WHS sophomores stage Neighbors one act play and reminders
The Reflector reports WHS sophomores presented The Neighbors a one act play with Joy Ann Layman as Grandma and Larry Cooper praised for comedy. Performers included Mis Diantha Abel Inez Ruth Ann Cummings and others. Emily Post Award went to Kenneth Hyepock. A pep rally followed as students teased Billy Earl Brown in Miss Lonely Heart.
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Grandma
Joy Ann Layman
Mis’ Diantha Abel
Mary Lou Alexander
Ezar Williams
J. Don Biggerstaff
Peter
Larry Cooper
Inez
Ruth Ann Cummings
Mis’ Elmira Moran
Beverly Bassett
Mis’ Trot
Gayle Taylor
Mis’ Carry Ellsworth
Betty Jarvis
Joy Ann
Carol Hughes
Laura Wilson
Molly Jo Rutledge
Betty Hutton
Red Skelton
Petrash
Emily Post
Kenneth Hyepock
Billy Earl Brown
Junior
Miss Lonely Heart
Gwen Kent
Carol Kilgree
Gwen
Mother
Carol
Kitty
Gladine
Barrie Blanton
Jack Badgett
Conway Craig
Herman
New Wave of Thefts Hits Collin Farms
Sheriff Levi Brawley reports a new wave of thefts targeting Collin County farms. Thieves posing as workers approach farm homes and, if unreturned, dismantle equipment like planters cultivators and rakes to sell scrap iron. The thefts occur daytime along main highways, with suspects using pickup trucks. residents are urged to note license numbers and contact the sheriff. Deputy H C Ross discussed similar losses in Grayson County.
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McKinney Examiner
Collin Farms
Levi Brawley
Brawley
Sheriff's Department
H. C. Ross
Sherman
Grayson County
Texas Traffic Deaths Reach 2400 Amid Yearly Rise
Texas Department of Public Safety reports 2,400 traffic fatalities for last year, a 23 percent rise from 1949. Final 1950 figures to be issued March 18. January totals show improvement with 164 deaths versus 182 a year earlier.
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Austin
Texas
Department of Public Safety
The Spice of Life and Workplace Woes
A string of light anecdotes covers funeral wit and matrimony jokes. A job seeker learns deductions and payoffs in payroll talk and life insurance. A farmer turns failing store profits with a simple profit aim and a blunt truth about the company folding. In Safety’s Sake a sergeant explains water safety steps ending with drinking beer.
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Wal
Careless Seaman Smith and the Knife Recovery
A seaman swallows his own knife and an operation to retrieve it fails. A physician is advised to issue another knife. A Texas youth confesses shame about his origins to a psychiatrist, highlighting personal insecurity.
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Texas
Arkansas Traveler Tangles With Hog Caller On Road
An Arkansas traveler confronts a hog caller after a road blocking dispute. The man jokes with the smaller driver about being a hog, asserting his size and answering the taunt with a quip about hogs and strength.
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Arkansas
Courtesy Invitations and Visit Notices
A light, personable item notes that The Sun invites readers to share guest visits and other items as a courtesy. The piece emphasizes polite exchanges and the newspaper’s openness to publish notices of people’s movements and arrivals.
U S Can Outhit Reds In the Air Says Finletter
Secretary of the Air Force Finletter says the United States can strike Russia by air more effectively than Russia can hit the United States. He cites rapid air power buildup with B 36 bombers equipped with jet engines, a faster B 52 under construction, and the B 47 swept wing six jet speedster.
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Washington
Finletter
United States
Russia
California
Hawaii
Air Force
U. S. News and World Report
Permanent injunction blocks strikes by Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
The government obtained a permanent no strike injunction against the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen on Monday. The union, fined $100000 for two recent sick call strikes, is barred from walking off while railroads run under federal control. Judge Michael L. Igoe issued the order, replacing a prior temporary restraining order.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railway
Michael L. Igoe
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