Local Dignitaries and Residents Receive Notices and News
Obituaries note Mrs. R. E. Whitworth 76 and William T. St. John 62 dying in their areas. Weddings include M. W. Pollard and Miss Emma Phillips. Bess Jo Barbee and Robert Benish. A burning incident injured Bettye Nell Yeager at a Tom Bean filling station. Local youth and civic activities feature Epworth League, Rotary Club, and military training assignments at Ft. Sill.
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R. E. Whitworth
T. B. Whitworth
M. W. Pollard
Lone Oak
Emma Phillips
Whitewright
E. L. Stine
Rotary Club
Baptist Annex
William Thomas St. John
Orangeville
Charlie Bill Mayo
A. J. Cates
Irene Rector
Martha Jo Sears
Kermit Hollingsworth
Mary Pumphrey
Madge Sears
Epworth League
Bettye Nell
John Yeager
Jack Yeager
Ft. Sill
Okla
Lewis Vestal
Othel Stapleton
Boots Jones
Pascal Connelly
Robert Simmons
Ralph Hall
J. B. Smith
Paul Simmons
Wandell Riddle
James Birt Phillips
Lloyd Roddy
Jack Wallace
Preston Henderson
Lloyd Badgett
R. K. Smith
Pioneer
Whitewright Grocer
Don C. Fuller
Sherman
Joe Stephens
Nuell Skaggs
Ben Ball
Edgar Taylor
Skaggs
Bess Jo Barbee
Corpus Christi
Robert Benish
Houston
Claud J Meador Installed Rotary Club President
Claud J. Meador was installed as president of the Rotary Club at Friday's meeting. Clyde Craig fell and fractured his leg in two places below the knee last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud J. Meador
Rotary Club
Clyde Craig
Texas Capitol quiet as off season shifts focus to state studies
Austin notes a statewide lull between elections with staff on vacation while Gov. Price Daniel and others aid Lyndon Johnson's presidential bid. Despite this, government work continues with budget and tax studies in progress and reports due next fall. Parking near the Capitol remains tight as officials and tourists compete for spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
State Capitol
Los Angeles
Price Daniel
Texas
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Capitol
Texas Truck Fee Ruling Raises Tax Bill in 1957
Texas courts decide that a truck line resident in Texas must pay Texas trailer fees even if it pays in Mississippi. The ruling could add about 20 000 dollars in license taxes to the State Highway Department. The piece also notes a separate oil and road right of way ruling and state control over mineral leases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
State Supreme Court
High Court
Mississippi
State Highway Department
U. S. Supreme Court
Tidelands
Atty
Will Wilson
Reading
State Board of Education
Daniel
Brad Smith
Governor’s Highway Safety Commission
Estate probate notices in Grayson County Texas
Public notices inform of estate matters for James E Isbon and W R Knight. Executors seek final settlements and creditors must file claims by law. Notices reference Grayson County Court Sherman and Whitesboro addresses with dates in July 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
James E. Isbon
Grayson County
Texas
J. J. Isbon
A. D
Sherman
J. C. Buchanan
Tex
Connell Rogers
Whitewright Sun
W. R. Knight
Lettie Knight
Route 3
Whitesboro
Eisenhower Slashes Cuban Sugar Quota Amid Policy Uncertainty
President Eisenhower signed a new sugar bill for 1960 and early 1961, cutting the Cuban quota by 700000 tons. The note outlines the tension between keeping adequate supplies, protecting domestic growers, and maintaining friendly relations with foreign suppliers while noting a 242 cent per pound private premium over world prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Fidel Castro
United States
Congress
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
U. S
Agriculture Department
Department
Sheriff's June arrest and court activity in Grayson County
During June 130 arrests were handled at Grayson County jail under Sheriff Woody Blanton. Drunkenness led with 22 cases, followed by traffic 19 and drunken driving 13. Felonies included 11 forgery, seven burglary, three car theft, one armed robbery. Other misdemeanors, eight juveniles among them, plus eight lunacy arrests and six runaway juveniles. 121 court papers processed. fines and fees totaled 2,584 dollars. 103 investigative phone calls. property stolen valued at 5,296 dollars with 5,234 recovered. Also notes the French island St Pierre near Newfoundland lacking a newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
Woody Blanton
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Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
Texas Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Dallas
America
Board of Education
J. W. Edgar
Farley
Pascal Farley
Ike
Coun
St. Pierre
Newfoundland
Mr. Merchant
F.H. A
Whitewright Lumber Co
Wilson Kaiser
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