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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1955
Page
5
College Station notices a Texas extension specialist urging ginners and farmers to return gin trash to fields to cut fire risk and boost soil health. Four tons per acre increases moisture penetration and yields. a truck bed distributor provides a free disposal method, reducing costs.
Citation issued to Florence Bowen in case No 69351 directing appearance and answer by 10 am February 6 1956 before the 15th District Court in Sherman Grayson County Texas. Plaintiff Claude Bowen seeks divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. published in The Whitewright Sun December 22 29 1955 and January 5 12 1956.
John D. Spreckels III, heir to the Spreckels fortune, renames himself John D. Smith in Superior Court with Judge Lloyd Shorett approving. He says he has no money or wives, just a new identity, after a life of $2 million inheritance and multiple divorces. He now works as a cabinet shop salesman for his brother Adolph, while paying $25 monthly on back taxes.
An afternoon sewing group yields candid remarks about wearing glasses. One woman admits needing glasses only for reading, another wears them to prevent eye strain, and a third says she uses them only when she wants to see.
Guardian E. T. Rickard seeks authority to lease minerals for Gayla Rae Rickard minor. Two land tracts in Grayson County beschrieben as Tract 1 100 acres of H W Bailey Survey and Tract 2 13734 acres of James Ingram Survey. Minor is believed to own undivided interests in each tract and hearing set before Grayson County Judge January 9 1956 at 10:00 AM in Sherman.
A reflective note wishes joy for a distant recipient on Christmas and beyond. The writer Henry Van Dyke extends steady goodwill through the year and hopes for the Spirit of Christmas in every heart. The text also ponders whether children go to college to pursue learning or simply learning for life.
Monday January 23 1956 at 10 am before the 15th District Court Sherman Texas Marshall R Lutrick as plaintiff seeks title and possession against named defendants including WM Caruthers John K Miller ALPHEUS R COLLINS and others with unknown heirs and representatives in case number 63509 filed December 6 1955.
Legal notices include a Denison property description in Munson and Purinton's Addition and a Sherman address at 1020 Hunt Street, with December 1955 court stamping. Also details a Grayson County Sheriff sale set for February 7 1956 and a January 16 1956 citation in Cause No 63501 regarding the Clinton estate and a long list of heirs and claimants.
Kay Clinton Sidney Belsher Clinton and Teddy M Clinton are named as defendants in a December 1955 petition filed in Sherman. The court seeks appointment of a receiver to lease and develop oil gas and minerals on two described tracts in Grayson County and to sell or lease the lands under court guidance with proceeds to be distributed to entitled parties.
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