Local Social News From Sherman and Nearby Areas
Mrs. W T Nicholson returns from visit with children in Rusk Garland and Monroe La. Families from Dallas Vernon Wolfe City Whitewright attend events. B B Club bingo at Miss Cecil Doss. 65th birthday fete for C W Carpenter in Sherman with local friends and relatives. Earl Blanton attends Southland Life training in Dallas. Letter from John L Briggs vice president reaches The Sun.
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W. T. Nicholson
Rusk, Garland
Monroe
C. W. Carpenter
Carpenter
Sherman
W. J. Schiller
Noble Page
Truman Carpenter
Larry Offutt
Keith
C. H. Carpenter
Old Justice
Johnnie Johnson
W. O. Young
Earl Blanton
Southland Life Insurance Company
Dallas
the Sun
John L. Briggs
Blanton Earns Honors With Southland Life Agency
Ident of the company says since joining Southland Life in July 1955 Mr Blanton earned many honors and qualified with his wife for the agency convention at the Waldorf Astoria New York in December 1956 he earned Honor Club membership. Roscoe Vestal returned from Sherman hospital after a heart attack last week.
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Southland Life
Blanton
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Southland
Roscoe Vestal
Sherman
Rotary Club program features Mrs Waldron in vocal solos
Rotary Club meeting last Friday featured Mrs. Fred Waldron performing a group of vocal solos led by program chairman Dick Walker.
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Dick Walker
Rotary Club
Fred Waldron
Bethel Sunbeams Meet At Bethel Church
The Bethel Sunbeams met at 7 p m January 9 at the Bethel church with 16 members one new member Dennis Barnes and one visitor Mrs Tom Barnes present Mrs John Jarvis told the stories Mrs Mac Williams and Mrs Weldon Bartley were the other leaders Refreshments were served.
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Bethel Sunbeams
Bethel Church
Dennis Barnes
Tom Barnes
John Jarvis
Mac Williams
Weldon Bartley
Bethel W M S Members Meet At Bethel Baptist Church
The Bethel Woman’s Missionary Society met Monday with 13 women and four children present. Mrs Cecil Bartley led discussion on chapter four of The Great Prayers of the Bible.
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Women’s Missionary Society of the Bethel Baptist Church
Cecil Bartley
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club Meets for Pan Droiled Steaks
The H D Club met at Mrs. Joe Mangrum's home with Mrs. Carl May presiding. Miss Zelma Moore outlined the year and demonstrated pan droiled steaks. Ten members and three guests attended. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Clyde Sadler's on Jan. 24.
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Whitewright Home Demonstration Club
Joe Mangrum
Carl May
Zelma Moore
County Home
Jim Simmons
C. C. Cates
Miss Moore
Clyde Sadler
Mrs Jimmie Jacobs Honored At Tea Shower In Home
Mrs Jimmie Jacobs former Ann Hunter was honored at a tea shower Saturday night at the home of Mrs T D Caylor. Co hosts were Mrs Caylor and Mrs Houston Darwin. Guests were welcomed by Mrs Dar
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Jimmie Jacobs
T. D. Caylor
Caylor
Houston Darwin
Evening Wedding Reception Details and Guests At Local Home
The article describes a wedding reception with a receiving line including the honoree and her mother Mrs. Hugh Hunter along with Mrs. J. M. Jacobs, Mrs. Bill Lyons, sister of the honoree, and Mrs. E. O. Young. Karen Darwin registered guests while Mrs. Ralph Hughes, Miss Marilyn Upshaw and Miss Jo Anne Gray served in the dining room. The pink frosted cloth table featured pastel umbrella decorations and spring flowers. House party members included Mrs. T. A. Gray, Mrs. Guy Stepp and Miss Aline Neal with out-of-town guests listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Hunter
J. M. Jacobs
Bill Lyons
E. O. Young
Karen Darwin
Ralph Hughes
Marilyn Upshaw
Jo Anne Gray
T. A. Gray
Guy Stepp
Aline Neal
Jack Pritchard
Bells
John Ball
Jesse Griffin
Caroll
Glen Richardson
McKinney
Winnsboro
Dallas
Presbyterian Women in January Meeting at Emerson Home
The Presbyterian Women met January 14 at the home of Mrs. Martha Jo Emerson with Mrs. Homer Sears presiding. Mrs. Fred Cook led the program covering Spiritual Life and Devotional, New Year reading, a Brazil topic, piano solo, and national topic Opportunity Knocked. Refreshments for 13 members and four guests followed. Reverends Dooley and Sears, plus Mrs. Vera Johnson and Pattye Badgett attended.
