Pilot Grove News Highlights Local Births Marriages and Services
Victor Biggerstaff joins the Army as a mechanic at the A and M College training school. Several births announced including a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Charley Holland and a girl to Dr. C. C. and Minnie Harmon Pirtle of Denison. Weddings include Albert Truett and Verba Benton. Gladys Sears and Dr. Lewis B. Holland. Velma Kirkpatrick and Robert William Grant. Local deaths note Walter P. Judd in New Mexico and Z. W. Bronson in Pilot Grove. service calls for Charlie Rhodes and Taylor Scott. Community notes cover clubs, park use, and a baby’s burial in City Cemetery.
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Victor Biggerstaff
A. & M. College Training School
Charley Holland
Lloyd Becheler
Grover Gillett
W. T. Truett
Verba Benton
Fort Worth
Walter P. Judd
J.D. Judd
Pilot Grove
Camp Cody
Deming
N. M
Charlie Rhodes
Taylor Scott
Gladys Sears
Lewis B. Holland
T. H. Sears
Bethel Home Demonstration Club
Gip Sloan
Jesse Blanton
O. S. Sloan
Howard Hedgpeth
Georgia Gosnell
John Denton
Moss Bishop
Sherman
City
Baptist Church
Pilot Grove Creek
Fae Woods
Clyde Montgomery
Maggie Horton
Bettie Lou McLean
Mary Louise Noe
Hester Martin
Percy Rayon
Hazel McLean
Z. W. Bronson
Velma Kirkpatrick
Robert William Grant
Kansas City
Sears Named City Health Officer As Doss Passes Away
Dr. R L Sears appointed city health officer and accepts the post. Dr W J Doss died at his East Whitewright home at 4 a m Saturday. Mrs B G Gowdy and daughters plus Gladys Ray returned from Chicago World’s Fair. A Commerce area farmer sold 97 bales of cotton at ten cents a pound totaling 4905 dollars. Scouts at scout cabin included James Hughes Jim Pat Meador Mark Montgomery Jr Jack Meador O A Hefner Jack Lewis Yeager Fred Coley Alber L Jackson Fred Starr Jr Hamilton Vestal Merriwell Vineyard Quinton Nicholson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Sears
W. J. Doss
East Whitewright
B. G. Gowdy
Lena Mae
Sallie Joe Gowdy
Gladys Ray
Chicago
Commerce
James Hughes
Jim Pat Meador
Mark Montgomery Jr
Jack Meador
O. A. Hefner
Jack Lewis Yeager
Fred Coley
Alber L. Jackson
Fred Starr Jr
Hamilton Vestal
Merriwell Vineyard
Quinton Nicholson
Veteran Questions And Answers on VA Benefits
Questions about continuing education during summer for dependent daughter and GI loan guaranty sharing for spouses with VA, wheelchair home plans provided, and possible disability compensation increases after training injuries. Answers confirm summer payments with study resumption, 60 percent loan guaranty up to 15000, free VA approved plans, and potential rate increase after VA adjudication.
Donald the duck keeps company with a collie in Mississippi
In Jackson Mississippi Mr and Mrs T C Denham report their duck Donald acts like a dog. He eats, sleeps and plays with Shep the collie and even shares Shep's meat. Donald becomes jealous and bites Shep's tail when anyone pets the dog.
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Jackson
Miss
T. C. Denham
Donald
Shep
Denhams
Denison Manufacturing Company Ltd Forms Limited Partnership
Notice of formation for a limited partnership in Texas. Denison Manufacturing Company Ltd to manufacture furniture and wood products. General partners Charles Denison and Ernie Hudson of Denison Texas. John V. Lattimore as special partner contributing 500 dollars. Partnership begins June 3 1953 ends June 3 1963. published in Whitewright Sun June 4 11 18 25 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison Manufacturing Company, Ltd
Charles Denison
Denison
Grayson Couny
Texas
Ernie Hudson
Grayson County
John V. Lattimore
Whitewright
Bumping in Government Jobs Over Spending Cuts
Federal staffing circles brace for a wave of dismissals as a bumping system moves workers between grades to avert pink slips. The process, driven by budget cuts, sees career and temporary employees displacing others within their department and local area, with final layoffs tied to the end of the fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Defense Manpower Administration
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pigeon Hole Desk Cleanser Reflects on Sorting
A brief epigram notes the habit of spending long hours organizing a desk or drawer. The speaker confesses the challenge of deciding what to keep or discard and jokes that the act changes nothing, only rearranges items.
Texas farmers advised to play it close
Texas agriculture commissioner John C. White outlined a grim 1953 farm outlook with high costs and low prices. He urged water conservation, minimizing outside labor, and limiting short-term debt to protect profits despite a reduced cotton and wheat yield potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Austin
John C. White
White
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Texas Telephone
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C. H. Beseda
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Babelone
Babcock Auto Store
Whitewright, Texas
White Cross
George M. Hight
Whitewright, Tex
Bankers Life & Casualty Company
Reddy
Reddy Kilowatt
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