Local Residents Spend Weekends Across Texas and Oklahoma
A compilation of weekend visits and travels shows Mrs. Grover Stateville in Abilene, Miss Patsy Cooper returning from Orth, and families from Dallas Odessa Sherman Denison Commerce and other cities visiting relatives. Birth announced for Pat Murphy's daughter. Lucian Andrews travels to Paris before returning to San Bernardino California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucian Andrews
Paris
San Bernardino
Calif
Murray H Nance Jr Candidate for Grayson County Attorney
Murray H Nance Jr. announces his run for Grayson County Attorney. He cites experience as Assistant County Attorney, Sherman City Attorney, and FBI special agent, plus extensive local civic work in Sherman and Grayson County. He and his family live in Waco and Sherman, with involvement in churches and youth and civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray H. Nance JR
Grayson County
Texas
City of
Sherman
Waco
McLennan County
Baylor University
Baylor
M-K-T Railroad
Polly Johnson
Longview
Brenda Ann
First Baptist Church of
Men’s Brotherhood
Sherman Lions Club
First Baptist Church
Grayson County Bar Association
State Junior Bar of Texas
The
Sherman Community Chest
Sherman Town Forum
State Bar of Texas
Travis Lodge No. 17
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Sherman Junior Chamber of Commerce
Murray H Nance JR
Local social notes from Bonham and Sherman families
Miss Margaret Smith of Dallas and numerous relatives visited over the weekend including the Spindles in Sherman and the Andersons in Montebello. Moving to Austin, Dr. David Womack and family were guests of Gladys Ray as Miss Janis Horton led a school program at Washington School in Sherman. Furniture ads list chairs and beds at Lem Tittsworth's in Bonham alongside a Philco refrigerator promotion.
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David Womack and Sons
Austin
Gladys Ray
Clay Horton
Paul Cook
Ben Patterson
Washington School
Sherman
Janis Horton
Crowded street mishap ends with drunken stumble
A man in a crowded area, rambling apologies, bumps a lamp post and a fire hydrant, then collides with a telephone pole. After a third impact he lies on the ground and mutters he will sit until the crowd passes.
Coffee Fly Jokes Stir Lunchtime Laughs
A playful exchange sparks a classroom moment as a student jokes about a fly in the coffee. The exchange riffs on sharing and a lighthearted view of a tiny visitor disrupting a break.
Invalid Boy Asks Postcard Gets 4000 Pieces of Mail
Six year old Billie Shearrow, disabled by Perthes disease, asked for a postcard and received over 4000 pieces of mail from 38 states, DC, Canada, Alaska and Hawaii. He also received an Indian headdress, tomtoms, toys, and beaded work. His mother, overwhelmed, answered hundreds of notes while Billie receives schooling at home with a state teacher.
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Canton
Ohio
Billie Shearrow
Billie
District of Columbia
Canada
Alaska
Hawaii
Edward K. Shearrow
Albuquerque
N. M
Billy Paul Pritchett
Oklahoma City
Scotsmen recall drowned party guest joke
Two tired Scots discuss a wild night. One asks if Mac fell in the river. The other fears he was drowned, but the response clarifies he was not drowned, just sadly diluted after the party.
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Mac
Irrel Brown Seeks Grayson County Tax Office Seat
I E Irrel Brown announces candidacy for Grayson County Tax Assessor Collector. He cites five years in the local tax office and eight years as field assessor, pledging courteous service, competent deputies, and voter outreach across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irrel” Brown
Grayson County
Pinkhill
Bells
Texas
Bells High School
Mae McCollum
The
Baptist Church
59Th Judicial District
Irrel) Brown
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Bill Muirhead
Dallas
Grover Stateville
Abilene
George M. Hight
McAllen
Mary Phillips
Wichita Falls
Patsy Cooper
Orth
Oudia Nell Harris
Mrs
Floyd Harris
Ivy Joe Stephens
Odessa
Joe Stephens
H. T. Atterberry
Lillian Slusher
Anna Ruth Johnson
Caldwell
Mary Perkinson
Mrs. C. U. Akin
Purcell, Okla
Joe Mangrum
M. A. Mangrum
al Mangrum
Grand Prairie
Jimmie Mangrum
Dorothy Hamilton
Guy Hamilton
Charlie Clabhorn
Okla
Virgil Murphy
Pat Murphy
McKinney
E. R. Cox
Gattis Fowler
Earl Blanton
Alfred Sirkel
Trenton
Lester Pace
Zavalla
R. B. Gordon
Gilbert Summerfield of
Denison
G. H. Simpson
John McGaughey
David
Albany
Mary McGaughey
Lee Wilson
Frank Phillips
Roby Wilson
Commerce
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New Haven
Connecticut
Newark
N. J
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Ardmore
United States
Federal District Court
Stephens & Bryant
Margaret. Smith
Lon Smith
Frank Spindle
J. F. Spindle
Letha Bonham
Montebello, Calif
Cleve Anderson
D. M. Harrison
Speedy
Brother-Inlaw
Elbert Bennett
C.H. Taylor
West Texas
Mexico
Betty Darwin
NTSC
Denton
J. P. Darwin
Ted Spinks
Amarillo
R. E. Simpson
A. A. Hudgins
J. H. Hudgins
Durant, Okla
D. F. Hodge
Calera
Charlie Ayres
Alice
J.C. Annip
Marshall, Ark
Lem Tittsworth’s
Philco
Bonham
Chevrolet
Hasty Chevrolet Company
Whitewright
Shearrows
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
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