New Telephone Book Brings Dial Tips and Local Listings
Northeast Texas Telephone Co mails new directories. Forest 4 becomes 364 with no confusion though calls to Bells Savoy Blue Ridge Tom Bean Nobility Dorchester are toll. Whitewright holds two elections April 2 for school trustees and April 5 for mayor. Filing deadlines 30 days prior. Jack Meador spends on W Maple remodel amid neighborhood referendums.
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Northeast Texas Telephone Co
Forest
Whitewright
Bells-Savoy
Blue Ridge
Tom Bean
Nobility
Dorchester
Pigskin Club Banquet Honors 1965 Team and Staff
The Pigskin Club will host its annual banquet Saturday night in the High School gymnasium to honor the 1965 football team, pep squad, and coaches. Next Thursday the Rotaryann banquet takes place in the gold room of the Austin College Student Center in Sherman.
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Rotaryann
Austin College
Sherman
Formal Opening At First National Bank Attracts Wide Attendance
The bank opened with a well attended ceremony drawing local residents and visitors from beyond the state. Former residents returned for old home day. Door prize winners included Mrs Hoyt Skipworth of Pilot Grove winning a $25 savings account, Roy Robinson of Trenton a radio, and Mrs Ralph Wallace of Whitewright a $10 gift certificate.
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First National Bank
Hoyt Skipworth
Pilot Grove
Roy Robinson
Trenton
Ralph Wallace
Whitewright
Texas voter registration plan faces poll tax flaw
The article notes a defect in the governors endorsed voter registration law. It requires registration by January to vote all year, ten months before the November election. A better approach used by some states allows registration any time up to 30 days before an election, with the first registration valid for all elections in the year.
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Texas
Congress blocks repeal of right to work law
Congress acts for all the people by defeating repeal of 14 B the right to work measure. LBJ supported the policy as a senator while backing the core right to work, but lawmakers voted to keep the existing law in place for now.
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Congress
LBJ
Senate
Definition of taxpayer phrase sparks debate
The quotation defines a taxpayer as someone who works for the federal government but is exempt from taking a civil service examination. The contrarian view raises questions about eligibility and merit in public hiring processes.
Jackie Shaw Circle Meets at Mrs Sanders Home
The Bethel Baptist Church group met Monday night at Mrs. Clifton Sanders home with five members and one visitor, Mrs. O G Alexander. Opening prayer was by Mrs. Tom Barnes and Mrs H O Miller led study of Women of Destiny in the Old Testament chapters 4 and 5. Both Circles plan to meet next Monday at 7 pm at the church for a Royal Service program and a salad supper.
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Jackie Shaw
Bethel Baptist Church
Clifton Sanders
Tom Barnes
H.O. Miller
O. G. Alexander
Hefton Seeks Reelection to Texas Legislature District 31
Hefton, veteran Grayson County representative since 1961, announces candidacy for reelection in District 31 after redistricting merged county lines with Denton and Collin areas. The campaign highlights his service on multiple committees, past leadership on election code revision, and commitment to fiscal policy and individual liberty. May 7 ballot.
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Don Hefton
Texas
Hefton
Grayson County
Cooke County
Denton County
Rockwall
Grayson Counties
Collin County
Sherman
R. I. Hefton
Sherman Public Schools
Austin College
Heston
Mrs. Tucker’s Foods
Dallas
Texas Instruments
Soil Improvement Co
Interstate Cooperation Committee
House
District 31
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club Meeting Report
The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. W. L. Hatfield's home. President Mrs. Tom Brown led the session with a club prayer by Mrs. G. C. Hardcastle and pledge by Mrs. Fred Cook. Plans for a March 4 games tournament at Firemen's Hall were set, with Mrs. R. D. Maddux winning the door prize.
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Whitewright Home Demonstration Club
W.L. Hatfield
Tom Brown
G. C. Hardcastle
Fred Cook
Hatfield
Cook
Firemen’s Hall
R. D. Maddux
J. C. McMillin
Ruth Miller
Compton Family Visit Noted in Rockwall Deepens Ties
Mr and Mrs Earl Compton and their Rockwall family visited Mrs C W Compton on Sunday. The gathering highlighted community ties as relatives from the area spent the afternoon together at a family home.
