Local News Briefs From Sherman and Nearby Areas
Mrs. Harry Brown underwent surgery at St. Vincent's Hospital Sherman. Several families visit relatives in Sherman and Dallas area including Mr. and Mrs. Rea Level land with Mrs. Rea's mother Mrs. Giles. A new birth Joanne Gail to Joe Frank and wife. grandparents listed.
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Harry Brown
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Sherman
Mrs
Findley Haile
Lester Haile
St. Paul’s Hospital
Dallas
Joanne Gail
Joe Frank Robinson
C. B. Robinson
Roy Neathery
Weekend visits and family gatherings across Dallas to Sherman
Franklin Ball of Dallas spent the weekend with Mrs Granville Ball. Don Howard Cook of Dallas stayed with his parents. Jane Meador a NTSC Denton student visited her parents. Jesse Blanks and Alice Blanks visited Earl Hill family in Sherman. Sam and Horace Morgans and Miss Price joined Joe Mangrum family in Dallas.
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John Livingston of
Sherman
R. B. Gordon
Carol Kilgree of
Dallas
Sarah Kilgroe
James Badgett
Corpus Christi
Mrs
Ray Badgett
Peggy Pannell
Joe Pannell
Edgar Ayers
Franklin Ball
Granville Ball
Don Howard Cook
Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Cook
Jane Meador
NTSC
Denton
C. J. Meador
Jesse Blanks
Miss Alice Blanks
Earl Hill
Sam Morgan
Horace Morgan
Miss Price
Anna
Joe Mangrum
David Price
Chillicothe
Mrs. O. L. Jones
Jack Badgett
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Jack
Local Society Notes Include Weddings and Regional Visits
Den ver visitors Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Logan and others from Denison and Waco called on Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Smith. Mrs. Vandagriff attended her brother Bobby Bledsoe's wedding in Sherman with Miss Janet Blount. Abi lene couple Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Terry visited family. Kenneth Fields joined them after visiting grandparents E. W. Fields. Fields has bought the West Spruce cottage and serves as deputy sheriff since 1951. Whitewright guests Mrs. J. H. Gosnell and others visited Dr. and Mrs. Robert Robnett in Houston. Dr. Robnett, UT Dental School graduate, earned a merit certificate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Vandagriff
Sherman
E. W. Fields
Mike Winburn
West Spruce Street
Mr. Fields
Whitewright
G. W. Blanton
J. H. Gosnell
Sonny Gosnell
Judy
J. H. Robnett
James Robnett
Houston
Robnett
University of Texas Dental School
Rotary Club resumes regular Friday lunch meeting schedule
The Rotary Club returns to its usual Friday noon meetings after two missed sessions due to Memorial Day and a Thursday night fish fry swapped in. An outdoor event moved indoors to the school cafeteria due to Thursday rain, with C. B. Bryant III leading the fish fry committee joined by Dick Walker Marshall Hasty Joe Johnson and Glenn Doss.
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Rotary Club
C. B
Royal Service Marks Baptist WMS Meeting
The First Baptist Church Women’s Missionary Society met Monday with 16 members present. The North Circle led the program featuring Adah Gillespie Olive Mirick B W Newman Clyde Sadler Ed Martin O L Jones W E Pennell Head and Carl May. Reports from standing committees were presented. The military word taps derives from the Dutch taptoe meaning time to close taps in garrison towns.
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Women’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
North Circle
Adah Gillespie
Olive Myrick
B. W. Newman
Clyde Sadler
Ed Martin
O. L. Jones
W. E. Pennell
Head
Carl May
Death of Bascom Sears 76 native of Whitewright
Bascom Sears 76 a native of Whitewright and longtime resident of the area died Sunday at the home of his daughter Mrs. Jack R. Ryan in McKinney. Funeral services were held in McKinney and burial went to Oak Hill Cemetery here. Survivors include his wife two daughters three sisters two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Bascom Sears
Whitewright
Jack R. Ryan
McKinney
Oak Hill Cemetery
Sears
Henry C. Sears
Celeste Smith
E. L. Welch
Dallas
A. R. King
Fort Worth
L. C. Moore
E. A. Randle
Houston
Mrs Ben Roberts Dies After Car Crash in Breckenridge
Mrs. Ben Roberts of Sweetwater, a former Whitewright public school teacher, died in a traffic accident near Breckenridge Friday afternoon. She was traveling from Bonham where she visited her mother Mrs Will Harkins and her brother D L Harkins. Her husband, the late Ben Roberts, was a Whitewright native.
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Ben Roberts
Sweetwater
Whitewright
Breckenridge
Bonham
Will Harkins
D. L. Harkins
Mrs Ida Graves 81 Died in Long Beach Calif
Mrs Ida Graves 81 died in Long Beach California on June 5 and was buried there June 9 She was the daughter of 104 year old Mrs M A Mangrum of Whitewright She had lived in Long Beach for 30 years Survivors include son Doyle Graves of Los Angeles a daughter Exen Graves of Long Beach her mother and two brothers Joe Mangrum and Albert Mangrum of Whitewright
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Ida Graves
Long Beach
Calif
M. A. Mangrum
Whitewright
Doyle Graves
Los Angeles
Exen Graves
Joe Mangrum
Albert Mangrum
Edison Patents Over Eleven Thousand Inventions Record
The statement notes Thomas Alva Edison held patent claims exceeding 11 000. It also cites a 1784 Maryland law granting Lafayette and his male heirs perpetual Maryland citizenship in gratitude for Revolutionary services.
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Thomas Alva Edison
Maryland General Assembly
Lafayette
Maryland
Dying Tree by Edgar A. Guest
A reflective poem where a speaker sees a dying tree and seeks a surgeon to save it. The wise expert declares it too late, predicting the tree will die before spring. The speaker reluctantly accepts the fate while mourning the old tree’s slow decline.
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Edgar A. Guest
Front Line Marines Get Ice Cream This Summer
Washington reports that units of the 1st Marine Division on Korea’s front lines will receive ice cream three times weekly this summer. The Marine Corps announced the plan Tuesday, using insulated bags first employed to carry hot rations last winter.
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Washington
1St Marine Division
Korea
Marine Corps
Whiskeytown name change approved by residents
The Women's Improvement League of Whiskeytown California led 25 petitioners to persuade the postmaster to adopt Whiskeytown as the town’s permanent name, replacing the longtime usage of Schilling. The change takes effect July 1.
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Whiskeytown
Schilling
Calif
Women’s Improvement League
Beckworth to Speak at Denison June 14 in Texas Senate race
Congressman Lindley Beckworth, candidate for Senator from Texas, will be in Denison to speak on his candidacy Saturday, June 14, at 3 30 p m. (Pol Advt.) 2012
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Lindley Beckworth
Texas
DenIson
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