Countywide $750000 Road Bond Ordered for Grayson County
County commissioners vote to pursue a $750000 bond issue to fund road improvements in Grayson County. $640000 targets farm to market roads, $110000 for Highway 75 right of way between Denison and Sherman. If defeated a separate road district could be formed.
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Satur
Denison
Sherman
Grayson County
Commissioners Court
State Highway Department
Denison and
Sun Honor Roll Adds Notables This Week
The Sun lists new honorees Chesley Rutledge Audrey Evans Mrs C C Cates P A Short Y W Reagan Leslie Holland Mrs G F Teague J G Muirhead J B Burris J L Boone Tom Graves Newton Manning Dr L B Holland Mrs Walter E Boyd W B Holcomb Texas Monument Co Mark Montgomery Jr R M Hash. Try a Sun Want Ad for results.
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Sun
Chesley Rutledge
Audrey M. Evans
C. C. Cates
P. A. Short
Y. W. Reagan
Leslie T. Holland
G. F. Teague
J. G. Muirhead
J. B. Burris
J. L. Boone
Tom Graves Newton L. Manning
L. B. Holland
Walter E. Boyd
W. B. Holcomb
Texas Monument Co
Mark Montgomery Jr
R. M. Hash
Red Cross Drive Exceeds Quota In Whitewright Area
Mrs. E F Everheart reports 538 21 in Whitewright Bethel Pilot Grove and Kentuckytown against a 400 quota. Some final reports pending may raise the total. Women volunteers led the solicitation and local committees are praised for a fine showing and sustained over subscription.
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E. F. Everheart
Red Cross Campaign Committee
Whitewright
Bethel
Pilot Grove
Kentuckytown
Red Cross
Whitewright ISD to elect two trustees in April
Whitewright Independent School District will hold a trustee election on Saturday April 3 to fill two three year seats. Retiring members are R A Gillett who served nineteen years including thirteen as secretary and Clay Horton who served twelve years. From the consolidated Bethel and Blanks districts M W Williams and E W Fields are filed as candidates. Current board members include C J Meador president Roy Blanton F G Hoover Russell Summers and Alonzo Harper.
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Whitewright Independent
R. A. Gillett
Clay Horton
Whitewright
Bethel
Blanks
M. W. Williams
E. W. Fields
Whitewright Board of Trustees
C. J. Meador
Roy Blanton
F. G. Hoover
Russell Summers
Alonzo Harper
Funeral Services Held For Pfc. Elmer Joe Key
Funeral services were held at 1 30 p m Friday at the First Baptist Church for Pfc. Elmer Joe Key son of Mr and Mrs George Key with Rev Weldon R Drake and Rev E P Wootten officiating. Whitewright Post American Legion served as pallbearers and Sherman Post conducted military rites at West Hill Cemetery. Key died in China on September 25 1945 and was the first World War II casualty reburied in Whitewright.
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Elmer Joe Key
George Key
First Baptist Church
Weldon R. Drake
E. P. Wootten
Celina
Whitewright Post
American Legion
Sherman American Legion
West Hill Cemetery
Sherman
Whitewright
Main Street
Key
Pfc. Key
China
Freight Rail Service Cut Ordered by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a 25 percent reduction in coal burning freight service effective at midnight next Tuesday. The cut aims to conserve railroad coal supplies amid ongoing mine stoppages. The second sentence references a distant note about maple syrup history from American Indian sources.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Easter dates shift through centuries and calendars
Easter has varied since 325 A D when the Council of Nice set the rule of the first Sunday after the first full moon after March 21. It can occur as late as April 25 and as early as March 22 but in this century the earliest date will not be reached.
