Local Residents and Visitors Share Weekend Outings
Dr and Mrs C P Johnson spent Sunday with relatives in Dallas Billy Kincaid of Dallas visits his mother Mrs Lanius Kincaid Miss Margaret Ann Haley from Paris spent Friday night with Mr and Mrs Floyd Bassett Mr and Mrs L R Alexander of Grand Prairie weekend in Whitewright Miss Ouida Nell Harris of Dallas weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Floyd Harris Mr and Mrs R H May celebrate 48th wedding anniversary Austin Stedham and Mrs from Salina Kansas spend weekend with W H Stedham George Wade and daughter from Capeville visit J H Hayes Reeves family visit McKinney Eugene Reeves and family Archie visits Mrs Eugene McElvaney of Dallas Frank King of Houston spen weekend with Bryant King Bruce Caylor of Grand Prairie weekend with Drewie Caylor N M Jacobs of Leonard visit F C Williams home Joe Cook visit Durant Oklahoma Grace Roberts visits son in Littlefield Tom Norris and J A Pumphrey visiting Dallas Charles E Ayres and daughter Alice Mae spend weekend with J C Annip Dallas W A Kirkpatrick and R E Hickman in Bonham with Robert Grant Printess Compton and daughters of Sherman spend weekend with D B Tate F M Echols visiting Joe Brooks in Denton G F Wilson and daughter Joan Dallas weekend Billye Faye Dillon teacher in Howe school weekend with Claud Dillon Russell Summers spent Sunday in Denton wife joins him Jackie Bowen and family visit San Diego Navy transfer from Memphis weekend Walt family visit Dallas Raymond Walt and children visit Lansford and Walt families in Dallas C Carpenter Marion Lillie Carpenter Noble Page and son weekend with W S Dodson Jr Fort Worth.
Class Meeting of Hickman Sunday School at Dawson Home
The Hickman Sunday School Class of First Presbyterian Church met last Thursday at Mrs. C. P. Dawson’s with 17 members present. President Mrs. Floyd Bassett led the business meeting followed by a Christmas themed program and singing. Members donated clothing gifts for the Reynolds Presbyterian Home of Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickman
First Presbyterian Church
C. P. Dawson
Floyd Bassett
Buddy Stephens
Paul Cook
Homer Sears
Janice Horton
Ruth Cox
Dawson
Reynolds Presbyterian Home
Dallas
Citation by publication in Minnie S. Riddle estate case
Public notice from Grayson County Texas for administratrix Marie A. Riddle to file final account and seek discharge. Final accounting hearing set for December 21 1953 at Sherman courthouse, with interested parties urged to appear and contest if needed. The notice is filed December 5 1953 by Clerk J C Buchanan with deputy Marguerite Berry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
Minnie S. Riddle
Grayson County
Texas
Marie A. Riddle
Sherman
A. D
J. C. Buchanan
Tex
Marguerite Berry
Puty
State OF
First National Bank of
Denison
Lula Harris
A. R. Collins
15Th District Court
Donald Lee Mayes
Louise Mayes
First National Bank of Danison, Et al
Munson
Purinton
Earnest
Nancy Drake
Whitewright Sun
Training Union Party Organizes First Baptist Teens
Rev and Mrs Newton Cole hosted a Training Union gathering for First Baptist Church teens on Tuesday night December 1 to form a Young People’s Training Union class. Officers elected include President Jackie Pannell and Vice President H C Carpenter with captains Mary Page and Laura Rich and Annette Smith as social chair. Attendees included Eugene Cox Ralph Hughes Doris Wallace Onetta Smith and sponsors Mrs Joe Rich and Mrs Gene Hughes along with Rev and Mrs Cole and their son David.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Cole
First Baptist Church
Laura Rich
Annette Smith
Eugene Cox
Ralph Hughes
Doris Wallace
Mary Page
Jackie Parnell
H. C. Carpenter
Onetta Smith
Joe Rich
Gene Hughes
David
Esquires in Britain Draw Editor's Fire Over Address Titles
Article notes Britain's debate over whether men should be addressed as mister or esquire. L G Pine of Burke's Peerage argues esquire has historical meaning but is largely ceremonial. The piece includes a quotation and ends with a legal citation unrelated to the main topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
L. G. Pine
Burke
Pine
Prober Claims Workers Misled Over Social Security Rights
Washington doorstop: Chairman Curtis of the Ways and Means subcommittee says wage earners were misled for nearly 18 years about ironclad government guarantees of old age insurance. Former commissioner Altmeyer defends the law while Curtis warns Congress may overhaul social security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Curtis
Nebraska
Congress
Ways and Means
Social Security
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Altmeyer
Subcommittee
Robert H. Winn
Dingell
Michigan
Eberharter
Pennsylvania
Winn
Roosevelt
Truman
United States
Divorce action filed in Texas on grounds of cruel treatment
Citation issued November 13 1953 to Ada Faye Thomas and Loy B Thomas in suit No 923 for divorce on grounds of cruel treatment filed by Loy B Thomas as plaintiff and Ada Faye Thomas as defendant. Court clerk S V Earnest signs the notice.
