Saturday Pickup for Book Campaign in Whitewright
Whitewright residents are urged to donate usable books to the High School Library and have them picked up Saturday morning by the PTA Library Committee. Donors may arrange pickups via Mrs. James Bryant or The Flower Shop. Earl Blanton will handle collection. Book plates will identify donors as the drive continues through PTA library improvement efforts with help from the Friday Literary Club.
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Whitewright
PTA Library Committee
James Bryant
Earl Blanton
New Chevrolet To Be Shown Saturday
Hasty Chevrolet Company will hold open house all day Saturday to unveil the 1952 Chevrolet for the first time. Children receive free bubble gum balloons candy and whistles. a prize is offered in a guessing contest. Features include royal-tone styling by Fisher radiant exterior colors new interiors centerpoise power smoother ride and Powerglide with automatic choke.
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Hasty Chevrolet Company
Chevrolet
M. B. Hasty
Fisher
One in Ten Grayson County 4-Fs Fail Mental Exam
Grayson County draft records show 49 of 427 4-F registrants failed the Army mental test but are otherwise eligible. statewide and national rates are higher, with about 24 percent of the 4-F group nationwide failing the mental test yet remaining otherwise qualified.
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Austin
Grayson County
Army
State Selective Service Headquarters
Sherman
Texas
House Votes 10 Percent Pay Raise for Military
The House approved a bill to boost pay for all armed forces members by 10 percent with a 169 to 89 vote. The measure passes under a fast tracked procedure and faces Senate approval. The article lists current pay scales from private to colonel and notes Daytona Beach's 20 mile length and broad low tide features.
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Washington
House
Senate
Swift
Congress
Mrs. Kirkpatrick Honored by Missionary Society
The Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church honored Mrs. W. A. Kirkpatrick as the only living charter member with an honorary Board of National Missions membership during a Monday meeting at Mrs. Robert Sears home. Presentations were by Mrs. Homer Sears and Mrs. Lydia Henry. guest speaker was Alice Everheart Langford of Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Robert Sears
Lester Haile
Alice Everheart Langford
Sherman
Cliff Emerson
Madge Braly
Guy Dillon
Durant
Okla
Ira Kirkpatrick
Alice Langford
G. L. Hamilton
Lee Kelly
S. R. Little
Cc. C. McDonnell
R. B. Twitty
J. P. Madden
Roy Fitch
Chas, Turpin
County polio drive allocates funds and patients helped
Grayson County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis spent 3648 in 1951 aiding 25 polio patients. Twenty were carryover cases and five were new. Despite 5837 raised, half went to the national foundation and half stayed locally, with nearly 1000 recalled from the foundation.
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Grayson County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
H. A. Mathis
Sherman
National Foundation
Deposited Ensilage In 38 Becomes Hidden Banked Feed
Brady rancher and banker G R White stored 4000 tons of hegari ensilage in trench silos in 1938 and, after uncovering them, found the feed still good. He is feeding Hereford cows on the Ford Ranch southwest of Brady and saves on alfalfa hay, priced at 65 dollars per ton, this winter.
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Brady
G. R. White
West Texas
Ford
White
Lunch Room Menus for Whitewright Public Schools Week
School lunch offerings for Monday through Friday list Spanish rice with lemon cake, meat loaf and sides, sausage with greens, beans and cornbread, and salmon loaf with vegetables. A note recalls the District of Columbia original size of 100 square miles formed from Maryland and Virginia.
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Whitewright Public
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Work Begins on Earnheart Funeral Home Project
Construction starts this week on the Earnheart Funeral Home with completion planned for early summer. Project supervisor Lawton Wilson of Trenton led the effort as weather in January and February may affect progress. The old grade school site was cleared after Earnheart purchased it two months ago. The building will house a chapel for about 180, a display and reception area, offices, garage, storage, and upstairs living quarters.
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Earnheart
Lawton Wilson
Trenton
Applications For Poll Tax May Be Had At Bank City Office
The First National Bank and the City Office offer poll tax application blanks. Fill out and mail with 1.75 to Robert Dean, tax collector, Sherman Texas. Deadline Jan 31 postmark qualifies. Use back of state and county tax statements for blanks. Election year emphasizes qualifying to vote. only 14 days left to qualify.
