Chamber of Commerce Monthly Meeting at Firemen Hall
The regular Chamber gathering is this Thursday night at the Firemen's Hall with dinner at 1.25 per person starting 7 o'clock followed by a 7:30 business meeting. All members and their wives may attend. those not eating may join the meeting. Russell Summers urges Whitewright City Commission meeting at City Hall on Tuesday night Feb 7 for public discussion. A reader notes this column helps induce sleep, cheaper than pills.
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Firemen’s Hall
Russell Summers
Whitewright
Candidates Spar Over Texas Politics and Civic Duty
The piece discusses a $50 filing fee for U S Senate candidates in the April election and critiques Speaker Turman's delayed committee appointments. It also notes Texas Attorney General Will Wilson's stance on property tax assessments, predicting a large tax increase in Grayson County, and includes Celina Record editor B E O'Brien suggesting teens engage in household chores and productive activities to fill free time.
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Will Wilson
Texas
U. S
Grayson County
George Schumacher
Kosanovich Sentenced for Theft After Notorious Drunk Record
Mike Kosanovich, 35, nicknamed the best drunk in the United States, stood in court as Judge Loran L. Lewis noted his 64 arrests across 47 cities from New York to Washington. He received 6 to 23 months in the workhouse for stealing six bottles of whisky.
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Pittsburgh
Mike Kosanovich
United States
Mike
New York
Washington
Loran L. Lewis
Kosanovich
House Approves Rules Panel Expansion for Kennedy Agenda
The House approved a plan to enlarge the rules committee from 12 to 15 members by a 217 to 212 vote. Speaker Sam Rayburn led the move to dilute the GOP Southern coalition and ease Kennedy's legislative push amid partisan opposition fearing a rubber-stamp chamber.
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Kennedy
House
Rules Committee
Sam Rayburn
Texas
New Rules
Rayburn
Landrum-Griffin
Kennedy Proposes Three Immediate Anti Recession Steps
President Kennedy outlined three quick measures to bolster the economy including early GI life insurance dividends, lower FHA mortgage rates, and a pilot food stamp program. He also signaled emergency unemployment payments to be addressed in Congress, and rejected a temporary tax cut.
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Washington
America
Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Congress
Pistol Packing Penalty Urged by Texas Lawmaker
Houston legislator Rep. Don Shipley proposes a six month minimum jail term for carrying a pistol and two to five year sentences for ex convicts with a gun. The measure tightens travel and business exemption rules and adds penalties for selling a gun to a minor or to a person of unsound mind.
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Austin
Houston
Don Shipley
Shipley
Uncle Dan Stirs Thought On Politics and Marriage
In a letter to the editor Uncle Dan of Tom Bean riffs on politics and marriage. He jokes about divorces from Reno to Hollywood, taxes, and a highway idea near Niagara Falls, ending with reflections on national tax laws and the Ten Commandments.
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Reno
Niagara Falls
Jackie Gleason
Down Memory Lane 40 Years Ago
Albert Mangrum plans move to Okmulgee Oklahoma Walker Brents begins job at Kimbell Milling Co office Had Garner relocated his family to Sherman J M McMurry takes Houston posting Charley Cates shares Katy water plant duties with W H Green Aubrey Wilson of Dallas listed as son of C A Wilson Whitewright Mrs Mark Montgomery hosts Billie Earl birthday party J B Hamilton takes Aledo Illinois posting Jesse McIver and family move to Bailey Palace Theatre to show talking moving pictures starting January 30
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Albert Mangrum
Okmulgee
Oklo
Walker Brents
Kimbell Milling Co
Garner
Sherman
J. M. McMurry
Houston
Charley Cates
Katy
W. H. Green
Aubrey Wilson
Dallas
C. A. Wilson
Whitewright
Mark Montgomery
Billie Earl
J. B. Hamilton
Aledo
Ill
Jesse McIver
Bailey
Palace Theatre
Talking Moving Pictures
PTA program featured Mangrum Johnson and Andrews
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Clarence Martin on Friday. Miss Myrtle Badgett travels to Dallas to buy millinery for Badgett Millinery. Joe Neal has moved his family to Dallas.
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Joe Mangrum
Mary Johnson
Mary Lee Andrews
C. J. Meador
PTA
Clarence Martin
Myrtle Badgett
Dallas
Badgett Millinery
Joe Neal
Seventh Grade Term Honor Roll Names Listed
Thirty years ago in The Sun on January 29 1931 Edith Mae Sears Dorothy Cummings Frances Haliburton and Lula Lee Vestal appear on the seventh grade term honor roll. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist church here Monday for Mar.
