Local residents share holiday travel and visits
Bud Wrenn of Savoy visited relatives here Saturday. Several families from Dallas, Houston, Sherman and Denton spent the holidays with relatives and attended events. Cpl John P Griffith and Lt Lucian Vestal were among returning service members, and marriages and births are noted in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Wrenn
Savoy
Lucian Vestal
San Diego
Calif
J. M. Peschke
Jerry
Eddie
Zoe Vestal
Houston
Joe Vestal
Commerce
R. R. Vestal
Trenton
R. C. Vestal
New furniture sale at Lem Tittsworth's Bonham
Discounted items include spinnett piano. Used bed and living room suites priced from 39.50 to 69.50. Wool rugs 25.00 to 58.50. Chrome dinette suites in red yellow and white 69.50 and 89.50. Bonham store advertises white logo and big savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Discount
Lem Tittsworth’s
Bonham
Gambling on disaster from inflation and the dollar
A speaker warns that inflation can erode purchasing power and threaten the U.S. economy. He cites a friend gambling on rising prices to pay a $15,000 home, noting mortgage holders lose, while the nation risks collapse if monetary problems persist. Dr. Walter E Saphr warns the dollar may drop to 10c, as real values lag behind rising nominal figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Walter E. Saphr
Department of Economics
New York University
Divorce Petition in Grayson County Texas Case 58607
The state of Texas issues a citation to Russell Woods Miller to appear by February 12, 1951 before Judge of the Grayson County District Court in Sherman. Plaintiff Violet Anida Miller filed December 11, 1950 seeking divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Court clerk S V Earnest signs the citation with deputy Nancy Drake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Texas
Russell Woods Miller
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Violet Anida Miller
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
State of
E. H. Pilgrim
Lyman Davis
J. C. Buchanan
O. L. Jones
Call For Halt To Inflation Through Shared Sacrifice
Dr Spahr urges swift action to curb inflation by balancing the budget reducing non military spending backing the dollar restoring confidence in government securities and encouraging savings bonds. He calls for national willing sacrifice of living standards to fund preparedness and protect home ownership and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spahr
U. S
America
Mechanical heart lung ready for first human trial in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia a compact mechanical heart lung stands by in a doctor’s office near the hospital, prepared for a first human trial on a patient whose heart has stopped. The device, tested on dogs, awaits approval to take over heart and lung duties, as announced by Dr. Charles P. Bailey of Hahnemann Hospital at a Cleveland medical meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Hahnemann Hospital
American College of Chest Physicians
Cleveland
Charles P. Bailey
Beggar and passerby exchange witty coffee request
A passerby offers two dollars for coffee to a beggar who quips about "putting all my begs in one ask it." The brief exchange showcases a sharp streetwise joke in a casual moment.
Suit on Note in Grayson County Court
Lyman Davis sues E H Pilgrim in Grayson County Court At Law Sherman Texas for $505.65 plus costs and attorneys fees with relief sought on the debt. The notice sets a February 5 1951 hearing before the County Court At Law.
WCTU Seeks Sobriety Rules for Diplomats
Evanston, Ill. The National Women's Christian Temperance Union urges Congress to ban liquor in the District of Columbia and bar the State Department from using alcohol in diplomacy amid fears that 1951 may bring atomic danger. President Mrs. D Leigh Colvin calls for New Year sobriety and prayers for peace. She says official decisions affecting America's future abroad or at home require sobriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Ill
National Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Congress
District of Columbia
State Department
D. Leigh Colvin
WCTU
America
Eleanor Roosevelt Tops 1950 Brainiest Women Poll
Eleanor Roosevelt was named Smartest Woman in America for 1950 in Book of Knowledge poll. Marian Anderson ranked second. newcomers include Helen Hayes Marguerite Higgins Helen Keller Elizabeth Kenney Florence Sabin and Margaret Chase Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eleanor Roosevelt
America
Book of Knowledge
U. N
Marian Anderson
Helen ‘Hayes
Marguerite Higgins
Helen Keller
Elizabeth Kenney
Florence Rena Sabin
Margaret Chase Smith
Witty exchange over shaving cuts and two remaining
A humorous dialogue features a husband upset by a shave mishap and his wife quipping you have two more. The banter plays on a double meaning about more cuts and the marital give and take.
Housing Hint Dear Mama Chicago Is a Wonderful City
A playful note extols Chicago as a wonderful city filled with parks. It suggests a squirrel could live there a lifetime without paying rent, highlighting the city’s generous urban landscape.
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Chicago
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Dallas
Miss Sallie Cherry
Whitesboro
M. B. Lane
California
Mrs
J. D. Lane
Pilot Grove
Dan Smith
Florence Hestand
Mrs. H. O. Leuschner
Sarasota, Fla
J. C. Annip
Charlie Ayres
Lois Dean Taylor
R. A. Speegle
Fort Worth
W. E. LaRoe
Marguerite Smith
Lon Smith
Homer Sanderson
Houston, Mo
Gregory Sanderson
Charles Jones
St. Vincent's Hospital
Ben Patterson
R. R. Waldo
Jane Meador
NTSC
Denton
C. J. Meador
H. D. Chaney
Comanche, Okla
C. D. Caraway
Leonard Stewart
Brashear
George News and Son
Riley Tabor
Prilla Hinton
Minnie Fay Hinton
Dorothy Wallace
J. O. Wallace
Joe Thomas Meador
University of Texas
Austin
James E. Norris
San Antonio
John Norris
Billye Faye Dillon
Claud Dillon
Houston Garner
Larry of
Garland
Odell Powell
George M. Hight
Cpl
John P. Griffith
Fort Benning, Ga
R. H
Bruce Pember
Slaton
Frank Smith
Ernest Reagan
Duncan
Okla
Virgil Ingram
Wichita Falls
Ross Ingram
Blue Ridge
W. M. Cox
Doyle Smith
Marshall, Ark
A. J. Fiorini
New Orleans
R. M. Faison
Betty Ann Darwin
J. P. Darwin
Norma Smith
Detroit
A. B. Hemphill
Robert
Jack Pritchard
Bells
David Johnson
Camp Carson
Colo
Joe Johnson
T. B. Blanton
The
Sun
Mrs. Blanton
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Waterspar
Tang Ont
Whitewright Lumber Co
Pittsburgh
Sela
Department of Defense
Philippine Sea
Korea
Arctic Assembly
Robert L. Doss
Citizens National Bank Bldg
Denison, Texas
DenIson
Whitewright Agency
Stephens & Bryant
Eleanor
Bae Ey
L. LaRoe & Co
Coe
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