Social notes list visitors and gatherings across several towns
Mrs Ben Patterson visits Sherman. Wanda Griffin visits Ann Hunter in Dallas. Ayers and Ball spend Monday in Dallas. Ownby family returning from Sherman. Inter from Dallas weekend with Gillespie and Myrick. Stanford family and daughter visit New Hope Arkansas. Garner family from Angleton visiting Sears in Sherman area. Oklahoma City visitors Dillard Hunter. Wrenn families visit Louisville Kentucky. John Ball and Sherman kin visit locally. Dallas visitors Hamilton, Jones, Slaughter, Sanders drop by. Pleasant Grove visitors Holcomb and daughters. Hinton and Jenkins family vacation in Mexico. W F Hinton and J Williams visit Sherman and Denison. Whitewright teacher Dorothy Hamilton in Dallas. Tom Bean family reunion. Whitewright attendees named. Tom Blanton home guests from Sherman and Dallas. Fort Worth and Lubbock visitors listed. Tom Bean and Carlsbad guests.
Longest Texas Drouth In History
The article notes Texas endures its seven year drought, compares rainfall to 1916 1918 and 1880s events, and cites Dallas 25.4 inches versus 34.4 normal. It says runoff drops as rainfall declines, reservoir levels fall from Falcon Dam to Texoma, yet some crops still prosper. It ponders rainfall cycles and luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Dallas
Falcon Dam
Rio Grande
Texoma
Drouth
Two Local Youths Enlist Under U S Army Buddy System
Two local youths Jackie Parnell and Jack Hayes enlist in the U S Army under the Buddy System. The program accepts buddy teams to serve together through basic training and keep friends together during service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Parnell
Jack Hayes
U. S. Army
Citation Notices in Grayson County Texas Trials
Two court citations issued in 1956 Denison Grayson County suit files No 63883 and 63910 name Martha J Thompson et al and Clara Bell Wehmeyer as defendants. They require written answers by Aug 6 1956 and Aug 13 1956 respectively and seek title possession or partition of property in Denison Belmont Addition Lots 226 227 228.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Texas
Martha J. Thompson
W. R. Caruthers
Samuel R. Caruthers
A. J. Campbell
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Sherman
James H. Storey
Miller
Denison
Clara Bell Wehmeyer
Court House
Sybil Newsom
R. E. Newsom
Belmont
Two Local High School Grads Enter Army Training
Jack Hayes and Jackie Pannell depart for basic Army training at Fort Bliss Texas with ten days leave before reporting to Fort Sam Houston for the Dental Laboratory Technician School. Both are Whitewright High School graduates and noted athletes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Jackie
Fort Bliss
Texas
Fort Sam Houston
Dental Laboratory
Jackie Pannell
Mary Lou Ayers
Jack Hayes
Harmon G. Hayes
Whitewright High School
Citation Notice to Luker and Heirs Listed in Probate
A legal notice to H. L. Luker and the unknown heirs and representatives of Luker and of S. E. Luker and Samuel Moore and Easter H. Moore and Easter H. Rush, with their unknown heirs and legal representatives, appears as a formal citation in this matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Texas
H. L. Luker
S. E. Luker
Samuel Moore
Easter H. Moore
Easter H. Rush
Property suit over land parcel in Grayson County Texas
On August 6 1956 at 10 a m before Hon, Henry C. Rush as plaintiff files petition on June 23 1956 in case No 63903. Defendants include H L Luker et al. The tract lies beside Big Mineral Creek Gordonville on Ravine West bank and follows bounds of Crabtree and Luker deeds totaling 4205 square varas. Clerk S V Earnest issues notice from Sherman Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Henry C. Rush
H. L. Luker
Big Mineral Creek
Alf Johnson
W. B. Crabtree
Gordonville
D. C. Smith
Crabtree
S. E. Luker
Samuel Moore
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Davenport
Whitewright Sun
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
Ben Patterson
Mrs. R. R. Waldo
Wanda Griffin of
McKinney
Ann Hunter
Edgar Ayers
Leon Ball
J. P. Ownby
John Inter
Adah Gillespie
Olive Myrick
Maurice Garner
Angleton
Robert Sears
Mrs. Dillard Hunter
Oklahoma City
Paul Wrenn
Cherry Mound
P. M. Wrenn
Louisville, Ky
John Ball
Mary Jeanette Jones
Mrs. O. L. Jones
Charlie Sanders
Tom Slaughter
Grace Roberts
Roger Holcomb
Pleasant Grove
Floyd Bassett
Minnie Fae Hinton
James Jenkins
Wichita Falls
Mexico
Lillie Gardner
Dell Pierce
Beulah Huseman
Sherman and
Billy Gene Lyons
Winnsboro
Hugh Hunter
Dorothy Hamilton
Guy Hamilton
Dorothy
Whitewright
The
Home Insurance Company
J. H. Hopper
Tom Bean
C. W. Mitchell
C. R. Mitchell
J. O Maxwell
Jim Williams
Tom Blanton
Georgia
Bessie Kerby
J. L. May
Irving Blanton
Fort Worth
A. G. Nicely
Savoy
Doris Lansford
O. Walt
Mahurin
J. O. Maxwell
L. R. Worley
Evelyn Moosley
Carlsbad
N. M
Jack Marlow
W. E. Marlow
George Hopper
Lubbock
Roy Hopper
Lorenzo
POL
Addy
Stuart McGregor
Texas Almanac
Stan
Tire Sale
Olympia
Triple Star
Stan’s Auto Supply
Whitewright, Texas
Chevrolet
W. Earnest
V. Earnest
Grayson and
Cooke Counties
Army
SFC
Jack T. Wellborn
AMS
Terigi
Servel
Lone Star
A, Gas Company
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