Tax Officer To Visit Whitewright For Car Registrations
Grayson County tax assessor Iva Davidson says she will be in Whitewright on Monday and Tuesday March 2 and 3 to help automobile owners register their cars without traveling to Sherman or Denison. She will operate 8 30 am to 4 pm in the city election room, requiring last year’s registration and a title for each vehicle.
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Iva Davidson
Grayson County
The
Sun
Whitewright
Sherman
Denison
Murray Nance
Whitesboro
the Sun
Richard S. Stark
House
Senate
Mrs. Davidson
van Alstyne
Fifty Years Ago Farm Demonstration Meeting Held
Terrell marks the 50th anniversary of the 1903 meeting at Odd Fellows Hall that launched the first USDA supervised demonstration farm led by Dr. Seaman A. Knapp and Walter C. Porter. Local committees, Texas Extension Service leaders, and dignitaries gather at the Porter Farm for speeches and the dedication of a historical marker.
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Congress of the United States
Cooperative Extension Service
Terrell
Kaufman County
Knapp
Porter
Porter Farm
Texas
H. H. Williamson
Smith County
Ned Price
Texas Association of County Judges and Commissioners
B. M. Harris
Plainview
Texas Home Demonstration Association
G. G. Gibson
Seaman A. Knapp
Little Lines by Margie B Boswell
A reflective verse fragment by Margie B. Boswell touches on folly in impulse and letters to weather and time. It alludes to rural imagery with a Louisiana Purchase reference noting land cost at about four cents per acre.
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Margie B. Boswell
Polly
Red Cross Drive To Start Monday In Area
Mrs. Floyd Everheart will lead the annual American Red Cross membership drive starting Monday and running through March. Committees will report to city secretary Harold Doss. Whitewright's quota is 650 dollars, about 2.3 percent of Grayson County's 28,383 dollar total. Denison needs 11,500 dollars and Sherman 12,500. County quota rises to replenish disaster relief funds.
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Floyd Everheart
American Red Cross
Denison
Sherman
Red Cross
Whitewright to Elect Two Commissioners in April
The city of Whitewright will elect two commissioners on April 7. Filing as candidates closes 30 days before the election, or March 7. Incumbents Jack Meador and Charles E Ayres are likely candidates for reelection. Mayor R R Summers was incorrectly stated to be up for reelection by another paper.
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Whitewright
Jack Meador
Charles E. Ayres
Meador
Ayres
Edwin Badgett
R. R. Summers
Whitewright School Board Sets Trustee Election
The Whitewright Independent School Trustees ordered an election for April 4 at City Hall to elect three trustees. Terms of Alonzo Harper Grant Hoover and J L Clark expire this year. Jack Lackey appointed to fill Hoover’s vacancy.
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Whitewright
Alonzo Harper
Grant Hoover
J. L. Clark
Jack Lackey
Comunity Public Service Co
Nocona
Texas
Grayson County
Tom Sears
E. W. Fields
J. W. Kaiser
M. F. Alexander
Benson urges reductions in cotton crops
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson urges farmers to limit 1953 cotton to twelve and a half million bales to avoid 1954 market controls and support prices. He notes 1952 output and domestic consumption plus exports, and cites fading export demand as justification for a smaller crop. A stray line on lightning safety follows.
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Washington
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
Charles A. Brannan
Former School Board Members to Be Honored
Ex-board members of Whitewright Independent School District and allied districts in Whitewright are to be honored with a chili supper March 5 at 7:30 pm in the school cafeteria. A permanent organization may form. certificates of membership will grant free admission to school activities. The list includes ex-board members from Whitewright Ely Enterprise Porter Richland Blanks Bethel and Canaan and District 42.
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Whitewright Independent
Ely
Enterprise
Porter
Richland
Blanks
Bethel
Canaan
Old Whitewright
Oxboard
Cummings
Whitewright
C. J. Meador
Gomer May
John Reeves
F. E. Douglas
R. A. Gillett
W. L. Stowers
B. W. Newman
R. C. Vestal
Clay C. Horton
G. C. Stateville
Roy G. Blanton
M. V. Williams
R. R. Summers
F. G. Hoover
Jack Robbins
Eugene Brown
E. W. Booher
Virgil Smith
S. D. Massey
C. V. Smith
W. K. Alexander
H. G. Hayes
Albert Partridge
S. D. Blackerby
Sheral Sells
C. A. Medearis
T. D
Y. W. Reagan
A. C. Hicks
F. C. Williams
O. C. Bowen
A. L. Griffin
Frank England
Grover Vestal
C. L. Garner
C. S. Jarvis
Cecil Bartley
Tom James
S. B. Dockery
J. G. Blanks
E. W. Fields
Lou Garland
Sims Wortham
H. O. Miller
S. H. Murphy
T. B. Autrey
H. R. Williams
G. W. Jones
O. G. Alexander
H. D. Benson
M. W. Williams
T. L. Cowart
C. A. Bartley
J. H. Gosnell
J. R. Woodson
J. E. Smith
D. L. Burkhalter
W. M. Hickson
Guy Burchfield
Lee Penny
J. H. Fletcher
J. T. McBroom
G. C. Marlow
Ernest Harrison
W. J. Martin
O. A. Hefner
Paul Stephens
Church of Christ Services at Tildon McFerrin Church
Minister Tildon McFerrin leads Sunday Bible Classes at 10 a. m. with preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Evening service 7:30 p. m. Mid week service set for 7:30 p. m. Wednesday. The verse from I Kings XX, 37 is quoted.
