Banquet Honors Football Squad At Night Dingy Ice Festival
The Pigskin Club hosted a banquet for the high school football team at the American Legion Hall despite icy streets. Guest speaker Milburn Smith praised coaches and showed ETSTC film clips while Coach Sam Montgomery introduced the team led by Co-Captains Bobby Clark and Lyndal Pierson. Smith announced his move to Longview High School as head coach.
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American Legion Hall
Joe Johnson
Milburn
Catfish) Smith
Sam Montgomery
Commerce
Paul Ryan
Harold Taylor
Mr. Montgomery
Tiger Squad
Bobby Clark
Lyndal Pierson
Ralph Hughes
Clark
Pierson
Montgomery
Smith
Longview High School
Illusions and trivia spark odd geographic myths
A Washington note parodies popular beliefs. It questions Missouri means Big Muddy, cites Smithsonian expert Harrington linking Missouri to Canoe River, and explains Miami misuli names. It jokes about bees, Christmas islands, and Suez fish routes, noting the Northwest Mounted Police founded in 1873.
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Washington
Missouri
Missouri River
John P. Harrington
Smithsonian Institution
Harrington
Oklahoma
Isaac Watts
National Geographic Society
Christmas
The
Geographic
Hawaii
Australia
Shivers backs teen age vote in Texas
Gov. Allan Shivers joined President Eisenhower in backing voting rights for 18-year-olds. He favors the principle and said the issue should be decided by the people, calling 18-year-olds as mature as 21-year-olds when the age limit was set. He argued it could boost overall voter participation.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Eisenhower
Shivers
New York
New York Southern Society
Wick Fowler
Fowler
Texas
Eisenhower vows fight for his plan and farm reform
President Eisenhower said he will fight for legislation he deems important for the American people and will back enactment of farm reform he calls right. He warned he won’t reveal which measures he favors or how far Congress will push his agenda this session.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Lien Release Found Hidden in Hay Bale
Charles Hostetler of Brookston rediscovered release papers on a home lien when Thelma Dill of Garrison mailed them to him from a bale of hay. He theorizes he dropped the papers into hay he baled and sold, a tale unlikely to convince tax officials.
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Paris
Charles Hostetler
Brookston
Thelma Dill
Garrison
Hostetler
Internal Revenue
Apple for Teacher custom dying out in Omaha schools
Omaha school officials say the custom of bringing apples to teachers is fading as students bring items that interest the class. A science teacher recalls few apple gifts, but mentions receiving salamanders and other creatures as presents. a separate note mentions a wedding shower for a typist in Claims.
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Omaha
Mrs. Short Buys The Flower Shop From Mrs. Doss
Mrs. Allen T. Short has purchased The Flower Shop from Mrs. Glenn Doss who has owned it since September 1951 and will assume management Friday. Short has worked at the shop since its founding four years ago and brings years of flower business experience. Doss says she sold to devote time to home and fishing and to help with The Sun publication.
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Allen T. Short
Glenn Doss
Short
Doss
the Sun
New Show Features for Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo
Fort Worth fans will see the world's greatest indoor rodeo in Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum during the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show with new thrills. President-Manager W R Watt notes the wild horse race and trick riders returning after years, plus 24 white horses from Graham. The Roundup will perform in all 19 shows and prize money rises by 2375 to 33250 plus entry fees.
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Fort Worth
Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum
W. R. Watt
Graham
San Antonio
Priest in Parsons Sees Cancer as Gift of Time
The Rev. Julius Busse a 46 year old Catholic priest in Parsons Kansas said it is a privilege to die of cancer because it gives time to prepare for death. He served as an Army chaplain with the 7th division in World War II and noted soldiers grew calmer once death was certain.
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Parsons
Kans
Julius Busse
Mercy Hospital
Cause of Chapped Hands Explained
State Health Officer Geo W Cox explains chapping stems from two weather changes dew point and barometric pressure and is worst from December to February. He notes wind moist air and rapid evaporation worsen dryness and recommends humidifiers and medical advice for relief.
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Austin
Geo. W. Cox
Cox
Democrats Plan Push For $700 Exemptions
The House Ways and Means Committee moves to rewrite tax laws amid talks of broad relief. Rep Boggs predicts Democrats will press for a $100 boost in personal exemptions from $600 per person and dependents. If enacted, exemptions could save about 245 billion dollars annually benefiting low-income groups and large families. Republicans hint at possible future income tax cuts beyond the current 10 percent reduction.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Reed
R-Ny
Rep. Boggs
D-La
Eisenhower
Senators vote acreage raise on cotton allotment
The Senate approved by voice vote a bill raising the national cotton acreage to 21,379,342 acres. Texas will receive 8,719,298 acres, down from 9,656,400 in 1953, with House approval of 22,500,000 nationally. Senators Johnson and Daniel supported the move for quick action amid conference talks.
