American Legion Plans Games Party for March 18
Ever heart Thornhill Post A L plans a games party March 18 at the Legion Home to mark the 33rd anniversary of the organization. Committee members are S T Montgomery Jack Lackey and Jack Meador. Raymond Gray Fourth District commander attended and spoke. A picnic is planned for next summer if a carnival company can be hired.
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Everheart-Thornhill Post
American Legion
S. T. Montgomery
Jack Lackey
Jack Meador
Raymond Gray
Greenville
Fourth
Musical At Ely Schoolhouse For Red Cross Fund
A musical will be given at the Ely schoolhouse about five miles northeast of town Monday night at 7 30 to raise money for the Red Cross. Everybody is invited to attend.
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Ely
Town
Red Cross
Pat Wilson to Speak Sunday at Presbyterian Church
Pat Wilson of Leonard, president of the Grayson Fannin County Presbyterian Men's Association, will be guest speaker at the Presbyterian Church Sunday at 11:00. He travels as a Paris Presbytery delegate who attended the National Council of Presbyterian Men's meeting in Chicago and will discuss that meeting. The service observes Presbyterian Men's Day with participation by church men.
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Grayson-Fannin County
Betty Blackerby Named Redbud Princess at TSCW
Betty Blackerby of Whitewright is chosen for the second consecutive year among Texas State College for Women Redbud princesses. The group will select Ladies in Waiting and the Redbud Queen, with reign covering Self Development Week Redbud Festival and the Coronation Ball on March 29.
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Betty Blackerby
Whitewright
Texas State College For Women
Denton
TSCW
Truman Nod Dips Toward Stevenson
Washington speculation grows that President Truman has endorsed Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson for the Democratic nomination. In a February 28 press conference he praised Stevenson as capable and among the best governors Illinois has had. The remarks fuel talk he may back Stevenson or even run against himself. The Craters of the Moon are located in Idaho.
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Washington
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Idaho
Funeral Friday for Mrs. J. F. Spindle in Sherman
Services set for 2 p m at the Church of Christ in Sherman for Mrs. Alice J. Spindle 89 widow of Dr J F Spindle with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Surviving are six sons three daughters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Church of Christ
Alice J. Spindle
J. F. Spindle
B. E. Lemons
Tate Young
Sherman
Oak Hill Cemetery
Waldo
Alonzo Harper
Pascal Harper
Lonnie Darwin
R. D. Maddux
Elbert Bennett
Whitewright
Ed Young
Bells
Waldo Funeral Home
Spindle
Cecil Spindle
Denison
Grady Spindle
Venice
Calif
B. Y. Spindle
San Antonio
Jack Spindle
San Angelo
B. Frank Spindle
J. Leon Spindle
Houston
Ethel Gilley
Ector
Lois Gordon
Frisco
Dorothy Andrews
Atoka
Okla
Funeral services set for John D. Hughes retired farmer
Funeral services for John David Hughes born June 8 1891 Trenton were held at 2 30 p m Wednesday at First Methodist Church. Burial followed in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include wife Noba Rogers two sons J D Hughes Jr William B Hughes two daughters Elizabeth McCormick Dortha Jean Hughes four brothers one sister and one grandson.
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John David Hughes
First Methodist Church
Sam P. Farler
Lee H. Smith
First Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
Alva Blackerby
Jack Robbins
Clarence Cooper
G C. Stateville
Clifford Jarvis
George Bennett
Hughes
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Sherman
Trenton
Alfred B. Hughes
Noba Rogers
Methodist Church
J. D. Hughes Jr
United States Army
Korea
William B. Hughes
Dallas
Elizabeth McCormick
Hawthorne
Calif
Dortha Jean Hughes
Whitewright
Alfred J. Hughes
Earl Hughes
Claude Hughes
van Alstyne
Morris Hughes
Desert
Levi Wilson
Cisco
GOP Senator Endorses Russell For President
North Dakota Senator Milton R. Young pledged support for Georgia Democrat Richard B. Russell for president praising his farm policy expertise. The move shocked some Republicans who questioned party loyalty though leaders noted Russell was unlikely to be nominated in Chicago. Young had previously backed Senator Robert A. Taft for the GOP nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Milton R. Young
North Dakota
Russell
Midwest
Congress
Young
Chicago
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Sunbeam Corp Accused by U S of Price Fixing
Chicago. The federal government alleges Sunbeam Corp a major Chicago based electrical appliance maker conspired to fix and control retail prices. The antitrust suit filed in U S District Court claims the company and about 1200 wholesale distributors entered into illegal price contracts beginning June 1951.
