Down Memory Lane 35 and 30 Years Ago
A July 1916 item recalls P T A program participants Mrs Guy Hamilton Mrs Tom Barbee Mrs C W Hampton Miss Sue Stephens and Mrs S T Montgomery plus a T H Lively page ad. A 1916 birth is noted for Mr and Mrs W C Fain a girl. The Whitewright Band played for the Bells picnic. R L Hayter sells his Dixon Hayter furniture stake to J F Dixon J G McKinsey and M M Sears. Woodmen of the World assisted Jim Nicely with his cotton crop during illness. List of attendees includes Frank Sims R L Hayter Dr J F Spindle Homer Medearis and others.
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P.T. A
Guy Hamilton
Tom Barbee
C. W. Hampton
Sue Stephens
S. T. Montgomery
T. H. Lively
W. C. Fain
Whitewright
R. L. Hayter
Dixon & Hayter Furniture
D. R. Lewis
W. J. Martin
Claud Dillon
J. A. Pumphrey
O. M. McMillin
W. H. Horton
Fitz Bryant
John Gladden
Grover
High School Receives 56-Volume Gift from Rev A E Major
25 years ago this week Rev A E Major donated 56 volumes from his private library to the High School. The MPs won two of three games to extend their Sun Day School League lead over the BCs to four games. Confederate veteran S H Badgett died at his home Monday morning. Rainfall measured .72 inches at the city pumping plant on Wednesday and Wednesday night. M J Roberts and Billie Porch wed in Waco Saturday night. Hudson and Davis Co advertised a month end sale with items like English prints 15c per yard and 45 inch curtain scrim 29c.
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the Sun
A. E. Major
Mps
Bcs
S. H. Badgett
M. J. Roberts
A. M. Roberts
Whitewright
Billie Porch
Waco
Hudson & Davis Co
Cotton plantings force decrease in corn and sorghum
Heavy cotton planting in Texas reduced corn and sorghum acreages in 1951 as the Agriculture Department reported. Texas corn acreage fell 25 percent from 3,171,000 acres in 1950 to 2,378,000 in 1951, with declines also seen across the South Central states. Sorghum gains in Panhandle wheat counties were outweighed by larger cotton acreages elsewhere in Texas.
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Washington
Texas
Agriculture Department
South Central States
Panhandle
Courageous Brink Driver Rewarded for Armed robbery Standoff
In Chicago a Brink's armored car driver who killed two bandits during a robbery was awarded 4200 dollars plus a gold wristwatch and a two week vacation. An insurance firm added 600 dollars to the award. The driver was Julius Blanchart, 25.
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Chicago
Brink
Brink’s
Julius Blanchart
Addict Describes Horrors Brought On By Drug Habit
A 21 year old former athlete in Pittsburgh recalls a two month heroin binge. He details escalating addiction, sleeplessness, stomach pain, diarrhea, and withdrawal as the drug claimed him. He sought help, blaming himself and urging others not to mistake narcotics for safe use.
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Pittsburgh
Will invalidates liquor promotion clause in Livingston will
The estate of Nancy Alma Livingston is not to fund liquor promotion. A superior judge ruled the will's provision invalid and ordered the $1,134 estate distributed to relatives.
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Los Angeles
Nancy Alma Livingston
Rules Drivers Live By Or Die By
Boston drivers report a highway safety ethos from a Fruehauf sponsored essay contest. The rules urge defensive driving, tailgating avoidance, staying off the road when fatigued, knowing car condition, avoiding overdriving lights and brakes, and always ready to go the second mile in courtesy to save lives.
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Boston
Korea
United States
Fruehauf Trailer Company
Driving Advice Promotes Safety Over Speed
A guidance piece urges drivers to follow traffic laws with courtesy and common sense, treating regulations as aids rather than harassing tools. It cautions against matching the pace of faster vehicles and stresses prudent, safe driving.
Honest Employee Jokes On Bath House Past In Mock Trade
A farmer's wife offers a tramp a meal if she trusts his honesty and lets him collect eggs. He retorts that, as a former bath house manager for 15 years, he never took a bath, implying a boastful claim about his past and integrity.
290 Million Loss On Farm Subsidies Report
Washington notes a net loss of 290.6 million dollars on farm price supports through May 31, with 2.06 billion invested, compared with 3.80 billion a year earlier. The Commodity Credit Corporation runs the program, with most funds tied to corn wheat and tobacco.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. R. Davis
Edith Biggerstaff
Dessie Reynolds
Dallas
Taylor Autrey
J. B. Taylor
Paul Graves
Beveridge Brents
San Antonio
Citizens
Baptist Church
W. E. Boston
Marietta
Okla
J. L. Dyer
Clarksville
Mobil Products
Mobil
OF Automotive Acc
G. C. Stateville
THE
Flying
Will
Reuter Ast
H. C. Willis
R. R. Summers
W. E. Pennell
F. G. Hoover
Glenn Doss
Walter Robbins
W. J. Doss
Elbert Bennett
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Wilson Kaiser
C. B. Burchfield
Texoma Insulation Co
Whitewright and
Denison
Chevrolet
Hasty Chevrolet Company
Hitewright
Tex
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