First National Bank Stockholders Hold Annual Meeting
The annual meeting began at 10 a m Tuesday with nine stockholders present voting 860 of 1000 shares. Stockholders span California New York Pennsylvania and Colorado. Directors C B Bryant Jr C B Bryant III Kay Kimbell R T Pennington J B King and Glen Earnheart were re elected. Officers and staff were re elected including C B Bryant Jr president C B Bryant III vice president R A Gillett cashier Pernie Badgett assistant cashier Wanda Nell Lewis and Roy Blanton bookkeepers. A 20 percent dividend and a 10 percent employee bonus had been declared at a December board meeting.
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The
First National Bank
California
New York
Pennsylvania
Colorado
C. B. Bryant Jr
C. B. Bryant III
Kay Kimbell
R. T. Pennington
J. B. King
Glen Earnheart
C. B. Bryant Jli
R. A. Gillett
Pernie Badgett
Wanda Nell Lewis
Roy Blanton
Two More Tough Years for Truman Warns
President Truman warned Congress and the nation that two more years of high taxes and sacrifice are needed to reach security and escape the shadow of a possible third world war. He urged moral integrity and vowed to root out corruption while fighting partisan smears as Churchill sat in for the State of the Union.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Congress
State of the Union
U. S
Churchill
Senate
Bridges
New Hampshire
House
VA Announces $200 Million GI Insurance Dividend Split
The Veterans Administration disclosed a $200 million regular dividend for National Service Life Insurance held by about 5 million veterans and servicemen. First payments begin in March with eligibility based on premiums paid for at least three months between 1951 and 1952 anniversaries.
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Washington
National Life Insurance
Veterans Administration
Heifer Becomes Loyal Follow Bot After Ice Rescue
In Kalamazoo Michigan Russell Hazel recalls his Holstein heifer fell through ice on the farm. Rescued with shock, the cow was treated with whisky and recovered quickly. Since then the animal shadows Hazel, licking his hands as he moves.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Russell Hazel
Hazel Farm
Hazel
Whitewright Tigers Host Honey Grove in Conference Night
The Whitewright Tigers meet the Honey Grove Warriors at home in the high school gym Friday. Both the girls and boys teams will play with the girls starting at 7 p.m. and the boys following.
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Whitewright Tigers
Honey Grove Warriors
Methodist Pastors Exchange Pulpits
Rev Lindley E Vowell and family move today to Wichita Falls to serve Wes ley Church. He is succeeded here by Rev Sam P Farler who leaves the Wichita Falls church. Vowell has pastored the local church since last June.
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Lindley E. Vowell
Wichita Falls
Wesley Church
First Methodist Church
Sam P. Farler
Vowell
Car Check Period Extension Sought
Texas officials seek to extend the compulsory auto inspection period to as late as September 7 to relieve a car jam at garages. Atty Gen Price Daniel must rule if Homer Garrison Jr. can set a new inspection window. If approved motorists could skip inspections before the April 1 license deadline.
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Austin
Texas
Atty
Price Daniel
Homer Garrison Jr
Garrison
Sun Honors Subscribers Since Last Thursday
The Sun lists subscription payments from Freddie Garner to J. H. Gosnell, including many individuals and several entries for Mrs. and Mr. titles, noting contributions from Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. and local residents.
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the Sun
Freddie Garner
T. J. McCafferty
J. C. McMillin
J. Doyle Withrow
M.N. Fain Jr
E. G. Gilley
L. C. Cambron
Bernie S. Williams
E. B. Pitchett
Billy B. Pritchett
Ed Harris
E. M. Pritchett
Grady Gillett
Thomas Gillett
Robert H. King
D. L. Buchanan
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Robert B. Birt
O. J. Mears
W. M. Holland
M. B. Bryant
C. C. Mullican
J. L. Huckaby
George Bennett
M. L. Bennett Wallace Wilson
R. H. Groves
Elvin Petty
Roy Harvey Jr
I. M. Fulton
Joe Stephens
Roy Talley
F. C. Williams
C. C. Cates
E. Edens
R. A. Gillett
H. E. Sanderson
Joe Rich
N. L. Bennett
C. J. Davenport
W. M. Mullins
Robert H. Gaddy
W. L. Smith
Ralph Wallace
L. B. Head
B. H. Bowman
Roy Taylor
L. F. Jacks
Eva Reid
J. H. Gosnell
Grayson County Auto Trade Posts Strong 1951 Gain
Grayson County reports 1951 auto sales reached $14,086,485, up $573,267 or over 4 percent from 1950. Tax receipts total $154,951 with the county keeping $4,671 as collection fees and the rest going to the state omnibus fund.
