Whitewright High School to Hold May 28 Diplomas
Whitewright seniors will receive diplomas at 8:00 p m Friday May 28 in the gymnasium. The 27 graduates include 10 girls and 17 boys with baccalaureate services set for May 23 at First Methodist Church led by Tilden McFerrin. The speaker for commencement is not announced and honor students will be named in about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright High School
First Methodist Church
Tilden McFerrin
Church of Christ
Babe Beazley
Martha Lee Burchfield
Lillie Carpenter
Foy Jean Bow Cate
Betty Louise Harris
Dortha
Jean Hughes Lela Lou McFerrin
Mary Pennell Clydean Selman Delores Ileen Whipple
Morris W. Bowen
Jerry R. Brown
John C. Chesser
Bobby W. Clark
Robert O. Hull Jr
Kenneth L. Hyepock
Edward A. McDowell
Johnny B. Mullins James Darrell Neal
James
Texas Road Billions Window: Needs for State Highways
The Texas Highway Department says spending $1,665,310,000 is needed to build a first class road system, with $1.5 billion already invested. The plan outlines major upgrades, 15,926 miles of primary roads, 1,953 miles of four lane links, and urban expressways to improve postwar metro areas. Funding gaps rely on state fuel taxes reform and federal aid, with nearly 70 cents of highway dollars used for construction and maintenance costs rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Texas Good Roads Association
Senior Class To Present Minstrel Show Tonight
Whitewright High School seniors present an old time minstrel show boat at the gym tonight at 8. The two act program lasts about an hour and a half featuring 35 performers directed by Rev Harold Taylor Mrs Kathryn Roddy and Miss Lillian Neathery Proceeds support the senior trip fund Music includes Five Foot Two Shanty in Old Shanty Town Dixie Old Man River Pretty Baby Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend Dark Town Strutters Ball Endmen and performers are named with local and Sherman contributors listed The show closes the school year except for baccalaureate and commencement with a hoped for full house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright High School
Harold Taylor
Kathryn Roddy
Lillian Neathery
Jim Coffey
Sherman
Dale Taylor
Kenneth Hyecock
Lyndal Pierson
Edward McDowell
John Charles Chesser
Larry Turner
Morris Bowen
Garland Smith
Paul Prock
Jerry Brown
Robert Hull
Bobby Clark
Small Grain Fertilizer Test Tour Near Sherman
Farmers and others are invited to a 5 00 p m Tuesday May 11 tour of pilot plots at J L Ladd and Fred Leverette farms near Sherman to view 25 soft red winter wheat varieties and fertilizer tests on wheat oats and barley led by agronomist C O Spence. Six years of pilot plot results will be shown with out of county guests Dan Dudley I M Atkins and J H Gardenhire expected. Free supper provided by Sherman Chamber of Commerce and Home Demonstration clubs on grounds at Leverette farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Ladd
Fred Leverette
Sherman
Mr. Ladd
Leverette
C. O. Spence
Dan Dudley
Denton Experiment Station
I. M. Atkins
Texas
J. H. Gardenhire
Leverette Farm
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Home Demonstration Clubs
School Lunch Menu Week Plan
Menu for Monday to Friday lists meals for students. Items include stuffed eggs and mashed potatoes with green beans on Monday. red beans with kraut and cornbread on Tuesday. hamburgers and doughnuts on Wednesday. baked ham with peas on Thursday. and tuna sandwiches with chips on Friday. Drinks feature milk or juice.
