Whitewright Issues 1969 Auto Tag Registration
Whitewright officials begin 1969 license plate sales with about 2,000 tags ready. Registration requires last year’s papers and vehicle title, plates feature white reflectorized numerals, and registration runs weekdays with Saturday hours through March 1 and April deadline looming. Paul Stephens was first in line, JRJ 10, repeating his 1968 first-spot.
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Helen Bilmner
Texas Highway Commission
Texas Public Safety Commission
Paul Stephens
JRJ
Basketballers Challenge Famous Girls Team Friday Here
Unconventional basketball game set for Friday at 7 30 p m in Whitewright High School gym pits Whitewright Lions Club players against renowned Southern Bells girls team known as America's Greatest Girl's Basketball Team Proceeds support local community projects with tickets sold at the door and by Lions members
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Whitewright Lions Club
Southern Bells
Belles
Lions Club
Pat
Overman
Nita
Mighty Mite
Sherrod
Regena
Phelps
Sandy Bishop
Sandra Duran
America
Lions
Don
Stilt’ Williams
Bill‘ Goose’ Dyer
Joe Alcindor
Wolfe
Hootie ‘Bad News
Darwin
Elvin Presley
Calvin ‘Tiny
Tim’ Whiteley
Pete
Pistol Wyrick
Charles Pierce
Lion
Farmers Hear ACCO Geigy Talk On Milo Boost And Yields
About 50 Whe itewright area farmers attended a lunch at Whitewright and Trenton sponsors Farley and Donaghey Feed and Grain Inc. Speakers Gene Cornelius of ACCO and John Bracken of Geigy warned that milo production should rise as plains yields fall. The session featured color slides and a Q&A with Dallas radio farm director Bob Walsh among guests.
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Farley and Donaghey Feed and Grain, Inc
Whitewright
Trenton
Geigy and
ACCO
Gene Cornelius
John Bracken
Geigy
James Donaghey
Farley
Donaghey
Corenelius
Bracken
Mae S. Bob Walsh
Dallas-F. Worth
Whitewright Riders Prep for Houston Livestock Show
Whitewright riders gear up for the 37th Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in the Exposition Building and Astrodome. Expects 16 130 entries and 233000 in premiums. includes Open and Junior divisions and International Days February 19 to 23 with exhibitors from 200 Texas counties and 35 states. Local riders may face Westercers of Euless, Arlington Riding Club, or Santa Rosa Riding Club Vernon. tickets on February 13.
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Wes=tercers
Euless
Armington Riding Club
Arlington
Santa Rosa
Grayson County Commissioners Set Officer Salaries and Appointments
The Grayson County Commissioners Court met January 28 1969 at 10:00 a.m. The Audit Probation Officers salary was raised to 6420 a year an increase of 10 per month matching other county employees. Dr Tom Miller was reappointed County Health Officer for a two year term starting February 1 1969. The court approved leasing a bulldozer for Leslie Wood Commissioner to rent for two days at 25 per hour.
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Leslie Wood
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Whitewright Narrowly Misses Crown in West Zone
Whitewrights ti ger s fought to a 55 53 defeat by Whitesboro in a West Zone 16 AA basketball game. Edwin Caraway scored 19 for Whitewright as Jack Suddath posted 21 for Whitesboro. Whitesboro also beat Whitewright girls 54 19 with Cathy Morris leading the visitors.
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Fighting Tigers
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Whitesboro
Tigers
Mike Allen
Jack Suddath
Edwin Caraway
Tiger
Suddath
Cathy Morris
Whitewright Chamber elects Sullivan as president and McFatridge as VP
New Whitewright Chamber officers were nominated and sworn in at a Thursday meeting. Dr Steven Sullivan, a local dentist, becomes president while Bill McFatridge of Carl's Sausage Co. is named vice president. Newly elected directors include Clyde McMurray and Buddy Camper with long-standing directors returning.
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Child Guidance Clinic
L. M. Castle
Noreman Bennett
Sherman
W. E. Conatser
Denison
Alice Parkes
Bert Chapman
Roger Downs
Ray Hites
Don Elliott
J. Aubrey Smith
Claude Easterly
Norman Talley
Bill Roush
Paul Ague
Kay Bryant
Whitewright
Robert E. B. Fielder
van Alstyne
Carl Bryant
Whitesboro
David Wells
Wayne Howell
Fred Laebowitz
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
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Steven Sullivan
Bill McFatridge
Carl's Sausage Co
Clyde McMurray
Whitewright High School
Buddy Camper
David Johnson
Bill Dyer
Kenneth Freisley
Tom Sears
Bo Pettit
Clint Hennig
Larry Presley
Philip Earnheart
Don Williams
Dr. Sullivan
Baylor Dental School
Johnson
Sullivan
Whitewrigh
Liberal
Kan
University of Okla
Baylor
University of Texas
Linda
Bells
McFatridge
Carl McFateridge
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