Local business groups push for holiday observance plan
Chamber of Commerce leaders propose a six holiday observance schedule for businesses with placards and signed commitments. The First National Bank and Whitewright Lumber back the effort with ads offering loans and supplies to spruce up storefronts. A parallel note recalls a rainy night and heat waves boosting agriculture and town life.
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First National Bank
Sun
Whitewright Lumber Company
Sherman
Whitewright Board Names Faculty for New School Year
The Whitewright district filled two vacancies this week with Robert Sivley named history teacher and basketball and assistant football coach, and David Johnson elected grade school principal. Sivley is a McMurry College graduate from Honey Grove. Johnson returns after a year at Sherman. A prior week’s vote added Mrs. J. A. Harper Jr. as business administrator. she is North Texas State College trained and taught at Forney before marrying Mr. Harper.
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Whitewright
Robert Sivley
Honey Grove
McMurry College
David Johnson
Sherman
J. A. Harper Jr
North Texas State College
Forney
Harper
Chamber of Commerce hears park profits and plans new projects
The Cham ber of Commerce monthly meeting reviewed the July 4th park activities profit totaling 175 after a 307 dinner. Plans discussed included a veterinary clinic, a municipal swimming pool feasibility, a permanent holiday observance program, and three new billboard welcome signs on highways 69 160 and the Tom Bean road near Whitewright.
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Chamber of Commerce
Paul Geers
John L. Barkley
Kenneth Frisby
Washing machine interrupted Irene phone call tale
A Milwaukee woman told police her friend collapsed during a phone chat but returned to gossiping after she ran to switch off her washing machine. The odd tale shows a trivial misunderstanding amid a broader political critique of party platforms and a stray note on taxes and beverages.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Dear Mister Editor Letter on Election Fever and a Brooklyn Sermon
Uncle Dan from Tom Bean comments on the Los Angeles political scene and TV confusion. He riffs on Democrats and Republicans, mentions a Brooklyn policeman caught speaking in an empty church, and jokes about a Nixon topic, ending with a nod to a chaotic political world.
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Los Angeles
Clem Webster
Clem
Brooklyn
Nixon
Skaggs Named to FHA County Committee
Nuell E. Skaggs was announced as a member of the Farmers Home Administration county committee for Grayson, Cooke and Montague Counties. The three member panel, with Ernest B. Strawn as chairman and William R. Child, assists the county supervisor in managing farm credit programs.
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Nuell E. Skaggs
Farmers Home Administration
John D. Cunningham
Grayson
Cooke
Montague
Skaggs
Whitewright
Farm Credit
Ernest B. Strawn
Howe
William R. Child
Collinsville
Strawn
Sears Anderson
Denison Votes For Alcohol Sale In City Election
Denison voters approved the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages in Saturday’s election but the measure will take time to implement. In the interim residents rely on bootleggers who have supplied liquor in liberal quantities already.
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Denison
It Costs More to Go Broke in Little Rock
In Little Rock, Arkansas the cost to file a bankruptcy petition in U S District Court has risen from 45 to 50 dollars. The change increases expenses for debtors seeking relief.
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Little Rock, Ark
U. S. District Court
Look for it campaign ends with showroom ceiling collapse
In Jacksonville Florida an auto dealer promoted a bold sales push with the line Look for it Something big is going to happen and hours later the showroom ceiling collapsed trapping new cars inside. The incident follows the promotion and underscores a dramatic turn in a single business day.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Whitewright Little League Final Week Ahead
Grayson Fannin Little League wraps regular season this Saturday with an all-star round to follow. Whitewright and Randolph tied 4-4 last week as Whitewright’s Joe Hennig homered and Curtis Tillett pitched a one hitter in a 0 0 tie with Trenton. Standings show Trenton first, Whitewright second, Bells third, Randolph fourth, Savoy fifth, and Ector last.
