Bicentennial Washington trip highlights and local notices
Whitewright Rambler reports Maggie Ball and guests visited Washington Maryland and Tennessee during the Bicentennial year with stops at the capitol and George Washington home along with museums. Also notes new Luella Trading Post subscription, local visits, Six Flags trip, Lions Club holiday cancelation, and Grayson College women's basketball tryouts with scholarships for ten players under coach Cindy Crow.
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Maggie Ball
H.E. Horton
Spring Valley
Calif
Washington
Maryland
Tennessee
Maggie
Capitol
George Washington
Grayson County College
Viking Gymnasium
Cindy Crow
Grayson
Miss Crow
Bad Weather Spurs 200 Club To Hold Regular Meeting
The 200 club met despite stormy weather with Mrs. Hugh Hunter presiding. 17 members attended the Friday session for the business meeting and social hour. Discussions covered a blood pressure clinic date, plans for the July 4 celebration, and a gift for the newborn daughter of State Rep. Ben Munson. The club invites visitors daily from 1 to 4 p.m. and will meet next on July 1 from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Ben Munson
Whitewright Bicentennial Celebration on July 4
Whitewright kicks off its bicentennial year with a 11 am joint worship at American Legion park led by Dr. Truman Wester Grayson County College. The day includes a noon picnic, costume prizes, flagpole dedication, and an open house art show by Sherman Arts League with local artists and students on display.
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Whitewright
American Legion
Doug Jester
Chamber of Commerce
Sherman Arts League
Willie Soffey
Bert Mason
League
Sherman
Missy
Paul Wastburn
Honey Grove
Truman Wester
Grayson County College
Legion Park
New Legion
House of Legion
Sherman Art League
Lions Club Holds Office Installation
The Lions club installed 1976 77 officers at a Ladies Night program in the grade school cafetorium led by Lonnie Legg of Denison. President elect Merrell Dickson chaired. Guest speaker at Rotary luncheon was Dallas realtor David Little who spoke on his Botswana safari and African politics. The Whitewright club received a certificate of appreciation and plaque for Lion Care support.
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The
Lions Club
Lonnie Legg
Denison
Rotary
Firemen’s Hall
Dallas
David Little
Clint Little
Whitewright
Little
Botswana
Africa
Sun
Merrell Dickson
Whitewright Club
Denton
Donna Baker Named To Dean's List At ACU
Donna Baker daughter of Mr and Mrs William Baker of Whitewright was named to Abilene Christian University's Dean's Honor Roll for the 1976 spring semester ACU registrar figures show she enlisted in at least 12 hours and posted a 3.45 GPA or higher. Miss Lilian Neathery visited her aunt Mrs Florence Cato in Farmersville weekend.
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Donna Baker
William Baker
Whitewright
Abilene Christian University
ACU
Texas
Lilian Neathery
Florence Cato
Farmersville
Whitewright July 4 events highlight community booths
Mrs. Vestal hosts the Whitewright Community Club meeting at Fireman's Hall with Mrs. Grider presiding and a program on presidents. The day features a Bicentennial celebration July 4 including a Pigskin club softball tournament, a community fair at Legion Park, music acts, a shoehorn of events, booths with historic items, and plans for awards and prizes.
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Whitewright Community Club
Fireman's Hall
Fae Vestal
Edith Grider
Velma Sadler
O. A. Bennett
Sadler
Viva Phillips
American Heritage Booth
Friday Literary Club
Pansy Miller
Rachel Miller
Edith Jester
Sam Rayburn
Kathleen Hatfield
Fay Vestal
Ruth Miller
Carl May
Winnie Hamilton
Vera Chesser
Helen Bilmner
Eula Tabor
Lorene Hassler
Bert
Betty Mason
Sherman
Jester
Pigskin Club
John Parker
Legion Park
Whitewright
Vacation Home Visit Brings Hughes Family Together
Retired 1 C Sargt J D Hughes of Virginia Beach and Elizabeth McCornick of San Jose completed a vacation at Mrs John Hughes’ home. Immediate family hosted a buffet for guests including Mr and Mrs William Hughes and other relatives from Whitewright, Trenton, Denison, Dallas and Fort Worth. It marked the first time in 20 years all three Hughes children gathered at Mrs Hughes’ home.
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J. D. Hughes
Virginia Beach
Elizabeth McCornick
San Jose
Calif
John Hughes
Whitewright
William B. Hughes
Richard Roberts
Shanna
Martha Parkins
Gene
Linda
Noda
Grayson County 4-H Leaders Attend District Lab at Trinidad
Eight Grayson County 4 H members attended the District IV leadership lab at Texas Power and Light in Trinidad. Training covered citizenship safety the world of work and working with younger 4 H ers plus outdoor activities and meeting peers from eighteen counties. Thirteen Grayson 4 H students also competed at the Denton Rex Couble arena in the district horse show with state competition to be held in Amarillo July 21 24.
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Karen Odum
Margie McDowell
Maggie Ball
Sheryl
Karen Griffin
Tish Whatley
Stephen
Sharon Riker
Eddie Hughes
Kim Almond
Janet Smith
Jayne Harper
Jean Meador
Janna Worsham
Cindy Almond
Ed Kent
Ann Scott
Belinda Brinkley
Donna Durham
Tammy Norris
Randy Sparks
Rita Sparks
Bart Bodine
David Pryor
Chamber of Commerce
Grayson County
Texas Power and Light Company
Trinidad
District
Rex Couble
Denton
S.H
Robert Lacy
Pam Snipes
Jeff Sargent
Carol Snipes
Susan Carpenter
Carla Cox
Mike Turner
Jim Cox
Greg Johnson
Amber Jones
Stacy Schaffer
Eric Little
Gleann Glenn
Amarillo
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Whitewright Rambler
Luella
Hugh Hunter
Belinda Jacobs
Jefferson, Ga
Frank Alexander
Paul Geers
Holly and
Paul Jones
Bonham
Betty Kay Geers
Leahy
Rio Grand Baptist Mission Ministry
200 Club
Ed Barkley
Alabama
Lytle Morgan
Butch Morgan
Heviner
James Stuteville
Richardson
Grover Stuteville
Milton Simpson
William Rogan
First Presbyterian Church
Dwayne Davis
First Baptist Church
Jimmy Hedges
Ronnie Pennell
Dr Wester
Sam Montgomery
Bob Brayn
First United Methodist
Rotary Club
Dick Capp
Charles Truksa
Joe Norwood
Bud Roach
Jerry Tapp
Lion Tamer
Larry Presley
Doyce Worsham
Mike Herber
Pam, Tracy
Tricia Williams
Beaulah McLain
Eula Hamilton
Jerry Hunter
Shay
Tina Howell
Kates Estes
Dee Ann Travis
Sherman, Baton
Twirler
Horace McDonald
Tom Mac Holmes
Trenton
McDonald
Tom Mac
Kate Estes
Mrs. Vestal
Louis Franklin
East Texas State University
Commerce
Hughes Visitors
Leadership Lab
Nickie Jones
Denise Grigg
John Merriman
Bonnie Holcomb
Lisa Chumbley
Sandy Coulson
Cheryl Gregory
Bruce Melton
District 4-H Council
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