Whitewright Dial quirks and wartime timing reflections
In a column a reader recalls early dial phone quirks with last four digits and a FO prefix, notes two letter digit changes, and cites a Denison Herald item. The piece laments newspaper errors, warns about bilking ads, and mentions Mrs. W. B. Head’s Dallas renewal. It ends with musings on Ike’s possible second term and age in government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome McKinney
John Clift
Denison Herald
Whitewright
Denison
Johnson Pushes Back on Restoring Foreign Aid
Senate leaders clash over foreign aid levels after the House cuts. Johnson says the administration must present a stronger case to win Senate support, while Knowland cites a solid case for restoring funds. Eisenhower pleads for $4.4 billion, George leads a drive to regain $500 million.
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Washington
Johnson
Texas
Senate
House
Knowland
California
White House
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
George
Georgia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Methodist Church Sets Plans for Year and Revival
The Official Board met June 11 and outlined a new conference year with eleven committees including Policy and Pastoral Relations and Commission on Missions. Dad's Day June 17 will feature a 7:30 p.m. service and MYF at 6:30 p.m. A summer revival is planned July 13 to 22 with Rev. G. P. McCollum as pastor-evangelist.
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J. W. Polk
Dick Walker
R. A. Gillett
Clint Hennig
Sears Anderson
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
MYF
Ron Faison
Robert DeBerry
Roby Childress
Charles Ayres
Russell Summers
WSCS
J. W. Lackey
Olivia Whedbee
W. M. Pierson
Sarah Kilgree
Paul Ryan
Alice Ayres
Philip Earnheart
John Smith
Haskell Scott
Commission On Finance
Commission On Evangelism
Commission On Missions
Commission On Education
G. P. McCollum
First Methodist Church
Dallas
Singing Convention at Cedar Sunday Afternoon
L L Wendell reports the County Line Singing Convention will meet Sunday at 2 PM at Cedar. New songbooks are here and will be used alongside old favorites, inviting all to attend and sing.
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L. L. Wendell
Cedar
Mr. Wendell
Two Grizzled Mountaineers Meet in Town
Two seasoned mountaineers descend to town and exchange terse talk about home. One reveals his wife is angry and he himself is reluctant to push the issue, highlighting domestic friction in a rugged, rustic scene.
Ike deserves rest from presidency in final years
The speaker argues that Ike should spend his remaining years free from presidency worries and irritations, noting his long and faithful service to the country and stating there is a limit to what one man should be asked to do.
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Ike
Deaths Mrs. R. I. Scott 67 Funeral in Barnheart Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs. R. I. Scott age 67 were held Monday afternoon at Barnheart Chapel led by Rev. Howard McSpedden of Denton and Rev. John W. Polk of Whitewright. Burial followed at Pilot Grove Cemetery. She died at her Whitewright home at 6 am Sunday. She was born August 20, 1888 in Sherley Hopkins County Texas, daughter of Andrew N. and Mrs. Smith. She married R. I. Scott December 4, 1914 in Liberty and lived in Grayson County since. Surviving husband four sons a daughter two brothers two sisters and 11 grandchildren.
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R. I. Scott
Barnheart Chapel
Howard McSpedden
Denton
John W. Polk
Whitewright
Pilot Grove Cemetery
G. W. Scott
Haskell Scott
Rufus Scott
Otis Williams
Ewell Smith
Nolan Smith
Scott
Sherley
Hopkins County
Texas
Andrew N. Smith
Liberty
Grayson County
Sidney Scott
Irving
Robert Scott
San Antonio
Noel Scott
Richardson
Elvis Scott
Dallas
Joanne Powell
Terrell
Robert Smith
Omaha
G. R
Support Prices Hiked on Grains
The Agriculture Department announced higher 1956 crop support rates for oats barley grain sorghums and rye. Oats 65 cents a bushel barley 1.02 rye 1.27 and grain sorghums 1.97 per hundredweight, all for specified grade levels. These reflect 76 percent of parity as of May 1 versus 1955 rates of 61 94 1.18 and 1.78 respectively.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Navy weighs return to old style sailor pants closure
The Navy asks Secretary Charles S. Thomas to decide a belt and zipper dispute. After a 1948 ban on broad fall front uniforms, many old nine zipperless pants remain in use, and a survey by the uniform board supports resuming the traditional front closure.
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Washington
Navy
Charles S. Thomas
Navy Uniform Board
Thomas
Judge’s Edict Real Cool in Detroit Driving Case
Louis Donnoff, 22, admitted speeding to reach a lake and cool off. The judge sentenced him to five days in jail.
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Detroit
Louis Donnoff
Donnoff
Edgerton farmers open dairy bar to curb milk surplus
In Edgerton Wisconsin a group of 115 farmers has formed a dairy bar and restaurant to absorb excess milk. They plan to open seven more roadside outlets to handle their entire milk output and reduce oversupply.
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Edgerton
Wis
Grayson College Reunion Draws Ex-Students and Descendants
About a hundred out of town Grayson College alumni and descendants gathered for the annual Grayson College Ex-Students Association reunion. Janet Holsonbake of Hughes Springs won a $250 college scholarship. other scholarship finalists and cake contest winners were announced. a memorial service honored 29 deceased exes since the last meeting. Out-of-town registrants from Greenville, Sherman, Hughes Springs, Dallas, Paris, Garland, Lott and other areas attended.
