Kitchen Shower for Homemaking Lab March 11
Open house and a kitchen shower for the Homemaking Department of the high school will be held at 8 30 p m on March 11 following the PTA meeting at 7 30 p m Refreshments will be served The goal is to obtain new kitchen utensils and gadgets for the four unit kitchen Donors may send items to the school or bring them to the event Many possible gifts are listed including mixmaster pressure pan and ceramic service for 16 to fill the new lab with needed equipment
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Earl Blanton
Parent- Teacher Association
Tax Ceiling Plan Would Hit Poor Says Congressional Staff
Washington. Staffs from the Senate House economic committee and the House small business committee argue that a proposed 25 percent peacetime federal income tax ceiling would shift the tax burden from the rich to the poor. The report notes 16 states have active resolutions, 28 asked Congress to call a constitutional convention, and 32 are needed to trigger one.
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Washington
Senate
House Economic Committee
House
Small Business Committee
Congress
Congressional
Income Tax Returns Extended Two Days
Washington announces taxpayers have until midnight March 17 to file. The March 15 deadline is extended when it falls on a Saturday, delaying due date to the following Monday.
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Washington
Farmer finds third body in Texoma drowning incident
The body of eight year old Harry Kirklin, son of Mr and Mrs D S Kirklin Abi lene, was recovered from Lake Texoma three miles west of the Harrod site after 76 days. Only 17 year old Robert Reed remains missing, with Shirley Thomas already recovered and Jerry Harrod found earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Kirklin
D. S. Kirklin
Abilene
Lake Texoma
Dee
Kirklin
George Snell
Oklahoma
Sand Creek
Jerry Harrod
Robert Reed
C. H. Reed
Odessa
Shirley Thomas
C. E.thomas
Public School Week Highlights Democratic Education
March 2 to 8 marks Public School Week urging open house events to showcase Texas public education. The article links schooling to democracy and civic responsibility, noting open house invites and that schools are funded by tax dollars.
Whitewright Tigers Ready for Quitman in Regional Play
Whitewright meets Quitman at 10 a m Friday in a Class A regional basketball playoff in Denton after Whitewright clinched the district title with a 32 29 win over Leonard. The winner faces Lewisville Plano at 8 30 a m Saturday, with the Class A finals at 7 p m Saturday.
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Whitewright Tigers
Quitman
Denton
Tigers
Leonard
Lewisville
Donkey to become pet of Taft family
Senator Robert A. Taft announces a small donkey given at the Saints and Sinners Club dinner will be kept as a family pet for his grandchildren. The animal traveled by freight car from New Jersey after being shown in New York City last month.
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Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Saints and Sinners Club
Baltimore and Ohio
Ohio
New Jersey
New York City
Russell Cash to Speak at School Auditorium Feb 29
Russell Cash, Texas champion corn grower from Atlanta, will address a public meeting at the school auditorium Friday night February 29 at 7 30. Sponsored by C B Bryant III of First National Bank, the event follows last month’s talk by Murray Cox of Dallas.
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Russell Cash
Atlanta
American Legion
C. B. Bryant III
First National Bank
Murray Cox
Dallas
Cash
Bryant
U S to Step Up Air Power in Europe
Secretary of Defense Lovett said new air power for Europe will rise this year with no plan for additional ground troops beyond six divisions. He noted reinforcements will rely on base readiness and include Air Force units and American aircraft.
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Washington
Robert A. Lovett
United States
Lovett
Pentagon
Europe
Senate
Truman
Congress
United States Air Force
Texans Spend 45.93 Per Person on Alcohol in 1950
Washington reports the Methodist Board of Temperance clipsheet shows Texans spent 45.93 dollars per person on alcoholic beverages in 1950 ranking 34th among states. Texans drank 16.69 gallons per capita with beer making up 15.3 gallons, spirits 0.88 and wine 0.51.
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Washington
Methodist Board of Temperance
Texas
District of Columbia
Nevada
Connecticut
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Wisconsin
Illinois
Maryland
California
Herald Announces Result of Poll
The Denison Herald reports its election straw poll results with 277 votes cast. Eisenhower leads president totals with 142 votes, Taft 42, Truman 41. Price Daniel leads Connally in the Senate race by 190 to 65, Rayburn garners 168 votes with 86 against. Greenville Herald had a larger vote share.
