Whitewright District Appoints Tax Equalization Board
At a Whitewright Independent School District meeting a tax equalization board was appointed to balance district renditions. Members named were R A Gillett C J Meador and H H Sears who agreed to serve. The board also reelected all teachers for next year. Supt W C Cummings requests birth certificates for all beginners entering next fall to present to the grade school principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Whitewright Independent School District
R. A. Gillett
C. J. Meador
H. H. Sears
W. C. Cummings
the Sun
Stassen Calls Truman Worst President Ever
Harold A. Stassen, president of the University of Pennsylvania and former Minnesota governor, denounces President Truman as the cleverest politician yet the worst president. He urges Republicans to expose the administration and push constructive, decisive action. Stassen spoke to the Women's Auxiliary of the New York Republican County Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harold A. Stassen
Truman
White House
West
Congress
Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Republican Party
Republican County Committee
Two Indicted for Illegal Horsemeat Transport
A federal grand jury charged Meyer Gilgus of Kansas City and Louis K. Risken of Minneapolis with transporting 17 967 pounds of horsemeat across Midwestern points to Dallas from December to February. Both men are free on $3 000 bonds and await trial before Judge Whitfield Davidson next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Meyer Gilgus
Kansas City
Louis K. Risken
Minneapolis
Whitfield Davidson
Local Churches Schedule and Sermon Plans
Churches list service times for Church of Christ Assembly of God and Central Christian Church with ministers names. Upcoming sermons include James B. Storey of Austin College and a Central Christian message titled Warming at the Devil's Fire referencing John 18 25 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Christian Church
James R. Wright
First Baptist Church Service Schedule and Church Leaders
Dr R L Smith supply pastor W T Simmons Sunday school superintendent Mrs Edgar Ayers Training Union director Mrs B W Newman W M S president J B Layman Brotherhood president Morning worship 11 o clock Training Union 645 p m Wednesday prayer service Choir practice 745 p m Speeding on U S streets and highways last year injured 398 700 people
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF Christ
Assembly OF God Church
E. A. Doty
First Baptist Church
R. L. Smith
W. T. Simmons
Edgar Ayers
Training Union
B. W. Newman
J. B. Layman
Brotherhood
U. S
April deficts mark worst month in U S Treasury history
April drained Treasury funds as deficits soared to about $47 million daily, with spending near $100 million weekly while tax receipts ran about $53 million. Officials warned May and June could be worse, forecasting a $5.4 billion deficit when fiscal 1950 ends on June 30.
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Washington
U. S. Treasury
Treasury
McCaslin Receives 1949 Fannin County Soil Honor
Paul McCaslin of Leonard earns outstanding conservation farmer honors for 1949 from the Fannin County Soil Conservation District. His 150 acre blackland farm near Leonard features multiple sodded waterways, winter peas, hubam clover, hairy vetch, and interplanted vetch with wheat boosting soil health and income. The award will be presented May 6 at the Fort Worth Texas Hotel during a statewide Save the Soil event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannin County
Fort Worth Press
Scripps-Howard
Scripps-Howard Newspapers
Texas
E. O. Norris
McCaslin
Soil Conservation Service
Bermuda
Leonard
Production and Marketing Administration
Allis-Chalmers
International Harvester
Board of Supervisors
Foster
Sandra Louise
Connally Sees Cold War Risk, Not Immediate War
Senator Connally cautions a cold war could turn hot after a future incident or blunder but does not expect a war with Russia anytime soon. He says the Russians are not ready for war at present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tom Connally
Russia
Connally
Whitewright News Briefs and Local Developments
City council dissolves water commissioner role with fees handled by the city marshal. Porter area farmers report replanting cotton after a failed first stand. Grayson County cuts prisoner feed allowance to 40 cents per capita, saving about $1800 yearly. Scouts program features Andrew and Jim Montgomery and others. Four new Whitewright school trustees elected and several terms expired. Local illnesses and incidents include Will Cox with pneumonia and a knife assault involving Caro Maxey and Arthur Kennedy. Farmers buy tractors, threshing gear shifts from steam to gas. Preacher and pulpit assignments set for Bogota high school commencement and local church services. Hogs shipped to Fort Worth. deputy marshal sworn in. Dr J S Spikes relocates from Bonham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter
Grayson County Commissioner’s Court
Boy Scouts
Andrew Montgomery
Jim P. Montgomery
Jack Webster
Ralph Sanders
Ross May
Whitewright Independent
W. H. Stedham
W. M. Cox
B. F. Gafford
O. W. Myrick
Dan Gillett
W. F. Holland
D. S. Carr
A. T. Phillips
Gillett
Holland
Will Cox
Caro Maxey
Arthur Kennedy
Lloyd Moore
Brownwood
A. J. Ray
Dallas
Baptist Sanitarium
Dug Pippin
Oscar Smith
Claude Phillips
Floyd Everheart
Thurston Montgomery
J. F. Fender
Bogota High School
Grady May
Jess Graves
Fort Worth
Census take extends into May, bureau director says
Washington The Census Bureau cannot finish counting the population by last Saturday as some areas remain surveyed. Census Director Roy V. Peel estimated about 18 million people still await interview and the final count is expected to reach about 151 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Roy V. Peel
Number of Pupils in Texas Off Budget Up
Texas had fewer school aged children in 1948 49 than in 1940 yet public school funding rose sharply. Audits show 1 524 831 pupils in 1948 49 versus 1 550 985 in 1940. Public school spending climbed from 42 863 371 to 121 823 641 while per capita support rose from 22 to 55.
