Road Bond Bids Opened Feb 21 in Grayson County
Grayson County commissioners plan to open bids on 474000 dollars in highway bonds on Saturday Feb 21 at 10 am. The bonds support paving highway 5 from Sherman west to Whitesboro. Col Alvin M Owsley led a group of appraisers who argued utilities properties are undervalued and urged a survey contract, but no action was taken.
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Sherman
Grayson County
Whitesboro
Alvin M. Owsley
Commissioners’ Court
Mrs W E LaRoe Hosts Afternoon And Evening Parties
Mrs W E LaRoe hosted two gatherings at her home on Thursday. In the afternoon six tables played 42 games with Mrs Grady Gillett winning high and Mrs Glynn Doss the consolation. Evening bridge for seven tables saw Miss Lucille LaRoe winning the top prize and Miss Katherine Montgomery the consolation.
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W. E. LaRoe
Grady Gillett
Glynn Doss
Lucille LaRoe
Katherine Montgomey
Whitewright School Teachers Over Seven Years
Records show seven year turnover among Whitewright teachers due to marriage and better salaries. Former staff listed includes Estelle Montgomery Laura Price Ruth Montgomery Margaret Forrester Pina Murphy Minnie Willis Jessie Little Lillian Elder Mrs Finnell Clara Craig. Current placements span Amarillo Dallas Dallas Marshall Mexia Pine Bluff Kerrville Commerce Austin Frisco Lone Oak Bay City Marshall. Six stayed through the period: F W Smith Susie L Noe Gertrude Schooling Kate Fulton Mae Hall Sallye Hamilton.
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Whitewright
Oeen
Estelle Montgomery
Laura Price
Ruth Montgomery
Margaret Forrester
Pina
Kerrville High School
Mac Reed
Commerce High School
F. G. Tacquard
Austin High School
W. P. Gaston
Frisco High School
B. W. Crain
Lone Oak High School
F. Cernosek
Bay City High School
J. B. Head
Marshall High School
Columbia Institute
Tenn
Lillian Elder
Alpine
H. B. Crosby
Shell Oil Company
California
Lee Wilburn
Fannin County
Christine Briley
O. W. Haynes
F. W. Smith
Susie L. Noe
Gertrude Schooling
Kate Fulton
Mae Hall
Sallye Hamilton
Shot Kills Farmer in Iowa. Daughter, 15, Held
A farmer J M Gibby, living near Prairie View School three miles south of Southmayor, was fatally shot Tuesday at 9:30 AM. His 15 year old daughter Ida Louise was questioned after claiming she fired one barrel of a double barreled shotgun in defense of her mother and younger brother amid threats with a rifle and butcher knife. Seven children were present. Gibby rented the three room home. Sheriff and county attorney queried Ida Louise as Sherman contractor Jerry Wall reported the shot.
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Sheriff's Department
Joe P. Cox
Frank Reece
Ida Louise
Jack Murrel
Gibby
William Henry
James Tilden
Thelma Jewell
Annie Ruth
Imogene
Jack
Lizzie Massie
Sherman
Homer Graham
Jerry Wall
Oliver Top Working Native Pecan Trees in Bells Area
George Oliver north of Bells is topworking native pecan trees to paper shell pecans and planning more. His large trees bear well and produced 5 000 to 6 000 pounds last year. Denison wagon load fetched 365 dollars. Total crop value exceeded 500 dollars, with some nuts gathered on shares.
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Bells
George Oliver
Denison
French Farm Implement Makers Boost Ads Over Crop Prospects
French agricultural implement manufacturers shift to intensified advertising as 1930 crop prospects lag. Firms push new tools and machinery to boost yields and market share amid uncertain farm output.
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France
Texas Seen As Power In National Politics
Senator elect J Hamilton Lewis of Illinois urged Texas could shape national politics with an independent, issue driven stance. He noted Texas moved Republican in the last presidential election and predicted nominees must have strong personal qualifications for Texas voters. He cited Roosevelt and Ritchie as possible Democrats and noted Morrow would be unlikely for Republicans.
