy Layman
Marshall Miller
Zelma Moore
Whitewright Club
Money trail in 1957 directory case in Philadelphia
Mrs. Maida handed over the 1957 directory to a telephone company worker and bills for 10 20 50 and 100 dollars fluttered from the book. A boy brought home 120 dollars, a woman gave a police officer 195 dollars, and a sergeant reported keeping 880 dollars savings in the book.
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Philadelphia
Peter J. Maida
Telephone Company
Infant Sue Earnheart buried in Oak Hill Cemetery
Graveside services were held at Oak Hill Cemetery for Sue Earnheart infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Earnheart. The baby died at birth and is survived by twin sister, the parents, a brother Rod, a sister Phyllis, and grandparents Glen Earnheart, George Hight of Whitewright, and Mattie Hight of Commerce. Rev. John Roberson officiated.
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Oak Hill
Sue Earnheart
Philip Earnheart
John Roberson
Rod
Phyllis
Glen Earnheart
George Hight
Whitewright
Mattie Hight
Commerce
Funeral for Mrs. J. M. Simmons in Sherman Church
Funeral services were held at 3 p m Monday in the Church of Christ for Mrs. J M Simmons 76 of Whitewright who died Sunday after a short illness in a Sherman hospital Gerald Cleveland minister of the church presided Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery under Barnhart Funeral Home Pallbearers included Bill Kincaid Bill Biggerstaff Joe Cook M B Hasty Joe Bodine and Bill Filgo Survivors include two sisters Mrs R E L Smith Sherman and Mrs G H Riley Whitesboro and many nieces and nephews Out of town relatives listed from Dallas Tom Bean McKinney Greenville Collinsville and other areas.
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Church of Christ
J. M. Simmons
Sherman
Gerald Cleveland
Oak Hill Cemetery
Barnheart Funeral Home
Bill Kincaid
Bill Biggerstaff
Joe Cook
M. B. Hasty
Joe Bodine
Bill Filgo
Simmons
van Alstyne
Kenneth Hodgens
W. W. Biggerstaff
William Filgo
James Crawford
Minnie Crawford
Dallas
Clyde Shaw
C. C. Coker
Ben F. Shaw
Joe Vivian
Vera Simmons
Ernest Gant
Lester Johnson
Joe Mangrum
Gomer Graves
Elliott Thomas
R. H. Wortham
Ernest Moran
Ernest Mullican
Austin Pritchard
Tom Bean
Dowen Davis
McKinney
Taylor Holcomb
Greenville
Cordelia Harbeson
Bengie Williams
Earl Bruce
Funeral for Mrs. Margaret P. Reeves Held at Baptist Church
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Baptist Church for Mrs. Margaret P. Reeves 89 who died Sunday at her daughter’s home in Sherman. Rev. Claud Johnson and Rev. Fred Waldrop officiated burial was in Blanton Cemetery. She was born August 26 1868 in Tennessee and moved to Grayson County 12 years ago residing in Sherman the past 10 years. Survivors include her son Claude W. Reeves five daughters and several grandchildren great grandchildren and a great great grandchild.
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The
Baptist Church
Margaret P. Reeves
T. M. Robinson
Sherman
Claud Johnson
Fred Waldrop
Whitewright
Blanton
Bethel
Reeves
Tennessee
George Reeves
Grayson County
Claude W. Reeves
M. P. Moss
Tom Bean
O. L. Bilmner
Walter W. Compton
L. W. Inman
Dallas
Felix Reeves
Amarillo
Funeral services for William V. Vincent in Bells
Funeral services are held in Bells for William 5. Vincent 74 a farmer who died Tuesday in Sherman hospital. Burial follows at Rose Hill Cemetery. Vincent born August 13 1884 in Moberly Missouri came to Bells in 1897 married Florence Files in 1933. Surviving are wife three daughters Hazel Stone Geneva Vaughan Juanita Sanford all of Denison four sons I P D Vincent Ray Vincent Thurman Vincent Alvin Vincent a brother and five sisters.
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Bells
William
Vincent
Sherman
Rose Hill
Barnheart Funeral Home
Moberly
Florence Files
Hazel Stone
Geneva Vaughan
Juanita Sanford
Denison
I’, D. Vincent
Ray Vincent
Thurman Vincent
Santa Ana
Calif
Alvin Vincent
el Paso
Definitions and quips from The Lion on aging and words
A collection of witty lines defines old age as a time when flirts fade into forgetfulness while a pot holder earns a polite name. A freshman’s college definition of medieval reads partly bad.
Church Schedule With Pastor Harlen Duncan
Sunday services include Bible study at 10:00 a m worship with communion at 11:00 a m evening service at 7 30 p m. Tuesday Ladies Bible Class 2 30 p m. Wednesday Bible study all ages 8 00 p m. Sunday School 9 45 a m worship 11 00 a m Christ Ambassadors 6 30 p m worship 7 30 p m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 30 p m.
