Grayson College Ex-Students Reunion Celebrates Legacy
The 11th Grayson College Ex-Students Association reunion drew about 350 attendees with two members from the 1889 graduating class present. The gathering featured a Memorial scholarship award of 250 dollars to Anna Jo Riley, officers elected, a program of debates and songs, and a luncheon where ex-students shared stories and memories. Telegrams arrived from ex-students in eleven states, and many alumni registered from across Texas and nearby states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson College
Laud German Phippen
Dallas
W. B. Duncan
Austin
Joe Pender
Denton
R. O. Yates
Fort Worth
Joe Hembree
McLean
Hattie Dyer Rainey
Durant
Oklo
Pender
S. T. Montgomery
Whitewright
Lillian Ray Coffey
W. C. French
Washington, D. C
Anna Jo Riley
Trenton
Riley
Grady Riley
J. F. Anderson
North Texas State College
Gladys Ray
George German
Alberta Bryant Everheart
Vera Kirkpatrick Hickman
Ada Truett Gillespie
Joe B. Hamilton
E. L. Silliman
Sherman
Oran L. Sears
Mildred Anderson Riley
Sun Honor Roll Adds Wide List of Subscribers
The Sun lists numerous new honor roll subscribers after renewed commitments for another year. Included are C. D. Beazley Albert L. Jackson Jr. William N. Leard J. L. Ashlock Mrs. Obie Rutledge and many others across Texas and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
C. D. Beazley
Albert L. Jackson Jr
William N. Leard
J. L. Ashlock
Obie Rutledge
C. H. Craig
H.C. Willis
Emmet Penn
B. W. Newman
W. R. Cox Boyd Newman
Victoria Denham
Minnie Harmon Pirtle
J. Don Biggerstaff
Mifrl Ryan
W. T. Beazley
F. E. Copeland
Reagan Torrance
D. M. Rich
Dan Hollingsworth
Future Farmers Get Loaned Half Ton Chevrolet Truck
The Chase Chevrolet Company of Sherman loaned a half ton Chevrolet truck to the Whitewright Future Farmers Chapter. O V Barker agriculture teacher and students will use the truck for class projects replacing a school bus, with insurance as the only expense. The truck will be replaced when a new model is released and was displayed in the business section with a sign bearing the FFA emblem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase Chevrolet Company
Sherman
Whitewright
Future Farmers
O. V. Barker
FFA
Whitewright Future Farmers
Mechanical cotton pickers cut delta costs by $2 per hundred
The Agriculture Department said mechanical pickers save Mississippi delta farmers up to 2.08 dollars per hundred pounds of cotton. Harvesting by machine averaged 2.42 dollars per hundred pounds in 1947 versus 2.50 to 4.50 for hand picking. Only a small portion of the delta crop is machine harvested and farmers underutilize the 600 to 650 machines. An agriculture survey noted further cost reductions if machines were used more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Mississippi Delta
Delta
Texas consolidates special elections for November 8
The Legislature set all special elections on Nov. 8 to avoid double costs. A joint House Senate measure moved ten constitutional amendments to the common date, with the secretary of state notifying papers to halt Sept. 24 publications and to start Nov. 8 notices. Dagan the earth god is noted in Babylonian religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
House
Senate
Dene A. Tufares
Wichita Falls
Board of Education
S. J. Isaacks
el Paso
John Crosthwait
Dallas
Secretary of State
Farm Price Ratio In Further Decline
The Agriculture Department reported a near 2 percent drop in farm prices from mid May to mid June. Truck crops and food grains led the decline while prices paid by farmers eased only slightly. Parity remained at a seven year low, with mid June farm prices 39 percent above parity and 252 percent of the 1909 14 average. Hogs rose about 5 percent. wheat fell 14 cents a bushel. Lambs and chickens declined modestly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Shun Habits Stay Single Nonagenarian Praises Self Control
Huntington widow Samuel Gibbs, 94, credits longevity to avoiding habits and luxuries. He says he quit coffee and dancing after noticing habits forming, and notes he has never smoked or drank and remains a lifelong bachelor without regrets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Mass
Samuel Gibbs
Gibbs
Whitewright Businesses To Close July Fourth
An announcement states practically every business in Whitewright will close Monday July 4. The town has followed the custom for years and no public program is planned. Many residents will spend the holiday at Lake Texoma or nearby resorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Lake Texoma
First Baptist Church Sponsors Colored Bible School
The First Baptist Church will sponsor a five day Vacation Bible School for colored children in Whitewright starting Tuesday July 5. Morning sessions 9 to 11 at the church include marching singing flag salutes Bible and handwork. Rev Weldon Drake serves as principal and invites all colored children ages four to 15. a faculty meeting is set for Friday at 4 p.m. at the church education building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Whitewright
Baptist Church
Weldon Drake
Drake
Taft Act foes concede defeat in Senate fight