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State OF Texas
Ada Faye Thomas
15Th District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Loy B. Thomas
A. D
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Whitewright Sun
Archaeology joke features a million year thumb find
A humorous tale riffs on an archaeologist who digs up the thumb of a woman from a million years ago and jokes about finding a million year old man beneath it. It quips about hygiene, fashion, college letters, gossip, and whisky misfires with quick punchlines.
Fragment from obituary poem about Bertha Bright
Here lies the body of Miss Bertha Bright. The verses depict a moment of signal and direction in a somber, poetic obituary fragment.
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Bertha Bright
Lawsuit Notice in Grayson County Texas
Ava Belle Tarpley sues Lee Roy Tarpley in District Court Grayson County Texas case No 60982. Court summons require appearance by January 18 1954 before Judge R C Vaughan in Sherman Texas. Filed December 2 1953 with deputy Shirley England.
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State OF
Texa
Roy Tarpley
A. D
R. C. Vaughan
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Ava Belle Tarpley
Lee Roy Tarpley
S. V. Earnest
Shirley England
Whitewright Sun
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. C. P. Johnson
Billy Kincaid
Mrs
Lanius Kincaid
Margaret Ann Haley
Paris
Mrs. Floyd Bassett
Mrs. L. R. Alexander of
Grand Prairie
Whitewright
Ouida Nell Harris
Floyd Harris
R. H. May
Austin Stedham
Salina, Kans
W. H. Stedham
George Wade
Capeville
J. H. Hayes
John Reeves
Eugene Reeves
McKinney
Eugene McElvaney
Frank King
Houston
Bryant King
Bruce Caylor
Drewie Caylor
Joe Cook
Durant, Okla
Mrs. Grace Roberts
Mrs. Mackie Greer
Littlefield
Tom Norris
J. A. Pumphrey
Charles E. Ayres
Alice Mae
J.C. Annip
W. A. Kirkpatrick
R. E. Hickman
Bonham
Robert Grant
Printess Compton
D. B. Tate
F. M. Echols
Joe Brooks
Denton
Billye Faye Dillon
Howe School
Claud Dillon
Russell Summers
Burl E. Coursey
Duluth
Minn
Coursey
Johnnie Robbins
Jack Robbins
Jackie Bowen
San Diego
Calif
Jackie
Navy
Memphis
Tenn
Bowens
Raymond Walt
Vernon Lansford
Troyce Walt
C. W. Carpenter
Marion
Lillie Carpenter
C. H. Beseda
van Alstyne, Texas
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Babelone
Babcock Auto
Whitewright, Texas
Montgomery
Plymouth
Montgomery Motor Co
Dick Montgomery, Mer. & Co
DODGE
W. Main
Training Union Party
Esquires
Mark Twain
SS Prober
Nebraskan
Eisenhower
Doc Anklam
Jed Summers
Ez Tike
Elvina Tobber
Yournwesterns
Puone
comeaNn
Southwestern Bell
Tigers
Stephens & Bryant
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