Residents Update from Sherman Community
J M McMurry of Dallas spent Monday in Sherman. Many local visitors came and went over the weekend including Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Thompson of Kansas City, the Thompsons from Fort Worth, and Jerry Thornhill family from Fort Worth. Courting trips and weekend visits tied Sherman to Dallas, Wichita Falls, Durant, and other nearby towns as residents hosted relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Clarence Thompson
Kansas City
Claude Thompson
Jerry Thornhill
Fort Worth
Local residents share gatherings and school news
Sherman and Denison families visit relatives and announce teaching appointments. H M Gentry named Layne School teachers. Cpl Lewis Clem heads to Washington for Marine duty. Kenyan?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Lewis Clem
Mojave
Calif
C. B. Clem
Washington
Marine Corps
Local Residents Share Weekend Visits In Slaton and Walters
Mrs Bruce Pember and son Bruce Jr visited her parents Mr and Mrs R H May in Slaton. Mr and Mrs Bill Biggerstaff of Dallas visited Mrs J M Sim mons. Mrs Jim Ayres returned from a month with Mr and Mrs Walter Akdins at Walters Okla. Mrs Charles Skaggs hosted her bridge club with Mrs David Johnson high score. Mrs Elmo Wallace was a substitute. next meeting planned with Mrs W E Stanford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Webb
Dallas
Lallace May
Travis Sanderson
Clifton Sanderson
Grace Roberts
Littlefield
Mackie Greer
Miss Jan Greer
Walter Adkins
Walters
Okla
J. Lee Smith
Bogata
Roy Ayres
Donald Gene
Bells
Ned Ayres
Mark
Judy Ayres
Whitewright
Jim Ayres
Bruce Pember
Bruce Jr
Slaton
R. H. May
Walter Akdins
Oklo
Charles Skaggs
David Johnson
Elmo Wallace
W. E. Stanford
Approaching Marriage Is Announced for Carol Bush
Mr and Mrs Vaden Bush announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Carol Bush to Mr Dale Taylor son of Mr and Mrs Guy Taylor. The wedding is set for 8:00 p m June 7 at the First Methodist Church with friends invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaden Bush
Carol Bush
Dale Taylor
Guy Taylor
First Methodist Church
Caston Golden Wedding Open House in Leonard
Mr. and Mrs. Homer R. Caston celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary with an open house hosted by their children on June 9 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Caston home in Leonard. Mrs. Caston, daughter of the late Luther Sears of Whitewright, attends without formal invitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer R. Caston
Caston
Leonard
Luther Sears
Whitewright
Rotary Club Fish Fry At Tom Sears Pasture
The Rotary Club held its annual fish fry Tuesday night in the Tom Sears pasture with Rotaryanns as guests. A committee led by Char lie Ayres members Clint Hennig Lakey Edwards and Wilson Kaiser organized the event with about half a dozen helpers cooking and serving fish fries and other foods. The fish fry replaced the regular Friday meeting. Joe Johnson was last Friday's program chairman and hosted a Perrin Air Force Base lieutenant who presented mountain climbing expedition scenes from Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Tom Sears
Rotaryanns
Clint Hennig
Lakey Edwards
Wilson Kaiser
Charlie Ayres
Joe Johnson
Perrin Air Force Base
Alaska
Top Salary Is 809011 For Bethlehem Steel Chief Grace
New York report shows Eugene G. Grace chairman of Bethlehem Steel Corp led 1956 executive pay at 809 011 dollars with after tax take home around 133 000 dollars. Other top salaries included Harlow H Curtice 695 100 General Motors Arthur B Homer 669 176 Bethlehem Steel Crawford H Greenewalt 600 886 DuPont and Frederic G Donner 577 625 General Motors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Business Week
Grace
Harlow H. Curtice
General Motors
Arthur B. Homer
Bethlehem Steel
Crawford H. Greenewalt
DuPont
Frederic G. Donner
Louis C. Goad
Robert E. McMath
Vandalism Compared Across Eras Says Local Figure
In Barrie Ontario A B Cohoe notes a 1873 school board reward notice offering 50 for information on vandals who damaged the school. He argues teen vandalism today is not worse than that past incident. The piece also defines a taxpayer as someone not needing to pass a civil service exam for government work.
