Post Office Work Begins in Whitewright New building under construction
Hale and Spain Construction Co moved into Whitewright to start the new post office project. The two story brick faced 2,640 square foot facility will replace the 1950 building with a north facing design, air conditioning, a double lobby, and a seven car off street parking plan. The contract was let Oct 16, 1968 and completion is expected in 90 days depending on weather.
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Whitewright
Hale and Spain Construction Company
George Sorrells
Forman
Sorrells
John Bigger
Hale and
Spain
Dallas
Biggerstaff
Postal Department
Walnut
Sears Streets
Alexander invited to dedication ceremony in Whitewright
L E Alexander of Whitewright Texas has been invited to the dedication of the South Plains Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory on May 17. Alexander serves on the Texas Cotton Ginner's Association Executive Committee and on the Board of Directors. The Association Board will meet May 16 to discuss industry problems and plan policies for the coming year.
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L. E. Alexander
Whitewright Gin
Whitewright
Texas
South Plains
Alexander
Texas Cotton Ginner’s Association
Association
Lone Star Gas seeks intrapany gate charge hike in Texas
Lone Star Gas Company filed with the Texas Railroad Commission for an increase in the intracom pany gate charge for residential commercial and distribution unaccounted for gas from 35.4 cents to 44.8 cents per thousand cubic feet. After the commission sets the new rate, town by town computations will be made and in towns where earnings are inadequate individual rate actions will be pursued with each town ruling body.
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Lone Star Gas Company
Texas Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission
Texas
Whitewright Council to Hear Telephone and Sewer Talks
Whitewright city council meets Tuesday with Paul Spence of the local telephone company to discuss the phone system and with an engineer to review the sewer system and possible improvements. The session is not public, per Mayor Summers.
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Paul Spence
Whitewright
Spence
Point
Scouts to Screen Hellfighters at Linda Theatre
Buffalo River area this summer Bob Dunlap, Linda Theatre manager, rents the Linda for a Scout night showing Hellfighters starring John Wayne. Showtime 8 30 pm Advance tickets through Carl Dunlap Rodney Nicely Jim Emmerson Jeff Meador. Movie follows oil fire specialists battling blazes worldwide with realism shot in Texas Wyoming. Rated G for general audiences under the motion picture code.
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Buffalo River
Arkansas
Bob Dunlap
Linda Theatre
John Wayne
Carl Dunlap
Rodney Nicely
Jim Emmereson
Jeff Meador
Texas
Wyoming
District merger expands West Texas Telephone reach
Northeast Texas Telephone joins West Texas Telephone in a Continental merger to consolidate 6,150 lines with 24,300. The combined system totals over 18 million in assets with two district offices in Crockett and Point. The move promises efficiency gains with no management change and potential renaming. Also notes Texas June draft call down to 1,366 from May’s 1,453.
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Northeast Texas Telephone Company
Northeast Texas Telephone
Texas
West Texas Telephone Company
Continental Telephone Corporation
Arthur S. Taylor
Continental
Southwest
Whitewright
West Texas Telephone Company System
Ese
Crockett
Tenaha
Telephone Company
Cushing, Joaquin
Reklew
Johnny) Johnston
Crocekett
Ces
Bells- Savoy
Big Sandy
Blue Ridge
Dorchester
Nobility
Pine Mills
Red Springs
Tom Bean
Paul Spence
West Texas Telephone
United States
Canada
Caribbean Isles
Moreris Schwartz
Tuesay
Texas Nursing Home Week Proclaimed By Gov Smith
The Texas governor proclaims Nursing Home Week May 1-17 and urges Texans to visit local facilities. Whitewright Nursing Home highlights include 73 employees, 13 licensed VNs, spiritual services, a chapel, and a busy activity schedule.
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Smith
Texas
Preston Smith
Whitewright
Paul E. Geers
Whitewright Nursing Home
Laurentia Dockery
R. N
Eleane Newman
Cleo Williams
LVN
Carolyn Slaughter
Geers
Gov. Smith
Ryon Attends Texas A&M Station Installation School
Gary R. Ryon of Whitewright, an installer repairman for Northeast Texas Telephone, is among 13 students from Arkansas and Texas attending a station installation school at Texas A&M University. The Electrical and Telephone Training Division of the Engineering Extension Service directs the program at the Research Annex and runs through May.
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Whitewright
Clint Hennig
Northeast
Texas
Community Public Service Company
C.L. Cooke
Fort Worth
Cooke
CPS
Hennig
Sherman
Gary R. Ryon
Northeast Texas Telephone of Point
Arkansas
Texas A&m University
A&m
Engineering Extension Service
Charles E. Whitaker
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Whitewright Sun
Bond Street
Buford House
City Electric Co
Forever Departments
Kentuckytown
Pilot Grove
Oreangeville
Royce Jones
Houston Darwin
B. W. Newman
Elbert Bennett
W. E. Stanford
Joe Bartley
Wallace Wilson
Cleerks
Roy Ellison
Summit
Joan Biggerstaff
Hale
Fornan Geroge Sorrells
Virginia McFatridge
Rosa Lee White
Lone Star Files
R. R. Summers
Point District
Hawkins and
Army
Marine Corps
Schwartz
Dalegore
Harry Stanley of
Bells
Nursing Home
Ryon
A&m School
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