Polk sets two track records at East Texas Relays
Whitewright High School senior Bill Polk broke two Class A records at the East Texas Relays in Commerce. He won the 100-yard dash in 9.9 seconds and the 220-yard dash in 21.6 seconds, both surpassing former mark by Sidney Garton. Polk earned the Bob Berry trophy as outstanding athlete and heads to the District 45 B meet in Commerce on March 29.
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Bill Polk
Whitewright
Commerce
Sidney Garton
Polk
Garton
Bob Berry
Fourteen Whitewright Boys Enter 45 B Track Meet
Fourteen Whitewright High School boys will enter the District 45 B track meet at East Texas State College Commerce on Friday March 29. Participants include Bill Polk Bobby Dunham Bobbie Phillips Jack Hyecock Jim Bassett Jimmie Clark Benny Simpson Don Walker Steve Edwards Donnie Lewis David Sanderson Lowell McKinney Jimmie Wilkinson and Dan Hennig. They will compete against other district schools in various events.
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Whitewright High School
East Texas State College
Commerce
H. O. Hoover
Bill Polk
Bobby Dunham
Bobbie Phillips
Jack Hyecock
Jimmie Bassett
Jimmie Clark
Benny Simpson
Don Walker
Steve Edwards
Donnie Lewis
David Sanderson
Lowell McKinney
Jimmie Wilkinson
Dan Hennig
Sun Honor Roll Subscriptions List Acknowledgments
The Sun lists new and renewal subscribers acknowledging payments. Names include B. G. Earnheart R. H. Groves Mrs. Louise Kurr H. D. McFarland Mrs. Alfred L. Schweninger Mrs. J. A. Titus Mrs. L. M. Tasker Fred Cook Jr. Co. H. Kilams Bryan Weber D. L. Holley O. J. Mears Gladys Ray Mrs. R. L. Benish Mrs. J. M. Ashinhurst David R. Price Horace Vincent Mrs. Lela Ryan Albert T. Smith O. C. Slaughter etc.
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B. G. Earnheart
R. H. Groves
Louise Kurr
H. D. McFarland
Alfred L. Schwiening
J. A. Titus
L. M. Tasker
Fred Cook Jr
Co. L. Holland
Riley Smith Wallace Wilson
H. T. Atterberry
H. Kil'ams
Bryan Weber
D. L. Holley O. J. Mears
Gladys Ray
Capt
Davis P. Parrish
B. M. Dean Howard Hedgpeth
Mrs
I. L. Neathery
Ben Bow
School Lunch Menu Week Highlighted By Daily Meals
Monday features pork on buns with potato chips and doughnuts. Tuesday serves meat loaf, creamed corn, green beans and cupcakes. Wednesday includes red beans with peanut butter banana sandwich and ice cream. Thursday offers ham cheese bologna sandwiches with spaghetti and peas. Friday presents fish sticks with mashed potatoes carrots and jello cookies. Treason is the only crime defined in the Constitution.
Rain totals rise as March brings new rainfall
March rainfall to date reaches 3.78 inches pushing 1957 year total to 8.20 inches with October through March at 16.44 inches. Whitewright recorded 0.85 inch yesterday. Wet fields halt farm work for over a week and Guy Burchfield notes much corn remains to be planted though planters hoped to resume after the latest rain.
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Whitewright
Guy Burchfield
Baptist Sermons and Music Highlight Sunday Services
Sunday morning sermon titled Why I Am a Baptist will be given by the church pastor as Mr. Johnny Bishop of Dallas will sing The Holy City. Evening service features Rev. Fred Waldrop on The Great Commission and Mrs Waldrop singing My Sins Are Forgiven. An Annie Armstrong offering fund stands at $45 with Sunday final day. Alcohol Education Week enrolled 67 with 49 attending three or more sessions and Dr Paul E Geers delivered closing message. Library committee, led by Mrs R L Carter, received a small library for the church amid ongoing interest. Commendations go to Mrs B W Newman and Fred Waldrop.
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Johnny Bishop
Dallas
Holy City
Adams
Fred Waldrop
C. C. Dooley
Paul E. Geers
R. L. Carter
Baptist Sunday School
Southern Baptist Convention
B. W. Newman
Chai Jan
Methodist Church News Closed training school drew 900 enrollments
The Christian Worker's Leadership Training School sponsored by First Methodist Church closed March 27 with about 900 enrolled and several nonregular attendees. Rev. Edgar Huffstutler of Plano was dean and instructor for The Methodist Youth Fellowship. Rev. Hargrove Grounds of Sherman taught The Work of the Local Church. Mrs. Roy Scales of Dallas led Teaching Children with seven in the class. The pastor began a sermon series on Christian Stewardship with themes What Is the Requirement for a Steward and Redeeming Precious Time for March 31 and April 7 respectively.
