We Heard About Local Visiting Fry Towns
Social notes list visitors and hosts across DeKalb to Sherman, Dallas, Fort Worth and other areas. Families including the Browns Garner Shirleys Cawthons and Liters share weekend visits, travels, and receptions. The Lottie Moon Circle met for prayer, and Rev and Mrs Gardanf were honored before a Hawaii mission departure. Capt. Leroy Ates and family prepare for Madrid duty with the Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy D. Ates
Oran
Jeff Ates
New Jersey
Madrid
Spain
Air Force
Lottie Moon
First Baptist Church
Carl May
Clyde Sadler
May
W. L. Hatfield
Leap Years and Time Counting From Ancient Egypt to Gregorian Rule
A compact note on calendars tracing Egyptian 365 day years to the Gregorian system adopted unevenly across Europe, explaining leap year rationale and future search for a perfect timekeeping method. Also includes a county court notice in Grayson County Texas regarding the estate of Arthur Mason Mosse with independent executors George Burt Mosse and Marcella Marie Coffman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Arthur Mason Mosse
Grayson County
Texas
George Burt Mosse
West Bend
Denison
Marcella Marie Coffman
Layne Drive
Whitewright Sun
U S Food Use Averages 1488 Pounds Per Person In 1960
U S Department of Agriculture estimates show 1960 per person food consumption averaging 1488 pounds from all foods, led by dairy at 414 pounds and fruit and vegetables at 409. Meat, cereals, sugars, fats, eggs and beverages follow in order. Also notes disappearance basis and population factors. Captain Joseph W. Kittinger Jr. set a record balloon flight to 102,800 feet before a parachute descent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
Joseph W. Kittinger Jr
U. S. Air Force
Small Business And The New Federal Tax Law
The 1958 federal tax law lets sole proprietors and partnerships become a corporation or be taxed as a partnership to avoid double tax. Subchapter S offers limited liability and continuity without extra corporate taxes, but eligibility requires strict stockholder and structure limits. Unanimous stockholder agreement is needed to convert, with options to revert if dissatisfied.
Candy Cane Origin Traced to 1670 Shepherd Hook
The National Confectioners Association finds the common candy cane likely the oldest Christmas candy with roots traced to 1670 when a Cologne Cathedral choirmaster bent sugar sticks into shepherds crooks. The piece notes its spread across Europe and adds a separate fact that the Lincoln Memorial was completed in 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Confectioners Association
Cologne
Europe
Also Mentioned on This Page
George Brown
DeKalb
John Garner
Trenton
Fred Garner
S. D. Shirley
Anna
Bob Cawthon
Glen Earnheart
Plainview
Clint Hennig
Houston
Mrs. Garland Burchfield of
Sherman
Mrs. Carson Burchfield
Billy Roberts
Son Lowery
Honey Grove
Grace Roberts
Jack Ward
Kemp
Jack Farley
H. T. Atterberry of
Mrs
Clarence McMillin
Russell McMurry
Austin
Robert A. Nieman
Dallas
Bill Tanner
West, Okla
Florence White
O. L. White
Ira Gilliam
Bells
Roy Talley
H. H. Lytle
Tyler
Wiley Skelton
Commerce
Ott Lackey
Misses Mozell
Doris Jacks
Fort Worth
Mrs. L. F. Jacks
J. C. Annie
Kathy
Charlie Ayres
Nettie Horton
Marshall, Ark
Don Haliburton
of Sherman
Elmo Wallace
Dean Watson
Thomas Ayres
Elmer Magers of
Ella Johnson
J. A. Harper
D. E. McCoy
E. A. Ingram
Doyle File
H. G. Vandagriff
Sammie Maxwell
Ann
Ricky
James England
Amy Jo Alexander
Whitewright
John Lee Hopper
Annette and
Gayland
Lubbock
Sydney Henson
Lynda
Waco
J. H. Hopper
W. E. Marlow
Morton Badgett
J. W. Gardanf
Hawaii
Irene Rhea
Pearl] Rhea
Brenda
Faye Barrett
Brownie Cary
Silas Garland
Delinda Blackerby
Ely
Roy Belew
England
the Sun
Sez
U. S
Small Business
Chuck Peak
Washington
Texas and
Oklahoma
Lone Star Gas Company
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