Odds and Ends from Whitewright News
Honor roll lists first graders Dick Montgomery Joe Thomas Meador Robert Long Bow Wayne Durham Joseph Cox Margaret Lyons and J Lee Smith. Obituaries note Miss Sallie Biggerstaff Michael W Zachary G W Squires. Birth announced for Dr O M Durham and Mare Graves daughter. Local rain total 7 37 inches since December 1. Various sales ads include bedspreads dresses and fabrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Montgomery
Joe Thomas Meador
Robert Long Bow
Wayne Durham
Joseph Cox
Margaret Lyons
J. Lee Smith
Sallie Biggerstaff
Orangeville
W. H. Zachary
Ely
G. W. Squires
Savoy
O. M. Durham
Cotulla
Durham
Mare Graves
Obituary and social notes from Orangeville area
C C Fogle, 74, died at home Wednesday morning. Grandpa Patterson, 77, died Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Smith. Mrs Hugh Wilson and others visited relatives in Dallas on Sunday. Mrs J N Powell, 79, died Wednesday at her home. Mrs Charles G Lorance, 53, died at her Orangeville home. J H Bowen, 81, died in the Orangeville community. R H May and Pascal Farley hauled hogs to Dallas market Wednesday. The Friday Literary Club featured Mrs C P Johnson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Fogle
C. P. Johnson
L. LaRoe
L. G. Hagard
H. T. Atterberry
Gomer Graves
Grandpa Patterson
Oscar Smith
Orangeville
R. H. May
Pascal Farley
Dallas
Hugh Wilson
Robert Carlton
Edith Biggerstaff
Jimmie Carlton
J. H. Biggerstaff
J. N. Powell
Charles G. Lorance
J. H. Bowen
Banquet, Birthdays, and Anniversaries Highlight Sherman Club Life
On March 5 Mrs. E F Everheart Mrs Joe Johnson and Mrs J H Waggoner attended a Sherman club women banquet. Miss Blannie Reeves hosted a birthday party for Wallace Reeves. T C L Hall celebrated a golden wedding anniversary on March 7. Honor Roll Club members Hamilton Vestal Floyd Everheart Jr Dorotha Darwin and Velma Holland appeared on a program Wednesday. A birthday party for Jane Knox on March 4 brought together Jo anna Harrison Lorene Taylor Mary Frances Stephens Edna Louise Brown Mary Lee Hughes and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Everheart
Joe Johnson
J. H. Waggoner
Sherman
Blannie Reeves
Wallace Reeves
T. C. L. Hall
Hamilton Vestal
Floyd Everheart Jr
Dorotha Darwin
Velma Holland
Reflector
Jane Knox
Joanna Harrison
Lorene Taylor
Mary Frances Stephens
Edna Louise Brown
Mary Lee Hughes
Billy Rham Pennington
Kirk May
Monty Atkinson
Kenneth Norris
Bobby D. Montgomery
Billie Joe Phillips
Pattie Everheart
Ann LaRoe
James Arney
Jack Knox
Lilly Kincaid
Davis Parrish
Katie Kincaid
Dorothy Sue Douglas
Bob Sears
Glow Worm
Labor to seek higher wages shorter week front page
Two front page stories tie labor wage pressure to unemployment as the McKinney Examiner notes workers may be priced out of demand. A second item shows a student’s excuse about skipping class and a fish to prove it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinney Examiner
Dogs Eat Well But Children Do Not Official Says
Texas Agriculture Commissioner White told a state food conference that dogs may get healthier food than children under modern processing. He urged focus on true food value over flashy packaging and suggested banning soft drink and candy machines from schools to curb what he called a jitterbug diet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
White
Texas
Peace Teachings Prompt War Objections
A teacher urges peace and disarmament in class. She asks students who object to war and assigns Bobby to explain his view. Bobby replies that wars make history, illustrating a troubled tension between pacifist aims and the impulse to study conflict outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
Arbitron TV Audience Meter Debuts Chief Ratings Device
New York reports that Arbitron becomes the man of the year in 1958 for television with an electronic device measuring audience exposure in real time. Taller & Cooper builds the system for American Electronics and the American Research Bureau, starting in New York with 300 sets and expanding to 1200 nationwide by January 1959. Each home unit replies to a central computer every 90 seconds, indicating on or off and channel, with totals and timestamps printed for permanent records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arbitron
American Research Bureau
Taller & Cooper, Inc
American Electronics, Inc
Notice to Creditors of the Estate of O. J. Potter
Executrix Mary Ellen Kaylor announces letters testamentary granted January 7 1958 by Grayson County Court on the estate of O J Potter deceased. Creditors must present claims as required by law. Residence 72 Dewey Avenue Sherman Texas. Published in The Whitewright Sun February 20 27 and March 6 13 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. J. Potter
O J. Potter
Grayson County
Dewey Avenue
Sherman
Grayson
Texas
Mary Ellen Kaylor
Or. Potter
Whitewright Sun
Citation Notice in Denison Texas Property Suit
Court issues writ for R D Beirne Trust Fund to obtain title to Lot 7 Block 27 Perry First Addition Denison Grayson County Texas. Defendants include Ramon Rubio and others unknown heirs and representatives. Citation dated February 27 1958 requires appearance by April 14 1958 in Sherman court. Published in Whitewright Sun March 6 13 2 and 27 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Texas
Ramon Rubio
JAMES_ P DUMAS
Edward Perry
T. Melanie Perry
J. F. O'Connor
E. K. Smoot
J. T. Munson
W. B. Munson
A. D
15Th Judicial District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
R. D. Beirne Trust Fund
Perry
Denison
V. Earnest
Shirley Davis
Whitewright Sun
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Whitewright
R. L. Sears
R. May
Bessie Jo Barbee
Nell Montgomery
Robert L. Giles
Houston
Robert L. Holland
Tyler
Martin Keefe - Bray
Tom Sears
Atma Casualty
Thimet
Southwest Agricultural Supply CO
Rockwall, Texas
Beery Tera BO
Fort Belvoir
Greenland
Arctic
United States
Sherman Savings
North Travis
Sherman, Texas
Dial
Sampe
U. S. Bureau of Census
VER
The
Quaker Oats Co
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