Wayne Bedford to Give Concert Here on February 15
Wayne Bedford of the Austin College music department will give a vocal concert at 8 00 p m on Wednesday February 15 at the First Methodist Church Whitewright under the auspices of local civic groups. Admission is free with a free will offering for the March of Dimes. Sponsoring groups include the Parent Teacher Association Friday Literary Club Whitewright Music Club Order of the Eastern Star American Legion Auxiliary and Whitewright Home Demonstration Club. The program lists arias and songs by G d Giorgani Mozart Handel Schubert Wagner Strauss Tchaikovsky and others with Mrs Charles Dannell of Sherman as accompanist and two piano numbers by Grieg and Chopin.
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A. D. Jameson
Whitewright
Wayne Bedford
Austin College
Sherman
First Methodist Church
Parent-Teacher Association
Friday Literary Club
Whitewright Music Club
Order of the Eastern Star
American Legion Auxiliary
Whitewright Home
March of Dimes
Jameson
Bedford
Church
Charles Dannell
Orlando Gibbons
Jean Baptiste Lully
George Frederick Handel
Elijah
Felix Mendelssohn
Caro
Guiseppe Giordani
Wolfgang Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
der Wanderer
Franz Schubert
Robert Schumann
Widmung
Robert Franz
Deems Taylor
School Lunch Menus February 13 17 Week
February 13 17 school lunch menu lists daily items. The week features cheese and pimento sandwiches on Monday and tuna salad on lettuce Friday. Each day includes fruits, vegetables, milk or juice, and bread or dessert as noted.
FDIC Reports Few Large Bank Accounts Exceeding 5000
The FDIC disclosed that only about 4,000,000 of 104,000,000 insured accounts exceed 5000 dollars while a bill to raise the limit to 10000 dollars moves through Congress. Maple T. Hart said 96 percent of insured deposits are fully protected under the current cap. Hart noted no depositor losses in insured banks over nearly six years.
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Washington
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC
Congress
Maple T. Hart
Hart
Skaggs Elected Vice President of Agriculture Club
Grayson County Agriculture Club votes at Hotel Denison Denison Tuesday electing J O Sterling of Van Alstyne president. N E Skaggs of Whitewright is named second vice president with John Perry treasurer and Ben Cook secretary. New two year directors include Marable Baldwin Fink Cook Skaggs Noland while holdovers include Perry Sisk Alexander Ditto Sterling Wallace Peterson.
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Whitewright
Grayson County Agriculture Club
Denison
J. O. Sterling
van Alstyne
Sterling
Keith Durham
Sherman
N. E. Skaggs
John Perry
Ben D. Cook
Paul Marable
B. W. Baldwin
August Fink
Pottsboro
Ben Cook
Charlie Noland
Whitesboro
Melvin Sisk
J. A. Alexander
G. C. Ditto
Foy Wallace
Gunter
G. O. Peterson
Sun Honor Roll Subscribers This Week
The Sun lists weekly subscribers who have paid, including Mrs J W Hunt O V Barker F C Williams R F Hagler Mrs David Price Hayden Hamilton E W Fields Mrs R W Terry Pernie Badgett Mrs Mattie Harris Mrs R W Miller J E Henson W G Andrew J L Huckaby W W House Mrs Jetta B Caraway Mrs M B Morgan E F Cole.
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the Sun
J. W. Hunt
O. V. Barker
F. C. Williams
R. F. Hagler
David Price Hayden Hamilton
E. W. Fields
R. W. Terry Pernie Badgett
Mattie Harris
R. W. Miller
J. E. Henson
W. G. Andrew J. L. Huckaby
W. W. House
Jetta B. Caraway
M. B. Morgan
E. F. Cole
Roby Wilson Completes Practice Teaching at East Texas State
Roby Lee Wilson of Whitewright finished a semester of practice teaching at East Texas State Teachers College. The student work focused on industrial education, a prerequisite for Texas State Teacher's certificate. Most practice teaching occurs in Commerce public schools.
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Commerce
Roby Lee Wilson
Whitewright
East Texas State Teachers College
Texas
Wilson
East Texas State
One in four taxpayers errors in tax returns
Treasury Secretary Snyder told the House appropriations committee that about a quarter of taxpayers make errors in income tax returns. He urged closer checking but warned excessive scrutiny could force more refunds than revenue. The errors are mostly in favor of the Treasury.
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Washington
Treasury
Snyder
House Appropriations Committee
Gum Wrapper Fine Hit In New York Sanitation Campaign
Blue coated inspectors issued 172 summonses on Monday for dropping gum wrappers sweeping refuse onto sidewalks or leaving garbage cans uncovered. The maximum penalty is 500 dollars and a year in jail, but first offenders may receive lighter treatment in court.
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New York
Federal employes dip to eight year low in Truman program
The Civil Service Commission reports 1 979 000 people work in executive branch departments the lowest since April 1942. The total is 8 600 below December and reflects the impact of the Truman economy program. Henry VIII had six wives.
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Washington
Executive Branch
Civil Service Commission
Ice Storm Damage Being Cleared Up
A week after the heavy ice fell on Whitewright power and telephone lines the town shows little damage at the editor’s window though other areas report substantial wreckage. Most trees already trimmed. rural lines and some city blocks remain out, with several days needed to restore all service.
