Whitewright Tigers Plan Intersquad Football At Bryant Field
The Whitewright Tigers host an intersquad game at Bryant Field this Thursday night at 8 with free admission. Coach S T Montgomery Jr says spring training ends next week and a second game may be played Thursday or Friday next week depending on weather. The roster lists many senior and sophomore lettermen and junior high experience. The 1952 schedule shows nine conference games including Whitesboro and Van Alstyne with home and away dates.
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Whitewright Tigers
Bryant Field
Sun
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Aubrey Burnham
Letterman
H. C. Carpenter
John Charles Chesser
Bobby Clark
Larry Cooper
Lewis Clem
Allan Davis
J. W. Dixon
Jackie Garner
Norman Harper
Larry Hayes
Jackie Hayes
Ralph
Lunch Room Menus for the Week
Monday offers pressed ham lettuce and tomatoes potato salad and gingerbread. Tuesday features meat patties corn mixed greens and fruit salad. Wednesday serves beans slaw carrot sticks and cornbread squares. Thursday adds tuna sandwich lettuce potato chips English peas and pecan cookies. Friday presents hot dogs mustard pickles prunes peanut butter and honey. Milk accompanies every meal.
Beckworth Enters Texas Senate Race
Washington Texas congressman Lindley Beckworth of Gladewater announces his candidacy for the U S Senate. He enters the contest after discussions with Texas delegation members since Tom Connally quit. Beckworth challenges Attorney General Price Daniel who is viewed as the early front runner.
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Washington
Lindley Beckworth
Gladewater
United States Senate
Texas
Beckworth
Tom Connally
Price Daniel
Political Test Raises Prisons And Probation For Communists
A sharp joke from behind the Iron Curtain features two Communist party candidates who fail a knowledge test and face probation while a third comrade, Petrov, ends in a concentration camp for answering correctly. The piece notes a DC delegate served in Congress from 1871 to 1875.
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Berlin
Iron Curtain
Communist Party
Petrov
District of Columbia
Whitewright School Board Names Faculty and Officers
The Whitewright Board of Education reelected most faculty members, excluding Glen Howard whose position depends on current year attendance. Ernest Smith and Earl Benson were reappointed as caretakers. J. L. Clark was named to replace Roy Blanton. The board approved using the old chemistry building ground floor as a museum. Superintendent Cummings reported bond payments and obligations on schedule.
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Whitewright Board of Education
Glen Howard
Howard
Tom Sears
Earl Benson
W. C. Cummings
S. T. Montgomery Jr
J. L. Clark
Roy Blanton
Chemistry
Whitewright
Cummings
Texas Continues 4 H Safety Health And Recreation Programs
The Texas State Club office announces continuation of three national 4-H programs Farm and Home Safety Health Improvement and Recreational Rural Arts under the Cooperative Extension Service. In 1951 over 580000 members checked hazards on home grounds and farms, nearly 750000 4 H members improved health in homes communities, and about 500000 aided in recreational activities plus music and art appreciation.
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America
Texas
Cooperative Extension Service
Harmony at Whitewright precinct party conventions
Local Whitewright precinct gatherings produced unanimous resolutions and solid delegate slates. Democrats backed Governor Allan Shivers unpledged delegation to the National Convention and praised state rights and tidelands ownership efforts, while Republicans named two county delegates and six alternates, with a Taft and Eisenhower supporter among leadership.
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Whitewright
Allan Shivers
Eisenhower
Taft
Price Daniel
Texas
Tidelands
R. H. May
Mr. May
Robert Doss
Ed LaRoe
Charlie Ayres
Floyd Bassett
Glenn Doss
John Ray
W. C. Cummings
Edwin Badgett
P. A. Short
W. W. Alverson
Gladys Ray
Clarence McMillin
Guy Hamilton
Jack Nossaman
Russell Summers
Tom Sears
T. J. Lilley
Allen T. Short
Alberta Everheart
John Reeves
R. A. Gillett
Gomer May
Tom Barbee
Jack Meador
Paul Stephens
Mr. Stephens
GOP
R. E. Simpson
J. V. Murphy
Lewis Cooper
D. E. Smith
Frank England
B. L. Sanderson
M. Z. Jones
Grayson County Democrats Back Shivers Program at Convention
Grayson County Democrats meeting in Sherman pledged support for Governor Shivers and urged an uninstructed delegation to the national convention. They passed resolutions attacking the Truman administration, endorsed state ownership of tidelands, a balanced federal budget, and reform of the electoral college, while opposing socialized medicine and federal aid to education. Delegates to the state convention were chosen to ensure no bolt against the Shivers slate, with eleven Grayson votes and delegates aligned to the unit rule.
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Thomas Jefferson
Sherman
Municipal Auditorium
Grayson County
Allan Shivers
Grayson
San Antonio
Chicago
Shivers
Truman
Grayson Demos
Gossett- Lodge
Price Daniel
Tidelands
John Nall
R. M. Carter
Joe A. Keith
Hal Rawlins
Denison
Whitewright
Ed LaRoe
Sam Rayburn
R. H. May
Tom Sears
John Reeves
John Ray
Jack Meador
Robert Doss
Russell Summers
Gladys Ray
Glenn Doss
Jack Nossaman
GOP Delegates Back Eisenhower At Texas Convention
At the Grayson County Republican gathering in Sherman 47 delegates pledged to Eisenhower after a 45 to 2 showing for Taft. State committeeman Nossaman named as delegate with Paul Stephens as alternate. Delegates from Fourth District also favored Eisenhower promising a national convention vote for the general. R. H. May observed a Democratic pin saying I Like Ike.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mineral Wells
Sherman
Eisenhower
Taft
Jack Nossaman
Paul Stephens
Stephens
Grayson
Nossaman
William B. Bryant
Frank Hollingsworth
Denison
Whitewright
R. H. May
Boy Scout Troop 42 Discusses Summer Camp at Lake Texoma
Troop 42 met with 12 scouts plus the scout master and assistant at the Scout Hut. Billy McDowell and Jim Hoover worked on advancement while plans for summer camp June 15 to 21 at Camp Grayson were announced. Deposits are due this week and activities include swimming boating archery rifle range and more. Fox Patrol won the Monday athletic event.
