Baptists Prep Dedication With March 21 Ceremony
First Baptist Church Whitewright reports 237 in Sunday School 54 in Training Union and almost 300 dollars for a new building fund. Jack McSpedden voiced a call to gospel ministry and was licensed. Four youths baptized in revival. Dedication planned for March 21 at 2 p.m. with Will Fleming of Fort Worth expected to attend.
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Weldon R. Drake
First Baptist Church
Training Union
Christ
Jack McSpedden
Jack
Baylor University
Waco
Board of Deacons
Will Fleming
Fort Worth
First Baptist Church of
Whitewright
Tom Bean Boys and Girls Defeat Whitewright
The Tom Bean teams defeated the Tigers and Tigerettes in their gym on Tuesday. Tigerettes lost 13 to 27 and 21 to 30 for the girls and boys respectively. Birdwell led Tigerettes with 8, Stephenson scored 12 for Tom Bean, Crowder had 12 in the boys game.
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Tom Bean
Tigers
Tigerettes
Birdwell
Judd
Wilson
Stephenson
England
Aycock
Crowder
Elliott
Burchfield
Bass
Cook
Right-of-Way For 69 Is Bought
Fannin County Commissioners Court voted to pay 100 per acre for land from the Seales estate and the U S Dodson place for right-of-way for Highway 69 between Trenton and Whitewright. The court also agreed to erect 700 feet of fence on the B J Briggs property for the same highway. if no agreement is reached within ten days, condemnation proceedings will be filed.
Uncle Sam To Hush Up Your Income
The Bureau of Internal Revenue moves to hide income figures on window envelopes. Last year the withholding amount could be read from the slip showing social security number and salary. This year the figures are rearranged to block easy calculation, with a plan to cover them next year.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bureau
Officers Elected By VFW In Tuesday Night Meeting
At a regular VFW gathering officers for the coming year were elected including A B Jones as commander W E Stanford senior vice commander Chester Slaughter junior vice commander Wayne Martin chaplain Herman Bedford adjutant Raymond Brown three year trustee William Harrelson quartermaster Clarence Tillett Jr adjutant Clayton Neal officer of the day John Jenkins guard and W E Stanford service officer Arthur Badgett and Dutch Neal holdover trustees A committee was named to paint decorate the hall and build ping pong tables Two rest rooms will be installed A dads club will be organized The post conducts a membership contest with Whitesboro offering a Cross of Malta to the top post The VFW notes it handled 70000 claims in 1947 and will buy flowers for local veterans bodies returned for burial.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
A. B. Jones
W. E. Stanford
Chester Slaughter
Wayne Martin
Herman Bedford
Raymond Brown
William Harrelson
Clarence Tillett Jr
Clayton Neal
John Jenkins
Arthur Badgett
Dutch Neal
Jimmie Anderson
Ghester Slaughter
Tracy Stephens
VFW
Whitesboro Post
Malta
Whitewright Man Celebrates 70th Birthday Hobby Crafts
W D Burns of East Whitewright marked his 70th birthday this Sunday born 1878 in Diana Tennessee. He served in the Spanish American War and now in Whitewright works in a barn workshop creating handmade dolls tables desks and cabinets for family and friends with simple hand tools.
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W. D. Burns
East Whitewright
Diana
Tenn
Tom Bean
Tom
Mr. Burns
Campus Paper Urges Junking of USS Texas
The Campus of Southern Methodist University asks Gov. Jester to scrap the USS Texas and sink the battleship in the Gulf of Mexico rather than preserve it as a memorial in Galveston Bay. The editors argue Texans are hungry and favor disposal over memorial placement.
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Dallas
Southern Methodist University
Texas
Galveston Bay
Beauford H. Jester
Gulf of Mexico
Arrow Through Keyhole Blinds 5 Year Old in Indiana
In Tell City Indiana a child was blinded in one eye when a homemade arrow passed through a door keyhole. Earl Senn, five, sat in his living room as brothers played cowboys and Indians outside. The improvised arrows were made from dried weed stems and one struck through the keyhole into his eye.
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Tell City
Ind
Earl Senn
Senn
Earl
Whitewright School Boxing Tournament Dates Set
O. W. Barker announces a three night boxing tournament at Whitewright High School gym on March 24 25 and 26. Students from Bells Savoy Blue Ridge Trenton Celeste Leonard and other area schools compete in twelve bouts per night three rounds of one minute each. The Future Farmer boys sponsor the event with more than fifteen Whitewright students expected to participate.
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O. W. Barker
Whitewright High School
Bells
Savoy
Blue Ridge
Trenton
Celeste
Leonard
Future Farmer Boys
Whitewright
Whitewright ISD Votes Unanimously for School Consolidation
Voters in the Bethel and Blanks districts and the Whitewright Independent School District approved consolidation unanimously. The Whitewright district election counted 112 for and none against. Four districts have consolidated, with Enterprise and District Forty-Two as others considering action this year. Consolidation is framed as improving school finances and quality.