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Council of
Nice
Mrs. Mangrum To Celebrate 100th Birthday Easter Sunday
Mrs. Mandy A Mangrum born March 31 1848 in Tennessee marks her 100th year next Wednesday. Easter Sunday service at First Baptist Church will honor her with gifts and songs. She recalls Civil War era service to soldiers and moving from Missouri to Texas. She has 19 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
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Mandy A. Mangrum
First Baptist Church
Chestnut Bluff
Dyer County
Tenn
Baptist Church
Robert Isom Mangrum
Tennessee
Missouri
Texas
Pilot Grove
Collin County
Home Guard
Oklahoma
Mattie
W. L. Mangrum
Irene Mangrum
Dallas
J. C. Mangrum
Grand Prairie
Baptist Annex Dedicated Sunday to First Baptist Church
Several hundred attended the dedication of the Fleming Memorial Annex at the First Baptist Church in Sherman at 2 p m It was a gift from Will Fleming of Fort Worth and Ira Fleming of Whitewright costing about 25000 Dr J A Ellis preached the sermon Rev E P Wootten gave the dedicatory prayer Will Fleming gave the invocation Ferrell Welch of Greenville provided a violin solo with his mother at the piano A duet by Rev Weldon R Drake and Mrs O L Jones was accompanied by Mrs Guy Hamilton Punch was served and visitors from Sherman Bells Savoy Trenton and nearby areas attended an osteopath commented golf scrambles the spine and vocabulary
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Fleming Memorial
First Baptist Church
Will Fleming
Fort Worth
Ira Fleming
Whitewright
J. A. Ellis
Sherman
E. P. Wootten
Celina Baptist Church
Whitewright Baptist Church
Holy City
Ferrell Welch
Greenville
Jesus
Weldon R. Drake
O. L. Jones
Guy Hamilton
Punch
Bells
Savoy
Trenton
In 1869 gypsy moths reached America by accident
The article notes that in 1869 a naturalist conducting insect experiments accidentally introduced the gypsy moth into the United States. It mentions a stray reference to reporting a family wedding to The Sun.
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America
Wallace Accused Of Doing Injury To Plain People
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge accuses Henry Wallace of harming America and the plain people by his foreign policy notes urging Congress to quell war hysteria. Lodge says Wallace’s telegram signals American disunion and aids Soviet aims, urging Wallace to reconsider his stance.
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Wallace
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Henry Wallace
Lodge
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations
America
School Census Underway In Texas Communities
School superintendents statewide are collecting the census of children ages six to eighteen to ensure every eligible student is registered. The state paid $55 for each enrolled scholastic last year, and missed names cost districts that amount. Superintendent Caraway seeks help to list all eligible youths and boost Whitewright school support by enrolling each child.
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Texas
Caraway
Whitewright
Draft Ike movement forms in Texas precincts to back Eisenhower
A Texas wide effort named Draft Ike began in Austin with office space donated by local businesses and volunteer staff to rally Democrats for Dwight Eisenhower. The group aims to persuade Democrats at May 1 precinct conventions to draft Ike for the Democratic nomination and to elect delegates pledged to that cause.
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Austin
Texas
Dwight Eisenhower
Ike
Congress Avenue
Travis County
Richard Martin
William Helluns
State Office
Democratic Party
Carl Morris
Clarendon
Tom Long
Robert Doss
Whitewright
Morris
Wallace
Congress
R. A. Thompson
Goliad
Democratic Executive Committee
Texans Protest War Plant Sale
Two Texas congressmen urged President Truman and Secretary Forrestal to halt war plant disposals. Lyndon B. Johnson warned sacrifices of plants and housing at risk and Albert Thomas pressed for immediate stop. Thomas tied a $5 billion defense budget increase to the request.
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Washington
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Austin
Truman
Rep
Albert Thomas
Houston
Defense
James Forrestal
Johnson
Thomas
Forrestal
Appropriations Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
James E. Webb
Caraway Re-Elected Whitewright School Superintendent
B R Caraway, superintendent of Whitewright schools, was reelected by the board of trustees on Monday night completing his fifth term. He came from Prosper where he also served as superintendent and is a Desert community native and World War I veteran. He was the sole faculty member elected at the meeting with remaining positions to be filled after April trustees elections.
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B. R. Caraway
Whitewright
Board of Trustees
Caraway
Prosper
Trenton Road Work Sought in Fannin County Proposals
Rep. Ray Kirkpatrick and State Highway Engineer Dewitt C. Greer discussed two farm to market road proposals around Trenton Texas. A connecting road west to the Whitewright Blue Ridge road needs paving from the county line into Grayson County. A second project seeks 2.5 miles of WPA road from Trenton south to join State Highway 78, with shared county and state responsibility.
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Austin
Ray Kirkpatrick
Trenton
Dewitt C. Greer
Fannin County
Kirkpatrick
State
Grayson County
Tax Reduction Bill Passed By House To Go To Truman
The House approved a 4.8 billion tax-cut measure sending it to President Truman. It would cut taxes for 52 million filers and remove 7.4 million low income people from the rolls, with veto risk and possible two thirds override battle shaping up next week.
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Washington, D. C
House
Truman
Congress
Senate
Martin
Sen
Taft
Draft Law Request On Universal Draft Age Expected
President Truman is expected to ask Congress for a draft registration law covering men 18 to 45. Military leaders recommended the plan, with active duty selection limited to ages 19 to 26.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
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RED Cross Drive
Pfc
Mrs. Mangrum
M. A. Mangrum
Baptist Annex
Friedrich von Schiller
Precinct Dens
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