Chas. B. White Dies At Home In Austin
Captain Charles B. White died suddenly at his Austin home during dinner from heart failure. A former state purchasing agent, he served as chief clerk in the Comptroller's department and ran twice for Comptroller without success. Born in Tennessee, he earlier presided as County Tax Assessor in Fannin County and led the Texas Tax Assessors' Association. He was 64 years old and survived by his wife a daughter and three sons Robert White Bonham Joe White Fisher County and Charles B. White Jr. Austin.
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Austin
Texas
Charles B. White
White
Campbell
Comptroller’s Department
W. P. Lane
Fannin County
Texas Tax Assessors’ Association
Tennessee
State Penitentiary
Bob Taylor
Robert White
Bonham
Joe White
Fisher County
Charles B. White Jr
Engagement Announced for Oline Duncan Sanford
Mr and Mrs W B Duncan announce the engagement of their daughter Oline to Newton C Sanford of Sherman Texas The wedding is set for January 22 1917 at the home of Mr and Mrs Duncan Miss Duncan is the family’s only daughter with many friends in Austin Sanford comes from a prominent North Texas family and belongs to Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
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Austin Statesman
W. B. Duncan
Oline
Newton C. Sanford
Sherman
Texas
Sanford
North
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Sherman Denison road scarified and resurfaced in three miles
Commissioner Mathes directs a five to six inch layer of local gravel on the 60 foot road after scarifying. The road from city limits to precinct end will be resurfaced in about ten days, with gravel sourced locally, costing less than imported material and bonding well for a lasting highway.
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Sherman
Denison Road
Mathes
Terracing Demonstration on G W Kimbrough Farm
A government agent will direct a terracing demonstration Saturday January 1 at the G W Kimbrough farm one mile southeast of Bells. The Sherman Chamber of Commerce sponsors this event to help farmers and land owners learn soil care and hillside management.
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G. W. Kimbrough
Bells
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Bob Taylors Dream Of Heaven
A poet longs not for marble gates but for reunion with loved ones in heaven. He imagines opal towers and rivers of song yet focuses on meeting father, mother, siblings, and a lost infant, cherishing eternal love and the Savior above worldly splendor.
Gulf Refiring Company lands leased in Grayson County
L H Cullen for the Gulf Refiring company filed long land leases with the Grayson County clerk at Sherman covering property around Bells. The deal pays 600e to 2 dollars per acre annually in advance with a four year renewal option and 90 day operation start guarantee. Over 4000 dollars has been spent securing the leases.
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Gulf Refiring Company
Grayson County
Sherman
Bells
Cuallom
Indictment Returned in Point Bank Robbery Case
J W Bergens, arrested in Alexandria Louisiana and brought to Emory Texas, was indicted for murder by the Rains county grand jury in the killing of Clarence A Glass Point State Bank cashier. Glass was shot while counting cash and the robber fled with $244 not in the safe, the time lock preventing access to the safe.
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Emory
Tex
J. W. Bergens
Alexandria
Clarence A. Glass
Point
Texas
Rains County Grand Jury
Glass
Point State Bank
Policy Holders Meeting of Farmers Mutual Insurance Assoc
Far mer s Mutual Insurance Association policy holders will meet in annual convention at Sherman on January 20 to elect officers for the ensuing year and to transact any other business deemed advisable. J P Loving Sr Sec and Treas
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Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
Sherman
P.o
J. P. Loving Sr
Sec. & Treas
Mrs Kate Skaggs Applies for Probate of Will in Sherman
Mrs Kate Skaggs applied in Sherman county court on Saturday to probate the will of her late husband Lee Skaggs who died December 20 2016 at his Sherman home. The estate is valued at 5000 dollars with Skaggs named sole beneficiary and independent executrix without bond.
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Kate Skaggs
Sherman
Lee Skaggs
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