HERE and THERE brief notes from Whitewright and beyond
A miscellany of town tidbits including garden favors from Jesse Bow and Marian McMillin, praise for local Little and Junior League baseball teams coached by Walter Bunch and Harry Lander, and ads urging readers to buy in advance before Reader's Digest price increases. The column also covers Burton Fielder selling Farmersville Times to Bob Poole, Texas speed-limit talk, federal spending concerns, Colbert Oklahoma liquor-store plans near Denison, and Continental Baking Co. acquiring Holsum Baking in Greenville.
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Burton Fielder
Farmersville Times
Bob Poole
Greenville Poole
Fielder
The
Times
Continental Baking Co
New York
Jack Finney
Holsum Baking Co
Greenville
Texas
Whitewright junior leaguers on all star team
An all star team from six junior league clubs will face top undefeated Sherman Concrete next Tuesday at Austin College field 7 30 p m. Four Whitewright players Thomas DeBerry Jimmy Clark Billy Wright and Bobby Butler join the squad coached by Harry Lander.
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Sherman Concrete
Austin College
Whitewright
Thomas DeBerry
Jimmy Clark
Bobby Butler
Trenton
Billy Wright
Leonard
Harry Lander
Sherman Rotary
Durant
Sherman
Lander
Don Walker
Dan Hennig
David Sanderson
Billy Tillett
Mickey Gentry
Sammy Montgomery
Jerry Copeland
James Sparks
Tom Sears
Jimmy Evans
Dan Rogers
Billy Jack DeBerry
Tom Bean
David Smith
Bonham
Whitewright Little League Edged by Savoy 6-0
Savoy dominates Whitewright 6-0 as Tillett and Walker combine for 13 strikeouts. Whitewright has one hit and four errors while Savoy tallies three hits and two errors. Standings show Whitewright 6-2, Savoy 6-3, Trenton 4-3-1, Randolph 2-5-1, Bells 1-6. Schedule lists games for Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday night.
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Whitewright
Savoy
Tillett
McCurdy
Walker
Guerra
Trenton
Bells
Randolph
Old Settlers Picnic Set for August 1-8 in Sherman
The Old Settlers Association of Grayson County announces its 80th annual picnic from August 1 to 8 at the association park in Sherman. The group organized September 5, 1879 on J C McKinstry farm near Sherman. First president was Robert Atkinson. The current 26 acre park was purchased in 1898.
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Old Settlers Association
Grayson County
Old Settlers
Sherman
J. C. McKinstry
Robert Atchinson
Remembering Whitewright's Fading Bakeries and Fresh Bread
The piece recalls a time when Whitewright boasted multiple independent bakeries and a 5 cent loaf. It notes consolidation by large bakeries, and fondly remembers Shorty Long's bakery and Theodore Longley. A favorite snack involved melting butter in hot bread.
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Whitewright
Shorty Long
Theodore Longley
Dallas
F M Highway 1281 To Be Open During Construction
A pre-construction meeting in Sherman discussed traffic safety for the 9.3 mile F M Highway 1281 project from Tom Bean to Sherman. The $271000 effort by R W McKinney Construction will take about 100 days, allow traffic with short delays during asphalt surfacing, and end by November 1 1959 with signs and barricades guiding motorists.
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Tom Bean
Sherman
Commissioners Court Room
R. W. McKinney Construction Company
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas Highway Department
Grayson County
U S Moves to Curb Drunks on Planes
The Federal Aviation Agency proposed rules to curb drunkenness on commercial airliners. It would ban airline served alcohol to passengers and bar service to those already intoxicated with penalties up to $1,000. Airlines have sixty days to respond.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Agency
R. Ah. A
Future Farmer Texoma Camp Set For July 20 22
The annual District FFA Encampment will be held at the Area V FFA Camp on Lake Texoma July 20 22 with more than 100 Future Farmer members expected to participate. Camp Director Gene Foster notes a varied program led by Grayson County vocational agriculture teachers.
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Whitesboro
FFA
Lake Texoma
Gene Foster
Grayson County
Herman Stoner
Sherman
Norris Harrell
Collinsville
O. W. Barker
Whitewright
Jack Pritchard
Bells
Herman Brown
Callisburg
Paul Shields
Howe
R. T. Hutchens
Sadler
Charles Lea
Southmayd
W. A. Denton
van Alstyne
Foster
Local Player Helps SMU Take All-Sports Lead
Billy Polk of Whitewright helped SMU achieve the best all sports showing in the Southwest Conference last year. SMU dominated eight sports, winning swimming and placing highly in track cross country basketball football tennis baseball and golf. SMU totaled 4842 points with Texas A&M and Rice also gaining titles. other schools won single titles. An unrelated note about Navajo marriage customs follows.
