Local Notes and Socials From Whitewright Area
Thermometer on west wall read 142 degrees in sun Tuesday afternoon. Weddings include Fred Cook and Miss Josephine Pierce last Thursday. J. A. Harper and Miss Zelma Mc Coy Tuesday. 76th birthday for Mr. P. R. Johnson celebrated with a dinner Friday. Elizabeth Groves hosted a kitchen shower for Mrs. Fred Cook. Angeline Wilson 87, dies in East Whitewright. Births announced for a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hicks and twin daughters to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Montgomery formerly of Whitewright. Flyers stolen from C. J. Meador Sunday night. Paul Cook joins Texas-Louisiana Power Co. as engineer at local plant. A five room cottage on South Bend Street burned Tuesday night. Franklin S. Harris qualifies as rifle sharpshooter at Ft. Sill. U S Treasury deficit for fiscal year 1933 $1,786,000,000 versus $2,880,000,000 in 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wilson
Kimbell Milling Co
Fred Cook
Josephine Pierce
A. F. Vestal
J. A. Harper
Zelma McCoy
P. R. Johnson
Westminster Guild
Elizabeth Groves
Hassell College Ex Students Plan Savoy Reunion
The first Hassell College reunion for ex students will be held at Savoy on August 6 and 7. The item notes other local reminders including births and deaths with names and ages for Fred Garner 43 Berry W Rushing 80 G W House 99 and a new blacksmith shop opening near town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hassell College
Savoy
Whitewright
Fred Garner
Church of Christ
Garner
Chicago
Berry W. Rushing
G. W. House
C. Walters
Bells
M. J. Denton
B. F. Blanton
Buddy Stephens
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Understanding Offers and Acceptances in Contract Law
Explains that a contract requires a valid offer and timely acceptance within a reasonable period. Six months is unreasonable, so no contract existed. Includes a Texas public notice about R. C. Wilson dba North Side Grocery assigning property to creditors with deadlines for consent and filed claims.
Consumer Food Bill Tops 1957 Record in Nation
Washington reports the 1957 consumer cost for farm produced foods reached a record 50.499 billion dollars while marketing charges stayed at 61 percent of retail costs. Labor and transportation costs rose, with intercity rail and truck rates driving the rise. profits and taxes accounted for smaller shares. The article notes 1958 projections for higher bills and outlines contributing factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department
Profit margins slip in 1957 food and tobacco firms
The department reports that 46 leading food processors had lower profits to sales in 1957 than 1956, with profit ratios for meat packers also down from 1956 but above 1952 and 1954. Retail chains and five leading tobacco firms posted higher after tax profits to stockholders' equity in 1957, the strongest since 1949.
Wise choosers and luck in life and memory
A reflective piece on choices and luck. It argues that luck favors the bold and persistence matters in memory and debts. It uses rural imagery like vines and pines to illustrate how belief, attention, and avoidance shape outcomes.
Publication Notice in Grayson County Texas Estate Case
Citation by publication No 11668 states Wylie R McDonald deceased in Grayson County Texas Claud E Easterly Temporary Administrator filed Final Account and an Application for discharge The hearing is at 10 00 am on the first Monday after ten days from posting in Sherman Grayson County Aug 18 1958 All interested parties must appear or file written answers per law posted at the courthouse and return filing instructions given July 1 1958
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Sherman
Grayson County
Texas
A. D
J. C. Buchanan
Connell Rogers
Whitewright Sun
State OF Texas
Wylie R. McDonald
Claud E. Easterly
Tex
Pana
Whitewright
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Angeline Wilson
East Whitewright
Lucian LaRoe
Carl Holland
Eunice Turner
Kentuckytown Self Help Club
A. & M. College
Frank Hicks
Frank Montgomery
Corona, N. M
C. J. Meador
Paul Cook
Texas-Louisiana Power
Darktown
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
SJR
Senate
Treaac
Asid
Eit
United States
Smith
Brown
Igta
S It
Legal North
Grayson
R. C. Wilson
Dba
North Side
Grovery
Gainesville
RE. Bandy JR
Tucson
Arizona
American Forestry Association
Post Office Department
Theodore Roosevelt
Keep America
U.S
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