Local News Roundup From Whitewright and Nearby
Dallas visitors include Charlie Ayres and Ralph Judd while Mrs. Foley also visited. Obituaries note the Beaumont death of Mrs. Benton McMillin and burial in Temple. Sheila Hargett earns Evans Scholarship to Southwest Texas State Teachers College for 1963 64 with plans to teach elementary education.
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Beaumont
Benton McMillin
Temple
Sheila Hargett
Dayton Hargett
Abilene
O.G. Alexander
Whitewright
Memorial Day closes many local businesses
Memorial Day keeps most business houses closed as the community marks a holiday. The paper notes several deaths and family visitations including Taylor Bell and Mrs. H. P. Boss. High School seniors traveled to Hot Springs Ark for their annual trip with several local residents serving as chaperones.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Lillian Neathery
David Johnson
Roy Belew
Luther May Dies At 43 In Killeen Home Burial Held
Luther May died Friday at his Killeen home and was buried there Sunday. A native of Bonham he was the brother of Mrs. Vernon Gordon of Whitewright route one. Survivors include his wife his mother two brothers and two sisters.
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Luther May
Killeen
Bonham
Vernon Gordon
Whitewright
Miss Kilgore chosen Miss Kilgore and honors holder
Paula Geers graduates Kilgore Junior College with an art and medical illustration major and plans to attend East Texas State College next year. She starred with the Kilgore Rangerettes and earned honors as a beauty nominee best dressed in western week two years and Lawyer's Club sweetheart. She is an honorary member of Chi Sigma Delta and was named Miss Kilgore last week.
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Paula Geers
Kilgore Junior College
East Texas State College
Kilgore
Rangerettes
Lawyer's Club
Chi Sigma Delta Fraternity
Local Social News and Visits Across Towns
Mr and Mrs A L Ingram of Dallas spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Johnnie Johnson. O V Barker and his Future Farmer boys are spending a week in Colorado Springs Colorado. Miss Percy Darwin teacher in the Abilene public schools has returned to her home here for the summer.
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Obie Lee Rutledge
Marshall Public Schools
Mrs
Obie Rutledge
Ralph Wallace
Lola Scott
Dallas
Lake Jackson
Mrs. A. L. Ingram of
Johnnie Johnson
O. V. Barker
Colorado Springs, Colo
Percy Darwin
Abilene
Mrs. Garner visits Springfield kin as Darwin attends Sherman graduates
Mrs. Fred Garner returns from Springfield Virginia where she visited her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Donald F Albaugh. Mr and Mrs L H Darwin attend commencement exercises of the Sherman High School senior class with granddaughter Carol Harper a member of the class.
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Gilbert Keck
Charles and
John of
Nocona
Fred Garner
Springfield, Va
Donald F. Albaugh
L. H. Darwin
Sherman High School
Carol Harper
Justice Family Visit Spends Sunday With Ola Justice
Mr and Mrs Jack Justice and children of Dallas and Jackie Ben Justice of Little Rock Ark spent Sunday with Mrs Ola Justice and Horace Lewis.
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Jack Justice
Dallas
Jackie Ben Justice
Little Rock, Ark
Ola Justice
Horace Lewis
Rotary Club Meeting Hosts Don Caster on Service
Rotary Club Wallace Mynatt introduced guest speaker Don Caster minister of the Walnut Street Church of Christ Sherman who spoke on Service. Joe Crouch Whitewright attended as guest with visitors Lee Cruse Fort Worth Joe B Patton and B D Evans Denison.
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Wallace Mynatt
Rotary Club
Don Caster
Walnut Street Church of Christ, Sherman
Mr. Caster
Joe Crouch
Whitewright
Lee Cruse
Fort Worth
Joe B. Patton
B. D. Evans
Denison
New York Times Reports First Quarter Loss From Strike
The New York Times posted a first quarter loss estimated at 4,136,000 due to a New York newspaper strike. Chairman Arthur Sulzberger said the figure was high but the paper could withstand the impact and did not compromise its position. In 1962 the period showed a net income of 322,000.
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New York
The
New York Times
Arthur Sulzberger
the Times
Quotable Quotes ART CRAM in The Robstown Record
A series of noisy opinions ridicules platitudes and generalizations about foreign aid war policy and censorship. It mocks calls to outlaw guns and cars and notes Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four while recounting a church touchpoint involving Mitch in Sunday school dialogue.
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Art Cram
Robstown
America
United States
Louisiana
George Orwell
Orwell
The Spice of Life Non Professional Tale Turns Abstract
A civil trial scene features an adverse witness repeating thoughts over answers with questions about what is known. A barber remarks on thinking before talking while a seven year old asks about driving before marriage. The snippets read like a collage of people and odd exchanges.
Two Boys Learn Dignity In School Exchange
A teasing mother prompts a sharp reply from her son. Junior states he learned two boys were not to call him mama's little boy, signaling a lesson in respect and self identity.
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Junior
Yankee Critic on the South Provokes Retraction Question
A terse quip questions northern retirement trends as a rejoinder to a Yankee’s criticisms of the South. The remark implies movement and possible biases in regional views without detailing events or individuals.
Banquet Sparks Two Applause Rounds At Chamber Event
Attendees cheered a federal grant announcement for a local project and a resolution opposing government spending. A man placed a long distance call, asking for the caller's city and name, only to admit he had hay fever and no area code.
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Chamber of Commerce
Barber Claims Singe Hair Technique Doubles Price
A man sought a haircut but a barber proposed singeing each hair at double the charge. The barber argued that singeing seals the cut ends to keep hair vigorous and prevent weakness with each trim, describing each hair as a tiny tube that bleeds at the cut end.
Farm Inspector Questions Insect Trouble In Kentucky Corn
A government crop inspector visits a Kentucky farm and asks about insect damage to corn. The farmer quips that they fish out insects and drink them anyway. An English village morals supervisor accuses a worker of drinking after seeing his wheelbarrow near a saloon. That night the worker leaves the wheelbarrow at her door.
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Kentucky
Speeding motorists urged to pace travel for safety
A local warning reminds drivers that taking a bit longer to arrive is safer than rushing and risking a crash. Officials emphasize patience on the road to prevent accidents and protect lives.
Reverent pulpiteer and doctor banter over insomnia
The reverend, not a brilliant speaker, jokes with a doctor friend. When asked about a mutual patient, the doctor soberly says the patient needs the clergyman more than the doctor. The priest asks if it is that bad, and the doctor confirms the patient suffers from insomnia.
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Charlie Ayres
Ralph Judd
R. C. Foley
J. C. McMillin
Vernon Bryant
Ronald Vestal
Warren Wright
Hiawatha
Kansas
William Byers
Maude Belew
Jerry Wilson
J. P. Darwin
Roy Turner
Austin
Paul Ryan
Franklin Harris
C. M. Fulton
John Vestal
Mary Osburn
Melissa
Osburn
Taylor Bell
Leila Bell
J. B. Richey
R. O. Harris
Randolph
Lydia Henry
Maxie Hog
Bobby
Clovis, N. M
Patricia Oxford
Lubbock
C. C. Dooley
H. H. Gray
Earnest Ryan
Sherman
Oscar Simms
Mansfield
Mr. Simms
H. P. Boss
Boss
Ahr
Oak Farms
Mellorine
CREEN
Wwe
Decker
Sunkist Lemons
Kobey
Boy-ar-Dee Beefaroni
S&h
Grocery & Market
James V. Williams
Robin
Mitch
Boston
Franks
Shurfresh
OLEO
Shurfine
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