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First National Bank
Robert Dean
Sherman
Texas
Auto safety test deadline set on Sept 6
Texas cars must pass safety inspections by September 6 per Col Homer Garrison Jr director of public safety. Vehicles may be licensed for 1952 without a test but must be reexamined by April 1, 1953 for 1953 licenses. A second period starts September 7 as 1,000 stations operate with 1,500 more approved.
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Austin
Texas
Homer Garrison Jr
Garrison
Price Daniel
Allan Shivers
Garrison's Department
George W. Busby
Rheumatism Cure Quickened by Bobcat Bones Request
After a bobcat was shot by Jimmy Ton bridge, a Chinese restaurant owner asked for the animal’s bones. He said the bones were for an old Chinese rheumatism cure prescription.
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M’leod
Alta
Jimmy Tonbridge
Pickup of Cans Set for Tuesday
Mayor Russell Summers announces city pickup of cans and unburnable rubbish next Tuesday. Householders should place rubbish in alleys or containers for loading. containers will be emptied and left in the alleys. Those with no alleys should leave rubbish in front of their homes.
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Russell Summers
Sun
Summers
Rotaryann Banquet Set At Presbyterian Church Tonight
The annual Rotaryann banquet is at 7 30 this Thursday night in the Presbyterian Church dining room with meals served by church women. Attendance will be limited to Rotarians and Rotary annas due to space. Committee members include James Cooper chairman S T Montgomery Jr and Wilson Kaiser. County Commissioner Wayne Bruce spoke at last Friday's Rotary Club gathering with road foreman F M Work present. Reverend Lee H Smith welcomed as a new club member. former members Rham Bennington and Lloyd Moore attended as guests alongside Al Petty and Sale Omohundro.
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Presbyterian Church
James Cooper
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Wilson Kaiser
Charles E. Ayres
Wayne Bruce
Bruce
F. M. Work
Lee H. Smith
First Presbyterian Church
Rham Pennington
Sherman
Lloyd Moore
Denison
al Petty
Denton
Sale Omohundro
Illness Closes Bells School in Influenza Outbreak
The Bells public school closed since Tuesday due to an influenza epidemic with about half of 315 students out. Supt Stacy Newman announced suspension until Monday. Two Denison schools closed for the same reason. Whitewright reports a few absences but calls the situation not alarming.
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Bells
Stacy Newman
Denison
W. C. Cummings
Whitewright
Truman Seeks Five Billion Tax Hike Amid 1952 Strain
President Truman urged Congress to raise about five billion dollars in new taxes and warned 1952 will be a year of strain due to inflation. He pressed for tighter price controls, spending curbs, higher productivity, and pay-as-you-go financing to fund a ramped rearmament effort. The plan expects deficits and a large national debt, and met a cool reception on Capitol Hill.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Gainesville Man Seeks Legislature From District 49 F
Richard S. Stark of Gainesville announced on Wednesday his bid for the Texas legislature from District 49 F, a new district including Grayson and Cooke Counties. Stark previously won a Cooke County seat in a 1951 special election. he is the son of Mrs. H. W. Stark and the late H. W. Stark of Grayson and Cooke Counties.
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Richard S. Stark
Gainesville
Grayson
Cooke Counties
Cooke County
H. W. Stark
New Pastor Farler Takes Post at First Methodist
Rev. Sam P. Farler assumes duties as pastor of the First Methodist Church succeeding Rev. L. E. Vowell. Farler, former Wesley Methodist Church pastor in Wichita Falls, is a East Texas State Teachers College graduate and SMU trained.
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Sam P. Farler
First Methodist Church
L. E. Vowell
Farler
Wesley Methodist Church
Wichita Falls
Mr. Vowell
Mr. Farler
East Texas State Teachers College
Commerce
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Leonard Methodist Church
Sanger
Bridgeport
Jacksboro
Archer City
W. S. Farler
Victoria
W. N. Rogers
Frisco
Sun Honor Roll Highlights Local Notables
A list of names including Mrs. J. E. Henson Mrs. J. M. Ashinhurst Jim Brown H. E. Hall W. D. Williams and others appears as a sun honor roll. The roster features numerous community members and their spouses across diverse local roles and institutions.
