Whitewright Post Office Site Sparks Traffic Concerns
The Lions Club painted parking and walkway stripes on the main drag Tuesday night. Whitewright faces site options for a new post office and a 16 unit elderly housing project. A west of Firemen's Hall location raises traffic hazards, while nearby business districts press for proximity to shops. Washington rules require the housing units be on a single large site near the business district.
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Lions Club
Sherman
Denison
Whitewright
Post Office Department
City of
Firemen’s Hall
Washington
On Again Off Again Tax Talk and India Rats
Opinion piece argues LBJ will seek a 1967 tax rise after the election, noting Democratic control and war history. Critiques Indian rat plague and cow reverence, and mocks U.S. stimulus to India. Also protests molybdenum price hikes while noting rising paper costs and broader inflation concerns.
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LBJ
Congress
United States
Texas Bigger Burma Size Compared To Texas
Burma covers about 262000 square miles, slightly smaller than Texas, with an estimated population of 23 million. The note contrasts Burma's vast area and sizable population to Texas, highlighting geographic scale.
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Burma
Texas
Whitewright Beats Howe 14-4 In Baseball Clash
Whitewright defeated Howe 14 to 4 after seven hits and four errors by Whitewright. Roy Layman and Larry Franklin pitched for Whitewright while Lenny Gray and Mike Bledsoe pitched for Howe. Leading Whitewright hitters included Randy Rice with a 3-4 effort including a double and a home run. For Howe, Vincent Hash went 2-3.
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Whitewright
Howe
Roy Layman
Larry Franklin
Lenny Gray
Mike Bledsoe
Layman
Franklin
Gray
Bledsoe
Randy Rice
Vincent Hash
Bells
David Singleton
Singleton
E. J. Durham
Archie Reynolds
Belis
Church Activities Schedule From Local Baptist Church
Reverend Dale Gore presides as pastor. Thursday July 14 at 7 30 Rebecca Class meets at Mrs E E McCullough home. Friday 6 00 Teen Scene. Sunday 9 00 Nursing Home Sunday School 9 55 Sunday School 11 00 Worship 6 00 Christian Life Develop 7 00 Worship. Monday 10 00 Associational Quarterly WMU at Whitesboro. Tuesday 7 00 Hour of Power 7 45 Church Choir Rehearsal.
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Dale Gore
E. E. McCullough
S. S
Nursing Home
Christian Life
WMU
Whitesboro
George Topper Pastor Sunday schedule listed
George Topper is the pastor with a Sunday timetable including 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Morning Worship 6:30 Methodist Youth Fellowship and 7:30 Services at Marvin Plus Wednesday 7:30 Choir rehearsal
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George Topper
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Marvin
Church Schedule for Mrs Janice Hall Family
A church notices weekly timetable led by Pastor Mrs Janice Hall. Sunday School at 9 45. Worship service at 7 15 p m. Prayer meeting on Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
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Janice Hall
Church Service Times Note Minister W E Mynatt
Church of Christ announces schedule led by Minister W E Mynatt Bible study at 10 a m worship and communion at 11 a m evening worship at 7 p m and Bible study for all ages at 7 30 p m reflecting regular weekly services with multiple sessions listed.
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Church OF Christ
W. E. Mynatt
Kentuckytown Baptist Church Service Schedule
Rev Don Chandler presides with a Training Union at seven and a worship service at seven forty five in the Kentucky town church. The notice lists sermon time and pastor while omitting additional events or contacts.
Revival services at Bethel Baptist Church this month
Rev Charles Pierce pastor leads revival meetings July 10 to 17 at Bethel Baptist Church with evangelist Pierce and singer James Martin of Denison. Services daily at 10 30 a m and 8 p m including Training Union at 6 30 p m.
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Bethel Baptist Church
Charles Pierce
Training Union
James Martin
Denison
Marvin Methodist Church announces monthly and weekly services
Rev. George Topper, pastor, presides as preaching services occur the third Sunday each month with a 10:00 morning service and a 7:30 evening service. Sunday School is at 11:00, with Sunday School at 10:00 on all other Sundays.
