First Presbyterian Church Dedication Sunday Program
All day Sunday services celebrate the free of debt dedication of the First Presbyterian Church building. Morning service at 11 includes doxology invocation readings hymns scripture prayer and sermon by Rev. J F Fender D D. Afternoon program at 2 features prayers hymns a quartet from Central Presbyterian Sherman and formal dedication led by Rev. Joe M Russell. Final 3 o'clock social hour follows with renewing acquaintances and more hymns.
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First Presbyterian
Ben Montgomery
J. F. Fender
D. D
R. W. Grant
Our Fathers
Central Presbyterian Church
Sherman
Woods
John Reeves
Ladies’ Aid Society
Joe M. Russell
Anne Roberts Wright
L. P. Sears
J. R. Pennington
W. L. Stowers
T. E. Barbee
Lester Haile
B. S. Montgomery
R. T. Pennington
Emmet Penn
C. P. Johnson
Luther Gordon
Fred Cook
Allen T. Short
W. A. Kirkpatrick
T. J. Lilley
B. Wrenn Webb
Beer Election Ordered In Justice Precinct 4
Grayson county commissioners set a June 23 vote in justice precinct 4 to decide if beer will be allowed. The move followed a petition signed by 79 residents led by Paul O Tooley of Van Alstyne. The area includes Howe Van Alstyne Elmont Farmington and Jamison.
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Grayson Commissioners’ Court
Justice Precinct 4
Paul O. Tooley
van Alstyne
Howe
Elmont
Farmington
Jamison
Mr Deeds Goes To Town At The Palace Tonight
At the Palace tonight the entertainment feature is Mr Deeds Goes To Town with Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur in stellar roles. Friday and Saturday present Ivory Handle Gun starring Buck Jones as the main Western attraction.
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Mr. Deeds
the Palace
Gary Cooper
Jean Arthur
Buck Jones
Herbert Marshall
Ronald Coleman
Claudette Colbert
Victor McLaghlan
Employees of Pension Board Get Warning
Austin Texas old age assistance director Orville S Carpenter warned pension board employees to avoid any political campaign activity this summer. He cited the state statute forbidding state employees to engage in politics and said violations would lead to immediate dismissal upon notification.
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Austin
Orville S. Carpenter
Texas Old-Age Assistance Commission
Pension Organization
Carpenter
Hoover Attacks New Deal Dominate GOP Convention
At the Cleveland convention former President Herbert Hoover blasted the New Deal as European tactics while delegates cheered Landon’s rise in New York and Pennsylvania. The platform committee reached a compromise on many issues, adopting a monopoly plank Borah had not seen as Landon factions stayed unified despite calls for healing. Hoover painted the New Deal as a muddle and a fold of European ideas and greed for power, contrasting it with his view of the party’s liberty crusade.
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Cleveland
White House
Herbert Hoover
New York
Pennsylvania
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Landon
Hoover
Platform
Borah
Idaho
Texas cotton price aid reaches 3.58 million dollars
Texas producers receive 3.578 million dollars in federal cotton price adjustment payments for 1935. Certification covers 735,592 bales from 104,816 applications through June 2 at Texas A&M College. Nearly 250,000 more applications expected before Aug 15 1936 with sales required by Aug 1 1936.
Carryover of Cotton Seen Drop to 12.5 Million Bales
Washington reports the Agriculture Department foresees world cotton carryover on August 1 at about 12.5 million bales, down from 13.6 million last year and well below the 1932 peak. American cotton carryover is about 7.3 million bales, above last year but near the ten year average. Most consumption growth this season comes from American cotton manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Eighty Year Rivalry of Two Major Parties in U S History
The United States News outlines an eighty year rivalry between the Republicans and Democrats. It covers party beginnings in 1856, vote tallies, electoral votes, and notable minority presidents. It notes Hoover and Roosevelt as top electoral figures and lists long-standing nomination patterns and state origins.
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Thomas Jefferson
White House
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Stephen A. Douglas
Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
Cleveland
Wilson
James A. Garfield
Rutherford B. Hayes
Electoral Commission
Samuel B. Tilden
New York City
Charleston
S. C
Baltimore
Cox
San Francisco
Garfield
Ohio
New York
Commonwealth
Hoover
trans-Mississippi
Bryan
General McClellan
Theodore Roosevelt
Benjamin Harrison
James Buchanan
United States News
Church of Christ Revival Meeting To Close Sunday
Rev. J. R. Waldrum reports strong turnout at revival services this week at the Church of Christ. Tonight Rev. Paul Southern of Denison preaches, Friday Rev. P. L. Oliphant of Farmersville speaks, and Waldrum closes the meeting Sunday night.
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Church of Christ Revival
J. R. Waldrum
Church of Christ
Paul Southern
Church of Christ of Denison
P. L. Oliphant
Church of Christ of Farmersville
Waldrum
Trenton Youth Jimmie Fay Elam Dies From Burns
Jimmie Fay Elam 18 daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Elam died Sunday at 7 after burns from pouring gasoline by lantern at home. Father smothered flames, she died at Sherman hospital. Funeral at East Shady Grove Baptist Church. Survivors include father, step mother, two sisters, a brother and a step brother. She would have been a senior next year.
