Obituary and local notices from Sherman area
Down Memory Lane lists deaths including Cr. J. Denton and J. A. Barry. marriages noted for Ruth Montgomery and Augusta Hughes. local events such as car train crash injuries, wedding anniversaries, grand jury service, and community birthdays.
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Cr. J. Denton
Whitewright
Sherman
Sam McMillin
Greenville
W. A. Baxter
R. E. Sandlin
Jasper
Ala
Ruth Montgomery
Thurston Montgomery
Ed LaRoe
C. M. Howard
District Court
Orion Judd
Augusta Hughes
Near
Tom Bean
Pilot Grove
Kentuckytown Self Help Club
Carl Holland
Questions and Answers on GI Bill and Survivor Benefits
Q and A cover releasing liability for GI loan and spouse title. Details explain spouse release if borrower is released, and War Orphans Education program benefits with death compensation ceasing at 18. Explains widow options after World War II death and Korean GI Bill entitlement limits and ending date.
Remembering an IRoad Driver Necklace Mystery
A wife recalls a necklace found under a car seat prompting a memory that reveals a forgotten gift and a moment of suspicion about a hidden purchase. The exchange hints at trust and a long buried incident in a relationship.
Illegitimacy Major Problem for Germany
Bonn reports 67,753 illegitimate children born 1945 to 1955 amid Allied occupation. The era saw postwar Germany rise as Western Europe’s dynamic economy while soldiers faced non-fraternization rules. Class I railway payroll for 1955 reached 4.987 billion dollars, up from 4.855 billion in 1954.
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Bonn
Germany
Americans Living High but on the Cuff
New York report notes Americans owe 43 billion dollars and hold over 800 billion in savings. It details 10 745 small loan offices in 1 500 firms, with one in six families as customers and a 12 14 percent growth forecast. Credit uses span debt consolidation medical costs car purchases clothing travel and prepaid funerals amid varied state laws.
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New York
U.’s
Tennessee
Carolinas
Alabma
Mississippi
Delaware
Texas
Two Men in Hotel Lobby Debate Fairness of Women at Work
In a Washington hotel lobby after a conference two men observe two women kiss each other. Vic condemns what he calls unfair while Frank asks what is meant. Vic argues women doing men's work is unfair.
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Washington
Vic
Frank
Sassy Salesgirl Chides Disagreeable Customer
A witty exchange unfolds as a salesgirl asks a rude customer to go easy. She remarks that her old habit of insulting customers still lingers in memory, turning the moment into a sharp social aside.
Evening’s a lonely time poem by Carl Helm
A short lyric of a quiet dusk scene. A speaker waits for footsteps at the gate as families gather and return home. Birds settle to rest in nests while mates lie beside each other, all signaling evening’s calm and solitude.
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Carl Helm
Shareholders Meeting Notice for First National Bank of Whitewright
The annual meeting of the shareholders of the First National Bank of Whitewright Texas will be held in the directors room on January 14 1958 at 10 o clock a m for electing a board of directors for the ensuing year and to transact other business.
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First National Bank of
Whitewright
Texas
R. A. Gillett
Divorce by Cruel Treatment Court Citation Issued 1957
Citation directs Edith Parker to answer plaintiff Charles Edward Parker in Grayson County Texas at the 15th Judicial District Court. Case No. 64878 filed December 10 1957 seeks divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Deadline 10 am January 27 1958. issued December 10 1957. notices published December 12 19 and 26 1957 and January 2 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence E. Hester
County Court
Grayson County
Sadler
Grayson
State of Texas
Laura O. Hester
Whitewright Sun
Ing
A. D
15Th Judicial District Court
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Edith Parker
Charles Edward Parker
S. V. Earnest
Shirley Davis
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Bob Sears
Chevrolet
J. F. Fender
First Presbyterian Church
J. A. Barry
Eliza Cameron
Fay Burney
Marietta
Okla
David Haliburton
O. V. Looney
Eden
Clyde Hansard
George
J. L. Cantrell
Ben Ball
Homer Lee Sears
United Fruit Co
South America
Sidney Watson
Lordsburg
N. M
Pops
Tom Sears
Atma Casualty Monitore
America
Fort Worth Press
Reni
Eisenhower
P. W. Thompson
Barbara Thompson Eisenhower
Good Housekeeping Magazine
Gainesville
Florida
University of Florida
Thompson
Colonel
Hood-In
Western
Europe
Elbert Hubbard
The
Advertising Council
National Safety Council
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