Rain, school consolidation talk, and a Bonham connection
Rain totals rise with 1.83 inches last Sunday and 2.61 inches for May to date. TEA warns small schools may consolidate among Whitewright, Bells, and Tom Bean to form a larger district. A Texas Legislature salary measure and a Bonham native featured in The Saturday Evening Post are noted along with Robert German’s U S State Department role in Japan.
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Ernest Smith
Whitewright
Bells
Tom Bean
Texas Education Agency
Bonham
Robert German
State Department
Office of Special Consular Services
Saturday Evening Post
Robert
Yokohama
Japan
German
George
Mary
Bonham High School
U. S
How's Your Coryza Did You Know That
The Kaufman Herald explains coryza or the common cold is the most widespread disease. It affects over twenty million people in a year and keeps U.S. citizens from work or school about three days annually. December and January see peak cases. total annual cost exceeds five billion dollars.
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U.S
Kaufman Herald
Weather signs fail as government takes over forecasting
A farm boy asks if it will rain tomorrow and Grandpa laments that government control over weather forecasts has left him unable to read the signs. The two exchange a wry rural vignette about uncertainty and authority.
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Grandpa
Sonny
Ment
Whitewright PTA Holds Final Meeting With Service Pins
The Whitewright Association honored school staff with 5 to 25 year service pins. Nana Francis received a retirement orchid and luggage was presented. Mrs. Darwin announced next year’s officers as the PTA hosted a Japanese themed refreshment table.
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Sarah Kilgree
Dorothy Lackey
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Lillian Neathery
Lucyle Sanders
Sallye Hamilton
Nana Frances
Nana Francis
Jeff Meador
Montgomery
Parent
Darwin
John Biggerstaff
Francis
Deaths Wells 81 Funeral Held In Bells Area
Funeral services for David C. Wells 81 retired Bells farmer were held at 3 p m Sunday at Barnheart Funeral Chapel. He died Saturday at 2 a m in Wichita Falls and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery near Bells. He was born in 1878 near Bells and attended Grayson College. He leaves several nieces and nephews.
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Barnheart
David C. Wells
Bells
Wichita Falls
William Davis
Chuch
Rose Hill Cemetery
Mr. Wells
Robert Wells
Methodist Church
Wells
Old Grayson College
Walter Hurd Dies at 70 in Waggoner Oklahoma
Walter Hurd aged 70 former Whitewright resident died Tuesday at his home in Waggoner Oklahoma. He is survived by a wife who is sister to Carl Hicks and Mrs Jim Hicks.
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Walter Hurd
Whitewright
Waggoner
Okla
Mr. Hurd
Carl Hicks
Jim Hicks
Mrs. Roxie Ellis Goddard 51 Died in Corpus Christi
Mrs. Roxie Ellis Goddard 51 died Tuesday morning in a Corpus Christi hospital after a two week illness. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Thursday at Barnhart Funeral Chapel conducted by Rev. John Roberson. Burial will be at Pecan Grove Cemetery McKinney. Pallbearers are Wallace Wilson Jack Ryan Murl Ryan S T Montgomery Jr W K Alexander and O L Nicely. She was born November 5 1907 and married M L Goddard May 1 1937 at Denison. She and her husband lived in Corpus Christi 17 years and she was a Methodist. Survivors include her husband two nieces and two nephews. She was sister in law of Mrs Paul Ryan of Whitewright.
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Marshall L. Goddard
Corpus Christi
Barnheart Funeral Chapel
John Roberson
Pecan Grove Cemetery
McKinney
Wallace Wilson
Jack Ryan
Murl Ryan
S. T. Montgomery Jr
W. K. Alexander
O. L. Nicely
Goddard
Roxie Ellis
Tax Man Sam Explains Student Tax Exemptions
A North Texas column explains how summer work by students does not affect dependency exemptions. It notes laws changed five years ago and urges families to claim exemptions for both parents and students.
Cureton Named CPS Northeast Division Engineer
Joe Cureton became division engineer of the Northeast Division at Community Public Service Company succeeding the late Owen Hull. He arrived from the Pecos division and joined CPS in 1947 with his wife and two children. Also moving were Joe Garrison from Deport to Whitewright as utility engineer and J. W. Burchfield from Whitewright to Deport as service man.
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Joe Cureton
Northeast Division
Community Public Service Company
Owen Hull
Clint Hennig
Cureton
Whitewright
CPS Pecos
Power Company
Hennig
Northeast
Women Look Healthier Than Ever At Fifty Says Doctor
Dr John Parks of George Washington University Hospital says American women at fifty are healthier and younger than prior generations. He notes better medical care food grooming and less work contribute to longer life expectancy and more golden anniversaries since 1900.