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Trenton Tribune
Jimmie Fay Elam
J. B. Elam
Burns
Sherman Hospital
East Shady Grove Baptist Church
J. A. Henderson
Pilot Grove
Trenton
Solon and Son Lose Appeal
Representative John H. Hoeppel and his son Charles J. Hoeppel failed to win a rehearing from the U.S. Courts of Appeals on their District of Columbia case. They were sentenced to four to twelve months for conspiring to sell a West Point appointment to Baltimore athlete James Ives for $1,000.
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Washington
John H. Hoeppel
Dem
California
Charles J. Hoeppel
U. S. Courts of Appeals
District of Columbia Supreme Court
West Point
Military Academy
James Ives
Baltimore
Singing convention near Bells invites public on Sunday
A singing convention will be held Sunday June 14 at Ambrose north of Bells. Frank Trim announces the event and invites the public to attend. Exployment in Austria is greater than a year ago and is rising.
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Ambrose
Bells
Frank Trim
Austria
Federal prisoners moved from Tyler to Grayson County jail
All federal prisoners incarcerated in the jail at Tyler were scheduled to arrive at the new Grayson County jail Wednesday afternoon in custody of John B. Ponder, United States marshal, and deputies. Officials said future transfers will bring prisoners formerly taken to Tyler to the Federal section of the new jail.
Many to Travel Through Texas This Vacation Season
Arrival of the vacation season and end of the school year trigger a large travel movement in Texas. Travel experts forecast the state will see record tourist business aided by Centennial celebrations and the opening of a $25,000,000 exposition in Dallas. Strong interest in Texas travel has grown at the State Department of Information and travel agencies nationwide.
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Dallas
Texas
Lone Star State
State Department of Information
Roosevelt appeals to banks to cash bonus checks promptly
Washington reports President Roosevelt urging all banks to cash promptly and in full government checks tied to soldiers' bonuses. The message, distributed via Federal Reserve Banks, targets checks under $50 first, then those tied to adjusted service bonds in $50 multiples.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve Banks
Drought threatens grain crops across many regions
The Agriculture Department forecast winter wheat at 482 million bushels, above 1935 but below 1928–32 averages, as drought endangers crops in drought-affected zones. May rains varied, with some improvement in the Great Plains and West but heat and dryness hampering spring crops east of the Mississippi.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Great Plains
Nebraska
Colorado
Rio Grande
Oregon
Piedmont
Carolinas
Georgia
Mississippi
American Legion To Have Special Meeting Tuesday
Preston Everheart Post American Legion calls a special meeting for next Tuesday night at the legion hall. Ex service men are urged to attend as plans are perfected for the annual picnic and other important business will be transacted.
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Preston Everheart Post
American Legion
Legion Hall
Word Obey Omitted From Marriage Ceremony
New manual by the executive committee of the United denominations council says the word obey will be read out of marriage ceremonies. The change aims to remove what officials call an irksome and needless term as the biennial council opens in South Hadley Massachusetts.
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New York
Congregational and Christian Churches of the
United States
United Denominations’ General Council
South Hadley
Mass
New Dealers Mock Steiner Keynote Address in Washington
Democrats accuse Senator Steiner of Oregon of misalignment with his record and Hoover era policy. Farley cites votes for AAA NRA 1933 banking act TVA CCC farm act housing act and labor act while Attorney General Cummings jokes about the critique. Farley notes failure to reference Republican actions in four years.
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Washington
Steiner
Oregon
Farley
Democratic National Committee
AAA
NRA
Cummings
United States
England is Best U.S. Customer
In 1935 Britain was the top customer for American goods, with $440 million in purchases and an average $10 per English person. Cotton, tobacco, fruit, meat, lumber, machinery, and petroleum products led exports totaling hundreds of millions, while imports from Britain reached $155 million, with tin at $15 million and liquor, wool, linen, and cotton goods also sizable.
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England
Great Britain
Canada
Floodlights At Whitewright Softball Field Draw Crowds
Whitewright opens with two games under new floodlights funded by public donations and voluntary game-night collections. The local team loses to Sherman and defeats Tom Bean, showing crowd turnout boosted by the lights and nighttime play.
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Whitewright
Sherman
Tom Bean
Col Green Railroad Executive Dies at 68
Lake Placid New YorkCol E H R Green 68 son of Hetty Green the famed financier died here Monday afternoon at the Lake Placid Club He was born in London England Aug 22 1868 and had been president of the Texas Midland Railroad since 1893 He also served as a director of the Baltimore and Ohio and Southwestern Railway He was a longtime Republican figure in Texas and chaired its state committee for three years His body was sent to the Green Eastern estate in Brown Hill South Dartmouth Massachusetts.
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Lake Placid
N. Y
E. H. R. Green
Hetty Green
Lake Placid Club
London
England
Colonel Green
Florida
Texas Midland Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio, Southwestern Railway
Texas
Republican State Committee of
Green Eastern Estate
Brown Hill
South
Dartmouth
Mass
Government to Buy Onion Crop in Grayson County
The Federal Government will buy 13 carloads of U S No 1 onions from Grayson County farmers to bolster the Eastern market. Buyer will pay 50 cents per bushel for top grade onions. purchases to begin immediately. Meetings for sellers set for 2 PM Thursday at Tom Bean and 4 PM Thursday at Whitewright, with county agent B F Gray and onion committeemen Pat Luby and Murray Bryant.
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U. S
Tom Bean
Whitewright
Gray
Dallas
Pat Luby
Murray Bryant
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Justice Precinct
Employees of Pension Board
Belgium
Solon and Son
Singing
Tyler
U.S
Col. Green
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