We Heard About Local Visits and Moves in Texas
A crowded local notes page lists numerous Sunday and weekend visits across Achille, Trenton, Sherman, Dallas, Ennis, Denton, Plano, Howe, Garland, Tom Bean, Corsicana, and Whitewright. Changes include Fred Cook Jr. moving to Ennis and Mrs. Fred Cook Jr. honored with a going away gift from the Thursday Night Bridge Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Cook Jr
Ennis
Carl Edwards
Charles Skaggs
Lallace May
Allen T. Short
Bill Pettit
Ron Faison
Information On Veteran Pensions Under New Law
The Sun reports on the new pension law as of July 1 1960 and August 1 1960 first checks. It covers World War I II and Korean veterans and dependents who qualify after June 30 1960, with election required to switch and no reversion. It notes service-connected benefits unchanged and service pensions unaffected. It explains eligibility basics including 90 days wartime service honorably discharged and permanent total disability, and outlines higher income limits under the new system.
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Congress
The
Sun
Veterans Administration
Cyclist Puts Heartbreak to Test Ride From Ipswich to London
Nicholas Steel-Jessop, 20, an insurance clerk in Ipswich, rode 85 miles to London on a two wheel bicycle after being jilted in love. He said the trip proved his worth and helped him cope with the breakup.
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Ipswich
England
Nicholas Steel-Jessop
London
Whitewright Fires Destroys Graves Home. Car Theft Reported Nearby
Morning fire levels the J. H. Graves home in North east Whitewright while a Ford roadster owned by J. L. Layman is reported stolen from E. D. Clabhorn’s yard Monday night. Local obituaries note J. P. Southerland’s death at Baylor Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Graves
Whitewright
J. L. Layman
E. D. Clabhorn
J. P. Southerland
Baylor Hospital
Dallas
Lee Wilson
Trenton
Frank Phillips
Bob Sears
Sears elected chairman of Grayson-Collin Electric board
H. H. Sears of Whitewright was elected chairman of the board of directors of the Grayson-Collin Electric Cooperative at a director's meeting in Van Alstyne Monday. The thermometer dropped to 7 degrees here Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. George Bennett have moved to Whitewright. Princess Compton has accepted employment at Denison. Mrs. J. P. Darwin honored her daughter Betty Ann with a 10th birthday party Saturday. Present were Margaret Ann Burnham Norma Lou Smith Anna Ruth Johnson Janis Jayne Horton Azilee Smith Betty Nell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Sears
Whitewright
Grayson-Collin Electric Cooperative
van Alstyne
George Bennett
Princess Compton
Denison
J. P. Darwin
Betty Ann
Margaret Ann Burnham
Norma Lou Smith
Anna Ruth Johnson
Janis Jayne Horton
Azilee Smith
Betty Nell
Names Listed in Local Obituary or Notice
Jacquelyn Yeager Nossaman Bryant Jackson Laymen Meador Har per Stateville Lee Jones Sears Pruitt Craig are named in a local notice. The fragment mentions multiple individuals possibly in a family or community context with no further details.
Exotic Gifts To Ike From Around The World
Cargo planes carried exotic gifts for President Eisenhower on his return from a three continent tour. Tunisia sent two baby gazelles and a decorated horse. India provided tiger skin, an oil portrait, fabrics and an ivory carving on a chest. Iran delivered Persian rugs and a mosaic desk. Turkey offered rugs and silver. Pakistan delicate silver carvings and a inscribed egg shell. Greece gold cups and a vase. Spain a landscape, books, and cigars. Morocco a gold-inlaid double gun. Afghanistan rugs and a vase. Italy an eighteenth century painting. A separate line notes Admiral Richard E Byrd as the first pilot to fly over both poles.
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Eisenhower
Continents
Tunisia
India
Iran
U.S
Turkey
Pakistan
Greece
Spain
Morocco
Afghanistan
Italy
Farm Income Expected To Decline In 1960
College Station reports that 1960 prices received by farmers are expected to fall slightly while production and marketing costs rise. Realized net farm income may be a bit lower than 1959, with 1959 first nine months showing 15 percent less than 1958.
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McHamey
Longest Tug of War Test in India 1889
The longest tug of war ever contested lasted two hours and forty one minutes in India in 1889 between two companies of British infantry.
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India
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L. L. Wendell
Achilee, Okla
O. C. Bowen
Mrs. Woodrow Bowen
Joe Meador
C. H. Carpenter
New Orleans
Jim Freeman
Sherman
J. E. Worsham
Mrs. R. S. Turner
Commerce
Misses Sallye
Winnie Hamilton
Wayne McLauchlin
Denton
Joe Bodine
Mrs
D. Leon Harp
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Paul Cook
Bill Muirhead
Joplin, Mo
Oklahoma City
W. T. Farrow
Jim Woodson
Tom Bean
George Brown
W. H. Askew
DeKalb
Jack Everheart
Corsicana
W. T. Nicholson
N. B. Nicholson
Garland
Buddy Stephens
Scottie Phillips
Plano
Dee Patterson
Howe
Luther Gordon
J. B. Thornhill
Jessie Crawford
Hattie Gunter
R. B. Neathery
Irving Monday
W. C. Thornhill
Floyd Harris
Ouida Nell
Louis Franklin
M&s
Bonham
John Reeves
David Reeves
L. H. Wheatley
Brenda Wheatley
Peggy Jane Wheatley
Linda Rogers
Bill Wheatley
Waxahachie
W. E. Mynatt
Kern Chainey
Dale Cawthon
Lillie Shirley
Anna
Bob Cawthon
Complete Insurance Service
Stephens & Bryant
Chevrolet
Atterberry, Sallie Joe Truett and
Millicent Ann Webster
Joe Wallace
Whitewright Odds Fellows Lodge
C. A. Giles
O. L. Hannah
L. O. Lackey
D. R. Lewis
O. L. Jones
F. O. Mangrum
Grand Lodge
R. R. Waldo
Bill Henderson
Thelma Jo Ashinhurst
Pilot Grove News
B. G. Gowdy
Elaine Connelly
Aileen Pennington
Sarah Belle Gillett
Sara Kathryn
S. S. Vineyard
Bells
Jim Hollingsworth
Frank Hollingsworth
R. T. Pennington
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
Norma Frances Donigan
Nell Holmes
Marjorie Nell Blanton
Joe Willa Stateville
Jean Reed
North
South Poles
Admiral Richard E. Byrd
the Whitewright Sun
T. Glenn Doss
Texas
Grayson
Fannin
Grayson and
the Sun
Chevy
Dinah Shore
Nbc-Tv
Pat Boone
Abc-Tv
Fisher
Whitewright, Texas
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