Weekend visits and commencements brighten area
Local families report weekend visits across Sherman DeKalb Dallas Plainview Garland and Bonham plus graduation events at East Texas State College Commerce. Students include Jerry Lee Mickey Gentry and Clark Williams with Army paths and future officer training noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Williams
East Texas State College
Commerce
Ruth E. Compton
N. L. Bennett
Peggy Sue
Mary Kathryn Manning
H. B. Manning
Denison
Jerry Lee
Air Force
Mickey Gentry
Homer Gentry
Newport
R. I
Navy
Food bank tested by Pittsburgh store to lure shoppers
Vers Charens's in Pittsburgh tests a "food bank" scheme inviting customers to deposit over 10 dollars in return for 10 percent merchandise after 30 days. The plan promises to refund the deposit as merchandise when the customer requests it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verscharen’s
Pittsburgh
World facts and curiosities from around the world
A collage of notes covers Bremerton drydock in Puget Sound, Stockholm’s bridged island city, England's 1851 world fair prizes, waiter tipping trends in New York, currency destruction in Washington, Sweden’s large copper coin, the good deeds of helpers, aging woes, the first U S motel, the meaning of veto, debt advice, Statue of Liberty size, Florida geography, a Tahitian barbershop, Easter symbols origins, aurora inspired egg coloring, U S dentist spend, American cheese preference, global beer consumption, and the hardness of rubies and sapphires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
England
United States
New York
Federal Bureau of Engraving
U. S
Florida
Diet Dinners Good Measure Tested in Six Cities
Mead Johnson and Co and Edward Dalton Co test market a new diet dinner line named Good Measure in Cincinnati Columbus Denver Indianapolis Sacramento and Seattle. The canned meals include beef stew noodles and chicken chile con carne each can holding 300 calories. The campaign claims a dieter can eat three meals daily and still lose two to four pounds weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mead Johnson & Co
Metrecal
Edward Dalton Co
Cincinnati
Columbus
Denver
Indianapolis
Sacramento
Seattle
The Price of Glory for Brahma Football Player
The Napels Monitor notes high costs for Danny Munkres, Brahma fullback, to decorate his season. He received a $15 school letterman jacket, then paid $3.45 for each All-District and All-State patches, $3.15 for district champion and state quarterfinals patches, $1.25 for two 35 numbers, and 30 cents postage. The total outlay rose to $18.20 beyond the jacket.
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Danny Munkres
Homer Munkres
Omaha
Brahmas
Munkres
Naples
Road burns as shale fill ignites near Irvine Kentucky
Estill County authorities closed a rural road section near Rice Station after a 100-foot fill of black shale or slate overheated and produced obnoxious fumes. Officials noted the material used in the road bed and the sudden ignition prompted the closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvine
Estill
Rice Station
Whitewright newspaper subscription rates listed
The notice announces subscription prices for Grayson and Fannin Counties at 2.50, outside counties at 3.00, and foreign subscriptions at 5.00, with publication note and post office handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Texas
Grayson
Fannin
Grayson and
Sun as News Page Open to Items and Public
The Sun acts as a service and business, inviting news from individuals and organizations while the editor decides what is news. The editor may reject items deemed too old or purely advertising, and charging for admission or similar services is treated as advertising.
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the Sun
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Cynthia Smith
F. H. Albright
Sherman
George Brown
Gary Wortham
DeKalb
Joe Johnson
R. A. Essary
Dallas
Fred Moore
Plainview
Thomas Ayres and
W.D. Williams
Winnie and
Sallye Hamilton
Garland
C. W. Pope
Bill Bass
George G. Pope
Bonham
Judy Gosnell
Fort Worth
Texas Christian University
J. H. Gosnell
J. M. Ashinhurst
Grand Prairie
David Gillett
Grady Gillett
George McCurdy
Clyde Tidwell
Maude McCurdy
Doris and
Mozelle Jacks
Mrs. L. F. Jacks
A. P. Hinton
Prilla Bynum
Wichita Falls
L. A. Johnson
Jessie Oliver
Julia Frey
Lillian Morgan
Iva Henry
Doris Jane Henry
J. P. Jenkins
Florena Williams
Sour Lake
Sharon Elaine Compton
Army
Donald R. Smart
Pauline S. Taylor
Bells
Fort Polk
Hugh Hunter
F. C. Williams
Corpus Christi
Clark Williams
F. M. Williams
Food Bank
Johnson Grass and
Whitewright, Texas
Stephens & Bryant
Insurance & Real Estate
TION
AN Schools Unlimited
Rey
Bremerton
Wash
Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound
the Whitewright Sun
T. Glenn Doss
Texas Press Association
Mullican-Little Funeral Home, Inc
U.S. Highway 82
Savoy
May Pharmacy
N. Travis - Sherman
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