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The
Presbyterian Women’s Organization
Martha Jo Emerson
Homer Sears
Fred Cook
Hoyt Taylor
Pattye Badgett
Brazil
C. C. Dooley
Robert Sears
Jim Sears
Lubbock
Vera Johnson
Dooley
Little Rock Home Demonstration Club Meets for Nutrition Program
The Little Rock Home Demonstration Club met last Thursday at 10 30 a m at Mrs. Bob Cawthon’s home. Zelma Moore outlined extension work and presented a pan broiled steak demonstration. Twenty members and guests shared a covered dish luncheon. The next meeting is January 24 at 10 a m at Mrs. R E Pierce’s home.
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Little Rock
Bob Cawthon
Zelma Moore
J. H. Gosnell
Cawthon
John Jarvis
Dale Clower
Carrie Cowart
R. E. Pierce
Prettyest Baby Grows Up Ugly in Edmond Campus Tale
Don Jordan of Central State College rises from being named the most beautiful baby in 1982 to being labeled the ugliest man on campus in 1956. A local proverb about friendship and rivalry frames the story of his unlikely reversal.
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Edmond
Okla
Don Jordan
Central State College
Jordan
Central State
Home Inventory Called Insurance
Iowa State College home management expert Marie Rudolfson urges households to compile a complete list of every article and its purchase price. The inventory, including items from wall pictures to linens stored in a safe spot, aids proof of loss after a disaster and should be updated yearly.
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Ames
Iowa
Marie Rudolfson
Iowa State College
Rudolfson
Poll Shows Why Teachers Teach
A poll of 230 future teachers in an intro course reveals main motivations: inspirational teachers, encouragement from friends and relatives, and newspaper reports of shortages. Half decided in high school. 18.2 percent had at least one parent who was a teacher. Men rank salary 14th, women 12th.
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Los Angeles
Dean Laments College Grads Struggle With Reading and Writing
New York The Columbia University law school dean, Dr. William C. Warren, described college graduates as facing an epidemic inability to read and write. He urged remedial writing courses and renewed high school grammar to improve legal education and prose comprehension. The focus is on the quality of people entering the profession rather than sheer population size.
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New York
Columbia University Law School
William C. Warren
Warren
Eisenhower in 10 Year Life Group
Dr. Paul Dudley White, cardiologist to President Eisenhower, said Eisenhower is in a group of heart attack survivors expected to live about ten more years. He noted the President reports good health with no symptoms since the last exam and urged that recovery after a heart attack improves active life prospects.
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New York
Paul Dudley White
Eisenhower
White
New York Heart Association
Boston
Ike Gets Denison Birth Certificate
President Eisenhower was born October 14, 1890 in Denison Texas. A plastic-encased birth registration card numbered 1666626 was presented by Texas Governor Allan Shivers at Goodfellow AFB during a breath tour. The card filed October 15, 1952 and issued September 7, 1956.
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Eisenhower
Denison
Texas
Ike
Allan Shivers
Goodfellow Afb
Texas Commissioner of Health
Henry A. Holle
When it Rains the Food Is Free Backfires
El Centro California reports a desert cafe owner facing payment fallout after an advertising slogan promised free food when it rains. Customers collected as it rained for the first time in two years, highlighting a failed marketing stunt and its consequences.
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EL Centro
Calif
Fire Insurance Graduated Scale Being Contested
Attorney General Will Wilson joins Texas Board of Insurance in defending a board order halting the graduated reduction scale for fire policies. Several companies oppose the measure while offering policies under a temporary injunction pending trial, no trial date set.
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Austin
Will Wilson
Texas
Texas Board of Insurance Commissioners
Drought and thirsty camels drink themselves to death
A Dallas News note cites Spanish Africa where camels reportedly drank themselves to death after prolonged thirst and rains. The piece mocks anti water fear and defends temperance, ending with a jab at overprotective critics.
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Africa
Sahara
Dallas News
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John Vestal
J. P. Darwin
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Don Farmer
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H. H. Sears
Denis
Terry Miller
Joe Miller
Kevin Lynn
Patty
Barbara
Shirley
Hoyt Skipworth
Jimmy Skipworth
Becky
Dennis
Wichita Falls
Chester Owens
Wolfe City
Thomas Fagan
Whitewright
Cecil Doss
Allen T. Short
Elmo Wallace
Miss Doss
J. G. Simmons
Vernon
Clarence McMillin
Bethel W. M.S. Meets
Swansdown
Oleo
Grayson
Mrs. Pickford
SWIFT
Swanson’'S Chicken Fricasee
Swanson
BIG Tex
Pke
KRAFT
McGrath
Far
Presbyterian
M. B. Hasty
Surance
Whitewright Lumber Co
America
Richard Fairbank
Fairbanks
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