Lake Texoma camp reports safe flood levels for summer activities
Chancy Corse, Grayson County scout executive, says the Boy Scout camp on Lake Texoma sits well above flood waters and summer programs will proceed as planned. He notes good boating access and accessible roads to the site. The column also shares local hobbies, weather notes, and a discussion on post office funding and motor longevity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancy Corse
Grayson County
Lake
Texoma
Eisenhower asks Congress for post office funding boost
President Eisenhower asks Congress for an extra 149142 million dollars to sustain normal postal services next year. The request covers restoring a 57.4 million dollar cut plus 92.1 million for workload and salaries, with further 64.9 million for workload, 21.6 million for raises, and 5.6 million for claims. Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson says Congress will study the request and decide appropriations. ThePost Office faces possible Saturday delivery eliminations and closing many offices if funds aren’t provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Post Office
Department
James C. Hagerty
White House
Arthur Summerfield
Hagerty
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dem
Texas
Senate
Summerfield
Teacher Pay Raise Cleared by Comptroller and Sent to Governor
State Comptroller Calvert certified the teacher pay raise bill and sent it to Governor Daniel for final action. The measure provides a $399 a year raise funded by a $2 billion general appropriations package, with Daniel indicating a veto to avoid new taxes. Bonds dating to 1890 and held by state funds require $119,414 in interest and $50,000 principal, while other bond payments remain funded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Calvert
Daniel
O. K
Texas Penitentiary Railroad
Permanent School Fund
A&m College Fund
Permanent University Fund
Conscientious Debtor and Fortieth Wedding Anniversary
Charles Robinson runs a jewelry shop in Oklahoma City. A jailed customer offered to cut payments from 1.50 to 1.00 a month but would not quit until the debt of 80 dollars is paid. The piece recalls a fortieth wedding anniversary open house with son Robert and daughter Claire organizing, Reuben Franz of Sherman playing music, and guests enjoying cookies and punch.
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Oklahoma City
Charles Robinson
Iowa
Robert
Claire
Reuben Franz
Sherman
Jack Meador
Grayson College Exes Reunion Sunday Program Set
Grayson College Ex-Students Association holds its annual reunion at the high school campus with 9:00 a.m. registration, 10:00 a.m. business session, a memorial service, scholarships, and a buffet lunch at 12:30. A 2:00 p.m. country store auction features a ventriloquist act by Dr. Edwin O. May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson College Ex-Students Association
Edwin O. May
Tishomingo
Oklo
Nellie C. Tanner
Greenville
George German
Dallas
Nell Penn
Whitewright
Mary Lena Longley
Grayson College
Judith Phillips
Trent Phillips
Lott
Robert O. Johnson
Austin
Dorothy Gordon Johnson
Pete Gordon
Gordon
Allen Stevens
Fort Davis
James W
Ruth Houser Stevens
Gladys Ray
Adah Gillespie
Vera Hickman
Joe B. Hamilton
Bethel Vacation Bible School Begins June 10
Bethel Vacation Bible School opens Monday June 10 at Bethel Baptist Church three miles south of Whitewright and runs through June 14 with daily sessions 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. Staff listed includes Secretary Mrs Doyle Alexander Pianist Mrs Laura Jo Alexander and several group leaders and principals. Come and bring your children to learn more about the Word of God. Reporter.
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Bethel Vacation Bible School
Bethel Baptist Church
Whitewright
Doyle Alexander
Laura Jo Alexander
Billy Gene Bartley
Estelle Williams
Mack Williams
M. W. Williams
Horace Lewis
Carrie Coware
Dooley
Pansy Miller
Johnnie England
Nelda Jarvis
Jeff Harris
Barnes
Lorene Alexander
Ray Bartley
Ruby Cawthon
Gibson
Autrey
Alma Maxwell
Wetzel
Key
Frances Hedgpeth
Christine Sanderson
Laura Buchanan
Gosnell
Inez Pierce
Amy Franklin
Ralph McKinney
O. G. Alexander
Cliff Sanderson
Edith Alexander
J. B. Layman
God
Kentuckyown Vacation Bible School Set for Next Week
Miss Mary Connelly announces a Kentuckytown Baptist Church Vacation Bible School starting at 7 00 p m Monday and continuing each night through Friday Rev Houston Garner pastor leads the program The South Pole forecast notes August temperatures expected at 120 degrees below zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Connelly
Kentuckyown
Sun
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
Houston Garner
South Pole
Texoma Lake Level Near 643 Feet As Discharge Rises
Texoma held near 643.15 feet at 7 p m with Red River inflow about 170 000 CFS and downstream discharge around 95 000 CFS. Engineers monitor gates turbines and spillway to keep level near 643 feet while noting a hundredth inch equals 489 million gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Texoma
Denison
Terry Walsh
Dallas Morning News
Texoma
Charles Solomon
Gainesville
Oklahoma
Army Corps of Engineers
Solomon
Tulsa
Corps of Engineers
John Barrett
Du Pont and GM Stock Tie Ruled Antitrust Violation
The Supreme Court rules E I du Pont de Nemours 23 percent GM stake violated antitrust law. The decision reverses a 1954 Chicago dismissal and sends case back for equitable relief in the public interest under Section 7 of the Clayton Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
General Motors Corp
U. S. District Court
Chicago
du Pont
U. S
Walter J. Labay
Justice Brennan
General Motors
Funeral Rites for Mrs. Nettie Fields Held at First Baptist
Funeral services for 84 year old Nettie Fields were conducted at the First Baptist Church in Whitewright with Rev. Fred Waldrop and others presiding. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. She died Sunday morning after a six week illness. She was born in 1872 in Grayson County and lived her life in and near Whitewright. Surviving are three sons Earl Elgie Cecil, one daughter Guy Allen, six grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Numerous out of town relatives attended the rites.