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Church OF Christ
Vernon M Newland as Minister at Sunday service schedule
Vernon M Newland is the minister with Mae Hall serving as Sunday School superintendent. Sunday School at 10 a m. Morning worship at 11 a m. Evening service at 6 30 p m.
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Vernon M. Newland
Mae Hall
North Texas Larger Parish Pastor and Sunday School Schedule
Lee H. Smith of Whitewright serves as Pastor Director with Sunday School at 10 A M. Floyd Bassett leads morning worship at 11:00 as choir rehearsals occur Wednesdays at 5 P.M. Juduson holds Wednesday after school sessions.
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North Texas
Lee H. Smith
Whitewright
Floyd Bassett
Bethel and First Methodist Church Services Schedule
Bethel Baptist Church led by Broach holds Sunday School at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Training Union at 6:15 p.m. and evening service at 7:15 p.m. First Methodist Church with Harold S. Taylor offers Church School at 10 a.m. Youth Fellowship at 7 p.m. and evening worship at 7:30 p.m. WSCS meets at the church Monday at 3 p.m. Bananas grow on herbs, not trees.
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Bethel Baptist Church
U. C
First Methodist Church
Harold S. Taylor
Methodist Youth Fellowship
WSCS
Tropics
Whitewright Tigers complete 1953 football schedule
Coach S T Montgomery Jr announces a 10 game 1953 schedule for the Whitewright Tigers with games at Commerce Bells Leonard Rockwall Whitesboro Wolfe City Honey Grove Van Alstyne Cooper and Farmersville across September to November. First four non conference then six conference games. Spring drills set for April 10 lasting one month. Returnees include Jerry Brown John Brown Bobby Clark John Chesser Larry Hayes Ralph Hughes Robert Hull Jackie Parnell Lyndal Pierson David Reeves Garland Smith.
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S. T. Montgomery Jr
Whitewright Tigers
Commerce
Farmersville
Navy
Bells
Leonard
Rockwall
Whitesboro
Wolfe City
Honey Grove
van Alstyne
Cooper
Montgomery
Jerry Brown
John Brown
Bobby Clark
John Chesser
Larry Hayes
Ralph Hughes
Robert Hull
Jackie Parnell
Lyndal Pierson
David Reeves
Garland Smith
Dangers of Kite Flying Warned by Power Company
The Community Public Service Company distributes posters to local schools warning children about kite dangers near electric lines. Posters advise against wire strings or frames, wet string, or dislodging kites from wires, and a Sun ad lists safe flying rules seeking parent cooperation.
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Community Public Service Company
The
Sun
Lunchroom Menu Plan For Whitewright Public Schools
Weekly menu for Whitewright Public Schools lists meals by weekday from Monday to Friday. Items include sausage potatoes tossed salad hot rolls butter honey peanut butter milk. hamburgers pork and beans fruit salad cookies milk. baked ham escaloped potatoes slaw cake lemon sauce milk. red beans glazed carrots onions cornbread apple pie milk. piemento cheese and tuna sandwiches potato chips fruit jello cookies milk.
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Whitewright
Austrian Vet Claims Dog Fountain of Life Serum
Dr Friedrich Kubasta, a veterinary surgeon in Vienna, says he has developed a rejuvenating serum for dogs based on a human long life serum. He reports treated dogs show no signs of aging months later, including a 12 year old dog that regained sight and energy after seven weeks, though he declined to share further details.
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Vienna
Austria
Freidrich Kubasta
Kubasta
Alexander Bogomoletz
Tool experts at hand in everyday fixes
When a job is to be done a man selects the perfect tool. A witty note suggests a clever mate can fix a nail or lock with a bobby pin or the heel of a shoe, highlighting ingenuity in common tasks. The exchange mocks rigid gender roles while praising practical creativity.
