Whitewright News Highlights Senior Invitations and Local Notes
Whitewright seniors mailed about 2600 graduation invitations, with most residents receiving them. Dan Hennig signed with Texas Tech for a four year scholarship. Weather notes report a 50 degree low and unusual winter spring patterns. Homecoming dinner hosted by Butch Kaiser at Pilot Grove Cemetery Association, selling 32 tickets. Termite itinerants warned of nationwide scam. Former resident Aleta Flanigin wins $500 Leading Citizen prize at Ward’s Big Town store. Chamber of Commerce directors fail to form quorum. Federal cigarette sale proposal by Rep Williams challenged by Fleming. West Virginia primary results spark political speculation about Kennedy.
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Tom Hamm
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Sun Office
Dan Hennig
Tech
Dan
Clint Hennig
Whitewright
Butch Kaiser
Pilot Grove
Aleta Flanigin
Riversway Drive
Dallas
Ward
Big Town
Whitewright light vote centers on 274 ballots cast
In the Saturday Democratic primary 274 Whitewright voters participated, 49 fewer than the April city election and 131 fewer than the first 1956 primary. G. W. Blanton led with all 274 votes. H. B. Everheart was reelected though 21 wrote his name on the ballot.
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Whitewright
G. W
Woody) Blanton
H. B. Everheart
PTA Holds Last Meeting of Year
The Whitewright Parent Teachers Association met in the high school library at 7 30 PM Tuesday. Mrs Wallace Wilson conducted the room count and the fifth grade won. A gift was given to Miss Lucille Sanders for her long service to the school. Mrs Earl Blanton led the program with a homemaking class style show and refreshments in the homemaking department. Turtle catching is noted as a principal Jamaica industry.
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Whitewright Parent-Teachers Association
Wallace Wilson
Lucille Sanders
Earl Blanton
Kennedy boosts by West Virginia in 1956 primary
The passage notes Senator Humphrey losing to a rival who taunted him, while West Virginia backed Republicans strongly in 1956. It suggests Republicans may have voted for Kennedy in the May 10 primary to help him gain Democratic nomination momentum, hoping he would be easier to beat in November.
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Kennedy
West Virginia
Humphrey
A Salute to Our Local Economy Through the Post Office
The Whitewright post office is highlighted as a key local economic hub with services from stamps to Savings Bonds and money orders. Officials and staff, including postmasters such as John Biggerstaff and long-serving workers, are noted along with rural routes and payroll figures, underscoring the post office’s role in the community and economy.
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U. S
Postoffice
Treasury Department
Caesar Augustus
B. C
England
America
Benjamin Franklin
Continental Congress
Overland Stage
Pony Express
New York City
Postal Department
Whitewright
Pascal Farley
John Biggerstaff
Harry Truman
Royce Jones
Houston Darwin
J. P. Darwin
B. W. Newman
Roy Blanton
Weldon Bartley
Elbert Bennett
Sonny Gosnell
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
Uncle Dan's Letter to Editor Roasts Senate and Zeitgeist
Uncle Dan from Tom Bean writes to the editor mocking the Fifth Amendment and the U S Senate for endless investigations and filibusters. He jokes about Yale science claims and travel through widening by passes while recalling past mishaps and rural habits. He closes with a homespun note urging folks to keep things from unraveling.
Deaths: Mrs. W. A. Kirkpatrick 93 lifelong area resident
Mrs. W A Kirkpatrick died at 4 15 am Friday in a Sherman hospital aged 93 She was born August 18 1866 east of Whitewright and was the oldest surviving native of the community She leaves four daughters one son Ira Kirkpatrick five grandchildren five great grandchildren and one great great grandchild Funeral services were at the First Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev C C Dooley and Rev James I Logan Jr Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery under Earnheart Funeral Home directions.
