Whitewright Ely road designated farm to market road
The Texas Highway Department designates 1.1 miles of the Whitewright to Ely road as a farm to market road known as the Ely road. Funds for construction become available in September and state maintenance will follow completion. Whitewright Ely Whitewright chamber and locals push for more F M roads to improve area roads.
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the Sun
Texas Highway Department
U.S. 69
Whitewright
Fannin County
Ely
First National Bank
Oak Hill Cemetery
Ector
The
Sun
Grayson County
Tom Bean
van Alstyne
Cannon
Highway 160
Cole Hatchery Awarded for Sales Contest Finish 30th
E F Cole operates Cole Hatchery in Whitewright and a Denison hatchery. He won 30th place in a Superior Feed Mills contest among 600 Southwest feed dealers. A large beverage cooler and engraved Certificate of Acknowledgment were presented by B D Eddie, president of Superior Feed Mills, noting his outstanding performance.
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E. F. Cole
Cole Hatchery
Whitewright
Denison
Superior Feed Mills, Inc
Oklahoma City
Southwest
B. D. Eddie
Cole
Fannin Sets Special Vote on Tax Question
Bonham Texas reports a countywide special election on August 27 to decide if the commissioners court may reallocate the tax rate. County Auditor Farris Pirtle warns a $120,000 deficit loom in general and road funds if trends continue. A maximum 80 cents per $100 value and a 15-cent road tax, approved in 1916, are at stake.
52 20 Club Nearing End For Unemployed Veterans
Washington talks say the 52 20 Club will end next Monday as no action is planned to extend federal payments to over 500 000 unemployed World War II veterans. Rep Walter B Huber admits his bypass Rankin plan failed amid congressional inaction, with GI Bill benefits expiring July 25 for most ex servicemen.
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Washington
John E. Rankin
Mississippi
House Veterans Committee
Walter B. Huber
Ohio
Rankin
House
American Legion Picnic in Whitewright Draws Large Crowd
The 24th annual American Legion picnic in Whitewright last week attracted strong attendance and yielded a fair profit for the sponsoring Legion boys. Sherman night featured a show by Sherman performers including Eddie and his Playboys and a Spike Jones pantomime. Event initiator Joe Kaufmann led a community sing before visitors met at the Nossaman home and later dined at Craig's Cafe. Sherman leaders included C. K. Davis Jr. and Dana A. Blocker.
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American Legion
Whitewright
American Legion Boys
Sherman
Eddie
Playboys
Olan Atherton
Pfc
al Jacobson
Perrin Field
Spike Jones
Joe Kaufmann
Jack Nossaman
Craig’s
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Dana A. Blocker
Sherman Junior Chamber of Commerce
Deaths: James R. Ford 78 Services in Whitewright
Funeral services were held at 3 p m Wednesday at the Church of Christ for James R. Ford 78 who died at his Whitewright home Tuesday after a two month illness. Interment was at Oak Hill Cemetery with Glen Earnheart in charge. Survived by wife six children thirteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Church of Christ
James R. Ford
Whitewright
Ralph Edmonson
Savoy
Thurman Healy
Oak Hill Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
Otis Anderson
Bells
Walter Robbins
Paul Cook
Fred Cook Jr
John Biggerstaff
Leon Ball
Mr. Ford
Kentucky
James Ford
Alice Carther
Arkansas
Texas
H. O. Ford
Obituary of Mrs Cora Dollarhide Denison Pioneer Widow
Funeral services were held for 86 year old Mrs Cora Dollarhide at Bratcher Moore Funeral Home in Denison. She was born January 4 1863 in Charles City Iowa and moved to Denison 73 years ago. Survived by three sons Griffin Fred and Tom and by seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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Bratcher- Moore
Denison
Cora Dollarhide
West Woodward
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Whitewright
Tom W. Dollarhide
Katy
Dollarhide & Harris
West Main
Dollarhide
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Waples Memorial Methodist Church
Griffin Dollarhide
Fred Dollarhide
Lake Geneva
Wis
Tom W. Dollarhide Jr
Danville
Ill
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. J. P. Southerland at First Baptist
Funeral services were conducted at 10 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church for Mrs. J. P. Southerland 73 who died Saturday in Arlington. Rev. Fred Thomas of Trenton led the service with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters Charlie Belle Southerland of Abilene and Mrs. E. C. Wallis of Dallas and two grandchildren.
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First Baptist Church
J. P. Southerland
Arlington
Fred Thomas
Trenton
Oak Hill Cemetery
R. R. Summers
Herman Bedford
Lester Haile
Glen Earnheart
Wilson Kaiser
Finis Stephens
Southerland
Valley Mills
Whitewright
Four Dollar Per Capita Payment Made In Texas
State School Superintendent L A Woods announced the release of a four dollar per capita apportionment totaling 6 099 450 based on a census of 1 524 831 scholastics for 1948 49. This is the eleventh payment of the 55 per capita authorized and raises total per capita apportioned to date to 52. The next payment is scheduled for August.