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Washington
John Parks
George Washington University Hospital
Los Angeles
Parks
Chamber of Commerce membership drive ends May 16
In a May 8 meeting Cham ber of Commerce officers set May 10 through 16 as the final week for memberships. President Leon White urges nonmembers to join now, via John Biggerstaff, membership chair. A banquet is tentatively planned for the first week in June if no conflicts arise.
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Chamber of Commerce
Leon White
John Biggerstaff
Plastic Bag Dangers Endangering Children
The National Safety Council warns that about 100 children may die this year from suffocation involving transparent plastic bags. Early reports show 20 such deaths in the first quarter, with fatalities tied to DIY bag covers for pillows and cribs where the plastic clung to faces, blocking breathing.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
Safety Council
Uncle Sam as a Money Maker
A South Dakota reader notes Uncle Sam profits from coin production, turning over 40 million dollars this fiscal year as metal costs fall short of coin face value. The note asks whether this profit should be reported on the long or short form tax return.
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Sam
Rosholt
S. D
Dear Editor Letter Pokes Squirrels and Silliness
Uncle Dan from Tom Bean ponders a global squirrel deal with England and possible international complications. The letter riffs on politics, Kefauver, and a mock conflict involving the State and Agriculture Departments while recounting a local country store chat about deficits and a milk rations joke.
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England
London
United Nations
Estes Kefauver
Senate
State Department
Agriculture Department
Washington
Mrs. Guy Hamilton Honored For Long Church Music Service
Mrs. Guy Hamilton was honored at the First Baptist Church in Whitewright for decades as pianist and organist from 1918 to recently. A front pew tribute, a written sketch, and a white gold wristwatch presented by the church followed a morning worship.
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Guy Hamilton
First Baptist Church
Collin County
Kidd-Key College
First Methodist Church
Sherman
Whitewright
W. J. Epting
Harmon Holcomb
Fred Waldrop
Hamilton
Homer Gentry
James Gosnell
47 Million Americans Injured in One Year
U S Public Health Service reports about 47 million Americans sustained injuries in the year ending June 30 1958. Males accounted for 27 million injuries and females for 20 million. Home accidents caused 41 percent and about 10 percent occurred at work. The remainder came from other or unknown causes. The Comedie Francaise in Paris is noted as France's national theater funded by public funds.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
USPHS
The
Comedie Francaise
Paris
Theater
France
Whitewright High Plans Extended Term and Graduations
Baccalaureate at First Methodist Church May 24 and commencement May 25 in the school gym mark the senior rituals. Exams run May 25 and 26 with a senior trip on May 28, extending the term after four influenza closure days. Valedictorian Thurman Pool leads with 94.96. salutatorian Carol Taylor is at 94.86. Elementary graduates Jackie Meador 97.21 and Sammy Montgomery 97.01. Elementary exercises May 28 at 9:30 a.m. In staffing changes, math and driver education teacher David Johnson resigns. Claudine Montgomery had already departed from English and business.
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Whitewright High School
First Methodist Church
Thurman
Carol Taylor
Jackie Meador
Sammy Montgomery
David Johnson
Supt
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Claudine Montgomery
George Washington Elementary to Hold Graduation May 22
The George Washington Elementary School will hold its graduation exercises May 22 at 8 p.m. The seven graduates are William H. Scruggs Leola M. Bennett Delois Ann Barker Vicki L. Stephens Arthur Lee Ballard Vernon Craddock and Johnnie Craddock. Scruggs is first valedictorian Bennett second valedictorian and Ballard salutatorian.
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George Washington Elementary School
William H. Scruggs
Leola M. Bennett
Delois Ann Barker
Vicki L. Stephens
Arthur Lee Ballard
Vernon Craddock
Johnnie Craddock
Farm Census To Be Taken This Fall
The government will conduct the seventeenth farm census this autumn to document rapid changes in U S agriculture. Starting with the new criteria a farm must have 10 acres and 50 dollars in yearly sales or 250 dollars on smaller plots, reducing the farm count and shifting rural urban classifications. Census data are for statistical use only and protected by confidentiality obligations.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Neighbor Confrontation Over Loud Hi Fi Payments
A neighbor confrontation quotes Jerkins demanding help to cover some installments while alleging loud hi-fi noises from the adjacent room. The exchange shows tension over living conditions and shared boundaries.
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Bonham Favorite
Coryza
PT Association
Houston Darwin
Lewis Durham
B. R. Vestal
Caleb Thornhill
Tass Farrow
Pebble May
Harold Thornhill
al Eva Blanton
CPS Division
C. C
Uncle Sam
Dan
Congressional Record
Ed Doolittle
Holland
Whitewright, Texas
Grayson
Fannin Counties
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Negro School
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