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Earl Compton
Rockwall
C. W. Compton
E. H. Wright
Ardmore
Okla
Jim Davis
Ector
Bonham Sunday
Election Date Set For School Trustees Race
Whitewright School Board orders a trustee election for April 2, 1966 at Firemen's Hall to elect two trustees. Terms of Bill Holloway and Kenneth Frisby expire this year. Candidates must file with Grayson County Judge and sign a loyalty affidavit by March 2, 1966 to appear on the ballot.
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Whitewright
Russell Summers
Whitewright School Board
Bill Holloway
Kenneth Frisby
Grayson County
Presbyterian Missionary Society Meeting Notes
The Presbyterian Missionary Society met with Miss Ruth Cox leading in the president's absence. Mrs. Floyd Bassett reported as treasurer and led prayer. Devotions by Mrs. Hoyt Taylor. Mrs. Wallace Caraway spoke on poverty, followed by notes on women in the community and Baghdad letters from missionaries. Refreshments served to 10 members.
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The
Presbyterian Missionary Society
J. T. Holloway
Ruth Cox
Miss Cox
Floyd Bassett
T. E. Sears
Sears
Hoyt Taylor
Wallace Caraway
Andrew Wyatt
Baghdad
Fred Cook Sr
Lilly
United Presbyterian meeting to discuss joint projects
The report notes Rev. C. C. Dooley, pastor, with Sunday School at 10:00 and an 11:00 worship service. A Highlands Park church recording marked the 50th anniversary of the United Presbyterian Homes during the 11 a.m. sermon. Next Tuesday a joint Presbytery meeting of Trinity and Northeast Texas Presbyteries will be held in Highland Park Dallas to plan cooperative projects.
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C. C. Dooley
United Presbyterian Homes
Highland Park U.S. Presbyterian Church
Dallas
Trinity
Northeast
Texas
First Baptist Church Weekly Schedule Highlights
Friday 7:00 Valentine banquet for Youth. Sunday 9:00 S. S. at Nursing Home 9:55 Sunday School 11:00 Morning worship 5:15 Primary and Jr. Choir rehearsals 6:00 Christian Life Development 7:00 Evening worship. Monday 7:30 Grayson Co Association Music Festival First Church Sherman. Tuesday 2:00 General WMU meeting 3:30 Sunbeams 4:00 Junior G. A. 7:00 Deacons' meeting. Wednesday 7:00 Prayer service 7:45 Church Choir rehearsal.
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S. S
Nursing Home
Christian Life
Grayson Co. Association
First Church
Sherman
WMU
Sunbeams
Junior G. A
Church Family Night and Patrol Program Schedule
First Methodist Church hosts a 6 00pm family night with a Highway Patrol program at 7 00pm led by Harold McNabb for special music. At 2 30pm W S C S meets at Mrs Clint Hennig’s home to study Acts. Wesleyan Service Guild meets at 7 15pm with Mrs Howard Adams.
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Highway Patrol
Harold McNabb
W.S.C.S
Clint Hennig
Wesleyan Service Guild
Howard Adams
Church assembly of god service schedule notice
Church Assembly of God announces weekly schedule led by Pastor Mrs Janice Hall Sunday School at 9 45 Worship service at 7 15 p m and prayer meeting at 7 30 p m on Wednesday for parishioners and community members.
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Janice Hall
Church of Christ announces weekly services
Minister W. E. Mynatt leads Church of Christ with Bible study at 10 a.m. Worship and communion at 10 a.m. Evening worship at 7 p.m. Bible study for all ages at 7:30.
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Church OF Christ
W. E. Mynatt
Bethel Baptist Church Sunday Schedule Card
Bethel Baptist Church lists Sunday activities including 10:00 Sunday School 6:30 Training Union and 7:30 Worship Service in a compact church card format. The item highlights a typical weekly schedule with times and service names for parishioners.
Kentuckyown Baptist Church Service Schedule
Kentuckytown Baptist Church holds Sunday School at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. An evening service follows at 7:45 p.m after the 7 p.m Training Union.
Dear Mister Editor View of Modern Woes From Small Town Talks
A Tom Bean reader letters section reflects on national progress and George Washington's birthday holiday. locals gripe about pollution, safety gear, fast cars, urban isolation, and the clash between past simplicity and present mass culture while debating if modern life improves or worsens society.
