Baptist V B School Commencement Sunday Night
The First Baptist Church Vacation Bible School has grown to about 120 attendees despite bad weather. The commencement program will be Sunday evening June 19 from 7 15 to 8 15 with no Training Union and a display of handiwork by students in the basement for parents and visitors.
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First Baptist Church
Bible School
Cecil Johnson
South America
Southern Mission Board
Drake
WMS
House approves 302 million dollar annual military pay raise
The House voted to grant a 302 million dollar yearly pay raise for service members and officers, with a prior larger proposal rejected. Rep. Paul Kilday said the plan aims to attract career personnel, tying pay to rank and responsibility. First full fiscal year cost estimated at 346 million, 1952 at 316 million, then 302 million annually. A new disability retirement system would be created, and family allowances for enlisted personnel mostly eliminated.
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Washington, D. C
House
Paul Kilday
San Antonio
Senate
Kilday
Governor names Walter Cardwell to Texas Prison Board
Gov Beauford H Jester appoints Walter W Cardwell of Luling to the Texas Prison Board. Cardwell, an agriculture and soil specialist, chairs the Luling Foundation known for soil conservation and farm crop and livestock improvements. An X ray test can image metals at 100 per second.
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Austin
Beauford H. Jester
Walter W. Cardwell
Luling
Texas Prison Board
Cardwell
Luling Foundation
Whitewright Boy Scouts Enjoy Week at Texoma Camp
Ninety Whitewright scouts spent June 5 11 at Texoma Boy Scout Camp for canvas camping and training in ax work rope use knots lashings rescue compass wood craft fire building cooking tracking and camp life. Kelly Pierson and Grant Hoover led the week with a large Whitewright delegation noted as the largest from Sherman area council. O J Hammock scout commissioner praised the group and their camp experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Boy
Texoma
Kelly Pierson
Grant Hoover
David Reeves
William Simms
Johnny Stephens
Jackie Pannell
Larry Doty
Tenderfoot
J. Don Biggerstaff
John Chesser
Lyndall Pierson
Barry Blanton
Larry Cooper
Leon Simmons
Kenneth Jones
Jack Badgett
Star Scouts
Joe Wallace
Life Scouts
Whitewright
Sherman
O. J. Hammock
Frozen Food Demonstration Set by Local Company
A frozen food demonstration will be held June 23 at 2 30 PM at the American Legion Home under the auspices of C J Meador Truck and Tractor Co with Lurene Randolph from Texas State College for Women as demonstrator She will show freezing methods to preserve flavor and nutrients for vegetables fruits and meats along with home freezers prizes and refreshments offered free to attendees The event invites both men and women of the community to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Meador Truck & Tractor Co
International Harvester
Lurene Randolph
Texas State College For Women
American Legion Home
Sun Honor Roll Adds Week of Local Residents
The Sun lists new honorees for the past week including Mrs. Charles B. Sydon H. B. Smith Mrs. M. Z. Jones Clifford Pheobus J. A. Jones Floyd Harris C. W. Phillips Sr. R. J. Phillips Mrs. B. P. Wallace J. B. Russell W. R. Bryson C. J. Meador John W. Nash Jesse Wallace and J. G. Sloan.
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Sun
Charles B. Sydon
H. B. Smith
M. Z. Jones Clifford Pheobus
J. A. Jones
Floyd Harris
C. W. Phillips
R. J. Phillips
B. P. Wallace
J. B. Russell
W. R. Bryson C. J. Meador
John W. Nash
Jesse Wallace
J. G. Sloan
FDR Jr Takes Seat in House
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr was sworn in as a member of the U S House representing New York 20th District. He won a special election May 17 after Sol Bloom’s death with backing from Tammany Hall as Eleanor Roosevelt watched from the gallery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr
House
Franklin D
Eleanor) Roosevelt
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
New York
Tammany Hall
Sol Bloom
Vacation church school planned for children
The Westminister Fellowship of the First Presbyterian Church will hold a church school for ages six to sixteen during the week of July 11. A full program of study and recreation is being organized. The note adds that the first bicycle was made in Scotland in 1840.
