Special Train of Picknickers From Denison Tonight
A ten car special train carrying over 300 Denison business and civic leaders and families will arrive in Whitewright shortly after 6 p m to attend the American Legion picnic opening last night Denison Day is observed today with a parade and concert by the Katy band and Katy bugle corps to greet the visitors The train will return to Denison at 10 p m Friday Sherman Day is set for Friday with a program by the Sherman municipal band Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls No other features announced for Saturday night except an 11 p m fireworks display The Hurst Carnival Company offers rides shows and a mechanical doll show never seen here before.
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Denison
Whitewright
American Legion
Katy Band
Katy Bugle Corps
Sherman
Sherman Municipal Band
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
Sherman Court House Plaza
Hurst Carnival Company
County to supply grasshopper bait to Grayson farmers
SHERMAN. Grayson County will distribute free poison mash bran to farmers battling a grasshopper infestation. A carload of federal bran and poison will be unloaded at Bonham with part sent to the county. Trucks will be supplied by the county commissioners to Sherman for distribution. Farmers must supply half the needed bran or sawdust to mix with the poison. The mash costs under one cent per pound, with five to ten pounds likely sufficient per acre. The hoppers are damaging corn, cotton and grain along creeks and Red River country.
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Sherman
Grayson County
B. F. Gray
Bonham
Rainfall Totals in Whitewright Hit July Needs
C C Cates of the city water department records .97 of an inch rainfall in Whitewright during the first half of July. On the night of July 9 rainfall reached .88 of an inch and .9 of an inch followed the next day. This marked the first precipitation since June 16 and was badly needed.
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Whitewright
C. C. Cates
City Water Department
Grayson County Seeks WPA Fund For Park Project
Grayson County submits a WPA funding request for Loy Park totaling 31000 dollars to district WPA director Gus Thomasson in Dallas. If approved the plan moves to San Antonio and Washington with 21000 dollars sought from the Federal government and about 10000 dollars from the county for gravel roads a rifle range a keeper's stonehouse spillway repairs and a sandy lake beach.
Passenger car licenses to be black and white
Texas passenger automobile licenses will switch to a black and white scheme next year. The highway commission approved a white body with black letters, figures and border, with other combinations listed for commercial, farm truck, trailers, dealers, buses, exempt plates, motorcycles and side cars.
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Austin
Texas
The
Highway Commission
Singing Convention at Bethel Sunday
The County Line Singing Convention will meet at Bethel church at 2 p m Sunday. The Baumgartner brothers of Greenville are expected to attend, along with other well known singers. Information comes from W C Brown.
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Bethel Church
Baumgartner Brothers
Greenville
The
Sun
W. C. Brown
July transfers open for rural to high schools ends Aug 1
July is the last month available for student transfers from rural to high schools. Pupils wishing to transfer must act before August 1. Applications are filed through County Superintendent E A Miller in Sherman, with forms sent via Whitewright Board of Education secretary or Superintendent H W Key.
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E. A. Miller
Sherman
The
Whitewright Board of Education
H. W. Key
Delinquent Taxes May Be Paid in Ten Equal Installments
Grayson County property owners may group all delinquent state and county taxes and pay them in 10 equal installments. First payment in an 11 day period starting Aug 21. plan must start on or before Sept 1. 20 month total period from July 1. minimums set at $1 per payment and $10 per account. If a taxpayer misses four months, district attorney may sue for remainder. Municipalities may opt in. City of Whitewright undecided.
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Grayson County
F. M. Echols
Whitewright
City Commission
Garner Enjoys Outdoor Life at Uvalde Home
Vice President John N. Garner summers in Uvalde where pecan trees promise high yields and a growing squirrel colony must be thinned to protect crops. He boasts marksmanship, recalls a 250 yard buck kill, and plans fishing and hunting with Ross Brumfield. He stays away from politics, preferring day to day recreation and solitude.
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Uvalde
John N. Garner
Ross Brumfield
Garner
Washington
Visitors Offered Free California Vacation At San Quentin
San Quentin Bulletin invites all vacationists to spend their vacation free of charge at San Quentin with transportation and expenses paid. For particulars contact your sheriff or chief of police now, notices read in the newspaper produced by San Quentin prison convicts.
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San Quentin
Calif
Brick Veneer Home Under Way For O G Alexander
Work began Tuesday on a brick veneer farm residence for O G Alexander with G L Baugher as construction superintendent. The site is three miles south of town on highway 160. Eight rooms hall and bath will have electric lights water and modern conveniences. Estimated cost about 4500 dollars per Mr Alexander to The Sun.
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O. G. Alexander
G. L. Baugher
John Bean Elected to Sherman High Faculty
John Bean, longtime Whitewright High School vocational agriculture teacher, was elected Monday by the Sherman school board to join the Sherman High School faculty. Known for strong class records and numerous statewide contest wins, Bean is a Fort Worth Masonic Home and School alumnus and a Texas A&M College graduate.
