Rainfall varied across town with little damage reported
Rain Monday night ranged from .84 to 1.2 inches at west town and city plant. Wind accompanied the showers but no major damage. Grain harvest was delayed about a day. An open house at Johnsons appliance store offers a radio prize for registrants. Various local notices follow including church address change and a cow killed by a snake. Public safety drive urges removing discarded refrigerators to prevent child deaths with seasonal risk from May through September.
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Nuell Skaggs
Reassignments Move North Texas Methodist Clergy
The North Texas Methodist Conference at Dallas reassigned Rev. Harold Taylor to Whitewright for a second time after two years as pastor here. Other area shifts include Rev. J. P. Fleming to lead the Sherman McKinney District, Rev. Duke Barron to Waples Memorial in Denison, and Grady May to Farmersville.
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Harold Taylor
First Methodist
North Texas Methodist Conference
Dallas
Taylor
Whitewright
Sam P. Farler
J. P. Fleming
Sherman
Sherman-McKinney
Fred Mooring
Bells
H. P. Williamson
Tom Bean-Cedar
Roy Moyers
Ector
W. L. Douglas
Savoy- Marvin
Wesley D. Thompson
Trenton
Duke Barron
Waples Memorial
Denison
Grady May
Farmersville
W. H. Vail
Wolfe City
C.C. Young
Deaths John D. Young 50 Bells Texas
Funeral services for John D. Young 50 of Bells were held at Bells Methodist Church. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. He died at home after working for Hardwicke-Etter Company. Surviving wife two sons one daughter and multiple siblings. Born August 28 1903 in Delta County.
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John D. Young
Bells Methodist Church
Fred Mooring
Clayton Hicks
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. Young
Hardwicke-Etter Company
Sherman
Bells
Joe Kimbrough
Wade Neves
T. W. Knox
Ray Rice
Wallace Wilson
Alvin Mullins
Delta County
J. E. Young
Jean Russell
Billy Young
John D. Young Jr
San Diego
Calif
Juanita Rawlins
Dallas
E. O. Young
Raleigh Young
Grapette
Ark
L. V. Young
Fort Worth
Bessie Wilson
Kingsburg
Gladys Smith
Billings
Montana
Goldie Whetstone
Coffeyville
Kansas
Connie Cline
Oklahoma
Funeral services for Mrs. Dave Alverson held at Cross Roads
Funeral services were held at Cross Roads Presbyterian Church for Mrs. Dave Alverson 87 who died at her Whitewright home. Rev Howard Holland Rev W W Alverson and Rev Lee Smith officiated. Burial in Cross Roads Cemetery directed by Earnheart. Pallbearers named including Caraways and Sander son.
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Cross Roads Presbyterian Church
Dave Alverson
Whitewright
Howard Holland
Leonard
W. W. Alverson
Lee Smith
Cross Roads Cemetery
Earnheart
Homer Sanderson
Curtis Moats
Bob Andrew
Byron Caraway
Wallace Caraway
Whitewright Men Buy Sherman Store
Gomer May and his son Kirk May have purchased and now operate the Wallace Pharmacy at 219 North Travis in Sherman. Gomer May, a former Kirk Patrick Pharmacy owner, returns to the drug business after stints in insurance and Dallas. Kirk May, a Whitewright native, earned a B S in Pharmacy at the University of Texas and previously worked in Jacksonville and McKinney before the Sherman purchase.
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Gomer May
Kirk May
Wallace
Travis Street
Sherman
Keith’s
Whitewright
University of Texas At Austin
School of Pharmacy
Jacksonville
McKinney
1300 Rural Post Offices Closed Under Reform
Washington reports about 1,300 small post offices have been shut since Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield began rural service reforms. From January 1953 to this month 1,277 fourth class offices were eliminated, saving salaries and rents while maintaining deliveries six days a week.
