Windstorm Blows Down Barns and Outbuildings in Town
Severe windstorm last Friday toppled multiple barns and outbuildings. Local deaths include John Thomas aged 44 five miles southeast of town and James Luther Smith 66 in town. Rosa Cook and Irene Dickson visit relatives. Dora Tucker visits Garland. Honor roll lists two grades with several students named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thomas
John Winn
Whitewright
Graham
James Luther Smith
Rosa Cook
Dallas
Irene Dickson
Corsicana
J. B. Dickson
J. A. Mauk
Ford
Mauk
Dora Tucker
Garland
Haskell Thomson
Ruth Gafford
Lucile la Rue
Verma Mangrum
Opazelle Fain
Ward Ford
Bettie Ray Glidewell
Walter Harris Bogle
Icey Reeves
M. Jones Roberts
Ermine Wester
Local Texas Freeze Hits Markets and Residents
A sharp freeze across Texas damaged fruits and vegetables overnight. Frank Roberts traveled to Mineral Wells to lease a large garage. Mrs. Horace Thompson came home from a Sherman hospital. Joe Everheart visited Mineral Wells last week. Miss Ruth Southerland, a Denison teacher, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Southerland. The B-Sharp Music Club held a Monday meeting featuring Mary Lee Andrews and other performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Frank Roberts
Mineral Wells
Horace Thompson
Sherman Hospital
Joe Everheart
Ruth Southerland
Denison
J. P. Southerland
B-Sharp
Mary Lee Andrews
Dorothy Gordon
Margaret Newsom
Janice McIver
Clara Mae Truett
Durell Mangrum
Charley
LaRoe and Mack Wed in Fort Worth Area Home Ceremony
Miss Neva Louise LaRoe daughter of Mr and Mrs Lucian LaRoe and Robert Bailey Mack of Frederick Oklahoma married Sunday afternoon at the LaRoe home. PTA program on Tuesday featured Jack Lewis Yeager Madge Sears Frances Bryant Clyde Johnson and Una Mae Mangrum. The Mack LaRoe wedding party had a five course pre nuptial dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Howard Brodhead at their West Grand home. Mrs R H Jay of Fort Worth visits her mother Mrs G W Pope. Frances Low of Greenville weekend with her father D E Low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neva Louise LaRoe
Lucian LaRoe
Robert Bailey Mack
Frederick
Okla
PTA
Jack Lewis Yeager
Madge Sears
Frances Bryant
Clyde Johnson
Una Mae Mangrum
Howard Brodhead
Mack-LaRoe
West Grand
R. H. Jay
Fort Worth
G. W. Pope
Frances Low
Greenville
D. E. Low
DeWitt Commissioner Sets Road Record in Texas Precinct 2
DeWitt County Commissioner H Seekamp in Precinct 2 retires after 14 years with 800 miles of all weather roads. He left a debt free precinct with 85,688.15 in treasury and 19,500 in road equipment, having built 50 miles paved and upgraded wooden bridges to concrete structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoakum
DeWitt County
H. Seekamp
Snooky Seekamp
Seekamp
Texas
Yaokum
Dan Patch Had Side Income From Endorsements and Royalties
Researchers examining Dan Patch archives found the harness legend earned three million dollars on track plus income from exhibition races fees and royalties for use of his name by tobacco and tobacco products manufacturers as well as other merchandise. The piece notes the desert night and forest heat comparison as a separate aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dan Patch
Oklahoma Guard Division Farewell Review Held
At Camp Polk Louisiana rain drenched a farewell held for the 45th Thunderbird Division as long lines of cars left toward the gate. Families began the long wait until the unit deploys overseas, ending a weekend of official and unofficial goodbyes as parents lingered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Guard Division
Camp Polk
Camp Headquarters
45Th
Thunderbird
Johnston Murray
Oklahoma
Charles C. Styron
Thunderbirds
Alexan
Denison Land case summons to unknown stockholders
Citation commands unknown stockholders of The Denison Land & Investment Company to appear in Grayson County Court on April 30 1951 to answer a petition filed March 13 1951. Plaintiffs seek removal of clouds on title and assignment of lands described as Lots 5 6 and 7 in Sunnyside Addition Denison Texas in a quiet title action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Texas
Denison Land & Investment Company
County of
Grayson
State of Texas
A. D
District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
J. C. Evridge
W. A. Evridge
A. T. Evridge
L. A. Evridge
Frances Huseman
Jesse T. Huseman
Fannie Steele
C. A. Steele
Chrystina Evridge Tapscott
R. H. Tapscott
Opal Ford
O. M. Ford
Madeline Coker
J. S. Coker
Opal Nevil King
Archie H. King
Pauline May
Hubert I. May
Odie Boyd Nevil
Elijah Odell Nevil
Walter H. Nevil
W. M. Goldman
I. G. Belcher
Eliza J. Kane
Wiley H. Phillips
Sunnyside
Denison
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Farewell Review Sparks Emotions As Thunderbirds Depart
Ardmore story lines a minnow farmer turning bread into profit. J D Ray runs three ponds near Ardmore with 600000 minnows per pond worth a cent wholesale. Lake Murray draws two million annual visitors, signaling strong demand for local bait. He notes six foot deep ponds, eight yearly spawns, under two percent mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
Okla
J. D. Ray
Ray
Lake Murray
Breakfast Skipping Fails to Cut Weight Says Iowa Study
University of Iowa researchers report that skipping breakfast does not reduce weight and worsens work output and tremors, with greater effects in men. The study, led by Kate Daum and W W Tuttle and published in the American Dietetic Association journal, notes no significant weight loss from removing breakfast while allowing unrestricted meals later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kate Daum
W. W. Tuttle
Constance Martin
Loraine Myers
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Journal of the American Dietetic Association
Iowa
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Bell Southerland
Blanche Montgomery
Virginia Smith
Frances Delfel
Orenduff
DeWitt
Desert
Perfect Posture Shoe Store
South Travis St
Sherman, Texas
Whitewright Lumber Co
Neighborly Se
Garland Adair
Texas Memorial Museum
Austin
Robert E. Pent
Pent
Pioneer Worsted Co
New Braunfels
Dria
Murray
Waco
United States
Kasch and
Conrad
Bermuda
Madrid
Hubam Clover
U.K
James H. Gosnell
L.la Rue & Oran
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
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