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John Bean
Whitewright
Sherman School
Sherman High School
Bean
Masonic
Fort Worth
Texas A. and
M. College
Delayed Pension Checks Mailed Amid Federal Grant Hold
Austin officials said July and August old age pension checks were mailed two weeks late due to a delayed federal grant of 1.605 million dollars. July payments reach 123 675 recipients, down from 127 858 in June, with further roll reductions anticipated next month.
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Austin
Old Age Pension Organization
Kirk Brown Hen And Kitten Story Spreads Widely
Kirk Brown reported to a local AP representative that a hen in his barn east of town adopted a litter of kittens. The item circulated nationwide via AP, drawing letters from many places. A California woman kept it in her scrapbook and asked for his autograph. others sought distant information or odds and ends.
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W. C
Kirk) Brown
Associated Press
Brown
California
Houston
Texas
Pennsylvania
Cleated Wheels Damage County Roads Warned by Engineer
Grayson county engineer H. M. Scott warned Saturday that cleated wheels on tractors and heavily loaded vehicles with narrow rims damage the county road system. He noted Grayson has 40 miles of blacktop and 105 miles of state maintained concrete highways. Violations carry a fine up to 200 dollars.
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H. M. Scott
Grayson
Scott
Tom Bean School Tax Vote Declared
The Tom Bean school district 45 approved a tax of one dollar per hundred dollars of assessed valuation by a 30 to 1 majority in the June 26 balloting. Commissioners court announced the results Monday afternoon, confirming the district vote.
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Tom Bean
Commissioners Court
Nine Infantile Paralysis Cases In This County
The Sherman Democrat reports four active cases in Sherman with two doubtful, plus six more cases in Grayson County including one doubtful in Whitewright. The city health officer urges 21 day quarantine and avoiding crowds. Across Texas an epidemic pattern appears with Graham reporting a death and precautionary closures. The State Health Department advises parents to keep children at home and avoid mass gatherings.
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Sherman Democrat
Sherman
Grayson County
Whitewright
Sherman City
Texas
Graham
Graham Leader
State Health Department
24 Rural Districts Face Loss of State School Aid
Sherman reports that twenty four of Grayson County's 98 rural common system schools will be denied both state transportation and tuition aid due to levies falling below eligibility. To qualify a district needs a 50 cent maintenance tax or a 75 cent bond plus maintenance. The list includes Cannon Cold Springs Jamison Farmington Emberson Chapel Barron Dawkins Elm View Luella Canaan Providence Thompsonville Choctaw Pleasant Valley Pecan Grove Nance Prairie Greystone Oak Grove Ellsworth Shiloh Mill Springs Eureka Skaggs and White Rock negro. The Grayson County school board meets July 19 at 2 p m with E A Miller to discuss the problem.
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Emberson Chapel
Barron
Dawkins
Elm View
Luella
Canaan
Providence
Thompsonville
Choctaw
Pleasant Valley
Pecan Grove
Nance Prairie
Greystone
Oak Grove
Ellsworth
Shiloh
Mill Springs
Eureka
Skaggs
White Rock
Grayson County
Revival to Open at Canaan Church Sunday
A revival meeting will begin at the Canaan Church three miles north of Whitewright on Sunday July 18. The Rev. Mr. Hibbert of Bells will lead with assistance from Rev. Joe B. Oakley of Plano. The church invites the public to attend.
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Canaan Church
Whitewright
Mr. Hibbert
Bells
Joe B. Oakley
Plano
This Is My Affair at Palace Theatre
Palace Theatre screens This Is My Affair tonight and Friday with Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck. Saturday features Reckless Ranger starring Bob Allen, followed by The Woman I Love on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday offer bargain nights with The Soldier and the Lady. Next week, The Hit Parade stars Frances Langford and Eddy Duchin among others, and Brad Dock-Louis fight pictures play July 23 and 24.
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Palace Theatre
Robert Taylor
Barbara Stanwyck
Bob Allen
Paul Muni
Louis Hayward
Anton Walbrook
Elizabeth Allan
Margot Grahame
Frances Langford
Phil Regan
Eddy Duchin
Duke Ellington
Palace
Joe Louis Plans English Invasion Bout Shift
Promoter Mike Jacobs announced an August 26 date for Joe Louis versus Tommy Farr in Yankee Stadium, moving from September 13 to allow the Heavyweight Champion to travel to England for an outdoor bout with Leon Harvey or Jack Doyle. The New York boxing commission approved the date change, clearing Louis for a European engagement in September.
