Former Graduates Cureton and Watkins Honored At ETSU
This week at ETSU and surrounding communities notes highlight the Boy Scouts 61st anniversary. Gene Shaw announces a special lodge meeting to honor past masters and commemorate George Washington’s birth, with Judge R C Vaughan as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cureton and
Watkins
ETSU
Gene Shaw
Whiteweight Lodge No
A.F
A.M
George Washington
Alexandria Lodge No
Order of Eastern Star
Shaw
R.C. Vaughan
Lone Star Lodge No
John P. Stephens
Ralph Judd
Charlie Sneed
Haise White
James P. Williams
Jefferson P. Williams
Manual Alexander
Floyd Flowers
Bill Drake
Bull Range
Jin Robinson
Whitewright Council Approves Museum Move and Repairs
Whitewright City Council approved library repairs to house a new museum donated by the Grayson County College Alumni Association. The museum will be cared for by the Whitewright Historical Society, occupying a central library back room. Also noted: Larry Mathis, son of R W Mathis, named to Grayson College dean’s list. he served in Vietnam and plans to study at NTSC.
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Truman Wester
Grayson County Junior College
Whitewright
Grayson County College Alumni Association
Larry Mathis
Mic.ami Mes
R. W. Mathis
Grayson College
Tom Bean High School
Lacy
Footeball
Sterling City
Larry
Lacey
Austin College
Camp Polk
Mathis
Ft. Knox
Vietnam
Ft. Sill
Oklahoma
N.T.S.U
Denton
R.W. Mathis
Quaker Oats Company
Whitewright Nursing Home
Grayson County College Museum
Texas Tourist Bureau
U. S
United Nations
Russell
Washington
D.C
New York
Martin
East Texas State University
Commerce
Whitewright to Lewisville SPS engineer moves employee Billy Drake
Billy Drake, employee of Community Public Service Company in Whitewright, moves to Lewisville to continue with SPS in the engineering department. Drake formerly served as secretary treasurer of Cub Scout Pack 5 and oversaw the Boy Scout building fund funded by private donations and dues. The article also notes a city election set for April 3 1971, filing deadline March 3, 1971, street sign installations, a football player profile, and ETSU student Cureton holding Kappa Alpha office.
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England
America
Congress
Boy Scouts of America
Whitewright
Bob Purdon
Billy Drake
Pat Harper
The
Community Public Service Company
Lewisville
SPS
Drake
Boy Scout Building Fund
Uci
Sonny Smith
City of
Chester Slaughter Restores Whitewright Scout Building
Chester Slaughter a carpenter in Whitewright repairs the local Boy Scout building, replacing shingles and roof, plans to add sash, and make the fireplace functional. Private donations and United Fund support fund the restoration as the project aims to return the structure to operable condition amid holiday observance changes. The Whitewright post office notes a George Washington Birthday holiday with altered hours and a 5 pm mail dispatch.
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Inester Slaughter
Whitewright
Boy Scout
Legion Pack
Scout Movement
The
United Fund
George Washington
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W.W. Lodge
Billy Boatwright
Rhonda Bonds
Thomas Mathis
Joe Monroe Canafax
E. Pat Emmett
Joe Cureton
Bobby Mathis
Pat Tillman
Bill McFatridge
Vince Freeman
Ralph Hughes
Tom Sears
B. W. Newman
Wallace Minett
Whitewright Sun
Bella Vestal
Emma Clair Vestal
Bellaire
Brae Burn Country Club
Greater
Houston
Jeff Davis High School
Rice Institute
Guardian Trust
Bank of the Southwest
Guardian
CIA
Emma Claire Vestal
Emmett
City National Bank
Brown Shipbuilding Company
Navy
South Main State Bank
American National Bank
First State Bank of
Lee Emmott
E Pat Emmott
MR. Bellaire
O.k.’S Museum
R. Wayne Martin
Russell Wayne Martin
Clyde Russell Martin
Washington, D.C
First United Methodist Church
Martin Methodist Church
Young Martin
North Texas Conference of Methodist Churches
the Sun
Whitewright High School
Will Cureton
L. A. Watkins
Cureton
Ernest Hawkins
Cps
Russell Martin
Christian Seminar
Lion
Lone Star Conference
Kappa Alpha
ETS U
Chester
U.S. Post Office
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