Whitewright Booster Club Membership Drive Prospects Grow
The Whitewright Booster Club reports new members enrolled and ongoing efforts to recruit all local businesses. Roy Blanton directs activities with 52 dues payers listed from Blanton Home & Auto Supply to Whitewright Mercantile Co. The club funded park improvements, graveling alleys, a Denison Diamond Jubilee float, and a radio program on KRRV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanton
Booster Club
KRRV
Sherman
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
B. W. Newman
Thomas Sears
C. B. Bryant Jr
Marshall Hasty
Whitewright
Paul Ryan
Janis Jane Horton
Betty Darwin
Whitewright- Ely
Austin
State Highway Commission
Whitewright- Ely Black Top
Highway Department
Redditt
Sam Rayburn
Langford
Route 4
Denison
Grayson County Baptists Meet at Whitewright
The Grayson County Baptist Association will meet Monday March 1 at the First Baptist Church of Whitewright for a Worker's Conference from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Afternoon sessions will feature W M A and Executive Board meetings. Church ladies will serve the conference meal. Rev Weldon R Drake calls it a privilege to host 38 cooperating churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church of
Whitewright
Grayson County Baptist Association
W. M
Grayson County Association
First Baptist Church
Weldon R. Drake
Texas Highway Patrol adds seventy five recruit patrolmen
Colonel Homer Garri son Jr announces the first Texas Highway Patrol recruit school is complete. Effective March 1, fifty five new patrolmen will join the force with new stations planned including Bonham. Additional recruit schools are set for August and December 1948 with examinations in multiple district offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Garrison Jr
Department of Public Safety
Austin
Texas Highway Patrol
Texas
Bonham
Dallas
Abilene
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Lubbock
Pecos
San Angelo
Uvalde
Corpus Christi
Houston
Tyler
Harlingen
Fort Worth
W. J. Elliott
State of
Consumers Spent 20 Billion More In 1947 Than 1946
Washington reports show total consumer spending reached 164 billion dollars in 1947 up from 144 billion in 1946. Incomes rose to a record 197 billion before taxes, while after tax income climbed to 175 billion. Personal savings fell to 10.9 billion, about 6 percent of after tax income, as spending outpaced income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Booster Club activity boosts Whitewright school support
The Booster Club continues to fund and supervise fall advertising, Christmas light displays, and a visit by Santa Claus in Whitewright. It notes ongoing efforts to strengthen the public school system, printing paid memberships this week and adding new dues as firms and individuals join. The committee plans further canvassing of local businesses to expand membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Whitewright
Booster Club
Sun
Birth rate hits all time high in 1947
Federal Security Administrator Oscar R. Ewing reported that 1947 registered births reached 3,720,000, up 431,000 from 1946 and 785,000 above the wartime peak. The death toll was about 1,448,000, compared with 1,395,617 in 1946, signaling a very high birth rate and relatively low deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Security
Oscar R. Ewing
National Office of Vital Statistics
Rotary lunch program features piano solos and balloon game
Marshall Hasty presided as Shirley Blanton Jerry Lee Norris and Barbara Nell Hasty performed piano solos and sang with Janis Jane Horton as accompanist. A team balloon bursting contest followed with C. J. Meador and Clay Horton as captains. Horton team won as Meador struggled to inflate his balloon. Soured milk and cream suggested for gravy and baking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Marshall Hasty
Hasty
Shirley Blanton
Jerry Lee Norris
Barbara Nell Hasty
Janis Jane Horton
C. J. Meador
Clay Horton
Mr. Hasty
Horton
J. A. Alexander
Jim Grady
Sherman Rotary Club
Whitewright Club
Whitewright Tigers roll to wins over Howe teams
Whitewright dominates Howe Tuesday night with the Tigers winning 23 12 and the Tigerettes 37 16. Top scorers for Whitewright include Wilson 16 Birdwell 15 Morris 3 Blackerley 2 and Beverly Judd 1. For Howe Tillett 13 Coleman 2 and Johnson 1 led scoring with Hestand 5 highest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Tigers
Tigerettes
Howe
Tigers
Whitewright
Wilson
Birdwell
Morris
Blackerley
