Dog Vaccination Scheduled Friday in Whitewright
Whitewright owners must vaccinate dogs for rabies this Friday at Walker Pharmacy for $1.00, with O V Barker and Dick Walker volunteering. A $1.00 dog license is also due, totaling $2.00 yearly for legal ownership. Unvaccinated roaming dogs face impoundment and possible death under the new ordinance. Farmers may opt to vaccinate in Denison or Sherman at higher cost.
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Whitewright
Walker Pharmacy
O. V. Barker
Dick Walker
Denison
Sherman
House Leaders Name Key Committees In Texas Legislature
The Texas House named standing committees and elected chairmen for money matters. Speaker Reuben E. Senterfitt assigned Max Smith to appropriations, D. H. Buchanan to revenue and taxation, and Horace Houston to state affairs. They pledged to hold the line on spending within revenue, barring highway needs, and to avoid new taxes unless necessary.
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Austin
House of Representatives
Reuben E. _ Senterfitt
House
Max Smith
San Marcos
D. H. Buchanan
Longview
Horace Houston
Dallas
Highway Department
Smith
Buchanan
Shivers
Ain't Dead Yet Civil War Vets Complaint to VA
Rochester New York. James A Hard III, age 111, and Albert Woolson, 105, the last Union Army veterans, challenged the Veterans Administration's budget plan that would fund only one Union pension in the next fiscal year. The two men argued the government prediction was a mistake and vowed to continue fighting for both pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
James A. Hard
Albert Woolson
Duluth
Minn
Veterans Administration
Postcard Reunited After Postal Drop Found
A postcard mailed Dec. 14, 1931, was returned unread due to illegible address. Postmaster Allen M. Rowe said repairmen found the card under the old post office mail drop and delivered it to the sender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Allen M. Rowe
Omission of Thursday Morning News Items Due to Timing
Publisher explains that late week items received Thursday morning are omitted to maintain press day deadlines. Readers are urged to send early week news promptly for inclusion in time.
Whitesboro Plays Here Friday Night
Whitewright boys and girls basketball teams visit Whitesboro in the local gym for Friday games. Superintendent W Cummings says both sides may be short a player or two due to influenza but the pairings should offer top quality games this season.
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Whitewright
Whitesboro
W. C. Cummings
Newsprint Prices Hit Historic Highs in 1952
Newsprint reached record prices in 1952, adding over 50 million dollars to U. S. publisher costs. The supply outlook eased slightly but remained tight. Cranston Williams, general manager of the American Newspaper Publishers Assn., said conditions are better than months ago but demand more mill production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Cranston Williams
American Newspaper Publishers Assn
Sun Honor Roll Subscriptions List in The Sun
The notice invites readers to pay subscriptions to join the Sun Honor Roll with rates for Grayson and Fannin Counties and outside counties. It then lists numerous subscribers including Elizabeth Waggoner, Pauline Nelms, Henry D. Parsons, Manton Fain, Joe B. Johnson, and others by name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson
Fannin
the Sun
Elizabeth Waggoner Newton L. Manning
Pauline Nelms
C. J. Meador
W. L. Smith
Emma Coleman Weldon Drake
C. C. Cates
W. A. Kirkatrick Manton Fain
Henry D. Parsons Manton Fain
Joe B. Johnson
R. D. Benson
Velma Jo Freeman
Eula Ashinhurst
W. L. England
A. L. Groves
Lewis Magers Lee Wilson
Bernie S. Williams
Lawyers duel with sabres after case loss in Lima
In Lima Peru two lawyers battled with sabres after their firm lost a key suit for Hochschild Tin Mining Co. Irigoyen Puente sustained a deep arm gash while Carlos Maria Barrantes had two body cuts. The dispute arose over blame for the defeat and involved Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Irigoyen Puente
Carlos Maria Barrantes
Hochschild Tin Mining Co
U. S. Highway 69 Opens to Traffic at Whitewright Trenton
Flexible base and surfacing completed from Whitewright to Trenton and the road opened Monday. Ernest J. Lloyd of Fort Worth, contractor, did base work at a cost of 173802 dollars. The new highway shortens the Whitewright Trenton trip by two miles and removes a grade crossing and a low underpass on the old route.