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Austin
Texas
Cavness
Department of Education
Educator calls for ban on report cards in schools
Miss Helen Heffernan assistant chief of California Department of Education argues that report cards should be eliminated. She favors parent teacher discussions to determine what is best for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Helen Heffernan
Heffernan
Division of Instruction
California Department of Education
Churches Gain In Membership
The 1950 Southern Baptist Hand book reports U S church membership at 81,497,698 across all denominations, up 1.4 percent from the prior year. Congregations total 283,150, up from 179,374 in 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New Linotype Installed
The Sun reports a new linotype machine installed late last week. Roscoe Pace resigns from Luther Smith & Son grocery to join the post office on May 15. A Monday windstorm in Bethel damages the Bethel church, two barns on J. P. Autrey's farm, and several small buildings. P. J. Pierce buys the two story brick building housing Looney's furniture store and plans multiple tenants. J. R. Ford offers Barbee farm, 120 acres, one mile southeast of town, at 175 per acre.
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Roscoe Pace
Luther Smith & Son
Post Office
Bethel
Bethel Church
J. P. Autrey
P. J. Pierce
Telephone
Looney’s
J. R. Ford
Barbee Farm
Grayson County rural letters meet and local notices
The Sun notes a Grayson County Rural Letter Carriers Association meeting held in Sherman with attendees Percy Darwin Roy Blanton Lucian Andrews and Melvin Anderson. Other items include ads for Dallas Times Herald delivery at 75c monthly a local wolf capture by J W Murphy and Sunday school attendance figures by church group. Mr and Mrs O L Jones depart for San Antonio for an insured writing contest trip.
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The
Percy Darwin
Roy Blanton
Lucian Andrews
Melvin Anderson
Grayson County
Sherman
Raymond Cates
Dallas Times-Herald
Guy Stedham
United States Naval Training School
Hampton Roads
W. H. Stedham
Cole & Davis
J. W. Murphy
Church of Christ
Central Christian
O. L. Jones
San Antonio
Jones
Texas wheat acreage off sixty percent county by county
Amarillo report shows total abandonment of the 1950 wheat crop reaching 60 percent across Texas. Wayne A. Grant, wheat control officer for the Texas Employment Commission, says no out of state combine crews will be needed this season due to heavy drought, burgage and greenbug damage. Farmers on the High Plains may focus on harvesting seed wheat for next year.
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Amarillo
Texas
Wayne A. Grant
Texas Employment Commission
Grant
High Plains
$5 Bill Gift Tells Story of Garner and Rev. Roberts
Former vice president John Nance Garner gave Rev. Bruce Roberts a $5 bill and quipped it should look as big as a pocket handkerchief. Roberts, a pioneer Baptist minister and chaplain of the Texas Old Trail Drivers Association, is serializing his Southwest Texas experiences in the Uvalde Leader-News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uvalde
John Nance Garner
Bruce Roberts
United States
Mr. Roberts
Texas Old Trail Drivers’ Association
Texas
Uvalde Leader-News
Garner
Truman Plans Stump Tour of 15 States
President Truman plans a nine day nonpolitical cross country tour starting Sunday afternoon. He will deliver eight major speeches and more than 50 minor talks in cities towns and whistle stops across 15 states before returning to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Two Whitewright Students Honored For High Marks
Dallas May 3 honors day at Southern Methodist University recognized Morris Gillett and Jackie Nossaman from Whitewright for achieving B or better averages in all college work. Gillett, a physics and mathematics junior, and Nossaman, a arts and sciences sophomore, are Whitewright High School graduates.
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Dallas
Whitewright
Southern Methodist University
Morris Gillett
R. A. Gillett
Jackie Nossaman
Jack Nossaman
McFarlin Memorial Auditorium
Gillett
Miss Nossaman
College of Arts and Sciences
Whitewright High School
Senators OK pension boost on old age plan
Senate finance leaders approve a 90 percent average rise in Social Security pensions, boosting annual payments to about 2 billion dollars. The measure would expand eligibility to 43.5 million and raise maximum monthly pensions, with coverage to non farm self employed and domestics.