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George Topper
Revival Meeting Opens at Enterprise Baptist Church
Enterprise Baptist Church hosts a revival meeting starting Friday night and continuing through July 37, inviting community members to attend each evening as speakers present faith messages.
State Draft Quota for September Set at 1585 Men
Texas state Selective Service director Colonel Morris S Schwartz announced September induction quota of 1,585 men, part of a national call of 31,300 for the army. August quota was raised to 1,837 and July adjusted to 1,281, with local boards likely to handle 4,000 to 5,000 pre induction exams.
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Austin
Morris S Schwartz
Selective Service
Schwartz
Texas
State Director of Selective Service
State Selective Service
Army
Texas Local Boards
Texas Boards
Mrs Maude Belew 78 Funeral in Sherman This Week
Mrs Maude Belew 78 died Sunday in a Sherman hospital Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Earnheart chapel conducted by Rev Dale Gore and Rev C C Dooley Burial took place at Blue Ridge Cemetery She was born November 7 1888 at Blue Ridge daughter of G C McCoy She married Martin Belew September 12 1902 He died July 21 1945 Survivors include three sons Horace Belew Meadow Kermit Belew Ennis Roy Belew Whitewright one brother G D McCoy Denison four sisters Myrtle Graves McKinney Goldie Goforth Anna Eunice Wallace Melissa Eula Knott Farmersville and 12 grandchildren 18 great grandchildren.
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Earnheart
Maude Belew
Sherman
Dale Gore
C. C. Dooley
Blue Ridge Cemetery
Belew
Blue Ridge
G. C. McCoy
Martin Belew
Whitewright
The
Baptist Church
Horace Belew
Meadow
Kermit Belew
Ennis
Roy Belew
G. D. McCoy
Denison
Myrtle Graves
McKinney
Goldie Goforth
Anna
Eunice Wallace
Melissa
Eula Knott
Farmersville
Bee Stings Fatal To Sensitive Folk
A Columbia University surgeon died after hornet stings from a nest in vines while removing window-screen vegetation in Cooperstown New York. The piece notes about 20 or more sensitive people die yearly from Hymenoptera stings including bees wasps hornets and yellowjackets with 1963 U S Public Health Service counts of 12 bee sting deaths and 13 from yellowjackets wasps or hornets. It mentions varied reactions and a low chance of worse reactions after the first sting per Dr Eloise W Kailin.
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Columbia University
Cooperstown
N. Y
U.S. Public Health Service
Eloise W. Kailin
Silver Spring
American Academy of Allergy
Sun Wanted They Get Fast Results
A terse classified notice promotes quick responses to a Sun Wanted advertisement urging readers to act swiftly to secure favorable terms. The listing emphasizes speed and reliability, appealing to prospective sellers and customers seeking prompt attention.
Uncle Dan Recites Fiscal Talk at Country Store Session
Uncle Dan from Tom Bean recalls a Saturday night gathering at the country store where Ed Doolittle discussed the new fiscal year and government finances. He noted the debt limit rising to 332 billion dollars, the goal of balancing the budget via taxes matching the Gross National Product, and inflation concerns. The piece ends with a parable about a preacher raising funds to burn the church mortgage and the organist playing the Star Spangled Banner.
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Ed Doolittle
Congress
Internal Revenue Service
Washington
Clem Webster
Everbody
White House
Clem
Cotton plantings at 100-year low reported
The Agriculture Department on July 8 said land planted to cotton this year totaled 10,567,000 acres, 25 percent below last year, the smallest acreage in nearly a century. Texas accounted for 4,400,000 acres, about 75.2 percent of last year. If yields match last year’s 506 pounds per acre, the crop would total 10,567,000 bales, versus 14,567,000 bales last year.
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Agriculture Department
Texas
Banana Mashing for Tea Bread and Cookies
A quick guide to mashing bananas for baking. Slice ripe bananas into a mixing bowl and mash to a pulp using a pastry blender or fork for smooth texture in tea bread cake or cookies.
