Doctrinal Emphasis Week at First Baptist May 7–11
The First Baptist Church observes Doctrinal Emphasis Week May 7 to 11 with sermons each evening by visiting pastors. Speakers include Rev. Donald Prince, Rev. R. B. Cooper Sr., Rev. James Cooper, Rev. Claud Johnston, and Rev. Darold Morgan discussing topics from salvation to church union. Services start at 7:30 PM and children’s Bible instruction is planned along with nursery care. Vacation Bible School runs June 1–8.
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First Baptist Church
James L. Cooper
Donald Prince
Park Side Baptist Church
Denison
R. B. Cooper Sr
Western Heights Baptist Church
Dallas
Former Shine Boy Deck Huley Heads U S Chamber
Deckard A. Huley of Dallas was elected president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States at the thirty-ninth annual meeting in Washington. Once a shoe-shine boy, he rose through a correspondence course in accounting to lead the world’s largest business organization as head of Lone Star Gas Company.
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Washington
Deck Huley
Dallas
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Deckard A. Huley
Lone Star Gas Company
Southwest
Deck Haley
United States Chamber of Commerce
President requests 40.5 billion for 1952 military budget
President Truman asked Congress to approve 40.5 billion dollars in military spending for the 1952 fiscal year starting July 1 to prevent another global war. He outlined a total in new appropriations of 61.1 billion, with 20.6 billion delayed. He warned of World War III if Russia acts and urged rapid military buildup.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Russia
Korea
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Truman to Get Unique Piano
Harry S. Truman, the well known piano player, will receive a unique spinet with 88 keys on May 9. The gift is assembled by major manufacturers from world materials and will be presented during the opening of National and Inter-American Music Week.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Thomas E. Rivers
National Recreation Association
Canada
City Trash Truck To Operate Tuesday
Mayor R R Summers urges readers that the city trash-hauling truck will operate next Tuesday to collect all unburnable rubbish placed in containers in alleys or streets. Householders should prepare rubbish before Tuesday to clear the city and may take their own waste to H H Sanders place north of the Y where ditches need filling.
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R. R. Summers
The
Sun
Summers
H. H. Sanders
Rev Ashley Jameson Receives Orders To Return To Air Force
Rev Ashley Jameson longtime pastor at the First Methodist Church is ordered back to active military service with the Air Force. He holds the rank of major and will report to Perrin Air Force Base on May 14 with expected assignment near June 1.
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Ashley Jameson
First Methodist Church
Air Force
Jameson
Perrin Air Force Base
Farm Women Gored to Death by Decatur Bull
Mrs Minnie Lee Shelton 64 and her daughter Miss Ethel Shelton 46 were killed when a 1600 pound Holstein bull on the Perry Shelton farm near Decatur attacked them. The bodies were found by the husband and his brother after they returned from fishing, the animals chained nearby.
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Decatur
Minnie Lee Shelton
Ethel Shelton
Perry Shelton
Shelton
George Shelton
Oklahoma
Texoma Trotline Rules Set by Texas Commission
Lake Texoma gains its first trotline regulation with a 100 hook limit and minimum three foot spacing. The rule mirrors Oklahoma’s approach except that Oklahoma allows hooks to be placed closer. Previously no Texas side rules existed and some anglers used snag-lines to snag big catfish despite being unsportsmanlike.
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Lake Texoma
Texas Game and Fish Commission
Oklahoma
Texas
Texas Shows 400000 Increase In Cars Last Year
Texas highways carried 2,968,143 motor vehicles in the year compared with 2,568,491 in 1949, a 15.6 percent rise. The state moved from fifth to fourth in total registrations, with California New York Pennsylvania and others leading.
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Washington
Texas
Commerce Department
Bureau of Public Roads
New Mexico
Louisiana
California
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
Saving Time Comes To Part of Nation
Daylight saving time began across about half the nation as clocks moved forward one hour. Roughly 65 million people lost an hour after midnight while around 80 million did not adjust. Phone 76 when you have news.
