Man Who Succeeded Casey Jones Retires
MEMPHIS engineer H A Dad Norton, known as a hoghead for 49 years, retires from railroading at 72 after guiding the Memphis Canton line for 32 years following Casey Jones era. Norton’s career spans the Casey Jones history and his own early warn of the Vaughn crash incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey Jones
Memphis
Casey
Promised Land
H. A
Dad) Norton
Illinois Central
Memphis-Canton
Miss
S. C. Jones
John Luther Jones
Cayce
Roundhouse
New Orleans
Canton
Vaughn
Jackson
Tenn
Dad Norton
Dad
Mrs Judd’s Plea for Life Is Lost
Phoenix Arizona February 17 1933 date set for Winnie Ruth Judd the convicted murderer to be hanged after the Arizona Supreme Court denied her appeal and affirmed the trial court verdict. The high court ruled no self defense evidence was presented since she did not testify at trial.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Justice of
Arizona
State Supreme Court
Service for Men Only Postponed at Grammar School Auditorium
A men only service scheduled for Friday evening at the grammar school auditorium has been postponed due to unusual weather. Evangelist Harry S. Allen was to speak on sex education. Atlantic City Union laments government spending, arguing four billion boosts prosperity for some but not the country.
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Grammar School
Harry S. Allen
Christmas Pageant at Central Christian Church
The fourteenth White Gifts program will be presented at Central Christian Church next Sunday at 7 00 p m The pageant As With Gladness Men of Old features about thirty to forty characters and is preceded by a prologue The Guest at the Inn The public is invited to attend
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Central Christian Church
Honor Roll for Grammar School
The list records first through seventh grade students named on the honor roll. Among 1st grade honorees are James Stateville and Haleen Benson while 7th grade includes Mary Jane Ford and Granvolee Hansard with multiple Vestal family entries.
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James Stateville
Winnell Stapleton
Haleen Benson
Leroy Martin
Betty Jane Harper
Robert Lee Owens
Cecil Magers
Dorothy Sue Douglas
Edith Harper
Ben Robert Jones
Edward Blair Montgomery
Martha Louise Vestal
Marjorie Montgomery
Ann LaRoe
Azilee Smith
Billy Phillips
Wallace Reeves
Betty Sue Thornhill
Lila Cox
James Dean Bow
John Biggerstaff
Charles Skaggs
Howard Ross
Anna Ruth Johnson
Cecil Owens
Davis Parrish
Hoyle Riddle
Emerson Sears
Lucian Vestal
Billie Jean Montgomery
Myrtle Taylor
Harold Pace
Morris Fogle Gillett
Wandell Riddle
Ruth Taylor
Mary Dale King
Dorotha Darwin
G. W. Ford
Billy Jack Harper
Marie Badgett
Claire Doss
Imogene Head
Glenda Mae Rutledge
Evelyn Vineyard
Martha Joe Darwin
Jack Wallace
Hub Delay Myrick
Jack Smith
George Hansard Jr
Oil Field Martial Law Held Invalid By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court set aside Gov. Sterling Texas orders to officers of the State Militia for cutting East Texas oil production. It upheld the federal ruling that declared the governor's callout of troops unnecessary and subject to judicial review. The court also ruled the Railroad Commission had not preserved its appeal from a federal decision limiting production in the same area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Gov
R. S. Sterling
Texas
East
Railroad Commission
Gov. Sterling
Hughes
East Texas
PARENT-TEACHERS MEET TUESDAY NIGHT
The regular PTA meeting was held at the grammar school auditorium Tuesday evening at seven o'clock. Attendance was good despite bad weather. Program included invocation by Rev L G Hagard, vocal duets, Christmas talk, solo and chorus, a play titled A Little Town of Bethlehem by pupils of Miss Lucille La Roe.
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Parent- Teacher Association
Grammar School
L. G. Hagard
T. E. Barbee
Martha Joe Sears
Lloyd Moore
Whitewright
C. S. Witt
J. C. Gillespie
Bethlehem
Lucille la Roe
Boy Scouts organize two patrols in Troop One
Boy Scout Troop No. 1 met Monday night at the Scout cabin and formed two patrols the Black Bear and the Wolf. Paul Pierson was elected Black Bear patrol leader Leon Coffman leads the Wolves and Robert Doss is elected scribe. A court of honor is planned soon as tests are completed. Troop One will meet again Monday night.
