Grayson Fares Well as New Roads Build Over Five Years
In Grayson County 71.20 miles of roads were added in the last five years as Texas reports record construction spending. State officials note 14,926.10 miles joined the system at a cost of 275 million, with Farm to Market roads prioritized to aid farmers and regional access. Governor Shivers praises faster, safer routes and pledges continued road work. A separate accident note shows a driver damaged a parked car while parking and suggesting the other driver could have parked elsewhere.
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Austin
Grayson
Texas
Highway Department
Shivers
National Farm Safety Week Adopted by Eisenhower
President Eisenhower proclaims National Farm Safety Week for July 25 and urges farm residents to develop safe work habits to live and farm. Texas Farm and Ranch Safety Committee endorses the observance and highlights the Light-Farm Equipment program. Guadalupe County reports progress with reflective tape on farm equipment, aiming to complete the program during Safety Week. County Agent Henry New notes FFA and 4-H members have taped over half of local equipment and plan to finish soon as the national campaign targets safer highway farming.
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Guadalupe County
Henry New
FFA
4-H
National Safety Council
New
Texas Supreme Court Adopts Shirt Sleeve Rule
The Texas Supreme Court allows spectators and newsmen to sit coatless in court during sessions while attorneys and judges must still wear coats. Justices no longer wear formal robes like the U.S. Supreme Court, though.
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Austin
Texas Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
I of the I and the Man at Center Stage
A humorous essay on egotism in everyday talk. It laments self-obsessed people who dominate conversations with their own ailments, grandchildren, opinions, and plans while urging readers to consider the vast universe and the insignificance of individual concerns. It ends with a plea to avoid bragging bores who overshadow others.
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East
Texas
Heaven
God
Rookie tests umpire with a spelling barb
A brash rookie challenged Umpire Moriarty after a called strike asking how to spell his name. The umpire spelled it letter by letter and the rookie quipped that there was only one i in the name.
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Moriarty
Weekend Visits and Local Incidents Reported in Chillicothe
Chillicothe residents hosted and visited relatives from Oklahoma City Garland Ardmore and Tyler with several travelers from Bonham Sherman Blytheville and Marion North Carolina. A local woman suffered a fall requiring hospital care while a gasoline fire was contained by a service station shutdown as a passerby caused a flare up. Corporal Clem and family members and others are noted for furloughs and visits.
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Stateville
Grover Stateville
Spring term honor list member and weekend visitors reported
Miss Jo Rutledge made ETSTC Commerce honor list for spring term. The article lists family weekend visits including Mr and Mrs Obie Rutledge, William King and several other relatives. It notes Sgt Woodrow Eugene Bass from Fort Hood and Otis Lee Bass accompanying him on furlough. It closes with a broad employment statistic.
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Jo Rutledge
ETSTC
Commerce
Mrs
Obie Rutledge
Woodrow Eugene Bass
Fort Hood
Texas
A. C. Bass
Dallas
U. S. Bass
Sergeant Bass
Whitewright
Otis Lee Bass
You Get Precisely What the Doctor Orders
A pharmacy advertises that prescription marks and Latin notations guide patients to health through professional compounding by registered pharmacists and fresh quality drugs. Bring prescriptions for precise fulfillment.
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T. Glenn Doss
Fannin
Reserve District No. 11
First National Bank OF Bells
Comptroller of the Currency
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
Reserve District No
First National Bank
Tom Bean
Commodity Credit Corporation
United States
H. C. Young
D. D. Whiting P, H. Wilson E. L. Craig Directors
State OF Texas
Seal J.C. Allred
I. C. H. Lackey
C. H. Lackey
A. S. Luby
E. H. Gant
E. O. Thomas
Directors
E. C. Gann
Hubert M. Morrison
THE
Whitewright Sun
Whitewright, Texas
Gra
L. LaRoe & Co
T. O. Brewer
Mrs. Calvin Brewer
Chillicothe
J. P. Ownby
T. E. Sears
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Sherman
Presbyterian Church
James Piatt
Bonham
Edwin Ownby
W. A. Martin
Edith Claborn
Mary Gray
Margie Claborn
Jack and Leon Claborn
Oklahoma City
Okla
N. B. Nicholson
Garland
Mike Thompson
Clark Holoway
Ardmore, Okla
W. T. Nicholson
Shannon Burr
Blytheville, Ark
J. C. Burr
Henry Berry
W. L. White
Town
Charlie White
Lubbock
Mildred Pietzsch
Tyler
Luther Skaggs
Marion, N. C
N. E. Skaggs
Luther
Sun
North Carolina
Harold Clem
Donald
C. B. Clem
Corporal Clem
Gray Air Force Base
Killeen
Clem
Royce Clem
Bennye Rye
Colorado Springs
Air Force
William King
Bryant King
Yellowstone National Park
Houston
P. J. Pierce
P. O. Pierce
Richard Pierce
Monroe, la
Earl Boggess
Fred Cook
Fred Cook Jr
Joe Cook
Howard Ingram
Sandra and
Dennis
Nimrod
J. D. Yowell
Jerry
Jimmy
Cisco
Thomas Chitwood
Ricky and
Danny
Orville Starnes
June Marie
Fort Worth
C. E. Rice
Route 3
Childress
R. P. Childress
Mgr
Paw
Maw
Woody
Blanton
Hari Fields
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