WE OF THE SUN NOTES JULY 4 HOLIDAY IMPACT
WE OF THE SUN reports area business hours observed July 4 with midweek timing causing printing delays through Thanksgiving November 22. The piece also covers June rainfall around 5 percent, Main Street trash barrels installed by the Chamber of Commerce and a Whitewright AQHA show July 15 at noon with 26 classes.
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WE OF the Sun
Main Street
Chamber of Commerce
Leon White
North Texas
Whitewright
Whitewright Riding Club
Martel Smith
McKinney
Water Safety Classes Scheduled By Red Cross Instructor
Mrs. Joe Cureton a Red Cross water safety instructor from Whitewright will again conduct classes at Bonham State Park starting July 10. Now in her third year she offers beginning swimming advanced beginner intermediate and swimmer skills plus a special women's class. Minimum age seven with no maximum. Register by phone July 6–7 from 2 to 5 p.m. at FO 4 2908.
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Joe
Sally) Cureton
Red Cross
Whitewright
Bonham State Park
Cureton
New Officers Installed By Whitewright Masons
Whitewright Lodge No. 167 AF and AM installed a new slate of officers at a Monday night meeting in the Masonic Hall. John Paul Stephens became worshipful master followed by Ralph Judd senior warden C A Sneed junior warden Sonny Gosnell treasurer R R Summers secretary Joe Bodine tiler Bull Range senior deacon E E McFatridge junior deacon B W Newman chaplin Ed Kent and Finis Stephens as stewards.
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Whitewright Lodge No. 167
Af&am
Masonic Hall
John Paul Stephens
Ralph Judd
C. A. Sneed
Sonny Gosnell
R. R. Summers
Joe Bodine
Bull Range
E. E. McFatridge
B. W. Newman
Chaplin
Ed Kent
Finis Stephens
Deaths in Ector: Mrs Jennie Redman 86 funeral held
Funeral services were held at Ector for Mrs Jennie Redman 86 who died at her home Tuesday Burial was in Randolph Cemetery She was born January 13 1876 in Trenton and lived in Ector the last 40 years Survivors include two sons Orville and Other Redman of Ector a daughter Mrs Ina Massey of Dallas a sister Mrs W T Nicholson of Whitewright 18 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild
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Ector
Jennie Redman
Tusday
Randolph Cemetery
Choctaw Flood Control Project Approved for $6 Million Plan
The State Soil Conservation Board selected a Choctaw watershed flood control project for planning priority. A headquarters will be set up in Grayson County to design 50 60 lakes on Choctaw Creek tributaries across 247 000 acres. Denison and Sherman are exempt from a local five cent tax. four agencies will cooperate.
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T. G. McGraw
Sherman
Choctaw Improvement District
State Soil Conservation Board
Grayson County
Red River
Denison
Four Mile Lane
Perrin Afb
Perrin
Dorchester
Whitewright
Upper Elm-Red Soil Conservation Service
State Soil Conservation Service
Commissioners Court
Ribicoff to Quit Welfare Post for Senate Race
Hartford Connecticut Welfare Secretary Abraham A. Ribicoff plans to resign within two weeks to pursue a U S Senate campaign as a Democrat. He said he will step down on or before July 13 after a weekend of appearances.
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Hartford
Conn
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Kennedy
Ribicoff
U. S. Senate
Dear Mister Editor Letter on July Fourth and rising costs
Uncle Dan from Tom Bean critiques modern patriotism and voices concern over government aid waste in Korea and Turkey. He cites misused funds for soy beans and an unbuilt electric plant, plus higher domestic living costs and inflation affecting fat and thin alike.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
Korea
Turkey
Alexander
North Carolina
United States
Price
Geese Weed Oklahoma Cotton Patch for Weeding
Jackson County farmer Lawrence LeVick raised 200 geese to weed his cotton field near Blair Oklahoma. The flock, started April 2, eats weeds and Johnson grass, avoids cotton, and is kept in by an electric fence. Coyotes killed over 40 birds. LeVick seeks replacements and protects the rest with binoculars and a rifle.
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Blair
Okla
Jackson County
Lawrence LeVick
LeVick
Missouri
State Board Sets Per Capita School Aid for 1962-63
The State Board of Education approved a 78.50 per student appropriation for 1962-63 with a $2 drop from 1961-62. Deputy Warren Hitt said the Foundation Fund will cover the loss for all but about 150 districts. Textbook funding totals 9,629,403 for the year, up about 1.2 million from last year.
