Atlas officer Parrish featured in Life magazine
Pauline May shows Life magazine's Cape Canaveral Atlas flight feature with Capt. Davis Parrish named among the eight top men. Parrish, a former Whitewright student and Rice and MIT graduate, is now a major and serves as Atlas project guidance officer at Cape Canaveral, Fla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline May
Life Magazine
Cape Canaveral
Florida
Davis P. Parrish
May
Parrish
Atlas Project
Canaveral
Whitewright
Texas A. & M. College
Rice Institute
United States Military Academy
West Point
Air Force
Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Marjorie Williams
Penn
Jeff
Auctioneer Confuses Bust as Burns During Quirky Bid
A humorous exchange unfolds as an auctioneer presents a bust asking what it is offered for. A bystander corrects that the sculpture depicts Shakespeare not Burns. The crowd jokes about biblical knowledge and the auctioneer admits the mix up.
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Robert Burns
Burns
Shakespeare
Rotarians Name Most Courteous Local Employes
Rotary Club members selected the most courteous local male and female employees by ballot at Friday's meeting. Benny Simpson of White Wright Lumber Company won the men's award while Mrs Ethel White of Community Public Service Company won the women's award. Both will attend the club's next meeting as guests.
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Rotary Club
Benny Simpson
Whitewright Lumber Company
Ethel White
Community Public Service Company
Lloyd Alexander
Houston Darwin
Darwin
Karen
Bob
Deaths Graveside Rites for Mrs Kathry Ownby in Tulsa
Graveside services for Mrs Kathry Ownby 83 of Tulsa Oklahoma were held Tuesday at 4 p m at Oak Hill Cemetery conducted by Rev Fred Waldrop Baptist minister The widow of Ernest Ownby she died Sunday noon at her son Ted Ownbys home in El Reno Okla She was a Gray county native descendant of a pioneer family member of the Baptist Church Surviving are two sons Ted Ownby of El Reno and Hugh Ownby of Tulsa a daughter Miss Bula Ownby of Tulsa four grandchildren and three great grandchildren
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Kathry Batsell Ownby
Tulsa
Okla
Oak Hill
Fred Waldrop
Ownby
Ernest Ownby
Ted Ownby
el Reno
Oklo
Grayson County
County
The
Baptist Church
Hugh Ownby
Bula Ownby
Advance Census Report Forms Sent for 1960 Count
The 1960 census will mail advance report forms to every household though not to be filled. Tests in Memphis found flaws in a do it yourself approach. Forms aim to speed and improve accuracy as census takers visit homes. A housing census will use special mailed reports in a four household cycle.
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Washington
Memphis
Tenn
Census Bureau
North Carolina
Catawba
Rutherford
United Fund Total Reaches 423 Million Benchmark in 1958
National charity drive reports a record 423 million dollars raised through united giving. Carrol M. Shanks states the funds will back 27 500 health welfare and recreation services serving over 72 million people. A door sign warns contributors to ring the bell with a dime.
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New York
United Giving
Carrol M. Shanks
United Community Campaigns of America
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Social Security Benefits and Taxes Rise in January
The changes, approved by Congress, boost benefits by about 7 percent totaling $700 million in 1959 for 12.3 million recipients and raise taxes for 74 million workers and employers. Taxes climb from 2 percent to 2.4 percent for workers and employers, with self‑employment tax up to 3 percent, and future increases planned for 1960.
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Washington
Congress
Weekly School Lunch Menu Highlights Weekday Dishes
The menu lists Monday Carl's Sausage with Gravy and sides, Tuesday Hot Dogs with Chili and Yellow Cake, Wednesday Steak Chopettes with gravies and vegetables, Thursday Frito Pie with beans and slaw, Friday Salmon Loaf with Pineapple-Clex lettuce and Jello.
Under Control A girdle is a device to keep an un fortunate situation from spreading
A brief note describes a girdle as a preventative device intended to restrain an unlucky situation from growing, using plain language to explain its purpose and function.
Tom Booher Golden Wedding Observed in Ely
A family dinner at Mr. and Mrs. Tom Booher in Ely celebrated their golden wedding anniversary dating to January 6 1909 in Blue Ridge. Nine of their ten children attended including Leon Rush Booher Dorothy Kelly M L Cotton Billy Booher and Pete Booher from Dallas Anaheim and Sherman. Jim Booher unable to attend as he is stationed in Germany.
