Grayson County to Seek WPA Road Program Boost
Grayson County plans a large works relief project to gravel and pave 103.1 miles of roads using WPA funds. The plan aims to employ about 1,800 relief workers for a year with a $600 per man year labor component and a 10 percent share for supervisors. The program target includes belt-like road circling the county and several major lateral routes with cost estimates around 3,000 to 5,000 per mile depending on conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Grayson County
Commissioners’ Court
Works Progress Administration
C. O. Rockwell
Dallas
WPA
CWA
Marion Wilson
Rockwell
San Antonio
Austin
E. A. Baugh
Division of Projects and Planning
Pioneer
Carpenters Bluff
Whitesboro
Denison
Pottsboro
Gordonville
Red Branch
Tioga
Gunter
van Alstyne
Cannon
Pilot Grove
Bethel School
Whitewright
Loy Park
Hagerman
Tom Bean
Highway 160
Sadler
Louis Wilmouth
San Jacinto
Christian Chapel Cemetery
H. M. Scott
Scott
Transfers Open Before August for 1935 36 Term
County Superintendent Miller urges parents to file school transfer requests before August 1 to move children between districts for the 1935 36 term. Whitewright commonly receives transfers. to join Whitewright contact R A Gillett or Superintendent Key, who hold transfer blanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Whitewright
R. A. Gillett
Whitewright School Board
Key
Court Authorizes Black-Topping of Roads at Denison
Sherman. The Commissioners Court authorized Commissioner S B Vaughan to black-top about three blocks on Main from Denison city limits east to Pawpaw creek and to cover half the cost of nine blocks from the Katy Hospital west to Kraft Phenix plant and north to Fairview Cemetery second gate. Denison shares half the latter. Clayton Flanery was authorized to buy land east of Collinsville to straighten a road. The court also approved $12.50 to repair a piano at the county farm and a $7.05 gas bill for the Whitesboro relief cannery.
Spider Hunter Delivers 2000 Black Widows for Lab
Philadelphia volunteer Mark Robinson works for the Academy of Natural Sciences to supply 2000 black widow spiders for a lab antidote project. He collects them from vacant lots at about 200 per day, noting local spiders are as venomous as their western and southern kin. The spiders’ webs are sparse and shiny with no pattern, and the eggs are in spherical sacs.
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Philadelphia
Mark Robinson
The
Academy of Natural Sciences
Robinson
Milking Hand Care Emphasized In Denver Employment Office
Theodore H. Cutler of the Colorado State Employment Service notes a milker must protect his hands as a piano player would. A laborer asked for a milker job while milking thirteen cows daily, and a farmer sought a milker with good hands, highlighting nuances in the local employment trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Theodore H. Cutler
Colorado State Employment Service
Cutler
County to Spend 25000 on Road Repairs After Floods
A court order authorized $25,000 in warrants for road repairs across four precincts and fifty voting precincts affected by floods. The plan includes black topping No 42 from Sherman to Whitewright via Ida and other upgrades, with annual $5,000 payments through 1940. All commissioners supported the measure.
Tire thieves strike night haul targets in Whitewright area
Thieves tapped padlocks and rifles, netting tires from trailers and garages last Saturday. Walter Fain, Dr. C. P. Johnson, and Jesse Bow each reported losses, with others possibly affected. A suspect bought shotgun shells and a wall holster is now kept near the bed as warnings rise about possible further thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Fain
C. P. Johnson
Jesse Bow
Ed Martin
Whitewright Automobile
Picnic Opens With Favorable Weather
The American Legion picnic opened for the second straight year under favorable weather. The event has occurred fourteen years, with about half experiencing bad weather. The Katy band from Denison will play tonight, followed by W. O. W. drill teams and a prohibition rally with Dr. J. A. Ellis of Sherman as a main speaker. Saturday features a large Whitewright fireworks display and midway attractions by Hurst Amusement Co. Red Pace, post commander, acts as general manager with Legion members assisting.
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American Legion
Katy
Denison
W. Oo. W
J. A. Ellis
Sherman
Whitewright
Hurst Amusement Company
Red Pace
Legion Post
Legion
Rose Bush Turns Into Plum Tree Miracle In Denver Yard
Mrs. Maud Herndon asked a nursery expert after a rosebush in her yard began blooming plums. O S Falkner, a Denver horticulturist, said the rose was grafted into a plum root, and three years of roses gave way to plum blossoms as the plum sap overtook the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Maud Herndon
O. S. Falkner
Louisiana ginners endorse federal farming program
The Louisiana Cotton Ginners Association adopted a resolution endorsing the Federal farm program at its annual meeting in Alexandria. It also urged that federal funds be provided to ginners to defray the costs of administering the Bankhead cotton act in the coming season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Louisiana Cotton Ginners’ Association
Federal Farm Program
Association
Denison Invites Whitewright To Give First Program
The Denison chamber of commerce invites Whitewright to present the first program at the new band shell in Forest Park during a Denison band concert on Friday night July 19. Whitewright shows strong talent and is urged to prepare a worthwhile performance with committees to be appointed to arrange details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison Chamber of Commerce
Whitewright
Forest Park
Denison
Whitewright Schools Denied State Aid Over Transfers
Whitewright school board sent a committee to Austin to check eligibility for a $10 million state aid program. Enrollment plus about 70 transfers from District 42 disqualify the district, though consolidation with Whitewright would make them eligible. State education department findings urge better funding prospects with consolidation.
