Service members spend Christmas with families at bases
Retired Terry Miller of Camp Carson Colorado visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. Joe Miller for Christmas. Pfeiffer R W McKinney of Lackland AFB Texas spent the holidays with his parents Mr. and Mrs. R H McKinney. Retired David Johnson arrived from Camp Carson for a brief visit with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Joe Johnson. Retired Billy Ray Lewis of Camp Polk Louisiana spent Christmas with his parents Mr. and Mrs. C H Lewis. Private Y B Kaiser of Sheppard Field returned to duty after a 10 day furlough. Private Jack McSpedden of Keesler Field Mississippi spent Christmas with his mother Mrs J L McSpedden. Pfc and Mrs Roby Wilson of Fort Smith Arkansas spent Christmas with his parents Mr and Mrs Lee Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Miller
Camp Carson, Colo
Mrs
Joe Miller
Pfe. R. W. McKinney
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
R. H. McKinney
David Johnson
Joe Johnson
Billy Ray Lewis
Camp Polk, la
Mrs. C. H. Lewis
Cannon
Pvt
Y. B. Kaiser
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Jack McSpedden
Keesler Air Force Base
Miss
J. L. McSpedden
Pfc
Roby Wilson
Fort Smith, Ark
Lee Wilson
Army Calls 7500 Guard and Reserve Officers for Active Duty
Washington reports the Army ordered 7500 National Guard and reserve lieutenants and captains to report for active service between March 1 and March 22. It will also call up 100 Women’s Army Corps officers. Total recalled now about 27,000. Additional 890 medical officers 850 dental officers and 415 Medical Service Corps officers to report in two groups on February 5 and March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
National Guard
Medical Service Corps
Navy Drops Plan to Free Reservists Next Summer
Washington The Navy said it has scrapped its plan to release reservists starting next July after an earlier announcement on November 1 outlined recalls of enlisted reservists at 5,000 per month and reserve officers at 1,500 per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Stranger on a Train Courtship
A crowded train encounter ends with a young woman fighting to cover her legs as a salesman boasts his weakness for liquor and makes a crude remark. The exchange reveals discomfort and a tense social moment aboard a public conveyance.
Notice of Citation in Grayson County Court Case 524
The State of Texas issues citation to E. H. Pilgrim to appear and answer plaintiff Lyman Davis in a suit on note plus interest and attorney fees totaling 505.65. The case filed December 18, 1950 in Grayson County Court At Law, Sherman, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Texas
E. H. Pilgrim
A. D
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Lyman Davis
J. C. Buchanan
O. L. Jones
Divorce Action Between Miller and Miller in Grayson County
Citation issued February 12 1951 summons Russell Woods Miller to appear before the District Court of Grayson County at Sherman Texas by December 11 1950. Violet Anida Miller files for divorce on grounds cruel treatment with S V Earnest clerk and Nancy Drake deputy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Texas
Russell Woods Miller
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Violet Anida Miller
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Two Holiday Traffic Crashes In Sherman Area
Jack Stephens 18 son of Mr and Mrs Finis Stephens suffered severe cuts and bruises in a north of town crash Saturday night and was hospitalized in Sherman. Three others escaped serious injury. Sunday night another wreck southeast of town damaged a new pickup owned by Community Public Service Co driven by J B Thornhill. Mrs Thornhill received cuts and bruises as the Sherman man’s car collided with the pickup after it failed to turn a curve at high speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Stephens
Finis Stephens
Sherman
Community Public Service Company
J. B. Thornhill
Sun Honor Roll Includes Subscriptions Acknowledged
The Sun notes subscriptions acknowledged this week with one exception. No price increase yet but rising production costs may force a change. Names listed include Willie B. Smith J. T. Adams Robert Collins Donigan Gin Co. Mrs. George Burnham Miss Belle Huddleston Charley Lewis Mrs. Walter Adkins J. H. Hayes Ed Martin Mrs. J. T. Vestal D. W. Smith Robert Chumbley O. A. Bennett R. I. Scott Virgil Smith Denny D. Parsons Mrs. Charles R. Truett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
Willie B. Smith
J. T. Adams
Robert Collins
Donigan Gin Co
George Burnham
Belle Huddleston
Charley Lewis
Walter Adkins
J. H. Hayes
Ed Martin
J. T. Vestal
D. W. Smith
Robert Chumbley
O. A. Bennett
R. I. Scott
Virgil Smith Denny D. Parsons
Charles R. Truett
Funeral services held for Mrs. Joe Dean in Sherman
Mrs. Joe Dean 66 died from a fall in Wichita Falls. Funeral conducted by Rev. W. J. Epting in Sherman with burial at West Hill Cemetery. Born March 9, 1884 in Kentucky, she lived most of her life in Grayson County and was married to Joe Dean in 1907. Survived by husband, two daughters, two brothers, five sisters, and three grandchildren.
