Will Simmons Buys Lee Kirkpatrick Home in City Move
Will Simmons purchases the Lee Kirkpatrick residence and will relocate in a few weeks. Kirkpatrick will move to the Frank Christian residence he recently bought. Mrs. Floyd Harris and Miss Eunice Turner visit Camp Travis while brothers train. Dan Hollingsworth and Jack Dillon travel to Kentucky to visit relatives. Gallaher & Sanders sold a 144 acre farm south of Ector to Raymond Phillips. Several ex-students return from college including Elvy Hampton and others from Baylor, S. MA, A&M, and C. I. A. appointments. John Stillwell named city marshal to succeed D. A. Ray. Mrs. Joe Stephens dies at Kentuckytown. High school graduation: salutatorian Will Boone, valedictorian Roger Davis. graduates listed. The council to vote July first to raise school maintenance tax ten cents. J. D. Judd foresees mill operation to meet smeal demand amid flour restrictions. Sue Stephens advertises a 9 room house for sale. J. C. Woodson buys a new Briscoe auto. Odeon theatre to show The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin next week.
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Floyd Harris
Eunice Turner
Camp Travis
San Antonio
Dan Hollingsworth
Jack Dillon
Kentucky
Gallaher & Sanders
Ector
Raymond Phillips
Elvy Hampton
Abilene
Sarah Lee Holland
Baylor
Waco
Thelma Jo Dyer
Dallas
Tom and Sue King
Fort Worth
Bryant Penn
C. B. Bryant Jr
College Station
Robert Holland
Burleson
Greenville
Ruth Southerland
Coralee Echols
Rachel Montgomery
Icy Reeves
Gladys Sears
Eula Sears
Mary Lee Sears
Kate Thomas
Lila Reubell
Denton
John Stillwell
D. A. Ray
Ray
Joe Stephens
Kentuckytown
Will Boone
Roger Davis
Ruby Ross
Frances Wilson
Sallie Jo Gowdy
Dale McGaughey
Pernie Badgett
Nell Badgett
Viva Phillips
Euell D. Alexander
Will A. Boone
Roger F. Davis
B. R. Allison
Trenton
Ely
J. D. Judd
Pilot Grove
Smeal
Sherman obituary and local notices reflect community events
Mrs. Alice Pope Roberts, wife of Randolph Roberts, died at her Sherman home. A Ku Klux Klan parade is announced for Bonham tonight. Luther Glenn of Sherman bought the Whitesboro News Record. Cecil Woodson announces the birth of a son. Mrs. R. K. Smith visited Sherman with ill friend Mrs. Frank Smith. Miss Sallie Hamilton attends summer school at North Texas State Normal College Denton. Several named women attend Northeast Texas State Normal College Commerce. Pascal Cox and family move back to Whitewright living north of the Grammar School. Mrs. C. B. Bryant visits El Paso with the Murray Bryant household. Two carloads of gin machinery arrive for Farmers Union Gin Co plant. Minnie Lee Murphy and Jack Schadegg wed in Sherman. Sears Gin Co trades grain elevator plant to J. W. Allen of Gainesville. part destroyed by fire. Masonic Lodge elects officers W H Stedham W M and others.
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Randolph Roberts
Sherman
Bonham
Luther Glenn
Whitesboro News-Record
Cecil Woodson
R. K. Smith
Frank Smith
Sallie Hamilton
North Texas State Normal College
Denton
Mollie Wright
Kate Smith
Elizabeth Smith
Neva McMurry
Mary Hestand
Northeast Texas State Normal College
Commerce
Pascal Cox
Whitewright
Beckett
Grammar School
C. B. Bryant
Murray Bryant
el Paso
Farmers Union Gin Co
Minnie Lee Murphy
Jack Schadegg
Stillwater
Minn
Sears Gin Co
J. W. Allen
Gainesville
Masonic Lodge
W. H. Stedham
W. M
W. J. Bryan
S. W
Savoy cyclone remembered on its 66th anniversary
The Savoy Star marks the May 28, 1880 cyclone that killed 13 in Savoy, recalling a survivor Jessie Gorrell Young’s childhood account. The storm wrecked most buildings, struck with flying timbers, and left the town to seek aid from Bonham and others. Churches housed relief, and memories linger in the town’s 66 years of history.