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Dallas
Billy Polk
Whitewright
SMU
Polk
Mustangs
TCU
Texas
Texas A. & M
Rice
Texas Tech
Arkansas
Uncle Dan lampoons churchgoers and politics in spoof letter
A humorous Uncle Dan letter mocks church hats and parish quirks, jokes about air conditioning in churches, and riffs on Congress and bubble gum as strategic material. He also shares a fishing tale and a quip about Ed Doolittle, closing with signature Uncle Dan.
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Congress
Ed Doolittle
Uncle Dan
Wheat Referendum Nears for 1960 Marketing Quotas
Texas wheat growers are reminded that July 23 is referendum day across 38 states to decide the 1960 wheat marketing control program. A two thirds majority is required to keep quotas, with penalties for excess production and price support at 50 to 75 percent of parity depending on quota status.
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College Station
Texas
Searcy Ferguson
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Ferguson
Secretary of Agriculture
ASC
Deaths Funeral services for Lofton H Grammer
Funeral services for Lofton H Grammer 73 were held at 2 pm Tuesday at Wise Funeral Home Bonham. He died Sunday morning in a Bonham hospital of a heart attack. Burial in Holloway Cemetery near Tom Bean. Survivors include wife three sons two brothers a sister four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Lofton H. Grammer
Wise Funeral
Bonham
Bonham Hospital
Billy Barr
Dean
Church of Christ Ministers
Holloway Cemetery
Tom Bean
Lois Wallace
W. M. Mashburn
Ted Davidson
Jim Caraway
Buddy Stevens
Ben Bell
Grammer
Dallas
Jess Grammer
Telephone
Mike Grammer
Iowa Park
Owen Brown
Perrin
Bonham Woman Mary L. Johnson Dies at 78
Mrs. Mary L. Johnson 78 sister of George Key of Whitewright died at her Bonham home after a heart attack. Funeral Thursday at 4 p m in Bonham with burial at Willow Wild Cemetery. Survived by son Tommy Johnson. three daughters Cleo Johnson Atlas Gatlin and Mrs Elvis Kinnard. brother George Key. sister Eva Chesser. seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. She was born May 28 1881 in Tennessee and was a member of Orangeville Baptist Church.
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Mary L. Johnson
George Key
Whitewright
Bonham
Willow Wild
Mary Lee Key
Johnson
Tennessee
James Key
Texas
Leonard
Mr. Johnson
Orangeville
September Draft Call Keeps 7000 Mark for September
The Army issued a draft call for 7,000 men in September, matching August and bringing the total drafted since September 1950 resumption of Selective Service to 2,463,430.
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Washington
Army
Local Auto Insurance Cuts to Hit Grayson County
Grayson County auto owners will save about 15 percent on comprehensive and collision coverage starting August 1 under new statewide rates announced by Penn J. Jackson. The plan lowers premiums for private passenger cars, with larger cuts on physical damage and merit-based credits for good driving records, totaling about 22 million dollars in state savings.
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Grayson County
Austin
Penn J. Jackson
State Board of Insurance
Texas
Jackson
Grayson
Cotton Acreage 28 Percent Higher Than 1958 Report
The Agriculture Department reported 1959 cotton acreage at 15.89 million acres, up from 12.38 million last year, driven by the end of the soil bank program. Underplanting remains sizeable in the Southeast, but overall production is expected to exceed 1958's 11.5 million bales. The first official yield estimate will be issued August 10.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Union Rejects Ike's Request for Extension
The steel workers union refused President Eisenhower's bid to extend the two week truce beyond midnight July 14. If no agreement is reached, the industry faces shutdowns starting this weekend.
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Ike
New York
Steel-Workers Union
Eisenhower
State General Fund Deficit Reaches 51 Million in June
The state's general revenue fund deficit grows with the June 30 total of 51,850,028 dollars. The general fund supports most state operating expenses, as reported by Comptroller Robers 8S Calvert.
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Austin
Robers 8S
Calvert
Hyperborea: Arctic Goose Name Meaning Beyond the North Wind
Scientists call the greater snow goose the hyperborea a term meaning beyond the north wind. The Arctic summering bird gains its scientific label from this ancient Greek based descriptor.
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Arctic
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Voltaire
Jesse Bow
Marian McMillin
Bo Smith
Walter Bunch
Austin College Field
Sun
House Committee On Highways
Colbert
Oklah
Denison
Oklahoma
Texas Supreme Court
Gate City
F. M
U. S
Texoma
Dan
Dear Mister
Whitewright, Texas
Fannin Counties
United States
L. H. Grammer
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