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Whitewright
Trenton
Ernest J. Lloyd
Fort Worth
Joe Clark
State Highway Department
Cotton Belt Railway
Inaugural Parade to Feature Atomic Cannon and Dog Team
Washington reports the Eisenhower inaugural parade will include the world’s first atomic cannon, an Alaska dog team, a New Hampshire snowshoe club, and an elephant named Miss Burma. The ten mile, 115 unit march may take 2.5 hours with 500000 spectators and 1000 aircraft overhead.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania Avenue
Alaska
New Hampshire
United States
White House
Capitol
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Executive Mansion
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Fred M. Vinson
Supreme Court
Eighth Army
Korea
Far East
82D Airborne Division
Normandy
Navy Cuts Training Amid Overshoot in Strength
The Navy said its recruit training program will be scaled back as force levels exceed the 800,000 planned for June 30. Training will halt at Elliott Annex in San Diego on April 1 with reduced training volumes ordered for other boot camps.
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Washington
Navy
Elliott Annex
San Diego
Death of D. A. Rouse at 85 in Bonham area
D. A. Andy Rouse, 85, died Wednesday at his daughter’s home on route 2. Funeral plans not set at press time. services expected Friday at Wise Funeral Home Bonham with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by son Alfred Rouse in the Army and daughter Mrs. Clifford Jones.
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D. A
Andy) Rouse
Clifford Jones
Wise Funeral Home
Bonham
Oak Hill
Rouse
Tennessee
Whitewright
Alfred Rouse
U. S. Army
Funeral services for Walter M. Duncan in Bells
Walter M. Duncan 67 died of a heart attack Saturday. Funeral held at Bells Baptist Church at 2 p m Monday conducted by Revs J R Henderson and Clayton Hicks. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery Bells. Survivors include his widow four sons Ralph Roy and David all of Bells four daughters nine grandchildren three great grandchildren three brothers and one sister.
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Walter M. Duncan
Bells Baptist Church
J. R. Henderson
Clayton Hicks
Rose Hill Cemetery
Bells
Earnheart
Duncan
Pennington
M. J. of
Sherman
Ralph
Roy
David
Jim Ford
E. B. Puckett
Everett Watson
T. P. Wrenn
Savoy
Doyle Kirby
George
Leslie
Raymond
O’brien
Lula Wilson
California
Car crash death of Robert D Miller at Venus train crossing
Robert Dewey Miller 18, son of Mr and Mrs George D Miller of Pilot Grove, was killed instantly when the car he rode in was struck by a train at a grade crossing near Venus. Born February 26, 1934 in Sherman, he lived with his uncle near Waxahachie while working in a dairy. Funeral at Pilot Grove Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Ross Bourland, burial in Pilot Grove Cemetery. Surviving parents, three brothers Billy Ray in Wylie Kenneth Lee and Benton Tommy in Pilot Grove, two sisters, grandmother Mamie Lee Anderson of Los Angeles and great grandfather A C Pruett of Garland.
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Robert Dewey Miller
George D. Miller
Pilot Grove
Venus
Waxahachie
Pilot Grove Baptist Church
Ross Bourland
Earnheart
Sherman
Bells
Bells Baptist Church
Billy Ray Miller
Wylie
Kenneth Lee Miller
Benton Tommy Miller
W. H. Bowden
Judy Miller
Mamie Lee Anderson
Los Angeles
Calif
A. C. Pruett
Garland
MacArthur Blames Truman Policies for Desertions in Korea
General MacArthur charged that excessive desertions from U S forces in Korea result from President Truman policies. He criticized Truman's methods and the policies in the Far East. The remark responded to Doris Fleeson's column quoting Truman linking 47000 desertions to political attacks.
