Chiggers Cure Tape Tip Sparks Reader Note
Bonham Favorite subscriber shares a home remedy pressing Scotch tape on chiggers to remove them. A note from James T Edwards recalls a Whitewright Grayson College reunion mishap landing him in Dallas hospital May 31. Grain harvest thrives while cotton and corn seek rain. postal rates and mail service draw local opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Cantrell
Bonham Favorite
James T. Edwards
Franklin Avenue
Culver City
Calif
Whitewright
Grayson College
St. Paul’s Hospital
Dallas
State Candidates For July Primary
A list of Democratic primary statewide nominees for July 26 including Governor Price Daniel and opponents Henry B. Gonzalez Joe A. Irwin and W Lee O Daniel, Lt Governor Ben Ramsey and George Nokes, Attorney General Will Wilson, U S Senator Ralph Yarborough and William A Blakley, and several judicial and state office candidates with incumbents noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Robert W. Hamilton
Wilmer B. Hunt
J. Edwin Smith
Frank P. Culver
Joe Greenhill
Sarah T. Hughes
Judge Court Criminal Appeals
K. K. Woodley
Railroad Commission
Olin Culberson
Robert S. Calvert
Bill Albcorn
L. J
Lil) Dimmitt
Agriculture Commission
John C. White
Tom Griffin
Glenn H. Rothman
Jesse James
Fat Men Seek Lift to Battle Youth Obsessed Business World
A Las Vegas plastic surgeon reports rising demand for facial rejuvenation among middle aged men. Dr. Robert A. Franklyn says youth emphasis in business drives the trend from movie stars to corporate professionals. About 35 percent of patients are men seeking to erase wrinkles and jowls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Nev
Hollywood
Robert A. Franklyn
Assn
Cosmetic
Franklyn
Exodus From Farm Slows But Farm Loss Persists in Texas
Texas agricultural economist Dr. Robert Skrabanek predicts farm to city migration will slow yet continue. He notes 1950 to 1957 moves totaled 26.6 percent of Texas farm residents, higher than the national 18.6 percent, with 815,000 moving off farms and 314,000 moving to farms amid drought effects.
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Texas A. and
Texas
Robert R. Skrabanek
USDA
Skrabanek
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
U. S
Shrabanek
Something Different It Is Available in Cans
Chicago readers are offered a bizarre menu list highlighting unusual canned foods. The piece suggests quail eggs, bumble bees, silk worms, rooster combs, grasshoppers, and jellied sharkskin among starters, with entrees like kangaroo tails and baked bats, plus odd vegetables and desserts, all presented in a playful guide to novelty fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Children Out Late Four Mothers Jailed
Four mothers were jailed in San Pedro California after their children were caught out after curfew. Municipal Judge Bernard J L Walker sentenced each to 60 days with all but two days suspended under a law holding parents responsible for their children. The judge said the aim was to deter future curfew violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Calif
Bernard J. Lawler
Kin of Local People U. S. Hikes Rent Killed at Houston's La t Bowl
Patrolman Noel R. Miller of the Houston Police Department was shot and killed in line of duty while assisting in an arrest at a home of a suspected dope addict. Miller, 28, left a wife and two young children. He was survived by parents, siblings, in laws, and extended relatives. The report also notes a 35 percent average rent increase for crop land retired from production under the Soil Bank conservation program for 1959, with state and county variation and incentives for whole-farm enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Houston
Noel R. Miller
Leonard
Hayes
R. O. Barwood
Blue Ridge
A. L. Mammen
Irving
Helen Lassiter
S. C. Wilson
Washington
Agriculture Department
Conservation Reserve of the Soil Bank
Congress
Department
Connecticut
Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
New Jersey
Nevada
OCBA Appeals Chambers for Cotton Acreage Aid
Wm F Hofman, president of the Old Cotton Belt Association of Texas, asks chamber of commerce presidents in a 67 county area to press Congress for a national cotton allotment of not less than 17,700,000 acres for 1959 1960 and 1961 to avoid a 25 percent cut and protect farmers and local business. He notes House sub committee and Senate hearings and urges telegrams to Ralph Yarborough and Lyndon Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Yarborough
Lyndon Johnson
Dear Mister Editor Compares World Woes To Commencement
Uncle Dan of Tom Bean argues that commencement speeches are out of taste and laments high prices and dollar shortages. He jokes about reforming laws and warns that graduates should finish early to start work, noting continual dollar trouble and a crisis atmosphere. He quips about a Washington trip if relief comes and mocks businessmen’ posture as a sign of confusion.
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America
England
Washington
New York
Grayson College E-Students Honor 20th Reunion
About 200 attendees gathered for Grayson College E-Students Association's 20th annual reunion. Miss Gladys Ray led planning and announced 170 luncheon meals served. Edward Treadway won the $250 scholarship over Bill McDowell, with Ann Bixler as third contender. Memorial service honored 26 deceased ex-students. Out-of-town alumni registered from multiple states, and officers were reelected.
