Red Cross Roll Call Under Way in Whitewright Area
Mrs E F Everheart leads Whitewright Red Cross drive with a long committee list, school and community reps, and supplies at City Office. Whitewright quota sets at 750 dollars, Tom Bean leads Grayson County with 200 dollar pledge as county board meets in Denison.
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E. F. Everheart
Red Cross
the Sun
Monay
Everheart
R. P. Childress
Clay Horton
Thomas Sears
I. L. Neathery
Mary McGaughey
Olivia Whedbee
Jack Lackey
Carrie Hamilton
Emory Christian
J. C. McMillin
Lena Mae Gowdy
Joe Mangrum
Robert Sears
R. E. Hickman
Jennie Crittenden
Minnie Patterson
Harmon Hayes
F. G. Hoover
Jim German
Whitewright
Sallye Hamilton
Kathryn Roddy
Bethel
M. F. Alexander
Kentuckytown
Pascal Connelly
Pilot Grove
Simpson
Ethel Campbell
Pauline Topsy
Harold Doss
Tom Bean
Grayson County
Claude Lackey
Neil Johnson
Grayson County Red Cross Executive Board
Denison
William H. King Named Distinguished Student at A and M
William H. King son of Mr and Mrs J B King of Whitewright is an intramural manager at Texas A and M College. He is a corporal in B Company cadet corps and a distinguished student last semester. He belongs to the Grayson County A and M Club the Accounting Society and the Intramural Managers Club and majors in accounting due to graduate in June 1954.
Lunch Room Menus Whitewright Public School
Monday to Friday menus list daily offerings for students including main dishes sides beverages and desserts. Meals feature items like sausage stew salmon croquettes beans hot dogs and assorted baked goods with milk provided daily.
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Whitewright Public
Veterans Repay 9 Percent of GI Loans
The Veterans Administration reported that WWII veterans have repaid about 1.5 billion dollars of government insured GI loans, about 9 percent of the nearly 17 billion borrowed. By Jan 25, 2,837,651 GI loans had been made and 329,749 had been repaid in full. Default claims on guarantees stood at eight tenths of 1 percent.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
West Texas Weather Improvement District Formed
Eleven West Texas counties including Andrews Yoakum Dawson Terry Lynn Mitchell Borden Gaines Midland Martin and Howard signed a contract with Water Resources Development Corporation of Denver to create the West Texas Weather Improvement District. The firm will be paid 60000 for services with operations starting April 1 and a 15000 down payment plus 900 day installments.
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Lamesa
West Texas
Denver
Gorgeous George Announces Independent Presidential Run
Wrestling star Gorgeous George declared his independent bid for president to 17 000 spectators at a San Francisco sports show. He vowed to campaign in wrestling rings and on television nationwide.
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San Francisco
George
School Kitchen Receives Gifts and Cash Hopeful Night
A school kitchen shower benefited the homemaking department with over a hundred dollars in cash and numerous kitchen items donated by Sheriff Woody Blanton and many local businesses and families. About 150 guests attended the Tuesday night event and toured the upgraded facilities.
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Earl Blanton
Sunbeam
Woody Blanton
C. J. Meador & Sons
James Bryant
Community Public Service Co
Blanton Home & Auto Supply
Minnie Patterson
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
The
Food Mart
Whitewright Lumber Company
Parent-Teacher Association
M. B. Hasty
Stephens & Bryant Insurance Agency
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Glenn Doss
Walker Pharmacy
Childress Pharmacy
R. A. Gillett
Cliff Emerson
Farley & Hill Grocery
O. K. Feed Mill
Lee H. Smith
A. M. Bryant
J. P. Harper
Houston Darwin
Glen Earnheart
H. C. Willis
Whitewright Cleaners
Carlton Johnson
L. LaRoe & Co
Lester Haile
Brown's
Craig's Cafe
Joe Rich
Pauline May
Guy Stepp
Kathryn Roddy
Percy Darwin
Herman Bedford
Elbert Bennett
Lallace May
Sarah Kilgree
Nana Francis
Mardell Pumphrey
Sallye Hamilton
Lucyle Sanders
T. E. Sears
Madge Braly
C. R. Jarvis
Alice Guthrie
Lillian Neathery
Homer Sanderson
Sun Honor Roll Notable Names Listed From University Link
The Sun lists a long honor roll including J. H. Alexander M. M. Warren John Annip W. R. Wilson J. L. England C. Sutton W. L. Moore Ste. James E. Taylor C. B. Clem C.N. Allison Judge R. C. Vaughan James B. Russell Elmer Sanderson Mrs. C. C. McKenna and others tied to the University of Texas and local figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Alexander
M. M. Warren John Annip
W. R. Wilson
J. L. England
C. Sutton
W. L. Moore
Ste. James E. Taylor
C. B. Clem
C.N. Allison Judge
R. C. Vaughan James B. Russell
Elmer Sanderson
C. C. McKenna W. J. Martin Griffin Dollarhide Jr
T. L. Hopkins
R. A. Vestal
Gladys Ray
T. B. Autrey
G. E. Scott
H. O. Miller
Mrs
Bells Town Meeting To Seek Water Sewer Bond
Mayor J E Dopson calls a 7 pm meeting at the Bells school to explain a proposed 8000 bond for water and sewerage extensions. He notes prior 80000 project costs covered 65000 materials and labor with 15000 engineering and surveying. If approved, coverage would reach 98 percent of Bells.