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Austin
L. A. Woods
Farm Bill Chance Practically Nil
Washington reports the chances of a trial run farm bill through Congress this year have all but collapsed. The Senate agriculture subcommittee blocked a test plan for direct price support to hog producers, while a House coalition rejected administration concessions aimed at securing enough votes. Brannan backs high price supports and a new payment method.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Capitol
House
Charles F. Brannan
Brannan
H D Club Meets At Whitewright Home Demonstration
The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club met Thursday afternoon at Mrs. R. A. Vestal’s home with Mrs. Tom Brown presiding. Miss Velma Moore demonstrated cornbread rings a la chicken for 12 members and four visitors. The next meeting is July 28 with Miss Lola Scott.
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Whitewright Home Demonstration Club
R. A. Vestal
Tom Brown
Velma Moore
Lola Scott
Health officers urge sanitation to curb polio in Texas
Texas health officials warn polio cases rise with 922 cases noted and urge continuous cleanup of premises to remove filth that breeds disease spreading insects. Dr George W. Cox notes about 60 percent recover, bulbar polio fatal in about 8 percent, 92 percent avoid bulbar form with possible recovery.
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Austin
Geo. W. Cox
Cox
Bells School Tax Election Ordered for July 23
Bells Independent School District will hold a July 23 election to raise the school tax to 1.25 dollars under the Gilmer-Aikin law. Current tax is 1 dollar, needed to fund a nine month school and two additional teachers, Superintendent Roe J. Caldwell said.
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BELLS
Bells Independent
Gilmer-Aikin
Roe J. Caldwell
Blade Under Test Exposes Propeller to 10000000 Vibrations Daily
Engineers subject a new propeller blade to up to 10 million vibrations per day to evaluate durability and fatigue resistance. Results will influence design refinements and material choices for future propulsion systems.
Deficiency Slips For County Staff In Grayson County
Grayson County commissioners ordered deficiency warrants for payment of county officers deputies and clerks for the next three months due to insufficiency of the general and salary funds. Salary fund $3 606.59 and general fund $2 397.60, with payroll $14 238.97. Warrants may be discounted at Merchants and Planters Bank. employees may hold warrants or sell to others at discount.
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Weldon Williams
Dickson
Merchants and Planters Bank
Rent Controls End Date Seen For Texas This Oct
Washington reports federal rent controls in Texas will continue fifteen days after Texas de control law takes effect October 4. Ed DuPree said the Housing Expediter’s office will act after Texas law goes into effect, making termination likely by October 19. The federal rule ends controls fifteen days after a state statute declares them no longer necessary.
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Washington
Texas
Ed DuPree
Tighe Woods
Rotary Club program soda failed to arrive speaker speaks instead
Rotary Club Glen Earnheart served as program chairman at a Friday lunch with a prominent speaker unable to attend due to car trouble. Earnheart improvised a talk without a topic while others contributed brief remarks. Letters invited a Perrin Field meeting on August 26 and the club accepted unanimously.
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Glen Earnheart
Rotary Club
Mr. Earnheart
Earnheart
Clay Horton
Mr. Horton
B. W. Newman
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Mr. Barnheart
Newman
Dollarhide
Perrin Field
Joe Johnson
F. M. Williams
Emmet Gilley
C. A. Gilley
Ector
F. A. Gilley
Hollindale
Miss
Chancy Corse
Sherman
A. J. Fiorini
New Orleans
Luther Skaggs
Marion
North Carolina
Reactionaries Seek Low Mood
Senator James E. Murray warned that a small powerful minority hopes for a deep recession to gain economic power and possibly push America toward Fascism or Communism. He urged Congress to reconvene in a fall extra session to pursue economic legislation.
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Washington
James E. Murray
Nant
Americans For Democratic Action
Murray
United States
Congress
Whitewright ISD sets Aug 6 for tax equalization election
Whitewright Independent School District calls a bond and tax equalization election for August 6 at the grade school. The district will seek a maintenance tax of 1.00 per hundred dollars for 1949 and beyond, with Grayson and Fannin counties handling tax collection. A petition signed by local taxpayers supported by R A Vestal E M Badgett and others accompanied the call. The vote also covers assuming bonded indebtedness without increasing the 1.00 rate.
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Board of Trustees
Whitewright Independent School District
R. A. Vestal
E. M. Badgett
R. A. Gillett
Roy G. Blanton
Gomer May
C. B. Bryant III
J. A. Harper
J. P. Harper
Tom Sears
Guy B. Ely
M. V. Williams
B. L. Sanderson
C. C. Horton
O. G. Alexander
T. B. Autrey
Earl Blanton
R. P. Childress
A. R. Orenduff
J. H. Waggoner
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
T. J. Lilley
C. J. Meador
Grover Stateville
Harmon Hayes
Jack M. Meador
Whitewright Independent
Suw
Grayson
Fannin
Whitewright
W. E. LaRoe
S. T. Montgomery Sr
Denison Faces City Budget Pinch
Denison officials warn peacetime costs threaten city finances with August revenue shortfall. The city must raise $29,000 from bonds and $25,000 from the general fund, costing about $33,000 per month to operate. Proposals include revaluing property for higher taxes and increasing water rates. Insurance costs could drop by multi-year policies.
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Denison
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