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Washington
Senate
George
Dem
Georgia
Body recovered after drowning at Lake Texoma incident
Claude Bryant, 36, of Tishomingo Oklahoma, drowned Sunday while repairing his boat motor in Lake Texoma. United States Engineer Corps crews found his body at noon Monday near Widow Moore Creek opposite Cumberland Cove Resort. He is the seventeenth drowning in Lake Texoma since 1946.
Bonham Man Appointed District Census Supervisor
Bonham resident Ural L. Darling was named district census supervisor for the 4th Congressional District, filling the vacancy from R. L. Greenway's death. Darling, formerly Fannin County clerk and longtime Veterans Administration staffer in Dallas, had served as assistant supervisor since January.
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Greenville
Ural
L. Darling
Bonham
4Th
R. L. Greenway
Wolfe City
Darling
Fannin County
Veterans Administration
Dallas
Motor Vehicle Sales Hit New High Mark
Factory sales of new motor vehicles reached a record high in the first quarter of 1950. The Automotive Manufacturers Association reported output of 1,635,966 units, up 142,000 from the prior year and 19 percent, doubling the 1941 first quarter peak.
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Detroit
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Heavy Week Rainfall in Whitewright Breaks Records
Whitewright received 6.73 inches of rain in the past week ending yesterday at 3 pm, the heaviest in years. Rain fell 1.67 inches Friday night, 0.08 Saturday, 2.02 Sunday and 2.96 Monday, causing overflowing creeks and washed farmland. Total year to date reaches 19.16 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Ray
Charley Cates
South Pacific Review Besieged by Storm at Club Meet
A Current Book Club session on South Pacific was nearly rained out by a violent storm last Monday. Early arrivers heard Professor Pat Tobin of Austin College deliver a lively review and play records from the show. A possible repeat review may be announced later this month in The Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Current Book Club
Pat Tobin
Austin College
Death notices for William A Sirkel longtime area farmer
Funeral services for William Al fred Sirkel 81 will be Friday at the Methodist Church in Trenton. Burial in Burns Cemetery. Sirkel died in a Sherman hospital after a 10 day illness. Born in Collin County March 10 1869 he moved to Fannin County in 1893. Survives include his wife Maggie Pace two sons C R Sirkel Dallas and C L Sirkel Galveston a daughter Ott Howard Sherman three stepsons L K Pace Zavella J D Pace Dallas J R Pace Dallas and a sister Mary Driggers Bonham.
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William Alfred Sirkel
Methodist Church
Trenton
E. B. Jackson
Ray
Leonard
Burns Cemetery
Barnheart Funeral Service
Taylor Holcomb
Holmes Connelly
Stanley Kitchens
Roy G. Robinson
J. N. Wallace
Ed Riley
Sirkel
Sherman Hospital
L. K. Pace
Zavella
J. D. Pace
J. R. Pace
Dallas
Mary Driggers
Bonham
Grayson County Among 18 High Fatality Texas Counties
Texas DPS maps 1949 traffic deaths showing 18 counties with 20 or more fatalities. Bell and Grayson report first postwar high tolls. Harris cuts deaths from 182 to 123. 25 counties had no deaths. list names several counties with 20+ deaths including Bell Bexar Cameron Dallas El Paso Galveston Grayson Harris Hidalgo Jefferson Lubbock Montgomery McLennan Nueces Potter Smith Tarrant.
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Austin
Department of Public Safety
Texas
Bell County
Belton
Grayson County
Sherman
Harris County
Houston
Borden
Loving
Roberts
West Texas
Bandera
Bosque
Cochran
Crockett
Delta
Calhoun
Castro
Camp
Glasscock
Goliad
Hamilton
Hansford
Hardeman
Kenedy
Menard
Mills
McMullen
Reagan
San Jacinto
Sutton
Schleicher
Bell
Bexar
Cameron
Dallas
el Paso
Galveston
Grayson
Gregg
Harris
Hidalgo
Jefferson
Lubbock
Montgomery
McLennan
Nueces
Potter, Smith
Tarrant
Liquor Violations Filed in Grayson County Court
Grayson County Court at Law filed cases last week against 17 offenders for various liquor law violations. Undercover agents and the Grayson County Sheriff's office led the crackdown on bootlegging in the area. Roy Eldridge, a liquor agent, has been transferred to Grayson County after working in Fannin County.
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Sherman
Grayson County
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School District Equalization Board
Presbyterian Church
James B. Storey
Ashley D. Jameson
U.S. Treasury
Fannin County Soil Conservation District News
J. T. Stillwell
J. S. Spikes
Lake Texoma
Bonham Man
South Pacific
William A. Sirkel
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