Good Season Ahead in Whitewright Area and Fort Fort Worth Fort
Whitewright residents foresee a favorable 1948 crop start with dry weather needed for sowing oats corn and cotton. The old fort’s rock structure remains a water source and houses, while boy scouts use the ammunition building. A local fort rock home stands as a handsome example built from fort stones. A congressional Hearings critique urges fair treatment of citizens and witnesses as Howard Hughes cited for resisting browbeating and defending American ideals.
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Texas
Boy Scouts
Congress
Howard Hughes
Walking Man 2 Just A Word Would Do It
Hollywood readers follow NBC Truth or Consequences clue game where Ralph Edwards teases a mystery man dubbed the Walking Man The clues include walking sounds bowling a musical note gun fire a horse hoofs a cat wail and a loaded jingle No one has solved it after seven Saturdays with the answer said to be easily identifiable once he speaks and is seen walking within the United States per Edwards
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Hollywood
Ralph Edwards
Edwards
Bing
Metropolis
President Truman
Joe Louis
Eddie Cantor
Walter Huston
Winston Churchill
Bing Crosby
James B. West
U.S. A
Stalin Stops Buying Navy Vet's Drinks
New York report says Premier Josef Stalin halted purchases for Norman E. Hyams a Navy veteran credited with shooting down Nazi planes. Hyams held the Russian Order of Glory third class and a yearly grant, which Moscow abruptly cut off prompting protests from Hyams and peers.
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New York
Josef Stalin
Norman E. Hyams
Hyams
Murmansk
Joe
Joe Stalin
Moscow
Fort Stockton spring pours 35 million gallons daily
The report notes a spring at Fort Stockton named the Comanche Chief yields 35,000,000 gallons a day while author Clyde Smith describes a drowsy drive through Fort Ockton country and counting sheep.
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Fort Ockton Country
Fort Stockton
Clyde Smith
Rinsing Important In Home Laundry
The Bendix Home Laundry Institute director Miss Margaret B Doughty says rinsing is most critical. She urges two to three rinses with rapid drainage and thorough agitation. Automatic machines deliver three rinses, washing away soap and soils more thoroughly with less water.
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Margaret B. Doughty
Bendix Home Laundry Institute
Miss Doughty
Bendix
Mrs Pattie H Wilson Dies. Rites Held In Leonard
Funeral services for Mrs Pattie H Wilson were held at 2 30 p m Saturday at the Presbyterian Church of Leonard. She died Friday at 4 30 a m at her daughter’s home in Whitewright. Burial was in Leonard Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters Mrs P C Friesen of El Centro California and Mrs Bryant three sons Rodney Wilson Jap Wilson Pat Wilson eleven grandchildren three great grandchildren two brothers and four sisters. Her birth was May 4 1869 in Paris and she moved to Grove Hill near Leonard with her parents Dr and Mrs William C Jones later marrying J R Wilson.
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Presbyterian Church
Leonard
Pattie H. Wilson
A. M. Bryant
Whitewright
Coy Lee
F. A. Shields
Clarence Weaver
T. E. Wright
Joe F. Hall
Tom Guthrie
L. M. LaRoe
J. R. Wilson
P. C. Friesen
el Centro
Calif
Bryant
Rodney Wilson
Vernal
Utah
Jap Wilson
Claude
Texas
Pat Wilson
Bert Jones
Cham Jones
Waurika
Okla
Mary Barrett
Presbyterian Men Conven tion Set For Athens March 8
The Synod of Texas Presbyterian Men will meet in Athens on March 8 from 10 a.m. to p.m. The theme is Laymen and Religion with speakers from the Synod and nearby states. Grayson Fannin County Men's Club plans Sherman meeting March 16 at 7 p.m. at Central Presbyterian Church.
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James I. Logan
Ladies Aid Society
Presbyterian Men’s Convention
Synod of Texas
Athens
Grayson-Fannin County
Sherman
Central Presbyterian Church
Central Christian Church Service Schedule
Central Christian Church announces Sunday activities with Clifford Taylor as minister. Sunday school starts at 10 a m and the sermon at 11 a m on the first and third Sundays.
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Central Christian Church
Clifford Taylor
Sunday Services Listed for Bible Class and Communion
The notice lists worship events for Sunday including a Bible Class at 10 a.m. and a Communion service at 11 a.m. The schedule emphasizes timely congregational participation in morning gatherings.
First Baptist Church announces leadership and services
Weldon R. Drake is pastor with W. T. Simmons as school superintendent and Mrs. Weldon R. Drake as Training Union director. Mrs. Alton McDowell is W. M. A. president. C. Horton is Brotherhood president. Morning worship at 11 a.m. Training Union and class at 6:30 p.m. Evening worship 7:30 p.m. Prayer hour 7:30 p.m. Thursday includes choir practice. You are welcome at the First Baptist Church.
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Weldon R. Drake
W. T. Simmons
Alton McDowell
C. Horton
Brotherhood
First Baptist Church
First Methodist Church Sermon and Services
Pastor R L Gilpin invites worshipers to begin at 11 for a sermon titled When God Laughs At Us and find strength and peace in worship. Church school meets at 10 with classes for all ages and a focus on Christian living. Youth Fellowship gathers next.
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R. L. Gilpin
First Methodist Church
Youth Fellowship
First Methodist Plans Evening Break for Baptist Revival
At 6 15 p m a recreation period with a table tennis tournament leads to a devotional service. All young people are invited to participate. There will be no evening service at the First Methodist Church this week due to the Baptist revival concluding services. Typewriter carbon at Sun office.
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First Methodist
Housewife Orders Steak By Phone For Two
A humorous exchange shows a housewife asking for steak and instructing the butcher to push it through the keyhole if she is not home. The butcher quotes a price of a dollar thirty five per pound and confirms the meat is very nice. The note ends with a prompt to phone news items to The Sun.
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J. H. Waggoner
T. Glenn Doss
Postoffice
Grayson
Fannin
Stalin
Navy
Boyce
Whitewright Lumber Co
First Presbyterian Church
Citrist
City Farm Ranch
G. I. Farm Loans
Deets Borough & Son
Bonham, Texas
Sun
the Sun
KRRV
Denison
First Baptist Church of
Weldon Drake
Bells
A. L. Greenwalt
Pascal Farley
Engel
All Lake
Iowa
Blanton Home & Auto Supply
Kitewright, Texas
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