Spring arrives as Sun reports warm Grand Avenue day
The Sun notes 60s temperatures in Whitewright with bright sun on Grand Avenue. Gardeners enjoy planting as trees bud, while a missing dog Brandy described as white with brown spots prompts concern. Banquet tickets and 4 H club registration details are announced for community events, with Log Lake show participation tied to FFA FHA or 4 H Club membership.
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Grand Avenue
Diane Lewis
Brandy
Lewis Yard
Whitewright area to gain over $1 million from highway and civic projects
Two Texas Highway and Public Transportation Commission projects will widen a seven mile stretch on Highway 160 and seal coat 5.2 miles of Highway 11 near Whitewright at a cost of about $534,000. Total local spend surpasses $1 million when Whitewright civic center construction and water sewer work are added, with construction hoped to start on Highway 160 by summer.
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Whitewright
Texas Highway and Public Transportation Commission
Tom Bean
R.S. Thornburrow
Paris
The
Sun
Highway 11
Highway 160
Thornburrow
Collin County
Highway Department
Whitewright Chamber Brings Texas Agriculture Commissioner Speaker
Reagan Brown, newly named Texas Agriculture Commissioner, will speak at Whitewright Chamber of Commerce on April 20. A longtime sociologist and former governor aide, Brown has delivered thousands of speeches for Texas Chambers and will headline the C of C banquet. Tickets are on sale.
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Chamber of Commerce
Walker Pharmacy
Whitewright Sun Pettit’s
First National Bank of Whitewright
Whitewright
Reagan Brown
Texas Agriculture Commissioner
Brown
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
Agriculture
John C. White
Carter
U.S
Texas Chamber of Commerce
C. of C
Texas Agriculture
Sessom Accepts Post At Bells
Sessom, 42, accepts superintendent job at Bells, with duties beginning July 1. He leaves Whitewright after nearly 20 years as social studies teacher and coach. The Bells post pays $20,000. 22 applicants were narrowed to three. Barker retires June 30 after a 41 year career. Sessom will oversee about 300 students and 20 teachers across two Bells schools.
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Charlie Sessom
Coleman
Sun
Bells
Bells School Board
Sessom
O.V. Barker
Whitewright
East Texas Sate University
Sewer Tie-On Fee Cut Until April First
Residents planning to tie onto the sewer system are urged to act by April 1. Those who indicate plans and pay at city hall before the deadline pay the regular 50 dollars. After April 1 the fee doubles to 100 dollars.
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City Hall
Trustees Ponder Capps Resignation at Whitewright School
Whitewright school superintendent Dick Capps resigned last Friday before a Hawaii vacation. The school board has the letter but will not act until Capps returns, with official action expected at the April 4 meeting unless postponed. Capps has six years with the district and is finishing a doctor of education degree at East Texas State University.
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Whitewright
Dick Capps
Hawaii
Capps
James Donaghey
East Texas State University
Denise Haliburton Joined National Honor Society at Sherman High
Denise Haliburton was chosen for membership in the National Honor Society at Sherman High School. Students must maintain a 3.5 grade average or higher. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Haliburton of Sherman, with grandparents Mrs. Hoyt Wallace of Whitewright and Mr. and Mrs. ex Haliburton of Bells.
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Denise Haliburton
Sherman High School
Don Haliburton
Sherman
Hoyt Wallace
Whitewright
Ex. Haliburton
Bells
Death notice for Emma Biggers of Wewoka Oklahoma
John L. Reeves of Whitewright learns of the passing of his aunt Emma Biggers of Wewoka Oklahoma aged 96. She was a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs John D Patterson of Whitewright and a Grayson College graduate.
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John L. Reeves
Whitewright
Emma Biggers
Wewoka
Oklo
Area Farmers Enter Tractor Pull Contest
More than 77 000 farm and ranch operators attended the Southwest Farm Show and Championship Tractor Pull in Fort Worth. Local entrants included Gene Shaw Guy Ely Jackie Jester Eddie Anderson and Joe Beazley. Winners of the state wide FFA tractor mechanics contest went to the DeKalb FFA chapter. After three nights of pulls in the Convention Center arena Texas and Oklahoma winners included Ronnie Culp Lamesa Jerry Willis Grandview Elbert Long Big Spring Wayne Londson Apache Okla and Steve Kenner Burns Flat. Total attendance reached 26 050. Dates for the 1978 show are March 10 11 and 12 at the Fort Worth center. Mrs Gene Shaw won fourth place in the fashion show modeling an apple green cotton polyester dress with a matching shawl and antique lace detailing.
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Fort Worth
Gene Shaw
Guy Ely
Jackie Jester
Eddie Anderson
Joe Beazley
Future Farmers of America
DeKalb Ffa
Convention Center Arena
Texas
Oklahoma
Ronnie Culp
Lamesa
Jerry Willis
Grandview
Elbert Long
Big Spring
Southwest
Wayne Londson
Apache
Okla
Steve Kennemer
Burns Flat
Tarrant County Convention Center
Church Class Retreat at Flowing Wells
The Young Married Couples class of First Baptist with teacher Leonard Robinson and Nan Robinson took a weekend retreat to Flowing Wells. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lankford, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Layman, Mr. and Mrs. Terry Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. David Franklin, and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Robinson.
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First Baptist Church
Leonard Robinson
Nan
Flowing Wells
Phillip Smith
Michael Lankford
Roy Layman
Terry Lewis
Ricky Wilson
Jerry Johnson
David Franklin
Robinson
Civic Center Construction Spurs Whitewright Enthusiasm
Mayor Dick Walker touts a new half million dollar civic center in Whitewright funded by a 493000 plus EDA grant. The complex will include a four bay fire department, a modern police facility, a 300 seat auditorium, city offices, a club meeting room, kitchen, and a 15000 to 20000 volume library. The project aims to revitalize downtown, with demolition savings and a 10 year loan from First National Bank.
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Dick Walker
Whitewright
Civic Center
Whitewright Rotary
Texas
EDA
Walker
Grayson County
Fourth Congressional District
Grand Avenue
North East Texas Library Association
Sherman
Denison
Whitesboro
First National Bank of
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