Whitewright Housing Project Awards New Architect Contract
Roy Blanton announces that Paul G Bentley & Associates of Dallas will design Whitewright's 16 federal housing units on East Main Street near the Kaiser home. The plan follows delays caused by architect profit disputes and includes twelve white and four negro units with authority members Griffin Dollarhide George Hight George Brown and B W Newman listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Blanton
Whitewright Housing Authority
the Sun
Paul G. Bentley & Associates
Dallas Architects
Whitewright
Blanton
Congress
East Main Street
John Kaiser
Housing Authority
Mr. Blanton
Griffin Dollarhide
George Hight
George Brown
B. W. Newman
Eightpoint polio battle plan outlined by Texas Health Dept
State Health Officer Geo W Cox outlined an eightpoint program to curb polio in Texas. Focus areas include eliminating fly breeding sites cleaning urban shelters and debris removal sewerage systems pure water food protection and regular inspections. He urged homeowners to maintain cleanliness and warned that spraying alone won t stop polio and lasting city sanitation takes years.
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Austin
State Department of Health
Geo. W. Cox
Texas
Cox
Huge Crowd Greets Gen Ike At Denison
Whitewright residents helped Denison welcome General Dwight D. Eisenhower on a Saturday visit. An estimated 35 000 to 40 000 filled Main street and the highway as Ike rode in a convertible to his birthplace shrine. He later spoke at Forest Park to several thousand.
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Whitewright
Denison
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert Doss
John Clift
Denison Herald
Sun
General Eisenhower
Perrin Field
Ike
Charley Sherrard
Main Street
Mr. Doss
Forest Park
Funeral Friday for J Y Russell in Nederland
Funeral services for J Y Russell 34 of Nederland set for 2 p m Friday at First Methodist Church conducted by Rev Joe M Connelly and Rev Harold Taylor with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. He was killed in a traffic accident early Wednesday and survived by wife Erline Garrett and daughter Joetta along with parents Otto and Mrs Russell and siblings.
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J. Y. Russell
First Methodist Church
Joe M. Connelly
McKinney
Harold Taylor
Oak Hill Cemetery
Earnheart
Davis Funeral Home
Nederland
Russell
Whitewright
J. Y
Otto Russell
North Texas State College
Denton
Erline Garrett
Ardmore
Okla
Methodist Church
Joetta
Funeral services for Jasper W. Gunter 64 retired farmer
Funeral services were held at the First Methodist Church for Jasper W. Gunter 64 a retired farmer who died after a nine day illness in Sherman. The service was led by Rev R L Cates of Collinsville and Rev Harold Taylor with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Surviving are his wife five sons and six daughters two sisters one brother and nine grandchildren.
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First Methodist
John E. Everheart
Harold Taylor
Oak Hill Cemetery
Earnheart
R. A. Gillett
F. G. Hoover
Homer Sears
Jack Lackey
Roy Blanton
Grady Gillett
Everheart
Sherman
Atlanta
W. R
Sarah Davis
Grayson County
Canaan
Whitewright
Methodist Church
Ira Kirkpatrick
Austin Stedham
Salina
Kan
Bob Everheart
Jack D. Everheart
Corsicana
Ham Davis
Allen Reed
J. H. Allen
Memah Beard
Fresno
Calif
J. H. Wilkins
Lubbock
Jasper W. Gunter
First Methodist Church
R. L. Cates
Collinsville
A. L. Biggerstaff
Lynn Cooper
George Bennett
Roy Taylor
Bennie Thornhill
Clarence Tillett
Mr. Gunter
Rossville
Texas
Randolph Methodist Church
Clearland
Tenn
H. W. Gunter
Jackson
F. M. Gunter
M. L. Williams
Granbury
Forrest Gilbert
Van
Frank R. Gunter
Wesley Gunter
Jasper Gunter Jr
W. L. Crawford
J. B. Thornhill
Hattie Gunter
Beulah Gunter
Mary Shuler
Una Goins
Cleveland
Robert Gunter
Georgia
Funeral rites for former Whitewright resident
Fred Benton, longtime Katy depot clerk and former Whitewright resident, died in Fort Worth last Thursday night. Funeral services were held at Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth Saturday with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cook of Whitewright. his wife was the former Cordelia Yeager of Whitewright.