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Grayson County
Grayson Auto
State Omnibus Tax Fund
PTA Meeting At High School Highlights School Home Ties
The regular PTA monthly meeting at the high school was called to order by president Mrs J C McMillin. Robert Doss reported library committee activities while Thomas Sears led the program. Wanda Sue Alexander sang with Mrs Sarah Kilgree at the piano and Gladys Ray spoke on cooperation between school and home. A symposium on PTA roles featured many officers and members. Coffee and cookies were served in the new cafeteria to seventy five members.
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Parent-Teacher Association
J. C. McMillin
Robert Doss
Library Committee
Thomas Sears
Board of Education
Wanda Sue Alexander
Sarah Kilgree
Gladys Ray
Miss Ray
PTA
Carlee Cummings
Lee H. Smith
Homer Sears
Kathryn Roddy
Jack Lackey
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Ina Hoyt Wallace
Clarence McMillin
Floyd Bassett
Lucille Sanders
Lillian Neathery
Coffe
Deaths open with two services for Faison infant in Sherman
Graveside funeral services were held at Oak Hill Cemetery for John LaRoe Faison infant son of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Faison. The baby was born at St. Vincent's Hospital Sherman last Thursday night and died Saturday evening.
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Oak Hill Cemetery
John LaRoe Faison
R. M. Faison
Don Riesinger
Central Christian Church
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Sherman
Edith Fuller 70 Fayetteville Ark dies
News arrives of the death on January 2 of Edith Fuller 70 of Fayetteville Arkansas a former Whitewright resident and sister of Mrs Kay Kimbell Fort Worth. Fuller family moved from Whitewright to San Angelo in 1905 then Fayetteville in 1910.
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Edith Fuller
Fayetteville, Ark
Willie Fields Whitworth obituary from Dallas
Willie Fields Whitworth died at 12 30 p m Tuesday after four weeks of rheumatic fever. Funeral services were held at Randolph Baptist Church with Rev R E Porter and Rev Bill Barry, burial in Randolph Cemetery. He was born August 21 1922 in Ely son of Maggie and the late J H Whitworth. He married Edna Annip on December 24 1951 in Bonham. Survivors include his wife Edna Whitworth 1503 Garrett Dallas his mother Maggie Whitworth Ector Route 1 two sisters Daisy Bell Whitworth Ector Route 1 and Mrs M E Wilkinson Whitewright Route 3.
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M. E. Winburn
Presbyterian Church
Cumby
L. E Vowell
Lee H. Smith
Whitewright
P. G. Hightower
Glen Earnheart
Clarence Tillett
Riley Tabor
J. C. Hasting
Owen Hull
Alton McDowell
Earl Blanton
Odd Fellows Lodge
Winburn
Sherman Hospital
Carterville
W. D. Winburn
Texas
Kate Barnes
Selfs
J. A. Watson
Leonard
Lone Star Gas Company
E. A. Winburn
Sulphur Springs
M. E. Winburn Jr
Dallas
Ruth Clark
Oklahoma City
Willie Fields Whitworth
Randolph Baptist Church
R. E. Porter
Clark Memorial Methodist Church
Bonham
Bill Barry
Randolph Cemetery
C. C. McCord
Billy Joe Justice
Jack Justice
Woodrow Wilson
Daisy Bell Whitworth
Ector
M. E. Wilkinson
Modern airman girds in King Arthur style armor
National Geographic notes that modern aviator body armor echoes King Arthur eras. The armor uses a thin aluminum sheet backed by multiple nylon plies. Individually the materials fail to stop fragments or bullets, but together they form highly resistant protection.
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King Arthur
National Geographic Society
Taxes Small Item 100 Years Ago
J P Darwin showed Sun editor a tax receipt dated about a century ago signed by Wm R Fitch for H Glack appraiser and collector. The handwritten document lists 75 cents in state and county taxes on 640 acres owned by Andrew Thomas, Mr Darwin's grandfather, southwest of Whitewright. Darwin notes current taxes on the same land would be about 300 dollars.
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J. P. Darwin
Sun
Wm. R. Fitch
H. Glack
Mr. Darwin
Andrew Thomas
Whitewright
Mr. Thomas
Lunch Room Menus at Whitewright Public Schools
Weekday menus list Italian spaghetti and slaw on Monday with hot bread and honey. Tuesday features chili beans pickles onions greens cornbread and apple pie. Wednesday serves hot dogs beans baked corn celery relish peanut butter cookies. Thursday offers bologna cups and spaghetti beet pickles English peas prunes. Friday includes salmon croquettes green beans carrot sticks potatoes and peach half.