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Whitewright
Sun
Emma Coleman
Southewestern Bell Telephone Company
M. W. Davis
Comunity Public Service Company
the Sun
Austin Educator Becomes Texas Commissioner of Education
Dr. James Winfred Edgar, longtime Austin public schools superintendent since 1947, was named Texas first commissioner of education. The appointment runs through May 31, 1953, with a $17 500 salary pending legislative audit approval. Edgar, 45, a Burnet native and UT PhD, hails from Orange and will oversee the Gilmer Aiken reform plan.
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Austin
James Winfred Edgar
Texas
Edgar
State Board of Education
Legislative Auditing Committee
Gilmer- Aiken
House Group Gets Truman Tax Details
Treasury Secretary Snyder outlined President Truman’s tax program before the House Ways and Means Committee. He urged a $600 million excise tax cut paired with a $1 billion rise in corporate taxes and revamps to estate and gift taxes to fund federal revenue. He proposed lower excise rates on furs jewelry and toilet preparations, a 10 percent tax on television sets, higher corporate rates from 38 to 42 percent, and taxes on charitable and educational organizations’ business activities. He linked mining and oil depletion rises to offset excise cuts and stressed maintaining prosperity, opportunity, and world peace.
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Washington
Treasury
Snyder
Congress
Truman
House
Ways and Means Committee
Grandson of Jim Ayres Wins in Golden Gloves Bouts
Jim Ayres displayed clippings from Lawton Oklahoma covering Golden Gloves district bouts in late January. Dewitt Adkins of Walters Oklahoma, Ayres' grandson, won the 17th district featherweight title and was named the most popular fighter among 112 participants. He represents the district in the State Golden Gloves tourney which began February 6 in Oklahoma City.
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Jim Ayres
Sun
Lawton
Okla
Mr. Ayres
Dewitt Adkins
Walters
Adkins
Oklahoma City
Whitewright Eastern Star Attends Denison School
Officers and members from Whitewright Chapter Eastern Star attend district I section II school of instruction in Denison hosted by Gate City Chapter. Mrs O V Barker acts as chaplain Ruth is served by Mrs E M Badgett. luncheon at Hotel Denison and banquet at 6. Dignitaries from across the state attend under Mrs Della Taylor.
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Whitewright
Order of Eastern Star
Denison
Gate City
O. V. Barker
E. M. Badgett
Ruth
Hotel Denison
Della Taylor
G. L. Baugher
Riley Smith
Herman Bedford
Paul Stephens
Large World War I veteran life insurance dividend planned for 1951
The Veterans Administration reports a forthcoming special dividend about 65 percent in early 1951 and the rest by year end. The payment will cover three policy years through the 1951 anniversary date, with annual dividends possible in surplus years. Overpayments will be deducted from checks, and the dividend is tax free.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Congress
H. W. Breining
National Service Life Insurance Program
Breining
Armed Services
Radio Speech Marks Harding as First President on Air
The remark notes that President Harding became the first chief executive to address the nation by radio. It mentions the mulberry tree lyric as a playful aside and asserts mulberries grow on trees, not bushes.
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Harding
Local Post Office appoints new clerk and messenger
Houston Darwin has been named full time clerk and Charles Skaggs becomes substitute clerk. George D Bennett wins the mail messenger post. Biggerstaff, Jones, and four rural carriers fill the rest of the post office staff with duties including janitorial and special deliveries.
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Houston Darwin
Charles Skaggs
Darwin
John L. Biggerstaff
Mr. Biggerstaff
T. J. Lilley
George D. Bennett
Mail Messenger
Mr. Bennett
C. Sutton
Mr. Sutton
Joe Rich
Katy
Royce Jones
J. P. Darwin
B. W. Newman
Roy Blanton
Clay Horton
Census jobs invited in Greenville district office
The U S Census district office in Greenville invites applicants for enumerator positions in the 17th decennial census. Pay is 8 to 10 dollars daily with car allowance. 21 to 65 years old, 25 to 45 preferred, US citizens with high school education, in good health and character. Veterans preference applies. certain ineligible categories listed. Applications to Bureau of Census District Office Greenville Post Office Building.
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U. S
Greenville
Robert L. Greenway
Greenway
Bureau of Census
Texas Highway System Worth Billion Dollars
State Highway Engineer D C Greer reports Texas highway system value at 1 115 billion dollars including roads and bridges in use. National postwar federal aid shows Texas leading with 218 million dollar work on the Federal aid system since V J Day.
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Texas
D. C. Greer
Washington
Texas Farmers See 12 Percent Income Gain in 1949
Texas farmers earned 1.852 billion in 1949 up from 1.659 billion in 1948 with cotton as the main income source at 798.309 million. The Southern High Plains led regional gains at 41 percent, followed by Red Bed Plains 36 percent and Northern High Plains 30 percent.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
High Plains
Red Bed Plains
Rio Grande Valley
Southern
Texas Prairies
Coastal Prairies
Grand Prairies
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N.E. Skaggs
Agriculture Club
Roby Wilson
Henry VIII
Community Public Service Company
Thomas Jefferson
America
House Group
Cain and Abel
Adam
State
Wyoming
Eastern Star
Skaggs and Bennett
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