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Austin
Texas
J. Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Senate
Lewis
Roosevelt
New York
Ritchie
Maryland
Wight Morrow
Hoover
Chicago
Knights of the Round Table
George
Great Britain
Unrest at Texas Capitol as 16 Relief Demands Made
A four-member farmers and unemployed workers committee met Governor Sterling in Austin to press 16 relief demands. They urged tax cancels, cash relief, unemployment insurance, and worker control of relief funds, amid demonstrations and accusations of misleading grocery promises.
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Sterling
Murphy
William Sterling
Austin
Receipts in Clerk's Office Drop for 1930 in Sherman
In Sherman Grayson County 1930 receipts totalled 12 092 48 with disbursements 10 709 30 leaving excess fees 1383 18 one fourth to county 345 80 three fourths 1037 38 plus delinquent fee adjustments 266 29 giving county share 1303 67 after stamps deduction 1024 37 was sent to the county County Clerk J L Doggett reports revenues down from 1929 due to slower business and a new marriage law requiring three days notice leading to lower marriage license fees and fewer instruments filed Doggett's income fell from 4058 20 in 1929 to 3595 80 in 1930 while his salary remained 2750.
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Doggett
Reverend Joe M Russell Leads High School Chapel Talks
Reverend Joe M Russell led the school assembly programs all week using the theme Principles of Living. He stressed honesty reliability self control and ethics with Bible backing. Next week Rev W H Ackley pastor of First Baptist Church will direct the chapel program.
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Joe M. Russell
Assembly
Russell
W. H. Ackley
First Baptist Church
Highway Five Contract Set in Grayson County Bid List
The Texas Highway Commission advertised bids on fifty one projects including a sixteen mile concrete strip on Highway No 5 from Sherman to Whitesboro in Grayson County. The package totals about 7.4 million dollars for 440 miles of highway state wide, with 170 miles planned as concrete.
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Sherman
Texas Highway Commission
Grayson County
Whitesboro
Texas
Baptists Rally Grayson County Against Day Law Change
The Grayson County B Y P U moves to mobilize Baptists to oppose any proposed changes to national prohibition laws. Zonal meetings run through March 22 under Vice Presidents Cecil Waggoner, B M Hughes, Miss Jessie Sims, and F B Doggett. The group may shift its county convention to annual meetings in April. Doggett is president, Mrs Jim Parker secretary treasurer.
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Jim Parker
Sherman
Grayson County Union
Farming Community Problems Highlight Rotary Talk
Ray Manning spoke to the Rotary Club on The Farming Community and Some of Its Problems. He cited foreign competition tariff effects reckless management and credit strain as causes of farmers’ woes and urged drastic readjustment with lower overhead and labor costs plus more scientific farming. He emphasized education and use of agricultural experts. The next meeting will be led by S. H. Montgomery.
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Rotary Club
Ray Manning
S. H. Montgomery
Old Bank Notes Rapidly Vanishing from Circulation
Washington reports the large denomination notes abandoned 19 months ago for smaller currency are disappearing fast. About one eighth of a total nearly 5 billion remains outstanding as 721 million old notes have been redeemed. Much pulp is dumped after the government halted selling it when new notes entered circulation.
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Washington
Treasury
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
W T Johnson Dies At Bonham Area Home
W T Johnson, 69, died at the home of his aunt, Mrs M D Leonard, twenty miles north of Bonham. Funeral and burial were held at Carson Saturday afternoon. He was a brother of Mrs W H Phillips of the Kentucky town community. Survived by four brothers and one sister. Mr and Mrs Phillips and daughters Viva and Frances, and Henry Phillips Jr attended the funeral.