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Edith Mae Sears
Dorothy Cummings
Frances Haliburton
Lula Lee Vestal
First Baptist
Mar
Obituary and Local Births Reported in Sun January 30 1941
William C. Walker aged 71 died at his home south of town. Woodrow Siner of route 2 had a birth on January 25. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Murphy of route 3 on January 26. A daughter born January 28 to Mr. and Mrs. Will Sims. Martha Louise Vestal hosted a get together party at her Orangeville area home Friday evening with a large local attendance including Betty Jane Harper and others.
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the Sun
William C. Walker
Woodrow Siner
J. W. Murphy
Will Sims
Martha Louise Vestal
Orangeville
Betty Jane Harper
Mary Helen Maddux
Billie Jo Phillips
Johnnie Nell Dockery
Jane Barrett
Mildred Kent
Marie Badgett
Gladys Reeves
Marjorie Burchfield
Ruby Holcomb
Oleta Norris
Max Holmes
Weekend Travelers and Visits Across Texoma region
Local residents and visitors spanning Warrenton Georgia to Denison Texas spent the weekend with relatives and friends in Sherman McKinney Irving Richardson Grand Prairie Dallas Bonham and other area towns. Notables include Minnie Lee of Warrenton and Buck McFatridge with son Stevie of Fort Worth visiting Sherman area kin.
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Stevie
Fort Worth
Funeral services for Fletcher C Williams set at First Methodist
Fletcher C Williams 81 dies of a heart attack at his farm east of Whitewright. Funeral Saturday 10 a m at First Methodist Church conducted by Rev John Streun. Burial Porters Cemetery. Survived by wife Christine, son Dr Malcolm Williams Corpus Christi, foster son Roland Cox Fontana CA, two sisters Amarillo and Whitewright, five grandchildren. Born January 2 1880 in Porters community. Former Grayson College student, retired farmer and former teacher. member of Methodist Church.
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Whitewright
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Corpus Christi
Roland Cox
Fontana
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Head Rites Held For Ira E Head at Barnheart Chapel
Funeral services were held Friday for Ira E Ted Head 49 at Barnheart Funeral Chapel conducted by Rev Bill Johnson and Wallace Mynatt. Burial followed in Burns Cemetery Trenton. He died Jan 26 in McKinney VA Hospital after a long illness. He was born near Trenton July 22 1911 and was a World War II veteran. He leaves his wife Anne Head of Jefferson two stepsons a daughter and step daughter and six brothers and three sisters.
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Ted) Head
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McKinney VA
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Jefferson
Eldon Smith
California
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Teddie Ann Head
Onita Monroe
Dallas
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Grady Head
Whitewright
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R. T. Head
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Florida
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Bonham
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Arkansas
Mrs. Mathis 81 dies in Sherman with funeral at Kentuckytown
Mrs. Robert O. Mathis aged 81 died January 26 at a Sherman hospital. Funeral services were held at Earnheart Chapel Friday at 3 30 p m conducted by Rev. Houston Garner and Wallace Mynatt. Burial followed in Wittitoe Cemetery. Survivors include two sons Lee Rankins and R W Mathis, two daughters Mrs Marvin Perkins and Mrs Dodson, a brother J H Troxell, 10 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Out of town relatives attended from Shamrock Wichita Tom Bean and Trenton.
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Carl Holland
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Trenton
Wallace Hamilton
Jess Smotherman
Tom Bean
This Old House of Kennedy Suddenly Becomes Valuable
President Kennedy considered selling his Georgetown N Street house but did not sell. An offer of 105000 came in and Kennedy credited Jackie for making the home charming. He spoke to artist Bill Walton about the sale.
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Washington
Georgetown
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Jackie
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Texas Wildcat Wells Yield in 1959 Diminutive
About 3 500 wildcat wells were drilled in Texas in 1959 with oil or gas found in only 10 percent of the attempts. The figure highlights the era of exploratory drilling and the high risk of discovery in the state.
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Lawmaker proposes statewide ballot on tax type choice
Texas Representative Wesley Roberts introduces a bill to allow voters on April 4 to choose among three broad based taxes payroll income and sales as the method to fund state finances. The bill coincides with a special U S Senate election to fill Lyndon Johnson’s seat.
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Kennedy backs patronage shift through Bailey
Kennedy plans to funnel patronage through John M. Bailey new DNC chair to reduce White House pressure on jobs. After eight years of Republican rule, thousands of positions await Democrats, but top posts remain presidentially reserved. Bailey vows to pick capable candidates, not party hacks, to strengthen future elections. State groups told to send applications to Bailey for screening and recommendation.
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Kennedy
John M. Bailey
Connecticut
Democratic National Committee
White House
Bailey
Causes of Fires Prompt City Council Debate
In Dallas the City Council examined recent home fire outbreaks. Council member George Mixon attributed many fires to insurance policy issues rubbing against mortgage arrangements.
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George Mixon
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