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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1963
Page
6
Ray Martin profiles Bailey County Judge Glen Williams a Freewill Baptist minister who has performed many weddings since taking office eight years ago. He recounts stories of couples and the judge noting he has not charged a fee for weddings.
Short notice announces an optometric society activity in The Castro News edition from Dimmitt. The notice specifies optometrists may publish small notices, while doctors and dentists unions are excluded.
The passage notes that doctors and dentists must not reveal office locations or phone numbers or advertise prices under threat of union eviction. It argues withholding price details and sad health news protects patients until health improves.
An exchange defines an expert as someone who, far from home, acts as a precise professional by producing endless incomprehensible formulae from dubious experiments and instruments. The description targets a credulous crowd of fanatics with questionable minds for the stated aim of annoyance.
Grayson County Texas through Sheriff G W Blanton will publicly auction 75 by 135 foot tract in Pottsboro described as Lots 18 19 20 21 22 Block 8 Old Town Pottsboro on October 1 1963 between 10 AM and 4 PM at the courthouse door. Sale follows a March 27 1963 judgment in favor of Fred Guillaud against Ray Fontaine and Dovie Fontaine.
Public notice in Grayson County Texas lists defendants including O T Lyon et al and Emma Seay. Court orders appearance by 10 am September 30 1963 before the 15th District Court in Sherman. Property described is Lots 4 9 10 11 12 13 Block 72 Miller's Second Addition Denison. Sale to satisfy judgment for taxes costs subject to redemption and right of defendants to contest. Sheriff G W Blanton to conduct sale.
The State of Texas Grayson County Tioga Common School District obtained a judgment for delinquent taxes with 6 percent interest. The sale is set for September 3, 1963, at the Grayson County courthouse between 2 and 4 PM. The sheriff will sell, to the highest bidder, all right title and interest of Unknown Owners in the described real estate.
Drive-in restaurants surge as 4 000 openings last year bring total to 42 000. This year about 5 000 new venues will start, from hot dog stands to upscale roadside eateries. Growth driven by more motoring, suburban expansion, and a teen customer base over one third.
Miss Juanita McLaughlin will assume duties September 1 as junior assistant Extension agent in Grayson County. Announcement came from Mrs. Tom Joyce Cunningham of Denton district home agent for Texas A&M Agricultural Extension Service. She replaces Miss Jonella Rankin who moves to Ellis County. McLaughlin, a North Texas State University graduate in home economics education, is from Cedar Hill and a former Grand Prairie high school student and 4 H member.
An officer cites liquor influence as reason for the collision after a driver veered from a broad highway into a ditch. The driver insists darkness and a white line led him off the road, misidentifying the line as a skunk.
Cuban refugees smuggle tobacco seeds out of Castro’s Cuba and establish plantations in Honduras. About 15,000 seeds weigh one ounce, making smuggling feasible. The new leaf is shipped to factories in Ybor City Tampa Florida, sustaining the traditional cigar industry.
Notice is given that original letters testamentary on the Cecil H. Tolbert estate were issued to John Garrison Tolbert on August 12 1963 in Grayson County Texas. All persons with claims against the estate must present them to the executor at 618 Pampa Street Sulphur Springs Texas before the statute of limitations runs and before the estate closes. Dated August 13 1963. John Garrison Tolbert Executor County Court No 13168 Grayson County Texas.
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