Mrs Katy Nell Yeager to Be Buried Here Friday
Funeral services for Katy Nell Yeager 55 wife of John A Yeager will be at First Baptist Church here at 10 a m Friday conducted by Rev E P Wootten and Rev Lee H Smith Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery She died Monday in Inglewood California after a long illness Born Whitewright February 17 1898 she was the daughter of P J Pierce and Mrs Pierce Married in April 1916 they lived here until moving to California Survivors include her husband a son Jack Lewis Yeager of Los Angeles a daughter Betty Nell Wellborn of Greenville Miss her mother Mrs P J Pierce of Whitewright one sister Mrs Fred Cook of Whitewright two brothers Oscar Pierce of Monroe La and Andrew Pierce of Clovis N M and two grandchildren
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Katy Nell Yeager
John A. Yeager
First Baptist Church
E. P. Wootten
Mt. Pleasant
Lee H. Smith
Whitewright
Oak Hill Cemetery
Fred Cook
Oscar Pierce
Monroe
Andrew Pierce
Clovis
N. M
John W. Creecy Dies at 76 in Sherman Burial in Bethany
Funeral services were held in Sherman for John W. Creecy 76 born August 10 1877 in Kaufman County. He died at his home 103 W Forest Sherman after a long employment with Sherman Manufacturing Company. Survivors include wife Maude two sons Fred J T Creecy James A Creecy daughter L S Venable a brother James A Creecy a sister Mrs John Mitchell and a granddaughter Mrs Doyle Bingham.
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Sherman
John W. Creecy
J. A. Creecy
Whitewright
Bethany
Mr. Creecy
Kaufman County
James T. Creecy
W. Forest
Ella Richards
Maude Jones
Sherman Manufacturing Company
The
Baptist Church
Fred A. Creecy
J. T. Creecy
Dallas
James A. Creecy
San Diego
Calif
L. S. Venable
John Mitchell
Tom Bean
Doyle Bingham
Lubbock
Truman Victim of Own Tax Increases
Tax experts estimated former President Truman would owe about 517512 dollars in federal taxes on memoir proceeds if he received around 600000 dollars. With three year averaging, the total tax would drop to about 451536 dollars, reducing the lump sum by roughly 65976 dollars.
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Washington
Truman
Sam
Congress
Kansas City
Life” Magazine
Missouri
Eisenhower
Europe
Treasury
Man requests frog farm loan instructions from federal lender
A bayou resident writes to a national lending agency noting a $1,000,000 loan for a frog farm and asks the agency to direct him to the correct government branch for farming instructions. The humorous missive highlights confusion over which agency issues guidance for such a venture.
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Sirs
Bayou
National
Whitewright Schools Observe Education Week
W C Cummings announces the Whitewright School Board designates March L to 7 for Texas Education Week visitation by patrons and friends. Visitors welcome anytime, with emphasis on boosting morale during six week examination week.
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Whitewright
W. C. Cummings
Whitewright Housing Authority Receives Funds for Land Purchase
The Whitewright Housing Authority obtained a $10,000 check from the National Housing Authority to buy land and cover preliminary costs for 20 defense housing units. Roy Blanton leads the board with Griffin Dollarhide Jr. B. W. Newman George Brown and George Hight as members. Sixteen white and four black units are planned, totaling 10 houses with two units each on East Main Street and Ada Neal estate and City of Whitewright land east of the negro school. A local petition urged abandoning the project, but its fate remains unclear.
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Whitewright Housing Authority
National Housing Authority
Defense
Roy Blanton
Housing Authority
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
B. W. Newman
George Brown
George Hight
East Main Street
Henry Sears
John Kaiser
Ada Neal
City of
Whitewright
Rotary Club hears guest speaker on wills at Friday meeting
Rotary Club program chairman B W Newman introduced his son Boyd Newman of Sherman as guest speaker. He spoke on types of wills and the need for proper will drafting. James L Cooper resigned from the club Friday amid his removal from the city, with Lee Smith praising his service and members voting thanks.
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B. W. Newman
Rotary Club
Boyd Newman
Sherman
Newman
James L. Cooper
Lee Smith
Cooper
Bethel W M S reports meeting and mission program
Bethel W M S The Women's Missionary Society of Bethel met Monday for a stewardship and community mission program. Mrs M F Alexander gave the opening prayer. Mrs A C Broach led the stewardship segment with Mrs Mack Williams and Mrs J H Gosnell taking part in the community mission program.
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Women's Missionary Society of Bethel
M. F. Alexander
A. C. Broach
Mack Williams
J. H. Gosnell
Clifton Sanderson
Parcel Post Extra Charge Delayed by Postmaster General
Washington postmaster general Summerfield postponed the April 1 implementation of a 20 cent extra charge on large parcel post packages. The surcharge, authorized by the ICC in 1951, faced postponement as experts reexamine issues and report back. A related 35 percent increase is still under ICC consideration.
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Washington
Summerfield
Jesse M. Donaldson
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
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Central Christian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Power Company
Dog
Exchange
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