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The
Westminister Fellowship of
First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterians Announce June Revival at First Church
The First Presbyterian Church invites the community to a revival from June 19 to June 25. Services start 8 a.m. Sundays and run through 8 p.m. Saturdays with 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. services daily. Evangelist Rev. Joseph J. Copeland of Denton leads the events. He trained at Trinity University and McCormick Seminary and has served in Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Joseph J. Copeland
Denton
Copeland
Mexia
Trinity University
McCormick Theological Seminary
Chicago
Frederick
Okla
Presbyterian Church
United States
Jury awards $37,013 in damages in railroad suit
M B Webb of Denison was awarded 37013.53 in personal damages against the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad. The verdict followed a week long trial in the 59th District Court before Judge Dowdy. Webb injured on duty in a Leonard wreck last year when his train struck a freight.
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Sherman
M. B. Webb
Denison
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company of Texas
W. C. Dowdy
Webb
Leonard
New Type Plane for Amateur Flying Emerges
Cambridge Massachusetts two college professors Otto Koppen of MIT and Lynn Bollinger of Harvard Business School claim to have created a flying helioplane for private use. It can fly as slow as 27 mph and land on a tennis court, while reaching a maximum of 112 mph. The design blends a conventional plane with helicopter features to reduce stall risk and allow low speed flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Otto O. Koppen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lynn Bollinger
Harvard Business School
Midwest Radar Diminutive Storm Network Tracks Tornadoes
Three midwest weather stations install radar to monitor tornado activity. The system aims to improve early warnings and disaster response through integrated data sharing and real time observations.
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Midwest
Donkey Softball Showdown Friday Night Benefit
The American Legion and Rotary Club sponsor a donkey softball game at 8 PM Friday to raise funds for equipping the new Legion home. Proceeds go to the Preston Everheart Post. organizers promise a memorable spectacle for supporters and curious crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Rotary Club
Preston Everheart Post
Meador Leads Texas A&M Architecture Students on European Trip
Joe Tom Meador son of Mr and Mrs C J Meador Whitewright a Texas A&M faculty associate professor of architecture departs by train for Chicago with a class. They charter a plane to Paris spend 15 to 20 days touring Europe then Madrid Rome Switzerland Belgium Holland Denmark and England guest of Lord and Lady Astor. They study modern city planning landscape architecture industrial buildings and low cost housing replacing bombed areas. Return to New York September 3.
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Joe Tom Meador
C. J. Meador
Whitewright
Texas A. & M
Chicago
Paris
France
Madrid
Spain
Rome
Italy
Switzerland
Belgium
Holland
Denmark
England
Lord and Lady Astor
Europe
New York
Revival at Church of Christ with Harold Holland preaching
The Church of Christ announces a revival starting Sunday June 26 led by minister Therman Healy. Harold Holland of Rockwood Tennessee will deliver the preaching.
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Therman Healy
Church of Christ
Harold Holland
Rockwood
Tenn
Church of Christ Plans Five Room Parsonage
Members of the Church of Christ have plans under way to build a modern five room parsonage with bath on the lots east across the street from the church. Part of the material has been placed on the lots.
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Church of Christ
Bonham Permits Required for Itinerant Photographers
Bonham police reminded residents that city ordinance requires itinerant photographers to obtain a permit and post a performance bond. A crew of picture solicitors was arrested after contacting residents, arranging settings, and taking down payments, with money returned. Police noted past complaints about book and magazine salesmen and related thefts blamed on them.
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Bonham
McKissack
Rains Bring Benefit to Whitewright Crops
Whitewright reports steady beneficial rains over the past week with no damaging storms. Farmers say Monday and Monday night rain boosted cotton and corn prospects, while the onion harvest began with 75 Mexican workers and good yields above average.