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Washington
Arthur E. Summerfield
Post Office
Summerfield
Rural Neighborhood Winner On TV Show Brinker Featured
Brinker, winner of the Texas Rural Neighborhood Program, will be showcased next week on Humble Oil & Refining Company’s Texas in Review across 14 TV stations. The film highlights 64 Brinker families improving farming methods and beautifying farms, plus segments on the Sidewalk Cattlemen’s Association in Austin and the State 4-H Round-Up in College Station.
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Brinker
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Texas
Sidewalk Cattlemen's Association
Austin
College Station
Texas fifth designation becomes official
Washington announces that the term Texas fifth may describe a half gallon bottle of distilled spirits as long as packages clearly indicate the actual contents. The IRS regulation confirms Texans’ long asserted label choice and ties it to standard labeling requirements.
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Washington
Texas
Internal Revenue Service
California adult drinking averages revealed by state finance data
Sacramento reports from the California Department of Finance show statewide per adult consumption of 2.38 gallons of hard liquor, 22.3 gallons of beer, 1.1 gallons of dry wine, 1.9 gallons of sweet wine, and 0.5 gallon of sparkling wine for about 8,457,000 adults.
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Sacramento
Calif
California Department of Finance
J E Christian to Attend KYCH Meet in Dayton Ohio
J Emory Christian will fly from Dallas to Dayton Ohio for the 19th annual conclave of the Convent General Knights of the York Cross of Honor. He is Grand Sentinel of the Convent General, elected 1953, with long service in White Wright Masonic bodies and Texas Priory. Other Texas Priory members from Whitewright and nearby towns are listed.
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United States
Canada
Christian
Washington, D. C
Whitewright Lodge
A. F
A. M
Whitewright
Royal Arch Masons
Whitewright Council
Bonham
Knights Templer
Texas Priory
Dayton
Arthur J. Badgett
E. Morton Badgett
J. Wesley Moulton
Thomas H. Cunningham
Trenton
Supreme Court Rules Federal Power Authority Over Gas Prices
The Supreme Court upheld federal authority to regulate natural gas prices in interstate commerce. In a 5 to 3 decision the court said the Federal Power Commission may fix rates for gas produced by Phillips Petroleum Company and sold to pipelines for interstate use.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Federal Power Commission
Phillips Petroleum Company
Champion salesman candidate travels from Texas to New York
Charles Al Schnabel Jr., 23, of Austin, a UT Austin bacteriology graduate student, is praised by a New York firm as a top salesman. He allegedly sold a six months supply of a supplement to the other car’s driver for damages and to the traffic officer and judge in Mathis Texas while awaiting court. He paid a $5 fine.
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New York
Charles al Schnabel Jr
Austin
Texas
Schnabel
University of Texas
Mathis
Chiggers Pest Control Advice For Texan Homes
Texas entomologists warn that 50 to 75 cents worth of chlordane or toxaphene can kill red chiggers on average home lawns for about a week. A dust treatment of one pound of five percent toxaphene or chlordane per 1000 square feet is recommended for patios and play areas. Sulphur dust remains a traditional option, though the newer treatments are more effective.
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College Station
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Malibu nude models arrested for posing on beach
Police arrested two models after two elderly women called in a disturbance at Malibu Beach California. One model named Marion B Taft argued she was working to help her husband through college, claiming the exposure was not indecent.
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Malibu Beach
Calif
Marion B. Taft
Heart Enlarged by Love and Sympathy
A short reflective note contemplates a heart enlarged by love and sympathy as life enhancing rather than fatal, suggesting emotional breadth shields against harm and sorrow.
Bible School Registration At First Baptist Church
Registration for vacation Bible school at First Baptist Church will be Friday at 8:30 a.m. Classes run Monday to Friday next week from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. Open to nursery through intermediate children and to all denominations. A downtown parade will follow registration.