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Austin
State Board of Education
Warren Hitt
Hitt
Perrin AFB Shifts From Training Command to ADC
Perrin Air Force Base officially changed from the Air Training Command to the Air Defense Command on Monday. General Webster stated the move preserves Perrin as a base and that no major changes to Perrin’s mission are expected, with Perrin and Tindall AFB now in the 73d Air Division under ADC. Perrin’s Col. Raymond K. Gallagher accepted the new command as Lt. Gen. Robert M. Lee and Maj. Gen. Benjamin J. Webster attended. The article also notes Lewiston Idaho hosting the world’s largest lumber mill.
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Perrin Air Force Base
Air Training Command
Air Defense Command
Perrin
Benjamin J. Webster
ADC
Robert M. Lee
Webster
Tindall Afb
Fla
73D Air Division
73D
Big
Robert Burns
Raymond K. Gallagher
Church of Christ Gospel Meeting To Begin Monday
The Church of Christ of White Wright announces a gospel meeting July 9 to 15 with daily 8 p.m. services. Evangelist Lloyd Frederick from Arlington Heights Fort Worth preaches. he has 15 years’ preaching and two years with Arlington Heights Church. Frederick attended Abilene Christian College with local preacher Wallace Mynatt.
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Church of Christ of Whitewright
Lloyd Frederick
Arlington Heights
Fort Worth
Frederick
New Health Care Bill Draws Blast
Washington officials report a bipartisan plan to extend health care to the aged via Social Security. The AMA blasts the approach as an expanded version of improvised changes aimed at attracting votes, opposing tax-financed care that would curb medical quality. Senators Anderson and King back the measure, which the AMA estimates would raise Social Security taxes—$27.50 for workers earning $5,200 and a matching rise for employers.
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Washington
American Medical Association
Senate
AMA
Congress
Clinton Anderson
D-N. M
Cecil R. King
Eisenhower Urges Republicans to Wake Up and Act
Dwight Eisenhower told delegates at an all- Republican conference that voters must not sit on their hands and businessmen should enter politics. He warned that neglecting civic duties could lead to being governed by others and urged unity over disunity while urging businessmen to make politics their first business.
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Gettysburg
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Bet Kneeling Guest Gets Baby Shower Surprise
Ola B. Ross, a bachelor bank president from Quinton Oklahoma, complained he felt like an ordinary guest at weddings and baby showers until his prize mare was announced as expecting. He received a wedding baby shower gift including bottles a curry comb horseshoes and a bale of hay.
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Quinton
Okla
Ola B. Ross
Oklahoma
Ross
Sivley to Direct Whitewright Recreation Program
Robert Sivley of the Whitewright school faculty will direct a summer recreation program for children aged 6 to 14 in Whitewright. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, activities include softball volleyball horseshoes card games croquet rope climbing tether ball badminton basketball swimming and checkers. Interested participants should attend the school gym Monday July 9 at 8 am for assignments.
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Robert Sivley
Whitewright School Faculity
Whitewright
Chamber of Commerce
Sivley
Turkey Growers Reject National Marketing Controls
Washington Turkey growers rejected national marketing controls in a referendum. Of 7,188 ballots cast from 8,000 eligible voters, 3,116 supported the proposal, representing 845.2 million pounds of live turkeys in 1961, about half of total volume.
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Washington
Agriculture
Freeman
Army to keep Forts Polk and Chaffee open for training
The Army will keep Fort Polk in Louisiana and Fort Chaffee in Arkansas open as training bases after reservists leaving active duty in August. Fort Polk will become a training center with up to 20 000 soldiers, while Fort Chaffee will host about 9 000 active Army troops with unit types to be decided later.
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San Antonio
Ft. Polk
Louisiana
Ft. Chaffee
Arkansas
Army
49Th Armored Division
Texas National Guard
Kentucky
100Th
4Th Army
Louisiana Post
Ft. Chaffe
Wardens Increase Patrols During May Fishing Season
Texas game wardens issued checks on lakes in May, finding 200 unlicensed fishers and 58 illegal sales in retail outlets. A total of 346 cases were filed with fines and costs reaching 5592.35 dollars. J B Phillips urged anglers to carry licenses and double check party members before leaving home.
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Austin
J. B. Phillips
Game and Fish Commission
Phillips
Chicago’s Rail Hub Tops Nation With 1770 Daily Trains
Chicago stands as the nation’s greatest rail center with about 1,770 trains arriving and departing each day, highlighting its pivotal role in transportation and commerce.
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Chicago
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