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Fred Benton
Whitewright
Fort Worth
Broadway Baptist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Paul Cook
Benton
Katy
Cordelia Yeager
Funeral services for Mrs Nina England held in Camden Ark
Funeral services for Mrs Nina Grace England of Bells are held this afternoon at Camden Arkansas with burial in Salem Cemetery. She died at home in Bells on Tuesday. Born July 28 1921 in Arkansas she was daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Trude. Survived by husband Lester England daughter Lynda Ann Dunn mother Maggie Fay Trude two sisters C B Cathey and Fay Dell Trude and a brother Frank Trude.
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Nina Grace England
Bells
Camden
Ark
Salem Cemetery
England
Arkansas
William H. Trude
Lester England
Maggie Fay Trude
C. B. Cathey
Crossett
Fay Dell Trude
Pennsylvania
Frank Trude
William A. Robinson Rites Held After Sherman Death
William A. Robinson 77 a retired cotton and grain buyer native of Whitewright died Monday at his Sherman home Funeral services were held Wednesday at a local church with burial in Sherman Cemetery.
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William A. Robinson
Whitewright
Sherman
Weather shows half inch rain in Whitewright in June
June rainfall in Whitewright totaled only 0.50 inch per Ray and Charley Cates of the City Water Department. Rain fell 0.02 inch on June 3 and 0.48 inch on June 5, with 21 dry days hurting crops including corn. Last June had 6.98 inches, and a wet spell in June ended July 2 with 2.14 inches.
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Whitewright
Ray
Charley Cates
City Water Department
Shift Claimed in Ike's Favor
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge announced a significant shift in delegate sentiment boosting General Dwight D. Eisenhower toward the Republican nomination on either the second or third ballot at the Chicago convention. Lodge, Eisenhower's campaign manager, did not identify where the shift occurred and met with Eisenhower and aides to discuss the development.
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Denver
Colo
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chicago
Ill
Lodge
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
General Eisenhower
Vestal Elected THDA Delegate At Grayson Council Meeting
Mrs. R. A. Vestal was chosen as a voting delegate to the THDA state convention in Kingsville August 26 to 28. A 12 year Grayson County 4-H club veteran, she has held every club office, served in many districts, and now presides the local club in her second year while also acting on the 4-H county committee.
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Grayson Council
Texas Home Demonstration Association
R. A. Vestal
Kingsville
Vandals Warned About Scout Hut
The Whitewright Boy Scout committee asks The Sun to warn offenders that breaking into the scout hut is illegal. The hut is under surveillance and those caught will be prosecuted.
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Whitewright Boy Scout Committee
the Sun
Watches and magnetism ideas mocked by British Medical Journal
The British Medical Journal rejected claims that personal magnetism or electricity can stop watches. It suggested the notion came from excitable or gullible people, and even stingy buyers of cheap watches. The text also notes a biographical memorial mentioning Mr. Robinson born Sept. 25, 1874, with details of his family and descendants.
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London
Thursday
Whitewright Homecoming Draws Hundreds From Area
Attendance estimates ranged from 500 to 1100 with others counting in the thousands. Registration filled the gym with many out of town visitors, and a two hour picnic fed people in the school cafeteria.
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Whitewright
Bob Cantrell
Fred Conn
Denison Herald
American Legion Hall
Tom Blanton
Sherman
Reunion
Tom Sears
91 Year Old Invalid Wants Letters for Birthday
A Dayton reader requests birthday cards for Betty Conibear who turns 91 on July 17. She has lived in Dallas since 1908, is bedbound after a hip injury, and hopes readers send greetings to Mrs. E H Conibear, 126 S Montreal, Dallas 8, Texas. Her children include A L Jackson and S L Jackson. Last line notes traffic injuries in 1951.
