Funeral services today for Mrs Tom E Barbee
Funeral services are at 2 30 p m this afternoon at the First Presbyterian Church for Mrs Tom E Barbee 69 with Rev L H Smith and Rev A D Jameson officiating Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery under Earnheart Funeral Service Pallbearers include Floyd Bassett Clyde Craig C B Bryant III Jack Farley Byron Sears and Bob Sears She died Tuesday at Wilson N Jones Hospital Sherman after a long illness Born August 21 1881 in Myra Texas she was married to Tom E Barbee in 1902 and lived here since Survivors include her husband a son John Philip Barbee and two daughters Mrs Robert Benish and Mrs Charles Keliehor
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First Presbyterian Church
Tom E. Barbee
Lee H. Smith
A. D. Jameson
First Methodist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Earnheart
Grayson College
Whitewright Music Club
Friday Literary Club
Oak Hill Cemetery Association
John Philip Barbee
Mobile
Ala
Robert Benish
Houston
Charles Keliehor
Agua Dulce
Jesse W. Blakey
Bells Baptist Church
Baxton Bryant
Grady Layman
Blakey
Sherman Hospital
Morton Badgett
Thomas Sears
Floyd Booth
Hilliard Wilson
Edwin Badgett
Doyle Withrow
Jack Lawrence
Sherman
J. D. Young
Whitewright
Fred Howell
Dallas
Funeral rites for Mrs. Jesse W. Blakey held in Bells
Mrs. Jesse W. Blakey 58 died in Sherman hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were at Bells Baptist Church with Rev. Baxton Bryant and Rev. Grady Layman officiating and burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. She leaves husband Tom Blakey a son and a daughter. A stillborn infant of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Burchfield was buried at Pilot Grove Cemetery.
Funeral Services for Charles J. Carpenter Held in Van Alstyne
Funeral services were held at 10 a m Friday at the Van Alstyne Baptist Church for Charles J Carpenter 40 of route 1 Van Alstyne who died suddenly while at work for Price Construction Company in Denison on March 21 his first day on the job. Burial was in Pilot Grove Cemetery He is survived by his wife Pauline his mother Mrs Charlie Carpenter of Whitewright three sons James G W Elmer all of Van Alstyne a daughter Ella Mae of Van Alstyne three brothers Cleo Truman and Marion and four sisters Aline Schiller Francis Dodson Florine Page and Lillie Carpenter and several nieces and nephews.
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van Alstyne Baptist Church
Charles J. Carpenter
Route 1
van Alstyne
Pilot Grove
Carpenter
Price Construction Company
Denison
Mr. Carpenter
Charlie Carpenter
Pauline Carpenter
Whitewright
James Carpenter
G. W. Carpenter
Elmer Carpenter
Ella Mae Carpenter
Cleo Carpenter
Truman Carpenter
Sherman
Marion Carpenter
Aline Schiller
Howe
Francis Dodson
Fort Worth
Florine Page
Lillie Carpenter
Death of John W. Nash in Glendale
John W. Nash of Glendale California died March 21. Funeral services were held March 24 with burial at Glendale. Nash lived in Whitewright as a boy and young man and ran a shoe repair shop here about 1912. His wife was Jessie Bradford a former Whitewright resident.
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John W. Nash
Glendale
Calif
Nash
Whitewright
Jessie Bradford
World’s highest radio station set in Himalayas
The highest radio station in the world has begun operation in Southern Tibet at 22,000 feet above sea level. It sits amid the Himalayas and is beside a peak climbing another 5,000 feet in height.
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New Delhi
India
Tibet
Himalayas
State days lose chance of vote in oil prohibition push
In Austin a House committee voted fifteen to five against sending the liquor question to a statewide vote for possible revival. Prohibition supporters hoped to gain two-thirds in each House to sub mit, while leaders considered moving the bill to a friendlier committee with a two-thirds vote.
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Austin
House
Ciry
Capitol
Milton Wilkinson
Patroon
Senate
Eight Year Old Suggests Dropping Via on Air Mail
Eight year old Gregg Buckalaw of Mobile Alabama wrote to Postmaster General Donaldson proposing removing the word Via from the phrase Via Air Mail. The official replied that the suggestion is good and being adopted, noting potential savings on rubber and material costs during wartime.
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Washington
Mobile
Ala
Gregg Buckalaw
Donaldson
Gregg
Spare Tire Becomes Defense Program Casualty
Detroit reports the spare tire as the first major casualty of the defense program. Car makers including General Motors Chrysler Ford Nash Kaiser-Frazer plan to stop furnishing spare tires with new factory shipments due to rubber curtailment by the National Production Authority. Packard and others studying the impact.
