Dyer & Jones Store Remodel and Local News Roundup
The old Dyer & Jones drug store on the north side of the main drug is being remodelled by new owner C P Daw son to make way for Williams Variety Store. The City editorial notes tax ideas in Texas and California, a Whitewright Community Fund directors meeting, grape harvest season in California, and other local items including hams water content and shoe impact on floors.
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Dyer & Jones Drug Store
Main Drug
C. P. Dawson
Williams Variety Store
Joe Meador
Whitewright Community Fund
First National Bank
Texas
California
Earl Wallace
Exeter
Calif
Earl
Grapes Packing Corporation
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Texoma Bankers Elect Officers
Texoma Bankers Association announces officers after a directors meeting at Woodlawn Country Club Sherman. Kenneth W. Frisby of Whitewright heads the group with Robert H. Hynds as vice president and Glenn Isaacs as secretary treasurer. Directors include Wayne Sherley Paul H. Wilson John Arledge and others from Grayson Collin Cook Fannin and Bryan counties.
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Texoma Bankers Association
Woodlawn Country Club
Sherman
Grayson
Collin
Cook
Fannin
Bryan
Marshall
Oklahoma
Kenneth W. Frisby
First National Bank
Whitewright
Texoma
Frisby
Whitewright Lawyer Heads Grayson Co. Bar
Robert Doss of Denison and Whitewright was elected president of the Grayson County Bar Association at the annual election in the Fifteenth District Court in Sherman. Joe Joiner of Sherman was named vice president, Harold Clark of Sherman secretary, and Frank Roark of Sherman treasurer. Incoming officers will be installed at a June dinner at the Denison Rod and Gun Club. Doss has previously served as vice president and secretary.
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Robert Doss
Denison and Whitewright
Grayson County Bar Association
Fifteenth District Court
Sherman
Joe Joiner
Harold Clark
Frank Roark
William R. Bryant
Denison Rod and Gun Club
Doss
Deaths of Mrs. Ida Harber Former Whitewright Resident
Mrs. Ida Harber, former Whitewright resident, died Wednesday in Dallas. Burial is set for 2 p.m. Friday at Oak Hill Cemetery here. She was sister to Mrs. Ella Johnson and Mrs. Florence White of Whitewright and Frank Magers of Sherman.
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Ida Harber
Whitewright
Dallas
Oak Hill
Harber
Ella Johnson
Florence White
Frank Magers
Sherman
Fast Jets To Tow Navy Air Targets
The Navy's Utility Squadron 7 at North Island Naval Air Station California is commanded by Commander Merriwell W. Vineyard. VU-7 tows targets for air to air weapons practice and replaces FJ4 Furies with F8U 1 Crusader jets capable of speeds over 1000 mph. The squadron has 33 aircraft and about 400 personnel.
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Navy
Utility Squadron 7
VU-7
North Island Naval Air Station
Calif
Merriwell W. Vineyard
Whitewright
Carriers to Distribute June Livestock Survey Cards
Postmaster John Biggerstaff urges rural patrons of the Wright Post Office to watch for June Livestock Survey cards. Mail carriers will place sample survey cards in selected boxes to help USDA estimate state milk production calf and pig crops and poultry quantities. Carriers include J P Darwin B W Newman and Roy G Blanton with cards sent to Cary D Palmer in Austin.
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John Biggerstaff
Whitewright
USDA
Mr. Biggerstaff
J. P. Darwin
B. W. Newman
Roy G. Blanton
Cary D. Palmer
State Agricultural Statistician
Austin
Bird Man London Named Minister of Housing for Birds
Anthony Armstrong Jones, noted for designing two aviaries for British zoos, received a new title from the Daily Mirror in London today, namely Minister of Housing for Birds. The announcement underscores his work in improving bird housing while keeping a light tabloid tone.
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London
Anthony Armstrong- Jones
Daily Mirror
Women face rising baldness as they enter male-dominated work
The British Institute of Trichology warns of increased hair loss among women joining tougher careers. Experts blame worry, dieting, home permanents, and tight ponytails for weakening roots, with 15 to 20 percent of women affected and many in their 20s and 30s seeking treatment.
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London
British Institute of Trichology
Milady
Institute
Brixton
Lost whisky found near Paris seeks owner at courthouse
The Lamar County Sheriff Department and Liquor Control Board report six half gallon jars of wildcat whisky found hidden in a cemetery north of Paris. The owner may claim the liquor at the courthouse. Britain suffered 750000 killed in World War I.