First National Bank Installs Vault Ventilator
The bank completes a Yale vault ventilator to circulate fresh air for safety and allows operation from inside the vault. Improvements also include new posting machines and a micro film check graphing device recording all transactions. Vice president C. B. Bryant III invites the public to inspect the installations.
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First National Bank
Yale
C. B. Bryant III
Grayson County 4-H Dress Review Set in Sherman
Mrs. R. A. Vestal announces the Grayson County 4-H Club dress revue at the Sherman courthouse at 3 30 p m Saturday. Sixteen Whitewright girls will take part. meet at Ashburn ice cream store at 12 45 p m for transport. Public event with possible Whitewright adult attendance.
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R. A. Vestal
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Whitewright
Sun Honor Roll Subscriptions and Address Change
Bryan Weber requests address change to 5420 Willis Dallas to make permanent home with Hunt's Department Store. Acknowledged this week are payments from L R Alexander Julian Montgomery Mrs Bonnie Gentry H P Donigan H E Janke L H Darwin Homer Lee Sears J B Blanton Mrs C C Hill J B Burris W B Holcomb Mrs Robert Sears Pfe J A Huseman Leon White Mrs George Heitt William H King Pascal Farley.
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Bryan Weber
Willis
Dallas
Hunt’s Department Store
L. R. Alexander Julian Montgomery
Bonnie Gentry
H. P. Donigan Bryan Weber
H. E. Janke
L. H. Darwin Homer Lee Sears
J. B. Blanton
C. C. Hill
J. B. Burris
W. B. Holcomb
Robert Sears
Pfe
J. A. Huseman
Leon White
George Heitt
William H. King
Pascal Farley
Universal medicine prescription from Dr. Bauer
Dr W W Bauer of Chicago says a universal medicine exists for all diseases. His recipe for physicians calls for three parts kindness personal interest and knowledge of human nature from old fashioned doctors one part spirit of service and self sacrifice applied to the human factor in every illness.
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W. W. Bauer
Chicago
Ill
American Medical Association
Bureau of Health Education
War in Korea shows gasoline demand at height
Tulsa reports the National Gasoline Association of America notes modern war’s reliance on fuel. Secretary of Air Harold C. Stuart says hourly gasoline use for planes now more than double WWII Air Force rates. Since hostilities began, U S aircraft consumed over 150 million gallons, linking weapon costs to fuel usage.
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Tulsa
Okla
National Gasoline Association of America
Harold C. Stuart
Air Force
License costs for Texas drivers doubled in two year permits
After September 1 the price to obtain a Texas driver license will double from 50 cents to 1 dollar for a two year permit. The House concurred with Senate amendments to House Bill 234 and the bill also raised chauffeur permits to 3 dollars and commercial operator licenses to 2 dollars.
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Austin
Texas
House
Senate
Fine Rains Bring Relief to Whitewright Farmers
Rainfall in the Whitewright area across late April totaled 2.64 inches, ending a drought that plagued crops through March and most of April. Year-to-date rainfall for 1951 reached 6.38 inches, with farmers hopeful for several days of fair weather followed by more rain.
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Whitewright
Singing at Bells Sunday Afternoon
Grady Young promotes a community singing at First Methodist Church of Bells to close the Mile-of-Dollars Day on Sunday May 6 at 2 p m. Dr P T Vaught and his Sherman group will join, with all singers invited and seats provided. The event marks the Mile-of-Dollars drive to raise 10000 for a new church after a fire.
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Grady Young
First Methodist Church of
Bells
Mr. Young
the Sun
P. T. Vaught
Sherman
Life Magazine
National 4-H Club Sunday Observed Across America
The 82,000 4-H Clubs nationwide mark National 4-H Club Sunday with member attendance at First Methodist Church services. Rev. Ashley Jameson to speak on “The Church and the Rural Community.” Public invited.
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America
First Methodist Church
Ashley Jameson
Inflation Halt Seen Short-Lived Warns Officials
Washington economists Eric Johnston and Leon Keyserling warn inflation may rebound in autumn as wartime shortages bite. They forecast four to five months of calm followed by higher prices and urge public concern to secure tax and control measures.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Leon Keyserling
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Mr. Johnston
Korea
Stalin & Co
Congress
Ancient Romans Built Road Network From Scotland to Euphrates
A passing remark credits the Roman Empire with an expansive road system reaching from Scotland to beyond the Euphrates. A listener notes a modern foreign language radio station with beautiful music and incomprehensible commercials.
