HERE and THERE TIE A STRING AROUND YOUR FINGER
A collection of local notices covers the Chamber of Commerce meeting turnout, remodeling at Stephens & Bryant, a shop purchase and facelift on North Bend street, school census follow ups, jury duty warnings about poll taxes, snowfall reminiscences, and scrutiny of school curtain advertising schemes. The column notes state and county details and quotes Deputy Sheriff Lester Day on juror lists while touching on political reform, social security inequities, and a call for caution with outsiders selling school related ads.
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Grayson County
Associated Press
Lester Day
Sheriff’s Office
March of Dimes Events Schedule Local Fund Drive
Local March of Dimes campaign lists events this week and next. Craig's Cafe donates coffee proceeds Friday morning and afternoon, Hiway Truck Stop (Ayers Cafe) donates Monday morning coffee sales, porchlight drive Monday evening asks households to keep lights on and greet volunteers for cash gifts.
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March of Dimes Fund
Craig’s Cafe
Hiway
Ayers Cafe
Clarence Tillett
Business District
Earl Blanton
Wilson Kaiser
John Biggerstaff
Burgher Vestal
S. T. Montgomery
Roscoe Gillett
Texas Cotton Acreage Ruling Urges Use or Return 1956 Quota
Texas farmers can plant more cotton in 1956 than was harvested in 1955 if they use alloted acreage. The 1956 Texas quota stands at 7 410 893 acres while 6 860 000 acres were harvested in 1955. Producers not planting must return unused acres to county committees for reallocation.
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Texas
Texas Stabilization and Conservation Committee
U. S. Department of Agriculture
ASC
Fifth Sunday Singing Convention Set at Cannon
The fifth Sunday Singing Convention will meet at Cannon next Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
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Cannon
Boy Repeats Victory In Cherry Pie Bake Contest
Wayne Herda, 17, Salem High School senior from Milwaukee, defeats eight girls in a district cherry pie baking contest to advance to the state finals for the second year.
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Boy
Milwaukee
Wis
Wayne Herda
Salem High School
Polite Thug Gets Fooled and Apologizes
In Miami two women clerks at a laundry tricked a would be robber. The gunman asked them to fill a paper bag with cash and opened two drawers showing empty tills. He apologized and left. The third drawer contained the money he sought.
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Miami
Ashley Carter
Dorothy Siegel
Investment compares two earning brackets as pension fund
A 2 percent social contribution over 45 years yields for a $350 month case a $78 140 annuity at 2 42 percent interest plus a pension near twice the $100 month case, while long life payments may exceed contributions, framing the fund as the best investment.
Better Pay That Poll Tax 1956 Highlights Politics in Texas
A 1956 Texas political season looms with a presidential race, party conventions, and a new provision allowing armed forces members to vote. Precinct, county, and state conventions run May 5 to May 22, with September sessions to pick committees and set up for the November 6 general election. The State Democratic committee targets 3.5 million qualified voters, up from 2.8 million in 1952.
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Texas
Democratic Executive Committee
School Lunch Menu Week Items and Variations
A weekly school lunch menu lists Monday through Friday meals with items such as hamburger patties red beans pickles potato chips tomatoes onion slices banana pudding raviola pressed ham slice lettuce doughnuts red beans ham hock sliced cheese sandwich corn bread apple cobbler steak and gravy blackeyed peas baked corn short cakes salmon salad on lettuce green beans hominy cinnamon rolls.
U S Grain Stocks Reach New Record Total
The Agriculture Department reports Jan 1 stocks of wheat corn oats sorghum and barley totaling a record 116 million tons. Wheat stocks reached 1 535 billion bushels the largest ever up 4 percent from last year and 70 percent above the 1945 54 average. Off farm stocks stood at 1 214 billion bushels, up 6 percent from a year earlier. Five presidents married twice noted in passage.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas Firms Ordered to Show Solvency by May 31
Austin announces that 1,400 Texas based insurers must prove solvency by May 31 or lose licenses. Gov. Shivers says weak firms will be ousted and confidence restored. A solvency questionnaire will be sent to 2,024 companies. each may hire its own sworn accountant for audits reviewed by state auditors.
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Austin
J. Byron Saunders
The
Insurance Commission
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Texas
United States
Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
Insurance Department
Saunders
Chevrolet Tops 1955 New Car Sales In Nation
Chevrolet led 1955 U S new car retail registrations with 1 487 797 deliveries through November with December data in eight states included to top Ford at 1 437 236. Buick followed with 681 864 and Plymouth 599 676 as the next highest sellers.
