Down Memory Lane Highlights From Local Happenings
Local notes show deaths and visits including Mrs Eliza Tidwell 75 dying at daughter’s home in Whitewright and Miss Emma Lacy dying in a Fort Worth sanitarium. Visitors include W P Cameron of Dallas and Sheriff W B Craig seeking reelection. Families travel to Clovis New Mexico and Emory Texas while others move to Fort Worth and Halstead Kansas. Community clubs host events and church attendance tallies are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Tidwell
Ida Stallcup
Emma Lacy
Fort Worth
W. P. Cameron
Dallas
W. B. (Boyd) Craig
J. W. Pender
Clovis
N. M
T. E. Montgomery
Cordelia Gillett
Emma Lilley
Corinne Lilley
Emory
Albert Jackson
New York
Minnie Ann Robbins
Joe M. Robbins
A. E. Major
Central Christian Church
Parent-Teacher Association
Fat Frogs
Skinny Grasshoppers
Tom Roberts
Paul Owens
Drewie Caylor
Floyd Haliburton
Halstead
Kans
Kentuckytown
Kentuckytown News
Epworth League
Mabel Rector
Christine Stuckey
Theresa Everheart
Mamie Cox
Dale McGaughey
Fire destroys filling station near town
The filling station about one mile northwest of town owned and operated by Jake Keeling was destroyed by fire Tuesday night. The new Gulf Service Station on lower Main street opened for business Tuesday under the management of George Burnham. Miss Clyde Montgomery has returned from Chicago where she has
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Keeling
Lower Main Street
George Burnham
Clyde Montgomery
Chicago
Texas citation for heirs in land suit in Grayson County
The State of Texas issues citation to Bill Reed and the heirs and legal representatives of multiple Reed family members in a trespass to try title suit in Grayson County. The case concerns the north half of Lot No 4 in a survey originally granted to James Blags, describing boundaries and 12 1/2 acres, with a response deadline of the first Monday after 42 days from notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Texas
Bill Reed
Bull Reed
W. M Reed
Fannie Reed
Nettie Reed
Retecra
Amkee Baddie
Nathaneel Reed
Nathan Reed
Gecwased
Parakee Reed
Rose Reei
Rosie Reed
Leanda Reei
Ews
Leanna Reed
Gervased
Wiilliam Henry Reed
Willan Heery
Senne Rew
Paralee Reed
Leanna Ress
Leanna Real
William Henry Reed
Bennie Reed
Bell Freeling
Grayson County
Choctaw Bayou
James Blags
G. C. Dagan
Lamis
Williamson Austin
Metes and
Qourds
Sakd
Train Strikes Stalled Car Near Bells Picnic Grounds
Roger Holcomb's automobile stalled on the track and was struck by a Katy passenger train late Friday night near the Bells picnic grounds. Roger and Thomas Gillett escaped before impact as the car sustained heavy damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Holcomb
Katy
Bells Picnic
Roger
Thomas Gillett
B. Wrenn
Woodlake
Dudley Maddux
J. R. Waldrum
Kathleen Mitchell
Guy Vowell
Estelle Binion
Lytle
Monabelle Biggerstaff
Mary Jane
Katie Ford
Church of Christ At
Bailey
Richard W. Ashmore
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Sherman
Velma Bennett
G. D. Bennett
Whitewright
C. M. Bussey
San Antonio
Wrenn Webb
Editor calls Alamo a military blooper in Harper's July issue
Harper's editor John Fischer argues Texans mythologize the Alamo and calls it the worst military blunder short of Pearl Harbor. He cites misjudgments by Travis and Bowie, lack of supply lines, and poor leadership, noting Mexican losses and broader context. Approximately two thirds of American households own at least one car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fischer
Harper's Magazine
Fischer
Texhoma
Texas
Alamo
Pearl Harbor
Sam Houston
William Travis
James Bowie
Travis
Bowie
Santa Anna
Citation by Publication in Etchison Heirs Case No 6314
Public notice commands Green Etchison and heirs to appear before the Fifteenth District Court in Sherman Grayson County Texas by August 1 1955 to answer Gladys E Madden vs Green Etchison et al a trespass to title suit seeking recovery of 14 2/3 acres along Blue Creek described land and boundaries per chain of title. Published in Whitewright Sun June 3 1956.
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D. Groce
Sai Court
Sherman
Texas
State OF
Green Etchison
Georgiana Etchison
G. A. Etchison
Fifteenth District Court
Grayson County
Said County
Gladys E. Madden
Deceasei
Georgana Etchison
G A. Etchison
Grayson
Blue Creek
James
S Land
K . B. Bruce
Varns
Cary Kirkpatrick
S&s
F_ Roland
Ross
Biue Creek
Said Creek
Varas
Bragg
Older Men 60 Plus Hospitalized At High Rate
Metropolitan Life Insurance statistics show one of every seven men aged 60 or over enters a hospital in a year. The rate is about twice that of men under 45, with heart disease digestive issues prostate procedures and hernia operations as leading causes. The piece also notes the U.S. uses 42 percent of global electricity with 50 million customers.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Pacific Coast States
Canada
Many Believe Sherlock Holmes Still Trailing
Americans imagine Sherlock Holmes still roaming London crime lanes though he is fictional. Scotland Yard receives letters addressed to Holmes and replies that he no longer works for the force. Some US writers request mementoes from the Yard. Iceland is noted for lacking street cars and railways.
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Sherlock Holmes
London
Scotland Yard
Britain
United States
Holmes
Metropolitan Police
John Nott- Bower
United States States
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R. G. Pennington
Katherine Montgomery
Fulton Edwards
Ollie Mitchell
A. J. Badgett
Presbyterian
Central Christian
Church of Christ
Baptist
Methodist
Destrict Court
Grayson Cowett
Coeet Noose & Shermer
Jame
Bil
Reed
W. NM
Get
Pandae Reed
Ardela Reed
Asalee
Dees
Ieee
Geowased
Nath
Amd
Athac
the Sun
Nat
First National
First National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corpersites
Louis Rose
Toluca
S. V. Earnest
Cerk
15Th Judicial District Court
Nancy Drake
Whitewright Sun
U. S
Iceland
Grain
Feed
Pascal Farley
Whitewright Motor Company, Inc
H Bond Street
Whitewright, Texas
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