Whitewright Holiday Observed and Public Notices
Whitewright residents plan a Friday holiday for George Washington birthday with the First National Bank closed and post office hours limited. Religious census proceeding Sunday. Katy Railroad trims section crews. citizens urged to contact representatives over federal spending and tax laws. Open meetings bill advances in Texas Legislature with Honey Grove school board cited as example.
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George Washington
First National Bank
Texas Press Association
Honey Grove
Joe Morrow
Honey Grove Signal Citizen
Chamber says federal school aid unwise and unnecessary
The U S Chamber of Commerce told a House education subcommittee there is no critical national shortage of classrooms and federal aid for construction would turn public education into a federal function. Thomas A Ballantine represented the chamber, noting a surplus of classrooms and urging states and communities to finance local needs instead.
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Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
House
Thomas A. Ballantine
Louisville
Chamber Committee On Education
Ballantine
Kentucky
U. S. Office of Education
Veterans Pension Raise Approved by House Committee
The House Veterans Committee approved a 10 percent raise in government compensation for veterans with service connected disabilities and some dependent classes. First year cost is about 169 million dollars, decreasing to 164.6 million by year five. For disabled veterans under 50 percent, monthly pay rises from 181 to 225 dollars. Additional dependent allowances for 50 percent disabled recipients also increase.
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Washington
House Veterans Committee
Board adjourns in secret session fires superintendent
In Honey Grove the board adjourned then met again without press or public and fired the superintendent by a five to two vote. Morrow learned of the second meeting from a board member who opposed the firing. The article criticizes secret meetings and calls for a law to prevent conflicts of interest in public office succession.
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Morrow
Murder At The Corners book by G B Ray hits shelves
Gladys Ray of Whitewright announces the new history novel Murder At The Corners to be published by The Naylor Company and sold in Whitewright at Childress Pharmacy. The work chronicles the Lee Peacock feud in Grayson Fannin Collin and Hunt Counties with emphasis on Civil War era fighters and regional newspapers.
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Gladys Ray
Eisenhower
U. N
Whitewright
Childress Pharmacy
Sun
Naylor Company
San Antonio
South
G. B. Ray
Texas
Grayson
Fannin
Collin
Hunt Counties
Robert J. Lee
Lewis Peacock
Lee
Whitfield
Legion
Ninth Texas Cavalry
Bonham News
Jefferson Simplecote
Dallas Herald
Wave Register
House Cuts 3 Budget Items in Eid Eisenhower Plan
The House trimmed 80.3 million dollars from Eisenhower's 71.8 billion budget and passed a 3,884,927,000 dollar bill providing 2 percent less than requested for the Treasury, Post Office and U S Tax Court. The move signals initial budget cutting by the House this year.
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Washington, D. C
House
Eisenhower
Treasury, Post Office
U. S
Senate
Death of Gladys Reeves in Dallas traffic crash
Miss Gladys Jackie Reeves 30 formerly of Whitewright was killed Monday morning when the car she rode in with a friend was struck at an intersection in Dallas. Funeral services were held in Dallas and Marvin Methodist Church with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include her parents Mr. and Mrs. Lennie Reeves of Dallas grandmother Mrs. Mary Reeves of Whitewright and grandfather Charlie Cates of Savoy.
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Gladys
Jackie) Reeves
Whitewright
Dallas
Marvin Methodist Church
Ely
W. L. Douglas
M. E. Miller
Pioneer Grayson County Farmer Dies at 91 in Tom Bean
George Ambrose Skipworth of Tom Bean dies at home after a long life as a Grayson County farmer. Born October 18, 1865 in Kentucky, he leaves his widow Pannie Upchurch and a large family including ten sons, one daughter, 41 grandchildren, 47 great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at First Baptist Church in Tom Bean with Rev. Bob Scarbrough officiating. Burial in Van Alstyne Cemetery.
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George Ambrose Skipworth
Grayson County
Tom Bean
Skipworth
Kentucky
Pannie Upchurch
First Baptist Church
Bob Scarbrough
van Alstyne
School Lunch Menu Week on Weekdays
Monday offers lunch meat pickles English peas mashed potatoes hot bread butter and doughnuts. Tuesday serves red beans kraut and wieners peach cobbler. Wednesday provides fish sticks mashed potatoes pineapple salad hot rolls ice cream sandwiches. Thursday features meat loaf Franco American spaghetti green beans banana pudding. Friday serves salmon salad potato chips pork n beans hot rolls butter and golden table syrup.
Whitewright High to Host Senior Women Basketball Game
The Whitewright High senior class sponsors a women’s basketball game Tuesday Feb 26 at 7 30 p m in the high school gym. Admission 35c adults 15c children under twelve. Proceeds support the senior trip. Players include Geneva Alexander Kay Bryant Betty Bow Martha Bigger Louise Franklin and others with referees Earl Blanton and Butch Kaiser.
