Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Births Across Texas
Mesquite visitors include Miss Jodie Smith and Mr. Clyde Sadler while Pecos, Corpus Christi, Garland, Sherman, Denison, Ivanhoe, Mesquite, Dallas, Richardson, Sweetwater, Whitewright, Lubbock, Texarkana, Atlanta and Springfield residents share travel and family ties. Births include a May 24 son to Donald and Donna Hardeman and a June 3 daughter to Narvin and wife at Wilson N Jones Hospital in Sherman. Page recalls relatives attending a funeral for Philip Howard Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Hardeman
Lubbock
Grace Roberts
Whitewright
Narvin Alexander
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Sherman
Bert Clark
Mendell Alexander
Navigating the Life Ship by Marden
In bad weather sailors must take bearings to know their position or risk wreck. The author compares life to a ship, urging frequent self gauging to avoid mid life failure and shipwreck. The note mentions dangers in thunderstorms, swimming, open water, and biking.
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Marden
Shells move fails as rain floods back doors
Quotable quotes describe a plan to heap shell on a building back lot that backfired during rain. Water rushed in through back doors, flooding a pit under the press until workers remedied the issue. Transplanted shells in the front yard solved the immediate problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando Blackburn
la Marque Times
Texas City Armature Works
Tiny Anderson
Tiny
Jack Johansson
Royce Brown Shines in Southwest Dallas County Suburban
Royce Brown headlines a local event in Duncan area coverage as community figures praise his leadership. The report notes Brown’s involvement with neighborhood improvements and upcoming meetings with residents.
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Royce Brown
Dallas County
Duncan
Notice of Order of Sale Grayson County Texas 1962
Sheriff G. W. Blanton will sell at public auction on the first Tuesday of July 1962 between 10 am and 4 pm at the courthouse door in Grayson County Texas to satisfy a judgment in favor of C. H. Langdeau Receiver State National Life Insurance Co. against David C. McCord. Land parcels include Lots 7 8 13 14 Block A Cedar Bayou subdivision per Joseph Graham survey. Sheriff notices published in The Whitewright Sun June 7 14 and 21 1962.
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State OF Texas
Grayson
53Rd District Court
Travis County
Texas
C. H. Langdeau
State National Life Insurance Company
David C. McCord
Grayson County
Sherman
G. W. Blanton
Whitewright Sun
Salary Delays Spark Uproar Among Local Businesses
A memo notes employees complain over delayed pay while businesses face own arrears. The piece urges readers to consider merchants’ need for timely salary funds and contrasts payroll gaps with months of unpaid bills at drugstores, groceries, and service stations.
Notice to heirs in case over Whitesboro land dispute
Legal notice in Grayson County Texas issues compel defendants led by Donald Lee Armstrong to answer by June 25 1962. Plaintiffs Lillian Ellis and Jerry Ellis seek appointment of a receiver to sell The West one half of Block 1 Rue's Addition Whitesboro and distribute proceeds among heirs and interested parties.
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State OF Texas
Donald Lee Armstrong
Luther Russell
Edmon Russell
Harry Russell
Charlie Russell
Jim Russell
Robert Russell
Bertha Russell Trisler
Tommy Russell Flippo
Winnie Layne Armstrong
George Carlton Armstrong
Curtis Alvin Armstrong
Kenneth Ray Armstrong
Glenn Dale Armstrong
Louise Armstrong
Louise Crockett
E. C. Crockett
Cooke County
Texas
Esther Armstrong
Thurman L. Armstrong
Troy Armstrong
Ima Marie Gray
Edwin E. Gray
Bobbie Genell Armstrong Mulner
Floyd Armstrong
Floyd Dean Armstrong
Roy Lee Armstrong
Jeanell Armstrong
Jeanette Armstrong
W. A. Russell
Anna Almeda Russell
A. A. Russell
G. R. Armstrong
Eula Armstrong
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Lillian Ellis
Jerry Ellis
Whitesboro
Sherman Texas
A.D
Local Sheriff Accused of Mail Discarding Habit
In Cross Plains a county sheriff of many years was documented taking mail from a post office wastebasket. A youth observed the act and later collected discarded envelopes. An elderly German resident figures in the readable fragment.