Dust from Southwest soil drifts into New York storms
Weather researcher Vincent J. Schaefer reported soil samples from Eastern New York contained several tons of dirt per square mile blown in from Texas Oklahoma New Mexico and Kansas during late winter snowstorms. The finding suggests wind carried dust from the Southwest into the Northeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
N. Y
Texas
New York
Vincent J. Schaefer
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas
TV Teeth Warned By British Dental Association
The British Dental Association warns parents about TV teeth a condition from children watching TV with heads in hands. Excitement causes pressure that can misalign teeth per an association report. A nickel buys little these days highlighting economic note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Dental Association
Mother's Day origins and spread from Anna Jarvis
The observance began in 1907 inspired by Anna M. Jarvis of Philadelphia. She urged annual tribute to mothers with a service in a Philadelphia church. The idea expanded and now binds many nations through an international association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna M. Jarvis
Philadelphia
Democrats Back Denial Of Funds To Roosevelt
National Committee Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell won backing from 10 executive committeemen to withhold campaign funds for James Roosevelt and Rep. Condon in California. The action followed a closed meeting and an official letter to Paul Ziffren notifying the withholding of aid. Roosevelt seeks a House seat while Condon runs for reelection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Committee
Stephen A. Mitchell
James Roosevelt
Rep. Condon
California
Mitchell
Actin
Paul Ziffren
Roosevelt
Condon
Woman Becomes First Female Rural Mail Carrier in County
Mrs. E J Shannon former Direct postmaster in Lamar County becomes the first woman rural mail carrier in Fannin County. She started April 1 and drew a 48 mile route with 135 boxes and a salary raise from 1500 to 5700 dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Shannon
Direct
Lamar County
Fannin County
Shannon
Infant found abandoned in toy department bassinet
In San Francisco Hale's Department Store the toy department yielded a live infant girl reportedly four to five days old. An infant was discovered Monday in a bassinet with a soiled white blanket and a four-ounce nursing bottle with milk beside her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Toy
Hale’s Department Store
New Car Sales Top 1953 First Quarter
Detroit reports that retail new car sales for the first quarter total 1,191,021, the third highest in automotive history. March registrations reach 408,731, with January and February at 340,698 and 369,592 respectively, only behind 1951 and 1950 first quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
R. L. Polk & Co
Texas loses Democratic national committeeman status
Wright Morrow of Houston was informed he is no longer the Democratic national committeeman for Texas. Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell cut off Morrow during roll call and announced there is no committeeman from Texas. Morrow protested that Texas was being excommunicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wright Morrow
Houston
Mood-lifter pill aids mood after breakups says doctors
A new mood-lifter drug alpha (2-piperidyl) benzhydrohydrochloride helped 90 percent of mild low mood cases and 65 percent of more severe cases in a study presented to the American Psychiatric Association. Doctors from Cincinnati reported it boosts confidence and reduces insomnia without appetite loss, though it showed little impact on severe mental illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Howard D. Fairling
J. Robert Hawkins
James A. L. Moulton
Cincinnati
American Psychiatric Association
Young Democrat Quits Over CIO Front Fears
Jack McQueen treasurer of the Wichita Falls Young Democratic Club resigns in Dallas citing fears the group is being used as a front for the CIO. He says he came to investigate CIO involvement before quitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club Cio Front
Dallas
Wichita Falls Young Democratic Club
CIO
Jack McQueen
Wichita Falls
Gratitude in Stripes
Margie Williams investigated noises behind her house and found a skunk trapped in a jar. She freed the skunk with a hammer and it fled without leaving a scent or calling card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
Aziz
Margie Williams
Margie
Whitewright School Transfer Deadline Set for June 1
Supt. S. T. Montgomery Jr. of Whitewright schools asks The Sun to remind parents that the final date for transferring pupils from another district is June 1. The deadline is two months earlier than in the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Whitewright
the Sun
Montgomery
Final Winter Blast Chills Whitewright
A final winter blast began fading as springlike weather returned. Frost damaged some young cotton in places while households revived stored blankets and heaters. Dallas weather station recorded the coldest timeofyear reading to date for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Gregg urges Eisenhower to curb McCarthy Army hearings
