Social notes from Sherman area weekend visits
Dallas visitors Ira and Mrs Fleming and many locals were guests or hosts around Sherman. Families including Vandagriffs, Stephens, Reeves, Wallace, Mangrum, Hicks, Ross, Talley, Rascoe, Massengale, Kennedy, Scott and others shared weekends with kin and friends in Sherman Fort Worth Dallas Texas and surrounding towns. Many visits referenced celebrations health and home moves amid a busy social week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Massengale
Beverly
Lynda Kennedy
Rufus Scott
Dallas
Ralph Wallace
Lola Scott
Tom Bean
Robert Cole
Sherman
Wallace and Scott
Veteran Benefits Q&A on address changes and benefits
Veterans must file a change of address at the Post Office and notify VA to keep records current. Reinstatement of WWII GI term insurance is only possible within the policy term. once expired it cannot be renewed. VA compensation and pension do not switch automatically. a request is required. War Orphans education is reduced by any Korean GI Bill training already used.
Engagement announced for Evelyn Sims and James Burchfield
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Sims of Blue Ridge announce the engagement of their daughter Evelyn to James Pete Burchfield son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Burchfield of Whitewright. Evelyn is a Blue Ridge High School graduate and works at Members Mutual Insurance in Dallas. Pete is a Whitewright High School graduate employed at Chance Vought Aircraft in Grand Prairie. The wedding is planned for June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Sims
Blue Ridge
Evelyn Sims
James
Pete) Burchfield
Virgil Burchfield
Whitewright
Evelyn
Blue Ridge High School
Members Mutual Insurance Company
Dallas
Pete
Whitewright High School
Chance Vought Aircraft
Grand Prairie
Pastor's Wife Accused After Sunday Collection Incident
A small town minister finds his wife Agnes with her hand in the church collection. She explains she is searching for a button to sew on his coat, a domestic moment turned tense on Monday morning.
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Agnes
1875 Joint Committee Report On Internal Combustion Engine
A 1875 hearing warned that a gasoline powered internal combustion engine could revolutionize society yet pose fires and explosions. The report urged Congress to create a Horseless Carriage Commission to control gasoline sources and related explosive materials, due to safety and defense concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional Committee
Congress
United States
See It Through Poem Admonition and Codfish Depth Note
A wartime motivational verse by Edgar A. Guest urges perseverance and finishing the task. The snippet adds a casual line noting that the largest codfish have been caught at a depth of 250 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar A. Guest
Draft Certain For Fit Younger Men
Washington officials said physically fit and unencumbered single men face a 100 percent likelihood of being drafted by age 23 due to overall manpower demands. Deferments are unavailable for marriage or fatherhood, though fatherhood can delay induction. Local boards prioritize nonfathers 19 through 25, and the 1957 figures show fathers in I A more than doubled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Guard
Reserve
I-A
Inductee Age Trends in Delinquent and Nonfather Groups
The process first screens delinquents and volunteers aged 19 or older, then nonfathers aged 19 to 25 deemed acceptable. Older nonfathers are sent to induction centers first. Current inductee age is broadly around 23.
Bread Molding Slowed by Fridge Storage
Bread kept in the refrigerator resists molding longer than bread kept in a ventilated bread box, a reader notes.
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Ira Fleming
A. R. McMurry
Floyd McCurley
Pike
Woodie Young
Dallis
J. D. Fleming
Ector
Joe Vandagriff
Inez King of
Jimmie Lynn Vandagriff of
Mrs
H. G. Vandagriff
Bill Ireland
Tom Ireland
Denison
John Paul Stephens of
Commerce
Mrs. Paul Stephens
David Reeves
John Reeves
Joe Mangrum
Buster Graves
Ed Doss
Eugene McIver
Bonham
Elbert Thompson
Pilot Point
Wallace Wilson
Johnnie Wilson
Fort Worth
Earl Wallace
Exeter
Calif
Arkansas
Missouri
Eddie McCarty
David Brooks
D. D. Brooks
Rice Melugin
Community Hospital
Otis Neathery
Lubbock
Jim Grider
Joe Ross
Lora Hicks
Warren Ross
J. E. Ross
Joe Bodine
Mrs. Mangrum
Lewis Talley
Terrell
Lucian Rascoe
Royse City
Roy Talley
Frank Rascoe
Boston
South America
CHEVY
Andes
Chevrolet
General San Martin
Automobile Club of Argentina
Buenos Aires
Pampas
Pacific
Chile
Valparaiso
Whitewright, Texas
Whitewright Cleaners
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