Kiwanis meeting highlights and local events in Whitewright
A Kiwanis Club meeting at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas drew praise for a soprano program by Miss Thelma Jo Dyer. Local items note fire damage to a Bells schoolhouse, farm moves, military furloughs, Navy training, real estate purchases, and several obituaries and marriages in the area.
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Thelma Jo Dyer
Kiwanis Club
Adolphus Hotel
Palm Garden
Dallas
Bells
E. Edens
Viva Phillips
Hazel Ray
Oral Henry
Frank Thomas
Cecil Smith
Ewell Alexander
Ruby Ross
Dale McGaughey
Sallie Joe Gowdy
Frances Wilson
Bennie R. Badgett
Ruth Myrick
Ronald Vestal
Uncle Sam
Lewis Holland
Navy
Chicago
Great Lakes
J. R. Pennington
Wade Sears
West Spruce Street
Joe Russell
Dear Santa and Local Business Move in 1922 Sun
Dear Santa letters appeal for gifts as Agnes McKenna requests an airgun and treats. The J W Woosley store will relocate to Leonard and merge with the Woosley shop there after year’s start. Local students named on honor rolls and a collision injures A W Burchfield, 47.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Mama
Agnes McKenna
J. W. Woosley & Son Hardware
Leonard
Woosley
Frances Church
Joseph Cox
J. B
Shivers Denies Secretary of War Bid
A spokesman for Governor Shivers said he had not been offered the position of secretary of war in President elect Eisenhower's cabinet. Speculation had grown since Shivers, a Southern Democratic governor supporting Eisenhower, might receive a top cabinet post.
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Austin
Shivers
Eisenhower
Diplomacy Defined As Lying In State
A father explains diplomacy to his son by saying it means lying in state. The quip reflects a cynical view of soft power and international bargaining in a concise moral vignette.
State Junior Chamber backs Texas loan shark crackdown
The State Junior Chamber of Commerce endorses a small loan law to curb loan sharks in Texas. The convention resolution urges the January legislature to adopt a bill approved by the State Bar of Texas, with strict licensing, clear charge itemization, and enforceable penalties to protect borrowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WACO
Texas
State Junior Chamber of Commerce
State Bar of Texas
Divorce suit filed in Grayson County Texas
Citation issued to Hal B Gamble in Grayson County for divorce on cruel treatment with appointment of a receiver to sell community property. Plaintiff Jean D Gamble filed December 8 1952. Respond by January 26 1953 before Judge of 15th District Court in Sherman.
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State of
Texas
Hal B. Gamble
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Jean D. Gamble
S. W. Earnest
Whitewright Sun
Well, dear little lady takes first beer taste
A humorous scene shows a woman savoring her initial beer claim and comparing its taste to her husband’s long familiar medicine, revealing a light domestic moment with a wink of irony.
Outdoor Pageant To Be Presented By Church at Denison
Denison church announces the annual outdoor pageant O Come Let Us Adore Him to be staged December 20 21 22 and 23 at 7 and 9 pm in Burnett avenue patio. The 15 minute production uses a different cast each performance with over 150 participants and features a narrator minister Edward S Bayless and music recorded by the church choir.
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Church
Denison
First Presbyterian Church
Edward S. Bayless
Burnett Avenue
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Marvin
the Sun
Whitewright
Neville Pierce
Waxahachie
Lola Myrick
O. W. Myrick
John
Henry Miller
Ely
W. F. Sanders
Vaughn Grain Co
Harriett Gentry
Caroline Brown
Caroline
Larkin Watkins
Mary Birdle
Savoy
Lester Haile
Stephens & Bryant
Montgomery
Plymouth
W. Main
Montgomery Motor Co
Dick Montgomery, Maer. & Co
DODGE
Craig
Craig’s Cafe
Mr. Bayless
Irene Carson
Wright
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Caroff
Daroff
Reg
U. S. Pvt
Lele
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