Whitewright Letters and Community Notes from 1959
Banquet tonight at 7:30 at the American Legion Hall invites ticket holders and at the door. Congratulations to W. H. Stedham who turns 91 on June 15. Marking Whitewright’s 48th fire anniversary on June 12 recalls the 1908 blaze and rebuilt Main Street with stores like The Sun and Community Public Service Co. Bob May shares homegrown produce. The piece discusses savings bonds interest, inflation, and tax considerations. It touches on shifts in party politics and a jab at Legislature taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Steinlein & Lively Dry Goods
Main Street
First National Bank
The
Sun and Community Public Service Co
J. W. Ashley
Ashley
McKinney
Halsell College Exes Reunion At Savoy
A potential final Halsell College exes reunion will be held at Savoy on Sunday. Most attendees are 80 or older, with the college lasting from 1876 to a burn in 1889 that ended the institution. The school began as the Savoy Male and Female College and later became Halsell College in honor of founder Prof. R. R. Halsell.
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Old Halsell College
Savoy
Hassell College
Savoy Male and Female College
R. R. Halsell
Halsell
Deaths Mrs. H. C. Willis 78 in Sherman hospital
Mrs. H. C. Willis, 78, died at 11:10 p m Tuesday in a Sherman hospital after a long illness. Funeral 2:30 p m today at First Methodist Church with Rev. Roberson, Epting, and Hedrick officiating. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery. Surviving: son Claude Willis of Bay City, daughter Mrs. R. P. Childress of Whitewright, three grandchildren.
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H. C. Willis
Sherman
First Methodist Church
John Roberson
W. J. Epting
R. G. Hedrick
Muskogee
Oklo
Oak Hill Cemetery
Earnheart Funeral Home
Floyd Everheart Jr
Claude E. Whiting
Buddy Whiting
B. R. Walker
R. A. Gillett
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Allen French
J. E. Christian
Bells
Willis
Amos and
Elizabeth Templeton
Grayson College and Polytechnic Institute
Texas Wesleyan College
Fort Worth
Horatio C. Willis
Whitewright
Claude Willis
Bay City
R. P. Childress
Wheat crop forecast signals larger surplus for year
The Agriculture Department projects a total wheat yield of 1.182 billion bushels for the coming year, with 941.2 million from winter wheat and 240.4 million from spring wheat. The forecast reflects June 1 conditions and shows the spring wheat estimate this year as new.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Obnoxious tax bill and May date front page error
The text discusses tobacco versus gas industries, a tax bill, and a front page dating error. It notes monthly date slug mistakes by the linotype operator and a May 4 date printed instead of June 4, with readers alerting editors.
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Bacco
Another Special Session Likely
Austin reports growing doubt a tax and budget plan can pass by next Tuesday. If needed, Gov Price Daniel would call a second special session next Wednesday. A $66 million deficit remains even with a potential $75 million annual tax increase. Parkhouse doubts liquor tobacco and gas tax yields. Ukulele and harmonica player counts cited.
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Austin
Price Daniel
Senate
Representatives
George Parkhouse
Dallas
Louisiana
Parkhouse
Senate Affairs Committee
Bill McDowell Expects 5000 FFA Members at Meet
Bill McDowell of Whitewright, president of the Texas Association of Future Farmers of America, told Austin committee chairs that more than 5,000 rural youth from about a thousand communities will attend the convention July 15 17 in Austin. The first FFA state meeting in Austin will run with 40 000 statewide membership and about five boys from each chapter.
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Austin
Bill McDowell
Whitewright
Texas Association of Future Farmers of America
Young McDowell
Driskill Hotel
FFA
Charles Treka
Granger
New City Auditorium
Pennsylvania Supreme Court hears laundry zoning appeal
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard an appeal over a laundry zoning permit near a church. Justice Curtis Bok quipped that cleanliness should be next to godliness during the argument.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Curtis Bok
Reader Letter on School Report Cards and Washington Woes
Uncle Dan from Tom Bean shares a reader complaint about modern education grading. He argues report cards should show plain student performance without aptitude or emotional terms. He adds a Washington gripe about the Rose Garden and a proposed government liaison department creating jobs.
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Feller
Washington
Mamie
White House Rose Garden
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Whitewright Little League Wins Two Victories
The Whitewright Little League team defeated Randolph 10 to 3 on Saturday and Bells 13 to 8 on Tuesday. Pitcher Tillett allowed four hits with 10 strikeouts, belted two home runs, and helped Whitewright build early leads.
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Whitewright
Randolph
Bells
Tillett
Billner
Watkins
Randolph Whitewright
Trenton
Savoy
Eisenhower seeks higher interest on savings bonds
President Eisenhower urged Congress to raise the debt limit and boost savings bond interest to 3 2/3 percent for bonds held to maturity. He also called for raising the regular debt ceiling from 283 to 288 billion and the temporary limit from 288 to 295 billion, to provide more financing flexibility.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Congress
White House
Bruce Alger
Dallas
Texas
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury Department
Alger
Harry F. Byrd
D.-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Byrd
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sam Rayburn
Frank Ikard
Ways and Means
Treasury
Santa Claus Village For Sale In California
Santa Claus California is up for sale after Pat and June McKeon, who leased the tourist town for 11 years with $500, seek a normal life for their three children. The incorporated town includes a post office cafe bakery toy shop pottery shop and a miniature train on a 315 by 110 foot lot near Highway 101 two miles south of Santa Barbara. Asking price is $265,000.
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Santa Claus
Calif
Pat
June McKeon
Highway 101
Santa Barbara
Grayson College Exes Reunion Set for Sunday
The 21st annual Grayson College Ex-Students Association reunion gathers on campus Sunday with 9:00 a.m. registration, coffee, programs at 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. William Fleming of Fort Worth opens the morning program. A noon buffet, a 1:30 p.m. business meeting, memorials, tributes, and a 3:06 p.m. museum program including prize awards and a $250 scholarship to a high school senior with ties to a Grayson ex-student. E. L. Harp will sign piano compositions. A list of exes who died in the past year is included.
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Grayson College Ex-Students Association
William Fleming
Fort Worth
Grayson
E. L. Harp
1959 Corn Crop May Be Largest
Washington reports that the 1959 corn crop could cover about 84 million acres if farmers follow through on plans to add 9 million acres to corn. The increase stems from ending acreage allotment and reserve programs. Farmers may shift oats soybeans sorghums and hay 1958 plantings into corn for 1959.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
A New Puff to Ease Fear
Vancouver expects rising tobacco sales as fears spark more smoking. Frits Bodde of British American Tobacco cites reports linking cigaret use to cancer, noting U.S. publicity increases concern while consumption climbs.
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Vancouver
B. C
Frits Bodde
British-American Tobacco Co
United States
TIPPLINT INCREASE SEEN IN 1959 AMERICANS DRINK MORE
NEW YORK Americans will drink 223 million gallons of distilled spirits in 1959 a 4 percent increase over last year according to Peter W Hoguet president of Econometric Institute Inc The shift of more families to higher income brackets is stimulating demand for alcoholic beverages as these families raise their standard of living and develop more expensive tastes.
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New York
Peter W. Hoguet
Econometric Institute, Inc
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U. S
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Dear Mister
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