Old Whitewright Livery Stable Hosts A Worm Bait Farm
Ralph Morris operates the Texoma Worm Hatchery inside the Whitewright livery stable, turning 22 worm beds into a commercial worm farm. He aims to produce up to 50 million worms yearly for fishing bait, with 3 million already raised that summer. Morris, a Carl's Sausage mechanic by day, markets domesticated earthworms as premium bait to Texoma anglers.
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Grand Street
Ralph Morris
Morris
Whitewright
Farley’s Grain
O.K
Wiggley
Texoma
Carl’s
Sherman
Cruel and Unusual Punishment Standards Evolve in Sentencing
A judge fines a park flower offender as many crimes and six years in jail, later overturned as cruel and unusual punishment. Courts increasingly weigh humanitarian factors while upholding flexible open end terms if reasonably related to crime and potential release, shaping modern sentencing.
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United States
Riding Club Hosts Fish Fry and Trail Ride
The Whitewright Riding Club held its annual fish fry and trail ride last Saturday night. Cub Scouts joined a fishing trip led by Bobby Mathis with Jerry Jones assisting, at Pilot Grove. The group returned to the Riker home for homemade ice cream before riders gathered at the arena and rode to Clyde Robertson farm with sixty or more horses. Over 150 members and families enjoyed the fish fry hosted by Fred Shearer, Charles Wortham, Ralph Christian and Bill Dyer, and about 100 stayed for an overnight camp-out and breakfast by Bill McFatridge courtesy of Carl's Sausage Velbert Gilliam recovering from surgery in Memorial Hospital.
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Cub
Den
Bobby Mathis
Jerry Jones
Pilot Grove
Bill Riker
Clyde Robertson Farm
Fred Shearer
Charles Wortham
Ralph Christian
Bill Dyer
Bill McFatridge
Carl
Velbert Gilliam
Memorial Hospital
Denison
Fellowship Slated by Kentuckytown Church
The Kentuckytown Baptist Church schedules a 7 30 p.m. fellowship on July 17 at the old Kentuckytown School with a covered dish supper a short business meeting and singing Third Sunday singing is July 18 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Kentuckytown Church public invited.
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Kentuckytown Baptist Church
Old Kentuckytown School
Kentuckytown Church
Fawn killed by bobcat pockets transmitter in Gonzales County
A Texas Parks and Wildlife biologist recovered a collar transmitter from the remains of a newborn fawn in Gonzales County. The device, attached to the fawn, continued transmitting after the animal was killed and hidden in a brushpile by a bobcat, highlighting the challenges faced by fawns.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife
Gonzales County
Revival at Hebron Church Begins July 28
The Hebron Baptist Church announces a revival running from July 28 to July 23. Rev. J. E. Laverette, pastor of Greenfield Baptist Church of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, will preach.
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Hebron Baptist Church
J.E. Laverette
Laverette
Greenfield Baptist Church
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Revival Ends After Attended Ambrose Baptist Church
Rev Alvie Fletcher brings the Ambrose Revival to a close as strong nightly attendance marks the event at the Baptist Church.
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Alvie Fletcher
Ambrose
the Baptist Church
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Sun
Marie
David McFatridge
Eddie McCartney
Woodley McCarley
Whitewright Riding Club
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Uniroyr
Glenn W. Thomason
Raintire
JIGER
Thurs-Fri-Sat Furniture Mart
Your Electric Light & Power Company
Lokey Edwards
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