Beverly Judd
Tillett
Coleman
Johnson
Cook
Burchfield
Hestand
Baptist Hour March 7 Sermon By Dr Duke K McCall
The Baptist Hour for March 7 presents Dr. Duke K McCall of Nashville as speaker with the topic The Things That Are Caesars announced by the Radio Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. Heard at 7 30 a m CST on Station WFAA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Hour
Duke K. McCall
Nashville
Tennessee
Radio Commission of the
Southern Baptist Convention
Atlanta
S. F. Lowe
WFAA
Divine Light
McCall
Woman Dies After Ignoring Premonition in Indiana
In Muncie Indiana Alma Beatrice Lawrence 40 died after a bed fire she said she might die from later. Coroner Eugene Eissman ruled a cigarette started the blaze and neighbors found her dead in the burned bed Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Alma Beatrice Lawrence
Crushed Stone Paves Locust Street Extension
The Locust street extension from Gowdy street west to the concrete highway, about one thousand feet, has an all-weather surface of crushed stone from Stringtown quarries. Referred to as Badgett street, land donated by Edwin Badgett aids a new town outlet to the State highway and future home sites. Neat cottages with basic utilities rise along the cut-off, which sees heavy traffic. City sidewalks absent in other areas lead to convenient blacktop street center strips for pedestrians in bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gowdy Street
Stringtown
Oklahoma
Badgett
Edwin Badgett
Boy Scout News Explains the Be Prepared Motto
A feature on what defines a Boy Scout, including skills in first aid fire building shelter navigation and leadership. Reports on Troop 1 Whitewright with 25 scouts three patrols Wolves Rattlesnakes Panthers and welcomes Jerry Lee Norris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
BSA
Jerry Lee Norris
Jerry
Kelly Pierson
New Inflation Warning From Keyserling on Inflation Risk
Washington economist Leon J. Keyserling, vice chairman of the President's council of economic advisers, warned that market breaks do not end inflation danger. He said price drops do not subdue inflation and steel price rises would worsen the outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Leon J. Keyserling
Blanks and Bethel Plan March 6 School Elections
County Judge orders March 6 elections in Blanks and Bethel to vote on consolidation with Whitewright Independent SD. Voters sign petitions, buildings stay jointly owned, 65 cent maintenance tax to fund transport and upkeep, Whitewright district holds consolidation vote the same day, April trustee terms expire, and potential cross-district board seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanks
Bethel
Whitewright Independent
Dickson
Whitewright
R. A. Gillett
Clay Horton
Whitewright Board of Trustees
Battleship Texas May Return To Texas In 1940s Drive
Texas aims to bring the Battleship Texas to a permanent berth at the San Jacinto monument foot by San Jacinto Day April 21. A $225,000 fund drive must be raised by March 15 led by Gov. Jester and the Texas film industry plus the state Junior Chamber of Commerce. George M. Hight, owner of the Palace Theatre, will help raise funds and host a benefit film short featuring Linda Darnell and Dana Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. M. Hight
Palace Theatre
Texas
Linda Darnell
Dana Andrews
Long accepts Democratic nomination for Louisiana governor
Earl K. Long won a sweeping primary victory over Sam Jones and pledged to push his platform including an old-age pension of fifty dollars a month. With 377,627 votes to 198,785 from 1,654 of 1,878 precincts, he will be inaugurated May 11 after the April 20 general election, hosting a celebration with soda pop hot dogs and buttermilk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Long
Sam Jones
Jones
Also Mentioned on This Page
Whitewright Booster Club
Roy Blanton
Blanton Home & Auto Supply
C. B. Bryant III
Roy Blanton Community Public Service Co
B. R. Caraway
Cole & Davis Company
Craig’s Cafe Childress Pharmacy
Griffin Dollarhide Jr. Harold Doss
Earnheart Funeral Home
Farley & Hill
First National Bank
Fleming Grocery
H. J. Ford Gordon Grocery
R. A. Gillett Lester Haile Grain Co
Gomer May
Earl Blanton
Jack Meador
Joe Johnson
N. E. Skaggs
U.S. Treasury
Grayson County Baptists
E. B
Germany
E. B. Germany
Texas Scottishire Hospital
Dallas Hospital
Rotary Club
BOY Scout News
Bob Gilpin
Palace
Long Pledges Pension Action
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!