Letters To Santa Claus From Whitewright Fourth Grade
Santa collects letters from Mrs. Jack Rogers’ Fourth Grade class in Whitewright asking for toys and gifts. Children mention Barbie items, games, dolls, firearms like BB guns, bicycles, and clothing as they write about Christmas wishes and well wishes for Mrs. Santa and Santa.
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Jack Rogers
Santa
Mrs. Santa
Deer
Rudiffe
Red Nosed Rain Deer
Walter Harlan
Rt. 2
Whitewright
Vear Santa
Michael Sims
Whitewright Ready for Christmas Shopping Drawings and Parade
Whitewright merchants kick off weekly Saturday drawings through Dec 24 with tickets given on purchases. Winners must be present. prizes range from 5 to 25 dollars, redeemable at participating stores through Jan 15. Chamber of Commerce coordinates. Also slated are Christmas street decorations, Tree Lighting Contest, and a 2 PM downtown Christmas Parade featuring Santa Claus and 25 plus entries.
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Santa Claus
Whitewright Sun
Santa
The
Sun
Whitewright
Whittewright
Louise Franklin
Peggy Chandler
Dean Thomas
Pettit’s Grocery
Collins’ Grocery
Milton Simpson
Jerry Pierce
Robert Sale
Danny Berend
Vince Freeman
Jackie Howell
O.K. Carter
Community Public Service
Friday Literary Club
Homer Sears
United Fund Drive Falters in Whitewright
The United Fund drive in Whitewright misses its Dec 1 deadline and only 28.6 percent of the $2,550 goal, about $729.24, has been raised. Co chairs Milton Simpson and Danny Berend said the drive will continue to Dec 17 to reach local needs. Contributions support the city library, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, little league baseball, the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army.
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Whitewright
United Fund
Milton Simpson
Danny Berend
Berend
City Library
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Cub Scouts
Little League Baseball
American Red Cross
The
Salvation Army
Simpson
First National Bank of
City council approves audits and interviews police applicant
The Hermon Philley finance report shows November income of 10 635 24 and expenditures 17 561 84 with an end balance of 5 038 84. Expenditures include 10 706 07 for payoff on a dump truck and police car. A special session is set for Dec 13 for further patrolman interviews and seven applications were received. The council took no action on past due taxes and approved a water tie in for Whitewright By-Products Plant at its sewer plant project. Topics included road surfacing, possible county help, leasing the old sewage facility to Carl s Sausage and permits for outside city residents tapping utilities.
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Hermon Philley
Philley
Helen Billner
Kenneth Shepperd
Whitewright
Shepperd
Sonny Smith
Vince Freeman
Robert Sale
Carl's Sausage
Bill McFatridge
McFatridge
Smith
Rady and Associates
Tigers Look To Improve After Two Wins, Four Losses
Whitewright enters the Whitewright Invitational December 9 to 11 with a 2 4 season mark. The Tigers lost key road games to Howe and Whitesboro, while Marvin Atterberry led scoring in multiple outings with 15 to 23 points as the team seeks a better finish.
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Whitewright
Tom Bean
van Alstyne
Fannindel
Farmersville
Ector
Celina
Westminster
Tigers
Howe
Bulldogs
Marvin Atterberry
Tiger
Atterberry
Sanger
Ray Layman
Collinsville
Whitesboro
Bearcats
Postmaster Urges Early Holiday Mail Dispatch
Postmaster John Biggerstaff of the Whitewright office urges residents to mail out of town packages immediately to ensure delivery. Local mail should go by December 10 and local cards by December 15 to meet the deadline.
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John Biggerstaff
Wrine Whitewright Post Office
Grand Lodge Honors Newman's 50 Years of Service
B W Newman longtime rural mail carrier in Whitewright received the Grand Lodge of Texas 50 year service award at Waco on December 1. He completed Bells Lodge degree work in 1921 and led as Worshipful Master in 1929 and 1933 1938 in Whitewright. He served as District Deputy Grand Master in 1941 and held several lodge offices into 1971. Witnesses included Mrs Newman and other family and lodge members.
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B.W. Newman
Whitewright
Grand Lodge of Texas
Waco
Mr. Newman
Bells Lodge
Whitewright Lodge
Newman
Grand Lodge
Republicans State Courthouse Meeting Denison Dec 13
The Grayson County Republican Party will hold a December open meeting at the sub courthouse in Denison starting at 7 30 p m A talk on county government will be given by John Whittington Republican Dallas County commissioner from Irving A question and answer period will follow
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Grayson County
Republican Party
Denison
John Whittington
Dallas
Irving
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Whitewrights
Ken
Love
Polly Murphy
Box
Rudolph
Rod Clark
Rt. 1
Annette Orr
Tracy
Mary Griffin
Momey
Pamela Culifer
Barnabas Collins
Cheri Brookshear
Debbie Alexander
Box 415
Short Davids
Kandeer
Mother Santa
John Wesley Jones III
Tommy Joe Mathis
Rail Bird S.S.P
Miami Dolphins
Dallas Cowboys
Barbie
Oneata Smith
Jeffery Cooper
Larry Backus
Box 103
Bobby Battles
Carter, Whitewright
Jerry Griffis
Cece
Tatiana Inane
Iszi
Vulum
Chamber
Tom Brookshear
American Legion Park
Council
Boyd Newman
Emory Christian
Russell Summers
S.H. White
Republicans State
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