Whitewright Leads Pee Wee Baseball League Incesent Play
Whitewright is one of six teams in the Pee Wee Baseball League with Desert Blue Ridge Melissa Bells Westminster. On Sunday Whitewright defeated Westminster 12 to 9 as Don Reynolds fanned 10 and homered with bases loaded.
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Whitewright
Pee Wee Base Ball League
Desert
Blue Ridge
Melissa
Bells
Westminster
Don Reynolds
Harmon Hayes
Grady McCorstin
Jimmie Anderson
Boyd Sanderson
Tim Grammer
Perry Kite
Boyd Smith
J. Ates
Crow Thrasher
Rudolph Phillips
Chester Slaughter
Harry Farrow
Billy Blanton
Whitewright Bells
Desert Bells
Bells Westminster
Westminster Bells
Blue Ridge Desert
Annual 4-H Club Round-Up Set for June 14 15
Texas A M College announces the 4-H Round-Up on its campus for June 14 and 15. Contests run June 13 with livestock judging and dairy foods demonstrations in conjunction with the Round-Up for the first time since 1940. County quotas call for two boys two girls and two adult leaders with extra contestants in dairy foods demonstrations and the State 4-H dress revue. The county agents conference follows on June 16 and 17.
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Texas County Agricultural and Home Demonstration Agents
House to Get Pension Bill in New Form
Washington reports a new $72 a month veterans pension bill advancing from the House veterans committee. It trims the price tag to about 15 billion over 50 years and bases benefits on need and disability rather than reward, with up to 72 dollars monthly at 65 or for total disability, and income limits of 1200 dollars for singles or 2500 dollars with dependents.
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Washington
House Veterans Committee
Veterans Administration
Bids Open For Ida Road Topping From Whitewright To Sherman
The State Highway Commission invites sealed bids for flexible base and asphalt surfacing on the Whitewright Ida Sherman road FM 697. Grading and bridge work are done. road length about 16 miles. Bids are due before the May 24 meeting when the contract will be let. The project aims to provide an all weather route serving Whitewright and surrounding residents.
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The
State Highway Commission
Whitewright-Ida-Sherman
Whitewright
Fox And Wolf Hunters Meet In Grayson County Event
The Grayson County Fox and Wolf Hunters Association will hold a meeting Friday and Saturday May 13 and 14 at Prairie Valley School eight miles northwest of Gordonville. A basket supper is set for 7 p.m. Friday with the hounds cast soon after and again at sundown Saturday. Cook and Fannin County fox hunters are invited.
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Grayson County Fox and Wolf Hunters Association
Prairie Valley School
Gordonville
Cook
Fannin County Fox
House Trims Out $86,000 From $50 Million Bill
Austin lawmakers chopped 86 thousand dollars from a 50 million dollar state budget bill by eliminating the State Aeronautics Commission and reducing several other allocations. The Aeronautics cut totaled 64 thousand dollars, while a 24 thousand dollar council of state governments item was halved. Pay raises for the governor's executive secretary and assistant secretary were cut roughly in half, and a proclamation clerk and secretary in the executive department were eliminated saving 4,560 dollars. All changes require Senate approval and the governor's assent to become final.
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Austin
State Aeronautics Commission
Aeronautics Commission
Texas
Council of State Governments
Jester
Senate
Accidental Deaths Higher For Males
New York statisticians from Metropolitan Life report males face higher accidental death risk than females. White male rates reach 97.7 per 1000 versus 42.8 for white females. Risk rises from infancy through youth, peaking 20 to 24 with over six to one.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Cookery Show To Be Held Here In Whitewright
A two day cookery demonstration featuring automatic gas equipment will be held at the New American Legion Hall in Whitewright on May 24 and 25. Miss Merrell Midgett and Miss Ruth Tucker of Lone Star Gas Company will conduct the sessions starting at 2 pm. The event is free with no advance registration and is sponsored by Griffin Dollarhide Jr Earl Blanton Home and Auto Supply and Lone Star Gas. They will display CP standard gas ranges and offer menu planning advice and tips for economical use of modern gas appliances.
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New American Legion Hall
Whitewright
W. R. Milam
Lone Star Gas Company
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Earl Blanton
Milam
Merrell Midgett
Ruth Tucker
Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association
Lone Star
Sun Honor Roll Adds New Names to School List
The Sun reports the latest additions to its honor roll including Nora Mabery Ruth Tipps W R Skaggs Royce Lay Frank Thornhill T J Giles Homer L Sears J T Holloway B R Hansard C C Hill J L Pointer W T Ross Jack Thrasher Glen Cole Wilson G Kaiser Gomer May J A May H O Leuschner E J Fralicks Ted Spinks J Max Montgomery.