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Harlen Duncan
Christ Ambassadors
Kentuckytown Baptist Church Sunday Schedule
Kentucky town church lists Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Morning worship at 11:00 a.m. Training Union at 6:30 p.m. Training Union at 7:00 p.m. Evening service at 8:00 p.m. Prayer service on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m.
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Training Union
Spencers and Dooleys Honored at Crossroads Church Farewell
At First Presbyterian Church Sunday School begins at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. A farewell dinner followed morning services honoring Philip Spencers and the Dooleys who join them in moving as Spencers enters the U.S. Theological Seminary in Austin this fall.
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Crossroads Presbyterian Church
Philip Spencers
Dooleys
Spencers
U.S. Theological Seminary
Austin
C. C. Dooley
First Baptist Church schedules and Vacation Bible School notes
Sunday services listed with classes and choir details. A prep day for Vacation Bible School drew 92 participants. The school opened with 123 students and 103 the next day with 125 total attendance. Fred Waldrop invites children aged 3 to 16 to attend daily 8:00 to 11:00 a.m.
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Lottie Moon
Rex Ray
Joy Russell
Church At Prayer
Fred Waldrop
First Methodist Church Schedule and Youth Activities
Morning worship at 10 55 a m Youth Fellowship 6 00 p m and fourth Sunday 5 30 p m Woman's Society meets first and third Mondays at 3 00 p m Wesleyan Service Guild every other Monday at 7 30 p m Choir practice 7 30 p m in the sanctuary District Wes leyan Guild meeting Sunday Aug 24 2 00 4 00 p m in the sanctuary Laymen Retreat Sept 6 7 at Southern Methodist University Dallas cost 5 75 a person M Y F car wash specials Aug 23 30 and 27 ice cream and cake social proceeds go to M Y F camp fund and other projects Contact numbers FO 4 2268 and FO 4 2948.
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Methodist Youth Fellowship
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Wesleyan Service Guild
North Texas
Linwood John Roberson
M. Y. F Camp Fund
School to Open on September 2 in Whitewright
Whitewright Public Schools will begin on Tuesday September 2 with first time pupils needing photostatic copies of birth certificates per State Department of Education rules announced by S T Montgomery. Faculty missing one administrator position. resignation of Miss Percy Darwin noted. Aug 29 faculty meeting planned. football physicals Aug 22 at 7 pm. two daily practices begin Aug 25 with coach Harry Lander.
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Whitewright
S. T. Montgomery
State Department of Education
Montgomery
Percy Darwin
Abilene
Miss Darwin
Harry Lander
Paul E. Geers
Lander
San Antonio
Lt Kenneth Jones Completes Infantry Officer Course
Lt Kenneth Jones a Texas A and M College graduate has completed the Basic Infantry Officers Course at Fort Benning Georgia. A letter from Major General Paul L Freeman Jr commends his self discipline stamina and mental capacity and states he is fully qualified as a second lieutenant of infantry. Jones is now at Camp Chaffee Arkansas with wife Clydean Selman.
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Royce Jones
U. S. Army Infantry School
Fort Benning
Georgia
Kenneth Jones
Army
Paul L. Freeman Jr
Jones
Texas A. & M. College
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Clydean Selman
Old Miners Days Ad Reprint Sparks Local Oddities
In Big Bear California the Old Miners Days edition of the Old Miner's Gazette prints quirky ads. Coleman Cleaners offers corsets and spats cleaning, Wawona Boarding House touts sheep dip, The Wheel serves flat beer and talk, Sure Thing McGrath promotes escrow, Grace's Baby Shop sells three cornered bins, and Johnson's saloon advertises painless hairdos.
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Big Bear
Calif
Old Miner's Gazette
Coleman Cleaners
Wawona
Grace
Jenson
Redwood tavern hold up ends with intoxicated surrender
In Redwood California Carlton Hausman entered a tavern and robbed bartender Oreste Pasquini of $100. He then forced Pasquini and four patrons to drink with him. After two hours and several drinks one customer escaped and called police as Hausman surrendered meekly.
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Redwood
Calif
Carlton Hausman
Oreste Pasquini
Pasquini
Hausman
On the Distaff Side in Press and Humor
A compilation of quips from The Lion Las Vegas Sun and The Flame Adding Machine Paper noting jokes about women and wives. It highlights playful observations on domestic life and gender roles in period humor.
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Las Vegas
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Voltaire
Paul Stephens
Henryetta
Wichita Falls
Albuquerque
Chamber of Commerce
O. V. Barker
Clyde Robinson
Clyde
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Bill McDowell
Farmers of America
Grayson Hotel
Grayson County State Bank
M. & P. Bank
Price
Agriculture Committee
Bill
Alton McDowell
Sherman Junior Chamber of Commerce
Corpus Christi
Pasadena
Buchanan
Caro Maxey
Shine
Bennett & Price Barber Shop
Caro
Memory Lane
Congress
Watermelon Party
Mrs
Margaret Reeves
Assembly OF God Church
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
Bethel Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church
First Baptist Church
First Methodist Church
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