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Grayson-Fannin
Whitewright
Randolph
Carl Bailey
Larry Ryan
Joe Hennig
Scooter McCurdy
Bailey
Hennig
James Claborn
Roy Steel
Claborn
Steel
Robert Keene
Bells
Savoy
Trenton
Ector
Curtis Tillett
James Anderson
van Alstyne
Platform Vote Not Unanimous at Democratic Convention
The Democratic National Convention adopted a broad platform urging expanded federal action to boost growth and civil rights. The voice vote was not unanimous, with a loud chorus of nayes heard though the ayes carried the measure.
Aylesbury Council Appeals for Drafted Gravedigger
AYLSBURY England the town council asked the army to release drafted grave digger David Miller 21 to fill a vacancy saying we have graves that need digging and cannot find a replacement The appeal underscores wartime manpower shortages affecting cemetery work in the town.
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Aylsbury
England
David Miller
Enterprise Baptist Revival Set for July 15 to 24
A revival meeting will begin Friday July 15 at Enterprise Baptist Church east of Whitewright and continue through July 24 with services at 8 p m each evening The evangelist is Rev Eugene E Allen pastor of Ector Baptist Church Music director is Rev O Charles Horton pastor of Enterprise Church and pianist is Mrs Alma Hayes
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Enterprise Baptist Church
Whitewright
Eugene E. Allen
Ector Baptist Church
O. Charles Horton
Enterprise Church
Alma Hayes
Veterinarian To Practice Here In Whitewright
Dr. John Lynn Barkley a Texas A and M graduate will open a veterinary clinic in Whitewright rent of Floyd Bassett’s building across Highway 69 from Humble station. He plans to move his family from Dallas this week and has rented the Marie Jinkins house on West Maple Street.
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John Lynn Barkley
Texas A. & M. College
School of Veterinary Medicine
Floyd Bassett
Highway 69
Humble Station
Barkley
Chamber of Commerce
Whitewright
Dallas
Marie Jinkins
West Maple Street
Venus
Dr. Barkley
Alvarado High School
Civil Service
Navy
J. A. Harper Jr
U S Household Count Reaches 52 610 000
Washington reports a record 52 610 000 U S households as of last March with about three fourths being husband wife families. 11 percent include one or more relatives living in the household and 7 754 000 are single persons or groups of unrelated individuals. 45 100 000 families exist and 206 000 lack their own households.
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Washington
United States
Funeral services held for Mrs. T. J. Giles age 89
Mrs. T. J. Giles died suddenly at home Monday and funeral services were held Wednesday at Earnheart Chapel. Rev. Bill Johnson Rev. C. C. Dooley and Rev. Fred Waldrop conducted. burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Surviving are a son five daughters two brothers two sisters eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Earnheart Chapel
T. J. Giles
Bill Johnson
C. C. Dooley
Whitewright
Fred Waldrop
Gainesville
Oak Hill Cemetery
Grover Stateville
Lloyd Alexander
Orville Woodson
Charles Skaggs
B. W. Newman
Roy Blanton
Benedict Rites Held for Ras Benedict in Boise
Samuel Marshall Benedict 63 died after a short illness in Boise Idaho He was born March 14 1897 in Whitewright He worked for Idaho Power Company from Caldwell to Boise played on the company baseball team He married May E McLeod Sept 6 1920 Survivors include his wife two daughters two sisters and three grandchildren
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Samuel Marshall
Ras) Benedict
Boise
Idaho
Whitewright
Benedict
Harney Benedict
Caldwell
Idaho Power Company
May E. McLeod
Boise Elks Lodge No. 310
Virginia Lee Barnes
Kathryn Ann Burrell
Mildred Bow
Hazel Glidewell
Wichita
Kansas
Princeton man L M McGuffey dies in McKinney hospital
L M McGuffey, 55, of Princeton died July 6 in a McKinney hospital. Funeral services were held at Princeton Friday and burial was at Blue Ridge. A native of Collin County he was a brother of Mrs. W B Head, former Whitewright resident now living in Dallas.
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L. M. McGuffey
Princeton
McKinney Hospital
Blue Ridge
Collin County
McGuffey
W. B. Head
Whitewright
Dallas
U S Capitol Moves From Philadelphia to Washington
The article notes the transfer of the U S capital from Philadelphia to Washington in 1800 marking a pivotal shift in federal government location and national governance.
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U. S
Philadelphia
Washington
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