Little League field near ready for play at American Legion Park
CLINT HENNIG reports the Whitewright Little League field at American Legion Park will be lighted and fenced with a dugout, after last year’s away games at Trenton. Also notes a propane weed control demo at Dawson Propane on Highway 69, and a correction on runoff election results involving Iva Davidson and Frank Westbrook.
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Clint Hennig
American Legion Park
Whitewright
Trenton
Dawson Propane Company
C. P. Dawson
Highway 69
George Schumacher
Frank Westbrook
Westbrook
Iva Davidson
Schumacher
May primary final figures name Gov. Daniel winner in Texas
Final counts from the Texas Election Bureau show Gov. Price Daniel sweeping 215 of 254 counties for a 285122 vote margin over Jack Cox. Ramsey wins renomination. Yarborough makes Gulf Coast gains. Carr and Wilson top their fields. Davidson and McDonald head to a June runoff.
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Daniel Big
Price Daniel
Texas
Jack Cox
Breckenridge
Texas Election Bureau
Cox
West
Election Bureau
Daniel
Tarrant County
Fort Worth
Harris County
Houston
Ben Ramsey
Don Yarborough
Yarborough
Gulf Coast
U. S
Ralph Yarborough
Waggoner Carr
Carr
Gov. Ramsey
Will Wilson
Bob Looney
Austin
Wilson
Trinity County
West Texas
Looney
Jerry Sadler
Bill Alcorn
Robert S. Calvert
B. L. Ramsey
Court of Criminal Appeals
Lloyd Davidson
W. T. McDonald
Jim Bowmer
Davidson
McDonald
Supreme Court
Robert W. Calvert
Robert G. Hughes
Grayson College Memorial Scholarship Applications Due
Grayson College offers a $250 Memorial Cash Scholarship to a high school hon or graduate. Eligibility hinges on a 90+ four year average, leadership in school and church activities, and a family link to a former student. Deadline for applications is June 8 with details through the Ex-Students Association secretary Adah T. Gillespie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson College Memorial
Ex-Students’ Association
Adah T. Gillespie
Whitewright
Texas
First National Bank A Salute to Our Local Economy
A historical profile of the First National Bank of Whitewright founded in 1892 with details on presidents, mergers, and the 1911 fire. It notes current staff, stock structure, deposits, loans, and insurance protections while praising the bank for community service and payroll.
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First National Bank of
Whitewright
D. M. Ray
C. B. Bryant Sr
Dr. Ray
Bryants
Main Street
Planters National Bank
Meador
First National Bank
W. H. King
C. B. Bryant Jr
Sweetwater
C. B. Bryant III
Bonham
Sears Anderson
Whitesboro
Kenneth Frisby
Missouri
Anderson
Whitewright Bank
Roscoe Gillett
R. H
Bob) May
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
Meeting at the Summit or Sermon on the Mount
Uncle Dan of Tom Bean writes to the editor with humorous musings on international tensions led by Khrushchev and the monkey wrench metaphor, plus anecdotes about tramps, welfare, and a Chicago dog tail note, ending with a wish for bureaucrats in Washington to have tails to gauge wind direction.
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Paris
Khrushchev
India
Russia
Ed Doolittle
Welfare and Relief Office
Chicago
Washington
Uncle Dan
Funeral for Mrs Mae Griffin Biffle Held in Pauls Valley
The funeral for Mae Griffin Biffle 74 son of the late John and Kate Sears Griffin was held in Pauls Valley Oklahoma. She died after a head on collision on a country road near Pauls Valley and died Friday in a Pauls Valley hospital. She attended Mrs Kirkpatrick's funeral on Mothers Day and was a niece of the late Mrs Alice Sears Kirkpatrick.