Pink Hill Water Supply Corporation Loan Approved
The Farmers Home Administration notified Congressman Ray Roberts that the Pink Hill Water Supply Corporation received preliminary approval of a $210,000 insured loan. Funds will drill a well and install a water distribution system serving 143 families west of Bells. I. E. Brown of Bells Route 1 is president.
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The
Farmers Home Administration
Ray Roberts
Pink Hill Water Supply Corporation
Bells
I. E. Brown
Bells Route 1
Marrying Americans in the midcentury trend
A 1940s to 1960s social note cites that about 12 percent of American women aged 30 to 24 were single in 1940, dropping to 6.9 percent in 1960 and an estimated 5 percent by 1966, suggesting earlier marriage patterns. The piece frames this as evidence women learn to snare a husband and nods to trying a Sun Want Ad for results.
July 15 1921 civic notes and obituaries from Whitewright
Down Memory Lane item reports Mrs. James Yowell 33 dies near town. Sherman Democrat praises Whitewright for town life and strong agriculture. American Legion Band to stage a Friday concert on Main Street. Eunice Cook to teach Spanish and Latin next term. Dr. Lewis Holland nurses T. H. Lively after four week auto accident. First National Bank deposits total 552,107.40. Planters National Bank deposits total 444,535.56. B Y P U group includes Frances Pope James Lindsay Emma Claire Vestal Frances Halliburton Mervin Gould Burgher Reed Vestal J P Halliburton.
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James Yowell
Sherman Democrat
Whitewright
Grayson County
American Legion
Main Street
North
Texas
Eunice Cook
Lewis Holland
Baylor Medical College
T. H. Lively
First National Bank
Planters National Bank
Miss Fannie Giles Elected to Fill School Vacancy
The report notes Miss Fannie Giles has been elected to fill a vacancy in the grade school. A boy, Davis McSpedden, son of Mr and Mrs Howard McSpedden, sustained a painful throat wound Monday after falling while holding a small stick in his mouth. Miss Opal Musser of Porters and Mr Millard Allen of Bixby Okla were married July 10.
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Fannie Giles
Davis
Howard McSpedden
Opal Musser
Porters
Millard Allen
Bixby
Okla
85 Years Ago Highlights From July 16 1931
Ed Nicely and family and E E Mullican received minor injuries in a head on collision Friday. James A Ragsdale a longtime Whitewright resident died at his granddaughter’s Sherman home. Joe Hamilton was robbed at Clinton Missouri on July 3. W M Gates reopened his bakery here. Paul Robbins of Greenville and Miss Jance McIver wed last Thursday. Nora Bryant fractured a leg in a fall Thursday.
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Ed Nicely
E. E. Mullican
James A. Ragsdale
Whitewright
John Spencer
Sherman
Joe Hamilton
Clinton
W. M. Gates
Paul Robbins
Greenville
Jance McIver
Nora Bryant
Lone Star Farmer degree awarded at state convention
25 Years Ago: Sonny Gosnell received the Lone Star Farmer degree at the FFA state convention in Marshall last week. Clint McMillin, formerly of Whitewright, died at his Trenton home today. Noland Jackson of Sherman signed a five year lease for a building on South Bend street for a frozen food locker plant. Miss Iona Bush of Route 3 and Mr. Charlie Barrett of Van Alstyne wed on July 12. American Legion met Tuesday night electing officers: R. D. Maddux post commander, Roy G. Blanton vice commander, W. Houston service officer, John Reeves chaplain, Carrol Wilson sergeant at arms.
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Sonny Gosnell
FFA
Marshall
Clint McMillin
Whitewright
Trenton
Noland Jackson
Sherman
South Bend Street
Iona Bush
Charlie Barrett
van Alstyne
American Legion
R. D. Maddux
Roy G. Blanton
W. ©. Houston
John Reeves
Carrol Wilson
American Legion Meeting Tonight Elect Officers
Everheart Thornhill Post of the American Legion holds an 8 o'clock Thursday meeting to elect officers. Barbecue will be served and commander Earl Fields hopes for a full turnout of members.
