Poll tax options and 1958 election plan outlined
City Office offers poll tax applications tied to tax notices or mailed forms for residents with no property. Citizens may pay $1.75 for a poll tax receipt by Feb 1 to participate in city school district precinct county and state elections in 1958. Chamber of Commerce meeting inspires upcoming annual gathering. Joe Johnson begins remodeling the Cole and Davis building and contemplates expanding display space for Mabel’s jewelry. U S plans a yeast container send to the first earth satellite amid space dog history and brewing anxieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Summers
Joe Johnson
Cole & Davis Company
Joe
Mabel
U. S
Outer Space
Clara Jean Kelly Is Homemaking Winner
Clara Jean Kelly of Whitewright School tops the Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow contest by scoring highest on a December homemaking exam. Her paper advances as Texas candidate for All-American Homemaker of Tomorrow with a Trifari pin prize. national winner to be announced April 17 at a Waldorf Astoria banquet in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Crocker
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York City
Weekly School Lunch Menu
The menu lists daily meals for a school week. Monday features Barbecued Weiners Sauerkraut Buttered Potatoes Fruit Salad Peanut Butter Cookies. Tuesday offers Salmon Loaf Corn Green Beans Beets Apple Cobbler. Wednesday includes Lima Beans Cheese Slice Carrot Cabbage Slaw Corn Bread Doughnuts Ice Cream. Thursday serves Hamburgers Lettuce Tomatoes Potato Chips Banana Pudding. Friday presents Fish Sticks Hominy English Peas Fruit Jello Cookies.
Barefoot Oldster Won’t Conform Edgewood
A. A. Henderson, 83, known as a barefoot philosopher, walks shoeless from spring to frost. He asserts nonconformity builds character and resistance to the elements, saying practice makes the individual freer and less tied by shoestrings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood
A. A
Ab) Henderson
Gelatin Recipe Brief Instructions
Soften one envelope unflavored gelatin in cold water. Heat one can strained cranberry sauce and mix with the gelatin. Stir until the gelatin dissolves and the mixture sets.
Flood loans authorized for Grayson and six Northwest Texas counties
Grayson, Fannin, Collin, Hunt, Lamar, and Denton join 97 Texas counties approved for emergency loans by the Farmers Home Administration. Eligible farmers must show substantial crop losses, be farm operators, lack commercial credit, and intend to resume farming. Loans offer up to 25,000 dollars at 3 percent, due at crop year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson
Fannin
Texas
Farmers Home Administration
Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Collin
Hunt
Lamar
Denton
William Barr
FHA
Barr
Fort Worth Stock Show Opens with Parade and Pageantry
The 1958 Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show begins Friday in Fort Worth with Governor Price Daniel riding in the downtown parade. The 10 day event features a large junior livestock show, a big horse show, and more than 100 day programs plus a Texas Ranch and Farm Show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Price Daniel
Fort Worth
Gail Davis
Annie Oakley
Texas Ffa
Myers Named Texas A M Coach and Athletic Director
Jim Myers, 36, accepted the head coaching and athletic director post at Texas A&M after a swift board approval. He signed a four year, 16000 dollar per year contract and will have rent free use of the Bryant home post-resignation. Myers will report soon and is quoted as eager to leave the snow behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Jim Myers
Texas A&m
Aggies
A&m
Myers
Iowa State
M. T. Harrington
Harrington
Dr. Harrington
Deaths I B Hughey former Grayson College student dies in Pampa
I B Hughey, once a Grayson College student and district superintendent, died Friday at his Pampa home where he had lived 52 years. Survived by wife Catherine, daughter Johnny Hines of Pampa, brother A A Hughey of Mountain View Ark, three sisters Will Wilks Pampa Elgin Hughey Alamogordo N M and George McGowan Vega, and one grandson.