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New York
MacArthur
Korea
Truman
Far Eastern
Far East
Doris Fleeson
Bell Syndicate
White House
Miss Fleeson
Miss Freeson
Chicago Tribune
Scripps-Howard
Hearst
Singing At Bethel Sunday Afternoon
L. L. Wendell announces the County Line Singing Convention at Bethel Church three miles south of Whitewright at 2 p m Sunday. New song books will be available for the first singing of the year. He urges all to attend, noting singers are needed.
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L. L. Wendell
Bethel Church
Whitewright
Wendell
Mr. Wendell
Flu Epidemic Delays Speech Class Plays
An influenza outbreak in schools and the community postpones the speech class plays from tonight to January 29. Mrs. Kathryn Roddy, director, announces the change as attendance declines significantly in the past week due to illness.
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Kathryn Roddy
Lunchroom Menus for Whitewright Public Schools
Weekly lunch offerings listed by day from Monday to Friday. Monday features sliced cheese potatoes greens and apricot pie. Tuesday serves barbecue fries pickles and banana pudding. Wednesday includes beans slaw corn bread and apple pie. Thursday offers turkey and gravy blackeyed peas potatoes hot rolls butter honey. Friday presents hot dogs chili sauce pork and beans and fruit jello.
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Whitewright Public Schools
Kentuckytown’s 100th Anniversary Never Noticed
Dallas News writer recalls Kentuckytown once a bustling Texas settlement on a main wagon trail. Platted in 1852 as Anna Eliza Huston renamed by Kentucky fans, it thrived with 13 businesses before the Katy Railroad bypassed it in 1878. Today only a grade school, Baptist Church, and a handful of old buildings remain as residents hope a new farm to market road may revive the area.
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Kentuckytown
Katy
Baptist Church
Texas
Enoch M. Jones
Jones
Josiah L. Huston
Huston
Jefferson
Travis
Washington
Rusk
Anna Eliza
Kentucky
Shreveport
Denison
Greenville
Whitewright
Florence Penn
Arthur Badgett
Pascal Connelly
Badgett
Taipei Grows Dramatically After World War II
Taipei Formosa, capital of nationalist China, has tripled since WWII end. Swollen with Chinese who fled the mainland Communists, the city now houses about 600000 residents.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Local Schools Stay Open Despite Flu Absences
After a conference with Austin officials, Supt. W C Cummings announced that area schools will remain open though about a quarter of students were absent over five days due to influenza. The State Health Department says closing has little effect on the epidemic, as germs are airborne.
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Austin
W. C. Cummings
State Health Department
Cummings
Record Set at Texoma as Visitors Hit 1952 Peak
Texoma drew 4,574,512 visitors in 1952, surpassing 1950’s high, with total since 1946 near 19.6 million. Concessionaires expanded from seven to thirty resorts and nine church leased sites. Elm Ridge opened. roads to be resurfaced. Highport to add a large motel. Oklahoma and Texas plan state resorts nearby.
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Elm Ridge
Denison Dam
Pyle
Congress
Highport
Pottsboro
Oklahoma
Texas
Eisenhower State Park
Denison
Colored School Thanks White Friends for Supportable Aid
J H Huckaby Jr Principal of the Colored School expresses gratitude for donations from white church groups and the town. He notes funds from a lunchroom drive totaling 13.95 and praises ministers including Brother Lee Smith for providing meals. He calls for mutual aid and harmonious race relations in Whitewright Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Smith
Methodist Church
Jesus
Texas
J. H. Huckaby JR
Colored School
Insurance Sells Fast After Fire
Poplar Bluff insurance salesman Mr Joe Pace sold a fire policy after aiding Mrs Burris Walker when her husband woke to a house fire. Pace helped extinguish the blaze and then completed the sale, highlighting a quick win sparked by the emergency.
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Poplar Bluff
Joe Pace
Burris Walker
Pace
Walker
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W. M. Duncan
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