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Denison Herald
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Truman
Price Daniel
Tom Connally
Sam Rayburn
Army to Cut Guard and Reserve Active Duty Calls
The Army plans to call no more guardsmen or reservists to active duty except for a few small units and individual officers. An Army spokesman warned that international events could upend these plans. Since Korea began, 350000 guardsmen and reservists have been activated, with most to be released by year end.
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Washington
Army
Drive Under Way To Buy Piano For Public Schools
Civic groups raise funds to purchase a new piano for public schools. The Whitewright Music Club will host a chili supper and games night on March 6 at 7:30 PM in the school cafeteria. Tickets sell 50 cents in advance or at the door, to replace two nonfunctional pianos.
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Whitewright Music Club
Deep Test Staked Southeast of Whitewright
Pan American Oil Company and Star Oil Company stake a test well southeast of Whitewright. The No. 1 J. Humphries will be drilled in the Eli Jones survey A-632, three miles southeast of town, to a projected depth of 8000 feet, deeper than an adjacent well four miles east still in progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan American Oil Company
Star Oil Company
Whitewright
J. Humphries
Deaths D Funeral services for Mrs Dialtha Dean Benson
Funeral services were held at 2 30 p m Wednesday at the home of her son Earl Benson 204 West Spruce Street for Mrs Dialtha Dean Benson wife of the late W R Benson She died Monday at 10 30 a m at the Howe home of her son in law and daughter She was born July 23 1863 in Woodstock Georgia and had lived in Grayson County Texas for many years She was a Pilot Grove Baptist Church member Survivors include three sons five daughters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren Interment was in Oak Hill Cemetery Pallbearers were listed as Herbet Taylor M W Williams J P Ownby John Biggerstaff Albert Reeves and Ronald Pierce
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Dialtha Dean Benson
W. R. Benson
Earl Benson
West Spruce Street
James L. Cooper
First Baptist Church
Elwood Corzine
Howe
Oak Hill Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
Herbert Taylor
M. W. Williams
J. P. Ownby
John Biggerstaff
Albert Reeves
Ronald Pierce
Texas
Grayson County
Whitewright
Pilot Grove
Death of Able Kent Noted Near Whitewright Texas
Able Thomas Kent, 61, was found dead near his home northeast of Whitewright from natural causes. Funeral services were held at First Methodist Church Trenton with burial in Burns Cemetery. Survivors include his father six brothers and two sisters. Kent was born in Alabama July 17 1890 and came to Texas in 1903 and Whitewright in 1936. He was unmarried.
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Able Thomas Kent
Whitewright
First Methodist Church
Trenton
Thomas Reece
R. L. Cates
Eugene Shelton
Burns Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
Mr. Kent
Alabama
Ed Kent
Texas
Ed Kent Jr
J. D. Kent
Homer Kent
Olney
Auzie Kent
Wichita
Kansas
John Kent
Leonard
P. P. Kent
California
H. Griffin
Denison
Lorene Johnson
Houston
Convention for Feb 29 Birthdays Attracts Members
In Pittsburg Kansas the seventh grand conclave of the Order of 29ers will be held Friday. Only Feb 29 birthdays qualify for membership. The order, started in 1928 by the Pittsburg Headlight and Pittsburg Sun, reports 123 members with seven new additions this week. Louis Stroup notes the order has no officers or dues and the grand enclave is an imaginary gathering for members to commune in spirit over four-year birthdays.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Order of 29Ers
Pittsburg Sun
England
Louis Stroup
Order of 29
Rainfall Shortfall in White Wright for Winter Period
Weather notes show White Wright received .24 inch of rain over five days, boosting February to 1.60 inches and 1952 total to 2.21 inches. Normal totals for January and February are 4.68 inches combined, leaving a 2.47 inch deficit if rained before Friday midnight. For November through February, normal is 9.39 inches but only 4.21 inches have fallen, a 5.18 inch winter shortfall.
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Texas
Whitewright
PTA Girls Meet Bells in March Basketball Clash
The Whitewright PTA Blue Jeans Girls team hosts Bells PTA Bloomer Girls at Whitewright gym at 7 30 p m Tuesday March 4. Proceeds fund playground equipment for grade school children. Admission 15 and 25 cents. all are urged to attend.
