Whitewright streets clogged by tar and gravel mess
The past week in Whitewright shows streets darkened as asphalt spilled gravel. sweepers begin clearing with more gravel needed on all streets. FDR comment notes presidents offspring with eight marriages and six divorces. New bank and office projects signal rising construction activity with Monsanto later. Bonham High School football fined for receiving a religious book and sweater, triggering Inter scholastic League rules.
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Stamps
Bonham High School
1943 Whitewright Class Reunion Highlights and Plans
The Whitewright High School Class of 1943 held its fourth reunion with 18 members attending a dinner at Firemen's Hall hosted by Mrs. Clarence Bonds and Mrs. Ernest Smith. A Sunday gathering occurred at the American Legion building. Members listed include Mildred Ates Abilene Una Anderson Randolph Bonnie Owens Troy Owen LeRoy Martin Dale Presley Sherman Tom Brown Gomer White Garland Jones Vestal Dorothy Vestal Richardson Anna Pritchard Bells Joan Brown Alice Martha Neely Dallas Charles Skaggs John Bigger Helen Bilmner LaRoe Faison Whitewright. Plans are underway for the 25th anniversary in summer 1968 hoping for full participation.
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Whitewright High School
Clarence Bonds
Ernest Smith
American Legion
Mildred Kent Ates
Abilene
Una Faye Blackerby Anderson
Randolph
Bonnie Scott Owens
Troy Owen
LeRoy Martin
Dale Robbins Presley
Sherman
Tom Brown
Gomer White
Garland
Jones Ray Vestal
Dorothy
July historical milestones and founding dates
Key events listed include the 1854 founding of the Republican Party in Jackson Michigan after a mass meeting of Whigs Democrats and Free Soilers. Also July 7 1784 founding of Kings College later Columbia College with Dr Samuel Johnson as president. July 17 1819 Florida ceded by Spain. statehood in 1845. July 19 1843 Seneca Falls suffrage convention began push toward 1920 vote.
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Jackson
Michigan
King's College
Columbia College
Samuel Johnson
Florida
United States
Spain
Seneca Falls
N. Y
McFatridge Named New Director at First National Bank
Henry McFatridge president of Carl's Sausage Co. and Lee's Sausage Co. was elected to the board of the First National Bank of Whitewright, increasing membership to nine. Other directors include Kenneth Frisby Paul Stephens Philip Earnheart Jack Meador Robert Doss R. T. Pennington C. B. Bryant Sears Anderson.
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Henry McFatridge
Carl’s Sausage Co
First National Bank of
Whitewright
Mr. McFatridge
Lee’s Sausage Co
Abernathy
Whiewright
Paris
Tex
Durant
Ohlo
Carl McFatridge
Carl's Sausage Company
McFatridge
Lois
The
Baptist Church
Bank
Kenneth Frisby
Paul Stephens
Philip Earnheart
Jack Meador
Robert Doss
R. T. Pennington
Sherman
C. B. Bryant
Bonham
Sears Anderson
Whitesboro
Mrs Nannie Tomlin 90 Funeral Held In Whitewright
Funeral services were held at 4 p m Tuesday in Earnheart chapel for Mrs Nannie Tomlin 90 of Whitewright died Sunday night at 9 45 Her timing notes list birth July 6 1875 Murfreesboro Tenn Survivors include one son Robert of Fort Worth and four daughters all of Whitewright plus nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Interment was in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Nannie Tomlin
Earnheart
C. C. Dooley
Oak Hill Cemetery
Tomlin
Murfreesboro
Tenn
James W. Ferrell
Presbyterian Church
Robert Tomlin
Fort Worth
J. F. England
C. A. Massey
E. C. Rhoades
S. H. White
Whitewright
Mrs Mollie Fain Kirkpatrick Dies at 85 in Sherman
Mollie Fain Kirkpatrick 85 of Sherman died Monday in the Savoy Nursing Home after a long illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Barnheart funeral chapel with ministers J. Allen Smith and J. T. Hendren, both Presbyterian, officiating. Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. She was born November 5, 1879, daughter of W. C. and Mrs. Fain, and married J. Lee Kirkpatrick, a longtime Whitewright druggist who died December 25, 1930. She was a member of the Whitewright Methodist Church. Survivors include three sisters Mrs. W. H. Hancock and Mrs. J. D. Wilson of Fort Worth and Mrs. Laud Larson of McKinney, a grandson Kirk May of Sherman, and two great-grandchildren.
