Whitewright Sun notes local progress and social matters
The notice page comments on Denison’s road expansion near Whitewright, local finance and pension issues in Oklahoma, critiques of public school teaching methods, a strong Trenton Farmers and Merchants League push for gym waterworks and a Bonham highway, plus a praise-filled report on a Future Farmers Club banquet at Whitewright High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Farmers and Merchants League
Bonham
Randolph
Whitewright
Future Farmers Club
Whitewright High School
Home Economics
Future Farmers
Texas Declares Independence as Alamo Fights On
On March 2 1836 Texas proclaimed independence from Mexico after a convention at Washington on the Brazos adopted a constitution and named David G Burnet provisional president while General Sam Houston was named commander. News of the Alamo defeat reached Houston after his march toward San Antonio.
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Texas
Santa Anna
San Antonio
Goliad
San Felipe
Washington-on-the-Brazos
Mexico
David G. Burnet
Sam Houston
Alamo
Burnet
Harrisburg
Galveston Island
Farm bill subsidy plan changes anger farmers and critics
The Agriculture Department outlines a shift to a per pound subsidy for cotton production, replacing a per acre retired land payment. Critics warn crop failures would hurt farmers under the new plan while bumper crops could net larger government checks. The piece also notes housing missteps in Boston and discusses rural displacement as tractors reduce farm labor, raising questions about unemployed farm families and rural aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Whitewright
Lowry Nelson
University of Minnesota
America
Blanks Honor Roll Roster by Grade Level
Honor roll list for Blanks school shows students by grade. First grade includes James William Worth am. Second grade lists Bobby Dale Blanks Sibinia Reynolds. Third grade features Marcia Lane Blanks Marie Miller Betty Joe Henderson. Fourth grade names Mary Dale Fields John Reynolds Jr Ray Jones. Fifth grade includes Buford Garland Mal ba Jean Neatherly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanks
James William Wortham
Bobby Dale Blanks
Sibinia Reynolds
Marcia Lane Blanks
Marie Miller
Betty Joe Henderson
Mary Dale Fields
John Reynolds Jr
Ray Jones
Buford Garland
Malba Jean Neatherly
Texas weaving anti crime net tightens state wide
Texas builds a coordinated man hunt across 19 counties to capture a suspect who wounded a highway patrolman. Public Safety Headquarters uses teletype and radio to alert districts from Waco to Dallas as 200 officers chase the fugitive through Cameron Milam counties.
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Austin
Texas
Lone Star
C. H. Key
Robertson County
Cameron
Public Safety
Waco
Houston
Tyler
Dallas
Huntsville
Temple
Hearne
Robertson
Milam
Calf Born With Four Eyes and Two Noses in Jersey Cow
A Jersey cow owned by J. E. Gammill gave birth Sunday to a calf with four eyes, two noses and two mouths. The unusual animal fed from both mouths and was described as a remarkable birth on the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sillbee
J. E. Gammill
Election Notice for Whitewright Mayor April 5 1938
State of Texas Grayson County election notice for Whitewright city mayor for a two year term. Election at city hall election room on the first Tuesday in April 1938 the 5th. Officers chosen to conduct the election are J W Henry presiding judge B S Montgomery assistant judge O L Jones and J M Wright clerks. City Commission ordered February 7 1938. F M Echols mayor. Jesse Wallace city secretary.
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State of
Texas
Grayson
Whitewright
City of
J. W. Henry
B. S. Montgomery
O. L. Jones
J. M. Wright
F. M. Echols
Jesse Wallace
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J. H. Waggoner
Whitewright, Texas
Whitewright Sun
Denison
Bells
Oklahoma
Pension Fund
Essentialist Committee For the Advancement of Education
Columbia University
Horace Gordon
Boston
Good Housekeeping
Sinclair
Sinclair HC
J. A. Yeager
Startena
Pascal Farley Whitewright
Spain
Andle
Vanette
Madden
Denison, Texas
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