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Christian Worker's Leadership Training
First Methodist Church
Edgar Huffstutler
Plano
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Hargrove Grounds
Key Memorial Church
Sherman
J. W. Polk
Presbyterian Church Announces Easter Week Services
The pastor will preach on Luke chapter 21 during morning worship next Sunday. April 7 is Communion Sunday with membership opportunities. An all-ages school assembly follows in the auditorium during Sunday school. Congregational meeting April 10 at 7:30 includes department reports and a covered dish dinner. The Westminster Fellowship Spring Rally is set for next Friday and Saturday at Central Presbyterian Church. Plus notes on saccharin and Lloyds insurance.
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Westminster Fellowship of Paris Presbytery
Central Presbyterian Church
Co. C. Dooley
Whitewright FFA Grass Team Wins First Place at Denton Contest
Whitewright High School future farmer grass judging team won first place among 13 teams at the Area V FFA contest in Denton with a score of 1144. Team members were Herbert Taylor, McDowell, and Noel McKinney, with Thurman Pool as alternate. coached by Joe Morgan. Other schools Tioga and Hank, Howe, Kaufman placed second to fifth on the team standings. Herrera Taylor finished second in individual scoring with Bill McDowell sixth, Noel McKinney seventh, and Pool tenth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright High School
Denton
Whitewright
Herbert Taylor
MceDowt
Noel McKinney
Thurman
Joe Morgan
Tioga
Mahank
Howe
Kaufman
Bill McDowell
Thurman Pool
Whitewright Girls Enter Dairy Foods Demonstration
Whitewright girls took part in a March 23 dairy foods demonstration at Sherman courthouse with three teams and three singles. Teams included Judy Gosnell with Doris Tillett and Anna Franklin, and Donna Franklin with Robbie Cawthon. singles were Alpha McLauchlin Rose Ann Bunch and Ruth Williams. Doris Tillett and Judy Gosnell placed in young juniors and Ruth Williams in seniors. Transport was provided by several local women.
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County Dairy Foods
Sherman
Whitewright
Judy Gosnell
Doris Tillett
Anna Franklin
Donna Franklin
Robbie Cawthon
Alpha McLauchlin
Rose Ann Bunch
Ruth Williams
Bunch
McLauchlin
Franklin
Cawthon
Harwell
Cub Scouts Den 4 Meet Sets Theme and Dues
Cub Scouts of Den 4 met Tuesday afternoon with Eddie Wilson opening the meeting and collecting dues. Discussion focused on the theme of the month about Indian tribes. Ice cream sandwiches were served to Ron Cook, Mickey Meador, Eddie Wilson, Danny Bunch, Larry Garner and Roy Bunch. Meeting closed with repeating the law of the pack and Keeper of the Buckskin.
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Cub
Den 4
Denner Eddie Wilson
Walter Bunch
Ron Cook
Mickey Meador
Eddie Wilson
Danny Bunch
Larry Garner
Roy Bunch
Coke Stevenson Jr Faces Recruiting Dilemma in Texas
Coke Stevenson Jr state liquor administrator lacks appropriated funds to advertise for open positions including tax auditors with two years of college accounting or equivalent experience. Starting pay is 330 dollars monthly. Dallas office is among the tax auditor postings.
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Coke Stevenson Jr
Dallas
Frijoles Entice In Any Tongue
Two carloads of Puerto Rican servicemen, delayed by a weekend blizzard in Tucumcari New Mexico, could not speak English and did not understand the railroaders Spanish. To bridge the gap the trainmen shouted Frijoles at mealtimes and the soldiers understood beans.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Fort Carson
Colo
Haunting guitar turns out to pick up radio broadcast
Gibraltar Michigan resident Jessie Howard found his electric guitar played by itself starting before he strummed. He learned the instrument had picked up a radio broadcast. He quipped that theory may raise hopes but practice raises wages.
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Gibraltar
Mich
Jessie Howard
Howard
Golden Wedding To Be Observed By Carl Mays Sunday
Mr and Mrs Carl May will host an open house from 2 to 5 pm Sunday March 31 in observance of their golden wedding anniversary They have lived in Whitewright 37 years having moved from Trenton in 1920 Mr May born January 8 1888 Nobility son of Bill and Fannie Holcomb May He worked early at a Nobility gin and later in retail and hardware firms He retired April 14 1956 and now nears the end of his deputy county tax assessor duties The Mays have three children Lallace May Whitewright Leland May Coolidge AZ and Mrs J T Follis Denison
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Carl May
Mays
Whitewright
Trenton
Mr. May
Nobility
Bill
Fannie Holcomb May
Nannie McLarry May
Delba
Ford McLarry
May
J. W
Manning & Clark Hardware
Manning & Meador
C. J. Meador
C. J. Meador & Sons
Jame
Lallace May
Leland May
Coolidge
Arizona
J. T. Follis
Denison
Milkmen Clash Over Butterfat Label Bill
Milk producers and distributors argued at a legislative hearing on a bill to require butterfat percentage labeling on all milk and milk products. Rep. W. T. Dungan’s measure moved to a House subcommittee after the session, with witnesses noting market variation in fat content and potential impacts on buying.