Governor Hugh Gregg of New Hampshire calls on President Eisenhower to end the "degenerating nature" of Senate McCarthy Army hearings. He says the Republican party loses prestige and urges shifting focus to constructive issues, noting excessive attention to David Schine and night activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
Hugh Gregg
Eisenhower
Senate
McCarthy
Army
Robert Stevens
Gregg
David Schine
Stevens
Cafe loses on these two men at catfish bet
In Atlanta Bill Seaton runs a catfish cafe where most customers eat about a dozen fish. A large man and a smaller companion once ordered catfish and after bones were stacked the big man ate 39 and the smaller 53. They had a $5 bet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Bill Seaton
Parakeet Jo Jo Messes Up Store Slogan Contest
An Atlanta jewelry store held a contest to find a parakeet that could repeat the shop slogan. Jo Jo the parakeet now shouts altered lines including It s okay to owe Jo Jo and Dixon needs a raise, causing trouble for the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Kay
Jo-Jo
Richard Dixon
Dixon
East Hartford School Board Hires Teacher At 3 Dollars A Week
A historical East Hartford Center School record shows in 1839 the authorities approved paying Miss Stanley 3 dollars weekly for teaching, with a 50 cent increase possible if she could be obtained at that price. A committee would authorize higher pay if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Hartford, Conn
East Hartford Center
Stanley
Railroads Propose Family Fare Rates Across Regions
Several railroads plan reduced family fares after May 31 to promote travel between East and West. At least 36 lines will offer cuts of 34 percent or more for families traveling together, reflecting a coordinated rate reduction across multiple carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Final PTA Meeting To Be Next Tuesday
The final Parent-Teacher Association meeting for the school year will be in the high school library next Tuesday at 8 00 PM. President Tilden McFerrin asks all parents who can attend as officers for next year will be elected. Stunt night prizes of 10 00 5 00 and 2 50 will be awarded for the top acts including Three Bears Too Heavy Baby Acrobatic Trio Batons on Parade Long Stunt Twirling Routine Pep Squad Skit and various groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent- Teacher Association
Tilden McFerrin
the Sun
PTA
McFerrin
Whitewright
Church of Christ
Three Bears
Busy Bee Club
Jimmy Smith Wins Ribbons in Sheep Show
SHERMAN. Harrison Davis of Dorchester won both grand champion ewe and ram at the Red River Valley Livestock Show opening Wednesday. Davis earned seven blue ribbons with Hampshires and Suffolks. Lonnie Schmitt, also of Dorchester, had six blue ribbons and was sheep show superintendent. Willis Joe Matthews of Sherman took three red ribbons in the breeding class. Sandra Schmitt, Lonnie’s sister, won first in the fat lamb class with Jimmy Smith of Whitewright placing second and third. Janet Smith, Jimmy’s sister, had a lamb place sixth. Jimmy and Janet are children of Rev. and Mrs. Lee H. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Harrison Davis
Dorchester
Owe
Ram
Red River Valley
Jimmy Smith
Whitewright
Janet Smith
Jimmy
Junior Training Union elects officers at city park party
The Junior Training Union of the Baptist Church held a party at the city park last Thursday with fourteen attendees. Elected officers include Billy Tillett as president, Louise Vestal as vice president, Doris Tillett as secretary, Pauline Stephens as group captain No 1, Carol McLean as group captain No 2, Sonny Mitchell as reporter, Mrs. C. T. Sadler as leader, and Mrs. L. E. Alexander as helper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Training Union of the Baptist Church
Billy Tillett
Louise Vestal
Doris Tillett
Pauline Stephens
Carol McLean
Sonny Mitchell
C. T. Sadler
L. E. Alexander
Rotary Club program features Boyd Newman guest speaker
Rotary Club meeting last Friday named Boyd Newman assistant county attorney of Sherman as guest speaker. Newman spoke on the hot-check law and the small-claims court, noting judgments under $50 can be obtained for $2 and create valid liens. Dick Walker said the annual fishery event will be held on May 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Newman
Rotary Club
Boyd Newman
Sherman
Boyd
Dick Walker
Eisenhower Allocates 10 Million for Dust Bowl Relief
President Eisenhower announced a $10,000,000 relief allocation from the disaster fund to aid Colorado Kansas New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas in combating dust storm and drought conditions. Governors had asked for $15,000,000 and the action aims to enable swift federal support while awaiting Congress action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
White House
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
House
Spit and Chew Contest at Forestry Field Day
Nacogdoches hosts the fifth annual Forestry Field Day on the Stephen F. Austin State College campus on May 8. Spit and chew tobacco is listed as one of the contests, inviting competitors to take part against champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nacogdoches
Stephen F. Austin State College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oliver Wendell Holmes
TOY Department
Ike
CAFE
Jimmy and
Janet
Rev
Lee H. Smith
Junior Training Union
Dreuth Aid
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!