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Boy Scout
Black Bear
Paul Pierson
Black Bears
Leon Coffman
Wolves
Robert Doss
Whitewright Public Schools Announce Christmas Adjournment
The Whitewright district will dismiss Thursday afternoon December 22 for Christmas and resume Monday January 2. The break extends nine months or four weeks per term, with days added in spring. Pre holiday programs include Masqueraders Club and a Christmas recital by Miss Lucille La Rue.
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Whitewright
County Teachers Institute
Lucille la Rue
Whitewright Schools Retain Southern Association Membership
A letter from A M Blackman confirms Whitewright schools will continue with the Southern Association for the next year. The district has been a member since 1924, joining with Sherman and Denison earlier, Whitesboro recently added. Blackman resigns as Texas Association head to become McCamey school superintendent.
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A. M. Blackman
Texas Committee For the
Southern Association
F. W. Smith
Whitewright
Association
Sherman
Denison
Whitesboro
Texas
Blackman
Smith
State Department of Education
Work For Texas
Austin
McCamey
Farmersville
Ray Manning
Methodist Women Elect Officers
The final business session of the Methodist Missionary Society was held at Mrs. H. C. Willis's home. Officers for the coming year were elected: H. P. Donigan president, C. B. Bryant Jr vice president, L. G. Hagard secretary, C. B. Bryant Sr treasurer, Ross R. May corresponding secretary, F. E. Douglas local superintendent, J. M. Sturdivant superintendent of supplies, H. C. Willis superintendent of Christian social relations, A. L. Jackson superintendent of study. A program titled The Light of the World followed with Scripture quotations and numbers presented by Bryant Jr. and the children Jo Willa Stateville, Sarah Belle Gillett, C. B. Bryant III, and Luther Guy Hagard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Missionary Society
H. C. Willis
H. P. Donigan
C. B. Bryant Jr
L. G. Hagard
C. B. Bryant Sr
Ross R. May
F. E. Douglas
J. M. Sturdivant
A. L. Jackson
Jo Willa Stateville
Sarah Belle Gillett
C. B. Bryant III
Luther Guy Hagard
Christmas Cantata At Methodist Church The Nazarene
A sacred cantata by Chas. H. Gabriel will be performed Sunday at 6 30 p m by the choirs of the Presbyterian and Methodist churches with singers from other churches. Robert W Grant directs with Mrs L G Hagard as accompanist. Solo and ensemble parts are by listed performers. The public is invited. admission is free.
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R. P. Childress
Martha Jo Sears
Robert W. Grant
Guy Hamilton
Dorothy Hamilton
Clyde Montgomery
H. C. Willis
T. E. Barbee
Fred W. Smith
Lloyd Moore
Shotgun trap ends burglary spree at Dyer and Jones store
Ellis May, a local man, was found wounded in an alley after a shotgun trap at a Dyer and Jones drug store discharged. Burglary charges were filed in Justice Cantrell's court as deputies investigated the series of weekly break-ins. May was hospitalized with hip wounds but reported improved.
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Dyer & Jones Drug Store
Ellis May
Sherman
Sheriff's Deputies
May
J. L. Cantrell
Lack of Ventilation Blamed in Three Deaths in Dallas
In Dallas at 3308 Beverly Drive Highland Park three people were found dead and a fourth occupant was overcome after a one room rear study lacked ventilation. The victims were Harry Becker 34 Mary Lee Becker 20 and Carrie Betty Becker 1. Mrs A Harrison survived only with a fighting chance.
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Dallas
E. D. Smith
Beverly Drive
Highland Park
Harry Becker
Campbell Stone Company
Mary Lee Becker
Carrie Betty Becker
A. Harrison
Becker
Parkland Hospital
Smith
Beckers
Stores Open Later At Night In Whitewright Next Week
Whitewright stores will stay open each evening next week after supper to help Christmas shoppers. Shoppers can visit after dinner to avoid crowds and finish their holiday buying.
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Whitewright
Whitewright Girl in Beauty Contest at Texas Christian University
Miss Clyde Johnson of Whitewright, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. P. Johnson, is a freshman candidate for beauty honors in TCU Fort Worth. An elimination contest will pick four finalists per class. those four go to a January presentation, followed by a secret ballot naming two per class for full page pictures in The Horned Frog annual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Johnson
Whitewright
C. P. Johnson
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
Miss Johnson
Johnson
Woman Loses Foot As Heater Explodes In Greenville Cottage
In Greenville, Mrs. Z D Barber wife of Z D Barber superintendent of Boles Orphans Home lost her left leg below the knee and suffered severe burns when a steam pressure water heater exploded in the superintendent's cottage kitchen shortly after 8 am. Miss Maxine Barber and Carl Crossline Jr were uninjured. The blast shattered the kitchen and dining room, blew out windows and damaged walls and furniture. The heater had been on about 90 minutes and was thawing when the explosion occurred, with frozen pipes blamed for the blast. The shock rattled the nearby school and drew a large crowd.
