Grayson County Courthouse Nears Completion in Sherman
Grayson County's new 300000 dollar courthouse in Sherman advances toward completion. The five story reinforced concrete structure clad in native marble includes a county jail, modern systems, and Italian marble corridors. It follows a long history of earlier courthouses from log to brick to stucco, with the project funded by an 84000 dollar PWA grant and a 216000 dollar loan, total cost about 303000 dollars.
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Sherman
Grayson County
William C. Blackmore
John Thompson
McKinney
van Alstyne
PWA
J. E. Morgan & Sons
el Paso
Voelcker & Dixon
Wichita Falls
M. A. Vordenbaum
Farm program cost 1933 1936 totals 1.518 billion dollars
Final figures from the Agricultural Adjustment Administration detail the 1933 to 1936 cost of the new deal farm program at 1,518,218,686.90 dollars with breakdowns by administration, crop payments, surplus removal, drought relief, and trust fund operations. Pecan production in Alabama reached 3,200,000 pounds in 1935.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Bankhead Pool
Grayson County Courthouses Through the Years
A recap of Grayson County’s courthouse evolution from a 273 dollar log building in 1847 to a 300000 dollar white marble structure. The 1874 third building features a tower and clock. the 1900 remodel removed the tower after a 1930 fire. Sherman prepares to dedicate the new courthouse shown below.
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Grayson County
Sherman
Kasper Quads Doing Fine Doctors Say in Passaic
Frances Frank Ferdinand and Felix Kasper quadruplets are reported doing fine physically and financially at St Marys Hospital Passaic New Jersey. A busi ness manager Mayor Benjamin Turner and admirers monitor welfare as gifts arrive for the four infants and a plan to provide decent housing and funds to support the family is discussed. Mothers milk is fed with medicine droppers and whisky fortified water was given briefly after birth proper nutrition is arranged.
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Frances
Frank
Ferdinand
Felix
Kasper
Passaic
N. J
St. Mary’s Hospital
Benjamin F. Turner
Little Ferry
Turner
San Francisco
Edmond E. Herrscher
Herrscher
Emil Kasper
Frank Jani
New York
Boston
Amateur Music Contest Lights Whitewright Program
An amateur music contest by the Whitewright Music Club filled the First Baptist Church auditorium. Piano students ranged from six months to 3.5 years and two self taught harmonica players competed. Miss Mary Dale King won first, Dorotha Darwin second, and Betty Nell Yeager third with Velma Holland earning honorable mention. Judges were Mrs. H D Neff Mrs. Tom Holmes and Miss Zora Swanger of Trenton.
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Whitewright Music Club
First Baptist Church
Betty Lee Jones
Betty Jo Pierce
Betty Jean Brice
Betty Nell Yeager
Betty Jo Morrow
Mary Frances Stephens
Margaret Ann Burnham
Janis Jane Horton
Katie Kincaid
Billy Rhom Pennington
Thomas Kirk May
Dorotha Darwin
Mary Dale King
J. A. Yeager
Velma Holland
Carl Holland
H. D. Neff
Tom Holmes
Zora Swanger
Trenton
Shirley Temple at Palace to Feature Captain January
Shirley Temple appears at the Palace Theatre next week in Captain January with a strong supporting cast led by Guy Kibbee Slim Summerville June Lang Sara Haden Buddy Ebsen Jane Darwell. A new Buck Jones serial Roaring West starts Friday and Saturday, plus Western feature and short. Major Bowes Amateurs set for Saturday preview and Monday Tuesday with In Person starring Ginger Rogers and George Brent. Sun Want Ads urged for quick results.
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Palace Theatre
Shirley Temple
Clay Horton
Shirley
Palace
SRO
Guy Kibbee
Slim Summerville
June Lang
Sara Haden
Buddy Ebsen
Jane Darwell
Buck Jones
Easterners Edge West In East West Softball Series
Easterners erased a two game West lead in a five game series then fell behind again after Sunday’s doubleheader. Andrews lost three in a row but redeemed himself with two Sunday wins. Thursday’s 7-4 win featured Taylor pitching. Sunday two games ended 2-5 and 0-5 with Birchfield Andrews Starr DeBerry and DeBerry contributing. A Sunday afternoon game pitted High School students against Outsiders with Outsiders winning 5-3.
