Whitewright faces loss of rail service and ongoing litter issues
The town laments shrinking Katy rail service with passenger trains likely gone and freight and depot duties vanished. Officials debate littering and barrel use on Main Street. Automation reaches farming with herbicide cotton choppers replacing hoes. Past Masters image in Masonic dinner misread, noting older Mason presence. Leonard Farm Store opens with broad ads across North Texas papers.
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Whitewright
Katy
Dallas
San Antonio
Points North
U. S
Masonic Lodge
Denison Herald
Whitewright Lodge
Whitewright club hosts Hyde Park guests at Firemen's Hall
The H D Club entertained 17 Hyde Park Club members from Denison with a luncheon at Firemen's Hall. Guests included Mrs. Prilla Bynum Wichita Falls, Mrs. Raymond Brown Lincoln Mo, Mrs. C. C. Dooley, Mrs. J. C. Gillespie, and Miss Gladys Ray Whitewright. Mrs. Tom Brown presided. after lunch attendees toured art exhibits by Dooley and Gillespie and visited the Grayson College Museum where Ray described the college and the museum's founding. Also notes 1921 aviation farming first used for insect control by Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station.
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Whitewright Home
Hyde Park Club
Denison
Prilla Bynum
Wichita Falls
Raymond Brown
Lincoln, Mo
C. C. Dooley
J. C. Gillespie
Gladys Ray
Whitewright
Tom Brown
J. C., McMillin
Texas 65 Health Insurance Opens Second Enrollment
The Texas 65 Health Insurance Association announces a second open enrollment for Texans over 65 during June. Over 50,000 seniors joined the first enrollment last October. Residents past 65 may buy low cost coverage with no medical questionnaire June 1 to 15. Spouses and relatives can enroll on behalf of the insured.
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Texas 65 Health Insurance Association
Texas
Texas Legistate
John Connally
Deaths mark two families in Whitewright area
Funeral notices record Lester Burchfield age 47 died in his sleep after a brief hospital checkup. He is survived by Mae Hicks Burchfield two sons Bob and Philip his parents Gus and Mrs Burchfield of Whitewright and five sisters and one brother. Ingram Bert M age 87 died Saturday night in a Trenton nursing home. burial at Cross Roads Cemetery born April 1 1877 Nobility son of William Ingram and died after a long life of farming. Surviving are three sons Tony Mack and Charlie Ingram two daughters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was uncle to Pascal Cox and Ruth Cox of Whitewright.
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Gus Burchfield
San Leandro
Calif
Lester Burchfield
Mae Hicks
Savoy
Bobby
Philip
Whitewright
Bert M. Ingram
Trenton
Cross Roads
Mr. Ingram
Nobility
William Ingram
Leota Mae McCurdy
Shady Grove Baptist Church
Tony Ingram
Leonard
Mack
Eugene Wilson Graveside Rites Held in Trenton
Graveside services were held at Burns Cemetery in Trenton for Eugene Wilson 76 of Denton. He lived in Trenton 40 years before moving to Denton 22 years ago. Survived by wife three sons four daughters one sister and four brothers including Willie Wilson of Whitewright and nine grandchildren.
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Eugene Wilson
Burns Cemetery
Trenton
Denton
Willie Wilson
Whitewright
Dear Mister Editor a humorous country store talk on hours wasted
Uncle Dan from Tom Bean recounts a Saturday night town meeting where Ed Doolittle presented a government pamphlet claim about the 70 year old American spending 96 360 hours in various activities. The discussion questions what happened to those hours while locals joke about arithmetic and vitamin pills versus sulphur and molasses.
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Ed Doolittle
Josh Clodhopper
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
Clem Webster
Washington
Zeke Grubb
Bug Hookum
Bug
Feller
U. S. Health Department
Agin
Zeke
Clem
War on Poverty Meets Ivy League Budget Challenge
Rep. Snyder argues in the House that the Landrum Powell Johnson work camps would cost 4700 per enrollee yearly, proposing Harvard as cheaper recreation and education. He compares costs including tuition room and board 2701 at Harvard and summer pay, suggesting Harvard with sports cars could attract recruits.
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Rep. Snyder
R-Ky
House
Speaker
Shriver
Harvard
Radcliff College
Kennedy Grave Draws Record Arlington Visitors
Washington visitors flock to Arlington National Cemetery to view the Kennedy tomb with about 1.75 million going by since last November to pay respects at the grave of the late president.
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Washington, D. C
President Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Cigarette Firms Adopted Code to Restrict Ads
New code from the Tobacco Institute bans sex appeal athletic imagery social status and success in cigarette ads. An independent administrator will enforce penalties up to 100000 for violations and approve all ads before publication across radio TV newspapers and magazines.
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New York
The
Tobacco Institute
Department of Justice
U. S
London Woman Promotes Banana Toothpaste for Dachshunds
Lady Ellis of London says she cleans her two dachshunds' teeth daily with banana flavored toothpaste and the dogs love it.
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London
Lady Ellis
Final Programs For Whitewright High School Graduation
Whitewright High School schedules final events with baccalaureate on May 24 at 8:00 p.m. at the Methodist Church and commencement on May 25 at 8:00 p.m. in the school gym. Speeches, music, and diplomas mark the ceremony for 19 graduates, led by 5S. T. Montgomery Jr. and school board president Dick Walker. Grade school exercises for 39 graduates follow Friday May 22.
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Whitewright High School
Methodist Church
Paul Ryan
Delmar Rogers
Enterprise Baptist Church
Wallace Mynatt
Whitewright Church of Christ
Harriet Stephens
Don Howland
Tom Bean Baptist Church
Sandra Kelly
Dale Gore
O. L. Jones
David Johnson
T. Montgomery Jr
Dick Walker
Johnny William Aldridge
Brenda Joyce Bennett William James Bilmner Jr
Mike Burchfield James Clark
Tressa van Cureton
Anna Louise Franklin
John W. Hale Evelyn Pauline Harvey Shirley Janway
Patricia Ann Jarvis
Jimmy Calvin Kent
Linda Joyce Logan Charley Clyde McLean Jr
Carolyn Louise Slaughter
Carolyn Sue Pool
Jeannie Skipworth
Dan Turner
Frances Wood
Rate Increase In Income Reported
Personal income grew in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 483.1 billion, up 2.2 billion from March and about 25 billion above April 1963. Wages and salaries rose to 327 billion, with payrolls especially strong in automotive and other durable goods sectors.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Television medicitis urged to curb self diagnosis
Dr A M Aibinder of New York introduces television medicitis as a name for self diagnosis based on medical dramas. He proposes flashing a slide at program starts to warn viewers of dangers of self diagnosis as a remedy. The piece also notes baseball's popularity outside the United States, especially in Canada.
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New York
A. M. Aibinder
Journal of the American Medical Assa
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Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Farley & Donaghey
North
Leonard Farm
Sun
Farm
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Dan
Tom Bean
Whitewright, Texas
Grayson Or
Fannin County
United States
Canada
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