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Whitewright High School
Geneva Alexander
Kay Bryant
Betty Bow
Martha Biggerstaff
Louise Franklin
Betty Bodine
Frances Bass
Betty Burleson
Gladys Cook
Anita McLauchlin
Jennie Edwards
Maureen Tillett
Ruby Cawthon
Marie Wilson
Pauline Edwards
Omitrie Spencer
Lurlene Scott
S. T. Montgomery Jr
LaVern Buchanan
Earl Blanton
Butch Kaiser
Sun Honor Roll Subscriptions Acknowledged
The Sun lists new and renewed subscriptions including W. R. Vestal Walter McDaniel Homer Gentry Elmer Sanderson Grady Gillett Thomas Gillett R. A. Gillett Mrs. J. T. May J. A. Hardcastle Mrs. F. E. Cathey Gne Hollingsworth Herman Bedford J. R. Oliver Pernie Badgett Clarence Tillett Pascal Farley J. H. Gosnell Caleb Thornhill Joe Johnson Paul Caylor W. E. Stanford Paul Stephens Robert Benson Mrs. J. Frank Wilson R. P. Childress W. H. Stedham Sam Golden Rice Melugin W. R. Stillwell Boyd Sanderson John W. Annip Mrs. John K. Hynds Youngblood Monument Co. Mrs. George Brannon Mrs. G. L. True Mrs. Foyce Hicks Tom Sears Mrs. Audrey Evans Edgar Lowells C. Sutton John Norris Leara Short Virgil Murphy E. J. Morgan R. W. Lansford Mrs. A. M. Bryant J. T. Adams Mrs. W. F. Holland H. M. DeBerry Mrs. L. M. Spencer R. L. Haliburton R. B. Mack Mrs. Ruth Keck Hayden M Hamilton Mur C Ryan Mrs Jerry Wilson J. M. Jarvis M E Wilkinson Joe M Wallace
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the Sun
W. R. Vestal
Walter McDaniel
Homer Gentry
Elmer Sanderson
Grady Gillett
Thomas Gillett
R. A. Gillett
J. T. May
J. A. Hardcastle
F. E. Cathey
Gne Hollingsworth
Herman Bedford J. R. Oliver Pernie Badgett
Clarence Tillett
Pascal Farley
J. H. Gosnell
Caleb Thornhill
Joe Johnson
Paul Caylor
W. E. Stanford
Paul Stephens
Robert Benson
J. Frank Wilson
R. P. Childress
W. H. Stedham
Governor Proclaims Teacher Appreciation Week in Texas
Governor Price Daniel proclaims March 4 to 9, 1957 as Teacher Appreciation Week in Texas. The designation honors public school teachers amid a noted personnel shortage and urges Texans to show gratitude to educators. The proclamation cites the church, home, and public schools as key American institutions guiding youth.
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Price Daniel
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Texas Public Schools
Church
Texas
County road financing OK’d for 2 695 000 in Grayson county
The county highway committee in Sherman approved tentative proposals for 2 695 000 in road improvements. Chris Scheurer was elected vice chairman, with plans to align proposals with state input and seek state help. Right of way costs include 1.1 miles of Highway 75, Denison to the river, and farm to market routes.
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Sherman
Chris Scheurer
Jerome McKinney
Denison
Grayson Group
Leslie Cabaniss
Paris
Cabiness
State Highway Committee
Grayson County
Sherman City Limits
Indoor Life Makes Dogs Shed Hair
Champaign Ill. Dogs shed hair year round due to indoor living and electric lights. Dr A G Schiller of the University of Illinois explains that dogs evolved with natural daylight and indoor lighting confuses their hair cycle. Frequent combing and brushing helps remove loose hair.
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Champaign
Ill
Fido
A. G. Schiller
University of Illinois
Schiller
Ike's Cough Persists As White House Plays Down
President Eisenhower continues a cough that the White House calls not a cold but a cough with no fever. Senator Thomas Hennings had said the chief executive had a bad cold after a conference with Congress. Press secretary James Hagerty emphasized the illness is mild and linked to the inaugural period a month prior.
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the Sun
Congress
Washington
America
Eisenhower
United Nations
Middle East
Israel-Egypt
Israel
U. N
United States
White House
Thomas C. Hennings
Dem
Missouri
James C. Hagerty
Writer buried in home town Rockdale
George Sessions Perry Texas writer long known for novels and articles buried Tuesday in Rockdale His body was found last week in a stream near Guilford Connecticut He had been missing a month Perry suffered arthritis Authorities call death consistent with self harm Friends carried his casket through rain to a Magnolia pine setting Funeral at St John Methodist Church.
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Rockdale
George Sessions Perry
Perry
Guilford
Conn
Magnolia
Ear S. Yokley
St. John Methodist Church
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Voltaire
J. W. Polk
Polk
KATY
Commodity Credit Corporation
J. S
Daniel
Govrnor
Martin
G. A. Skipworth
Whitewright Sun
Whitewright, Texas
Fannin Counties
Ike
New Zealand
B. D. H. Ross
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