Down Memory Lane and Local Notices Timeline
A patchwork of notes from The Sun and local papers: Mrs. Joe Robbins dies at 50. a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Owens. Gillett Grain buys the old round-bale gin plant in East Whitewright. Epworth League program lists five girls. two residents travel to Halstead Kansas. Gulf Station opens with George Burnham as manager. Stanley Garland injured at a separator belt. Also, Joe Johnson builds a boat for White Rock Lake.
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the Sun
Joe Robbins
Paul Owens
Gillett Grain Co
East Whitewright
Mabel Rector
Christene Stuckey
Theresa Everheart
Mamie Cox
Dale McGaughey
Epworth
Drewie Caylor
Floyd Haliburton
Halstead
Kans
Kentuckytown News
Gulf Station
George Burnham
Stanley Garland
Pilot Grove
Joe Johnson
White Rock Lake
Dallas
Veterans Q and A on GI loans and benefits
A wartime veteran asks about GI home loan eligibility after re enlistment and if disability riders reduce death benefits. The advice confirms eligibility remains. a 1965 deadline applies for the loan, disability rider does not cut beneficiary payments, peacetime 50 percent plus disabled veterans may receive extra compensation for dependents, and no deadline exists for VA outpatient treatment for former World War II prisoners of war.
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Korea
Texas Deaths Link Heart Disease and Cancer
Texas Health Department reports heart disease caused 24 629 deaths and cancer 11 086 in 1959, nearly half of all Texas deaths. Cancer death rate 117 per 1 000, below the national 150, likely due to a younger Texas population. most deaths occur in those over 45, with heart disease rising since 1956.
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Austin
Texas
State Health Department
Health Department
Nineteenth American Legion Picnic Opens Next Week
The 19th American Legion picnic will open here next Wednesday and run through Saturday. Merriwell Vineyard was injured in a truck accident this morning. Donald Paul Hudgins has enlisted in the Army. Roy Blanton purchased the 87 acre Charley Ross farm south of town.
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19Th American Legion
Guy B. Ely
Slaton
Alice Harper
Merriwell Vineyard
Donald Paul Hudgins
Clyde Gibson
Louise
Roy Blanton
Charley Ross
VA invites veterans with service connected dental condition to apply
Veterans with a service connected non compensable dental condition may apply at any time and receive as many dental treatments as needed through VA services. The program ensures ongoing access without a limited treatment count.
Quiz Show Winners Face Hidden Tax Headache
On NBC's The Price Is Right winners collect merchandise prizes, often facing taxes and resale woes. Mrs Gloria Turnquist of Wayzata Minn and George Price of Canton Ohio recall thrills turning to tax worries as pricey hauls like mink coats and airplanes don’t fit homes or budgets.
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New York
Uncle Sam
Gloria Turnquist
Wayzata
Minn
George Price
Canton
Ohio
NBC
Taxing fortunes and hard sells from game show prizes
The article details prize windfalls from a televised show, including George Price with a $30,000 haul and Gloria Turnquist with a $38,657 win. It covers taxes paid on trips and cars, challenges selling luxury items, and the net cash profits after resale and taxes, plus other prize outcomes and tax impacts. It also includes unrelated legal notices and subscription info from The Whitewright Sun.
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George Price
Gloria Turnquist
China
Rio de Janeiro
Tax worry over large winnings cited by Turnquist couple
Mrs Turnquist notes the family has realized about $9,000 in cash but fears taxes could total between $15,000 and $19,000 on their winnings, explaining the husband’s anxiety.
Little Lines by Margie Boswell
A short verse by Margie B. Boswell reflecting on weather signs personal choices and the artist’s pursuit of color. The lines hint at independence and perception, noting how signs guide action the recluse selects company and smoke signals stress rather than humor.
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Margie B. Boswell
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C. M. Bussey
San Antonio
Velma Bennett
Whitewright
Richard W. Ashmore
Sherman Hospital
Busy Bee Sewing Club
Alton McDowell
Aileen Pennington
Margaret Lilley
Woodlake
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Billy Smith
Mimosa
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
Houston Garner
Army
Arctic
U. S. Army
Corps of Engineers
Greenland
Europe
Price
Rio
the Whitewright Sun
T. Glenn Doss
Grayson
Fannin
Grayson and
State OF Texas
James A. Stewart
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Dorothy L. Stewart
S. V. Earnest
Tex
Gladys Hamilton
Whitewright Sun
Nbc-Tv
Chevrolet
CHEVY
Motor Trend Magazine
Chevrolei
Whitewright, Texas
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