Tigers Meet Hawkins For Regional Football Title
Whitewright High School Tigers face Hawkins High for the Class A regional championship at Phillips Field Greenville at 7 30 p m Friday. A bi district win over New Boston 31 7 set the stage as fans travel from Whitewright with anticipated tough competition. Tickets are available in advance for adults 1 00 and students 50c, with gate prices 1 25 and 75c.
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Tigers
Hawkins High School
Hawks
Phillips Field
Greenville
Boston Lions
Tiger
Sam Montgomery
Hawkins
New Boston
Whitewright
Lee Street
Texas Street
Blanton’s
Childress Pharmacy
Bennett & Price Barber Shop
Craig’s Cafe
Walker Pharmacy
the Food Mart
B. R. Vestal
Shivers Says Ike Slips but Stays Ahead in Texas
Gov. Allan Shivers told a Facts Forum broadcast that Ike’s popularity in Texas has fallen but remains majority. He noted cattle prices and the Korean War influence opinions and warned about school segregation affecting job competition for Negro teachers if the Supreme Court ends racial separation.
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Austin
Eisenhower
Texas
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Facts
State of the Nation
Mutual
Ihe
United States Supreme Court
South
No Girl Reacts to Dating Producers in Hollywood
Anne Robinson, famed as the "no girl" at Paramount during War of the Worlds production, says she has not dated producers or directors to advance her career and has not made any other pictures since War of the Worlds. Her stance remains unchanged.
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Hollywood
Anne Robinson
Paramount
Longevity Birthday Credited to Smell Tradition
Mrs Isabella Brown celebrates her 100th birthday in London and credits longevity to sniffing. She told guests to throw a little over the shoulder and sniff a little as a way to clear the head.
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London
Isabella Brown
Social Security Tax Rates Set To Rise In January
Dallas social security officials announce rate increases effective after December 31. Employees will pay 2 percent on wages up to 3600 with a matching employer contribution, and self employed workers will pay 3 percent on 1954 income with first payments due March 15, 1955.
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Dallas Social Security Office
Internal Revenue Service
Congress
Farm Bureau hits new member record in Texas
The Texas Farm Bureau reports a record 53195 members up more than 5000 from last year. Membership is by farm families and the boost enables Texas to send five voting delegates to the American Farm Bureau convention in Chicago December 14 to 17. Delegates are President J Walter Hammond Tye Vice president C H Devaney Coahoma S W McClaren Cameron Edwin Sanderson Paris and Howard Wright Weslaco.
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Waco
Texas Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Texas
American Farm Bureau
Chicago
J. Walter Hammond
Tye
C. H. Devaney
Coahoma
S. W. McClaren
Cameron
Edwin Sanderson
Paris
Howard Wright
Weslaco
Texas Girl Wins Grand Champion Steer at Expo
Sue White of Big Spring bought and raised Lone Star a white faced Hereford steer who won grand champion at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. The 18 year old earned 1000 cash from the American Hereford Association and faced possible additional tens of thousands from Thursday’s auction. Her family operates a 480 acre cotton and cattle farm, and Sue plans to return to college after the win. The steer later sold for a record 20 dollars per pound, totaling over 20000.
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Chicago
Texas
North America
Sue White
Big Spring
Lone Star
American Hereford Association
Sue
Howard County Junior College
Floyd
Air Force Sets Flying Saucer Cameras Nationwide
The Air Force announced it has installed flying saucer cameras at bases in thirty three states to study radar confirmed lights. The aim is to determine if the glows are insubstantial or from identifiable objects amid a small number of unexplained reports.
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Washington
Air Force
State Agrees To Maintain Detour At Bells
Bells Mayor Dopson thanks Sun editor for prompting State Highway Department action to surface and maintain a temporary detour at Bells at about ten thousand dollars. Engineering studies will seek an adequate facility for tall and heavy vehicles, possibly clearing the Katy Railroad underpass or a permanent overheight route. Local residents Tim and Bob Mitchell cited mud and yard damage during wet weather on detour roads.