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New York
Mike Jacobs
Joe Louis
England
Leon Harvey
Jack Doyle
Brown Bomber
New York State Boxing Commission
Tommy Farr
Yankee Stadium
Louis
Let trousers fall in court ruling on Sunday sale
New York. Philip Speeser, a dry goods store employee, was found guilty of selling suspenders to a customer in violation of a Sunday law. Magistrate Mark Rudich commented it would be better to let a pair of trousers fall than break the law.
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New York
Philip Speeser
Mark Rudich
Farm Sale in Ely Community Sees 173 Acre Transfer
Final papers signed Tuesday confirm the sale of a 173 acre farm in the Ely community. Grady Gillett sold to L A Willeford of Gladewater, who owns 140 acres in East Texas oil fields with nine wells. Willeford considers more Whitewright investments and may move to the town.
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Ely
Grady Gillett
L. A. Willeford
Gladewater
Willeford
Whitewright
East Texas
Texas
Legislative meet delayed to late September in Texas
Gov. James V. Allred announced an August Mexico City vacation and hinted at delaying the Legislature until late September to tackle revenue problems. He had planned an early September call but cited heat and the need for possibly two one month sessions. The agenda includes revenue issues utility regulation and other matters.
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Austin
James V. Allred
Mexico City
Alfred
President asks farm bill passage in three point plan
President Roosevelt urges Congress to adopt a three point farm stabilization program, continuing conservation as a foundation, storing substantial reserves to guard consumers in bad years, and protecting farm prices and incomes. He warns existing laws are inadequate and signals danger to future income through drought or low prices.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate Agriculture Committees
Congress
Father Dies After Scooter Collision in Pasadena
C L Chamberlain aged 51 borrowed a gasoline scooter while watching his son play. He rode at an intersection in Pasadena and collided with a car. He died at the hospital from a fractured skull.
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Pasadena
Calif
C. L. Chamberlain
Gilchrist Accepts A. and M. Offer to Be Engineering Dean
Gibb Gilchrist, Texas state highway engineer for ten years, has accepted the A and M College directors offer to serve as dean of engineering. He has overseen about 300 million dollars of highway construction in Texas and will consult the State Highway Commission on the resignation date, not before September 1.
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Austin
Gibb Gilchrist
A. & M. College
Gilchrist
Texas
State Highway Commission
Belew Brothers Die In Truck Crash Near Henryetta
Lloyd Belew 34 of Sherman and Woodrow Belew 21 of Whitewright were killed in a highway crash two east of Henryetta while en route to onions and Amarillo. Lloyd died instantly when his truck hit an abutment and burned. Woodrow died later in Wichita Falls hospital from injuries. The brothers, born near Blue Ridge, were survived by their parents, three brothers, a sister, and Lloyd's wife and child. A double funeral is set at the Baptist Church with burial in Blue Ridge Cemetery.
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Lloyd Belew
Sherman
Henryetta
Woodrow Belew
Whitewright
Wichita Falls
Lloyd
Woodrow
Amarillo
Blue Ridge
Martin Belew
Whitewright High School
Sherman Municipal
Horace Belew
Terry County
Kermit Belew
Tom Bean
Roy Belew
Jake Keeling
Lubbock County
Baptist Church
G. B. Bradshaw
McKinney
J. H. Hilger
Greenville
Blue Ridge Cemetery
Thomas Sears
Billy White
Dick Montgomery
Charles White
Donald Hall
Murl Ryan
Three Injured In Head On Collision At Bells Junction
A head on crash at the junction of Highway 5 and No 160 at Bells left two men and a child injured Sunday night. R L Essary of Bonham traveling east turned onto Highway 5 when his car collided with a Dallas coupe driven by Al tus Dunavin. Both cars suffered severe damage and the men and Dunavin’s 10 year old daughter were hurt by flying glass.
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Bells
R. L. Essary
Bonham
Altus Dunavin
Dallas
Dunavin
Woman loses eye in exploding jar accident
Mrs. Jack Akins, daughter of R. V. Clinton, was burned and lost an eye when a hot glass jar of apples exploded at her farm home Monday night near here. Glass and hot apples struck her head and face. the left eyeball ruptured and removed at St. Vincent's Sanitarium in Sherman. A lip cut was also reported. burns not expected to be serious.
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Sadler
Jack Akins
R. V. Clinton
Here
St. Vincent's Sanitarium
Sherman
Aged of Grayson County Receives $30,000 Monthly
Grayson County officials were told by state and federal officials that the aged now receive 30000 dollars monthly in aid. Grady L. Webster of Austin and George Spears of Dallas outlined the need for a local office secretary and cited a 5 percent administrative cut as necessary to fund staff.
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Sherman
Grayson County
Commissioners’ Court
Grady L. Webster
Austin
Old- Age Assistance Commission
George Spears
Dallas
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Bethel
Kirk Brown
Scooter
Belew Brothers
Talley Funeral Home
Waldo Funeral Home
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