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Whitewright Parent-Teacher Association
Blue Jeans
Bells Pta
Summers Seeks Reelection as Whitewright Mayor
Russell R. Summers, mayor of Whitewright, announces his candidacy for a second term. In two years he oversaw a new 75000 gallon water tower, sewer and water line extensions, street work, and maintained public safety. The city election is set for the first Tuesday in April, the fourth day of the month.
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Russell R. Summers
Whitewright
The
Sun
Mayor Summers
F. M. Echols
Mr. Summer
Summers
Loan Rate Fixed For Cotton Crop
The Agriculture Department announced a loan rate not less than 30.9 cents per pound for the 1952 crop middling cotton. The 1951 rate was 30.46 cents. The rise reflects higher parity prices. cotton is supported at 90 percent of parity through a government loan.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Rayburn the ban on Detroit hearings blocks TV radio coverage
A Michigan Republican denounces Speaker Rayburn for barring TV and radio coverage of a Detroit session of the un American activities committee. He says the move amounts to censorship and cites withholding of facts about communist influence in Michigan. Rayburn banned all future TV or radio reporting of House committee meetings until rules change. Protests followed the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Michigan
Sam Rayburn
Detroit
Mich
un-American Activities Committee
Paul Shafer
Reds
Rayburn
Man Requests Higher Light Bill After Wife’s Absence
A man rushes into a Paris light company office and asks to raise his unusually low bill. He explains to the clerk that his wife is away and he stayed home every night reading, prompting confusion and amusement.
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Paris
Light Company
World Day of Prayer Program at First Presbyterian Church
A World Day of Prayer program is planned at 7 30 p m Friday at the First Presbyterian Church with five church groups participating. Music directed by Mrs Madge Braly includes choir involvement and a collection will aid the National Council of Church Women foreign missions.
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First Presbyterian Church
Baptist
Central Christian
Methodist
Presbyterian
Church of Christ
Madge Braly
Division of Foreign Missions
The
National Council of Church Women
Janis Horton
Floyd Everheart
James Bryant
Roby Childress
Homer Sears
Frank Smith
Gene Hughes
Florena Williams
Mardell Pumphrey
George Hight
R. E. Hickman
James Cooper
O. L. Jones
Clarence McMillin
C. P. Johnson
Central Christian Group
New Texas Highway Map Free to the Public
Texas officials announced a revised 1952 Official Highway Travel Map, 28 by 36 inches, available free to all. The map highlights topographical relief, 854 roadside parks, farm and ranch to market roads, and a back section on Texas history with 26 color pictures. It includes a Mexico map for geographic context and can be obtained via tax assessor offices or the Texas Highway Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Greer
Texas
U.S
Mexico
U. S
Tax Assessor-Collector
Texas Highway Department
Austin 14
Highway District Office
Highway Travel Information Bureau
Old Time Singing at Enterprise Baptist Church
The Sun announces an old time singing at Enterprise Baptist Church Sunday afternoon starting at 2 o clock. Everyone is invited to attend and take part.
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Enterprise Baptist Church
Power Law Company Files Bankruptcy Plea
The Jaques Power Law Company filed a bankruptcy petition in federal court on Monday. Liabilities reach $1,500,884 with $1,242,436 owed to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Judge Joe W. Sheehy gave ten days to file a schedule of assets. An inventory dated Jan 31 1951 valued properties at $1,050,087.
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Farmer
Texoma
Texas Public Schools
Democracy In Action
Dodd City
Peggy Parnell
Betty Jarvis
Jeanette Jones
Mary Lou Alexander
Mozelle Harvey
Nancy May
Shirley Pool
Dixie Watkins
Juanita Devault
Louise Goodfight
Miss Goodnight
Miss Manning
Harvey Walker
Yvonne Hollis
Imogene Morgan
Miss Hill
Miss Peeples
Tommy Lou Upchurch
Larry Hayes
Jimmy Christian
Dearle McKnight
Norman Harper
Jackie Parnell
Aubrey Burnham
Ralph Hughes
Kenneth Adams
Suttor
Winkler
Donkey
Taft Family
John Law
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tom Thumb
Charles Sherwood Stratton
Bridgeport
Conn
A. F
Herald
Deep Test
Abe Thomas Kent
PTA
Power Law Company
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