Whitewright Notes Trim City News and Local Wins
Down Memory Lane recalls John McGaughey buying Moran News. W. C. Cook and Ollie Haners wed on Wednesday. A daughter born to Lloyd and Mrs. Hughes of Dallas. Hughes is daughter of Whitewright residents. Rotary basketball beats Pilot Grove 10 to 6. high school team takes county Class A title by beating Howe twice. D. S. McMillin dies at 72. Jim Davis dies at home. Ben Ball announces bid for Precinct office. Several civic events include PTA program and Texas Music Association meeting.
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John McGaughey
Whitewright
Moran News
Mangrum Bros
W. C. Cook
Ollie Haners
Lloyd Hughes
Dallas
Hughes
W. F. Holland
Beveridge Brents
Christine Stuckey
John Reeves
Epworth
Whitewright Rotary Club
Pilot Grove
Joe Weldon Carr
San Angelo
Carr
J. R. Waldrum
Sallye Hamilton
Davis Parrish
Emerson Sears
PTA
Howe
Ben Ball
E. O. Head
Daniel Russ
Mary Alice Harrison
Braswell Alexander
Texas Music Association
Mineral Wells
Joe R. Smith
Sherman Hospital
John M. Kidd
World time runs late by 31 seconds, Soviet says
Soviet astronomer Kheino Potter of Leningrad's Pulkovo Observatory told Tass that world time is 31 seconds behind schedule due to uneven earth rotation. He said the lag accumulates from the early 1900s as the Ephemeris Time Service tracks delays.
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Moscow
Kheino Potter
Leningrad
Pulkovo Observatory
Tass
Little Lines by Margie B Boswell
Poem reflects on belief shaped by perception and willpower as a guiding force. Forethought drives success while discipline fuels progress. Reading time codes signals luck, and growth follows from small beginnings. Ideals rise or fall with the slope of effort.
Average man endures three colds yearly with heavy costs
The statement notes that the average man catches three colds per year and these illnesses cost industry about 90 million working days annually in lost productivity and absence.
Information On Veteran Pensions Under New Law
The Sun explains the new pension law for veterans and dependents. It covers single veterans with and without dependents, income thresholds, and the added $70 monthly increase for those needing aid and attendance. It notes changes from the prior system and outlines varying amounts by income and dependents.
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Congress
The
Sun
Veterans Administration
Guardian's Final Account in Edith M. Wright Estate
Gray son County Court to hear George F. Greve Guardian's Final Account of Edith M. Wright on February 22 1960 at Sherman Courthouse. Filing requests discharge from duties as Guardian. interested parties must file written answers to contest the account. Publication in The Whitewright Sun February 11 1960.
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State OF Texas
Edith M. Wright
NCM
Grayon County
Texas
George F. Greve
Grayson County
A. D
Sherman
J. C. Buchanan
Tex
Connell Rogers
Whitewright Sun
Teel Divorce Citation Issued in Grayson County Texas
Citation directs Vera L Teel to answer by March 21 1960 in the 15th District Court Sherman Texas for divorce from Bobby Ray Teel filed January 9 1960 in case No 66535 Public notice lists court date issuance February 2 1960 and service deadlines in Sherman Texas with clerk S V Earnest and deputy Shirley Davis.
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State OF Texas
Vera S.teel
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Bobby Ray Teel
Vera L. Teel
S. V. Earnest
Tex
Shirley Davis
Whitewright Sun
The Job Is The Thing and Union Decline
Lima Ohio editorial argues that the labor movement under leaders like Lewis, Reuther, and Hoffa strays from original aims. It contends unions threaten national welfare, fail to create jobs, and risk widening class divides between workers with choice jobs and those unemployed.
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Union
Samuel Gompers
John L. Lewis
Walter Reuther
James Hoffa
Lima
Ohio
Breaks Jones quips over Brown's money habits
Jones jokes about Brown's finances with Smith, noting Brown was broke last week and is broke again today. Smith asks if Brown is borrowing, and Jones retorts he is trying to borrow from Brown. The exchange highlights party banter over money.
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Jones
Brown
Gas tax suits prompt Texas court challenge in Austin
About 80 gas companies sue to strike down the 1.5 percent severance beneficiary tax on gas pipelines arguing it violates interstate commerce. Six cases set for Feb 15 in Austin district court, continuing a dispute sparked by a 1952 gathering tax later ruled unconstitutional by the U S Supreme Court.
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Austin
Texas
U. S. Supreme Ourt
Proverbs and a 1920 Harding Cox radio firsts note
A collection of maxims on marriage effort and virtue follows a dated historical line referencing the first U S presidential election radio broadcast in 1920 for the Harding Cox campaign.
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U. S
Harding-Cox
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Jim Davis
Margie B. Boswell
Norge
Lone Star Gas Company
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Alabama
Arkansas
DeWitt C. Greer
Greer
Eviectrica
Lokey Edwards
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