Fire razed Whitewright business district in 1911 disaster
Fifty years ago on June 12 1911 a trash fire in Whitewright spread rapidly due to a broken water plant and strong winds destroying the entire south main block and most of the north side. The Steinlein Lively store and city buildings burned while the First National Bank survived. Reconstruction began quickly over several years.
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Whitewright
Harve Lively
Main Street
Steinlein & Lively Dry Goods
First National Bank
Bond Street
Woosley Corner
Ed Doss
Penn Apartments
Denison Fire Department
Steinlein & Lively
Telephone
City Hall
Grover Stateville
Lively
Road to Dam on 75 A to Open Saturday
Denison engineers expect 75 A Road to Dam to reopen Saturday after emergency bridge repairs on Shawnee Creek. Worker Solomon cited gummy fill slowing progress and said detour signs will remain while heavy traffic is steered away from the spillway area. Lake Texoma continued to fall reaching 643.15 feet at its peak on June 5 and 640 feet at spillway level today.
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Lake Texoma
Rainfall Measured in Whitewright After Weeklong Drought
Light rain fell yesterday afternoon in Whitewright with .21 inches recorded on the city gauge. It marks the first measurable rainfall in over a week, offering farmers a brief boon as they continue to catch up on work after dry spells.
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Whitewright
Postal Chief Threatens Cuts Without Funds
Postmaster General Summerfield told a House subcommittee that without an extra 149.5 million dollars Congress must approve by July 1 the Postal Service will end all Saturday deliveries, close many post offices and drop new service initiatives. He noted Congress previously trimmed the request to 58 million and warned further cutbacks would affect rural delivery, money orders sales, and employee leave. The department funds operations from Congress and cannot use higher receipts to cover rising costs.
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Washington
Summerfield
Congress
House
Post Office Department
Department
Eisenhower
Subcommittee
Treasury Department
Poke a Hole and Blow Example on Knowledge
A college trained man notes that severe drought through winter into spring and summer threatens crops. The remark illustrates how knowledge helps anticipate agricultural risk and plan mitigation.
Pounding Preachers and Market Ups and Downs
The writer recalls a headline about Rev. George Loden and comments on church members pounding a preacher’s door to gain entry. He notes the old custom and then shifts to a joke about the President causing a market stumble and rebound, asking why the market reacts so sharply.
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Panola County
the Watchman
George Loden
High Farmer Retirement Rate Surprises Social Security
Self-employed farmers are retiring about four times faster than expected as 1956 claims flood Baltimore offices. Since April 1956 when the 1954 amendment opened eligibility for $400 earnings, 160000 claims were filed. A later broadened coverage has pushed total farmer claims to 400000 this year, with survivors benefits also sought by widows and children. Factors include prior wage credits, age, information leaflets, and farm succession plans. States with high retirement include North Dakota Nebraska Missouri Kentucky Tennessee Alabama. lower rates occur in California Arizona New Mexico New Jersey Louisiana and six northern states.
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Social Security Administration
Baltimore
Congress
Agriculture Department
Treasury, Post Office
Capitol Hill
Benton Strong
Phil Strong
Strong
Iowa
John C. Ellickson
Ellickson
North Dakota
Nebraska
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
California
Arizona
New Mexico
New Jersey
Louisiana
Wheat Growers Vote On Marketing Quotas June 20
Wheat farmers in Texas will vote June 20 in a referendum on marketing quotas for the 1958 crop. Quotas depend on at least two thirds supporting them. outcome affects price support levels and penalties for excess wheat. Ballots cast at local polling places. questions directed to county ASC offices. Also note free Texas travel map release by the Texas Highway Department with expanded details and new cartographic system.
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New
Tex
Soil Bank
Shramner
ASC
Masonic Bodies Elect Officers in Whitewright
Three Whitewright Masonic bodies elected officers for the year starting June 23. Current officers include A. B. Jones as high priest and James H. Gosnell as king, with W. H. Stedham as treasurer and R. R. Summers as secretary among multiple posts.
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Whitewright
A. B. Jones
James H. Gosnell
King
B. W. Newman
W. H. Stedham
R. R. Summers
Joe B. Chitwood
Bells
M. W. McLauchlin
Joan Biggerstaff
Wallace Wilson
Clint C. Hennig
Texas Board raises high school graduation standards
The Texas State Board of Education enacted tougher graduation rules increasing required credits from eight to ninety four percent of the 16 credits, raising the minimum teachers per 12 grade school from seven to eight, and adding mandatory English, history, government, math and science courses with optional language or vocational substitutes. Schools must implement for ninth graders this fall and for the 1958 1959 year, with plans to possibly raise requirements to 20 by 1961 and to include a guidance program for college entrance and aptitudes.
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Austin
Texas
State Board of Education
A. R. Blevins
Amarillo
Man jailed after whisky found in washing machine
Tupelo Mississippi reports John Hoskins was jailed after police found four bottles of whisky in his washing machine while searching for illegal liquor. The arrest follows a raid on his home amid Mississippi dry law enforcement.
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Tupelo
Miss
John Hoskins
Hoskins
Mississippi
Ohio stamp buyer calls dealer a crook over missing stamp
An Ohio collector accuses a stamp dealer of fraud after receiving a packet with 1,294 stamps instead of the 1,295 advertised. He cites this discrepancy as proof of dishonest advertising in the philatelic paper's columns.
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Ohio
Judith Phillips Wins Grayson College Ex-Students Award
Judith Phillips of Lott received the 250 scholarship from the Grayson College Ex-Students Association at the reunion. She was valedictorian and the committee’s unanimous pick among three candidates. Janet Holsonbake, last year’s winner, reported on her year at Low Morris College. About 150 attended. officers were reelected.
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Judith Phillips
Lott
Grayson College
Miss Phillips
Trent Phillips Jr
Robert O. Johnson
Austin
Allen Stevens
Fort Davis
Janet Holsonbake
Low Morris College
Jacksonville
Association
Savoy Ex-Students Plan 21st Halsell Reunion
Halsell College Ex-Students Association voted to hold their 21st reunion next year on the second Sunday of June despite dwindling attendance. This year marked the 20th annual Halsell College reunion at Savoy with 21 ex-students registered and 37 visitors. Four ex-students died during the past year.
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Savoy
Halsell College Ex-Students Association
Halsell College
Tornado Record Broken Five Times This Year
Washington report notes five all-time tornado records set in January to April including 300 for first four months, 624 for five months, 236 in April, 324 in May and 324 for a month. Weather Bureau calls it a very severe year due to persistent patterns and westward trough near the Rockies.
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Washington
U. S
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Gulf of Mexico
Canada
Arctic
Bells Takes Over Cemetery Upkeep
The city of Bells will assume maintenance of North Cemetery and Rose Hill Cemetery. Mayor J E Dopson says the move follows these cemeteries being inside city limits and will begin with a hired keeper and a power mower. Annual contributions are requested: five dollars per single lot, ten dollars for up to four lots, with a per family cap of twenty dollars.
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Dopson
Noted Pair Ties Knot Despite Height Difference
Cheman England residents Lan Seager, 38, three feet tall, and Anne Burrough, 23, five feet six inches, married on Saturday. Seager said they are in love and hopeful, despite the height difference.
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Cheman
England
Lan Seager
Anne Burrough
Seager
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