Nursing Home News and Community Notices in Grayson County
Tom McHolmes sang special music at church services with 54 in attendance. Jerry Jones led Bible Study midweek. New admissions include C E Rice of Whitewright and Jessie Pugh of Bonham V A Hospital. Grace Smith of Dallas visited her mother Nannie Pitcock. Eva Jones, mother of Mrs. W W Jones of Wichita Kansas, was visited. Eula Ferril and James Ferril of Ector visited their brother Ernest Ferril. Grayson County Singers attended their monthly meeting. J E Ownby of Sherman visited his father James Ownby. Regular monthly birthday party held in chapel. Rev Houston Garner and Hebron Baptist Church members presented a musical program. Birthday honorees listed. Punch and cookies served. Residents attended cooking class at Whitewright High School. attendees listed. Volunteers Faye Vestal, Florence Lewis and Debra Pennell accompanied. John Curtis and Dusty Rhodes attended Grayson County Veteran's Board meeting in Denison. Rhodes represented WWI Barracks 81. Curtis American Legion Post 225 of Whitewright. TOM BEAN services for Anna Ruth Mitchell held at First Baptist Church. Burial in Rise Hill Cemetery at Bells. Survivors include husband Joe Mitchell, daughter Ronald Cole, brothers Joe and Wesley Washburn, sisters Clyde Carter and Foy Houston, two grandchildren. Mitchell was born Jan 2 1910 in Grayson County and lived over 30 years in the area.
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Tom McHolmes
Trenton
Jerry Jones
Whitewright
Jessie Pugh
Bonham V.A. Hospital
Grace Smith
Dallas
Nannie Pitcock
W.W. Jones
Wichita
Kansas
Eva Jones
Eula Ferril
James Ferril
Ector
John Curtis
Dusty Rhodes
Grayson County
Veteran's Board
American Legion Hall
Denison
Rhodes
Veterans of
Curtis
American Legion
Tom Bean
Anna Ruth Mitchell
First Baptist Church
Harry Stanley
Tommy Baswell
Grand Saline
Johnny Mason
Howe
Rise Hill
Bells
Mullican-Little Funeral Home
Mitchell
Sherman Hospital
John Washburn
Joe Mitchell
Hove
Tom Bean Methodist Church
Ronald Cole
Sherman
Joe Washburn
Rt. 1
Wesley Washburn
Clyde Carter
Fort Worth
Foy Houston
Incentive For Farmers Then And Now In The 1850s
A Scottsville New York farmer in the 1850s argued that incentives, brought by fair prices, spurred greater production and modernized methods. A Maryland farmer echoed the shift from primitive tools to drag harrows and advanced farming, noting rising yields and improved manuring. The piece links past incentives to today’s need for a just return to meet global food demand.
National storm warning plan for farmers proposed in 1886
In 1886 discussions considered a national storm warning system for farmers. The proposal envisioned firing cannons at federal locations like post offices to signal incoming storms, floods or frost.
Around Town Highlights From Grayson County Social News
Recent guests visited households across Grayson County including Abilene Sherman Howe Tom Bean and Dallas. Notables attended gatherings and birthdays with references to Oneta Key Celeta Childress and Charles Bailey. The Friday Literary Club met at Mrs. Alexander’s home with County Commissioner Tom McKee as guest speaker discussing Grayson County operations and Highway 160 contacts.
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O.E. Head
Kenneth Faulkner
Abilene
Orville Head
Tom Bean
Doris Gibson
Amy
Howe
Jack Hicks
Sherman
Marvin Alexander
Tom McKee
McKee
Grayson County
Austin
Highway 160
Jefferson Quote on Labor and Global Trade Policy
A Jeffersonian quotation urges keeping productive crafts in Europe for general operations while preferring domestic labor for burdens like farming and masonry. It argues that Atlantic commodity transport losses can be offset by lasting political stability and happiness.
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Europe
Atlantic
Thomas Jefferson
School Menu Week begins with varied daily meals
The menu lists meals for Thursday to Friday and through next week including Barbeque beef pattie with pinto beans and fruit cobbler on Thursday, Hamburger on bun with fries and fruit cup, Vienna sausage with spinach and squash, Corny dog with peas and apple cobbler, Beef vegetable stew, Chicken spaghetti, and Hamburgers with corn chips and ice cream sandwich.
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Vienna
Paper pattern for a macaroni Bicentennial eagle
Create a wall decoration of a Bicentennial eagle using three macaroni shapes. Draw a 1 inch square grid, transfer the design, then assemble ribs wings tail and body with elbo shells and straight macaroni. Spray gold, add eye and beak, and request pattern set 1083 by mailing 89 cents to the newspaper department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main St
Park Ridge
Ill
Notable Inventions and Medical Firsts From U S History
Excerpts from Life Bicentennial’s 100 great events highlight George Eastman’s 1888 camera breakthrough and the 1842 introduction of anesthesia in America. The piece notes how novelty spurred innovation and mentions Dr Crawford Long’s early use of anesthetics after witnessing nitrous oxide demonstrations.
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New Life
U.S
America
Crawford eLong
Briscoe Urges Texas to Top Agricultural Income Race
Gov. Dolph Briscoe challenged Grayson County and all County Program Building Committees to push toward making Texas No 1 in agricultural income by 1980. He cited rising farm receipts from 2.68B in 1968 to about 6B in 1975 and urged coordinated effort with Extension Service and commodity committees to set priority goals for 1976 as part of the No 1 in income push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolph Briscoe
Grayson County Program Building Committee
Texas
County Program Building Committee
Briscoe
Texas No. 1
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Agriculture Agency
Extension Service
John E. Hutchison
No. 1
Hutchison
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Johnny Lewis
Edith Lewis
Ben Davis
Oneta Key
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William Jones
Houston Garner
Homer Sanderson
Garner
Geers Nursing Home
Celeta Childress
Tim Green
Green
Charles Bailey
Raymond Bailey
Frank Thornhill
Sylvia Bailey
Welch
West Virginia
Charles
Macaroni
George Eastman
Jeffrey LaVain Tapp
Jerry Tapp
First National Bank
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