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Nettie Fields
First Baptist Church
Fred Waldrop
J. W. Epting
Sherman
Kenneth Gipson
Bethel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Earnheart
Earl Fields
Whitewright
Elgie Fields
Albuquerque
N. M
Cecil Fields
Morenci
Arizona
Guy Allen
Lake Dallas
Sharon
Dallas
Chester Norman
Jewel Kenns
Robert Kiger
Grace Sloan
Plainview
Albert Reeves
Howe
Wilma Scott
Ina Hunter
E. H. Hughes
Earl Hill
J. Frank Allen
Grand Prairie
Alden Jones
Farmersville
Grantland Ball
Tom Bean
Raymond Hall
Clayton Odom
Mrs Abbie Blackburn 63 Dies in Sherman Hospital
Mrs Abbie Blackburn 63 of Tom Bean died Monday at 2 a m in a Sherman hospital. She was born January 19 1894 in Tom Bean the wife of the late R B Blackburn. Funeral at Tom Bean Baptist Church with ministers David Griffin Robert Scarborough and C J Graves. Burial Wittitee Cemetery Earnheart Funeral Home directing. She leaves two sisters Mrs J H Pennell and Mrs W B Davis of Tom Bean and many nieces and nephews.
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Abbie Blackburn
Sherman Hospital
Tom Bean
R. B. Blackburn
Tom Bean Baptist Church
David Griffin
Wolfe City
Robert Scarborough
C. J. Graves
Sherman
Wittitee
Earnheart Funeral Home
FE. O. Thomas
Claude Lackey
Eldon Skipworth
Raymond Stephens
A. S. Luby
Spurgeon Teague
Burl Stephens
E. H. Gant
Blackburn
S. A
Sallie Frisby
The
Baptist Church
Tom Bean Culture Club
Houston area auto crash claims life of John Inzer Montgomery
John Inzer Montgomery 26 native of Whitewright and grandson of the late S H Montgomery was killed in a one car crash on a highway near Houston after attending a wedding at Texas City. Police say he apparently slept before the car struck a guard rail. He helped run his father's Oldsmobile agency in Houston and is survived by his wife who is expecting, two daughters Sue and Linda, his parents a brother a sister and his grandparents Fern D Inzer of Paris and other relatives.
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John Inzer Montgomery
Whitewright
S. H. Montgomery
Houston
Texas City
Houston Chronicle
Montgomery
Sam Montgomery
Oldsmobile
Sue
Linda
Sam Montgomery Jr
Granville Dean
Fern D. Inzer
Paris
Ed LaRoe
Death of F. D. Miller Advised to Mrs Thompson
F. D. Miller died in Seattle on June 1. His widow survives, with son Fred Miller of Kansas City and daughters Mrs. Claude Kelly of Seattle and Mrs. Thompson. Grandchildren include two. Mrs. Thompson is visiting Kansas City. Navy Seabees relocated 150000 adele penguins to build an Antarctic base during Operation Deepfreeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Thompson
Seattle, Wash
F. D. Miller
Thompson
Kansas City
Claude Thompson
Mr. Miller
Fred Miller
Claude Kelly
Seattle
Navy Seabees
Adele
Record rainfall total exceeds year prior in Whitewright
Ernest Smith's gauge in Whitewright shows 37.63 inches of rainfall for 1957, 15.90 inches above 1956. May brought 15.41 inches. Nuell Skaggs tallied 14.70 inches before his gauge was damaged by hail. June rain remains lighter, cotton stands improve slowly while grain crops suffer losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Ernest Smith
Mr. Smith
Nuell Skaggs
Mr. Skagg
Skaggs
O. S. Bass
Governor Signs Measure Making Parents Liable
Governor Daniel signed a law holding parents liable for their underage children. Property owners may recover up to 300 dollars for willful property damage by children under 18. Effective September 3, the act joins other 55th Legislature measures targeting juvenile crime, including fines for teen DUI speeding hot rodding and unlicensed driving.
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Austin
Daniel
Johnson Calls For Complete Flood Survey Of Texas Rivers
Senate leader Lyndon B. Johnson urged an early and complete survey by the Army Corps of Engineers to identify flood control needs across Texas rivers and tributaries. He pressed Congress to act this year on flood projects for recently hit areas, citing potential saves if dam plans near Navasota Waco Lampasas and Ferguson had been in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Army Corps of Engineers
Texas
Johnson
Congress
Congressional Flood Inspection Committee
Navasota
Waco
Lampasas
Ferguson
Advocates Bachelor Degree in Marriage Education
Buxton England. Allan Ingleby education secretary of the British Marriage Guidance Council proposes a bachelor’s degree in marriage and family life. He says universities should pioneer this plan and that married life topics belong in schools as Britons finish schooling before marriage.
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Buxton
England
Allan Ingleby
British Marriage Guidance Council
Ingleby
Gift oil well marks Lamar High School graduation
Katherine Harcourt Taylor received an oil well as a graduation present from her father Carter Taylor. Geologists project the well near Odessa will produce for about 50 years, and a map in Lamar school colors showed its location.
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Houston
Katherine Harcourt Taylor
Lamar High School
Carter Taylor
Odessa
Benjamin Franklin First American Ambassador to France
Benjamin Franklin served as the United States first ambassador to France, establishing early diplomatic ties and negotiating Franco American relations during the American Revolutionary era. His mission laid groundwork for mutual support and alliance.
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Benjamin Franklin
France
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