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Detroit
Mich
National Production Authority
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Nash
Kaiser-Frazer
Packard
Month To Clean Up Paint Up Fix Up Campaign Declared
Governor Shivers designated March 25 to April 25 as Texas clean-up and fix-up campaign period. He urged citizens to participate actively to improve health safety and welfare through wholesome surroundings and clean living conditions.
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Austin
Shivers
Texas
War threat easing says Sen. George in Atlanta Journal interview
Senator Walter George of Georgia said in Vienna that a third world war is becoming more remote daily. He added that war is not in the offing or imminent unless the United States stumbles into it, in an Atlanta Journal interview at his home.
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Vienna
Walter George
Georgia
Atlanta Journal
Utah Motorist Recolors Plates To Match Car
Police confiscated black and white license plates found on a Utah motorist’s car after he repainted the green and white 1951 plates to match his vehicle. The plate swap drew attention to color standards in the state.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Slave for Life Ad Shocks Tokyo Newspaper Readers
An unemployed peddler offered to become a slave for life for 5,000 yen in a free ad in the Tokyo Yomiuri. He threatened to kill himself his wife and four children if the paper refused to publish. The ad appeared on Wednesday and included a contact phone number.
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Tokyo
Tokyo Yomiuri
Red Cross Sends $500.85 from Whitewright Drive
Mrs. Floyd Everheart, area Red Cross chair, reported sending a 500.85 check to Grayson County Red Cross headquarters in Sherman to meet the Whitewright quota. The area includes Bethel, Pilot Grove, Kentuckytown and Canaan. Additional funds may arrive, with several residents encouraged to donate through Harold Doss.
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Floyd Everheart
Red Cross Fund
The
Sun
Grayson County
Red Cross
Sherman
Whitewright
Bethel
Pilot Grove
Kentuckytown
Canaan
Everheart
Harold Doss
Full Insurance Coverage Clause Explained Here
Windstorm and hail insurance becomes optional on Texas structures starting April 1, announced by Whitewright capital stock agents. Policies written before April 1 can drop the deductible. examples show cheaper premiums without the deductible across brick mercantile buildings frame dwellings and farm properties for one and three year terms.
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Texas
Capital Stock Company
Whitewright
Summers and Cates Attend Water School in Sherman
Mayor R. R. Summers and Water Superintendent Ray Cates attended a water school in Sherman from March 19 to April 6 with meetings thrice weekly. C. A. Sanders of the Texas Engineering Extension Service led the program for 42 operators from Denison through Howe. Operators study Unit I of the Water Works Operation and Maintenance course. completing four of seven units earns a diploma recognized by the Texas State Health Department for licensing exam prerequisites.
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R. R. Summers
Ray Cates
Sherman
C. A. Sanders
Texas Engineering Extension Service
Texas A. and M., College System
Denison
Bonham
Gainesville
Gunter
Bells
McKinney
Savoy
Leonard
Celina
Tioga
Pilot Point
Fort Forth
Howe
Texas State Health Department
Doctor Warns of Fatlike Pneumonia From Oil Drops
Dr Aubrey Hampton a radiology chief and Garfield Memorial Hospital head warns chronic users of mineral oil or oily nose drops risk lipoid pneumonia. He notes oil can slip into the windpipe and lungs and accumulate with continued use, especially for constipation or cold remedies, during a Dallas lecture tour.
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Dallas
Aubrey O. Hampton
Washington
Hampton
Veterans Administration
Garfield Memorial Hospital
Baylor College
Dallas Southern Clinical Society
Hotel Adolphus
Baker Hotel
Dr. Hampton
C. W. Hampton
Whitewright
Curious Child Explains His Lasting Name Difference
A lighthearted exchange reveals a boy explaining why his surname differs from his mother's after she remarried. The remark captures family dynamics in a simple domestic vignette.
Mrs. Mangrum To Observe 103rd Birthday In Whitewright
Mrs Mandy A Mangrum marks her 103rd birthday March 31 at her Whitewright home. Born 1848 in Dyer County Tennessee she married Robert Mangrum in 1867. After moving through Tennessee Missouri to Texas she settled near Pilot Grove then Whitewright where she has lived 57 years. She has four living children J C Mangrum aged 81 in Grand Prairie J E Mangrum and A T Mangrum of Whitewright and Mrs Ida Graves of Long Beach California.