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Tom Booher
Ely
Blue Ridge
Leon Booher
Sherman
L. K. Rush
Ross Booher
Kenneth Booher
Dorothy Kelly
Ector
M. L. Cotton
Billy Booher
Dallas
Bill Schmidt
W. A
Pete) Booher
Anaheim
Calif
Jim Booher
Germany
More Businesses In Grayson Says Dun & Bradstreet
Dun and Bradstreet counts show Grayson County hosts 1399 listed firms on January 1 1959 up from 1296 in 1958 a rise of 7.9 percent. The Reference Book covers manufacturers wholesalers and retailers excluding many service and professional businesses.
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Grayson County
George A. Giese
Dallas
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Dun & Bradstreet
Giese
Credit Reporting
U.S
Dun & Bradstreet Credit Report
Husband jokes about wife’s fuel of him in court
In a courtroom exchange the judge questions the husband about his wife pouring kerosene on him. The husband replies humorously that she intended to make a fuel of him, revealing a tense yet playful moment in the proceeding.
Whitewright 1958 Rainfall Record Declines From 1957
Ernest Smith of the City Water Department reports Whitewright total rainfall for 1958 at 30.96 inches, 7.57 below normal and 27.48 inches under the 1957 record of 58.44. The three year record shows 1958 1957 and 1956 with 1957 a strong growing season contributing to a top crop year nearby.
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Ernest Smith
City Water Department
Whitewright
New IRS Form 1040A Simplified to 15 Items
The IRS announces a new Form 1040A about the size of a bank check with 15 fill in items. Eligible filers with total income under 10000 can use the form by completing blank lines and enclosing W-2s and sending by April 15.
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Internal Revenue Service
IRS Dist
Ellis Campbell Jr
PTA Meet Jan 13 To Feature Civil Defense Program
White Wright PTA will hold its monthly meeting at the High School on Tuesday Jan 13 at 7 30 p m. Capt Slaughterback of Perrin Air Force Base will speak on civil defense. The public is invited to attend.
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PTA
Whitewright Parent-Teacher Association
Capt. Slaughterback
Perrin Air Force Base
Difficult solitaire games show slim odds of win
New York experts say Clock, Accordion, and Auld Lang Syne offer only one win in 100 games. Pyramid and Hit or Miss give roughly one win in 50. All games use a single deck.
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New York
Temperature Dips to Eight Degrees in Whitewright
A severe cold wave arrived on Saturday driving temperatures down to eight degrees at 7:30 Sunday. By Monday morning it rose to ten. Many homes froze pipes and some cars stalled. the high school closed after a burst pipe. Roscoe Gillett, Joe Bodine, and Al Short faced water damage and bills.
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Sun
Neck of the Woods
Roscoe Gillett
Joe Bodine
al Short
Russian Rocket Mechta Enters Sun Orbit Journey Toward Peak Speed
Soviet authorities reported the Mechta rocket has entered an orbit toward the sun. Tass described an egg shaped path with a near sun approach of about 911% million miles and a top speed exceeding 32 kilometers per second.
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Moscow
Tass
Mechta
Science
Hong Kong Press Rules Hula Hoop Sex Toy
Communist newspapers in Hong Kong denounce the hula hoop as an indecent toy born of the hula and the belly dance. They criticize its spread from the United States and say it promotes an indecent motion of the body.
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Hong Kong
United States
Uncle Dan Letter Satirizes Teeth Mail Order and English Politics
A reader from Tom Bean jokes about a Congress member ordering store teeth by mail and a British lecturer advocating land-use limits. He ridicules English ideas, warns of political upheaval, and laments rheumatism and farm life, ending with a homespun quip about English visitors.
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Virgil Moore
Virgil Murphy
Murphy
Denison
Whitewright Area
Grayson
Fannin
Lone Star Gas Company
Sherman City Commission
Railroad Commission
Mrs
Kathryn Ownby
United Fund
Tom Boohers
Mark Golden Wedding
Whitewright, Texas
Grayson Or
Fannin Counties
IRS
Dan
Tom Bean
Dear Mister
Ed Doolittle
Georgia
Jackass
England
America
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