Weekend Visitors and New Baby in Sherman Area
Dr. Vernon Bryan of Dallas visited friends here over the weekend. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Key of Sherman on Jan. 18. Numerous relatives and friends from Dallas Plano Honey Grove Denison Carrollton Princeton and Celeste visited or traveled to Sherman and nearby towns over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Bryan
Dallas
Billy Roberts
Honey Grove
Grace Roberts
Mrs. Cull Reeves
Durant, Okla
J. R. Key
Sherman
Ray Lumpkins
Whitewright
Herman Compton
Sybil Justice
Celeste
M. N. Alexander
Rotary Club hears safety belt film and space talk
Jerry Smith of the State Highway Patrol presented a film on automobile safety belts at the Rotary Club meeting, introduced by program chairman Joe Cureton. The event followed a prior space program by Rotarian Philip Earnheart. The Rotary Ann Banquet is set for Feb 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Trade Winds hotel in Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Smith
Joe Cureton
Philip Earnheart
Outer Space
Trade Winds
Sherman
Glass doors redesigned to boost home safety
The Federal Housing Administration announced revised standards for sliding glass doors and picture windows. Mark interior from exterior with insignia and use safety glass wired tempered or laminated. By April 1963 builders must meet minimum thickness specs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Housing Administration
Food From Oil: Oil Firms Develop Edible Vitamins
Standard Oil of New Jersey and British Petroleum work on making edible vitamins and proteins from petroleum. The food consists of micro organisms that thrive on oil compounds. Esso claims successful animal tests have been conducted in the past year.
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Standard Oil of
N. J
British Petroleum
Esso
Fringe Facts From Older Times and Lighter Notes
A collage of curious data points from 1836 to 1960 includes a U S Treasury surplus shared among 26 states in 1836, the banana tree’s sages etymology, fringe benefits rising to 24.9 percent of payroll, U S daily water consumption about 270 billion gallons, pussy willow catkins as flower clusters, Santa’s Village in Bracebridge Ontario as Canadian amusement, golf hole in one odds at 14 937 to 1, Mexico population at 35 million, and the 1960 Census recording 40 5 married couples.
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U. S. Treasury
India
United States
Canada
Bracebridge
Ontario
Kris Kringle
Texoma Savings Opens New Office and Time Capsule Plan
Texoma Savings Association moved to a new space age building at Crockett and Washington streets in Sherman and began business Monday. President Jerry Talley announced an open house to dedicate the time capsule containing $5,000 set to grow to about $1.9 million at four percent over 150 years for a Texoma civic project. The stainless steel capsule, built by G W Taylor and Co, will be sealed and encased in concrete with a historic savers list soliciting genealogies and memorabilia to include in the capsule buried near a lobby plaque.
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Sherman
Texoma Savings Association
Crockett and
Washington Streets
Jerry Talley
Texoma Savings
Texoma
Sherman IBM
G. W. Taylor & Co
Gunter
Philanthropy Fuels U S Health Research In 1960
The U S Public Health Service reports private foundations donated 72 million dollars for medical research and education in 1960. NIH figures show 47 million funded medical research and 25 million supported health education programs.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
Mental Checkbooks and the Mind's Reserve
Oliver Wendell Holmes compares the mind to a check ing account and argues that continual replenishment of knowledge keeps thoughts valid. Without adding wisdom, mental reserves dwindle and one cannot write meaningful checks to others.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Credit Reserve Policy in Cheer Magazine Guideline
The article urges maintaining gray matter credit standing by continually adding to reserves. It frames financial discipline as essential to stability and longevity.
College students favor teaching for creative careers survey
A coast to coast survey of students in 123 institutions finds those seeking a creative career prefer becoming a schoolteacher over other options. The study was conducted for Sales Management magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sales Management Magazine
Obvious Answer Quip by George Bernard Shaw
A quotation from George Bernard Shaw notes that no question is more difficult to answer than the one with an obvious answer. The remark emphasizes paradox in judgment and wit.
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George Bernard Shaw
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Paul Stephens
John Stephens
Allie Alverson
Ravenna
Dee Patterson
Howe
Luther Gordon
Viva Phillips of
Plano
W. L. Hatfield
Lillie Dillon
Mrs
Dick McSpedden
R. E. Simpson
Ted Spinks
Amarillo
Ray McLean
Princeton
P. M. Wrenn
Billy Ray Gordon
Denison
Jim Gordon
Boyd Newman
Nancy of
Carrollton
B. W. Newman
Thomas Ayres
Dean Watson
Bells
W. D. Williams
D. W. Smith
Garland
John Vestal
G. H. Jordan
McKinney Hospital
Jim Grider
Rachel Riddle
Mrs. Riddle
Sherman Hospital
Adah Gillespie
John Inzer
Mrs. Inzer
G. B. McCaslon
J. B. Dixon
J. B. Warrington
M. H. Trotter
Westminster
Bob Hyepock
Sally
Obie Rutledge
Mr. Hyepock
Memphis
Tenn
Rotary Club
GLASS
Mexico
U. S
Texoma Savings In
New Home
Dorothy Perkins
Drath, Reakina
Walker Pharmacy
Texoma Area
Grayson County
Federal Home Loan
U.S
Permanent Reserve Fund
First Mortgage Direct Reduction Loans
Federal Home Loan Bank of
Little Rock
Legal Reserve and
Federal Insurance Reserve
New Financial Service
Crockett
DIAL
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