Whitewright Post Office Reforms Delivery and Hours
The Whitewright Post Office will implement revised mail handling and delivery procedures starting Saturday July 11 to offset rising costs without reducing service. Weekday hours stay 8:00 am to 4:30 pm with 5:00 pm dispatch. Saturday changes include 9:00 to 10:00 am lobby, curbside out-of-town mail by 5:00 pm, and later rural carrier departures. Correctly addressed ZIP coded mail remains on schedule. For questions call 364-2650.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Biggerstaff
Biggerstaff
Care Rnzr
Greenville
Eminds
Whitewright
Whitewright approves longer school term and higher teacher pay
Public school teachers will see pay raises averaging about 1050 per year for 1970 71 with a 180 day term and 10 extra non teaching days. Beginning teachers move to 10 months at 600 per month and 6000 per year under the 1969 minimum foundation program revisions. Texas aims to rise from 38th in 1969 70 average pay as part of a long range plan.
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Whitewright
Texas
State Board of Education
Board of Trustees
Showplace of Whitewright shines as 1910 Sears Home earns landmark tag
The Texas Historical Society notes the T H Sears Home in Whitewright as the show place of Whitewright. Built in 1910 by T H Sears it sits on land grant land with 13 rooms and two baths. The house retains many original furnishings including an antique dresser and table. In 1967 it was recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark.
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T.H. Sears
Texas Historical Society
Whitewright
Kirkpatrick
Sears
Litta May Sears
Joseph Sears
Texas State Historical Sureey Committee
Texas Historical Foundation
Grayson County adopts jury exemption plan to save costs
District officials announce a new procedure to streamline the jury wheel and cut county expenses. Citizens may claim annual jury exemption using a notary sworn form available at the tax assessor collector and district clerk offices, due by July 31, 1970. Up to 5000 names could be removed from the wheel, with annual requalification for exemptions.
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Grayson County
E.R. Brodhead
Sherman
Texas
Flying Scotsman Tour Delayed Then Regains Schedule in Texas
The Flying Scotsman steamed through Whitewright en route from Waco to Denison after a day’s delay. A trailer wheel jumped the track at Waco during foggy switching, the wheel was reset and the journal turned, repairs finished in time for the Whitewright stop. Grandchildren of Mr and Mrs Noel Miller rode to Denison, with locals among onlookers including the Brooks and Doss families. The locomotive, famed for its London to Edinburgh run at 100 mph, was restored by Alan Pegler after restoration costs totaling $7,650.
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Whitewright
Waco
Denison
Noel Miller
Phillip
Joanne Mamman
Irving
Carol Miller
Kentuckytown
Gwen
Barry Earwood
Blue Ridge
Flying Scoresman
Katy
D.D. Brooks
Harold Doss
Albert Marmman
Barwood
Flying Scotsman
London
Edinburgh
England
Alan Pegler
The
Scotsman
Three Die in Roseburg Slaying Tied to Jackson Family
In Roseburg Oregon on June 10 Richard Ruben Norton 29 was charged with the shotgun deaths of his wife Nancy Carol 22 Floyd E Jackson 42 and Margaret Jackson 41 former Whitewright residents. The family was killed shortly before 10 p.m. in their home. Norton faces murder charges in the triple slaying.
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Floyd Edward Jackson
Whitewright
Roseburg
Oregon
Mr. Jackson
Jack Farley
Richard Ruben Noreton
Norton
Nancy Carol
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Post Office
Bruce Bodine
Whitewright Landmark
Richard Walker
Jackson
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