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Newspaper

Whitewright Sun

Location

Whitewright, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1957

Page

7

Mother's Day Scouts at Baptist Church Program

A list of Boy Scouts John Webster John McMurry Jr Haskell Thomson Russell McGinnis and Fitz Bryant Jr to take part in a Mother's Day program at the Baptist Church Sunday afternoon.

The Baptist Church John Webster John McMurry Jr Haskell Thomson Russell McGinnis Fitz Bryant Jr Whitesboro Roy H. Neathery Vee Ball American Legion Martha Bow Norma Bates Carl Reeves Jesse Wallace Jack Webster George Garner Miss Burton Bessie Joe Barbee H. G. Webster Gladys Ray Lucile Myrick

30 Years Ago Tornado Toll and Local Obituaries

From The Sun May 12 1927 report S E Jones aged 68 died at home Tuesday night. Tornado fatalities were tallied across Dallas Collin Hunt and Lamar counties with 32 dying Monday night. Nevada Garland Wolfe City and Kellogg each suffered multiple deaths. John Alex Palmer 87 died at Bells Tuesday morning. Mollie Burks 77 died west of Tom Bean. Beatrice Maynard salutatorian and Velma Bennett valedictorian of the grammar school class. Better Baby contest winners named Madison Phillips Guy Ben Garner Daisy Johnson Robert Dilliard Montgomery Ann LaRoe Clarence Martin. 25 years ago 1932 J A Farrow 70 died at home.

S. E. Jones Dallas Collin Hunt Lamar Nevada Garland Wolfe City Kellogg John Alex Palmer Bells Mollie Burks Tom Bean Beatrice Maynard Velma Bennett

Hen mothering two kittens under wings scene from farm

Brown Leghorn hen reportedly adopts two week old kittens. Hen hovers as mother cat feeds, then gathers the kittens under her wings. Local obituaries note Sam Clark, William Kidd, and John Lance passing. Birth notices May 9 for two sons. Buell Spindle injured on Bells Denison highway. Local seniors cast for The Full House in Friday play.

W. C Kirk) Brown Gene Hughes Floyd Low Tom Bean Buell Spindle Bells- Denison Grady Stepp Jack Meador William Howard Harrison Walter Tom Holmes Mark Montgomery Jr O. A. Hefner Litha Sue Hollingsworth Betty Jo Morrow Lorraine Rutledge

Man offers whisky after fainting lady on train

A man bursts into a smoking car exclaiming a lady fainted in the next car. He asks for whisky and drinks from a flask, then says the remedy makes him sick to see a lady faint.

Citation in Texas case seeks land title in Denison

A 1957 district court citation in Grayson County orders Abby A May John N Mackey Charles May and others to answer a petition by Nettie Williams for title and possession of the north eighty feet of Lot 8 in Block 2 Sunny Side Addition Denison. The citation notes service deadlines and publication dates.

State OF Texas Abby A. May Feme John N. Mackey Charles May Charles C. May A. D 15Th District Court Grayson County Court House Sherman Nettie Williams Abby May Sunny Side Denison V. Earnest Shirley Davis Whitewright Sun

Reflector Page Dinner Menu Recalls Local Event

The meal listing fried chicken new potatoes English peas fruit salad strawberries ice cream angel food cake hot rolls and tea was served by Rochelle Alexander Billie Lewis Carole Taylor and June Bond. J G B notes reflectors continued from page six with the named staff.

Seventh Grade Wiener Roast at Moore's Farm

The seventh grade pupils held a wiener roast on Tuesday night May 5 at Moore's farm. They danced in the barn played croquet and enjoyed other games. The party was sponsored by Mrs Bennett and the room mothers.

Moore’s Farm Bennett H.R.M

Homemaking Class Wins Praise For Doughnuts And Pastry

Freshman homemaking girls complete a six week course in cooking. They made white sauce cream puffs soft custards rolls cinnamon rolls and doughnuts. They learned shaping rolls in different forms. The program notes that the cooks eat what they cook.

Gossip from the halls of rumored romances and flings

A collage of private social questions asks about who dated whom and where on recent nights. Names sweep through rumors of steady relationships, crushes, dates, and school happenings with implied relationships and possible quarrels.

Freshman Literature Studies 1857 Rebellion Play

Under Mrs Lackey the freshman literature class studied plays by different playwrights. On Friday they read Austin Strong's The Drums of Dude about a Northern India place occupied by British troops during the 1857 Sepoy Rebellion. May 10 marked the 100th anniversary in papers.

Freshman Agriculture Class Studies Grasses Over Six Weeks

A freshman agriculture class has spent six weeks studying grasses and was given a list of 100 species to identify. The exercise aims to build plant taxonomy skills and field identification techniques for future agronomy work.

Students Learn to Classify Grasses by Season and Use

J. D. J. notes an assignment where boys study different grasses. They must identify whether each is perennial or annual, warm or cold season, native or foreign, and rate grazing quality as good fair or poor. By next week a notebook with information on 70 grasses is due.

DAREDEVILS ON PARADE Patt Moosman, a Hollywood movie

DAREDEVILS ON PARADE features Patt Moosman in a Hollywood film project. The report highlights cross industry attention and early production notes.

Patt Moosman

Stuntman Performs Guided Show At Local High School

A stuntman gave a Thursday May 9 show at 10 30 a m in the high school gym. He has toured the world three times across six continents and 45 countries performing dangerous exhibitions with a speeding motorcycle and firearms along with horseshoe pitching tumbling and high kicking. Putt Mossman followed with a daredevil motorcycle stunt built in 1903 including a safety talk and demonstration amid a time of growing community orchestras nationwide.

Divorce by abandonment cited in Grayson County Texas

Citation issued for Rosie Mae Dehorney to appear by 10 a m June 17 1957 before the 15th District Court in Sherman Texas. Plaintiff George W Dehorney filed April 10 1957 and seeks a divorce on grounds of abandonment.

State OF Texas Rosie Mae Dehorney A. D 15Th District Court of Grayson County Court House Sherman George W. Dehorney S. W. Earnest Gladys Namilton Whitewright Sun

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