Obituaries and Weddings in East Whitewright Area
R K McMurry 63 died at home in East Whitewright on Tuesday. Several local residents attended SMU Baylor football in Dallas last Thursday. Epworth League program participants listed. Thanksgiving visits noted for Hestand of Bastrop. State Teachers Association meeting attendees named. Local marriages include Robert Howard and Martha McCollum. Royce Lay and Estelle Hogan. Dollye Mae Marlowe and Raymond England. Otis Ballard and Winnie Broyles. Mary Joe Sears and Dick Montgomery among others. Honor rolls listed for first and seventh grades. Died: Vera Kirkpatrick as wife of H. Hickman. R E Hickman of Mexia. William G Elmore 66 on route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. K. McMurry
East Whitewright
Fitz Bryant
W. L. Gordon
Bob Sears
Mark Montgomery
Ralph Sanders
Smu-Baylor
Dallas
Beveridge Brents
Theresa Everheart
Maxie Echols
Martha Joe Sears
Ben Sturdivant
W. B. Hestand
Bastrop
H. L. Durham
D. B. Taylor
Olivia Whedbee
Kate Fulton
Lucile Hampton
Jessie Little
Oneida Copeland
Sallye Hamilton
State Teachers Association
Fort Worth
Robert Howard
Charley Howard
Canaan
Martha McCollum
Bells
Royce Lay
Whitewright
Estelle Hogan
Pink Hill
Margie Nell Blanton
Alba Dickerman
Margaret England
Marcelle Gosnell
J. W. Jones
Dick Montgomery
Guy Hamilton Jr
Mary Joe Sears
Sarah Janway
Elizabeth Keeling
Agnes Coffey
Haskell Scott
Dollye Mae Marlowe
Raymond J. England
Otis Ballard
Tom Bean
Winnie Broyles
Leonard
R. E. Hickman
Mexia
Vera Kirkpatrick
William G. Elmore
Cotton ginning totals and local deaths in brief
3 664 bales of cotton have been ginned here this season. Mrs. C L Patton 63 died at a Sherman hospital Tuesday. Miss Laurene Davis of Tom Bean was mentioned in the same item.
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C. L. Patton
Sherman Hospital
Laurene Davis
Tom Bean
Denver Ambulance Driver Delivers 35 Babies in Six Years
Harry Johnson, 39, with Denver Ambulance Service, claims delivery work is routine after six years on the job. His wife recalls one birth where doctors warned he might faint. The Galveston storm of September 1900 caused an estimated 5,000 to 8,000 deaths.
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Denver
Harry Johnson
Johnson
Galveston
Family Farm Is Far From Dead Yet
California farmer W B Camp told the National Association of Real Estate Boards convention that the family operated farm remains strong and will grow stronger. He noted 97 percent of U S farms are family owned and argued many farm losses reflect small inefficient units rather than a decline in family farming. Camp said agriculture employs about 40 percent of the workforce and that barns and skyscrapers are inseparable for the future.
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San Francisco
Calif
California
W. B. Camp
Bakersfield
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Camp
Washington
South Carolina
U. S
First National Bank Whitewright Shareholders Meeting
Notice is given that the Annual Shareholders meeting of the First National Bank Whitewright Texas will be held at 10 o’clock A M Tuesday January 13 1959 in the Directors Room to elect a Board of Directors for the ensuing year and to transact other business that might come before the meeting. ajl R A GILLETT Cashier.
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First National Bank
Whitewright
Texas
Ajl
R. A. Gillett
Planters National Bank OF White
Wright
Planters National Bank of Whitewright
Veteran Questions and Answers on VA Benefits
A veteran asks about dependent benefits for a 10 percent service connected disability and is told dependents receive no extra payments under that level. The piece also notes no law reopens expired World War II GI insurance and confirms a disability boost in GI insurance to 100 dollars monthly with optional added premium. Vocational counseling available through the Korean GI Bill, and stockholders of Planters National Bank of Whitewright, Texas, in liquidation, will hold an annual meeting January 13, 1959, to elect directors.
Budget realists expect $100 billion era by 1970
Washington reports the nation faces a growing appetite for more services as federal outlays rise with a booming population and economy. Officials project a daily $3 billion revenue stream could absorb deficits, while experts debate surpluses and the need for user taxes and efficiency.
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Washington
U. S
Berlin Urged as 50th State by West Berlin Editor
A West Berlin editor proposed a humorous plan to join the United States as the 50th state by electing an American mayor and seeking Congress approval. The piece notes a double eagle, a twenty dollar gold piece, as a stock image in the joke.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Congress
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Earl Jenkins
Yeager
W. E. LaRoe
George Baugher
Pauline Gunter
Porter
Murray Lee Williams
Clarksville
L. A. Matthews
J. L. MacSpedden
John B. Norman
Trenton
June
Fred MacMurray
Gaslite
Lone Star Land
Lone Star Gas Company
W.y
J. M. McMillin
Or Il
Farley
Pascal Farley
Bud
Slim
Sherman Savings and Loan Association
Sherman Savings
North Travis
Sherman
Studebaker Lark
Montgomery Motor Co
DODGE
Plymouth
Studebaker
Denison, Texas
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