Showboat Minstrel nets 250 profit and local notices
Clyde Little reports a 250 net profit from last week's Showboat Minstrel. Whitewright observes July Fourth with a closed town feel while other towns print, weather forecasts miss, and readers renew subscriptions. Community concerns grow over county courthouse expansion and a deputy sheriff need. Social Security reforms draw criticism as retirees gain with limited prior contributions.
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Clyde Little
Chamber of Commerce
Light’s That High How Wide Is It To Be
Camden Pa report of a driver using a lighted top deck to reach a station and encountering a shocked motorist. The convertible occupant jokes about width when headlights approached. Reminder to use vegetable shortening when pan frying.
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Camden
Mac
Whitewright Baseball Results and Schedule Highlights
June 29 Whitewright beat Howe 6 to 2 with Woodson and Gary Ryan winning. July 1 Farmersville topped Whitewright 9 to 2 as Jody Aston earned the win. July 4 Bells routed Whitewright 15 to 1 behind Roger Brooks. Upcoming games include July 8 at Tom Bean and July 11 at Whitewright.
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Whitewright
Howe
David Woodson
Gary Ryan
Ray Bunch
Gary Gray
Johnny Crossland
Tony Smith
Farmersville
Carl Bailey
Jody Aston
Billy Smith
Bells
Roger Brooks
Larry Neal
Tom Bean
Curtis Tillett
Jerry Edwards
Scooter McCurdy
Ronnie Webb
Charles Whitaker
Terry Edwards
Scottie Jones
Curtis Till
4-H Electric Day Set At Woodlake Camp Friday
The third annual 4-H Electric Day will be held at Woodlake Camp between Sherman and Denison east of Highway 75 on Friday July 7. Registration starts at 8 30 a m with prizes for top senior and junior electrical exhibits. A test lamp craft, demonstrations by Cynthia Brown and Annie Matthews, and activities including recreation and a movie are planned. Entry costs 75 cents to cover insurance and camp.
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Woodlake Camp
Sherman
Denison
Highway 75
Grayson County
Cynthia Brown
Annie Matthews
Amelia Martinek
Judy Miller
Gunter
James Blaine
Mary Durham
Donald Merriman
Dorchester
Lee Lawrence
Pottsboro
Tax schools for farmers under extension service plan
The Texas A and M Extension Service will team with Internal Revenue to run fifteen to twenty schools yearly. County agents will attend a short tax training by IRS and then conduct farm tax schools in their communities. Hundreds of farm tax schools are expected statewide this year.
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Congress
New Frontier Congress
Whitesboro
Grayson County
Texas A. & M. Extension Service
Internal Revenue
Church of Christ Gospel Meeting To Begin Monday
The Church of Christ of Whitewright announces a gospel meeting from July 10 to 16 with daily services at 8:00 p.m. Floyd Frederick of Fort Worth will preach. W. E. Mynatt serves as church minister.
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Church of Christ Gospel Meeting
Church of Christ of
Floyd Frederick
Fort Worth
W. E. Mynatt
July Independence Declarations Across History
The article notes July as a month of independence across many nations. It cites Spanish Netherlands in 1581, Belgium in 1830, Venezuela in 1811, Argentina 1816, Peru 1821, Britain’s withdrawal from North America, Canada’s dominion status, U S independence in 1946, Philippines in 1946, Puerto Rico in 1952, and various African nations in 1960.
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John Hancock
Julius Caesar
Spain
Netherlands
South America
Simon Bolivar
Venezuela
Argentina
Peru
Great Britain
North America
Canada
United States
Philippines
Puerto Rico
State Boosts Car Insurance Rates
The State Insurance Board approved a rate hike averaging 15 percent starting Aug 1, costing drivers about 30 million a year. The increases cover comprehensive 8.7 percent collision 10.6 percent and public liability 23.6 percent, with up to 77 more annually for some class 1-A cars.
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Austin
State Insurance Board
Texas Safe Driving
Angus McDonald
R. B. Cousins
Dallas
Texas Automobile Insurance Service Office
Golden Wedding Anniversary Reflections
A minister praising the couple on their golden anniversary remarks how they renew faith in humanity. Grandma adds a cautious note to the sentiment saying that so far they consider their marriage a success.