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Greenville
Z. D. Barber
Boles
Christmas Recital by Lucille LaRoe Pupils
Mss Lucille LaRoe presents her expression pupils in a Christmas recital on Wednesday evening December 21 at 7 30 in the grammar school auditorium. The program features readings plays dances and musical numbers with listed pupils including Sara Kathryn Atterberry Marjorie Blanton C B Bryant III Norma Donigan Vivian Echols Morris Gillett Sarah Gillett Luther Hagard Gene Hooper Dorothy LaRoe Margaret Lilley David Manning Boyd Newman Doris Nicholson Harold Pace and others.
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Mss
Lucille LaRoe
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
Marjorie Nell Blanton
C. B. Bryant III
Norma Frances Donigan
Vivian Echols
Morris Fogle Gillett
Sarah Belle
Rotary Club Hosts Dramatic Reading On Immigrant Family
Dr. Frank Layman presided as Mrs. Gomer Graves entertained with a dramatic narrative about an immigrant family. The piece depicted industrial accident loss, greed and service, with an insurance adjuster and an installment collector as key figures. Mrs. Newton Manning played a piano solo as attendance remained at a hundred percent for nine straight meetings.
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Frank Layman
Rotary
Gomer Graves
Newton Manning
Whitewright Club
Bond Issues Await Future Generations Says Judge
A judge warns that coming generations will bear the burden of bond issues. The remark implies concern over long term public debt and fiscal policy affecting heirs and taxpayers in the future.
Three-Actor Play Captures American Stage
The Punch note recalls a production in America featuring only three actors. It contrasts with earlier works noting plays with even fewer performers, highlighting a minimalist approach and audience reaction to such intimate theater.
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America
Sun Will Repeat Trades Day Special
The Sun repeats a Trades Day half price offer on Monday December 19th good in Grayson Fannin Collin counties and $1.00 for the rest of the United States. Subscriptions from afar must be mailed by December 19th to receive the discount. The paper seeks new subscribers and promotes clubbing offers.
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the Sun
Grayson
Fannin
Collin
United States
Lloyd Moore Buys Interest in Denison Funeral Firm
Whitewright businessman Lloyd Moore has acquired an interest in the Short Murray Company funeral directors in Denison and will move there after closing his Whitewright furniture and undertaking stock sale. Moore, born and raised in Whitewright, is the son of the late Mayor T. B. Moore and has been active in civic groups including the Whitewright Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce. He served as president of the Whitewright board of education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Moore
Whitewright
Short- Murray Company
Denison
Moore
Mr. Moore
T. B. Moore
Whitewright Board of Education
Whitewright Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
S. and S. Move to New Location in Town
Grover Stateville and B. Y. Spindle owners of the S. and S. Service Station lease a corner building at Grand Avenue and Bond Street and begin moving stock and equipment. Carl May leases the former site for a filling station. The new location enlarges stock, garage, and storage space. Stateville and Spindle are long time Whitewright operators known for service. W. R. Vestal remains Magnolia agent at the old building.
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Grover Stateville
B. Y. Spindle
Grand Avenue
Bond Street
Carl May
Whitewright
W. R. Vestal
J. A. Yeager
Magnolia
Gunman Holds House At Gunpoint In Capitol Incident
A lone, pale young man identified as Marlin R. M. Kemmerer of Allentown Pennsylvania attempted to force the House of Representatives to listen, was disarmed without a struggle, and two sticks of dynamite were later found in his room. He said his aim was to detonate if stopped but chose to threaten with a revolver instead. He reportedly spoke a few words from a prepared introduction promising to silence opposition for 20 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
Mississippi
Robert E. Lee
Casey Jones
Washington
House of Representatives
Marlin R. M. Kemmerer
Allentown
America
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Atlantic City Union
Central Christian
Mary Phillips
J. W. Jones Jr
Ruth Vestal
Helen Claborn
Christine Gladden
Aileen Pennington
Jo Willa Stuteville
Merriwell Vineyard
Fred Starr Jr
Hamilton Vestal
Mary Jane Ford
Dorothy Hagard
Granvolee Hansard
Litha Sue Hollingsworth
Jack Meador
Mark Montgomery Jr
Betty Jo Morrow
Anita Vestal
BOY Scouts
Southern A
Methodist
Rotary Club
Sun
House
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