Whitewright News Roundup Highlights Elections and Local Events
Whitewright and Fannin County items include W. T. Hamilton and J. N. Powell running for city marshal, Whitewright road district bonds approved, oil lease near Bells and Denison, multiple marriages and births, obituaries, school board actions, and community notices from the Ely and Cannon areas.
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W. T. Hamilton
Whitewright
Fannin County
Ely
Orangeville
Progressive Oil Co
Bells and
Denison
Sidney Young
Fannie Murphy
John Cantrell
Lola Rodgers
Cannon
J. N. Powell
Marshal of
GI Bill and VA Insurance Timing for Korean Veterans
Veterans guide explains first GI allowance arrives about two months after enrollment, with monthly payments after training months and certification by student and school. It also covers GI term insurance eligibility: 120 days from separation for first premium if called to active duty over 30 days, even without full service.
Benson Plan Gains Wallace Backing
In Des Moines the Eisenhower administration’s push for flexible farm price supports received indirect support from former Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace. Wallace, who started corn and cotton loans in 1933, warned that continued high rigid supports could be disastrous, though he did not reference Benson’s specific plan.
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Des Moines
Eisenhower
U.S. Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Agriculture Benson
Congress
Notice to creditors and debtors in Lay estate
Flora May Say as executrix of the estate of W W Lay deceased in Grayson County Texas invites all debtors to settle and all claimants to present claims by law to 310 West Middleton Street Orman Grayson County Texas The notice is dated February 19 1954 and published in The Whitewright Sun on February 23 March 4 11 and 18 1954
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WHS
J. R. Oliver
First National Bank
Go-Getters
Mack Pierson
Maggie Horton
Agnes Coffey
Mr. Bagby
State OF Texas
Grayson
W. W. Lay
Grayson County
Texas
J. N. Dickson
Said County
West Middleton Street
Orman
Whitewright Sun
Keeping Birds Safe at Winter Feeders from Cats
Readers learn simple methods to protect backyard bird feeders from cats. Tips include installing metal guards around poles or trees and using readily available items such as sheet metal cylinders juice cans or funnel tops to deter prowlers while maintaining a steady feeder for feathered visitors.
Benson and Wallace Clash Over Farm Parity Policy
Benson urges revising the rigid 90 percent parity support for crops including corn wheat and cotton. Wallace says the ever normal granary program requires a flexible price support system, stressing corn during remarks prepared for the National Farm Institute at South Salem New York where he has lived since 1948 after losing the Progressive presidential bid.
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Benson
Wallace
South Salem
N. Y
Progressive Party
National Farm Institute
Department store dolls unleash odd protests
A man wandering a department store squeezed a doll that cried "Mama" and later squeezed another doll that shouted "Floorwalker" in a brief, curious shopping-floor moment.
Tax exemption plan hits low income group
The Fort Worth Star Telegram argues against a House Ways and Means proposal to exempt 1200 of retirement income from taxation. The plan would apply to dividends interest rents annuities and private pensions but reduce the exemption by social security railroad retirement and veterans pensions and if earnings exceed 900 a year by workers. It criticizes Democrats for backing the plan and cites need to aid those with modest pensions. Argentine ranks as one of the world's largest exporters of meat corn and linseed products.
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Reader's Digest
House
Ways and Means Committee
Reed
Fort Worth
Sign on highway curve prompts police move back
A pair named Handy and Easy erected a large roadside sign urging drivers to slow down. Police relocated the sign twelve feet away after it was placed on the highway’s sharpest curve, ending with an abrupt repositioning.
Cattle in County Struck by Blackleg Outbreak
County agent Nick Owen reports blackleg or malignant edema killing several cattle in Sherman Whitesboro Howe and Tom Bean areas. He urges vaccination of all young cattle ages 6 to 18 months and rapid veterinary advice for any rapid illness. The disease spreads through small skin wounds and runs its course in 12 to 36 hours. Early signs include fever loss of appetite and listlessness. It also affects sheep and goats but vaccine can knock it out.
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Sherman
Whitesboro
Howe
Tom Bean
Nick Owen
Owen
Pretty Hammy Father and the Pork Barrel Question
A witty exchange features a boy asking what a pork barrel is and a father explaining it as an institution that lets a congressman show his constituents he can bring home the bacon. The dialogue frames political favors as a light moral lesson.
Divorce Petition Citation in Grayson County Texas
Rosa Lee Smith is commanded to answer by 10 am on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance, in the Grayson County District Court at Sherman. The suit, filed November 23, 1953, is Cleveland Smith Jr. versus Rosa Lee Smith, a divorce for cruel treatment.
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State OF Texas
Rosa Lee Smith
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Cleveland Smith, Jr
S. V. Earnest
Clerk District Court
Whitewright Sun
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Theresa Everheart
Mabel Fae White
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Epworth League
Bonham Sunday
R. B. Anderson
Verma Mangrum
Rotary Club
Fred W. Smith
W. H. Woods
Ben Bow
H. A. James
Route 1
Roy Harold Groves
el Paso
Madean
Thornhill
Ferk
Cae Aa Ee
Johnson
C. H. Beseda
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Cori
Hanty
Adverti
Joe Marsh
Rotary
Handy
Easy Peters
Maine
United States Brewers Foundation
Feed
ORN
Pascal Far
SAUSA
Blackleg
Carol
Sherman Savings & Loan Association
East
Lamar
Sherman, Texas
le Walls
Las
Lion Fine
Shasta
Wmitt
Nard Preeie
Paint Headquarters
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