Little Rock Home Demonstration Club Meets for Program and Plans
The Little Rock Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Terrell Cowart's home with Mrs. J C Wetzel presiding. A council delegate from the club was named to attend the district meeting on April 5 in Sherman. Committee chairs were appointed including Recreation, Health, Citizenship, Family Life, Safety, and Four-H. Mrs. Vestal led parliamentary procedure, a true or false quiz was held, and 11 members were served refreshments. Next meeting will be hosted by Mrs. R N Cawthon on February 22.
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Little Rock
Terrell Cowart
J. C. Wetzel
Sherman
Wetzel
Ray Vestal
R. N. Cawthon
H. G. Vandagriff
Joe Reynolds
Jim Grider
Cawthon
Social Security Office Open On February 22 Holiday
The Social Security District Office at 315 West Mulberry in Sherman will be open on Tuesday February 22 despite the national holiday. District manager Gus Jones urged seniors 65 and over who have never applied for Social Security benefits or Medicare to visit. He also noted March 31 is the deadline to enroll in Medicare Plan B for July 1 coverage.
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Social Security
West Mulberry
Sherman
Gus Jones
Jones
Gina Judd Dominates NB TA Contest in Shreveport
Gina Judd swept six trophies at a NB TA sponsored event in Shreveport Louisiana last Saturday. She earned five first prizes in advanced solo fancy strut basic strut military strut and two baton plus a top points accumulator trophy and took a second place medal in flag baton. Accompanying Gina were Mrs Ralph Judd and son Charles and Mrs Charles E Ayres.
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Gina Judd
Shreveport
Ralph Judd
Charles
Charles E. Ayres
Gina
Obituaries and local notices from February 18 1921
Mrs. S. H. Badgett died at her home Monday. Mrs. Alice Doss Johnson, native of this community, died in Sherman February 13. Mrs. Mary Katherine Norris Baugher died in a Sherman hospital Friday night. Chesley Rutledge buys a portable stand for popcorn and peanuts in front of W. M. Cox grocery. plans for 120 acres and 390 crates of onion plants. Sallie V. Hedgpeth 82, died at her home Sunday. Friday Literary Club program includes Miss Gladys Ray, Mrs. H. T. Atterberry and Mrs. C. P. Johnson. The American Legion Post rents upstairs of the May building as a permanent meeting place.
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S. H. Badgett
The
American Legion Post
May Building
City Hall
Alice Doss Johnson
Sherman
Mary Katherine Norris Baugher
Chesley Rutledge
W. M. Cox
Sallie V. Hedgpeth
Gladys Ray
H. T. Atterberry
C. P. Johnson
Fulton and Harris wed in Feb 1926 wedding notice
Forty years ago on February 18 1926 Charles M Fulton and Miss Myrtle Harris were married Wednesday night The report also notes the death of Mrs A W Bow at her home south of town on February 13 and local business changes including the Chambers Ford agency sale to A A and B B Adams of Waco plus local employment and a dry goods advertisement listing brown domestic Indian Head suiting and work shirts with prices.
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Charles M. Fulton
Myrtle Harris
A. W. Bow
Chambers Ford
A. A
B. B. Adams
Waco
John Holcomb
W. M. Cox
Lilley Dry Goods Co
Valentine party hosted by Friday Literary Club
On February 14 at Mrs. Grover Gillett's home the Friday Literary Club held a Valentine party. Jack Lackey runs a game called Golfette in the old bakery building. The piece notes the community onion crop context.
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Friday Literary Club
Grover Gillett
Jack Lackey
492 Enumerated In School Census In Whitewright ISD
The 1966-67 school census for Whitewright Independent School District is complete Supt S T Montgomery announced a total of 492 children were enumerated The breakdown shows 413 white scholastics and 79 Negro scholastics Forty five of these are first graders entering school for the first time.
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Whitewright Independent
S. T. Montgomery
Local social notes list weekend visits across North Texas
Dallas visitors and Sherman residents fill the weekend social page with gatherings. Residents from Sherman, Whitewright, Tom Bean, and nearby towns met relatives in Dallas, Ardmore, Paris, and Commerce. ETSU honors include Burchfield and Quinn on the Dean’s List. Miss Jeannie Skipworth tops the Vocational Nursing class at Wilson N Jones Hospital.