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I. B. Hughey
Grayson College
Pampa
Sherman
Catherine Hughey
Johnny Hines
A. A. Hughey
Mountain View
Ark
Will
Church Attendance In U S Shows High Reach Yet Substantial Absence
Nearly 50 million adults attend worship weekly in U S churches and synagogues, while slightly more than 50 million stay home. The piece notes high historic attendance but emphasizes that weekend worshippers are just under half of the adult population, with churches actively encouraging attendance through revival meetings canvassing guest speakers and outreach. It also mentions a historical aside that lead pencils were first manufactured in 1860.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Britain
Sun Honor Roll and New Subscriptions Acknowledged
The Sun lists numerous new and renewal subscribers including Clifton DeBerry Rev C C Dooley Sears Anderson Claude Thompson and many others. The Philippines opens its fifth and newest cement plant at Bulacan Luzon in operation. Remember that you are a pedestrian part of the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sun
Clifton DeBerry
C. C. Dooley Sears Anderson
Claude Thompson
J. L. Kirkpatrick
C. E. Reeves
W. C. Musser
Fred Waldrop
Paul Stephens
J. W. Hollingsworth
S. D. Fulton
G. D. Bennett
J. E. Mangrum
T. B. Blanton
Clint Hennig
Joe Rich
T. P. Tallant
Betty Pannell
W. W. Haynie
F. M. Echols Woodrow Bowen
Ben E. Dyer
Joe Alexander
Robert H. Gaddy Lewis Cooper
J. P. Williams
M. B. Morgan
M. B. Bryant
S. A. Hodges
Gae Hollingsworth
Elvin Petty
I. M. Fulton Orbin Blanton
Bernie S. Williams
L. M. Magers
N. L. Bennett
Joe Robinson
W. H. Phillips
Philippines
Bulacan
Luzon
Grayson Divides Rural Fire Fund in 1957 allocations
Grayson County commissioners set aside remaining funds from a $10 000 rural fire budget after initial $650 grants to 12 departments. Denison led with 33 alarms worth 642 48 while Sherman received 27 alarms 525 66 and other towns shared the rest based on fires answered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Grayson County Commissioners Court
Weldon Williams
Williams
Denison
Bells
Whitesboro
Pottsboro
Whitewright
Gunter
Howe
Tioga
Tom Bean
OCBA Endorses H. R. 9135 for Cotton
The Old Cotton Belt Association of Texas Local Legislative Committee meeting January 17 1958 at The First National Bank La Grange endorses H R 9135 by E G Gathings. The bill would set marketing quotas domestic percentage allotments soil bank and minimum national production aimed at aiding cotton growers and opposing synthetics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Cotton Belt Association of Texas
First National Bank
la Grange
Texas
E. G. Gathings
Arkansas
OCBA
Old Cotton Belt Association
Cub Scouts Den 4 Meet at Mrs Edwards Home
The Cub Scouts of Den 4 gathered at Mrs Edwards home last week. They recited the pledge to the Flag and made shoe box theaters. Hot chocolate was served. Murry Bryant visited with the scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub
Den 4
Davidchick Named Drive Chairman
Steve Davidchick assistant county attorney was named Gray son chairman of the Red Cross annual drive for the county. The drive will cover all towns and communities except Denison Sherman and Whitewright where United Fund drives provide the allotment. Announcement came from Art Saalfield after a Denison committee headed by Worth Campbell nominated him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Davidchick
Grayson
Red Cross
Denison
Sherman
Whitewright
United Fund
Davidchick
Art Saalfield
Worth Campbell
Cincinnati Police Buy Seven Fast Cruisers To Chase Speeders
The Cincinnati police department buys seven souped up patrol cars to outrun hotrodders in speed chases. The move aims to give officers the edge in pursuing fast cars and preventing high speed incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Police Department
Annual Whitewright Chamber Meeting Set for Monday
The Whitewright Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual meeting Monday night January 27 in the School Cafeteria with coffee and doughnuts for attendees. Officers for the next year will be elected and include president vice president secretary and treasurer along with three directors. Retiring directors and holdover directors are named. A housing development committee was appointed to plan an addition to Whitewright for new homes with city conveniences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
Carl Edwards
Ron Faison
Edwin Badgett
J. P. Darwin
Elbert Bennett
Glenn Doss
Lloyd Alexander
George Brown
Wilson Kaiser
John Biggerstaff
Edwards
Whitewright
Clint Hennig
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Denison Cautions on Unordered Merchandise Scam
Bill Henderson of the Denison Chamber of Commerce warns residents about unordered merchandise schemes common during Christmas. The Bureau advises recipients not to acknowledge receipt or return items, and not to pay unless the item is used. No obligation to keep or surrender goods, and no reply is required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Henderson
Denison
National Better Business Bureau
Chamber
Trent on Youths Charged With Store Burglary
Two Trenton teenagers face burglary charges in Sherman for the January 12 theft of $35 in merchandise from the J B Layman grocery south of Whitewright. They were already sentenced to 30 days and fined $25 for a prior theft of a tire and wheel. A Whitewright juvenile was also arrested and referred to juvenile authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Jim Spangler
Trenton
Whitewright
Fannin County
Grayson County
Fannin
Hoyt Ivey
Bill Collins
J. B. Layman
Ring Mold Meat Loaf With Creamed Peas and Carrots
A meat loaf baked in a ring mold allows a decorative unmold. The center is filled with creamed green peas and carrots for a colorful presentation.
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Voltaire
Chamber of Commerce
Clara Jean Kelly
Texas A & M
R. F. Coffman
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Claud Birdwell
Simmons Powell Robert B. Allison
W. R. Skaggs
C. E. Cooper
Wallace Caraway
W. W. House
Joe W. Bartley
Ruth Cox
L. L. Boyd
Grace Roberts
H. O. Hoard
Earl Bradley
M. M. Warren
R. J. Warren
W. C. Parten
Paul Hutcherson
Joe E. Warren Lee Wilson
Frank Phillips
Maggie Reeves
J. A. Stu
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