Visits and family trips fill week in Grayson area
Mrs. Jack Wallace of Fort Sill Oklahoma visits relatives in the area. Numerous relatives from Denison Dallas and Sherman travel to see kin. Community members attend church events and note a decorated auditorium opening service with Youth Caravan. Benton Davis and others face health updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Wallace
Fort Sill, Okla
Methodist Church
Benton Davis
Grayson County
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Sherman
Rotary Club hears Rev S M Maples on The Value of One
Rev S M Maples of Athens spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon in the First Baptist Church. Introduced by Clay Horton, Maples argued the value of a single person to community, state, and nation, citing examples of leaders who succeeded with encouragement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Maples
Athens
First Baptist Church
Rotary Club
Clay Horton
Maples
Community leaders praise one boy for world impact
Several men who had outstanding leadership qualities credited one person who helped them when needed. They stressed that a single boy in the community may mean much to the world if given opportunity. Visitors J. A. Hot Alexander and K. F. Woodward of the Sherman Rotary Club attended the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A
Hot
Alexander and
K. F. Woodward
Sherman Rotary Club
Soldier gets 10 years for bank robbery
Emmett Gary of Henderson Texas, a corporal with the Tenth Headquarters Corps, was convicted by a Camp Howze court martial of robbery with firearms in the Denison State National Bank holdup on June 12. He was sentenced to ten years hard labor, dishonorable discharge, and forfeiture of pay and allowances. Gary pleaded not guilty and did not testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Emmett Gary
Henderson
Tenth Headquarters Corps
Camp Howze
Denison State National Bank
Gary
J. A. Foster
Denison Bank
Foster
Local Resident Mortuary R A Williams Found Dead
Mortuary R A Dick Williams 48 was found dead in bed at his Northeast Whitewright home Thursday morning after about a year of poor health. He was a Grayson County native WWI veteran and American Legion member. Survived by wife and siblings T E Williams McLean L M Williams Gainesville C M Williams Wichita Falls Miss Pearl Williams Houston Mrs John Norris and J R Williams Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A
Dick) Williams
Whitewright
Mr. Williams
Grayson County
American Legion
T. E. Williams
McLean
L. M. Williams
Gainesville
C. M. Williams
Wichita Falls
Miss Pearl Williams
Houston
John Norris
J. R. Williams
S P Hodges dies after Fort Worth explosion
S P Seeley Hodges aged 52 died after an explosion at the Consolidated bombing plant in Fort Worth. The incident occurred Monday at about 1 p m. Hodges, a painter by trade, was employed at the pump plant in Bonham and lived nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. P. (Seeley) Hodges
Consolidated
Fort Worth
Hodges Family Man Dies. Rites Pending
Obituary notes the death of a Fort Worth area man formerly of Ector. Survived by his wife three daughters Mrs. Tom Moore of Greenville Mrs. Howard Bomar and Doris Hodges of Fort Worth and two sons S. P. Hodges Jr. of North Africa and Dewitt Hodges of Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
George Hodges
Ector
S. P. Hodges Jr
North Africa
Dewitt Hodges
Tom Moore
Greenville
Howard Bomar
Doris Hodges
Miss Lorene Downs Dies After Brief Illness
Miss Lorene Downs of Ector died in a Sherman hospital Tuesday morning after a brief illness. She was a native of Ector and the daughter of Mrs. Minnie Downs of Bonham. Downs taught school at Ector for years and in West Texas last year, having been re-elected for the ensuing year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorene Downs
Ector
Sherman
Miss Downs
Minnie Downs
Bonham
Eector
West Texas
Cracks at the Crowd and Family Frictions
A humorous regional piece notes relatives spar over chores and fairness as parents struggle with the burden of work. It jokes about blame, introductions of kin, and the impracticality of enforcing duties while touching on social mores and petty quarrels. It ends with a quirky fact about the retina.
Polio Epidemic Warning Issued by Texas Health Official
Texas reports 256 polio cases this year with eighty new cases in the last week. Dr. George W. Cox urges strict sanitary measures, fly and mosquito control, garbage collection, clean water, sewage or septic systems, and proper pool and food handling standards to curb spread. Avoid exposing children, promote hygiene, and seek medical care for early symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
George W. Cox
Dallas-Fort Worth
Cox
Texas State Department of Health
New Stone Dicta tion Inquiry and Printing Ad
A short item notes a rapid dicta tion dialogue with Mr. Jones asking what lies between a formal greeting and the closing. It also includes an advertisement urging readers to buy printing services in Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Stone
Mr. Jones
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Tom Bean
Billie Joe Hansard
Blue Ridge
Mrs
Elbert Hansard
B. J. James
Denison
Elbert Hansard Friday
W. A. Badgett of
B. F. Blant
J. F. Spindle
E. G. Gilley
Belle Huddleston
Dallas
Frank Miller
Midland
C. P. Johnson
John P. Haden
Durant, Okla
L. LaRoe
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Sara Belle Gillett
R. A. Gillett
Marvin Bryant
Madill, Okla
R. L. Sears
John Philip Barbee
John Philip Jr
Tyler
T. E. Barbee
Barbara
Marshall Hasty
Sherman Hospital
H. T. Atterberry
Alfred Schwiening Jr
Joe Thomas May
R. H. May
Elizabeth Waggoner
New Orleans
Mamie Pepper
Clifton Braly
Pampa
Clifford Emerson
T. E. Sears
D. A. Ray
C. T. Ferguson
Bobby Jack
Leonard
Shawnee, Okla
H. D. Neff
Russell Ray Summers
John Tarleton College
Stephensville
Russell Summers
J. P. Bogan
Durant
Okla
A. G. Mullinix
Bessie Norwood
Thelma Norwood
J. M. Simmons
L. W. Crawford
McKinney
Mr. Crawford
Alta Nell Hansard
Joe Hembree
Emmett Penn
W. A. Sirkel
R. L. Benish
Mrs. T. E. Barbee
Mrs. M. E. Greenway of
M. T. Craig
Geraldine Garner
Washington, D. C
Fred Garner
Billye Massey
Ely
Martha Jo Claborn
Randolph
R. C. Davis
California
May Claborn
J. W. Brookins
Walter Ballard
Lucy Craig
Garland
Bobbie Chapin
Lucyle Sanders
Pfe Thomas Lynch
Sheppard Field
Lester Haile
Lee Stedham
Providence
R. I
Austin Stedham
W. H. Stedham
J. A. Stuteville
W. F. Wright
Barbara Joy Mead
W. C. Brown
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Sherman Monday
J. A. Bixler
Fort City
New Mexico
A. M. Bryant
Miami
Fla
Griffin Dollarhide
James Bryant
Pensacola
Mr. Dollarhide
Mr. Bryant
U. S. Navy
Betty Bryant
Florida
Cook Grocery
Fred Cook, JR
Werstersd
TAL Air Forces
Peete
Tan
Richard Andrew Williams
S. P. Hodges
By Claude Callan
Mother
Father
Daisy
W. QO
James D. Buster
No. Side Square
DR. H. Klapproth
Sherman, Texas
Reserve District No. 11
First National Bank OF
Bells
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
State OF Texas
Grayson
P. H. Wilson
H. Wilson
J.C. Allred
T. P. Wells
L. Wells
E. L. Craig
Cole & Davis Co
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