Local Notices and Transcriptions From Kentuckytown Area
Obituaries note Thomas N Parrish 67 dies at home in Kentuckytown. Deaths include Robert Lee Cantrell 18 from Mahurin community in Sherman hospital. A daughter born to Floyd Bassett and wife. Various local events and engagements listed with names and places across Pilot Grove News items. East Texas area mentions Epworth League program and First Baptist Church officers elected.
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Thomas N. Parrish
Kentuckytown
R. B. Gordon
A. T. Phillips
Horace Gordon
G. F. Bryant
W. A. Stuckey
Martha Joe Sears
Maxie Echols
Theresa Everheart
Epworth League
Emma Dee Randle
Lyceum
Pacific Coast
Robert Lee Cantrell
Mahurin
Sherman
Virginia Benson
Opal Cates
Pilot Grove
First Baptist Church
C. S. Witt
Lena Mae Gowdy
E. J. Lilley
Cull Reeves
May Badgett
Claud Stephens
J. L. McSpedden
B. W. Newman
P. Janway
W. H. Davidson
Mary Ryan
Bridge
Sterling Evans
Bryan
Vona Mae Akridge
Desert
Cole & Davis Dry Good Store
T. G. Worden
Homer Sanderson
Alma _ Jo
Louise Wilson
Mary Edna Cox
Joy Wilson
Frances Riddle
Doris Nicholson
Mary Frances Clabhorn
Dwight Garland
J. B. Smith
George Hansard Jr
W. J. Bilmner
Joe Hicks
James Bert Phillips
Billy Coy Harris
Coy Anderson
Harold Dickens
Robert Bonham
Bells
Dixie Jane
Floyd Bassett
Sarah Kathryn Atterberry
Dorothy Sue Douglas
Mary Frances Stephens
Camp Fire
Floyd Everheart
FOR THE BIRDS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY USED AS MEETING RELIEF
A McKinney Courier-Gazette piece describes a man who took up bird watching as therapy for mental fatigue from excess meetings. It uses a series of bird personas to gently mock various human behaviors observed at gatherings.
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Whipperwill
Bibulous Kentuckians Questioned by Northerner
A Kentuckian replies to a Northern inquiry about Kentuckians being bibulous, saying there are probably no more than a dozen Bibles in the entire state. The humorous exchange contrasts stereotypes with a genial denial.
Tax battle at Texas Capitol heats up amid proposals
In Austin the tax fight moves to the hammer and tongs stage as Gov. Price Daniel pushes a revenue plan based on abandoned property, revised books, and higher corporate franchise and gas taxes. House members split with Speaker Waggoner Carr over adequacy, with debates on a nine part and a 14 percent gross receipts alternative.
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Austin
State Capitol
Price Daniel
Waggoner Carr
Texas
Carr
Rep
R. L. Strickland
Wesley Roberts
H. J. Blanchard
House
W. Lee O’daniel
O’daniel
Daniel
House Taxation Committee
Tax Committee
Estate of Vesta M Nunley Deceased Notice to Creditors
Original Letters Testamentary were granted March 16 1959 by the Gray son County Texas court to Celestial Nunley Smith Executrix. Creditors must present claims within legally prescribed time at 2322 Centerville Road Dallas Texas. Published in The Whitewright Sun March 19 26 and April 2 9 1959.
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Vesta M. Nunley
Grayson County
Texas
Centerville Road
Dallas
County of Dallas
State of Texas
Celestial Nunley Smith
Whitewright Sun
Everett G. Graves
A. D
15Th District Court
Court House
Sherman
Rhoda May Graves
S. V. Earnest
Gladys Hamilton
Whitewright
Indifference Is Expensive
An editorial warns that towns suffer from complacency among business and civic leaders. It argues indifference blocks progress, threatens communities, and suggests that with will and determination Southwest towns can advance, while rejecting defeat.
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Stephenville
Dialogue on towns and cooperation ends with Louisiana joke
A narrator urges mutual aid to keep towns alive and thriving. Two cowboys discuss identity, with Tex claiming to be from Louisiana and the other quipping about the name Louise.
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Tex
Texas
Louisiana
Louise
Estate of Ita Wallace Executor Appointed
Legal notice states original Letters Testamentary issued March 12 1959 by Grayson County Court Texas to Orson Wallace executor. Creditors must present claims by law to R C Slagle Jr resident agent P O Box 318 Sherman Grayson County. Publication appears in The Whitewright and 1959.
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Ita Wallace
Grayson County
Texas
R. C. Slagle, Jr
P. O. Box
Sherman
Orson Wallace
Whitewright Sun
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J. D. Bush
Lyndell Bush
Sarah Belle Gilett
Norma Frances Donigan
Nell Holmes
Roy Martin
Aileen Pennington
Joe Willa Statevile
Patsy Jean Young
G. L. Baugher
Jimann Kirby
C. J. Meador
Frank King
Mack Pierson
Ruth Gosnell
Beryl Bagley
Maggie Horton
Agnes Coffey
George Gordon Pope
Hunter Insurance
Tom Sears
McKinney Courier-Gazette
Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
Ing
Will Ehrle
Childress
Murray Watson
Water Board
Bill Wood
Tyler
George Parkhouse
Bruce Reagan
Corpus Christi
Highway Commission and Industrial Commission
Highway Commission
Industrial Commission
Parkhouse
Senate State Affairs Committee
Ronald Bridges
House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
Huntsville
Don Reid
Rail Company
Clyde Miller
Railroad Commission
Bill
Subcommittee
Tom Bean
Grady Langford
Tom Bean, Texas
Lorey Edwards
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