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Jack McCarty
Cross Plains Review
Callahan County
Hidden Cellar Wine Theft Tied to Local Youth
In a small town a resident stored wine in his cellar for private use. Weeks later a boy and a companion raided the cellar and removed a full keg. Two envelopes addressed to the sheriff were found on the cellar steps. The theft was never reported.
Subscription rates in Grayson and Fannin Counties
Rates listed for Grayson and Fannin Counties at 2.50 dollars. Outside Grayson and Fannin Counties 3.00 dollars. Foreign subscriptions, excluding soldiers, priced at 5.00 dollars.
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Grayson
Fannin
Grayson and
Sun Press Briefs Editorial Policy Notice
The Sun explains news judgment and access for individuals and organizations. It reserves the right to reject old items and nonnews promotional material.
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the Sun
Auction Notice of Land Levy by Grayson County Court
Execution issued March 31 1962 in the 59th District Court Grayson County Texas in favor of Davis Hawn Lumber against Jim Fooks No 68031. On June 1 1962 at 10 30 am levy on Lots 14 15 16 Unit 3 Preston Shores Addition Grayson County Texas to be sold July 3 1962 between 10 am and 4 pm at the west courthouse door for cash and transfer of all rights.
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State OF Texas
Grayson
59Th District Court
Grayson County
Texas
Davis-Hawn Lumber Company
Jim Fooks
Preston Shores
Sherman
G. W. Blanton
Whitewright Sun
After Eight Years of School Integration
The March 10 report tracks slow integration in 17 states and D C. Of 246,988 Negro pupils in formerly segregated areas, 7.6 percent are in mixed schools while 92.4 percent remain segregated. Alabama Mississippi and South Carolina have no mixed classes. Georgia 8, Louisiana 12, North Carolina 203, Virginia 536, Florida 648. Canada’s 4,000 mile border main street holds 90 percent of its population.
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South
District of Columbia
U. S. Supreme Court
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
Georgia
Louisiana
North Carolina
Virginia
Florida
Southern Education Reporting Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jodie Smith
Mesquite
Mrs. Clyde Sadler
Joe Wallace of
Pecos
Mrs
Elmo Wallace
Miss Jeannie Glass of
Corpus Christi
Jean Jarvis
Edna Sudderth
Garland
G. C. Stuteville
Frank White
T. J. Lilley
E. H. Hughes
James Erwin of
Ernest Smith
Connie
Denison
Garland Dean Smith
Donna Beth Nicely
Ivanhoe
Mrs. M. C. Mullins
James Wright
L. W. Wright
Edwin Jones
Alton Bowen
Ona Belle Hampton
Dallas
Mrs. Lee Hampton
Stevie Ford
Richardson
Edgar Ayers
Fred Garner
Donna Collins
Donald F. Albaugh
Springfield, Va
J. O. Dollar
Sweetwater
Hobart Thrasher
Community Hospital
H. S. Brooks
C. F. Cherry
Gladys Cook
Philip Howard Cook
P. D. McGibboney
Texarkana
Guy Hughes
Guy Hughes Jr
Atlanta
Guy Hamilton
H. H. Taylor
Ben Ezzell
Texas Blue Cross
Blue Shield
W. R. McBee
Blue Cross
John Tower
Washington
Houston
Kennedy
McKesson
Walker Pharmacy
Whitewright, Texas
Walter M. Schirra, Jr
Hackensack
N. J
Donald K
Deke” Slayton
Sparta
Wis
John H. Glenn, Jr
New Concord
M. Scott Carpenter
Garden Grove
Calif
Alan B. Shepard, Jr
East Derry
N. H
Eunice S. Earnest
Shirley Davis
the Whitewright Sun
T. Glenn Doss
Texas Press Association
Canada
United States
Wis Masters
RCA Victor
Tleur
Gene’s Radio & TV
Community Au Sel
Lokey Edwards
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