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Sun
Nora Mabery
Ruth Tipps
W. R. Skaggs Royce
Lay Frank Thornhill
T. J. Giles Homer L. Sears
J. T. Holloway
B. R. Hansard
C. C. Hill
J. L. Pointer
W. T. Ross
Jack Thrasher
Glen C,. Cole Wilson Kaiser Gomer May
J. A. May
H. O. Leuschner
E. J. Fralicks
Ted Spinks
J. Max Montgomery
Old Bill Schilling Writes Unique Ad in Northfield News
Northfield Minn Old Bill Schilling provides an odd classified entry during National Want Ad Week selling an antique outdoor biffy with a 1917 Standard Chic three hole model and a roof ventilator. The ad offers trade options of eggs or a ham and notes Drs Leo and Walter Fink tied to pre college mediations. The item prompts a quirky contrast with a milk consumption statistic of 187.4 quarts per year.
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Northfield
Minn
Bill” Schilling
Herman Roe
Northfield News
Mill City
Leo
Walter Fink
Bill Schilling
Berlin Blockade Ends After 327 Days
Berlin marks the end of the 327 day Soviet blockade with barriers down along the frontline. Automobiles cross into Berlin from the Soviet zone and a train follows. airlift continues to run for about another month as Western powers assess Russia's aims. Secretary Acheson says the next Big Four meeting hinges on Moscow.
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Berlin
Germany
Whitewright
Marienborn
Russia
Dean Acheson
Washington
Whitewright Girl Wins Dress Revue
Miss Betty Blackerby of Whitewright won first place in Grayson County 4-H Girls Club Dress Revue held in the Grayson County Court House assembly room. She will represent Grayson County at the State Dress Revue in College Station in June.
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Betty Blackerby
Whitewright
Grayson County Court House
Grayson County
College Station
Blackerby
County 4-H Council
Chicago
Alva Blackerby
Route Two
Miss Blackerby
Jackie Hall
Howe
Gwendolyn Kent
Peggy Wilsford
Dorchester
Billie Taylor
Kentuckytown
Joyce Lee Melton
Barbara Joyce Williams
Southmayor
Oneta Smith
Darlene DeBerry
Kentucckytown
Melba Moss
Margaret Moore
Mildred Chapman
Cook County
Mary Lou Armour
Collin County
Ball Game Friday For Championship
Old rivals Van Alstyne and Whitewright meet in Whitewright at 2 p m Friday for the district high school baseball championship. The winner is champion, with strong attendance expected as over thirty merchants close for the game.
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Whitewright
van Alstyne
Whitewright Tigers
WSCS Presents Mrs Madonne In Book Review
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the First Methodist Church will present Mrs John J Madonne in a book review at 3 30 p m Monday at the Methodist Church She will review Newness of Life by Estelle C Carver an approved study for the society Members of other societies are invited to attend The WSCS social meeting is postponed to Monday May 23
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Woman’s Society of Christian Service
The
First Methodist Church
John J. Madonne
Methodist Church
Estelle C. Carver
WSCS
Fly Control Urged by State Health Officer
Dr. Geo W. Cox warns that houseflies spread dysentery diarrhea typhoid and tuberculosis and urges fly proof homes screened windows doors and porches. He calls for eliminating filth and breeding sites and notes one breeding place can produce vast fly swarms.
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Austin
Geo. W. Cox
Cox
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Named Longest State Title
The smallest U S state is described as The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, noted for its unusually long official name.
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Union
Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
Whitewright Seeks Citywide Insect Control Plan
The Whitewright Chamber of Commerce considers a summer insect suppression program. Geo Hight leads a committee to study monthly spraying at business fronts and homes, estimated at 2 dollars per month for businesses and 1 dollar for houses, with citizen signups urged through Mr. Hight and B W Newman. Weed and Insect Control Inc has equipment for spraying and fogging.
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Whitewright
Brotherhood To Meet Monday Night
The local Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church meets Monday at 7 45 p m in the church basement for a monthly session. Guest speaker Rev New man McLarry pastor of Van Alstyne First Baptist comes from Emory to address the group. Roy Blanton urges strong attendance and notes a 30 member goal for the meeting.
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Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church
Newman McLarry
van Alstyne First Baptist Church
McLarry
van Alstyne
Emory
Roy Blanton
Jersey Breaks Hague Power in City Election
In Jersey City, Frank Hague’s 30 year Democratic control ends as fusion candidates win a sweeping victory. John V. Kenny tops the ticket with 81,117 votes, while Eggers and Hague backers trail. turnout hits a record 143,541 ballots.
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Jersey City
N. J
Frank
Ross
Hague
Eggers-Hague
John V. Kenny
Kenny
James F. Murray Sr
Philip McGovern
Eggers
United States
Weather calls surge with summer heat in New York
New York Telephon e Company reports an average 46 500 daily calls to its weather service. Peak day was August 26 with 179 530 calls about 101 degree heat. More calls occur in summer, on Fridays, and between 4 and 5 PM.
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New York
New York Telephone Company
Weather Service
Britons urged to curb candy consumption to avoid rationing
London reports C R M Cannon president of the National Federation of Wholesale Confectioners warns Britons to go easy on candy after rationing ended two weeks ago. He notes demand remains extremely high as some families exhaust inventories.
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London
C. R. M. Cannon
National Federation of Wholesale Confectioners
Cannon
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Calif
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Scotland
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Alan G. Kirk
Belgium
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