Local social notes recount visits and birthdays nationwide
Miss Dixie Bassett visited Denton friends while Dr. John A. Ray marked his 80th birthday on July 14. Numerous families from Sherman Dallas Plano and other towns shared visits vacations and weekend gatherings across Denton and beyond including trips to Yellowstone World events at First Baptist Church and family reunions with names such as Holloway McMillin and Pumphrey appearing throughout the week.
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John A. Ray
Community visitors and travel notes from Texas and beyond
Mrs. Dorothy Tarrance and children of Monroe Louisiana along with Mrs. Robert Gaddy and children from Lotta South Carolina finished a visit with Mrs. W. T. Nicholson. The Bell and Grammer families visited Fayetteville Arkansas and other relatives during the weekend. The Kaisers hosted Calvert Joyce and family from Marshall Dallas and Lubbock. May family guests included Summerfelt Fort Worth, Monchi Youngstown Ohio, Ray and G H Simpson Dallas Bells Sherman, and Aleeta Simpson Sherman. Jerry Pierce and son Randy leave Garland and Irving for New York then Augsburg Germany where he will serve three years. O V Barker and six FFA members attended the State FFA convention in San Antonio then Barker to Alvin for his brother Ollie T Barker’s funeral. The trip group includes Curless Aldridge Richard Dean Cook Mickey Gentry Jimmy Wilkinson Herbert Taylor and Bill McDowell a future State FFA president candidate.
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Lallace May
Gilbert Summerfelt
Fort Worth
Frank Monchi
Youngstown
Ohio
Ray Simpson
Dallas
G. H. Simpson
Bells
Aleeta Simpson
Sherman
Sre
Jerry M. Pierce
Randy
R. E. Pierce
Garland
Irving
New York
Augsburg
Germany
O. V. Barker
FFA
San Antonio
Barker
Alvin
Ollie T. Barker
Curless Aldridge
Richard Dean Cook
Mickey Gentry
Jimmy Wilkinson
Herbert Taylor
Bill McDowell
Rotary Club Hosts Dallas Insurance Official Speaker
Rotary Club program chairman Earl Blanton announced guest Herman Ford, vice president of Southland Life Insurance Company in Dallas, as the Friday meeting speaker. Ford delivered an engaging talk on life insurance prospects and regional financial matters.
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Earl Blanton
Rotary Club
Herman Ford
Dallas
Southland Life Insurance Company
Rotary club to meet at Perrin Air Force Base August 12
The club voted to accept Perrin Air Force Base invitation to hold its weekly meeting on the base in the evening of August 12. Rotary Anns will attend and the group will tour the air base at 6 30 p m before dinner in the officers club. Dancing will follow.
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Perrin Air Force Base
Rotary Anns
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club Met At Mrs May Home
The H D Club met at Mrs. Carl May's home with nine members present. Mrs. Fred Cook gave the thought for the day and the meeting discussed table decorations. Refreshments were served and the club plans a July 24 meeting at Mrs. Tom Brown with crafts demonstrations for hand crafts crochet or homemade gifts.
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Whitewright Home Demonstration Club
Carl May
Fred Cook
Tom Brown
Presbyterian Women Meet for August Program
The Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Society met Monday at 4:00 with Mrs. Hoyt Taylor. Mrs. Martha Sears Emerson led the Yearbook of Prayer and Mrs. C. P. Dawson headed a program with a poem by Mrs. C. C. Dooley an article on calamity children of India and a piano solo Song of India by Miss Gayla Wren Sears. 16 members and three guests attended refreshments were served. Miss Mardell Pumphrey to lead Aug 11 at Mrs. Dawson’s home.
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Presbyterian Women's Missionary Society
Hoyt Taylor
Martha Sears Emerson
T. E. Sears
C. P. Dawson
C. C. Dooley
India
Gayla Wren Sears
John Henry
Mardell Pumphrey
Riddle explains barber shop prices and a century old Florida fact
The Palace charges 20 cents for a shave and 40 for a haircut totaling 60. The Bon Ton asks 25 for a shave and 35 for a haircut totaling 60. A farmer mixed services paying 20 and 35 totaling 55, creating confusion about a supposed ten cent saving. St Augustine Florida founded 1565 as oldest permanent white settlement.
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The
Palace
Bon Ton
St. Augustine
Fla
United States
Woman Wins Right to Visit Dog in Coriscana Divorce
In Corsicana Judge Jim Sewell awards a divorced wife a property settlement and the right to visit the male Chihuahua named Prince at reasonable times. The husband retains custody of Prince.
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Corsicana
Prince
Jim Sewell
Rhine River flows through six European nations
In its 850 mile course the Rhine winds through Switzerland Liechtenstein Austria France Germany and the Netherlands.
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European Countries
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Austria
France
Germany
The
Netherlands
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Miss Dixie Bassett
Denton
Bill Holloway
Denver
Colo
W. T. Holloway
Bill Bradshaw
Maurice McMillin
Mrs
Clarence McMillin
Jimmie Bassett
North Texas State College
Mrs. Drewie Carlor
Yellowstone National Park
Elmo Wallace
Joe Morris
Horace Ashlock
Don Fuller
Lodene Hunt
Charlie Smith
Frank Smith
Jess Blanks
John Blanks
J. P. Darwin
Judy Gosnell
Teas
Santa Fe
N. M
Billy Gene Lyons
Winnsboro
Hugh Hunter
Don Baxter
Richardson
Frank Phillips
Glen Earnheart
Trenton
Greenville
State of
Washington
Canada
Marvin Smith
Clyde Sadler
Tommie
Rex Ray
First Baptist Church
J. E. Henson
Floyd Bassett
Mrs. W. A. Phillips
Livingston, Tenn
Teresa and
Mike Bush
Mrs. Vaden Bush
George Rutherford
Dayton, Ohio
R. D. Maddux
W. F. Ayers
Leonard
Edgar Ayers
W. A. Thurman
Alamagorda, N. M
W. A. Thurman Jr
Charlie Tree
Bill
Helena, Ark
Tom Norris
Ray Goram
McKinney
J. A
David Brown
Robert Doss
Whitewright Medical and Surgical Clinic
Eula Tabor
Tom Skipworth
Kentuckytown
Skipworth
John Crane
Winnie
Sallye Hamilton
T. L. Hopkins
Pilot Grove
Whitewright
Mrs. M. Below
Edwin Badgett
Paul Royon
L. M. Goddard
Mrs. Roy Turner
Victoria
Mrs. Turner
Lena Mae Gowdy
S. J. Eubank
Houston
Mansion Hutchinson
Sara Goree
Paris
Paul Owen
New Mexico
West Texas
Lawrence Owen
Wichita Falls
Riley Tabor
James Bradley
Hubert Smith
Max G. Hamby
Sharon
Wilkensboro, N. Cc
Mrs. Baird
Carnation
Kimbell’s
Borden’s
Grayson
Mrs. Pickford
McGee & Henderson
Big Tex Bacon
Mellroine,gallon
Chase & Sanborn Instant Coffee
Betty Crocker
Jar
BIG
Karo
BLUE
Heinz Baby Food
Dorothy Tarrance
Monroe, la
Robert Gaddy
Lotta, S. C
W. T. Nicholson
B. B. Bell
John Kaiser
Calvert Joyce
Marshall
J. O. Kaiser
Sonny Kaiser
Lubbock
Presbyterian M
Stephens & Bryant
Insurance & Real Estate
Grayson County
Advertiser
Vienna
Maryland Club Coffee
Staley
Armour
Crocery & Market
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