Whitewright Riding Club hosts ten mile member ride to Ballards Lake
The Whitewright Riding Club held a ten mile family trail ride starting at 3:00 p.m. with fifty mounted riders and a water trailer. They reached Ballards Lake near Mahurin, set up camp, then enjoyed a fish fry and chicken supper for about 195 attendees. Activities included swimming, fishing, horse races, and rodeo entertainment by Sonny Gosnell, ending with camp quiet after a late domino game.
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Whitewright Riding Club
Ballards’ Lake
Ballard’s Lake
Mahurin
Marie Wilson
John
Biggerstaff
Sonny Gosnell
Carlton Johnson
Johnson
Geeorge Pittman
Whitewright Post Office honors B W Newman for fifty years
The Whitewright Post Office employees paid tribute to BW Newman and his wife with a steak dinner marking his fifty years as a rural mail carrier. He served Bells for eight years and Whitewright for forty two, with gifts and a corsage for Mrs Newman and a boutonniere for Mr Newman.
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Whitewright Post Office
BW. Newman
Newman
Whitewright
John Beiggerstaff
Ona Wilson
Bells
Boyd Newman
Carrollton
Nancy
Austin College
Don Newman
Kim
Kay
Accidents Hit Bells Area Residents Over Weekend
A string of mishaps began last Saturday in Bells and surrounding areas. Mrs. Madge Cobble broke her hip at Antioch Baptist Church after a fall before a granddaughter's wedding. Roy Cowart injured his leg chopping a dead peach tree. David Tarpley, 16, barely escaped serious injury at the ball park. Troy Crawford sustained a bashed nose at Don Mullinix garage, needing 27 stitches. Cheryl Buchanan and Cindy Layman underwent knee surgery after a mini bike collision. The report also notes a stray camp scene with a riding club event and plans for a Blue Ridge parade to open the rodeo season.
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Bells
Madge Cobble
Antioch Baptist Church
Galerietchusson
Billy Mack Clark
Seher
Madonna Hospital
Denison
Roy Cowart
David Tarpley
Ball Park
Whitewright Sun appoints Garry B. Cayce editor
The Whitewright Sun names Garry B. Cayce as editor replacing Buddy Camper as of July 2 1970 announced by Fourth Estate Publishers Inc. Cayce is an officer and principal stockholder who plans to move to Whitewright and devote full time to the paper. Camper resigns with regret while organizing an Allen Texas offset newspaper.
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Whitewright Sun
Garry B. Cayce
Buddy Camper
Fourth Estate Publishers, Inc
Cayce
Whitewright
Corporation
Camper
Allen
Texas
Sun
Weitewright
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Uiders Eshment
Bb. W. Newman
Howe
Howe No
Treneton
First United Methoodist Church of
Kinedergarden
L Ll
George Burleson
W.E. Grisham
Pasetor
Tanja Cates
Tanja
Somée
Blue Ridge
New Sun
Siee
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