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First Baptist Church
Odd Fellows Lodge to Host Texoma Roundup Meet
The Whitewright Odd Fellows Lodge will host the Texoma Roundup on Thursday night June 24 at the high school gymnasium. W J Martin urges all IOOF members in the Lake Texoma area to attend. the Texoma Roundup brings IOOF lodges from the local region together.
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Whitewright Odd Fellows Lodge
Texoma
W. J. Martin
Yarborough Attacks Third Term as Un-Texan Bid
Ralph Yarborough Democratic candidate for governor labeled a third term in office un-Texan and urged voters to back a fresh administration. He pledged a hard clean campaign and said he would never seek a third term.
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Dallas
Ralph Yarborough
Shivers
Struck School Board Officers Resign Posts
In Struck Texas 96 of 120 high school pupils staged a May 7 walkout over the nonreturn of English teacher Mrs C M Fisher. Board President John Chumley and Secretary Herman Philley resigned last Friday. Vice President Irvin Faucett confirmed with no comment.
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Detroit
Texas
John Chumley
Herman Philley
Irvin Faucett
C. M. Fisher
GOP Outpolls Foes In California Races
In San Francisco California Republicans outpolled Democrats in California primaries as the GOP forecast victory in November. Democrats nominated a full party slate for the first time in forty years, but two known figures ran over the protest of D N C chair Stephen A Mitchell. Mitchell maintained stance on James Roosevelt and Robert L Condon congressional bids despite their losses.
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San Francisco
Calif
California
Stephen A. Mitchell
Mitchell
James Roosevelt
Robert L. Condon
Parlor Piano Keeps House Name Joke Goes On
In San Fernando Mrs. Iva Mead asks for a name the man replies with musical puns. He says his name is Parlor Piano and their child is Grand Piano. A deer quips I wish I had his doe.
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San Fernando
Calif
Iva Mead
Parlor Piano
Grand Piano
Grayson College Reunion Planned for Next Sunday
Grayson College Ex-Students Association holds its annual reunion at the high school campus Sunday with a morning program recognizing the class of 1904 and 1954 graduates, a memorial scholarship presentation, a spelling bee, music by local artists, and devotional by Dr. John Inter. A museum space will open in the old chemistry building as a permanent exhibit and meeting place for exes, with the Rose Cleveland and Frances Willard literary societies participating in a spelling bee event.
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Grayson College Ex-Students Association
Gladys Ray
J. D. Cobb
Tulsa
Okla
Grayson College
Grayson
B. R. Vestal
Houston Literary Society
Henry W. Grady
Rose Cleveland
Frances Willard
White Sands
Ernest L. Harp
Harp
James German
Pearl Truett Johnson
Dallas
Ferryl Welch
Greenville
John Inter
Bob Sears
Joe Hamilton
Clarence McMillin
Oran Sears
Roscoe Gillett
Chess Pope
Emmet Penn
Lena Mae Gowdy
C. M. Fulton
Pearl Johnson
Vera Hickman
Adah Gillespie
George German
Ford Moore
Joe Harper
John D. Cobb
Nellie Canady Welch
Lillian Ray Coffey
Association
Ray
Grayson College Student Union
England
Moss Bishop
South Mulkey, Sherman
Bishop
Whitewright
Sherman
Anti-Peddling Ordinance in Trinity Ruled Illegal
The 10th Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Trinity’s anti-peddling ordinance unconstitutional citing excessive license fees and the lack of nuisance. Judge Joseph W. Hale noted vending household articles is not a nuisance. The Houston Credit Sales Commission sought injunction to halt enforcement. case transferred from Galveston.
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Waco
10Th Court of Criminal Appeals
Joseph W. Hale
Trinity
Houston Credit Sales Commission
Galveston
Houston
London cat terrorizes women in Whitefriars area
A fat tabby cat lurks in cellars and gutters of Whitefriars Street in central London and leaps out at women. It bites and scratches legs tearing nylon stockings before fleeing. Several girls required medical treatment last month and police seek the cat.
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London
Whitefriars St
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