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Easterners
West Siders
Andrews
Taylor
Birchfield
Everheart
Peeteies
Egeos
Miead
Starr
Hannah
DeBerry
Hannan
Guy Stepp
Montgomery
LOPE
Harrison
Caylor
Ryan
Cates
Brown
Rainfall totals show 1.46 inches weeklong drift
C. C. Cates reports 1.46 inches of precipitation since last Thursday with 1.34 inches last Friday, a .03 inch shower Monday afternoon, and .09 Monday night. May total 1.78 inches. year to date 4.48. Normal first four months is 11.39. Rain aided crops, cotton, and gardens. conditions cool and damp with weeds growing.
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C. C. Cates
Soil Conservation Program Nears Completion in Grayson
Sherman report says final signup for the Federal soil conservation program will occur Thursday and Friday as Grayson County farmers return to field work sheets. About 70 percent of farmers are on worksheets, with eligibility to sign acreage retirement contracts later. A crop compliance ruling designates a field with one row of peas to two rows of corn as two thirds corn and one third peas. Sudan grazing or harvesting is considered soil conserving, while broadcast sowing and turning under green is soil building. Worksheets cost nothing and serve as a poll tax receipt, though participation remains voluntary.
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Sherman
B. F. Gray
Grayson
Gray
Sudan
College Station
Widow Rosa Van Kirk Named Justice of the Peace
After a late hour vote the commissioners court appointed Rosa Van Kirk widow of the late A S Vankirk as justice of the peace filling a vacancy. The choice m akes the first woman to hold the post in local history among twenty five candidates. The prior judge served a year and faced re election without opposition. Canberra land is government owned and leased. European dictators seen as dummy despots compared to the Japanese emperor.
Whitewright to Welcome New Stores and School District Petition
Valley View businessman J. Weinstein plans a June 1 dry goods store in the Y. B. Reid building, joining H. L. Gordon in town. meanwhile the City Commission weighs extending Incorporation limits to District 42 for school consolidation to ensure free public schooling and equal tax treatment amid shifting State tuition rules. The vote on the extension is postponed to Wednesday night as petitioners reconsider.
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J. Weinstein
Valley View
Whitewright
Y. B. Reid
Cole & Davis Company
Weinstein
H. L. Gordon
City Commission
Board of Education
H. W. Key
Sun
Texas
Mr. Key
Cameron
State Department of Education
Key
District 42
Whitewright School
Whitewright High School
Key Reveal
Hall Ice Company to Open Friday on W. H. Stedham Lot
Hall Ice Company will open Friday at the new ice service station on the W. H. Stedham lot north of the Houston store. Donald Hall, manager, said the business will sell ice at the station and deliver to residences and businesses by truck with Pirtle Humphries as assistant in charge of deliveries.
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W. H. Stedham
Houston
Hall Ice Company
Donald Hall
Hall
Pirtle Humphries
American Legion meeting draws large attendance
Forty five members of the Preston Everheart Post American Legion attended the regular meeting at the legion hall. Sheriff J Benton Davis of Sherman and George Hagans of Denison visited and spoke. After the business session, refreshments and a song fest followed. Talks covered improving the Legion park and July picnic plans with several donations to the park fund.
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Preston Everheart Post
American Legion
Legion Hall
J. Benton Davis
Sherman
George Hagans
Denison
Davis
Hagans
American Legion Park
Improvement Fund
Sewing Project Sets Local Record With 2800 Garments
The WPA sewing project directed by Mrs. Will Reeves completed 2,800 garments, a record for its size. It provides purchasing power to workers on relief, aids local charities by supplying garments to the unemployable, and trains women with dependents for better future employment. Citizens seek to expand the program to aid more women.
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WPA
Will Reeves
Whitewright PTA to Install Officers and Host Program
The Whitewright Parent-Teacher Association will meet next Thursday May 21 at 7 45 p m in the Grammar School auditorium. Officers for the coming year will be installed and a health and good citizenship program arranged with an out of town speaker and a special musical number on the agenda. Typewriter supplies advertised by Sun office.
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Whitewright Parent-Teacher Association
Grammar School
Portuguese plan to intensify Angola colonization
The government intends to boost settlement in Angola highlighting its high plateaus and salubrious climate. Rich soil reportedly can support thousands of white settlers, signaling a push to expand European colonization efforts.
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Angola
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Alabama
East
Bonham
Australia
Canberra
Japan
PT Association
Sun Office
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