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Austin
W. T. Dungan
McKinney
House
House Committee On Agriculture
Dungan
J. O. Woodman
Arlington
North Texas Producers Association
Dallas-Fort Worth
Woodman
Family Clinic Opens in Grayson County
A Grayson County family clinic started Monday as a joint project of the Sherman and Denison Women’s Service Leagues. Mrs. W. E. Wilcox of Denison chairs the effort with a four-group consultant panel including doctors lawyers ministers and business people. Vice chair Mrs. George Henry Wilcox and secretary Mrs. R. H. Goble coordinate, with panel members rotating per case to avoid familiarity.
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Denison
Grayson County
Sherman
Denison Women’s Service Leagues
W. E. Wilcox
George Henry Wilcox
R. H. Goble
Western Week Variety Show at High School
Students sell tickets for a Western Week variety show to be held April 5 in the high school gymnasium. A large crowd is expected and tickets cost 25 cents for children and 35 cents for adults. The king and queen will be crowned based on ticket sales.
Death of Austin teacher Elizabeth Waggoner in crash
Elizabeth Ray Waggoner 45 a Metz grade school teacher in Austin was killed in a traffic collision at a street intersection Thursday afternoon. Airman William Curtis Mills of Bergstrom Air Force Base was charged with negligent homicide for running a red light. Funeral services were held in Austin and Whitewright with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. She was born July 31 1911 in Vaughan Mississippi grew up in Whitewright and taught in Bailey public schools before moving to Austin. Surviving relatives include three aunts and several cousins. The Austin Statesman noted her death and a memorial service at Metz School.
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Elizabeth Ray Waggoner
Metz
Austin
William Curtis Mills
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Mills
Whitewright
Cook Funeral Home
Barnheart Funeral Home
Oak Hill
Elizabeth
Vaughan
Miss
Jim
Linnie Pepper Waggoner
Whitewright High School
Texas Wesleyan College
Fort Worth
University of Texas
Bailey
Jim Waggoner
Whitewright Sun
Mamie, Pepper
W. L. Bradford
Annie Presley
Dallas
The
Austin Statesman
S-5
Miss Waggoner
Trigonometry Becomes Entry Requirement for SMU Engineers
SMU School of Engineering will require entering freshmen after May 1958 to have one half unit of high school trigonometry credit. Dean F E Flath announced the move in Dallas, linking it to greater math and physics demands on graduates. The change will replace some college algebra and trigonometry courses to make room for advanced studies.
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Southern Methodist University
School of Engineering
FE. H. Flath
Dallas
SMU Engineering School
Dean Flath
Three Candidates For School Board
Voters in the Whitewright Independent School District will elect two school board seats from Manuel Alexander Lakey Edwards and Ray Lumpkins. The two with the highest votes win. Dick Walker has no opposition for county board. Jack Meador and Charlie Ayres face no opponents for city commissioners. A United States Senate race with about 22 or 23 candidates will coincide with the city election.
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Whitewright Independent
Manuel Alexander
Lakey Edwards
Ray Lumpkins
Dick Walker
Whitewright
Jack Meador
Charlie Ayres
United States
Price Daniel
Eisenhower Defends Budget Amid Congressional Attacks
President Eisenhower clashed with Capitol Hill over spending calling certain budget attacks fatuous and arguing deep cuts would threaten national security. He defended his 71.8 billion dollar budget against Byrd proposals to cut 5.5 billion and dismissed calls for immediate tax relief while warning against abandoning federal responsibilities. Speaker Rayburn countered that spending growth rests with the administration.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Congress
Byrd
Virginia
House
Rayburn
Texas
Senate
Virginia Democrat
Denison Baptists Approve $321,128 New Church
First Baptist Church of Denison signed contracts for a new sanctuary totaling 321128. LS&T Construction of Denison won the general contract for 250872, Lovell Plumbing of Denison received the air conditioning and plumbing bid at 53716, and Moody Electric of Sherman was awarded the electrical work for 16540.
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Denison
First Baptist Church
Ls&t Construction Company
Lovell Plumbing
Moody Electric Company
Sherman
Hartford Phone Calls Go To California
Hartford address reports show direct dialing misrouted calls to Anaheim California instead of Hartford capitol. SNTCo tracked a bug affecting provincial dialing and received complaints from out of town callers who reached an annoyed Anaheim housewife.
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Hartford
California
Conn
Southern New England Telephone Co
Anaheim
Calif
State Capitol
Capitol
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Pacific Ocean
First Baptist Church News
Methodist Church News
Lloyd's of London
FFA
Dairy Foods
CUB Scout News
Coke Junior
Carl Mays
Family Clinic
Lou Apuzzo
Whitewright, Texas
Grayson
Fannin Counties
Elizabeth Waggoner
SMU
Denison Baptists
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