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Mollie Fain Kirkpatrick
Savoy Nursing Home
Barnheart Funeral Chapel
J. Allen Smith
J. T. Hendren
Sherman
Oak Hill Cemetery
Kirkpatrick
W. C. Fain
J. Lee Kirkpatrick
White
Obituary for S. L. Pruitt at Durant Oklahoma
S L Pruitt 80 died Sunday at Durant Oklahoma funeral and burial held there Wednesday. He was brother of Mrs Tom Brown of Whitewright. Survived by brother J M Pruitt of Madill two sisters Mrs Jesse James of Bonham and Mrs Cora Williams of Garland four sons three daughters 12 grandchildren 37 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild
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S. L. Pruitt
Durant
Okla
Tom Brown
Whitewright
J. M. Pruitt
Madill
Jesse James
Bonham
Cora Williams
Garland
Denison Man J T Follis Dead. Funeral Held
J T Follis of Denison former Whitewright telegraph operator died in Denison Monday. Funeral and burial services were held Wednesday. Follis's wife was Ila May formerly of Whitewright.
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J. T. Follis
Denison
Whitewright
Mr. Follis
Ila May
Public Notice on School Integration in Texas Districts
A letter from J. W. Edgar informs Texas school districts under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act that they must continue nondiscriminatory provision of federally assisted services, undergo reviews, and provide avenues for complaints. Citizens may appeal to the State Commissioner of Education, with formal or informal processes, and copies of complaints go to the U S Department of Education.
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Texas
J. W. Edgar
Texas Education Agency
United States Commissioner of Education
United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Board of Trustees
Board of Education
State Commissioner of Education
State Board of Education
Government rent subsidy plan advances in housing bill
The House approved a $6 billion housing bill on June 30, aiming to subsidize rent for the elderly, disabled, substandard housing residents, and families displaced by slum clearance or highway projects. The $150 million subsidy would aid those paying over a quarter of income for decent housing over four years, with 60,000 public housing units to be built annually and new mortgage insurance for veterans authorized.
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Washington
House
Presdent Johnson
Senate
Dear Mister Editor from Tom Bean on cars and hats
Uncle Dan from Tom Bean writes that car safety crowds out walking with grim figures from Ed Doolittle. He notes 1964 data showing more male pedestrians killed, adds a joke about parking meters and a jab at Russian fashion for women’s hats with Great Society politics.
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Ed Doolittle
Wimmen
Zeke Grubb
Everbody
Chicago
Rotary Club names new president and assigns committees
David Johnson was installed as president of the Whitewright Rotary Club at a luncheon. He announced that committee assignments would be revealed this week. The Rotary year runs from July 1 to June 30 with visiting Rotarians Gomer May and Stan Heston of Sherman attending. Philip Earnheart welcomed C. L. Combs as Earnheart Funeral Home’s new employee. Tom Sears introduced Maynard Wetzel of the Sherman Chamber of Commerce who spoke on Sherman’s industrial prospects and regional impact in Grayson County. Absent were Russ Summer, Earl Blanton, Dale Gore and Wallace Mynatt.
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David Johnson
Whitewright
Philip Earnheart
C. L. Combs
Earnheart
Tom Sears
Maynard Wetzel
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Wetzel
Sherman
Grayson County
Russell Summers
Earl Blanton
Dale Gore
Wallace Mynatt
55 000 to Become Dropouts in 65
Texas faces about 55000 students leaving school in 1965. Col. S Perry Brown of the Texas Employment Commission warns that if youth are not employed or kept in school the state will incur higher costs for retraining unemployment insurance welfare and related aid. The TEC launches a campaign to place youth in work and provide guidance and support to continue education.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Employment Commission
Johnson
S. Perry Brown
TEC
Whitewright News Roundup July 9 1920 Local map shop and community notes
Sanborn Map Co assigns a new city map project for Whitewright. D O Wallace to run a newly acquired Aqua Dulce grocery. Miss Mary Davis listed among University of Texas spring term honor students. J W Burden mule team collision with Jack Forrest auto on Oak Hill Cemetery road injures mule and damages car. Commercial Club to pay 50 dollars monthly for six months to attract a cotton weigher. Local names listed for the Fats group. Nearly 1000 Denison residents and Katy Band to attend American Legion Picnic. W T St John dies in Orangeville. Dyer Jones drugstore installs an all electric soda fountain. New Methodist parsonage contract awarded. T A Taylor hardware groceries stock to be auctioned Tuesday. Epworth League program presented by Irene Rector and peers.