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Everheart-Thornhill Post
American Legion
Earl Fields
Vaccinate Dogs urged by Grayson health official
Dr. Mary Tonelli of the Grayson County Department of Health urged vaccination of all dogs and cats for rabies. She cited one rabies case in Grayson County this year and a February rabid cat in Whitewright that led to a child receiving rabies shots, warning of heightened risk in summer outdoor activity.
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Grayson Co
Mary Tonelli
Grayson County
Physical Fitness Said Oversold by Stanford Researchers
Two Stanford researchers Dr Jose C Montero and Dr Kennieh D Smythe challenge the US notion of physical fitness saying no evidence shows exercise extends life or prevents disease. They argue daily work performance, motivation, and modest activity suffice for health and endurance.
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Washington
Tarzan
Stanford University
Jose C. Montero
Kennieh D. Smythe
U. S
Granddaughter of Carl Hollands Receives Scholarship
Miss Mary Elizabeth Holland of Denton and Whitewright is named one of Texas scholars by the Texas Good Neighbor Commission to attend the Monterrey Mexico college summer session. She will study Spanish Literature and Mexican Theatre, live in a dorm, with classes in Spanish and a tutor provided. She plans to teach at the college level after earning a master's degree.
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Mary Elizabeth Holland
Leslie Holland
Denton
Carl Holland
Whitewright
State of Texas
Texas Good Neighbor Commission
Monterrey
Mexico
Mary Elizabeth
Holland
North Texas State University
Beer's Better Yet Fruit Juice Best Thirst Quencher
Philadelphia health chief Dr. Norman R. Ingraham says beer beats water for heat relief due to salts lost in sweat but fruit juice is even better. The report notes beer has advantages yet highlights juice as superior in quenching thirst overall.
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Philadelphia
Norman R. Ingraham
Ingraham
Whitewright gets new post office and 16 elderly housing units
Rep Ray Roberts announced Whitewright approval for a new post office to be built with private capital on a lease basis and 16 low rental housing units for the elderly funded by a $216,869 HUD loan. Site and bid details are pending with the Whitewright Housing Authority while safety features and accessibility are emphasized.
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Ray Roberts
Whitewright
Housing and Urban Development Department
Roberts
The
Sun
Ralph Yarborough
Whitewright Housing Authority
Willis P. Duff
Bonham
Roy Blanton
O. W. Barker
B. W. Newman
George Brown
George Hight
Polio Cases in Texas Reach Heaviest Year Since 1962
The Texas State Health Dept reports 19 paralytic polio cases in the first six months, the heaviest since 1962. Seventeen patients were under four, none fully immunized, with cases spread across Zavala, Maverick, Starr, Cameron, Nueces, and other counties.
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Austin
State Health Dept
Texas
van C. Hiptio
Department
Zavala
Maverick
Starr
Cameron
Nueces
Fort Bend
Hidalgo
Jim Hogg
Kleberg
Treasury Surplus Shrinks as June Outlays Rise
AUSTIN The state treasury showed a general revenue fund surplus of 724 million on July 1 per comptroller records. The surplus fell 4.2 million from the June start balance of 76.7 million. June receipts were 16 million while outlays totaled 20.3 million.
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Austin
General Revenue Fund
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Marine Corps Stamp Marks 50th Anniversary Commemoration
The fiftieth anniversary of the United States Marine Corps Reserve is commemorated by a postage stamp issued August 29. Printed in blue, red, gold and black, the stamp features drawings of marines past and present.
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United States Marine Corps Reserve
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India
Uncle Sap
Johnson
Morris Wilson
Tom Bean
First Baptist Church
First Methodist Church
Assembly OF God
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
Don Chandler
Marvin Methodist Church
Enterprise Baptist Church
Mrs. Maude Belew
Dan
Frances Pope
James Lindsey
Emma Claire Vestal
Robert Long Bow
Frances Haliburton
Mervin Gould
Burgher Reed Vestal
J. P. Haliburton
B.Y.P.U
Carl Hollands
Marine Corps Stamp
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