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Whitewright Public
Senator Eastland calls Senate probe of 16 million bale cotton plan
Mississippi Senator James Eastland urged a Senate agriculture committee inquiry into the 16,000,000 bale national cotton goal for 1952. He warned the large crop could ruin southern agriculture and questioned world demand and price effects, production costs, and future export prospects. He said he opposes the goal until more advice is received.
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Washington
James O. Eastland
Mississippi
Senate
Eastland
Household Goods Output Cut Is Due
Washington reports an April first quarter plan to drop household goods production to 45 percent of pre Korean levels, 10 percent below current quotas. Construction will fall from 850000 to 660000 yearly, auto output down at least seven percent, with copper, aluminum and steel limits set for 800000 cars and 900000 trucks in the quarter.
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Washington
Manly Fleischmann
Defense
DPA
Dunlap backs reform plan for tax bureau revamp
Internal Revenue Commissioner Dunlap said Truman's reorganization plan to replace 64 political district collectors with 25 deputy commissioners under civil service should improve efficiency and dependability, though it will not eliminate dishonesty entirely. He cautioned that civil service status alone does not guarantee honesty.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Dunlap
Truman
Tax Bureau
Congress
Beggars in China Directed by Guild
A beggar guild in China coordinates street solicitation and assigns roles to the impoverished, shaping the public view of begging as a managed practice under organized guidance.
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China
Beggar’s Guild
State and National Legion Officials Meet in Whitewright
Representatives from the Department of Texas and the national American Legion office met in Whitewright on Tuesday morning with Earl Blanton Everheart Thornhill Post Commander and local Legionnaires at Craig's Cafe. A. R. Tynar of Dallas and Bill Booth of Austin discussed post problems and activities and planned to bring proposals to the next Legion meeting.
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Department of Texas
National Office of the American Legion
Whitewright
Earl Blanton
Everheart-Thornhill
A. R. Tynar
Dallas
Texas
Oklahoma
Bill Booth
Austin
Department Service
Craig
Blanton
Legion
January 15 Deadline for Taxpayers on 1951 Estimates
Washington reports January 15 is the final date to file or amend 1951 federal income tax estimates and pay final installments. Farmers with full payment by Jan 31 may skip estimates. carrybacks allow refunds for losses. Wage earners face estimates only if withholding gaps or high nonwage income occur.
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Washington
Kansas
Missouri
Warning to Farmers on Income Tax Collectors
The American Farm Bureau Federation warns farmers that income tax collectors may appear unexpectedly to check farm income tax returns. Be cautious to verify the visit is by a genuine IRS official and avoid signing statements without consulting an attorney or tax accountant.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Hill and Dale
Federation
Sam
Internal Revenue Bureau
One Way to Sell Them Public Poll Taxes
In Dallas 1952 two deputy clerks W A Fosdick and Mrs Lillian Mooneyham pressed poll tax sales at a cafe near the courthouse. A woman resisted politics but agreed to pay at noon, saying she would have the money. The exchange underscored poll tax pressure.
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Dallas
White House
W. A. Fosdick
Lillian Mooneyham
Whitewright PTA finalizes city book drive plan
The Parent-Teacher Association Library Committee meets at the Doss home to organize a January book drive to boost Whitewright High School library. Books may be donated by calling 934 or 285, with bookplates for donors. Collection by the American Legion is set for January 19, and a subscription effort will follow to supply needed titles.
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Whitewright High School
Parent-Teacher Association Library Committee
Glenn Doss
Whitewright
American Legion
James Bryant
Robert Doss
Friday Literary Club Library Committee
PTA
Kathryn Roddy
Lillian Neathery
Jack Lackey
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Joe Meador
Jack Meador
John Ray
Bryant
Taft claims enough pledges for Republican nomination
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio said backers have pledged enough to secure the Republican nomination if they deliver the expected convention votes. Campaign aide John D. M. Hamilton countered by accusing General Dwight D. Eisenhower of weakening his supporters. Eisenhower said he would follow a clear call to political duty but not actively seek the nomination.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
John D. M. Hamilton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Voter Potential in Texas Reaches 4.74 Million
Census Bureau tabulation shows 4,738,002 Texans 21 years and older as of last April 1. The 1940 to 1950 decade saw a 22.7 percent rise in adults, with men up 21.4 percent and women up 24 percent, while national totals reached 97,416,365 adults 21 plus in 1950.
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Washington
Texas
Census Bureau
Aluminum to Replace Copper in General Electric Light Bulbs
General Electric will use an aluminum alloy in lamp bases to save on copper with no loss in life, efficiency, or cost to consumers. Aluminum conducts about two percent as well as brass, but an alloy will address manufacturing issues. A separate note mentions using cranberry sauce with crushed poll as a topping for vanilla ice cream.
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General Electric
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John Laroe
Faison
Willie F. Whitworth
State
National Legion
PTA Group
Taft
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