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Etsu
Commerce
Jimmy F. Burchfield
Whitewright
A. C. Quinn
Tom Bean
Jeannie Skipworth
Vocational School of Nursing
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Fairview Baptist Church
Sherman
Time to Plant And Clean Up
February is the month to plant trees and shrubs with well established root systems before the hot dry Texas summers. Whitewright can be a spot of beauty if each individual takes pride in his own yard. Flowering shrubs and trees like redbud and crape myrtle do well here. Our town should be more attractive with plantings and a cleaned up city.
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Texas
Whitewright
The Spice of Life Sam Leaves on Railroad Job
A backwoods man starts work on a railroad section gang and plans to depart home. His wife calls him back for chores. He grieves and asks why she acts as if he is taking the axe.
Man Declines Carton After Habit Breakthrough
Harry visits a tobacco shop to buy a carton but, after a string of brand choices and options, ends with a joke about breaking the habit and leaving with nothing. The salesgirl guides him through soft-pack king-size filter-tip menthol cigarettes before he concedes to quit.
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Harry
Man to man inquiry in cruelty case plea
The defendant charged with cruelty by his wife is summoned to the judge's chamber at session's end. He trembles as the judge presses for an admission of terrorizing his wife. The defendant answers he does not know what she does, prompting the stern reminder to explain his actions directly.
Bottled Water Confusion At Customs Desk
An old woman claiming holy water from Lourdes was declared. The official tested the bottle and found whisky. The woman proclaimed a miracle while the officer noted the liquor as whisky and proceeded accordingly.
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Lourdes
Forest preservation lecture sparks a woodpecker quip
A lecturer on forest preserves challenges the audience on timber conservation. A meek rear- seating remark says, I once shot a woodpecker, provoking a brief, tongue in cheek moment. The exchange highlights local attitudes toward conservation.
Dallas notices report labor official hires and death of local leader
Robert Doss accepted employment in the regional Wage and Hour Division of the U S Department of Labor in Dallas. Charles Spurgeon Truett, 81, died at his brother Dr George Truett's Dallas home. Mrs Fred Cook and Mrs John Reeves hosted a Hickman Sunday School Class gathering in the Cook home Tuesday evening. The High School N G A English Club program for February 14 featured Lindy Ashinhurst LaVelle McSpadden Merle Scoggins Dorotha Mitchell Billy Riom Pennington Willa Jean Hunter and Willa Dean Rice.
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Robert Doss
U. S. Dept. of Labor
Dallas
Charles Spurgeon Truett
George Truett
Fred Cook
John Reeves
Hickman
Cook Home
Lindy Ashinhurst
LaVelle McSpedden
Merle Scoggins
Dorotha Mitchell
Billy Riom Pennington
Willa Jean Hunter
Willa Dean Rice
Camp Fire Girls Hold Saturday Meeting and Banquet Plans
The Camp Fire Girls met on Saturday and were called to order by the president. The secretary reported, roll call completed, and old and new business discussed. Members worked on decorations for the father daughter banquet before adjournment.
Political candidacies announced in Sun primary slate
The Sun publishes a list of Democratic primary candidates including Ray Roberts for Congress 4th District Vernon Beckham for State Representative 31 Don Heton reelection for 31 Bill Dungan for State Representative 32F and Choice Moore for County Judge of Fannin County.
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The
Sun
Congress
Ray Roberts
Vernon Beckham
Don Heton
Bill Dungan
Fannin County
Moore
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Dear Mister
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George Washington
Ed Doolittle
Washington
George
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Zeke
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J. E. Worsham
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Howe
Luther Gordon
Dee Smith
Garland
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Slaton
Louella Carpenter
Cecil Hendrix
Doris Jacks
Fort Worth
Hardy Whiteley
R. L. Smeadley
Georgetown
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Lillian Neathery
Tient the Whitewright
J. B. Wootton
Denton
Samuel Ethridge
Irving
Emmet England
Lewisville
Lonnie
England
Grady Gillett
Edna Cook
Nocona
W. R. Tabor
Lillie Dillon
Dick McSpedden
Don Farmer
T. D. Caylor
Billy Williams
Harley Howell
Leoa Ball
Leon Ball
Bertie Pennell
Becky Jo
Clydene Brown
Valyndia Mulder
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O. M. Brown
Charlie Grant
A. E. Hancock
Paris
Frank A. Smith
T. A. Gray
Lena Mae Gowdy
Elmo Wallace
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