Vacation Bible School Prep and Parade Schedule
Churches prepare for Vacation Bible School with a June 1 preparation day and a 10 a.m parade led by Mrs. B. W. Newman. VBS runs June 3 through 7, ending with a 3 p.m. Friday commencement, featuring Rev. Fred D. Waldrop as principal and a large staff of coordinators and workers for two and three year olds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vacation Bible School
B. W. Newman
WBC
Fred D. Waldrop
Fred Waldrop
L. E. Alexander
J. D. Marlow
Jim Caraway
Marie Chism
Claude Garner
W. E. Stanford
Charles Wortham
Nelda McCurdy
Ralph Brown
Edgar Ayres
Man Owes Himself to Success and Later the Internal Revenue
A terse sentiment explains that a man should first strive for personal success and once achieved, fulfill obligations to the Bureau of Internal Revenue. The remark contrasts self-improvement with tax responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Power Companies Sponsor Four Year Thermonuclear Research Program
The Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation and General Dynamics Division will jointly fund a four year project to produce electric power via controlled thermo-nuclear reactions. Research will be at General Atomic's John Jay Hopkins Laboratory near San Diego with over 150 staff. U S Atomic Energy Commission chair Lewis L Strauss lauded private investment in long term energy research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation
Community Public Service Company
Texas Electric Utilities
General Atomic Division
General Dynamics Corporation
Foundation
General Atomic
John Jay Hopkins Laboratory
San Diego
Lewis L. Strauss
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Cat Triggers Quick Escape From San Jose Fire
Albert Jones awoke to his cat tickling his ear and thought it wanted out. The cat prompted a rapid exit as the San Jose house caught fire. Damage was estimated at 6,500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
Albert Jones
Jones
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J. M. McMurry
Jackie Barkley
Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Barkley
Joe Meador
Mrs. Boyd Newman
Sherman
Mrs. Dean Watson of
Denison
W. D. Williams
H. T. Atterberry
Glenn Doss
E. C. Barnes
Mobile, Ala
James Barnes
Austin College
A. R. Orenduff
Ola Justice
San Juan
Porto Rico
LeRoy Baldwin
Roby Wilson
Wichita Falls
J. E. Brice
Juanita of
Lee Wilson
Eural E. Horton
Marshall, Ark
J. C. Annip
Cathy
Carl
Leland May
Aztec, N. M
Wayland Barnes
Percy Tracy
E. E. Chism
Idabell, Okla
Leila Bell
Westminster
Mattie Harris
Co. J. Kidd
Durant, Okla
Dee Smith
Jerry of
Garland
John Vestal
John Inter
Adah Gillespie
Olive Myrick
Phillip Wayne Stephens
Jack Haley
Buddy Stephens
Stella Jackson
Bowling Green, Ky
W. H. Phillips
R. R. McDaniel of
Quannah
F. M. Echols
Junior Minney
W.H. Phillips
W. A. Thurman
Ralph Mitchell
Forgan, Okla
R. C. Vestal
Trendon Vestal
H. O. Leuschner
Houston
John Ray
James C. Rives
Ralla
Robert Lee Leuschner Jr
R.C. Vestal
Rice Institute
Paul Ryan
L. M. Goddard
Roy Turner
Victoria
Manton Fain
Elk City
Jack Biggerstaff
Route One
Whitesboro
Biggerstaff
Griffin's Grapefruit Juice
WAPCO
KRAFT
Oleo
Grayson
Pickford
McGee & Henderson
Borden’s
Box Borden's Creamery
Folger’s
White Swan
Maxwell House Coffee
Lora Hicks
Warren Ross
J. E. Ross
Ector
Joe Ross
H. M. Gentry
Layne School
C. W. Carpenter
Noble Page
Aline Schiller
Truman Carpenter
Larry Offutt
R. T. Vestal
Sarasota, Fla
B. R. Vestal
Rozena Alexander
O. G. Alexander
Riley Tabor
Thomas Cobb
H. D. Cobb
Grand Prairie
Don Neal
Douglas Neal
Euell Smith
W. M. Pierson
Paul Pierson
Bonita
Mae Pierson
Celeste
Lyndal Pierson
Elvis Scott
Carl Pierson
Corpus Christi
Albert Lea Jackson Jr
Dayton
Ohio
Baltimore
Headquarters, Air Research and Development Command
Jackson
Reynolds May
L. J. Penny
R. C. Terry
Betty Moreland
Beeville
Ardell Penny
Winston Penny
Jack Baldwin
Lee Penny
James Dixon
Sun
College of Engineering
University of Texas
Julian Montgomery
Ben S. Montgomery
Mr. Montgomery
Annie Dickson
J. B. Dickson
Spivy
Bonham, Texas
Bill Biggerstaff
J. M. Simmons
Hubby
Whitewright Cleaners
First Baptist Church
Grayson Qleo, l
PET
Gladiola
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OZ. Jar
Jergen
Sunvale Bacow
Donald Duck
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