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J. E
Happy) Dopson
Bells
Sun
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Ector-Whitewright Farm
Highway Commission
Katy
Bob Mitchell
Rayburn Predicts Dwindling Support for Eisenhower
In CORSICANA Rep. Sam Rayburn forecast shrinking Republican backing for President Eisenhower in the next Congress. He told 450 Democrats in the Eleventh State Senatorial District rally that Eisenhower faced weak cabinet support and would need help, likening the situation to General Grant.
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Corsicana
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Eisenhower
Congress
Rayburn
House of Representatives
Mild Epidemic Of Measles in Texas
Dr Geo W Cox Texas State Health Officer reports a rising mild measles epidemic across the state driven by travel. Last week’s cases exceed the average and exposure should be avoided. Complications from measles require careful nursing and medical attention, with prompt bed rest and physician care for exposed children.
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Austin
Texas
Geo. W. Cox
State Health Department
Cox
No Fool, Great Skeptic Lavoisier Cited as Founder
A saying notes that a person always claiming not to be a fool often hides suspicions. Louis Hebert quips that Lavoisier is hailed as the founder of modern chemistry in contemporary discourse.
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Lavoisier
Chemistry
VFW Post 7111 Seeks New Members in Drive
Whitewright VFW Post 7111 announces a membership drive urging eligible veterans to join. The membership committee of Edwin Badgett C J Tillett Jr A B Jones and W L Hatfield has bought Sun advertising as the post, meeting at the Odd Fellows Hall, seeks to double its 60 members by increasing awareness of VFW work.
Southwestern Bell announces higher Texas long distance rates
Dallas report states that after December 26 person-to-person long distance calls within Texas will cost 60 percent more, while station-to-station rates stay unchanged and out-of-state calls are unaffected. The changes affect 284 Texas exchanges with the new rates issued by Walter Prehn, Texas general manager for Bell.
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Dallas
Texas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Walter Prehn
Bell
Prehn
Interest Purchased In Bonham Favorite
Bonham announcement reveals James D. Stinson acquires Mrs. Eula D. Stewart’s stake in the Bonham Publishing Company Inc. Stinson, advertising manager since July, becomes general manager. He previously worked at the Durant Daily Democrat.
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Bonham
Clark Bass
Bonham Publishing Company, Inc
James D. Stinson
Eula D. Stewart
Stinson
Durant Daily Democrat
Death notices for Mrs. J. T. Wallace 81
Funeral services at Earnheart Chapel for Mrs. J T Wallace 81 after a heart attack at her Desert home Survivors include son Nila Wallace Trenton daughter Mrs Taylor Holcomb Desert brothers Jimmie Jodie Willie Akridge Desert and Grace Akridge Sherman two grandchildren buried Cross Roads Cemetery ritual led by Dr John W Inter Rev W D Thompson and Rev Lee H Smith pallbearers were Tommie Brooks Willis Dockery Lee Coleman Henry Donaghey L F Southerland S G Denny
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J. T. Wallace
Earnheart Chapel
John W. Inter
W. D. Thompson
Lee H. Smith
Cross Roads Cemetery
Tommie Brooks
Willis Dockery
Lee Coleman
Henry Donaghey
L. F. Southerland
S. G. Denny
Desert
Wallace
Vona _ Akridge
Joe Akridge
Presbyterian Church At
Nila Wallace
Trenton
Taylor Holcomb
Jimmie
Jodie
Willie Akridge
Grace Akridge
Sherman
Funeral Services for C. F. Gaither at Westminster Baptist
Funeral services for 79 year old C. F. Gaither, a retired farmer, were held at Westminster Baptist Church with Rev. Lewis Lee and Rev. Clifton Igo presiding. Burial followed at Elm Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers included Oliver Boone and R. V. Edwards among others. Survivors: wife Jessie Dickerson Gaither, sons Zeppie of Westminster and Horace of Fort Worth, daughters L. R. Skipworth of Denison and C. D. Miller of Blue Ridge, and four granddaughters.