Administration allies concede defeat as they abandon efforts to roll back the Taft Hartley law. Sen. Robert A. Taft leading coalition expected to win a roll call vote with a veto threat from President Truman. The final plan would seek to write twenty two core provisions of the labor act into repeal text, including bans on the closed shop and secondary boycotts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
CIO
AFL
Senate
Sen
Scott W. Lucas
Dem
Illinois
Truman
White House
Alabama Unmasks KKK and Hooded Groups Move
In Montgomery Alabama acts to curb hooded terrorism. Governor Folsom signs anti masking bill after an 84 to 4 House vote and directs strict enforcement. Attorney General Carmichael urges a separate law to revoke the Klan charter, calling the group injurious and tied to terrorizing acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
James E. Folsom
House of Representatives
Albert A. Carmichael
Carmichael
Texas Highway Patrol to be tough on Fourth violators
Texas officials announced a tougher patrol for July Fourth with Homer Garrison stating maximum force on duty. Officials warned peak danger windows are 2 pm Saturday to midnight, 9:30 am Sunday to noon, 4 pm Sunday to midnight, and noon Monday to midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Highway Patrol
Austin
Homer Garrison
Department of Public Safety
Garrison
Funeral Services Held Tuesday For B S Montgomery
Funeral services for Benjamin Spencer Montgomery were held Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church. He died Monday at 12 20 am after a month long illness. He lived in Whitewright 83 years and would have been 92 next birthday. He served as deacon elder choir leader and Sunday school teacher in the Presbyterian Church. Survivors include three sons ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Benjamin Spencer Montgomery
James I. Logan
Joe N. Everheart
Clarksville
Oak Hill Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
R. H. May
T. J. Lilley
R. A. Gillett
Luther Gordon
Clay Horton
Whitewright Lodge
Center
Indian Territory
Royal Arch Lodge
Ada, Okla
Royal Arch Masons
Rachel Everheart Montgomery
Whitewright
Montgomery
Helen Rathburn
T. S. Montgomery
Huntsville
Julian Montgomery
Austin
Gertrude Montgomery
Ada
Okla
Julian Boone
F. B. Kimbell
Groesbeck
H. J. Bradshaw
Abilene
J. Max Montgomery
Henry G. Montgomery
Jerry M. Montgomery Jr
Carr Forrest
Dallas
Rachel Kimbell
Fountain B. Kimbell Jr
J. C. Kimbell
H. J. Bradshaw Jr
Sue Helen Bradshaw
Ben Bradshaw
Wilbur Carter
Clarence Langford
Alice Langford
J. M. Everheart
John Perry
Rham Pennington
Sherman
Joe Everheart
E. O. Thomas
Claude Lackey
Tom Bean
J. Hugh Biles
Hugh Norris
Lucille McDowell
Tina Betts
D. Leon Harp
San Antonio
Bob Grant
Bonham
Dick Montgomery
Joe D. Biles
Charlie Bryant
Floyd Everheart Jr
Ray Brown
Denison
Dudley Clark
Ector
Marie Brecheen
Bertha Abernathy
Commerce
Josh May
Savoy
Robert Jones
Celina
Ben N Roberts longtime Sweetwater official dies at 59
Funeral services were held for Ben Neilson Roberts 59 reared in Whitewright in Sweetwater with Rev J Edmund Kirby officiating. He managed International Harvester Company branch in Sweetwater 1929 1946 later serving four terms as city commissioner and twice as mayor. He led the Boards City Development and belonged to local clubs churches and lodges. Survived by wife Omie Harkins a son Lt Ben N Roberts Jr in Tokyo a brother M J Roberts Dallas and one grandson. He was nephew of Mrs W J Barbee Whitewright and cousin of Mrs Emmet Penn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Neilson Roberts
Whitewright
Sweetwater
J. Edmund Kirby
Mel Roberts
International Harvester Company
Board of City Development
Sweetwater Chuckwagon Gang
Sweetwater Club
Rotary Club
First Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Omie Harkins
Bonham
Ben N. Roberts Jr
Tokyo
M. J. Roberts
Dallas
W. J. Barbee
Emmet Penn
William Allen White Quoted on Pen Use and Washington
The famed Kansas editor William Allen White is credited with the line Dip your pen into your arteries and write. The passage also notes President George Washington was a Federalist and was inaugurated at age 57.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allen White
Kansas
George Washington
Federalist Party
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Janis Jayne Horton
Pearl Truett Johnson
Gradys
Houstons
J. J. D. Cobb
Tulsa
Norman Dupree
Vernon
John Manning
Lawton
Longview
Gaithersburg
Nellie Tanner
Greenville
W. R. Coffey
Aubrey
Hugh Lawrence
Mesquite
Hugh H. Collins
Dexter
Howard Brodhead
Gainesville
Hallie Bryan Chandler
Anna
Trent A. Phillips
Lott
G. F. Bryant
B. B. Dobbs
H. R. Caston
Leonard
Ben Huff
Roy G
W. B. Reeves
Lansford Florence
Leesburg
E. L. Harp
Atlanta
E. L. Ellis
Paris
A. J. Woodard
Tioga
Joe Harper
Gilmer
Tom Wells
Bells
C. M. Penland
Waco
Eva Devine
Elliott Thomas
Claud E. Hicks
Joe W. Pender
W. H. Carver
Sophie Pope Gordon
S. P. Tucker
D. F. Cannon
Ira Kirkpatrick
Kay Kimbell
J. F. Anderson Sr
J. F. Anderson Jr
Bob Yates
A. F. Clark
E. C. Webb
Tahlequah
Grace Marshall
B. A. File
Henrietta
Bernice Ray Neff
Shawnee
W. A. Reeves
Guy Dillon
Maggie Tabb McGinnis
R. L. Allen
Frederick
J. W. Manning
Maud Rennell Wheeler
Henry
Nanna Vestal Lovell
King
Palisades Amusement Park
New Jersey
Ethel Purtle
Hon
Dagan
Edwin P. Hubble
U. S
Mt. Palomar
Calif
Colored Bible School
KKK
B.S. Montgomery
Bonn, Roberts
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