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Bells
J. E. Dopson
Dopson
Deaths in D and Trenton Honor Local Residents
Funeral services for James A. Ayres 71 were held at Central Christian Church with burial in Everheart Cemetery. Surviving are his wife four sons two daughters and eleven grandchildren. Mattie Allison 61 died in Sherman hospital and funeral set for Trenton Assembly of God Church with burial in Wittitee Cemetery. Survivors include two sisters three brothers and other relatives.
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James A. Ayres
Central Christian Church
Lee H. Smith
First Presbyterian Church
James L. Cooper
First Baptist Church
Everheart Cemetery
Canaan
Glen Earnheart
H. B. Everheart
R. R. Summers
B. D. Mee- Broom
Lee Penny
Wallace Wilson
Paul Stephens
Ayres
Sherman Hospital
Jim Ayres
Marcus A
Mary Batsell Ayres
Nannie May Windrow
North Texas Gin Company
Whitewright
Donigan
Mr. Ayres
Sun
Tom Ayres
Roy Ayres
Bells
Ned Ayres
Mark Ayres
Walter Adkins
Walters
Okla
J. Lee Smith
Bogota
George Ayres
San Angelo
Trenton
Mattie Allison
W. N. Allison
Kentuckytown
John Stephens
Slaton
Beulah Allison
Julius Allison
I. N. Allison
J. B. Allison
Tom Bean
Mrs. Leila Hembree Dies. Rites Planned in Honey Grove
Mrs. Leila Hembree former Leila Roberts sister of Mrs. Emmett Penn of Whitewright and Frank Roberts of Pottsboro died Tuesday in a Pampa hospital. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Presbyterian Church in McLean with burial planned in Honey Grove today.
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Joe Hembree
Emmett Penn
Whitewright
Frank Roberts
Pottsboro
Pampa
Presbyterian Church
McLean
Honey Grove
Hembree
Leila Roberts
J. T. Roberts
Funeral in Dallas for Mrs Florence Browning
Funeral services were held in Dallas for Mrs Florence Browning who died Saturday. Burial followed at Grove Hill Cemetery. She was wife of the late W T Browning. Surviving are son Richard H Browning of Houston sister Mrs Mattie S Harron of Waxahachie and granddaughter Carol Ann Browning of Houston. A daughter Mildred Browning died soon after the family moved to Dallas.
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Dallas
Florence Browning
Grove Hill Cemetery
Death of H. E. Holley Acknowledged by Whitewright Community
Hense Holley, a well known elderly Black resident, died Monday at his home in Whitewright. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Negro Baptist Church with burial in the Negro Cemetery. He had lived in Whitewright for many years and was beloved by both white and Black residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E
Hense) Holley
Negro Baptist Church
Hense
Whitewright
Sees 20,000,000 on Old Age Aid Rolls
Washington report estimates by 2000 nearly 20 million people will receive old age and survivor benefits under Social Security. Oscar C. Pogge, director of the Bureau of Insurance, testifies before the House appropriations committee that current rolls total 4.6 million and project growth to 7.2 million by 1960, 14.1 million by 1980, approaching 19.9 million by 2000.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Oscar C. Pogge
Bureau Insurance
A. D
Parent-Teacher Association Plows Through Mexico Theme Night
The regular PTA meeting opened with reelected officers led by Mrs J C McMillin. Miss Sallye Hamilton chaired the nominating committee. The program featured a Mexico theme with sixth graders presenting tables on surface of Mexico, volcanoes and crops. A dress review by 4 H girls closed the session followed by an open house for decorated homemaking rooms.