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Scotland
Euphrates
No Action Yet On Road Right of Way Condemnation Suits
Mayor R. R. Summers said the County Attorney’s office has taken no action to commence condemnation suits for nine right of way parcels needed for the Oak Hill Cemetery road. The city handed the task to the county two weeks ago.
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R. R. Summers
the Sun
Oak Hill Cemetery Road
Van Fleet Hails Round Victory
Lt General James A. Van Fleet declared a great Allied victory in the first round of the Communist spring offensive in Korea. He warned Reds may strike again and noted Allied tank patrols faced little resistance as heavy casualties mounted for Chinese and North Korean forces.
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Tokyo
James A. van Fleet
Korea
United Nations
van Fleet
Methodist Men Group Chartered At Whitewright Church
A new Methodist Men organization at First Methodist Church Whitewright has been chartered by Lay Activities in Chicago. It aims to join 5,000 such groups nationwide by 1952, with Dick Walker as president and Wilson Kaiser as secretary under Rev. Ashley D. Jameson.
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First Methodist Church
Whitewright
Chicago
Chilton G. Bennett
Bennett
Dick Walker
Wilson Kaiser
Ashley D. Jameson
Synod Moderator To Speak At Festival
The Reverend J Hoytt Boles will speak at the Spring Festival of the North Texas Larger Parish on May 6 at Spring Hill Church in Bonham area. Attendees include members from Bonham Cross Roads Dodd City Ladonia Leonard Spring Hill and Whitewright with council, meetings and groups led by regional church leaders. A memorial for Reverend W A Kirkpatrick will be observed and rain plan moves festival to Whitewright church. The piece notes the tallest waterfall Tuegla in Natal South Africa at 2810 feet.
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J. Hoytt Boles
Denton
Texas Synod
Presbyterian Church
North Texas
Spring Hill
Bonham
Cross Roads
Dodd City
Ladonia
Leonard
Whitewright
Fannin
A. L. Bartley Jr
Carolyn Stephenson
Wolfe City
Robert C. Lockhart
Wilbur Carter
Sherman
Waxahachie
General Assembly
Lee H. Smith
Otis D. Swisher
Dorothy J. Nelson
Roy Robinson
Trenton
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Whitewright Bond Issue Sold to Texas TRS Board
The Teacher Retirement System of Texas bought Whitewright Independent School District bonds worth 1100000 in a May 1 Austin meeting. London-based firm Moss Moore and Company of Dallas will handle delivery. Proceedings to issue the bonds were delayed by faulty consolidation records between District 42 and Whitewright, now remedied by House Bill 76 before Governor Shivers’ April 23 signature.
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The
Sun
W. C. Cummings
Whitewright Schools
Whitewright Independent
McCall, Parkhurst and Crow
Dallas
Whitewright School Board
Whitewright Independent School District
Commissioners’ Court
Grayson County
County Line Common
Whitewright
Cummings
Loy
District 42
Fannin County
Allan Shivers
Whitewright Independent School
Controls Extended On Passenger Cars
The government extended indefinitely the present ceiling prices on passenger automobiles. The Office of Price Stabilization ordered manufacturers to reduce charges for cars delivered without a spare tire and tube. The fifth tire rule requires a standard extra tire charge from Dec 1 1950 to be deducted from the list price to dealers as of that date.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization Order
National Production Authority
OPS
Series E Bonds Receive New Life In Texas
About $2 million in Series E Savings Bonds in Texas gain a second decade of interest after a new congressional act. Owners may hold bonds for up to 10 more years with interest accruing at 2.9 percent overall, with 24 percent simple interest for the initial period and compounded later. Cashing in at any time remains allowed.
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Texas
Congress
G. R. Stephens
County Savings Bonds
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Shine
D. A. Huley
National
C of C
Texoma
Methodist
Synod
Tuegla
Natal
Union of South Africa
WIS
Texas Trs Board
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