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Bethel
Blanks
Whitewright Independent
Enterprise
Whitewright
P T A Meeting Set For Tuesday In School Auditorium
The Parent-Teacher Association will hold its monthly meeting at 3 15 p m Tuesday March 16 in the grade school auditorium. The first and second grades will present the program and every patron of the schools is urged to attend.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Man Sends Weekly Dollar Payments in Old Court Case
In Ebensburg Pennsylvania Court Clerk Joseph Wess seeks to stop Mike Buydos from mailing weekly one dollar payments. Buydos was ordered in 1937 to pay a 128.37 dollar doctor bill after a dispute with Lester Krause, and has since sent 570 dollars in one dollar installments from varying addresses. The latest letter from Newton Falls Ohio was returned marked address unknown. The piece ends with unrelated quotes about Cycamen water needs and a ladder rung.
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Ebensburg
Joseph Wess
Mike Buydos
Wess
Buydos
Lester Krause
Newton Falls
Ohio
Whitewright Youth Aims Ike Draft Rally at UT
A dozen University of Texas law students held a hastily planned meeting to rally behind Dwight D. Eisenhower for the Democratic nomination. They urged mass appeal and drafted a blackboard plan calling for Ike as nominee with no Truman. An Austin rally is set for next Tuesday night. mixed reaction from local Republicans noted.
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Austin
Ike
University of Texas
Brotherhood of Man
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Ike Eisenhower
Robert Doss
Whitewright
Carl B. Morris
Eisenhower
Used coffee grounds go on sale at Chicago depot
Uncle Sam sells 23 pounds of used coffee grounds at the Chicago Quartermaster Depot as part of the Army salvage branch waste nothing program. The sale takes place next March 22 and highlights thrifty handling of surplus materials.
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Chicago
Sam
Army
Worst Blizzard on Record for March Envelops Texas
A severe March blizzard, dubbed an old-fashioned blue norther, swept into Texas bringing 20 to 10 degree readings and record lows for March. Panhandle towns reported subzero temps and snow while Whitewright saw a dry spell with potential snowfall later. Farmers fear fruit crop damage as trees bud and fields remain unplowed due to saturated ground.
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Texas
Texas Panhandle
Whitewright
Full Salary Will Be Given To Teachers
Governor Jester announced a plan to fund Texas schoolteacher salaries in full for the year. He will seek emergency appropriations to repay 2.5 to 3 million dollars borrowed by districts from banks after last year’s rural aid changes. The Texas Bankers Association will coordinate loans, with local banks funding schools or arranging loans through other banks if needed.
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Austin
Texas
Bauford H. Jester
Jester
Texas Bankers Association
W. A. Kirkland
Houston
Income tax deadline set for next Monday
The deadline for about 55 million taxpayers is Monday, March 15. Those who have not filed may mail returns and any due payments by midnight. About 2.5 million more will pay taxes this year, with total receipts rising from 21 to 24 billion dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Internal Revenue Bureau
Whitewright Adopts New City Election Rules
Official notice of Whitewright’s regular city election to elect a Mayor was published. The election occurs at the city building on the first Tuesday in April. Ballots must be ready for absentee voting twenty days before. Petitions to place names on the ballot require at least five percent of last vote and must be filed by Saturday. A straw vote is being used to guide petition circulation. Mayor Echols may retire but would stay on if voters wish. Straw ballots at city hall through Friday noon will determine mayoral candidates for the official ballot.
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City of
Whitewright
The
Sun
F. M. Echols
Whitwright
Echols
Seek Early Action For Beer Election
County clerk staff in Grayson County certify names on petitions to elect beer legalization in two precincts. J. C. Buchanan aims to complete this week so petitions can be laid before the Commissioners Court before the term ends Saturday. If not presented, action waits until April 12. Over 2,000 names were gathered last week by Denison and Sherman supporters, meeting the 10 percent gauge or 1,326 names.
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Denison and Sherman
Robbins Heads Presbyterian Men's Synod
Athens businessman Raymond W. Robbins is elected president of the Presbyterian Men's Synod of Texas. He succeeds Sherman’s George L. Hamilton with Roy Mahoney of Fort Worth and R. D. Penney of San Antonio as vice presidents and Charles Van Etten of Athens as secretary. San Antonio will host the next convention on April 21 next year.
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Athens
Raymond W. Robbins
Presbyterian Men's Synod of Texas
George L. Hamilton
Sherman
Roy Mahoney
Fort Worth
R. D. Penney
San Antonio
Charles van Etten
Singing Convention Set in Sherman Sunday
The Grayson County singing convention will meet in Sherman at the municipal auditorium on March 14 at 1 30 p m. Admission is free. Participating quartets include the Stamps Baxter Bond of Ardmore Bruce Lloyd of Quitman Oglesby of Tyler the Gainesville quartet and the Sherman missionaries.
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Grayson County
Sherman
Municipal Auditorium
P. T. Vaught
Stamps
Stamps Baxter
Bond
Ardmore
Bruce Lloyd
Quitman
Oglesby
Tyler
Gainesville
Missionaires of
River Jordan Flows Into Dead Sea
A geographic fact notes the River Jordan's path as it flows from its source toward its terminus at the Dead Sea. The description emphasizes the river's directional course and its ultimate drainage into the sea.
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Jordan
Dead Sea
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