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Grayson College
E-Students Association
Gladys Ray
Ann Bixler
Moses Lake
Wash
Judy Phillips
Trent Phillips Jr
Lott
Texas
University of Texas
Mary Lena Longley
Dallas
Longley
Irene McMillin Atterberry
Farry Welch
Nelle C. Tanner
Greenville
Judy Gosnell
Doris Tillett
Kay Buchanan
Donita Brown
Sonny Gosnell
Louise Vestal
Don Walker
Priscilla Blanton
Gayla Sears
Alumni Center
Burgher Reed Vestal
Grayson College Ex-Students Association
Lucille Sanders
Sam Houston
Henry W. Grady
Old College
Sam Houston Literary Society
Henry W. Grady Literary Society
Grady Society
Houstonians
Jesse P. Luton
George German
Scott Montgomery
Memphis
Bobby Connelly
Sherman
Pascal Connelly
Kentuckytown
Horace Miller
Los Angeles
Calif
Express
California
Ernest L Harp
Atlanta
Miss Ray
Clarence McMillin
Whitewright
Vera Hickman
Adah Gillespie
Joe B. Hamilton
Whitewright Hires New All Sport Coach Harry Lander
Harry Lander of San Antonio was elected football basketball and track coach at Whitewright High School replacing Doyle Hood who declined the post. Lander, a Sherman High School and Southeastern State College graduate, has coached at Burbank High School in San Antonio for two years. He and his wife have two sons. The board also elected a new slate of bus drivers and named Sam Taylor as bus maintenance mechanic.
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Harry Lander
San Antonio
Whitewright High School
Board of Education
Doyle Hood
Bridgeport
Whitewright
Mr. Lander
Sherman High School
Southeastern State College
Durant
Ohlo
Burbank High School
Supt
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Reds Promise Release of GIs
Communist East Germany signaled openness to talks with the United States for returning nine U S Army personnel and their helicopter. The offer came with a pledge of a quick release if Washington responds in a normal and reasonable manner as U S officials await approval from Washington following Dulles remarks.
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Berlin
East Germany
United States
U. S
Washington
Dulles
Growing Garden Stuff at South Pole
The Navy wintering team at Ellsworth Station in Antarctica reports a thriving vegetable garden. They imported earth in crates with ping pong equipment and, with fertilizer and lamps, grow lettuce radishes peas onions carrots tomatoes and lima beans in the first crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South Pole
Navy
Ellsworth Station
Antarctic
Polar
Outgoing call reveals blocked number in mystery exchange
A caller asks the operator for the person who took her out after learning the number is disconnected. The exchange centers on obtaining details about the responsible party and the circumstances. The tone hints at a detective or romantic tension.
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Voltaire
Russell W. Bryant
Grayson County
Italy
Ellis County
News-Herald
Bryant
Neck of the Woods
Bells
Katy
Waco
Eval
Prairie States
OCBA
Chambers of Commerce
Jackie
Dan
Tom Bean
Whitewright, Texas
Grayson
Fannin Counties
The
Claude Hicks
Grand Prairie
E. E. Henderson
Oklahoma City
J. Morgan Ray
Arthur Kyle
Ardmore
Okla
Eloise Kennedy
T. E. Hardaway
McKinney
Trent Phillips
James Phillips
Wallace Miller
Joe Harper
Gilmer
Lunsford
Florence
Leesburg
Walker A. Brents
Fort Worth
Farryl Welch
Ernest L. Harp
Jean Schwiening
Sonora
Delmer Cannon
Maurice McMillin
Hugh Lawrence
Masquite
W. A. Reeves
Ada
Roberta G. Huddleston
Dick Dellingham
Commerce
A. F. Clark
W. M. Bigbee
Henry Phillips
Lone Oak
Logan Treadway
Edward and
Tommie Treadway
Hugh Norris
Ira Kirkpatrick
Dee Little
John Clift
Kyra Joan
Denison
Tommy May
R. E. Sandlin
Ferris
Guy Dillon
J. Frank Roberts
Richardson
Groesbeck
Lillian Ray Coffey
Plainview
E. G. Pennington
Nora Frank Harlin
Waurika
Geraldine H. Dunham
Kansas City
Willa Biggerstaff Kelly
Bess Biggerstaff Benton
Casey G. Walker
Nelle C. Turner
Faye Cameron
Pearle Edwards Carter
Irene M. Atterberry
Chas. Truett
Gertrude Montgomery
Elliott Thomas
Marguerite Montgomery Boone
Annyet. Roberts Wright
Paris
A. J. Woodward
Kay Kimbell
Jewel Little Bryant
Denton
Charlie Bryant
Fay Eatherly Boyd
Wilbur Carter
Roy G. Robinson
Trenton
Pearl Truett Inzer
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