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Grayson College
Janet Holsonbake
Hughes Springs
Bob Holsonbake
Holsonbake
Lou Ann Browning
Gainesville
Bobby Gentry
Trenton
Dorris Ann Wallace
Alice Ayres
Robert DeBerry
Whitewright
Nettie Pennington Groves
Denison
J. Maurice McMillin
Dallas
W. B
Benetta Connelly) Duncan
Austin
Betty Nan Carpenter
Fort Worth
Christian College
Columbia
Charlie Allen
DeWitt J. Burt
Charlie Covington
Bessie Butler Duke
Pearl Helms Dupree
Walter N. Fain
Rayte McMurry Gallaher
E. H. Gwaltney
Elmer Hale
Austin Jernigan
Jim T. Lackey
Ollie Payne Love
Parham Martin
Cora McDaniel Roberts
May Batsell Neather
Casey German Walker
Greenville
Nellie C. Tanner
Farry Welch
Delmer Gannon
Sherman
Farmersville
W. B. Holsonbake
Dianne Holsonbake
Gib Henslee
Farmers
Irving
Guy Dillon
Durant
Okla
Paul Penland
Trent Phillips
Judy
Lott
R. C. Browning
Granville Carpenter
Local onion crop pushes record high prices in Texas region
Onions in Whitewright Texas fetch a record 4.50 per bag for 625 bags destined to Philadelphia while broilers fetch 2.25. Poor crops in other areas push prices up as South Texas ships early, delaying North Texas sales. Jack Farley Griffin Dollar hids Jr. loaded the truck, cash on the barrelhead requested by a prospective buyer.
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Jack Farley
Griffin Dollarhids Jr
Philadelphia
B. Whitewright
Dollarhide
Texas
South Texas
North Texas
South Africa Youth Has Promising Hobby
Oklahoma City Mayor Allen Street mailed a genuine U S five dollar bill to Derek Wilson a South African schoolboy in Cape Town whose hobby is collecting foreign currency. Wilson asked for an American ten dollar bill to aid his geography work and Street sent five dollars in response noting many Americans share the hobby.
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Oklahoma City
Allen Street
Derek Wilson
Claremont
Capetown
South Africa
Mayor Street
Street
Car Driver Ignites Fire Believing Signs Directed Him
Kenneth Berchard 31 was stopped on Main Street in Manister as his car with a flat tire caught fire. He claimed he drove because there were no parking signs on the street, but police said friction from the flat tire started the blaze which firefighters quickly extinguished.
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Manister
Mich
Kenneth Berchard
Main Street
Names of readers and officers listed for association
A long list of names and addresses appears, naming individuals from Dallas to Fort Worth and Oklahoma, followed by a note that all officers of the association were reelected. The officers include Miss Gladys Ray Dallas first president George German Dallas first vice president Clarence McMillin Whitewright second vice-president Vera Hickman Whitewright recording secretary Adah Gillespie Whitewright corresponding secretary Joe Hamilton Whitewright treasurer.
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Fort Worth
Joe B. Dillon
Dallas
Irene M. Atterberry
Homer Gentry
Trenton
Bobby Gentry
W. B. Duncan
Austin
R. L. Allen
Frederick
Okla
Kay Kimbell
John Inter
D. B. Ray
Oklahoma City
May Griffin Biffle
Pauls Valley
Grady May
Farmersville
Maurice Joe Ahearne
Irving
Grady Riley
Nora Frank Harlin
Waurika
R. R. Fleming
Bells Frank Harlin
Wichita Falls
Floyd Williams
McKinney
C. B. Bryant III
Bonham
Edgar Wright
Fort Lewis
Wash
Charles Kelieher
Corpus Christi
Edwin May
Tishomingo
Alberta B. Everheart
Denison
Willa B. Kelley
J. F. Benton
George German
Robert German
Mahala B. Chandler
Anna
Berniece Chandler
Pearl Edwards Carter
Association
Gladys Ray
Whitewright
Clarence McMillin
Vera Hickman
Adah Gillespie
Joe Hamilton
Whitewright Plans Organization Meeting for Volunteer Fire Dept
A meeting at City Hall set for 8 p m Tuesday aims to organize the Whitewright volunteer fire department under state standards. Clarence Tillett cites county aid of 750 dollars yearly plus extra funds for out of town runs, with Grayson County Court showing willingness to adopt the program.
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Whitewright
Clarence Tillett
Texas
Tillett
Grayson County Commissioners
Odds Against Dixie Rebellion in Democratic ranks grows
Washington Democratic leaders said a Dixie rebellion seems unlikely this year as a South survey shows party regularity in the region. A potential crash point would be a liberal or civil rights platform at the Chicago convention, though the party’s ability to form a third faction remains doubtful. South Carolina may bolt, possibly backing a favorite son if no candidate wins the electoral majority, a path once used in 1800 and 1824. Thurmond notes no current push for independent electors, but concedes a third option could arise. The Dixiecrats carried the Deep South in 1948 with South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
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Washington, D. C
South
Chicago
House of Representatives
House
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
J. Strom Thurmond
D-6.c
Deep South
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Precinct Chairmen Meet Set Saturday in Sherman
Grayson County Democrats gather Saturday at 10 a m in the 59th District Courtroom for precinct chairmen to draw the ballot and prepare for the July primary election. The meeting is led by R C Slagle Jr the county Democratic chairman.
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Sherman
Grayson
R. C. Slagle Jr
59Th District
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