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Chicago
Sunbeam Corp
Antitrust Division
Department of Justice
U.S. District Court
Sunbeam
Baptist Revival Sets Week of Services at First Church
The First Baptist Church in Bonham hosts a week long revival starting Sunday March 9 led by Rev Darold Morgan pastor of the church and a Hardin Simmons and Southwestern Seminary graduate with singer Paul Robertson local music and youth director. Three daily services begin with 745 am breakfast for youth and 1030 am worship with 730 pm evening service. Cottage prayer meetings Friday at 730 pm at three homes.
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First Baptist Church
Darold Morgan
Bonham
Morgan
Hardin Simmons University
Abilene
Southwestern Seminary
Fort Worth
Paul Robertson
Brotherhood
Marshall Hasty
Adah Gillespie
A. R. McMurray
Lunch Room Menus Whitewright Public School Week
Monday menu includes Vienna sausage sage creamed potatoes slaw cake with lemon sauce milk. Tuesday offers cheese sandwiches potato chips lettuce and tomatoes pickles hot bread peanut butter honey milk. Wednesday features meat patties potatoes green beans fruit jello milk. Thursday serves baked corn cabbage onion slaw oatmeal cookies milk. Friday presents hot dog with chili sauce red beans relish pecan cookies milk.
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Whitewright Public School
Vienna
David H. Brown Announces Candidacy for 15th District Court
David H. Brown of Sherman has authorized The Sun to place his name in the political announcement column as a candidate for Judge of the 15th District Court. His formal announcement will appear at a later date.
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David H. Brown
Sherman
Grayson County
The
Sun
15Th District Court
Taxpayer protest seals draw ire over rising taxes
Oklahoma City prints the slogan It's no joke. I'm broke on tax return envelopes issued nationwide by the National Conference of State Taxpayer Associations. The image shows a barrel clad taxpayer with wife and child before the U S Treasury protesting high federal spending and tax burdens.
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Oklahoma City
National Conference of State Taxpayer Associations
U. S. Treasury
Feeder Predicts Meat Shortage Amid Price Controls
CHICAGO head of a live stock feeders group warned at a protest meeting that a nationwide meat shortage could hit by July as the high corn price drives feeders to market livestock early and some producers feed inferior meat with grass. Chauncey B. Watson president of the Cornbelt Livestock Feeders Association spoke at the event.
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Chicago
Livestock Feeders
Chauncey B. Watson
Cornbelt Livestock Feeders Association
Sparrow in loaf leads to bakery fine
London court hears Mrs. Florence Sparrow found a sparrow in a loaf from a Twickenham bakery. A co operative society running the shop was fined 70 dollars for selling food unfit for human consumption.
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London
Florence Sparrow
Twickenham
PTA Meeting Tuesday Night At School Auditorium
The regular PTA meeting will be in the school auditorium at 7:30 PM Tuesday. A review of dresses crafted by fifth and sixth grade 4-H girls under Mrs. Robert DeBerry and Mrs. Homer Sears is planned, with demonstrations by Miss Lucile Sanders and Herman Bedford. Educational movies and slides will be shown. An open house and kitchen shower for the homemaking department follow in the lab, with donation options and lab-item needs previously listed in The Sun. The Reflector section of The Sun features a new kitchen description.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Robert DeBerry
Homer Sears
Lucile Sanders
Herman Bedford
PTA
the Sun
Earl Blanton
Sun
Independent Move For Eisenhower Is Suspended
Denison Texas for Eisenhower campaign leader Robert Doss says the movement will suspend activities until after July nominating conventions. He notes Eisenhower has become the leading candidate and that continuing non partisan work could hinder his Republican nomination effort.
Congress Ends 50 Card Penalty Repeal
Congress repealed a 10 percent surcharge on government postal cards bought in blocks of 50 or more. The measure ends the 12 cent price for the 50th card, restoring a 2 cent rate after the surcharge, which began at the start of the year and was widely evaded by buyers purchasing 49 cards.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Newer poisons help farmers to save cotton
The Agriculture Department reports newer insecticides enable Texas cotton farmers to protect more crops from boll weevils and push toward the 1952 goal of 16 million bales. Dust and spray use surged since 1946, with sprays offering easier application and earlier harvest.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Texas
Whitewright School Board sets April 5 election
The Whitewright Board of Education voted to hold an April 5 school board election to elect two members. Incumbents Thomas Sears and Wilson Kaiser were given a vote of confidence and placed in nomination for reelection. Additional candidates may file by petition with the County Judge at least ten days before the election. R. C. Vestal is election judge with clerks Mrs. C. A. Massey and Mrs. Jack Lackey. Voting takes place in the City Building election room. Other board members include Alonzo Harper Earl Fields Roy Blanton F. G. Hoover and M. F. Alexander.