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Boy Scouts
Billy McDowell
Jimmie Hoover
New Sherman Area
Camp
Grayson
Lake Texoma
Fox Patrol
Whitewright Homecoming Attendee Rolls Grow for June 22
Whitewright residents and former Houston visitors join the June 22 homecoming. Tom Sears reports new names, including exes from Houston and Dallas, with a Joymakers orchestra legacy noted. The Whitewright Museum will occupy the ground floor of the old chemistry building for a relics exhibit from 1874 to 1914.
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Tom Sears
Whitewright
Sam Montgomery
Houston
Sears
Smith Hotel
Sam
Joymakers
Earl Blanton
Nufly Wallace
Jim Lindsey
Clyde Johnson
Sidney Young
Gene Hall
E. M. Mantiply
Ghetto Street
Los Angeles
Calif
J. Frank Benton
Insurance
Fort Worth
Edith Biggerstaff
East Fifth Street
Dallas
Claud C. Cox
West Hickory
Denton
Walker A. Brents
Belford Street
H. E. Wilson
Husston
Willa Kelly
Panola
J. A. Dickey
Blevins
P. N. Davis
Rogers
Don Hall
Leon Spindle
J. C. Bryant
Rancho Smello
Kentuckytown
Texas
Sun
WSB Talk Offers Hope In Oil Strike
Texas and the nation awaited a Washington meeting next Tuesday as the Wage Stabilization Board and a coalition of about twenty-two unions sought to end an eight day oil workers strike. The looming conflict threatened gasoline shortages nationwide though Texas motorists faced no immediate threat.
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Texas
Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Savings in 1951 Reach $13 Billion
Americans saved 13 billion dollars last year, the Securities and Exchange Commission reported. Liquid assets including bank deposits insurance securities and cash holdings totaled 340 billion dollars at the end of 1951.
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Washington
Securities & Exchange Commission
U. S
SEC
Speech Class Play To Be Presented At PTA Meet
Mrs Roddy's high school speech class presents a one act play Mom's a Grandma Now at the PTA final meeting Tuesday May 13 at 8 p m in the gymnasium Cast includes Florena Williams Jimmy Christian Larry Cooper Jeanette Jones Peggy Pannell Jack Ayres and Jackie Pannell Admission is free and open to all attendees.
Pledge Taken Voluntarily At Local Democratic Convention
In Levelland Hockley County the Democratic convention met Tuesday with no pledges required and none exacted. One pledge was taken at a precinct delegate’s suggestion, affirming freedom of speech worship and governance, and pledging to uphold the heritage of freedom for all mankind.
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Levelland
Hockley County
Court ruling hints at higher food prices under Capehart amendment
Washington reports the Capehart amendment may allow wholesalers and retailers to seek higher price ceilings. The Office of Price Stabilization said the Justice Department will appeal the emergency court of appeals decision to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabiliztion
Justice Department
Price Rebellion Brews in Texas
The University of Texas business research bureau reports buyer resistance to high retail prices is rising in Texas. Public savings are predicted to stay high until prices drop further. Department store prices fell 1.1 percent on April 1 from a year ago and 1.5 percent below last year’s peak. A continued slow decrease in the average price level appears probable. Some hard good lines have also eased.
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Austin
Universty of Texas Business Research Bureau
Rainfall Boosts Gardens and Crop Outlook in Local Farm Region
Last Friday rainfall of 27 inches paused farm work briefly yet improved vegetable gardens and crops. Grain looks strong, corn stands good, early cotton ahead, and onion crop shows promise despite some lice issues. The Sun editor recalls farming changes, hay balers and combines being assembled, and past threshing practices.
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Sun Editor
C. J. Meador Truck & Tractor Company
Sun
U S SUSPENDS CREDIT RESTRICTIONS ON CONSUMER GOODS
The Federal Reserve Board suspended all credit restrictions on automobiles TV sets furniture and other consumer goods effective immediately. It allows dealers to set down payments and installment terms while Regulation W is paused and notes Regulation X remains in force for homes. The move aims to ease access to goods amid the economy and warns curbs could return if conditions worsen.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Federal Reserve suspends voluntary credit restraint
The Federal Reserve Board on Monday dropped the voluntary credit restraint program designed to curb lending and fight inflation. It says the program is suspended in light of current circumstances but will stay on standby for possible future use. Banks were urged to lend only for defense or essential civilian purposes under the program with regional committees screening applications.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Faneuil Hall and Jefferson Inauguration Facts
Faneuil Hall in Boston is called the Cradle of American Liberty. Thomas Jefferson was the first president inaugurated in Washington D C in 1801.
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Faneuil Hall
Boston
Thomas Jefferson
Washington, D.C
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