Mary Lee Benedict to Wed W C Dupuy of Crockett
The Sun shares word of Miss Mary Lee Benedict’s engagement to W C Dupuy of Crockett following a telegram to her parents Mr. and Mrs. H Benedict. Read of social events, school notes, and local notices fill this community page.
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the Sun
Louise LaRoe
Genevieve Davidson
Josie Bell Sears
Lillian Moore
Ruth Myrick
Estelle Montgomery
Mary Hestand
Mollie Wright
Etta Anderson
Hazel May
Margareta Fender
Ivy Fain
Pernie Badgett
Julian Montgomery
Roberts College
Constantinople
Turkey
Whitewright
Walter Hestand
History Club
J. W. Wilson
Carrie Hamilton
M. C. Guthrie
Tom Bean
J. F. Fender
Tennessee
J. T. Roberts
Grayson County Counts 12703 Qualified Voters
Tax collector J H Johnson reports Grayson County has 12 703 qualified voters. J A Barnes and Miss Bess Brents wed last Sunday at the Brents home. Mrs John D Patterson died February 24. Odeon Theatre to host weekly American Legion nights with 50 percent of proceeds to the Legion. Doctors J F Spindle and O M Durham attend State Dental Association meeting in Dallas.
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Janice McIver
P. J. Pierce
Grammar School
Sallie Moore
Silas Wilson
Slaton
Whitewright Orchestra
Self Help Club
Kentuckytown
Mary Darwin
John Sears
Merkel
Dallas
S. B. Williams
H. E. Williams
Ruth Boyd
Denison
Hudson & Davis Company
S. R. Parks
Hudson & Davis Co
J. H. Johnson
Grayson County
J. A. Barnes
Bess Brents
W. O. Brents
John D. Patterson
B. Legg
Odeon
American Legion
The
Legion
J. F. Spindle
O. M. Durham
State Dental Association
Epworth League Program Shown by Local Girls
Sunday program features Miss Elizabeth Waggoner Miss Dale McGaughey Miss Martha Joe Sears Miss Christine Stuckey Miss Irene Rector and other participants in Epworth League activities at the church social event.
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Epworth League
Elizabeth Waggoner
Dale McGaughey
Martha Joe Sears
Christine Stuckey
Irene Rector
Cattle Study Finds 200 Lbs Butterfat Key To Profit
Texas DHIA analysis shows cows must produce about 200 pounds of butterfat annually to pay for themselves. Higher production increases profit per pound while feed costs rise slower, with cows at 224 pounds earning more milk value per feed dollar and top producers posting strong returns. Meekma notes many cows could do better with improved feed and management and DHIA records help remove inefficient cows.
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College Station
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Texas Dhia
A. M. Meekma
Texas A&m Extension Service
Texas
DHIA
Meekma
Meekman
Wit fixes pride by four years of college
A father insults his son as a drunk and loafer but the son reveals the joke that college cured his mother of bragging about him. The punch line shows a patient, quiet comeback turning insult into humor. The exchange highlights a lighthearted family moment and a subtle critique of bragging.
Rhode Island Insurance Plan Stays in Deficit
Rhode Island's compulsory cash sickness insurance program runs red with a 1 percent wage levy limited to 30 dollars per worker annually. In the latest year the fund received 5.37 million and paid out 5.84 million, dipping into reserves now at 34 million.
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Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
Department of Employment Security
Senators Use $115000 Yearly For Texas Help
Federal payrolls show $115000 in the 1949 50 fiscal year to staff Texas senators Tom Connally and Lyndon Johnson. Connally received $55136.31 and Johnson $59666.21 for clerical help plus special staffs for foreign relations and preparedness committees.
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Washington
U. S
Texas
Senate
Tom Connally
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Connally
Foreign Relations Committee
Leslie Biffle
Veteran Questions And Answers on VA death pension and GI Bill
A compendium of VA guidance covers death pension evidence for widows, school eligibility certificates and back subsistence, GI Bill loan guarantees, cash value reinstatement for life insurance, flight training affidavits, and small VA loans. Topics include proof of death and marriage, prior marriages, 90 day certificate timing, loan guarantees limits, reinstatement rules, required insurer actions, and eligibility for a $100 revolving loan for medical costs.
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Ance
Denison Merchants End Donations for Raffles and Benefits
The Denison Retail Merchants Association votes to stop donating merchandise for raffles carnivals and other benefits. President Noel Jennings says the practice has grown out of bounds and directors want it halted. Some merchants were asked to contribute gifts to distant organizations and faced up to five requests in one month.
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Denison
Retail Merchants Association
Noel Jennings
Jennings
Comeback Taxi Driver and Obese Lady Car Joke
A comic exchange features a taxi driver helping an overweight woman into a cab. The driver jokes about yeast to help her rise and the woman retorts about better breeding, delivering a witty, lighthearted insult duel.
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Katy
Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
R. I. Insurance Plan
U.S
Office of Insurance, Veterans Administration
D. C
Perfect Posture Shoe Store
Health Spot Shoes
South Travis St
Sherman, Texas
Quaker Oats CO
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