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Paris
Lamar County Sheriff's Department
Liquor Control Board
Court House
Texas Senate to pass general 2 percent sales tax bill
The Texas Senate moves to approve a general 2 percent sales tax aimed at raising 327 million dollars over two years. The bill broadens exemptions and simplifies collection compared with the House plan, exempting on premise meals, certain medicines, farm inputs, newspapers, and radio TV production property. Dentures and optometric devices prescribed are exempted by a Senate amendment.
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Texas Senate
Senate
House
White House Kennedy Speaks From Prescott Home
W A Kennedy, a Prescott Arizona resident living in a white house, answers his telephone with the phrase White House Kennedy speaking. He notes he is a Republican and comments on the amusing nickname.
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Prescott
Ariz
W. A. Kennedy
White House
Kennedy
Dear Mister Editor on Harvard enrollment and press conferences
Uncle Dan from Tom Bean writes in with a satirical view of Harvard enrollment talk, party politics overdues, and Wall Street pressure. He jokes about cannibal natives and politicians, notes African events, and recalls FDR era press conferences to end with a quip about farms washing away in 1932.
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Harvard
Congress
Senate
Wall Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Africa
The
American Science Institute
Washington
Abe Lincoln
Country Store
Everbody
Ed Doolittle
Zeke Grubb
Zeke
Roosevelt
Homecoming at Pilot Grove Cemetery May 28
The Pilot Grove Cemetery Association hosts a Sunday May 28 homecoming with a noon dinner. Tickets are on sale as the group expands an endowment for perpetual care at one of Gray son County’s oldest cemeteries.
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Pilot Grove
Negro School Sets Educational Sermon Program
J L Huckaby principal of the Negro elementary school announces the program for the educational sermon next Sunday. The order includes Prelude, War March processional, Fairest Lord Jesus, Scripture by Mrs Pauline Topsy, invocation by W M Blanton, How Great Thou Art by Stuart Kine, introduction of speaker by Huckaby, sermon by Rev Hillard of Denison, good news by James Cleveland, collection, announcements, recessional, benediction by Minister Inarge.
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J. L. Huckaby
Fairest
Lord Jesus
Pauline Topsy
W. M. Blanton
Stuart K. Hine
Rev. Hillard
Denison
James Cleveland
Inarge
Farm bill change urged by Poage and Harvey
Washington lawmakers Poage and Harvey say the farm bill must be changed to give Congress real lawmaking power beyond veto. They support keeping livestock controls and moving to acreage restrictions, arguing for a representative committee and floor debate to shape farm policy.
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Washington
Congress
House Agricultural Committee
W. R
Bob) Poage
Waco
Ralph Harvey
Indiana
Secretary of Agriculture
Poage
Harvey
House
Local Baseball Set to Begin June 3 in Whitewright
Whitewright to field a Little League and a Pony League team in Grayson Fan nin leagues. Coaches named include Bull Range and Dick Leonardi for Little League and Joe Crouch and Joe Cureton for Pony League. Leagues split into American and National with start dates June 3 for Little League and June 5 for Pony League, playoffs to follow. Community funds upgraded the local ballpark bleachers and equipment, with further contributions welcome through Clint Hennig and S T Montgomery Jr. Full schedule on page four.
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Whitewright
Grayson-Fannin
Bull Range
Dick Leonardi
Joe Crouch
Joe Cureton
Farmersville
Bells
Howe
van Alstyne
Tom Bean
Trenton
Ector
Windom
Savoy
Dodd City
Randolph
Americans
Nationals
Clint Hennig
S. T. Montgomery Jr
the Sun
Mosquitoes Have Their Preferences
College Station reports on why mosquitoes target some people. Entomologists note varied attraction by species and conditions. A USDA Orlando study using a diving suit and dummies found carbon dioxide attracts more mosquitoes, while uncovered hands increase bite likelihood.
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College Station
USDA
Orlando
Florida
Olive and Salmon Sandwich Filling Delicacy
Small chunks of ripe olives and flakes of smoked salmon mixed with thin dressing form an elegant sandwich filling. Serve between rye bread slices with crisp cucumber garnish for a refreshing bite.
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Voltaire
Charlie Ayres
A. A. Hudgins
Sun Office
Anther A. Hudgins Jr
Masonic Officers Association
Anther
Masonic Lodge
Denver
Colorado
Louisiana State University
Texoma Bankers
Bird Man
Great Britain
Dan
Dear Mister
Whitewright, Texas
Fannin County
United States
APO
Pony League
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