Pigskin Club barbecue advance ticketing urged
Ticket sellers for the Pig skin Club barbecue are asked to report sales at Community Public Service Co. office Monday to help estimate attendance. Advance tickets remain available after Monday and gate admission is one dollar. The barbecue, at the football field Thursday night, Aug. 30, precedes a Whitewright versus Bells scrimmage. DR PAUL GEERS Whitewright Nursing Home near completion includes 46 patient rooms and 80 bed capacity with year round air conditioning and 180000 facility cost. Over 25 staff will be employed. Jack Bogle of Dallas visited, noting ties to Whitewright and Oak Hill Cemetery. his brother Walter Harris heads Santa Fe Railroad engineering in Houston.
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Pigskin Club
Community Public Service Co
Whitewright
Bells
Paul Geers
South Bend Street
Texas
Dr. Geers
Jack Bogle
Dallas
Jack
Continental Trailways
Oak Hill Cemetery
Walter Harris
Hassie
Rockdale Ministers Vote to End Pre-Game Players
The ministers of Rockdale Texas decided to discontinue participation in pre game players at high school football games. They framed the move with a proverb about timing and prayer and suggested football may not be a great and laudable undertaking.
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Rockdale
Texas
Editor bears blame for stray errors in print
A Grayson County paper this week cites a misprint stating there will be 18 pupils in the white school and two in the Negro school at Whitewright. The piece notes editors shoulder responsibility for errors caused by copy writers, typesetters, or proofreaders.
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Grayson County
Whitewright
Television Producers Urged to Change Sound Effects
A columnist urges TV producers to use bells and chimes that avoid signaling real calls or door visits to keep viewers from leaving. The piece notes such claims in print may be accepted on faith and cites a boast about United States wood reaching 463 miles into space, a claim that cannot be proven.
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United States
Americans Face Personal Burden of National Debt
The national debt has surpassed 300 billion dollars, meaning each American owes about 1,600 dollars. Citizens are warned they will not see debt relief as Congress continues approving spending, causing annual increases in personal liability.
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Congress
Fourth Sunday Singing Convention at Indian Creek Church
The 4th Sunday Singing Convention will be held at Indian Creek Baptist Church Sunday afternoon starting at 2 o'clock. Robert Burgess will be in charge. The public is invited to attend.
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Indian Creek Baptist Church
Robert Burgess
Sales Training Course To Be Held In Whitewright
Earl Blanton of the Whitewright Chamber announces a four session sales training course in Whitewright starting Monday Aug 27. The program titled Creative Selling Techniques is funded by the Distributive Education Program of The University of Texas and the Texas Education Agency. James E Moore will teach four 2.5 hour sessions at 730 p m at Firemen's Hall. For more information call Mr Blanton.
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Earl Blanton
Whitewright
James E. Moore
Blanton
Wheat quota vote set for August 30 at College Station
Texas A and M College specialist C H Bates says farmers in 39 commercial wheat states with more than 15 acres will vote August 30 on marketing quotas for the 1963 crop. Results hinge on a two thirds yes, with penalties and price supports defined by quota approval or disapproval. County ASC committees can provide details and allotment notices will be mailed before the vote.
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College Station
C. H. Bates
Texas A & M College
Secretary of Agriculture
Freeman
Bates
ASC
Shrews Devour Seeds At A 24 Hour Rate
A shrew can eat seeds equivalent to half its body weight within a single day. The finding highlights extreme feeding efficiency and potential impacts on seed dispersal and forest tree regeneration.
Pep Squad Meeting Next Monday at Whitewright High
Whitewright High School announces the first pep squad meeting of the season at 4 00 p m on Monday August 27 at the high school. Newcomer girls in grades 8 to 12 are invited to join. Mrs J A Harper Jr and Miss Sammye Caldwell return as co directors of the squad.
