Weekend Visits and Notices From Whitewright Region
Local social column lists numerous visits by Dallas, Sherman, Garland, and Beaumont residents to Whitewright and nearby towns. Entries include bridal shower plans for Kay Kaiser, Air Force veteran J. Don Biggerstaff visiting family, and multiple travels among Mrs. Culp, Mrs. Lackey, and other residents. Community events feature Sunbeams at First Baptist, Tom Bean Home Demonstration Club, and church activities with readings and songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay
Joe Kaiser
Bethel Baptist Church
Ancient Greek rope-and-platform protest idea lampoons Congress
A Wichita Kansas comment mocks U S lawmaking by recalling a mythic Greek practice. The piece suggests tying a rope to the proposer and removing the platform based on passage or defeat to curb bill quantity.
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Wichita
Kans
Greece
Popular Assembly
Congress
2 000 M P H Jet Revealed By LBJ
President Johnson announced a secret Air Force project, the A-11, an interceptor able to sustain speeds over 2000 mph and fly above 70000 feet. Built by Lockheed in Burbank under Air Force oversight, testing occurs at Edwards AFB. Potential tech gains for Mach 3 flight cited. transport use deemed unlikely.
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Washington
United States
Johnson
Airforce
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Burbank
Cal
Air Force
Edwards Air Force Base
Federal Aviation
Najeeb Halaby
Warehouse Fire and Town News in Local Briefs
A large warehouse near the cotton belt depot burned around noon last Saturday. Joe Harris aged 81 died February 24 at his southwest town home. Fred Neff suffered minor injuries in a Saturday truck crash. Charlie Smith and his sister Annie leased the Brickleader Hotel to T G Bedwell & Sons of Fort Worth after retiring from the hotel business of twenty years. W A Hamilton announced candidacy for City Marshal of White Night. A local music club program featured Mrs G B Smith Mrs F M Echols Mrs C S Witt Miss Tommie Chenoweth Mrs Clarence McMillin Mrs H L Crittenden Mrs Joe Johnson Mrs George German Mrs Paul Ryan and Mrs H T Atterberry Mrs G F Bryant and Mrs Guy Hamilton.
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Cotton Belt
Joe Harris
Fred Neff
Charlie Smith
Annie
Brickleader
T. G. Bedwell & Sons
Ft. Worth
W. A. Hamilton
Whitewright
G. B. Smith
F. M. Echols
C. S. Witt
Tommie Chenoweth
Clarence McMillin
H. L. Crittenden
Joe Johnson
George German
Paul Ryan
H. T. Atterberry
G. F. Bryant
Guy Hamilton
Deaths and local changes in leadership recorded
C H Teal died at his home near Trenton on Saturday. R H May becomes manager of the Kimbell Mill and elevators succeeding Fred Wilson. Roby Childress resigns from Dyer Jones drug store. Frances Moore aged 27 died last Thursday. Christian Endeavor program participants include Margaret Barbee Laura Cantrell Mildred Coffman Fender May and Blanche Montgomery.
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C. H. Teal
Trenton
R. H. May
Fred Wilson
Kimbell
Roby Childress
Dyer & Jones Drug Store
Frances Moore
Margaret Barbee
Laura Cantrell
Mildred Coffman
Fender May
Blanche Montgomery
Christian Endeavor
Family Reunion and Tea Gatherings Highlight Local Week
A family reunion occurred at the home of Mr and Mrs W C Anderson south of town on Wednesday. The Friday Literary Club hosted a colonial tea at Mrs Guy Hamiltons home Friday afternoon. Paul Graves has accepted employment in Sherman.
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W. C. Anderson
Friday Literary Club
Guy Hamilton
Paul Graves
Sherman
Witt Family Relocates to Hillsboro
Mr and Mrs C I Witt and their son have moved to Hillsboro. D E Low B W Newman and Mack Pierson attended a Masonic Lodge meeting at Bells on Friday.
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the Sun
C. I. Witt and Son
Hillsboro
D. E. Low
B. W. Newman
Mack Pierson
Masonic Lodge
Bells Friday
Veteran Insurance and Loan Questions and 1962 Travel Totals
A veteran explains yearly GI premium payments across WWI to Korean policies with VA notice. A GI loan paid in full does not guarantee another loan. To prevent misdirected compensation checks, notify VA and post office of address change. The Commerce Dept reports 1962 U S motor vehicle travel at 767.9 billion miles, up 4.1 percent from 1961.
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U. S. Department of Commerce
United States
LBJ Kicks Off Easter Seal Drive at White House
President Johnson helped launch the national Easter Seal campaign in a White House ceremony with comedian Bob Hope serving as campaign chairman. The event featured Easter Seal children Ronnie and Donnie Copter, six year old twins from Coal Creek Colorado, who were noted for standing on their heads during the proceedings.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Bob Hope
Ronnie
Donnie Copter
Coal Creek
Colo
Donnie
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Grover
Herbert Surrell
Odis Martin
Tulsa, Okla
Odis Hendrix
Mrs
Oliver Green of
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Mrs. Passerby
Franklin Harris
C. M. Fulton
Jay Campbell
Austin
Claud Lackey
Tom Bean
Winnie and
Sallye Hamilton
Garland
Nana Frances of Sherman
Alan Farrow
Beaumont
Mrs. W. T. Farrow
J. Don Biggerstaff
Germany
the Sunbeams
First Baptist Church
Guy Stepp
Marie Chism
Ronda Beth
Susie Bodine
Viva Phillips
Lottie Brown
Mayfair Brown
W. L. Hatfield
Jerry M. Westbrook
USN
W. W. Westbrook
Bells
Harwood
Caribbean
Jimmy F. Bassett
Floyd Bassett
Army Armor Center
Fort Knox
Fort Polk
North Texas State University
Denton
Clyde Robinson
Louis Nash
Earl Burkett
Lucy Harris
J. L. Grammer
B. M. Dean
Texas
Robinson
Club
D. B. Starnes
George Ball
Vernon Mullins
Ed Sells
James Sells
Quinton Nicholson of
Rusk
W. T. Nicholson
Norman Harper
Leon Wolford
Alonzo Harper
Bob Hyecock
Obie Rutledge
J. P. Darwin
T. D. Caylor
Fort Worth
Jerry Wilson
Lymon Gregory
Ocie Murphy
Paul Rogers
van Alstyne
Roy Fletcher
Denison
H. K. Tate
Earl Long
Vian
Okla
W. A. Wilson
Big Spring
Sam Golden
Pearl Hill
Bryan Hill
Arlington
Jess Blanks
Harvey Rushing
Bill Robinson
Lubbock
C. B. Robinson
Joe Robinson
Whitewright Nursing Home
Jewel Jarvis
J. L. Denton
Ben Denton
Ezra Denton
Joe Denton
Jack Thrasher
Collin Memorial Hospital
That City
W. M. Pierson
John Thomas
Kilgore
Lonnie Darwin
Billy Thomas
A. R. McMurry
J. H. Perkins
Ira Vandegriff
Mark Ayres
Bertie Culp
Happy
Novella Kirkpatrick
Canyon
Ibbie Easton
Bessie Geer
Elizabeth St. John
Westminister
Bernice Davis
Sun
M. B. Hasty
Whitewright City
S. H. Montgomery Agency
LBJ
The
National Geographic Society
Paul Cornelius
Shurfine
Adishes
Sie
Cive
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