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Sanborn Map Co
Whitewright
D. O. Wallace
Aqua Dulce
S.C. Horton
J. G. Carter & Co
Mary Davis
University of Texas
J. W. Burden
Jack Forrest
Oak Hill Cemetery
Commercial Club
Denison
Katy
American Legion
W. T. St. John
Orangeville
Dyer & Jones Drug Store
T. A. Taylor
Irene Rector
Madge Sears
Martha Jo Sears
Mary Pumphrey
Kermit Hollingsworth
Epworth League
Local construction projects and a death reported
E L Stine lets a contract for a brick veneer home on his farm north of town. Emmet Penn residence work started on W Main. Mrs R E Whitworth 79 died Monday at her son T B Whitworth’s home. Fat Men and Lean Men to play a 5 inning baseball Tuesday with listed Leans players. And for the
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E. L. Stine
Emmet Penn
W. Main Street
R. E. Whitworth
T. B. Whitworth
S. H. Montgomery
H. G. Webster
Rhom T. Pennington
Ed Lankford
F. M. Echols
Lester Hileman
J. M. Sturdivant
Whitewright Youths in Training at Fort Sill July 1940
Twenty five years ago on July 11 1940 several Whitewright youths were listed in training at Fort Sill Oklahoma including Lewis Vestal Othel Stapleton Boots Jones Robert Simmons Pascal Connelly J B Smith Ralph Hall Paul Simmons Wandabell Riddle Lloyd Roddy James Birt Phillips Jack Wallace Preston Henderson and Lloyd Badgett A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Joe Stephens July 11 Miss Bess Jo Barbee and Mr Robert Benish were married July 3 Mrs Nuell Skaggs and Mrs Ben Ball hosted a shower for Mrs Edgar Taylor on Friday.
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Whitewright
Fort Sill
Okla
Lewis Vestal
Othel Stapleton
Boots Jones
Robert Simmons
Pascal Connelly
J. B. Smith
Ralph Hall
Paul Simmons
Wandabell Riddle
Lloyd Roddy
James Birt Phillips
Jack Wallace
Preston Henderson
Lloyd Badgett
Joe Stephens
Bess Jo Barbee
Robert Benish
Houston
Nuell Skaggs
Ben Ball
Edgar Taylor
Senate Okays 25th Amendment
The Senate approved a proposed constitutional amendment detailing procedures for presidential incapacity and VP succession. Texas Senator John Tower was among five dissenters as the measure moves to state ratification by 38 of 50 legislatures.
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Washington
Senate
Texas
John Tower
U. S
Whitewright Edges Bells 10 9 In Youth League Thriller
Whitewright and Bells met in the Youth League with Bells winning 10 to 9. Whitewright collected 11 hits and committed 8 errors while Bells had 7 hits and 5 errors. Pitchers were Will Cureton and Edwin Caraway for Whitewright and Smith for Bells. Leading Whitewright hitters included Earnheart Montgomery Caraway and David Wilson. Bells were led by Chester Reynolds and Smith. Schedule lists Whitewright at Howe July 10 and July 13 at Bells. Youth League games include Howe at Whitewright July 9 and Whitewright bye July 12.
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Whitewright
Bells
Will Cureton
Edwin Caraway
Cureton
Caraway
Smith
Earnheart
Bill Montgomery
David Wilson
Chester Reynolds
Boys League
Howe
Sunday Services and Activities at First Methodist Church
Sunday School at 10:00 and Morning Worship at 11:00. Junior MYF at 4:30, High School MYF at 6:00, Evening Worship at 7:00. Sunday 9:00 noon service, nursing home Bible study at 9:55, 11:00 worship and 5:15 church at worship, 6:00 training, 7:00 worship. Monday 7:30 Youth Rally at Ken tucky town Baptist Church. Tuesday 2:00 Rex Ray and Joy Rus sell Circles, 3:30 Sunbeams. Wednesday 7:00 Midweek prayer service, 7:45 choir rehearsal.