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Whitewright High School
Whitewright
J. A. Harper Jr
Sammye Caldwell
VA to study funds for possible GI insurance dividend
Veterans Administration will audit its funds to determine if a special GI insurance dividend should be declared to help the economy. Administrator James S. Gleason Jr ordered the study, due by mid September, with no dividend decision until the report is complete. President Kennedy had previously ordered a $230 million dividend to policy holders to spur the economy.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
James S. Gleason Jr
Kennedy
Farm Bureau denounces 1962 feed grain program
American Farm Bureau Federation president Charles Shuman called the 1962 feed grain program costly and a dismal failure. He noted the program cost 114 million dollars more than 1961 and produced 139.506 million tons of feed grains versus 131.132 million last year with corn the sole grain to fall. Experiments in Malaya suggest rubber wood blended with bamboo and lallang grass could fuel a future paper industry.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Charles Shuman
General Farm Organization
Shuman
Malaya
Senate OKs softened farm bill amid debate and adjournment push
The Senate passed a softened farm bill 47 to 37 after two days of debate, backed by 43 Democrats and four Republicans, opposed by 28 Republicans and nine Democrats. The measure returns to the House as leaders shift to other administration priorities, including a drug bill and tax proposal.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
House
Postal Clerks to Wear New Uniforms by Christmas
Portland report says about 30 000 postal clerks will wear smart new uniforms by Christmas. Postmaster General J Edward Day announced at a convention that jackets will be pekin blue with white or blue shirts and maroon neckties for men and white or blue blouses for women. Window clerks in first and second class offices with annual receipts of 8 000 dollars or more will receive the uniforms.
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Portland
Ore
J. Edward Day
Day
United Federation of Postal Clerks
Dustcloth care tip for oiling and maintenance
A simple home tip advises adding a spoonful of lemon oil or furniture oil to rinse water when washing a dustcloth. This keeps the cloth slightly oily, aiding future dust collection and prolonging cloth life.
Noddin' Washington Column Figures Show Congress Mix
Dear editor, Uncle Dan notes a Washington column reports mixed facts about Congress with 54 percent speaking a foreign language and 579 committees. He mocks the work load, pay, vacations, and a proposed 580th committee to probe committees, dubbing Congress a bit shiftless yet self- serving.
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Washington
Congress
Death of Everett C. Watson at 68 in Sherman
Everett C. Watson, 68, of Whitewright died Monday in a Sherman hospital after surgery last week. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Earnheart Funeral Chapel with ministers Charles Kuhn of Denison and Allen Harper of Sherman. Burial followed in Leonard Cemetery.born March 15, 1894 in Mulberry. married Sally L. Reese July 23, 1913 in Forgy Arkansas. Survivors include wife four daughters four sons two brothers four sisters and many grandchildren.
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Everett C. Watson
Whitewright
Sherman
Earnheart Funeral
Charles Kuhn
Denison
Allen Harper
Church of Christ Ministers
Leonard Cemetery
Mr. Watson
Mulberry
Sally L. Reese
Forgy
Ark
Church of Christ
B. L. Hicks
Fort Worth
Daniel Rhody
J. B. Dickens
Sweetwater
Harold Dickens
Fort Smith
Glen and
Everett Jr
C. G
Lewisville
Jack
Paramount
Calif
Clifford
Asa
Leonard
Floyd Samples
Trenton
Claud Kuhn
Ned Williams
Ed Fuller
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Olive Truett Myrick
Funeral services were held at 4 p m Tuesday at the First Baptist Church for Olive Truett Myrick who died early Monday at her home. Born November 26 1881 in Tennessee she was a daughter of Rev J L Truett. She married Myrick October 3 1906 and was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include two brothers and two sisters.
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First Baptist Church
Olive Truett Myrick
Tennessee
Dayle Gore
Fred Waldrop
Gainesville
Oak Hill Cemetery
Earnheart Funeral Home
Myrick
J. L. Truett
Grayson College
The
Baptist Church
Charles R. Truett
Denison
Fred Truett
Fort Worth
Adah Gillespie
Whitewright
Pearl Inzer
Dallas
Funeral services for H N Russell held in Bonham
Funeral services were set for 3 p m today in Bonham for H N Russell 68 retired farmer who died in a Bonham hospital Wednesday His brother Willis H Russell of Whitewright and wife Della Russell of Ector survive along with sister Mrs A T Woodruff of Trenton and many nieces and nephews
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Bonham
H. N. Russell
Bonham Hospital
Willis H. Russell
Whitewright
Mr. Russell
Lincoln County
Tenn
S. H. Russell
Della Russell
Ector
A. T. Woodruff
Trenton
Funeral for Mrs. Marie Taylor in McKinney
Mrs. Marie Taylor 51 of McKinney died in a local hospital. Funeral services were held Friday at McKinney with burial in Mount Olive Cemetery. She was born August 22, 1910 in Tom Bean and married Edgar Taylor in 1927. Survivors include her husband, father Oscar Sims, three sons, a daughter, a brother, sisters, and five grandchildren.