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Whitewright Board of Education
Thomas Sears
Wilson Kaiser
R. C. Vestal
C. A
Chili Supper And Games Night In Whitewright
Members of the Whitewright Music Club sell tickets for a chili supper and games night in the school cafeteria this Thursday at 7 30. Chili pie and coffee served with various games planned. Admission 50 cents proceeds fund a piano for the school.
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Whitewright Music Club
Grayson County Singing Convention Set for March 9
The Grayson County Singing Convention will meet Sunday March 9 at 1 PM in Sherman at the Municipal Auditorium. Singers from near and far are expected, with four nationally known quartets including the Rangers on Liberty Broadcasting System, Marion Snider and the Imperial Quartet, and the Stamps Quartet plus the Stamps Baxter Mixed Quartet.
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Grayson County
Sherman
Municipal Auditorium
The
Rangers
Liberty Broadcasting System
Marion Snider
Imperial
Stamps
Stamps Baxter
36000 Drivers May Lose Rights Over New Liability Law
Austin reports the driver financial responsibility law could strip about 36 000 Texans of driving rights this year. J B Alderdice of the DPS says 7 600 accidents in January to February caused injuries or $100 damage. about half insured. Licenses and registrations may be suspended for those who cannot settle claims and prove future ability to pay.
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Austin
J. B. Alderdice
Department of Public Safety
Alderdice
Umphress No 1 Oil Test Southwest of Town
The J Umphress No 1 test by Star Oil and Pan American sits seven miles southwest of Whitewright by road, five miles by air, on a 193 acre tract in Eli Jones Survey. A 136 foot derrick stands, with a 7,500 foot contract depth and option to 10,000 feet. A second Deep Rock Oil Co No 1 William Shelly test is planned nine miles south of the Umphress site, for 9,000 feet toward Ellenburger sand, near Westminster in Collin County. Ely Test at Callery No 1 Roy G Robinson near Ely speeds drilling after breaking through hard formation at 4,414 feet.
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Star Oil Company
Pan-American Oil Company
Whitewright
The
Sun
Town
Bethel
Thompson Drilling Company
Cushing
Okla
van Alstyne
New Mexico
Sherman
Dallas
Deep Rock Oil Co
William Shelly
Westminster
Collin County
Ely
Roy G. Robinson
House defeats U M T measure in key vote
The House rejected the administration’s universal military training bill 236 to 162, sending the measure back to the armed services committee. Chairman Carl Vinson said the bill is dead for this session, echoed by Rep. Dewey Short who led the opposition.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Carl Vinson
Dem
Georgia
Dewey Short
Missouri
Vinson
Corruption Hunter May Give Up Post
Washington corruption hunter Newbold Morris said he will quit if President Truman does not fire government employees who do not answer financial questionnaires. He revealed on Meet the Press that he would have vetoed O'Dwyer as ambassador to Mexico and would not keep Vaughan as White House aide. Morris plans to send questionnaires to about 25,000 top workers about incomes gifts and favors.
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Washington, D. C
Newbold Morris
Truman
Morris
New York
William O’dwyer
Mexico
Harry H. Vaughan
White House
National Broadcasting Company
Meet the Press
Grayson County Club Names New Officers
The Grayson County Agriculture Club will be led next year by Foy Wallace of Gunter with J. O. Sterling of Van Alstyne moving to vice president. Nick Owens of Sherman is secretary and John Perry of Sherman becomes treasurer. New directors include Henry Scoggins Tioga C B Bryant III Whitewright John Tramer Tom Bean August Finke Pottsboro Freeman Carney Denison Melvin Sisk Sherman Howard Ainsworth Whitesboro Keith Durham Smith Oaks B W Baldwin Denison. Directors continuing include John Perry Sherman E B Strawn Dorchester Frank Ashburn Denison J O Sterling Van Alstyne J A Alexander Sherman Foy Wallace G O Peterson Denison. Carl Akeley the American explorer was buried on Mount Mikeno in Belgian Congo Africa.
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Pat Wilson
Leonard
Presbyterian Church
Princess
Neal Sanford
Christian Science Monitor
John D. Hughes
GOP
U. S
Rev
Eisenhower
Sitting Bull
Standing Rock Agency
Fort Yates
Jimmie Banks
Austin Bureau of the News
Egypt
Umphress No. 1
Grayson County Club
Carl Akeley
Mount Mikeno
Belgian Congo
Africa
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