Whitewright News Highlights Local Happenings
The Whitewright Wrambler notes seniors’ graduation jokes, a Boise friend update, and Grayson County College real estate law course. It covers Texas tax tips from Bob Bullock, Social Security sentencing in the Southwest, Six Flags Over Texas scheduling, North Texas State University youth workshop, Grayson pool opening with fees, Bible School plans, Garland jamboree acts, Nita Jo Murphy’s Coke party, and local hospital stays and family visits.
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Bob Bullock
Bullock
Gus Jones
Sherman Social Security Office
Dan Howells
Six Flags Over Texas
NTSU
Whitewright Rotarians Get Spoofing by IRS Speaker
Dr J Hartzell Popper posing as Berlin born tax adviser captivated Whitewright Rotary with a spoof talk titled Your Income Tax and Rotary's Four Way Test. The staged lecture teased IRS audits of Rotarians while the reveal showed Joe B Thomas of Texas Power and Light. The Sun publisher praised the local paper after the prank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hartzell Popper
Ider
New York City
Berlin
Hitler Germany
Columbia University
Dallas
Internal Revenue Service
Emory Christian
Rotary
Whitewright Rotary
IRS
Dist
Hubert Owens
Christian
Poppelrheider
Lone Star Transfers Dickson to Whitesboro Manager
Lone Star Gas promotes Dickson from Whitewright to Whitesboro office manager. Danny R. Smith will succeed him in Whitewright. Dickson, a five year veteran, started in 1964 in Bonham and will take his Whitesboro duties June 1, moving his family by July 1. He is active in Rotary Pigskin Lions clubs and has coached local sports. He and wife Martha live with son Michael. Mrs Dickson works at Texas Instruments. Smith, hired June 1973 as a service technician in Sherman-Denison, will assume Whitewright duties. he and wife Debbie have daughter Shannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrell Dickson
Lone Star Gas Service
Whitewright
Whitesboro
Namea
Dickson
Danny R. Smith
Sherman
Grayson County
Smith
Debbie
Shannon
Harris is Assigned Airman Harris Final Assignment
Airman First Class Larry W. Harris son of retired Major Jack F. Harris of Tom Bean has been assigned after graduating from the avionics space ground equipment specialist course at Lowry AFB. He will report to Bergstrom AFB for duty with a Tactical Air Command unit. The course credits may count toward the Community College of the Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry W. Harris
U.S. Army
Jack F. Harris
Tom Bean
Air Training Command
Lowry Afb
Colo
Harris
Bergstrom Afb
Tex
Tactical Air Command
Community College of the
Air Force
City to Let Contract for Center City Civic Complex
Mayor Dick Walker expects a contract award next Tuesday for a half million dollar Center City civic center complex to be built on the downtown site of the old city hall and fire station. Furr's Realty of Dallas bid $477,950 and is under study by the architectural firm and city attorney. If approved, work could start within 15 days and be completed within a year with a $493,800 federal EDA grant.
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Whitewright
Civic Center
Dick Walker
Furr’s Realty of
Dallas
Furr
Walker
Farr’s
Economic Development Administration
Tigers Take Game One In Bi-District Playoff At Coppell
In a Monday afternoon playoff opener, WHS rallied to beat Coppell 5-4 in eight innings. Ricky A Rice delivered the game winning single after Walter Daniels tied the game with a homer in the eighth. Tigers improve to 19-7. Coppell 12-14.
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Ricky A. Rice
Coppell
Whitewright
John Parker
Tigers
Tiger
Steve Hodge
Reid Pittman
Rice
Walter Daniels
Kearns
WHS
Fannindel
Leonard
David Pearson
Moss
Parker
Gary Tillett
Coppell Cowboys
Whitewright WHS Honors Students at Awards Assembly
Whitewright High School recognized all around excellence at the annual awards assembly. Honor Awards went to Julie Johnson as valedictorian, Norma Stepp as salutatorian, with Scott Wilson, Cindi Fortner, and Rhonda Pittman also honored for high averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright High School
Julie Johnson
Norma Stepp
Scott Wilson
Cindi Fortner
Rhonda Pittman
Crash Near Tom Bean Kills Three
Three people died in a head on crash on Highway 11 northwest of Tom Bean. Robert Rainey 21 of Greenville and Robert Goodman 22 of Greenville died from injuries. David Starnes 15 of Tom Bean died at the scene. Larry Baze of Tom Bean survived with injuries. Rescue crews worked over an hour to remove Rainey from the wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Starnes
Tom Bean
Highway 11
Robert Lynn Rainey
Greenville
Robert Alexander Goodman
Sherman Hospital
Larry Dwayne Baze
Sherman
Goodman
Rainey
Young Starnes
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Ghe Whitewright
Charles Truksa
Boise
Idaho
Charles
John Truksa
Grayson County College
Gene Foster
West Campus
First Baptist Church
Garland
T. W. Bowen
Jack Hayes
Bowens
Cowboy Weaver
Bowen
Hayes
Nita Jo Murphy
Edith Grider
Miss Murphy
Bobby Murphy
Linnie Chesser
Medical Plaza Hospital
Billy Blackwell
East Texas Chest Hospital
Tyler
Buck Chesser
Blackwell
Whitewright Rotarians
the Sun
Paul Rosamond
Rotary District 581
Irving
Rosamond
Dr. Poppelrheider
President Carter
Queen Elizabeth
Dick Hovell
Whitewright Sun
Houston
Hovell
Sun
Howell
Emory
Tom
Gov. Owens
Club
Lone Star
Faker
Whitewright Tiger
Jeff Daniels
Willie Ballard
Gary
The
David Johnson
Gail Clark
Jan Griggs
Dena Wilson
Charles Sessom
Judy Guffee
Howard Hodge
Mac Woodruff
Leta Harper
Tim Green
Janice Kemp
Lisa Earnheart
Annette Snider
Curtis Luster
Bob Darwin
Lonnie McCartney
Jack Rogers
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