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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1957
Page
3
Local notes list numerous visitors and visits during the holidays. Families and friends from Sherman Rockwall Dallas Fort Worth and surrounding towns spent Christmas and the weekend with relatives in Whitewright Tom Bean Bells and other communities.
Mr. and Mrs. Powell of Plainview visited friends in Irving and Dallas. The Shields and Cox families spent holidays across Irving and Austin with relatives. Crawford Spearman of Edmond traces lineage to former publisher W. Z. Spearman of The Sun. A granddaughter of Noel Cox required stitches after a fall in Irving. Various families from Sherman Altus Fort Carson San Angelo and other Texas locales joined in holiday gatherings and dinners at the Ross home in Ector.
Holiday visits include A G Smith family from Dallas with son Jack and Carolyn Simpson. A newborn born at Sherman Community Hospital to A V Peninger and spouse. Local grandparents listed from Whitewright and Forest Hill. New Year visitors gathered from Kermit Sherman Dallas and Denison. PTA to meet next Tuesday at 7 30 with speaker Mrs Purtell on Foster Homes. TV guest Ivy Ivey reveals poison ivy incident. Several families return home after holiday visits.
A list of holiday visitors includes Mr. and Mrs. A. McDowell hosting Jimmie Anderson and guests from Dallas Burkburnett McKinney and Trenton and Blue Ridge. Other visitors traveled from Sherman Fort Worth Lufkin Waco Bells Dallas Greenville Celeste and Bells to see Noble Bennett and family and related households.
Mr and Mrs Bobbie Janway and son Wayne join Mr and Mrs O A Bennett and son Wilbert Lee for a family gathering likely at a coastal town, highlighting ties between two households and their descendants.
The Post Office Department announced an average 18 percent price increase for stamped envelopes effective January 1. The change applies to the envelope price alone, while printed postage remains fixed by law. Single envelopes cost the printed postage plus one cent, and the 25-envelope discount will require a minimum purchase of 50 envelopes.
The Tom Green County Legal Country Council opposes the local option election on January 8 and circulates $2 bills to be used by wholesale beer dealers liquor firms and beer retailers to pay bills and salaries. The move aims to show the economic role of the beer and liquor industry in Tom Green.
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