Local notices and assignments fill town brief
Miss Dale McGaughey accepts position with Hudson Davis Co. Meta Lewis leaves for Slaton to live with brother Charley Lewis. Roy Benson sells farm south of town to Joe Coggins for 240 per acre. William Fleming contracts a 20000 brick residence on South Travis. Dayton Yates moves to Dallas for work. R S Morehead leases Truett building west side for drive in filling station. Mrs Andy Rouse dies at 51 east of Mahurin. John E Webster dies at daughter's home. Mrs Vick Morgan breaks hip. Mrs Robert Bow hosts party for son Robert Long Bow’s ninth birthday. Mr and Mrs Lucian Andrews attend National Rural Letter Carriers Assn meeting in Cleveland. John Vestal improves Gafford residence in East Whitewright. Pilot Grove school house destroyed by fire. Miss Kate Smith to teach in Slaton. Cora Mae Thornton on Austin College honor roll. Inez Ray hosts lawn party for Elizabeth Waggoner. Corn yield high. cotton best in years. J H Hopper brings first bale. sold to Planters Gin Co. at 12.5 cents. Beauty contest entrants listed for Palace Theatre. Jack Barbee joins Mt. Pleasant. T Sears turns 71 on Aug 14. Billie Earl Montgomery and Troy Lee Ford return from Iowa wheat harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale McGaughey
Hudson, Davis & Co
Meta Lewis
Slaton
Charley Lewis
Roy Benson
Joe Coggins
William Fleming
Whitewright
Sherman
South Travis Street
Dayton Yates
Dallas
R. S. Morehead
Truett
Andy Rouse
Mahurin
John E. Webster
Maggie Montgomery
Vick Morgan
Robert Bow
J. L. Bow
Robert Long Bow
Lucian Andrews
Cleveland
Ohio
National Rural Letter Carriers Association
John Vestal
Gafford
East Whitewright
Pilot Grove
J. H. Hopper
Planters Gin Co
Palace Theatre
Isabelle Craig
Dorothy LaRoe
Pauline
Kathleen Mitchell
Nora Bryant
Lula Lee
Emma Claire Vestal
Dorothy Nicholson
Ruth Melugin
Aline Penn
Whitewright Public Schools Set To Open With Staff List
The Whitewright district plans to open September 15 with F. W. Smith as superintendent and W. C. Cantrell as high school principal. A long faculty includes Archie Gee Miss Gladys Ray Miss Rozelle Cavaness Miss Dorothy Tapscott Miss Margaret Boone Miss Sue Stephens Miss Susie Noe grammar school principal Miss Margaret McMurry Miss Kate Fulton Miss Isabelle Noe Miss Sallye Hamilton Miss Mae Hall and Miss Gertrude Schooling. Mrs Kirkpatrick is principal and teacher of the colored school. Also reported are 217 bales of cotton ginned and local prices at 10 37 100 cents per pound with cotton seed at 25 per ton. Obituary notices mention Joe Cooper at 81 and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
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
Mae Hall
Gertrude Schooling
Kirkpatrick
Colored School
Joe Cooper
Randolph
Jim Hall
Ethel Hubert
Savoy
Hens Molt Early With Hormones At UW Study
University of Wisconsin researchers used progesterone injections to induce molt in white Leghorn pullets in spring to hedge against low egg prices. Most hens stop laying the day of injection, with production resuming in four weeks. birds remained in good condition. Adams notes further testing is needed across different times of year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Jack Adams
University
Adams
Mothers Prone to Accidents at Home in Mansfield Study
A 16 week study of 119 Mansfield Ohio families shows mothers sustain more home injuries than fathers or children, mainly during cooking and cleaning. Tracking incidents helps families reduce injuries and suggests safety focus areas for the household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mansfield
Ohio
Local Churches Listing With Service Times
A compilation of weekly worship schedules for multiple churches led by pastors Roy L. Ham Newton Cole J. Roy Waldrum Rev. J. W. Polk Rev. Lee H. Smith Grady Langford Rev. Howard L. Holland and others. It lists Sunday School times, morning and evening services, and midweek activities across denominations including Assembly of God Baptist Christ Methodist Presbyterian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly OF God Church
Roy L. Ham
First Baptist Church
Newton Cole
Training Union
Church OF Christ
J. Roy Waldrum
First Methodist Church
J. W. Polk
First Presbyterian Church
North Texas
Lee H. Smith
Floyd Bassett
Pilot Grove
Cross Roads
Keeping track method cuts weekly family injuries
A study finds the keeping track technique reduces injuries from 59 to 12 weekly in families. It highlights the kitchen as the riskiest room with over a third of 347 accidents, mostly to women, and notes that women are injured twice as often as men.
Divorce by abandonment cited in Grayson County court
Citation directs Donald Vincent Lindquist to answer the petition filed by Dora Mae Lindquist in No. 63241 in Grayson County District Court. Divorce on grounds of abandonment more than three years. appearance required by September 19, 1955 before the 15th District Court in Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
Donald Vincent Lindquist
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Dora Mae Lindquist
A. D
S. V. Earnest
Shirley Davis
Whitewright Sun
Modern improvements spark a furnace surprise in Eldorado home
A reader reports a new air conditioner installed in Eldorado Illinois led to an unexpected furnace activation once the thermostat reached 68 degrees. The incident shows how modern electro mechanical systems can interact in unforeseen ways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldorado, Ill
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Duganville property title suit in Grayson County Texas
The 1955 case No. 63222 before Judge in Grayson County seeks title and possession of Lots 13 and 14 in Block 7 of Duganville now Bells. Plaintiffs Alvin Meek and wife Laree Meek name defendants including William P Dugan and heirs. Hearing set before 10 AM September 12, 1955 at Sherman Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Ferguson Stevens
F. A. Stevens
J. J. Ferguson
Lizzie Ferguson McDowell
McDowell
Husband McDowell
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Alvin Meek
Laree Meek
William P. Dugan
A. D
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Ector
Kate Smith
Cora Mae Thornton
Austin College
Inez Ray
Elizabeth Waggoner
S. Travis
First National Bank
First National
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bethel Baptist Church
Sunburst Yello
Coral
Et Tag ‘Public Service
Pooey
State OF
W. P. Dugan
Daniel D. Dugan
D. D. Dugan
N. C. Ferguson
Joey Ferguson Bolin
J. D. Bolin
Nancy Davenport
Badgett's Beauty Shop
E. M. Badgett
Mrs. Wallace Smith
Hotpoint Colortone Appliances
Hotpoint
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