August Wedding Planned for Frances Jordan and Robert Gentry
Frances Jordan of Mt. Vernon plans to marry Robert Wayne Gentry of Whitewright on August 15 at 8 p.m. in Mt. Vernon First Baptist Church. Miss Jordan, a 1956 Mt. Vernon H S graduate, holds ETSC degrees and was active in Baptist groups. Mr. Gentry, ETSC graduate in speech, is part of Alpha Chi and Alpha Psi Omega and also active in Baptist Student Union. Both will teach at Mineola High School in the fall.
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Morris Jordan
Mt. Vernon
Frances
Robert Wayne Gentry
Homer M. Gentry
Whitewright
First Baptist Church
Miss Jordan
Mt. Vernon High School
Smith Hughes
ETSC
Baptist Student Union
Religious Council
Eta Epsilon
Mr. Gentry
Trenton High School
Alpha Chi
Alpha Psi Omega
Mineola High School
Whitewright 4-H Club Hosts Meeting at Roadside Park
H- D Club members and sponsors Mrs Noble Bennett and Mrs G B McCasland attended a Whitewright Home Demonstration Club meeting at a roadside park near Trenton. Mrs J C McMillin presided with a unison prayer and pledge led by Mrs Carl May. Winnie Hamilton gave the thought of the day and recipe books were shared. Eight H D Club and eight 4 H girls plus sponsors and one visitor, Sallye Hamilton, enjoyed games and refreshments. Next meeting is July 9 at Mrs Joe Millers home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright 4-H Club
Noble Bennett
G. B. McCasland
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club
Trenton
J. C. McMillin
Carl May
Winnie Hamilton
McMillin
Sallye Hamilton
Joe Miller
A Day in Your Life Major daily bodily facts and a mink coat quip
An adult of about 175 pounds experiences a 24 hour cycle: heartbeats around 103,689, breath 23,040 times, blood flow 168 million, air inhaled 438 cubic feet, food 3 percent pounds, liquids 2.9 pounds, waste loss 7.8 pounds, perspiration 1.43 pints, sleep turns 25 to 35, speech 4,800 words, movement of 750 major muscles, nails grow 0.000046 inch, hair grows 0.017414 inch, brain cells active 7,000,000. In a weekly Rotator, a chorus girl with a mink coat jokes that success comes from not struggling.
Veterans GI and education questions answered in Q and A
A VA Q and A covers liability release for buyers assuming a GI loan, eight year limit for Korea GI Bill training, War Orphans Education allowances by full or part time status, and eligibility under new Korea veteran GI insurance. Also notes peptic ulcer death toll in the U.S. at about 10 000 annually.
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Korea
The
U. S
Letter to editor argues college degrees overvalued
A reader laments college trained workers earning less than tradesmen and argues supply and demand justify skilled labor. The piece criticizes widespread college enrollment, asserts many graduates lack direction, and praises skilled hands as vital to building technology. The note ends urging readers to consider Sun Want Ad sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Citation in Denison real estate partition case
Court issues citation to Anna Tom Cabiness Dean and Herschal Dean to answer by 10 a.m. on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance in a Grayson County suit No. 66122. Plaintiffs seek partition of Lot 18, Block 19, Stevens Addition, Denison, with other defendants named.
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State OF Texas
Anna Tom Cabiness
Herschal Dean
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Mattie L. Pace
Feme
Faye Pace
Lena FE. Hodges
John Lee Bright
Will H. Hall
Charles
Public notice in Grayson County Texas 1959 heirs land case
Citation by publication commands unknown heirs to appear in Fifteenth District Court Sherman Texas by July 27 1959 to answer Oscar Harold Noel v Stanford Manning Noel et al a suit to appoint a receiver for contingent future interests and to lease land on Red River for oil and minerals described in two tracts totaling about 666 acres with various deeds and exceptions.
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State OF
Texas
Leota Humphreys
Lizzie Crain
Elizabeth Crain
Robert Noel Crain
James W. Humphreys
Billy Jack Humphreys
Barbara Humphreys Sibley
Norma Jean Humphreys Mauldin
Patricia Humphreys
Cecil Noel
Taylor Crain
Susan Ellen Noel
Fifteenth District Court
Grayson County
Sherman
Oscar Harold Noel
Stanford Manning Noel
Oscar Harold Noel, Jr
Lecta Humphreys
Grayson
Red River
John Hart
Campbell Seals
L. B. Franks
John Hart Survey
State of Texas
S. E
Cedar Mills
S. W
Fannie T. Crain
J. C. Noel
Cedar Creek
B. F. Noel
W. W. Crain
J. C. Noel Et al
Oscar F. Noel
O. F. Noel
G. W. Chalmer
H. H. Hayes
S. V. Earnest
District Court
Shirley Davis
Whitewright Sun
Ancient juries and advocates in early Greek trials
The article traces jury trials to ancient Sicily and Athens around 600 B C, noting lack of formal evidence rules, jurors who cheered or booed, and defendants often appearing unrepresented. It highlights Antiphon ghost-writing briefs, Socrates, and Aristotle’s later emphasis on shared juror values such as justice and civic oath.
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Sicily
B. C
Athens
Lot
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Moral lessons on tolerance and freedom of choice
A historical note argues that laws cannot force morals and that tolerance grows from learning, not coercion. It compares freedom including intolerance to gunpoint demands and emphasizes respecting others to serve all, with a brief aside on ironing cotton fabrics and a trend in mutual savings banks declining from 531 in 1939 to 518 today.
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Westview
B. C
Canada
Powell River
Mutual Savings
U. S
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Dearie
Frances Jordan
Robert W. Gentry
Tex
Margie Ann Noel
Clyde Noel Spiller
Antiphon
Stephens & Bryant
Insurance & Real Estate
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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