Down Memory Lane Headlines From Burkburnett to Whitewright
A collage of local notes from The Sun years 1919 to 1929. Visits to Burkburnett oil fields, new garage openings, farm purchases, marriages, deaths, influenza cases, school activities, club elections, and community trades days shape a portrait of small town life across Texan communities including Iowa Park, Sherman, Gainesville, Greenville, and Whitewright.
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the Sun
W. F. Sanders
Charley Sanders
H. C. Willis
Fitz Bryant
Charles Truett
J. L. Kirkpatrick
Ross May
Burkburnett
Iowa Park
Lee Crouch
Smith
Payne Cottage
Peter McKenna
Houston
George Head
Alexander Loveau
McAlester
Okla
J. H. Hawkins
First Baptist Church
Washington Street Baptist Church
Greenville
Little Citizens Club
Billie Magar
Maurine Pierce
N. B. Nicholson
Lanius Kincaid
Fannin County
Mattie Bell Jones Kimbell
B. B. Kimbell
Fort Worth
Eliza Wallace
Whitewright
Sam Stateville
Trenton
R. C. Vestal
Tommie Chenoweth
Willie B. Smith
Foucheaux Vestal
Martha Louise Vestal
Mary Alice Harrison
Jack Smith
James
Kenneth German
Martha Jo
Dorotha Darwin
Barbara Reed
James Phillips
Susie Noe
J. L. Hardin
Luella
Cannon Cemetery
F. O. Mangrum
Leroy Martin
Bertine Bailey
Ira Anderson
Lanius
Bees Not as Efficient as Generally Believed
A Washington report notes honey bees, long seen as models of efficiency, die young with workers averaging six weeks. Stinging ends lives with their own stingers left in victims, and swarming can threaten colonies, especially if fall swarms lack winter stores and emigrant workers are past usefulness.
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Washington
Veteran Questions And Answers
A series of VA guidance Q and A covers dependence proof for claiming a mother, timing for Korean GI Bill training enrollment, crediting interest on National Service Life Insurance dividends, and the tax status of VA disability compensation. Answers note that deposits and evidence must show actual dependence, enrollment must have first lesson before deadline, interest credited the day before policy anniversary, and VA disability payments are non taxable.
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National Service Life
Rejected registrants to be re-examined in Texas
Austin reports state selective service director Paul Wakefield directed draft boards to recheck registrants rejected for defects not constituting cause. Some men may become acceptable under updated armed forces physical standards after new reviews planned before May 1952.
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Austin
Selective Service
Paul L. Wakefield
Hog Prices Likely Dip in 1954 While Mutton Holds Steady
College Station report notes hog marketing expansion may push prices down slightly in 1954 after record 1953 levels. Pig crop was smallest in five years. hog slaughtering expected to rise by spring. Sheep and lamb prices expected to stay near 1953 levels as fewer head reach market. National Geographic cites Mackenzie District snow totals of 40 to 50 inches annually.
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College Station
John G. McHaney
McHaney
Mackenzie District
Canada
Canadian Great Lakes
National Geographic Society
Inheritance Laws Without a Will Explain Rights and Shares
A public notice explains what happens when a person dies intestate and how property is distributed under Texas law. It outlines differences for real and personal property, community versus separate property, and homestead rules, with examples of typical allocations and the surviving spouse’s share.
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Texas
State Bar of Texas
Colorado
Austin
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Wade Sears
Roberts
Oak Hill Cemetery
J. R. Carter
H. R. Duke
Jacksonville
Arthur Griffin
Home Ice & Manufacturing Company
Joe McKinsey
Sherman
Ben Guess
Royce McMahon
Lucile Bass
Tom Bean
Isaac Tree
Cross Roads
Bethel Home Demonstration Club
O. G. Bow
J. L. Denton
Selah Hedgpeth
Ellen Sloan
Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
Felicia Littlejohn
My Neighbors
Bri Paulson
Kremlin
George M. Hight
Whitewright, Texas
Bankers Life & Casualty CO
B. W. Newman
Whitewright Independent School District
S. T. Montgomery Jr