Local Obituaries and Social Notes From Pilot Grove News
Obituaries note Dr W C Holmes 83 and J E Dixon 60 died at home in Trenton and east of Pilot Grove. Various local events include honor roll by Powell Key and Joe Weldon Carr, a kerosene accident with no ill effects, Esther Allen hit by car with injuries, Rev W A Kirkpatrick injured in barn accident, Billie Magar wins declamation, and Wm F Sanders dies in Sherman. Births, weddings, parties, and club programs listed with multiple named residents and community groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Holmes
Pearl Connelly
Trenton
J. E. (Ennis) Dixon
Pilot Grove
Powell Key
Joe Weldon Carr
J. E. Russell
Esther Allen
PTA Elects Officers for the Year at Tuesday Meeting
At a PTA meeting Tuesday evening officers were elected including Mrs. A. L. Jackson as president and Miss Mary Pumphrey as secretary. Aliie D. Galey, 43, of Whitewright died after a truck struck him on the Sherman Denison highway Sunday afternoon. Mary Frances Stephens celebrated her seventh birthday with a Saturday party for 22 friends.
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PTA
A. L. Jackson
D. M. Roddy
Grover Stateville
Ross May
Whitewright
Sherman-Denison
Mary Frances Stephens
Notice to Creditors in the Estate of Vesta M Nunley
The Gray County Texas court issues letters testamentary to Celestial Nunley Smith executrix of Vesta M Nunley deceased. Creditors must present claims within legal time limits. Executrix address listed as 2322 Centerville Road Dallas Dallas County Texas.
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Vesta M. Nunley
Grayson County
Texas
Centerville Road
Dallas
County of Dallas
State of Texas
Celestial Nunley Smith
Whitewright Sun
Veteran Pension and Address Change Q A Guidance
Practical Q and A on VA pension reporting excludes pension as income. Instructions cover replacement of lost discharge from the Personnel Records Center at St. Louis with no charge. For address changes payee should file a change of address with the Post Office and notify the VA to ensure checks are forwarded and records stay accurate.
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The
Armed Forces
Page Boulevard
St. Louis
Missouri
Seat belt reduces rate of mortality in car crashes
Albany New York reports that wearing a seat belt significantly increases survival odds in serious accidents. Health commissioner Dr Herman E Hilleboe notes occupants ejected from a vehicle face about five times the death risk of those restrained inside.
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Albany
N. Y
Herman E. Hilleboe
New York
Thallium Poisoning Warns on Household Dangers
A rural Central Texas family faced acute poisoning after thallium sulfate rodent poison was used in their home. The piece urges reading labels, proper precautions, and warns that even small amounts can harm when absorbed, inhaled, or ingested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Public Health Service
No One Else to Blame No One Else to Blame
A Panola Watchman column argues Americans blame others for inflation and debt while politicians claim to serve the people. It contends all groups share fault, warns of national destruction via currency debauchery, and asserts Russia’s 1973 takeover schedule.
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America
Lenin
Stalin
United States
City Honours Citizen's Protest Over Water Bill
Tulsa officials accepted a citizen's note reading Pay to the order of the thieves of City Hall 13 50 for water from a crooks group. The loud complaint led to revenue decisions and a playful handling of the disputed charge by city authorities.
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Tulsa
Okla
Inflation Through the Years in New York
A historical inflation overview contrasts 1939 and 1949 prices with 1959 levels. It lists costs for milk bread lamb coffee subway fares car prices gas and steel, illustrating rising living costs over two decades. It notes milk 12 to 22 cents to 29, bread 8 to 14 to 19, lamb 28 to 71 to 77 cents, coffee 22 to 55 to 70 cents, subway 5 to 10 to 15 cents, car price 984 to 2089 to 2545, gas 5 to 10 to 12 cents, steel 62 to 90 to 146.
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New York
America
Buick
Psychiatrist’s Unexpected Kiss During First Visit
A beautiful young lady visits a psychiatrist for her first appointment. The doctor studies her briefly, then guides her closer and kisses her, afterward remarking that the act solved his problem and asks what hers might be.
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W. A. Kirkpatrick
Billie Magar
Guy Hamilton Jr
Joe Thomas Meador
Wm. Frazier Sanders
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Sherman
Freida Wright
Leonard
Beveridge Brents
W. O. Brents
Shamrock
W. H. King
Mary Dale King
Lucile Giles
Millicent Ann Webster
Norma Frances Donigan
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
Aline Pennington
Sarah Belle Gillett
Sallie Jo Truett
H. T. Atterberry
H. G. Webster
Bryant King
Louise Sears
Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion
Allen T. Short
Clarence Pace
Cull Reeves
Pernie Badgett
B. W. Newman
George Burnham
Percy Darwin
Eliza Paxton German
Dorothy LaRoe
Texas State College For Women
Denton
W. J. Martin
Walter E. Boyd
Minneapolis
Minn
Boyd
Margreta Fender
Katie Kincaid
Arvin Monroe Vestal
Billie Hatfield
Mary Alice Harrison
Martha Louise Vestal
Foucheaux Vestal
Laverne Kilgree
Irene Mitchell
R. A. Scott
Marie Ward
Moselle Marley
Nina Marie Pierce
Mary Edna Cox
Oleta Norris
J. H. Gosnell
Citizens Club
Sherman Savings
North Travis
Sherman, Texas
Dial
Texas State Department of Health
Panola Watchman
the Sun
Eclipse
Briggs & Stratton
Meador’s
Chevy
Fisher
Chevrolet
Whitewright, Texas
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