Down Memory Lane 35 Years Ago Highlights from The Sun
A 1921 snapshot notes Horace Thompson's heart attack, local business openings如 J Will Smith grocer, property transfers including S C Horton to T L Hansard, and multiple births, deaths, and community events. Pat Zarafonetis donates a playground slide to schools. various marriages and anniversaries referenced. thefts from smokehouses and milk earnings reported. Rotary Club guest list and local accidents noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sun
Horace Thompson
J. Will Smith
Bethel
S. C. Horton
T. L. Hansard
M. A. Mangrum
R. S. Morehead
Joe Mangrum
Pat Zarafonetis
Post Office Confectionery
Dug Henry
Pilot Grove News
Fire of undetermined origin de
A brief from The Sun dated January 22 1931 notes a fire of undetermined origin. Details are incomplete in the fragment. The item suggests a local blaze with limited available information.
Antirabic Vaccine Advanced Far Since Pasteur Days
In 1884 Pasteur saved Joseph Meister with a rabbit brain based rabies vaccine. Texas Health Department researchers now produce over 500 treatments yearly using a six month process from six vaccine lots twice yearly. Experts caution no vaccine is perfect and allergy risks remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasteur
Austin
Paris
Louis Pasteur
Joseph Meister
Alsace
Texas Health Department
National Institute of Health
E. B. M. Cook
State Health Department
Divorce Petition Citation in Grayson County Texas
Court orders Helen Frances Hale to answer a divorce petition filed July 5 1955 by A B Hale. Citation requires appearance by February 13 1956 before Judge of the 15th District Court in Sherman. Published in The Whitewright Sun January 5 12 19 and 26 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texa
Helen Frances Hale
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
A. B. Hale
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Davenport
Whitewright Sun
Rabies Vaccine Reactions and Health Officials Caution
Health officials note vaccines can protect many from disease but cause reactions in some. About 2,379 treatment reactions were reported last year with 50 severe cases. no paralytic reactions or deaths linked to the vaccine. Officials say stopping injections at first reaction could reduce severe outcomes. Dr. Henry A. Holle calls the vaccine risk minimal compared to rabies death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Henry A. Holle
Grayson County Arrests Hit 1 083 in 1955
Grayson County sheriff's department reported 1,083 arrests for 1955 led by drunkenness with 145 cases and 78 jailed for swindling. Other actions included five murders and 81 driving while intoxicated. Civil papers totaled 1,293. property losses reached 19,169.12 with 17,116.90 recovered. Fines and costs totaled 23,072.10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
Income tax bite hits 11 year old Sharon Bremmer
In Denver an 11 year old sixth grader at Stephen Knight School who earned 1.35 as an usher at school events sees 24 cents withheld for federal income tax and 1 cent for state income tax. The father figure behind the tax lick is unnamed. The story notes the Education Department and school district involvement. Sharon’s tiny paycheck illustrates how taxes touch young earners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Income Tax Department
Sharon Bremmer
Sharon
Stephen Knight School
Small boy's mock definition and Napoleon on ingratitude
The quotation notes a boy's idea of conscience as what makes a child tell his mother before his sister. It contrasts this with Napoleon's view that the harsher burden is the baseness and ingratitude of man in reverses of fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Citation in land suit over Whitesboro property
The State of Texas issues a writ to Everett Baty and Joe Baty and heirs of both to answer by February 20 in Sherman Court. Plaintiffs James E. Holt and Lucille Holt seek title and possession to a 60 by 210 foot parcel on South Union Street and adjacent alley in Whitesboro Grayson County. The case file number is 63542 filed December 1 1955 with the clerk S V Earnest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Texas
Everett Baty
Joe Baty
Jeff Baty
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
James E. Holt
Lucille Holt
Union Street
Whitesboro
Abner E. Jones
R. E. Wafer
Alma M. Wafer
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Davenport
Whitewright Sun
Also Mentioned on This Page
Howard Brodhead
Bells
Central Christian Church
S. P. Beckett
Katherine Montgomery
Whitewright
Denton
M. E. Greenway
Helen Craig
M. T. Craig
Floyd Badgett
Kansas City
George Ragsdale
J. R. Murphy
W. H
Bill) Dixon
Taylor Scott
Pilot Grove
T. B. Thaxton
Amarillo
Woosley
Lower Main Street
H. B. Barnett
Mr. Barnett
Albert Partridge
Paul Stephens
W. C. Brown
Bonham
Sam Montgomery
James Lackey
Wear-Ever Aluminum Co
Byron Teague
Paul Pierson
Grady Stepp
Earl Phillips
Albert L. Jackson
Tom Holmes
Mark Montgomery Jr
Clifton DeBerry
Jack Meador
Fred Starr Jr
Bussy Thornhill
Merriwell Vineyard
J. W. Sanderson
W. L. Caylor
Quinton Nicholson
Billie Pritchett
Clifton Burchfield
Rotary Club
L. C. Cambron
al Connelly
Trenton
Clarence Ashlock
Howe
Virginia Benson
Ambrose Neathery
Feed
Pascal Farley
Chevrolet
Sheriff’s Office
Coral Sea
Mt. Mazama, Oge
L.C.F
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!