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First Methodist Church
S. S
Nursing Home
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
Rex Ray
Joy Russell
First Presbyterian Church Sunday Schedule and Society Meeting
Sunday School at 10:00 a m and Worship Service at 11:00. The Missionary Society will meet Monday at Mrs H H Taylors home with Mrs J T Holloway as leader.
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The
Missionary Society
H. H. Taylor
J. T. Holloway
Sunday Worship Timetable At Local Church
The schedule lists Sunday School at 9 45 a m worship at 11 a m and a second worship at 7 p m The Christ Ambassadors meet Saturday at 7 p m and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 p m The block concludes with a Sunday worship at 9 a m in the morning.
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Christ Ambassadors
Central Christian Church Weekly Service Invitation
Central Christian Church invites visitors to attend services each Sunday at the regular worship time. The notice emphasizes welcoming guests and participation in church activities.
Bible Study and Worship Schedule
Bible study for all ages at 10 a.m. Worship and communion at 11 a.m. Evening worship at 7 p.m. Bible study for all ages at 7:30 p.m.
Kentuckytown Baptist Church Weekly Services
Kentucky town church sets Sunday School at 10 a.m. Worship at 11 a.m. Training Union at 7 p.m. Evening Worship at 7 45 p.m.
Bethel Baptist Church Notes and Gas Industry Origin
Bethel Baptist Church announces Training Union at 7 00 p m and Worship Service at 8 00 p m The text recalls the Texas natural gas industry beginning in 1870 when a farmer in Washington County accidentally ignited gas in a water well This creates a historic reference linking church notices and early gas exploration in Texas.
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Texas
Washington County
CPS Plans New Division Office Building
Clint Hennig of Community Public Service Company Northeast Division announced the purchase of one acre from Mrs. Bess Muirhead for a new division office at the triangle of South Bend Street and Highway 69. An architect designs a 6200 to 6500 square foot facility with office storage space and an 18 by 30 room for public use, facing Bond Street, ready for occupancy by year end.
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Clint Hennig
Community Public Service Company
Northeast
Bess Muirhead
South Bend Street
Highway 69
Hennig
Bond Street
Proper Use Crop Residue Is Urged
The Soil Conservation Service urges proper crop residue use to protect soil. They note about 3600 lbs per acre maintain organic content and prevent erosion, drought, and moisture loss. Harvest time practices include straw spreaders and rotary mowers, with tillage leaving surface residue. SCS staff offer to help with problems.
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Soil Conservation Service
Water Deaths Reach 90 This Year
Water fatalities have risen to 90 since mid April, with 23 more deaths in two weeks. The tally includes drownings and four state prison inmates who died bathing in Trinity river flood waters. Most deaths stem from outdoor recreation, notably swimming and fishing, including three children near Gilchrist and two drownings near Houston. Authorities urge life preservers and safety rules for summer water activities.
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Austin
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
J. B. Phillips
Rim
Trinity River
Ity
Gilchrist
Gulf Coast
Houston
Phillips
Texas Republic promoters tout cheaper cow raising than chicken
A period of the Texas Republic saw land promoters claim it was cheaper to raise cattle than chickens. The assertion highlights promotional rhetoric used to attract settlers and livestock interests in early Texas.
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Texas Republic
Texas
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Voltaire
FDR
Elliott
James
First National Bank
Community Public Service Co
Methodist Church
Monsanto Construction
Henry McFabridge
J. L. Kirkpatrick
L. Pruitt
T.E. A
Dan
Tom Bean
Matic
Zeke
Great Society
Clem Webster
Kremlin
Rotary Club
J. E. Mangrum
Chesley Rutledge
J. L. Kirkpatrck
W. C. Huffines
George Hansard
L. C. Bowling
Ira Fleming
W. O. Brents
Tom Barbee
J. E. Russell
J. F. Spindle
Rev. G. M. McNeely
W. L. Stowers
Ernest Lilley
By Morris Wilson
First Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Assembly OF God Church
Central Christian Church
Church OF Christ
Bethel Baptist Church
CPS
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