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McKinney
Marie Taylor
Mount Olive Cemetery
Taylor
Tom Bean
Edgar Taylor
Whitewright
Oscar Sims
James
Marion Taylor
Camp Hood
Billy Taylor
William Jones
Plano
Wesley Sims
Alvarado
Edward Sims
Mansfield
John Sims
Midlothian
Ray Sims
Fort Worth
Ema Ryan
Emmie Ryan
Clifton Hensley
Lubbock
L. C. Allen
Funeral for W. T. Ford at Pilot Grove Church
Funeral services were held at Pilot Grove Baptist Church for W. T. Ford 76 who died Friday in a Sherman hospital Rev James Griffin and Rev Norman Vandergriff conducted the rites Burial followed at Pilot Grove Cemetery Ford born in Arkansas Sept 1 1885 He married Betty Bell Vandergriff at Melissa Jan 12 1908 Survivors include his wife four sons Grady Dallas Henry Sherman Frank Anna Baxter Odessa four daughters Velma Hamm Myrtle Brown Mary Bell McKinney Van Alstyne four sisters R L Bette s Kirkland Wash Lizzy King Anna W M Edds Dallas and H L Estep Weston 11 grandchildren four great grandchildren
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Pilot Grove Baptist Church
W. T. Ford
Sherman
James Griffin
Pilot Grove
Norman Vandergriff
Ladonia
Mr. Ford
Arkansas
Betty Bell Vandergriff
Melissa
Whitewright
Grady
Dallas
Henry
Average widowers older than widows by years
The average widower is 72, about four and one half years older than the average widow.
Faculty Meeting Set For August 30
S. T. Montgomery Jr. announced a high school faculty meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday August 30, with all teachers expected to attend. He also noted the election of Mrs. Janis Johnson to teach third grade, replacing Mrs. Patricia Tolar who resigned. Enrollment will be Friday August 31 and classes begin Tuesday September 4 after Labor Day.
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S. T. Montgomery Jr
Montgomery
Janis Johnson
Patricia Tolar
Whitewright Summer Recreation Program Report
Kenneth Frisby provided The Sun with a breakdown of the Whitewright five week youth program. The fund started with 368.20 and ended at 33.04 after spending on mowing 100.00 purchasing new equipment 916.14 trips to Sherman pool 56.00 and paying director Robert Sivley 170.00. An average of 30 non swimming and 35 swimming day attendees were recorded with 75 percent aged 7 to 9 and 25 percent aged 10 to 14. Activities ran seven hours daily five days weekly totaling 6597 hours.
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Kenneth Frisby
Whitewright
City
Sherman Swimming Pool
Robert Sivley
3000 Automobile Wrecks Predicted For the Holiday
AUSTIN There will be about 3000 automobile collisions in Texas over the Labor Day weekend. About 30 persons will die. Col. Homer Garrison Jr. director of the Department of Public Safety, urged families traveling together to drive carefully and noted recent weeks show rising traffic deaths. The department will augment patrols with 150 additional uniformed officers for the three day period September 1 to 3.
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Austin
Texas
Homer Garrison Jr
Department of Public Safety
Garrison
House to Vote on Poll Tax Ban Across Nation
Washington leaders ordered a House vote next Monday on a Senate approved constitutional amendment to outlaw the poll tax. Speaker John W. McCormack said debate would be limited to 40 minutes and the measure, identical to the Senate version, would go to the states for ratification after House passage. Ratification requires 38 state legislatures within seven years.
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Washington
House
John W. McCormack
Senate
Ford Unveils New Line of Cars for 1963 Models
Ford Displays 1963 lineup including Galaxie Fairlane Falcon and Thunderbird. Company notes overhauls from stock car racing and claims high service freedom. Development cost likely exceeds 100 million dollars. New entries include Falcon convertible and hardtop and two bare Galaxie-size models to compete with Chevrolet Biscayne.
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Detroit
Ford
America
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