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J. E. Henson
J. M. Ashinhurst
Jim Brown
H. E. Hall
W. D. Williams
F. S. Call
J. O. Wallace
Jim Bilmner
Grady Young
Roy Whitt
J. Max Montgomery
Glen Earnheart
Joe B. Johnson
B. Gentry
Aubrey Page
J. R. Oliver
Co. C. Burchfield
O. E. Head
Harold Thornhill Wallace
H. Reeves
Pernie Badgett
L. T. Bishop
Ray Cates
H. T. Atterberry
W. L. White
Joe B. Hamilton
R. W. Terry
E. W. Fields
Homer Gentry
Robert F. Collins
Ben E. Dyer
E. J. Fralicks
County Line Singing Convention at Hebron Sunday
The County Line Singing Convention will be held at Hebron Sunday afternoon starting at 2 PM. A large attendance of singers is expected, and this will be the first county line singing of the year. All are welcome even if you do not sing, with J. D. Jones in charge.
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Hebron
J. D. Jones
L. L. Wendell
Truman Still Undecided On Making Race
Senator Humphrey of Minnesota said President Truman told him he has not decided whether to seek re election but wants a liberal platform and candidate. Humphrey contradicted Truman's earlier statements that a decision had been made. He said Truman asked to let his name enter Minnesota primary as a favorite son to avoid an early decision.
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Washington
Humphrey
Minnesota
Truman
Minnesotan
White House
Voice to take to seven seas in war of words
The Coast Guard cutter Courier, a 5800 ton ship, is being fitted with a 1.6 million dollar voice transmitter stronger than any American radio station. It will depart February 15 under sealed State Department orders to pick up Voice broadcasts and relay them inside the Iron Curtain where Moscow jams or blocks transmission. If the Russians locate it, the position will shift to a new one.
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Coast Guard
Courier
State Department
Iron Curtain
Moscow
Oil Test East of Town Ready To Start
Derrick up and machinery rigged for an oil test on the Roy Robinson farm about one mile southeast of Ely and four miles east of Whitewright. Neal Barrett and R A Gillett assembled the acreage for Robert Lynn with Callery Hurt Inc of Houston also involved. Contract let to Roy Guffey Drilling Co of Dallas Gainesville for 7500 feet. Water to be supplied by Whitewright. Another test due March 1 five miles southwest of town.
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Roy Robinson
Ely
Whitewright
Neal Barrett
Oklahoma City
R. A. Gillett
Robert Lynn
Gainesville
Callery & Hurt, Inc
Houston
Roy Guffey Drilling Company
Dallas
Fannin County
Summer Weather To End By Cold Wave In Texas
The Dallas Weather Bureau says pleasant summer weather ends Friday or Friday night as a cold wave advances from a northern air mass. Tuesday reached 77 degrees, the warmest Jan 15 in records since 1914. A cold front from a low in Southern California enters the Great Lakes region, with colder air expected across East and Central Texas Friday night and possible rain into the weekend.
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Dallas Weather Bureau
Bureau
Canadian Rockies
Montana
Great Lakes
California
United States Weather Bureau
Love Field
Texas
Lake Texoma Visitors Fall From 1950 High
Lake Texoma drew 3,451,128 visitors in 1951, down from the 1950 record of 4,078,000. Engineers cited poor early weather and wet weekends for the drop, but August set a new single month high with 564,239 visitors.
No Candidate To Be Offered By Anti Shivers Element
Governor Shivers loyal opposition says it will not field a gubernatorial candidate to oppose his reelection bid. Fagan Dickson of Austin, executive secretary of the Loyal Democrats Committee of Texas, says the group aims to keep Democrats aligned with the party. Shivers plans to oppose Truman or any hand picked by him and will defer to September's party convention for presidential nominees.
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Austin
Shivers
Fagan Dickson
Democrats Committee of Texas
Dickson
Truman
Texas
Typographical Errors Highlight Wedding Notice Folklore
A Pennsylvania wedding notice typo misdescribes a bride’s gown with a round collar trimmed with lice. A Nebraska paper once reported marriage cows were exchanged, illustrating how typographical slips alter meaning in wedding accounts.
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Ernie Deane
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
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Fla
Mrs. Kirkpatrick
Funeral Home
Rotaryann
Bells School
Singing
Hoboken, N. J
Voice of America
Seven Seas
Russia
Lake Texoma
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