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Detroit
Chevrolet
General Motors
Ford
Buick
Plymouth
Farm Teeners Reject Drinking. Approve Dancing and Church
A survey of about 2,800 rural Pennsylvania high school sophomores by Penn State sociologists shows strong disapproval of alcohol use with more than 75 percent against drinking. Sixty percent see church attendance as necessary for leadership, while 87 percent back dancing and 54 percent approve smoking.
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University Park
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State University
Deaths of Mrs Dollie E Jones and J C Hutchins
Two obituary notices report the deaths of Mrs Dollie E. Jones 62 of Sherman from a heart attack at 7 20 p m at home on 505 West Lamar Street and J C Hutchins 73 father of Mrs Curliss Aldridge of Whitewright. Funeral arrangements for Mrs Jones set for Barnhart Chapel at 2:00 p m Sunday with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. pallbearers listed. Survivors include three sons thirteen grandchildren and five daughters. Hutchins funeral was held Tuesday at Savoy Baptist Church with burial in Sunnyside Cemetery. The family includes wife Ida Strazer Hutchins and five sons and five daughters among survivors.
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Dollie E. Jones
Sherman
West Lamar Street
Barnheart Chapel
Newton W. Cole
Oak Hill Cemetery
O. L. Nicely
T. J. Graham
H. P. Ross
Jack Farley
Teeman Sanders
J. D. Bush
Mrs. Jones
Mt. Vernon
Oscar
Margaret Bright
John Wesley Jones
Whitewright
Mr. Jones
Jones
J. C. Hutchins
Curliss Aldridge
Savoy
Savoy Baptist Church
Sunnyside
Barnheart Funeral Home
Hutchins
Fannin County
Baptist Church
Ida Strazer Hutchins
E. L. Hutchins
J. D. Hutchins
Grand Prairie
Elbert Hutchins
Otis Hutchins
Louie Hutchins
Clifford Hill
Buford House
Ector
A. L. Martin
Bells
Wylie Hutchins
Temple
Okla
Louis Hutchins
Marshfield
Panel Approves Tax Removal On Farm Gasoline
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill to exempt farmers from the 2 cent per gallon federal excise tax on gasoline used on the farm. The retroactive measure, estimated to save about 60 million dollars, moves to the House for a vote next week.
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Washington, D. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower
1 183 000 Voters Added to Lists
The Census Bureau reports 1 183 000 new voters added between July 1 1934 and July 1 last year. The number of adults 21 and over rose to 100 892 000 and the civilian population to 162 283 000. A New Year’s Day estimate puts the population at 166 700 000. The Chesapeake Bay retriever is the first US originated dog breed and is used mainly as a water retrieving hunting dog.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Annual Chamber of Commerce Meeting Set for Tuesday
The Board of Directors calls the annual meeting for Tuesday night at 7 30 at Craig's Cafe. James H. Gosnell says the session will elect a president vice president secretary and three directors with four holdover directors. The chamber invites a strong turnout as commerce is everyone’s business.
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Chamber of Commerce
Craig’s
James H. Gosnell
March of Dimes
Gosnell
George Hight
M. B. Hasty
Bob Andrew
Farmers Social Security Meetings Set Across Grayson County
A series of farmer wife meetings in Grayson County this week discuss the compulsory 1955 social security program for farmers. Roy Westerfield of Sherman will speak. final session Friday January 27 at 7 30 p m in the Sherman Court House Assembly Room.
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Grayson County
Roy Westerfield
Sherman
Dallas
Social Security Administration
Court House
Tioga
Howe
Interposition Background Explained in Historic Context
A historical note traces interposition from early American statehood to modern South era debates. Georgia first protested federal encroachment asserting state sovereignty, followed by several states. Virginia’s 157 year old resolution underpins current moves, framing states to interpose against federal overreach.
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England
Georgia
Marvin Griffith
Richmond
U. S. Supreme Court
South Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Virginia General Assembly
U. S
Woman Chased From Home By Pet Dog in Fort Worth
A 25 year old woman fled her apartment into cold today as her five year old black cocker spaniel Mike turned violent during a distemper spell. Mr Charles Towson of 1922 Sixth Ave summoned the dog pound and the animal was placed under observation. El Paso averages 330 sunny days a year.
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Fort Worth
Mike
Charles Towson
Sixth Ave
Dog Pound
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Stephens & Bryant Insurance
Main Street
Bonnie Janway
George Baugher
North Bend Street
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Montgomery
Bob Cantrell
Bonham Favorite
Bonham
Supt
Singing
Tyler
Fillmore
Benjamin Harrison
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Whitewright Sun
Whitewright, Texas
Grayson
Fannin Counties
Annual Chamber of Commerce Meeting
Farmers’ Social Security
el Paso
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