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Parent-Teacher Association of Our Schools
J. C. McMillin
Lee H. Smith
Sallye Hamilton
W. G. Harrelson
Floyd Bassett
Fred Cook Sr
Homer Sears
Jack Lackey
Jack Farley
Madge Braly
Herman Bedford
Earl Blanton
Lucyle Sanders
Mexico
Della Hull
Clara Kelly
Bedford
Texas
Braly
Mrs. DeBerry
Alice Guthrie
Edward McDowell
Mrs. Braly
Carol Taylor
Ann Marlow
Carol McLain
Patsy Sinor
Darlene DeBerry
Trellis June Penny
Patricia Lewis
Gayla Wren
Texas Farmers Get 2.62 Million in Crop Insurance Payouts
The Agriculture Department reported that 33 Texas counties received 2,620,757 in crop insurance indemnities last year. Over 12 years the federal government has paid 5,589,398 to support insured Texas farmers, with total insured value at 18,072,989 and premiums of 1,437,641.
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Washington
Texas
Agriculture Department
Lyndon B. Johnson
Drouth
County Line Singing Convention at Bethel Sunday
The County Line Singing Convention will be held at Bethel Sunday afternoon starting at 2 PM. A Nashville quartet is among expected groups, promising good singing. residents are invited to attend. Clayton L. Wendell.
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Bethel
Nashville
Tennessee
L. L. Wendell
New York Nursery Firm Barred From Texas
The State Department of Agriculture ordered Knight and Bostick Company of Newark New York to stop doing business in Texas. Agriculture Commissioner John C. White canceled the firm’s importation certificate and ordered cancellation of unfilled orders to Texas buyers.
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Austin
State Department of Agriculture
Knight and Bostick Company
Neward
N. Y
Texas
John C. White
Blood donors sought in Whitewright area drive
Grayson County organizers urge 250 prospective blood donors for the Red Cross bloodmobile visit planned in late April. A Whitesboro drive is also scheduled as Sheriff Blanton envisions a Whitewright Whitesboro contest to aid armed forces in Korea. Donors aged 18 to 59 in good health may sign up through local businesses.
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W. C. Cummings
Rotary Club Blood Donor Committee
Red Cross Bloodmobile Unit
Grayson County
Whitewright
Whitesboro
Woody Blanton
Grayson County Blood Bank
Korea
Blanton
Cummings
The
Sun
Impasse Seen in Making G O P Delegates in New Hampshire
New Hampshire primary results show Kefauver winning the Democratic vote 20 147 to 16 298 and Eisenhower taking the GOP preference with 46 497 to 35 820. Delegates awarded favor Eisenhower and Kefauver, signaling possible convention shifts and new faces in the Democratic camp.
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Manchester
N. H
New Hampshire
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Taft
Kefauver
Truman
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Douglas MacArthur
Sherman Adams
Thompson Sues Wife's English Relatives After Visit
Noblesville Indiana Theodore H Thompson a Hamilton County businessman sues five British relatives of his wife claiming they came to his home from England at his expense to surprise his wife and stayed for dinner taking over his house. Prosecutor says Mrs Thompson filed for divorce in Indianapolis seeking 250000 alimony.
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Noblesville
Ind
Theodore H. Thompson
Hamilton County
Thompson
England
U. S. Highway 31
Carmel
Frances Neal
Milk price ceiling set for Dallas Fort Worth area
The Dallas Fort Worth 16 county milk shed will see a price ceiling on wholesale and retail milk effective March 29. Grade A milk prices are frozen while buttermilk drops 24c per quart and coffee cream and heavy cream fall 4c per half pint and 4c per half pint respectively. OPS estimates monthly consumer savings above 55000 while dairy farmers seek higher pay at a hearing next Monday.
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Dallas-Fort Worth
OPS
Alfred L. Seelye
Seelye
Agriculture Department
Vinson to Draft New Universal Military Training Bill
Chairman Carl Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee plans a new universal military training bill after the House rejected UMT 236 to 162 last week. He believes public indignation may shift support and aims to address objections before resubmitting the measure.
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Washington
Carl Vinson
House
Armed Services Committee
Vinson
Congress
Warm Spot for TV Sets Plays Hero Role in Fire
Audubon New Jersey William Wright eight stayed home from school with a cold. He sat by the television during a parent teachers meeting when he smelled smoke and found an attic fire. He alerted the fire department and watched firefighters save furniture as the house burned. Firemen pulled him away from the TV set.
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Audubon
N. J
William Wright
William
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