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Mandy A. Mangrum
Whitewright
Mangrum
Dyer County
Tennessee
Robert Isom Mangrum
Missouri
Texas
Pilot Grove
U.S. to Ration Three Metals Starting July 1
Washington officials announce federal plan to ration steel copper and aluminum under a controlled materials program for defense and civilian production. Manly Fleischmann says June allotments may go to farm machinery makers as the beer can tin cutback intensifies through 1951.
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Washington
Manly Fleischmann
National Production Authority
House Agriculture Committee
NPA
Fewer Farmers Are Producing More
Minneapolis report from Northwestern National Life Insurance Company surveys the American farm sector. Farm population fell from 32 million to 28 million in under five decades, while output per man hour rose 35 percent since 1940 and average farm size grew from 146 to 195 acres. Net income per farm climbed from 350 to 2225 dollars annually.
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Minneapolis
Family Economics Bureau
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
America
United States
Mrs. Roosevelt Opposes 22nd Amendment Term Limit
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt criticized the 22nd Amendment on NBC radio saying she does not feel right about a law restricting voters rights. She noted her late husband’s third term and contended it was normal for a president closely tied to wartime leadership to remain in office.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Broadcasting Company
Roosevelt
F G Hoover Elected Rotary President
F G Hoover local manager of Community Public Service Company was elected president of the Rotary Club at Friday's meeting. He will succeed Nuell Skaggs when officers are installed and currently serves as vice president. Also elected were R A Gillett vice president and W E LaRoe treasurer. Jack Meador and Byron Caraway joined the board of directors, and LaRoe will serve the unexpired term of C J Meador as treasurer due to Meador's absence after a stroke two months ago.
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F. Grant Hoover
Community Public Service Company
Rotary Club
Nuell Skaggs
R. A. Gillett
W. E. LaRoe
Jack Meador
Byron Caraway
LaRoe
Mrs Lanius Kincaid Injured After Car Strikes Pedestrian
Mrs Lanius Kincaid remains in critical condition at a Bonham hospital after being struck by an automobile on West Main Street Sunday night. Doctors have not yet determined the full extent of her injuries due to inability to take X rays. The collision occurred as she crossed toward church around 7 30 p m with the driver Robert England stating he did not see her because of the lights of an oncoming car.
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Lanius Kincaid
Bonham Hospital
OPS Reorders Food Price Markups nationwide
The Office of Price Stabilization orders a percentage markup system for about 560,000 stores and 10,000 wholesalers affecting roughly 60 percent of groceries. Prices must be recalculated weekly after April 30, with officials predicting overall price reductions and a broader push on farm parity discussions.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Eric Johnston
Michael V. DiSalle
Whitewright Talks Farm to Market Route Right of Way
Grayson County officials and business leaders meet with Texas Highway Department engineer Cagle to discuss right of way for Farm to Market 1283 through Whitewright. Obstacle is deeds for nine parcels on Bond Street and the Boisa Arc Creek bridge area, notably the Mrs D M Rich corner.
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Grayson County
Co. C. Cagle
Texas Highway Department
Whitewright
Bond Street
Oak Hill Cemetery
Fannin County
Department
Boisa’Arc Creek
D. M. Rich
Highway Department
Water Main
R. R. Summers
Cagle
South Bend Street
Texans on Public Pay Rise in October 1950
Census Bureau data show 38 of every 1,000 Texans on the public payroll in October 1950, a 7.3 percent rise from October 1949. Texas public payrolls reached 41.2 million, with 93,622 federal and 197,987 state local workers. nationwide 42 per thousand were employed and total payrolls hit 1.528 billion.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Tobey TV Idea for Congress Show Is Nixed
Washington report says Tobey’s plan to televise Senate debates for homes is opposed by lawmakers including Sen. Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado who chairs the Commerce Committee. Johnson calls the idea unlikely for now.
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Tobey TV
Washington
Senate
Charles W. Tobey
Edwin C. Johnson
Colo
Commerce Committee
Tobey
Auto Makers Tooling Up for War Contracts
Detroit reports automakers are gearing to meet wartime orders with tanks aircraft engines and cargo planes. Blueprints exist. tooling delays persist with peak output not expected until 1952. Most orders sit in paper stage though some deliveries may begin by year’s end.
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Detroit
Mich
Kemp, Nonpartisan Citizens Association win Kansas City election
Complete returns from Kansas City's municipal vote show Mayor William E. Kemp and the Nonpartisan Citizens Association defeating the Pendergast slate by a decisive margin.
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Kansas City
William E. Kemp
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Ridgedale
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Steinlein & Lively Dry Goods
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Smith
M. A. Mangrum
U.S
F.G. Hoover
Rotary
Auto Makers
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