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Savoy Star
Jessie Gorrell Young
Letter from W L Daniel Promotes Ten Commandments Platform
Denison Press criticizes a letter from W L Daniel who seeks the governor’s chair claiming a Ten Commandments platform. The paper notes the Sabbath is Saturday for Jews and mocks the candidate’s grasp of government, suggesting a mismatch with broader civic issues.
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W. Leo Daniel
Egypt
Mr. Daniels
Denison Press
Intersections urged to cut pedestrian deaths
Insurance statisticians report 4,500 pedestrians died crossing between intersections last year and nearly 75,000 were injured. Jay-walking alone caused over a quarter of pedestrian deaths and injuries in 1955. Officials advise crossing at intersections and waiting for the signal.
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Insurance Company
Texas Governors in Aging Portraits of Powers and Families
Oscar Branch Colquitt at 76 nears semi retirement while memories bloom in his rose garden. James E. Ferguson, 67, pursues dairy cattle and runs a creamery, donating thousands of quarts of milk to Austin children each summer. William Pleasant Hobby, 60, leads The Houston Post’s editorial and business teams and cherishes his prodigy son. Pat Morris Neff, 67, elevates Baylor University to new heights amid strong finances. Miriam A. Ferguson, 63, attends to home and flowers, sidestepping politics. Dan Moody, 45, continues public service as a lawyer. Moody children grow. Ross Shaw Sterling, 63, oilman with wells in South Texas but prefers a farm near Bayshore, enjoying hogs and corn over oil.
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James E. Ferguson
Austin
William Pleasant Hobby
Houston Post
Texas
William
Ross Shaw Sterling
South Texas
Bayshore
Houston
Man’s quip about Baltimore call taxes rings loud
A Washington visitor tires operators with a joke on long distance pricing. He boasts of calling Baltimore for a nickel, but the operator notes it is only a local call. The exchange highlights the era's local tariffs and witty banter.
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Washington
Baltimore
Hell
A Most Important Training in Broad-Minded Tolerance
From Southwest Ambassador this piece argues the vital training is mental tolerance and broad understanding. It contrasts advertised self-improvement courses with the need to balance faults against good traits, urging citizens to cultivate generosity of thought for democracy and national welfare.
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Southwest Ambassador
Washingtons
Lincolns
Hillbilly plans funeral while alive to hear how folks react
Kingston Tennessee rancher Bush Brea zeale 74 a tall gaunt bearded mountain farmer from Cave Creek says he will die soon yet schedules a funeral for June 26 to observe neighbors’ reactions. He carved the coffin himself from walnut. guests from near and far will attend with radio singers and a preacher from Illinois.
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Kingston, Tenn
Bush Breazeale
Cave Creek
Bush
Th’ Ridge
Chattanooga
Illinois
Broadening Understanding Through Mental Development
The passage urges embracing mental training and advertiser offers as a path to become better in discourse memory and social insight. It advocates developing a wider understanding and the ability to appreciate people despite faults or differing opinions.
Shepherd of the Flock Quips on Dick William Tom Roles
A brief humorous exchange sketches the varied paths of household associates. Dick works as a stock salesman, William serves as a minister, Tom participates in politics, and the speaker pursues farming while caring for all three.
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Tom
City Press Rules Limit Meeting Reports to The Sun
The Sun will publish meeting reports only if turned in at The Sun office or to the editor in person. The Sun has no reporters other than the editor and reports given to Sherman, Denison, or Dallas newspapers cannot appear in The Sun columns.
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