FFA District Banquet Set During National Week
The Sherman District FFA will hold its district banquet at Whitesboro High School on Feb. 21 during National FFA Week. Awards will honor chapters and individuals, with recognition for the District Lone Star Farmers. Whitewright attendees include Greenhand officers Cliff Emerson and others and multiple chapter officers led by Bill McDowell.
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FFA
Sherman District of
Future Farmers of America
Whitesboro High School
Lone Star Farmers
Whitewright
Greenhand
Cliff Emerson
Thomas DeBerry
Bryant Dollarhide
Richard Cook
Don Pool
Donald Pool
Bill McDowell
Jimmy Clark
Benny Simpson
James Williams
Noel McKinney
Sentinel
Bobby Durham
Narvin Alexander
David Blackerby
Bennett Thruston
Jimmy Bassett
Barry Anderson
Joe Morgan
J. W
District selects all district basketball teams at Whitewright
In Whitewright on Saturday February 15 the district named its all district boys and girls basketball teams. Boys first team lists Butler Trenton Wasson Wolfe City Davis Ladonia Franklin Ladonia Dugan Bells. Second team includes Dykes Trenton Isaacs Wolfe City Compton Leonard McMeehee Bells. Honorable mentions name several players from various towns. Girls first team features Liston Ladonia Coleman Trenton Crabb Leonard Short Trenton Wishard Ladonia Scott Whitewright. Second team lists Eden Bells Dockery Leonard Hood Whitewright Hornsby Ladonia Jenkins Leonard Thornton Leonard. Honorable mentions name Brook Washburn Reynolds King Butler Owens from Bells and Trenton.
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Whitewright
L. Butler
Trenton
Wasson
Wolfe City
Davis
Ladonia
B. J. Franklin
Dugan
Bells
Isaacs
Compton
Leonard
McMeehee
L. Franklin
L. Burnett
O. Jenkins
Bowen
Phillips
Bassett
Walton
Liston
Coleman
Crabb
Short
Wishard
Scott
Eden
Dockery
Hood
Hornsby
Jenkins
If You Stand Very Still Poem Digest
A brief excerpt from Sunshine Magazine via The Sun promotes inner calm. It urges standing still in nature and life's turmoil to hear inner guidance. The piece touches on faith, patience, and drawing strength from silence to gain hope and courage for tasks ahead.
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Sunshine Magazine
Average family three months from bankruptcy says experts
Chicago based experts Helen White and Jack Olson cite a survey of middle class finances showing the typical family is only 90 days from disaster. They warn payday to payday living strains marriages and children while urging practical budgeting to prevent catastrophe.
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Chicago
Helen White
National Thrift Committee
Jack Olsen
Combined Insurance Company of America
Miss White
Olson
Little Lines by Margie B Boswell
A reflective verse piece advises reading signs of times and focusing forward while noting digression and careful attention as engines of invention. The poem contrasts seekers of opportunities with warnings against obsession and vague past remnants. In a 1958 note, about 90000 U.S. tourists booked passage to Sweden.
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Margie B. Boswell
United States
Sweden
Texas Probate Code adds mail notices and bonds reform
The Texas Legislature in 1957 amended the Probate Code effective August 22 to ease estate handling. Provisions include certified mail notices, reduced executor bonds, bonding by individuals with new rules, courts setting compensation, and a spouse gaining control of a community estate when the other is ruled mentally incompetent.
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Texas
Canned Cherries Richer in Calcium and Vitamin A
Canned red sour pitted cherries show high calcium content and above average Vitamin A levels among fruits. A one cup serving provides about 120 calories of energy.
Mystery of a New Yorker’s Texas Vacation
A New Yorker traveling alone to Texas returns home with his wife’s coats a Cadillac and cash. Jokes follow about money status and cleverness, including a tale of Confederate money and a physician patient exchange, ending with a quip on wealth and aging.
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Texas
Houston
Patie
Poster for Women’s Accounting Course Withdrawn After Mocking Graffiti
A business college pulled a poster offering a Short Course in Accounting for Women after someone scrawled a bold masculine rebuke across it. The scene includes a heavy-set matron practicing singing and a leading citizen addressing money and American focus on wealth.
Iceberg phrases in business speak reveal hidden truths
A critique of corporate euphemisms shows how polite wording masks awkward realities such as delays, poor service, hidden costs, and rejections. The examples expose the mismatch between courteous language and actual actions like firing, delays, or denying opportunities.
Parson and Neighbor Debate Hay and Church Duty
A farmer jokes with a Parson about choosing between hay work and attending services. The Parson asks if attending church is better than loading hay, while the neighbor muses about thinking of religion either way. The brief exchange captures rural humor about faith and labor.
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Parson
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