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Whitewright
Lightning kills war veteran on tractor near Ector
Riley Beazley 33 died when struck by lightning while plowing near his home a mile south of Ector He was a World War II veteran who served about 50 months overseas His funeral was held at Marvin Methodist Church northeast of Whitewright with burial at Willow Wild Cemetery in Bonham Surviving family includes wife DeMaris Ball daughter Ryleen 22 months and multiple siblings and parents
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Marvin Methodist Church
Whitewright
Riley Beazley
Lindley Vowell
Ector
Willow Wild Cemetery
Bonham
Walter Massey
James Massey
S. D. Blackerby
C. C. Burton
Louie Massey
Wm. Stanford
Beazley
Ely
W. T. Beazley
Whitewright High School
Methodist Church
DeMaris Ball
Ryleen
Curtis
Neal
Dave
Chat Beazley
Johnnie Beazley
Trenton
W. Y. Reagan
Riley Smith
Bale of Cotton Sells For 2528 dollars in Houston race
A pickup truck delivered the first bale of 1949 Texas cotton to Houston, selling for 2528.20 dollars. Joe Acosta of McAllen won with a 512 pound bale classed strict low middling inch and one sixteenth, bought by Col Jake Lambert for 103? no final.
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Houston
Texas
Joe Acosta
Rio Grande Valley
McAllen
Acosta
Harlingen
John R. Campbell
Col
Jake Lambert
Anderson, Clayton & Company
Knee Temperature Readings Challenge Body Heat Norms
In Philadelphia two men used a new electric thermometer to measure knee joint temperature. Readings reached 90.3 degrees, well below the accepted 98.6. Dr J M Benjamin Jr of the University of Pennsylvania and Steven M Horvath of Moore School report the experiments in Science. The Everglades surface lies under 20 feet above sea level.
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Philadelphia
J. M. Benjamin Jr
University of Pennsylvania
Graduate School of Medicine
Steven M. Horvath
Moore School of Electrical Engineering
Science
Whitewright Chamber Holds Rain-Soaked Annual Meeting
Ninety members attended the Whitewright Chamber of Commerce annual meeting despite a heavy rainstorm. Jack Meador and Geo M Hight were reelected president and vice president. new directors are O W Barker W E LaRoe C B Bryant III Clyde Craig.
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Whitewright
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
American Legion
Dispatch
Jack Meador
Geo. M. Hight
O. W. Barker
W. E. LaRoe
C. B. Bryant III
Clyde Craig
Roby Child
Perry Kite
Janis Horton
Margaret Hight
Wright
W. F. Wright
Sherman
Denison
Longview
Pilot Grove
Three university groups study Texoma fish habits all summer
18 graduate students from the University of Oklahoma led by Carl Riggs aboard a U S Engineers floating lab start a summer survey of Lake Texoma fish. Texas A and M biology students join a Red River to Texoma study. A third group works upstream to downstream to share findings for fish conservation and plans for good fishing.
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Lake Texoma
Texoma
University of Oklahoma
Carl Riggs
University
The
U. S. Engineers
Texas A. & M
Red River
Southwest
Game and Fish Departments
Grayson College Ex-Students Plan Reunion in Whitewright
Plans for the Grayson College Ex-Students Association reunion are set for Whitewright on Sunday June 26. The annual meeting moves from the fourth Sunday in August to accommodate more members with morning and afternoon sessions and two panel discussions featuring Harve Penland Dallas and J. J. D. Cobb Tulsa Oklahoma. Full details will appear in next week's Sun.
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Grayson College Ex-Students’ Association
Whitewright
Harve Penland
Dallas
J. J. D. Cobb
Tulsa
Okla
the Sun
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Roy Blanton
Wilson Kaiser
E. W. Fields
S. T. Montgomery
Boy Scouts
Fdr JR
Scotland
Herr Kaminsky
Berlin
Kaminsky
Presbyterians
Joe Meador
Lightning
the Everglades
Grayson College
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