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C. F. Gaither
Westminster Baptist Church
Lewis Lee
Clifton Igo
Elm Grove Cemetery
Oliver Boone
R. V. Edwards
Belton Hartness
Clarence Turner
Ernest Miller
Varley Giles
Jessie Dickerson Gaither
Zeppie Gaither
Westminster
Horace Gaither
Fort Worth
L. R. Skipworth
Denison
C. D. Miller
Blue Ridge
The Sun Is Good Christmas Gift
The Sun offers a year long gift idea with subscriptions priced 2.50 outside Grayson and Fannin Counties and 2.00 within. The note lists 40 plus names of subscribers and potential gift recipients including Mrs C W Tree and J G Muirhead. Cards can be sent to gift recipients on request.
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Grayson
Fannin Counties
C. W. Tree
Fannin
Sun
J. G. Muirhead
Jack Meador Clyde Sadler Holmes Connelly
B. L. Janway
N. K. Turner Wallace Wilson
Lloyd Moore
Frank Armstrong
James Barrie Blan
Cotton Allotments Will Reduce '54 Crop by One Third
College Station reports that the 1954 cotton crop faces an 8.4 million bale carryover, the largest postwar level. An approved marketing quota promises 90 percent parity but acreage allotments would cut next year’s Upland cotton crop by about one third while potentially boosting prices and reducing total cash receipts. Exports may dip, with a large supply and moderate demand expected overall.
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McHaney
School Lunch Menu Week Preview
Monday through Friday menus list entrees sides and desserts for a school. Items include mashed potatoes green beans tomato slice hot rolls and milk on Monday. barbecue on buns and doughnuts on Tuesday. cheese and macaroni casserole and cornbread on Wednesday. navy beans and old southern cornbread on Thursday. and oven baked fish fillets with cherry tarts on Friday.
A Little More Determination and Pluck
A brief line emphasizes grit and effort as the key to luck. It extols persistence, noting steady work yields favorable outcomes beyond mere chance. The message urges daily resolve and steady practice to reach success.
Cotton Belt Sells Old Roadbed for State Highway Route
Sherman and Bonham reports say the Cotton Belt Railroad agreed to sell its Sherman to Commerce right of way to Grayson Hunt and Fannin counties for a new state highway. Grayson pays 4400 dollars for 15.5 miles. state plans a direct Sherman to Louisiana border route via Commerce and Shreveport.
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Sherman
Cotton Belt Railroad
Commerce
Grayson
Hunt
Fannin
J. N. Dickson
Fannin County
Tom Bean
Whitewright
Louisiana
East Texas
Shreveport
Cotton Belt
Moore
Randolph Pool
Hunt Counties
State Highway Commission
Two Lumps for the Fort Fort Hood
Uncle Sam's 1st Armored Division stocks a couple of lumps of sugar ready to throw at any fee. The 46th Engineers Battalion reports two new carpenters named Bob and Don Sugar twins born fifteen minutes apart in St. Louis Missouri in May 1933.
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Fort Hood
Sam
1St Armored Division
46Th Engineers Battalion
Bob
Don Sugar
St. Louis
Divorce Asked as Man Finds He's 8th Mate
Orion R. Waid of Burbank seeks a divorce from Nell E. Waid after discovering he was not her third husband but her eighth. He says she told him she was a social drinker and had been married twice, yet court records show seven prior marriages.
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Burbank
Calif
Orion R. Waid
Nell E. Waid
Waid
Old coins found in pier hole during garage dig
A workman digging foundation holes in Sealy uncovered a half gallon jar buried in a post hole. The jar contained 322 dollars in silver and gold coins dated 1844 to 1902. Banknote values not specified. Coins include a mix of denominations and vintages.
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Pier Hole
Sealy
Frank W. Kay
Oil Firms and Service Stations Spread Across the U.S.
The country hosts more than 42 000 oil companies and over 200 000 service stations serving the American public, reflecting wide distribution of petroleum industry infrastructure.
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