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Grandma
Grandpa
Crow jokes spark a 1960s corn shucking tale from Tom Bean
Uncle Dan relays a humorous letter about crows and farmer prosperity after the Civil War. Townsfolk debate crow numbers, corn theft, and a proposed national corn shucking with legends and plans to seat a general at the head pile. The item closes with a reader asking the editor to pursue the idea.
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Georgia
Congress
Bobby Ken
U. S. Softness Blamed on Automation Says Kennedy Aide
Charles B. Bud Wilkinson, President Kennedy's youth fitness adviser, said automation makes young Americans soft. He told a TV audience that body development is as important as mental development and urged on nationwide fitness efforts.
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Washington
D. C
Charles B
Bud) Wilkinson
Kennedy
University of Oklahoma
Veils Bring Colorful Butterfly Trim This Spring
Veils add glamor this season with colorful fabrics and delicate butterfly trimming. The trend blends vibrant tones with whimsical accents as spring lines debut.
Lokey Edwards Heads Rotary Club
Lokey Edwards assumed the presidency of the Whitewright Rotary Club last Friday as the fiscal year closed. Other officers include George Hight as vice president Russell Summers secretary Roy Blanton treasurer and Ralph Judd and Philip Earnhart as directors. The retiring president becomes a director for the ensuing year. Guests were Joe Crouch James Edwards of Whitewright and R A Parker of Whitesboro.
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Lokey Edwards
Whitewright
MacArthur Calls Korea War Loss a Major Disaster
General Douglas MacArthur said the U S failure to win the Korean War was a major disaster for the free world. He warned that a great nation that enters war and does not see victory through must endure defeat consequences. He spoke after being relieved by President Truman in 1951.
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Manila
Douglas MacArthur
America
United Nations
Truman
MacArthur
China
Soul Winning Made Easy booklet advertised by Baldwin Park firm
A Baldwin Park California company markets a $1 booklet titled Soul Winning Made Easy. The item reflects midcentury self improvement marketing and local business activity. The piece also notes humorous oddities about place names and demographics from diverse US locales.
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Baldwin Park
Calif
National Geographic Society
Fort Knox
Los Angeles
Lorrie Rosario
Mama
Corset Rule Shocks Norfolk Dance Patrons
Norfolk residents face a local ordinance banning women from public dances unless a corset is worn. The odd rule reflects outdated town standards and enforcement practices in the era.
Odds and Ends From Past News Bits
A collage of quick notes cites 1848 and 1850 New York governors Fish and Hunt, the Thousand Islands’ 1500 plus lands, a goose casting, a brief U S Military Academy tenure, and local names Louise Crooks and Early Nait. Postmaster Day’s quip on postal service ideas ends the clipping.
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New York
U. S
Canada
Thousand Islands
Pierre Gustave Tourant Beauregard
U. S. Military Academy
Ottumwa
Louise Crooks
Abilene
Texas
N. Lait
New Schedule Of Service For Area Banks Announced
Four South Grayson County and one East Fannin County banks proclaim a new service schedule effective July 15. First National Bank of Whitewright Tom Bean Bells Trenton and Van Alstyne will close at noon on Saturday replacing the prior Thursday half holiday. Whitewright hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
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Grayson County
Fannin County
First National Bank of
Farm Home Loans Open to Rural Non-Farmers
President Kennedy signed the omnibus housing bill enabling the Farmers Home Administration to issue 4 percent loans up to 33 years for rural nonfarm households. About 430 million dollars is allotted over four years for farm housing loans and insured loans may total 25 million dollars annually.
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Kennedy
Farmers Home Administration
Usda Agency
USDA
County Farmers Home Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Freeman
Colored asphalt to reduce glare on Illinois highways
Illinois will test yellow red and off white asphalt to cut glare and improve safety. Yellow asphalt will mark approaches to intersections while red will signal caution at intersections. Off white will be paired with black in Sangamon County and studies will assess traffic reactions.
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Springfield
I1l
Illinois
W. J. Pages Jr
State Public Works
Cook County
Sangamon
Five Thousand Dollar Drunk Driving Fine Imposed
Edinburg A 92nd District Court jury found Richard Smith McBride of Weslaco guilty of drunk driving and fined him $5000. It was the first time Texas history saw the maximum penalty for drunken driving. The jury sought a five year suspended sentence but the judge ruled the punishment must be fully suspended or not at all. This was McBride’s second drunken driving arrest.
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Edinburg
Richard Smith McBride
Weslaco
Robert Lattimore
Texas
Tom Hartley
McBride
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