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Dayton
Ohio
Whitewright
Betty
Marie
Dallas
John F. Jackson
Sherman
E. H. Conibear
Conibear
A. L. Jackson
New York
S. L. Jackson
Lewisville
Tex
Marie Jackson
Grandma Betty
S. Montreal
Texas
A. L. Jackson, JR
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Sudbury
Mass
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THDA
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Blanket
Nanny Ellis
Abilene
Liar Dodd
Henrietta
Grayson Exes
Grayson College Ex-Students Association
Joe Graves
Gomer
Buster) Graves
Joe Mangrum
Young Graves
National Honor Society
Pansy Maxberry
Emhouse
Fern Greenhaw
Mixon
Fred Kribbs Jr
Highland Park
Lillian Ann Wright
Los Angeles
Florena Williams
Gladys Ray
George German
Adah Gillespie
Vera Hickman
Olive Myrick
Joe Hamilton
Dick Barbee
General Assembly
Jack Harper
Gilmer
Grayson College
W. C. Cummings
Chamber of Commerce
Sears
Emmet Penn
James Bryant
Lucian LaRoe
Lee Wilborn
Carrie Hamilton
Glen Earnheart
Emory Christian
E. E. Benson
Earl Blanton
Arthur Lacy
Delia Moore Langston
Ruth Southerland Wallis
Mary Davis German
Albert Truett
Eula Sears Bryant
Fay Cameron
Grace Ball Tyler
Rachel Montgomery Kimbell
Lewis Holland
Marian Simmons McMillin
Pascal Cox
Charley Bryant
Charley Sanders
Geneva Carr Peterson
Earl Wallace
Gertrude Holland Gillett
John Yeager
William Hudspeth
Kathleen Hudspeth
Sam Malone
Katy Nell Pierce Yeager
Arthur Badgett
Reuel Thomson
Basil Thomson
Jim Sears
Cora Lee Hoard Payne
Kate Thomas Evans
Claussie Glidewell
Preston Everheart
Lester Ross
Greenville
Ona Belle Hampton
Boyd
Winnie Newman
Elizabeth Hedgpeth Canafax
Vernon
Velma Bennett Russey
Lucian Wilborn
John Haden
Durant
Leon Bennett
Salinas
Mildred Holcomb Ricks
Roger Holcomb
Harold Wilson
Slaton
Mary Carter Thomas
Tom Bean
Ethelyne Lee
John Chandler
Anna
Elliott Thomas
Julia Nicholson Biles
Ada
Guy
Nora Kirkpatrick Dillon
J. A. Cockrell
Clarksville
Buster Graves
Lillian Ray Coffey
Clovis
N. M
Irene McMillin Atterberry
Charles Kelleher
Aqua Dulce
R. P. Montgomery
A. J. Fiorini
Alfred Schwiening
Sonora
Lillian Slusher
Kate K. Simpson
Bessie Woosley Butler
Trenton
Sam Montgomery
Houston
Grafton Montgomery
Blanche Montgomery Conn
Nell Montgomery Giles
R. L. Giles
James R. Brown
San Antonio
Mildred Benedict Bow
Caldwell
Idaho
Jo Willa Stuteville Morton
Irving
Joe Weldon Carr
San Angelo
Burl Davenport
James N. Lackey
Ray F. Brown
E. Sandlin
Nevada
Willa Biggerstaff Kelly
J. N. Fain
J. Frank Benton
Walker A. Brents
Hazel Ray Ferguson
P. J. McKenzie
Gae Hollingsworth
Lucille Hamilton
Marguerite Smith
Charley Lewis
J. H. Graves
Hayden M. Hamilton
Trent A. Phillips
Lott
Bess Barbee Benish
Lois Anderson Allen
J. W. Warren
Betty Allen Brannon
J. P. Brannon
B. B. Dobbs
Margaret Sears Delgado
Emmagene Sears Keith
Mary Hestand Stokes
Jo Hestand
Walter B. Hestand
W. H. Preuit
Mark Montgomery Jr
Garland
C. B. White
Robert D. Montgomery
Mark Montgomery
Faye Cameron
Walter H. Bogle
Evelyn Ayres Cameron
W. F. Holland
Marguerite Montgomery Boone
Jack Barbee
Lindale
Martha Barbee
Clyde Johnson Miller
Midland
Roland Cox
Fontana
Malcolm Williams
Corpus Christi
Claud
Olive Neff Cox
Bertha Cox
Myrtle Marsh Fain
Walter A. Fain
George Brannon
Velma Kirkpatrick Grant
Bonham
Marvin N. Smith
Frederic G. Tacquard
Grover B. Smith
Rham Pennington
John T. Patillo
Jane Tacquard
Fred G. Tacquard
Helen Greenway
Bill Ross Diamond
Paul Penland
J. Frank Wilson
Macon
Bessie Horton Owens
Helen Wilson
J. A. Stateville
Frank Roberts
Pottsboro
Claire Doss Simmons
Kaufman
James G. Simmons
Gladys Sears Holland
Wichita Falls
Joe T. May
Fred Moore
E. P. McIver
Dee Smith
George Tree
Blue Ridge
T. Fender May
Jacksonville
D. R. Everheart
N. B. Nicholson
Farmersville
Oscar Lyons
Bonnie Nicholson
Rusk
Quinton Nicholson
Aleta B. Head
W. B. Head
Roy Whitt
Bryan
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