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W. T. Johnson
M. D. Leonard
Bonham
Carson
W. H. Phillips
Kentuckytown
Phillips
Sher man Nurseryman Hugh E Hall Dies at 60
Hugh E Hall 60 former president of the Southwest Nurserymen's Association and secretary treasurer of the Texas Nursery Company of Sherman and Durant Nursery Company of Durant Oklahoma died here Tuesday of pneumonia. Survived by widow two sons and many siblings in Nashville including Lewis W Hall vice president Tennessee Hermitage National Bank and Louise Hall a Ward Belmont College teacher. Hall moved to Sherman in 1903 from Tennessee where he was born.
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Sherman
Hugh E. Hall
Southwest Nurserymen’s Association
Texas Nursery Company
Durant Nursery Company
Durant
Okla
Hall
Nashville
Tenn
Lewis W. Hall
Tennessee Hermitage National Bank
Louise Hall
Ward Belmont College
Tennessee
First Cretans Use Daily Bath as New Habit
The Cretans are described as the earliest people to adopt daily bathing, introducing a practice previously unknown to them. This historical note highlights an early hygienic routine and reflects cultural shifts in daily life.
Semi-Annual State Tax Payments Proposed In Bill
A bill introduced by Representatives DeWolfe and Metcalfe would make semi annual tax payments permanent, continuing a tax relief framework. The plan allows half the tax to be paid before February 1 and the remainder with 10 percent interest if paid after February 1, with delinquency commencing October 1.
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Austin
DeWolfe
Metcalfe
Dyer Dies of Heart Trouble in Sherman
Joe L. Dyer of Whitewright died suddenly from heart trouble Wednesday about 4 10 near Sherman while driving east on Highway No 5. He was head of Dyer and Jones drug stores with ties in Sherman and Whitewright. Funeral set for Central Presbyterian Church Sherman at 3 PM with burial in Sherman mausoleum. Survived by wife Dona Jones Dyer daughter Mrs George S Thompson and several brothers and sisters.
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Joe L. Dyer
Whitewright
Sherman
James Hu
Holyoke
Colo
Dyer
Floyd Simmons
Floyd Jr
Paris
Young Simmons
J. Dyer
Dyer & Jones
S. E. Jones
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Ae School
Central Presbyterian Church
Sherman Kiwanis Club
Planters National Bank of
Dyer & Jones Drug Store
Sherman Mausoleum
Georgia Anderson
Trenton
A. M. Roberts
Bettie Glenn
Tom Dyer
Dallas
Ben Dyer
Garland
Prudie Gore
Texas City
W. J. Ba
Jake Dyer
McKinney
Denison Faculty Beats Whitewright in Extra Time
The Denison High School faculty basketball five defeated Whitewright 57 to 51 after a 45 all tie, needing overtime. Harm led with 32 points, Wade added 12, and Ward scored 11 after late entry. The teams meet again in Denison next Tuesday.
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Denison
Denison High School
Whitewright
Harm
Wade
Ward
Man Hauls Off 312 Bushels of Corn
Greenville report states a white man faced examining trials after allegedly stealing 312 bushels of corn in seven wagon loads from a farmer west of the city. One load valued over 50 dollars triggered a felony charge. five misdemeanor complaints were filed and bonds set at 750 dollars and 300 dollars for each misdemeanor.
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Greenville
H. L. Carpenter
Justice of the Peace
John T. Hardin
Singing Convention Set Near Whitewright Next Sunday
The Northwest Fannin County singing convention will meet at Canaan three miles north of Whitewright next Sunday afternoon. The program starts promptly at 2 30 oclock. A large attendance is expected weather permitting. The last convention was rained out.
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the Sun
Fannin County
Canaan
Whitewright
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Garland Brady
Mildred Chaffin
Lola M. Matthews
Justin West
Preston
Everheart Post
Legionnaires
J. T. Purvis
Bettie Nell Yeager
Elmo Wallace
Charley Bryant
Darwin
Ernest Smith
W. C. Bailey
Oliver Top
REDS
Highway Five
BY. P. U
Hugh Hall
Sherman Nurseryman
Comptroller’s Department
Singing
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