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R. E. Hickman
Bob Grant
Homer Sears
Homer Caston
Guy Dillon
Bernie Williams
Louise Williams
R. C. Browning
Mae Griffin Biffle
Pauls Valley
Okla
Biffle
John and
Kate Sears Griffin
Trenton
Whitewright
Alice Sears Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Perrin AFB Open House Set for Armed Forces Day
Perrin AFB invites the public to an Armed Forces Day open house on May 21 from 12 noon to 5 pm. Aircraft on display include the F 86L Sabre Jet and F 100 Supersabre, plus a C 124 cargo plane and F 102 Delta Dagger. Queen coronations, helicopter fire rescue, a Golden Delts band performance, and a tour of the 3556th Squadron operations building will accompany demonstrations and films on aerospace advances.
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Perrin Air Force Base
Herman Williams
Armed Forces Day
Denison
Carole Chitwood
Sherman
Georgann Bradley
Air Force
Dallas
Perrin
Perrin Afb
Retired Officer Trains In Barbering To Pass Time
W B Head formerly a Whitewright police guard retired by age policy at Dallas News enrolled in barber school after leaving the paper. He failed the state board on first try and later improved his hair cutting to earn a Texas license but plans to delay practicing, preferring more time at home.
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W. B. Head
Whitewright
The
Dallas News
News
Texas
Popular preachers attacked by Baptist leader in Miami Beach
Southern Baptist Convention President Ramsey Pollard urged preachers to focus on Scripture not civic affairs. He warned against “popular preaching” and said preachers should aim to magnify the word of God and stir up conviction, not appeal to fraternal clubs. He cited empty pews as a sign of weak preaching.
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Miami Beach
Southern Baptist Convention
Ramsey Pollard
Masonic Lodge
Elks Club
Lions Club
Maine Shoreline Disparities by Road and Air
Maine has more than 2400 miles of coastline by road yet only about 250 miles in a straight line. This contrast highlights the difference between measured coastal length along routes and direct distance across water.
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State of
Maine
Livestock Survey Begins Across Community
Postmaster John Biggerstaff announced Rural Mail Carriers will start distributing Livestock Survey Cards in May for a June 1 census. The survey, a joint effort of the Post Office and U S Agriculture Department, collects data on calf and pig crops and fall farrowing plans, plus spring poultry numbers for the laying flock. Carriers J P Darwin B W Newman and Roy Blanton will deliver and collect the cards.
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John Biggerstaff
Post Office
U. S. Agriculture Departments
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Austin
Biggerstaff
J. P. Darwin
B. W. Newman
Roy Blanton
Accidents Send Tom Bean Men to Hospital
A falling tree and a butane gas explosion sent two Tom Bean men to Community Hospital in Sherman this week. Virgil Sanford, 55, was injured cutting wood near Whitewright with a broken leg multiple broken ribs and other injuries including a punctured lung. Elmer Hood, about 55, suffered burns after lighting a water heater and was treated with first to third degree burns over about 55 percent of his body.
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Tom Bean
Sherman
Virgil Sanford
Whitewright
Elmer Hood
Paul Geers
Geers
Nixon Reveals Red Spy Incident Tied to UN Crisis
Vice President Nixon disclosed that the United Nations arranged for a Soviet official caught spying in Massachusetts to be returned home after Premier Khrushchev’s UN address. Two Russians were spotted in Springfield seeking highly classified information from an American not a government agent.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Richard M. Nixon
United Nations
Massachusettes
Nikita Khrushchev
U. N
Krushchev
Dag Hammarskjold
Nixon
Hammarskjold
Washington
State Department
Vadim A. Kirilyuk
Kirilyuk
United States
Absent Home Economics Teacher Reports Mild Food Poisoning
Durango Colorado Mrs Lillian Gibson who teaches home economics missed a high school briefing for parents of students taking certain courses due to a mild food poisoning. The notice reads like a local update in the Sun Want Ad section.
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Durango
Colo
Lillian Gibson
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Voltaire
Pilot Grove
Census Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Grayson College
Armco Steel Corporation
Whitewright Chamber of Comme
Paul E. Geers
Clyde Little
Dan
Dear Mister
Mrs. Mae Biffle
Whitewright, Texas
Grayson
Fannin County
APO
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