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Sherman
Joe
Angie) Dean
Wichita Falls
W. J. Epting
West Hill Cemetery
Dean
Kentucky
J. P. Chumbley
Joe Dean
Texas
Grayson County
P. A. Brown
G. D. Wachtendorf
Cuero
George Chumbley
Denison
Bob Chumbley
Borger
H. L. Huddleston
Howe
Sam _ B. Maner
el Paso
Allen Blount
D. C. Halib
Mrs Hettie Simmons Van Alstyne Rites Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Hettie Jane Simmons 75 died Tuesday in a Sherman hospital were held Wednesday at Cannon Church. Rev. David Griffith officiated and burial followed in Cannon Cemetery. She was born July 19, 1875 and belonged to Tom Bean Baptist Church. Survivors include daughter Mrs Elmer Stephens Van Alstyne route 1 five grandchildren six great grandchildren two sisters Mrs Bethenia Kuykendall Mrs Lizzie Bowie Irving a brother Rube Bridges Bonham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethenia Kuykendall
Prairie Bell
Lizzie Bowie
Irving
Rube Bridges
Bonham
Farm Man Better Off Than City Dweller
A Gallup poll shows 68 percent say the farm man is financially better off than the city man, 22 percent favor the city, and 10 percent have no opinion. Smaller towns and farms favor the farm, while urban residents over 100000 are less convinced. The happiness question scored 65 percent for the farm man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Whitewright Holiday Visitors and Local Family News
Local social notes list visitors from Dallas Sherman Lubbock Denison and other towns. Families like the Dyer Lewis Orenduff Vestal McSpedden Ball and many others share Christmas and New Year visits and hospital updates.
Christmas Guests From Across States Gather at Craig Home
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie White and children of Lubbock, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Craig of Joplin, Miss Lucy Craig of Dallas, and Mrs. Helen Greenway and Mrs. Clara Myrick and son of Sherman visited the Craig home for Christmas, joining Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Craig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie White
Lubbock
Cecil Craig
Joplin, Mo
Lucy Craig
Dallas
Helen Greenway
Clara Myrick
Sherman
M. T. Craig
Truman Plans Higher Taxes to Fund Defense Costs
President Truman will ask Congress for a broader tax program next year to fund defense against Communist aggression. The plan aims for a pay-as-you-go approach, likely including higher personal and corporate levies, with a proposed 1952 spending program around 75 billion dollars and a revenue gap of about 30 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Joseph Short
Short
Mr. Truman
U.S. Faces Slow Push to Military Build-up Amid Urgency Gaps
Washington reports contrast between declared national emergency and sluggish arms drive. Officials cite weak leadership, strategic goal indecision, and congressional vetoes. Korean crisis adds pressure, yet current output remains far short of World War II scale despite aims to quintuple plane production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
National Security Council
Truman
Barkley
Acheson and
Marshall
National Security Resources
Symington
Charles E. Wilson
Office of Defense Production
John Small
Floundering Munitions Board
Wilson
Congress
U. S
Korea
Pearl Harbor
Hog Hormone Promises Hair Growth in Humans Trial
United Research Laboratory of Philadelphia reports three years of rat testing showing a hog hormone grows hair where hair is expected. The hormone will be tested next week on humans to verify hair growth effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United Research Laboratory of
Mandy and Amos in Court Over Pig Living Room Dispute
Mandy and Amos faced a civil dispute in court after Amos refused to move pigs from the living room. The judge pressed them on ventilation while Mandy argued the air was unfit to breathe. Amos argued leaving the window open would let chickens escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandy
Amos
New Year's Eve Religious Program Promotes Film Debate
A cooperative effort of Methodist Baptist and Presbyterian churches presents The Sickle of the Cross, a sound motion picture contrasting Communism and Christianity. The film shows Sunday night at 8 30 at First Presbyterian Church following regular services. Everyone is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
First Presbyterian Church
Crippled Children’s Clinic Set for Sherman January 3
The Grayson County Health Unit with the Grayson County Medical Society and Crippled Children’s Society sponsors a free clinic for under 21 at Travis Street Methodist Church in Sherman on Wednesday January 3 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. An orthopedic specialist from Dallas and a plastic surgery expert from Fort Worth will attend. no treatments are given, but recommendations will be made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County Health Unit
Grayson County Medical Society
Grayson County Crippled Children’s Society
Travis Street Methodist Church
Sherman
State Health Department
Dallas
Fort Worth
Farm workers not granted blanket draft deferment
Brigadier General Paul L. Wakefield stated that the draft law offers no blanket deferment for farm workers. Local boards must individually assess each agricultural worker under rules that tie deferment to production for market and national needs, with deferrals lasting one year or less and Class II-C assigned to those deferred for agricultural work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Paul L. Wakefield
Selective Service
Wakefield
Black market in brides checked in Kampata Uganda
The British colonial office imposes price controls to curb a bridal black market in Kampata Uganda. Parents asking more than five head of cattle five goats and 56 dollars will be fined. Some men are known for their deeds others for their mortgages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kampata
Uganda
British Colonial Office
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