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W. A. Kirkpatrick
Sherman Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
C. C. Dooley
James I. Logan Jr
Denison
Oak Hill Cemetery
Earnheart Funeral Home
Kirkpatrick
Whitewright
Doss
R. E. Hickman
T Guy Dillon
Durant
Okla
Bob Grant
Bonham
Leon Harp
San Antonio
Ira Kirkpatrick
Sherman
Funeral services for Mrs. Dave Taylor held in Pilot Grove
Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 p. m. Saturday at Earnheart Funeral Chapel for Mrs. Dave Taylor 83 a lifetime Pilot Grove resident who died Thursday Burial was in Pilot Grove Cemetery She was born Sept 21 1876 in Pilot Grove to Jeff Binion and wife and married Mr Taylor Oct 9 1898 in Pilot Grove Survivors include her husband two daughters six sons two sisters a brother and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren
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Earnheart
Dave Taylor
Pilot Grove
Foy Kirkpatrick
Wood Street Church of Christ
Sherman
Ken Britt
van Alstyne Christian Church
Taylor
Jeff Binion
Church of Christ
Forrest Doggett
van Alstyne
Ernest McMillin
Herbert Taylor
Guy Taylor
Robert Taylor
Max Taylor
D. B. Taylor
David Taylor
Garland
Florence
Pre School Day Set For Whitewright Schools
The Whitewright public schools announce an annual pre school day on Friday May 13 led by Superintendent S T Montgomery Jr. All children starting school next September must attend at 1 00 p m with a parent. Letters were sent to parents of six year olds listed in the census and missing names should also appear. The aim is to introduce youngsters to school life before September.
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Whitewright
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Montgomery
Schumacher Westbrook headed to June 4 runoff in Grayson County
A canvass of disputed ballots in Precinct 53 reshuffled the vote totals and sent Schumacher and Westbrook into a runoff for Grayson County tax assessor-collector. Final counts: Schumacher 4237, Westbrook 3670, incumbent Mrs. Iva Davidson 3669.
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Tony Konioth
Don W. Heston
15Th District Court
R. C. Vaughan
W. C. Dowdy
Dean Martin
Joe M. Joiner
George W. Blanton
Frank Westbrook
George Schumacher
Iva Davidson
R. C. Slagle Jr
Leon White
R. H. May
H. B. Everheart
George L. Schumacher
Grayson County
Schumacher
Westbrook
Davison
Democratic Committee
S. A
Tax Office
W. T. McDonald
Bryan
Lloyd Davidson
Court of Criminal Appeals
Tom Thumb Wedding by Senior Class at Tom Thumb Event
The senior class hosts a Tom Thumb Wedding on Friday May 13 at 7 30 admission 50c adults 25c students. Tickets available from seniors or at the door. The wedding party features pre school age children with a cake auction to follow. Proceeds aid their trip fundraiser.
Denison Group Seeks Election On Whisky and Beer
A petition backed by the Denison Legal Control Council seeks a July election to legalize sales of liquor within Denison city limits. Twenty signatures were filed with County Clerk J C Buchanan, with forty petitions circulating to reach the required threshold. The plan aims for signatures and submission to the county commissioners by June 13, and notes the 1948 Grayson County vote opposed liquor sales countywide but Denison favored it 2763 to 1602.
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Denison
J. C. Buchanan
Denison Legal Control Council
County Commissioners Court
Grayson County
Childrens Lawyer Question Sparks Jury Testimony
The court heard a dramatic exchange as the defense asked the witness to reveal the truth. The defendant explained the fatal bow and arrow shooting was intended to avoid waking the children.
Movie Star Enters Deep Mourning For Late Husband
A highly married film icon mourns her late spouse, expressing deep grief and maintaining a personal ritual of black olives in her martini as a sign of her somber state.
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Voltaire
Whitewright High School
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Methodist Church
Texas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Kenneth Frisby
Organiation
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
Arthur Fleming
Bob May
Supreme Court
Joe Greenhill
Jim D. Bowmer
Lloyd W. Davidson
Ernest O. Thompson
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Robert S. Calvert
W. L. (Bo) Ramsey
Jesse James
Commissioner of
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Jerry Sadler
Bill Alcorn
Commissioner of Agriculture
John C. White
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Court of Civil Appeals
Supreme Judicial
Claude Williams
Charles E. Hughes
PTA
Jamaica
West Indies
the Post Office
The
Paul E. Geers
Clyde Little
Tom Bean
United States Senate
Ed Doolittle
Senate
George Washington
Isaac Cornfodder
Isaac
Everthing
Clem Webster
Yale University
Onde
Uncle Dan
W. A. Kirkralkicn
Mrs
Whitewright, Texas
Grayson
Fannin County
United States
APO
Don Heston
Joe Joiner
Daniel
Jack Cox
Ben Ramsey
Don Yarborough
Will Wilson
Carr and Looney
W. L. Ramsey
Robert W. Calvert
Robert G. Hughes
Tom Thumb
Denison Group
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