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Washington
Senate
Texas
Agriculture Department
Lyndon B. Johnson
Price Daniel
House
Johnson
Rio Grande Valley
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Kerr
George D. Aiken
Rep
Vermont
Senate Agriculture Committee
Fulbright
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Paul H. Douglas
Illinois
Third Sunday Singing Convention at Cannon
L. L. Wendell announces the Third Sunday Singing Convention at Cannon Sunday at 2 p.m. New Stamps-Baxter and Stamps Quartet convention books are available. Attendees are urged to come sing or at least provide an encouraging audience for the singers.
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Cannon
L. L. Wendell
Stamps-Baxter
Stamps Quartet
40 Percent of Red Cross Funds For Servicemen
The Red Cross reported that about 40 percent of its FY 1953 budget went to aid servicemen their families and veterans hospital patients. National Chairman Roland Harriman announced the figures noting total expenditures reached 86.04 million dollars with 35.15 million spent on armed forces and veterans services. Other major outlays included the blood program 12.88 million disaster preparedness and relief 6.78 million and health and safety 5.78 million.
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Washington
Red Cross
Roland Harriman
National Organization
Open House for Bride and Groom Echoes Family Celebration
Mr and Mrs Joe B Johnson hosted an open house Sunday for their son and his bride with about 150 guests. Hosts included Mr and Mrs Da vid L Johnson and the bride’s parents Mr and Mrs Clay Horton. Attendees from Whitewright Sherman Dallas and Bells joined relatives in tea service and room decor featuring carnations gladioli snapdragons and mums.
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Joe B. Johnson
Joe Johnson
M. B. Hasty
Whitewright
Printess Compton
Sherman
Ron Finson
Jack Pritchard
Earl Zimmerman
Dallas
Robert Sears
A. B. Hemphill
R. A. Essary
Frank M. Harrison
Pat Parker
Karl Zimmerman
Robert Hemphill
Tom Daniel
Garland
Wallace Caraway
Morris Hughes
Desert
Earl Moore
H. D. Moore
J. C. Allred
Bells
E. J. Lilley
Denison
McAllister Seeks County School Superintendent Post
C N McAllister long time Southmayor public schools superintendent appeared in Whitewright and authorized the Sun to announce his candidacy for County School Superintendent. A Gray son County native with 30 years of teaching, he taught at Dawkins Belcher Unity and Range Creek before leading Southmayor. His wife is Lois Miller, daughter of the late E A Miller a former county superintendent.
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C. N. McAllister
Southmayor
Whitewright
The
Sun
Mr. McAllister
Grayson County
Dawkins
Belcher
Unity
Range Creek
Lois Miller
E. A. Miller
Dulles Rejects Division of World Power in Berlin Speech
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told the Council on Foreign Relations that the United States will not join any division of world power with the Soviet Union. He outlined reliance on massive retaliatory power, supported Western European unity, and urged formation of the European Defense Community to deter Soviet aims.
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New York
John Foster Dulles
Berlin
Soviet Union
Council On Foreign Relations
Dulles
Europe
Eisenhower
United States
Free World
European Defense Community
France
Germany
Russia
Composer Oscar Straus Dies in Vienna at 83
World famous composer Oscar Straus died of heart disease at his home in Bad Ischl on January 11. He was 83 and had achieved international renown for operettas and waltzes. News of his passing prompted tributes from music circles worldwide.
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Vienna
Oscar Straus
Bad Ischl
Temporary Road On RR Right of Way Being Planned
Whitewright and Randolph would share a temporary highway on the Cotton Belt right of way. Funds from landowners and a salvage firm are sought to buy bridges and salvage costs near $5,000, with $800 raised so far. Commissioners propose spreading ballast for a 14 foot all weather road while state highway prospects remain debated.
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Whitewright
Fannin County
Randolph
Sherman
Cotton Belt
Grayson County
Sun
Highway Department
Tom Bean
School Lunch Menu for Week Start January 18
Menu lists daily offerings with main entrees and sides. Monday features Irish stew and desserts. Tuesday offers sliced cheese and meat sandwich with banana pudding. Wednesday serves red beans and Vienna sausage with pie. Thursday includes hamburger patties with apricot short cake. Friday presents baked ham with green beans and doughnuts.
NAM Opposes All Federal Subsidies Except for Defense
The National Association of Manufacturers adopts a resolution opposing federal subsidies to private enterprise except those needed for defense and security. Earl Bunting, NAM managing director, says subsidies are socialistic and undermine free enterprise, urging removal to curb government expenditures and protect economic vitality.
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National Association of Manufacturers
Earl Bunting
NAM
Bunting
U.S. Retail Trade Climbs 4 Percent in 1953
Commerce Department reports 1953 total retail sales at 171 billion dollars, up four percent from 1952. Auto sales rose 18 percent, clothing down 3 percent, and lumber building hardware retailers off 1 percent.
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U. S
Washington
Department of Commerce
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