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Whitewright
H. W. Key
Austin
State Department of Education
Whiteacre Named Grayson County Auditor
Billy M. Whiteacre former Denison resident and deputy in the District Clerk's office was named Grayson County auditor to replace J. N. Dickson, effective August 4. The appointment was signed by Judges Carter Wilcox and Joe Cox and filed with the district clerk. Whiteacre is the youngest son of Mrs. J. A. Whiteacre and brother of Earl A. Whiteacre the county Democratic chairman.
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J. A. Whiteacre
West
Crawford Street
Earl A. Whiteacre
Denison
Democratic
Whiteacre
Pearce Motor Car Company
Lavelle Morrison
Sherman
Denison Rod and Gun Club
Snakes Break Spider Monotony Around Alvarado
Roscoe Russell and Nolan Day, both of Grandview, killed fifty two copperheads on an acre and a half between Grandview and Alvarado. The measure aside, it relieves the monotony of hearing about black widow spiders.
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Cleburne
Roscoe Russell
Nolan Day
Grandview
Alvarado
Frugality Post Office Abolished as New Deal Appears
In Washington a town named Frugality, Pa., loses its post office status due to declining importance, while New Deal, Mont., debuts in the postal guide near Peck Dam. The acting postmaster at New Deal is Miss Abbie McClammy. Also noted is a music lesson clarifying dynamic markings in notation.
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Washington
Frugality
New Deal
Mont
Peck Dam
Abbie McClammy
Rotary selects Meador as Whitewright club president for 1936
Rotary President Claude J. Meador was installed at a luncheon meeting last Friday and will serve until the first July meeting in 1936. New officers include Gomer May as vice president R. R. Waldo as secretary and W. E. LaRoe as treasurer. The board of directors comprises retiring president Dr. F. D. Layman Sidney Watson and Clay Horton. Visitors included A. M. Jones W. J. McGee August Kuballa and Will Taylor of Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude J. Meador
Whitewright Rotary Club
Gomer May
R. R. Waldo
W. E. LaRoe
F. D. Layman
Sidney Watson
Clay Horton
Mr. Meador
Chamber of Commerce
A. M. Jones
W. J. McGee
August Kuballa
Will Taylor
Sherman
Roosevelt Sets Deadline to End Dole by 1935
President Roosevelt urged public works officials to speed the relief effort and end dole payments by year end. He praised PWA directors for their work in the $8.7 billion program and demanded cooperative effort among Works Progress, PWA, and NEC officials to provide quick employment for 3.5 million people in 1935. He ordered non federal project preference to states and cities able to cover 55 percent of costs.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
PWA
Interior
Harold Ickes
Score
Congress
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
National Emergency Council
CWA
North Texan 97 Takes Third Wife in Gainesville
Robert P. Cummins, 97, oldest local resident, married for the third time to 63 year old Margaret Lemons in Gainesville. Justice of the Peace C N Jones presided at her home. Cummins, not a Civil War veteran, fled Springfield Missouri with his father to avoid fighting and says he was a conscientious objector. His first wife Ollie Cummins survives after their 1890 marriage. the second wife died three months ago.
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Gainesville
Robert P. Cummins
Margaret Lemons
Justice of the Peace
C. N. Jones
Cummins
Springfield
Ollie Cummins
Oats Threshing Yields 30 to 40 Bushels Per Acre
Heavy rains reduced the oats crop in Whitewright. farmers report threshing 30 to 40 bushels per acre. Oats sold at 26 to 28 cents, higher for sacked oats. Cotton advances with dry spells. corn prospects mixed. Hay and fruit crops show normal output but hay prices lag last year. abundant fruit crops exceed local demand.
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Whitewright
Drouth
What To Do If Black Widow Bites
Dr. Hardy Kemp of Baylor University Dallas notes public interest is high as black widow spiders increase this year. He urges calling a physician immediately rather than identifying the spider. Painful early symptoms appear 100 to 150 minutes after bite, with intense muscle pain and possible abdominal rigidity. Local wound treatment is useless. a physician may inject 10 percent Epsom salts to relieve cramps. Spiders are not aggressive. bites may be followed by infection but deaths are rare.
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Dallas
Hardy Kemp
Baylor University
Kemp
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Whitewright-Ida
Bethel
Ida
Range Creek Bridge
Range Creek
Frisco
Dorchester
Gunter-Dorchester
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Garland Watkins
Lorene Carroll
Rossville
Bal Hopkins
Hopkins
Watkins
Louisiana Ginners Indorse
Federal Farming Program
Rotary President
Dole
North Texan
Texas
Atlanta Constitution
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