Local Art Exhibit Friday at American Legion Home
Friday Literary Club hosts an art exhibit at the American Legion Home featuring local artists C. J. Meador and others alongside works from the Interstate Fine Arts Society of Denison. The show runs Friday 10am to noon and 4:30pm to 6pm with oils, water colors, ceramics and china for sale. The club also holds its regular meeting at 3pm.
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American Legion
Friday Literary Club
Interstate Fine Arts Society of
Denison
Emory Christian
C. J. Meador
Joe Thomas Meador
Anna Lou Phillips
Sara Compton
Glen Earnheart
Adah Gillespie
Lucio Orozco
Bobbie Phillips
Ely Agriculture Association Reorganizes
The Ely community reconstituted the Ely Agricultural Association at a school meeting on Wednesday night October 25 with about 50 attendees. Bill Stanford chaired the session electing directors Shirley Sells S Daly C N Ross John White Joy Owen Lillie Mae Beazley Alban Massey. Oleta Owen named secretary treasurer and C E ONeal reporter. A committee for shop rules includes Dave Beazley Troy Owen and Renee Beazley. Ben Fulton attended representing vocational schools. The group plans meetings on the 1st and 3rd Fridays.
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Ely
Ely Agricultural Association
Bill Stanford
Shirley Sells
S. Daley
C. N. Ross
John White
Joy Owen
Lillie Mae Beazley
Alban Massey
Oleta Owen
C. E. O’neal
Dave Beazley
Troy Owen
Renee Beazley
Alban Cooper
Fae Clark
Ann Beazley
Calvin Witherspoon
Ector
Ben Fulton
Fannin County
Clarence Tillett
Whitewright
Chinese Red troops encircle US unit near Unsan in Korea
United States I Corps reports heavy enemy assault in northwest Korea with Chinese forces attacking the Unsan area. The 1st Cavalry Division regimental unit is surrounded as other American units retreat, amid uncertain losses and Russian jet support.
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Seoul
United Nations
Korea
United States I Corps
United States
1St Cavalry Division
Unsan
Manchuria
1St Cavalry
United States 1St Cavalry
24Th Infantry Division
24Th Division
Army reports low death rate for wounded in Korea and Japan
Maj. Gen. Raymond W. Bliss says the casualty death rate among American wounded entering hospitals in Korea and Japan is under two percent. He compares this with World War II’s 4.5 percent and World War I’s eight percent mortality. The report follows his month at the front. William Penn granted Philadelphia its first charter in 1701.
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Washington
Korea
Japan
Army
Raymond W. Bliss
William Penn
City of
Philadelphia
No Armistice Day Holiday Here in Whitewright
Armistice Day on November 11 is not among the six holidays observed by local Whitewright businesses. The post office and First National Bank will observe it, as will three barber shop owners. Other businesses will operate as usual. Thanksgiving on November 23 will be the next common holiday.
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Whitewright
Post Office
First National Bank
Cub Scout Pack No 5 Organized Here
Cub Scout Pack No. 5 was organized at a grade school meeting Wednesday afternoon with six members. Dick Walker named scoutmaster. Grace Crow and Lucyle Sanders as den mothers. Richard Crow elected denner. Philip Hoover assistant denner. Bobby Phillips KBS. Other three scouts: Scotty Phillips Johnny Sinor Billy Polston. Pack meets 3:15 pm each Wednesday at the grade school. Age 8 to 11 invited. Marvin Crow elected mascot.
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Chancy Course
Dick Walker
Grace Crow
Lucyle Sanders
Richard Crow
Denner
Philip Hoover
Bobby Phillips
B.S
Scotty Phillips
Johnny Sinor
Billy Polston
Marvin Crow
Mrs. Barker Named Deputy Grand Matron of OES
Mrs. O V Barker of Whitewright is named deputy grand matron of District 1 Section 2 Order of the Eastern Star by Mrs. Lucille Dufner of San Antonio. Dufner was installed worthy matron of the Grand Chapter of Texas at the 68th annual Grand Chapter in Galveston. Barker, past matron of Whitewright Chapter and former Ector Chapter member, has seven years of Eastern Star service.
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O. V.barker
Whitewright
Order of the Eastern Star
Lucille Dufner
San Antonio
Grand Chapter
Texas
Galveston
Barker
Ector
Eastern Star
Sun Honor Roll Subscriptions Take Lis t of Dallas Names
The Sun reports renewal checks and paid subscriptions from Dallas readers including Dick Barbee who praises the Down Memory Lane column and asks for Tigers football scores to be sent to the Dallas News weekly. A list of subscribers follows.
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Dick Barbee
Dallas
The
Sun
Tigers
Dallas News
J. W. Blakey
T. E. Blakey
H. L. Sanders
Co. P. McGinnis
R. E. Barbee
Frances Bennett
J. P. Williams
J. A. Creecy
H. H. Sears
L. A. Newman Paul Bowen
J. F. Roberts
A. J. Fiorini
George
Irish Author Shaw Dies at 94 in English Cottage
George Bernard Shaw, the Irish writer and 1925 Nobel laureate, died Thursday morning at 5:05 am in his cottage near Ayot St Lawrence England. He had been unconscious for a day after a fall that fractured his left thigh while trimming a fruit tree. He spent 24 days in Luton Hospital prior to returning home to die.
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Ayot ST. Lawrence
England
George Bernard Shaw
Luton Hospital
Golden Wedding Celebration By Forrests
Mr and Mrs W H Forrest celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with open house on Sunday November 5 from 1 to 5 p m. Married November 6 1900 in Marshall County Tennessee they moved to Texas in 1904 settling in Tom Bean then Whitewright Texarkana and back to Whitewright in 1940. They have three sons W E Forrest H E Forrest and J W Forrest, five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Mrs Forrest turned 70 in October and he 71. He is a general contractor and both are Baptists. Mr Forrest was a Woodmen of the World member.
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W. H. Forrest
Marshall County
Tenn
Texas
Tom Bean
Whitewright
Texarkana
Forrest
Bedford County
Tennessee
The
Baptist Church
Woodmen of the World
W. E. Forrest
H. E. Forrest
Tyler
J. W. Forrest
Barber Practice Teaches At Whitewright High School
East Texas State College senior Marlon A. Barber Edgewood is doing practice teaching in vocational agriculture at Whitewright High School under O V Barker. Barber joins 21 ETSC students doing on the job training at Northeast Texas schools, remaining until Christmas. C B Barclay notes the program gives real teaching insight. W E Badgett, another ETSC student, is at Trenton High School in similar practice teaching duties.
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Marlon A. Barber Edgewood
East Texas State College
Whitewright High School
Barber
O. V. Barker
Whitewright
East Texas State
Texas
C. B. Barclay
W. E. Badgett
Trenton High School
Oldest Mason in Texas Celebrates 105th Birthday
John J. Ray, aged 105, received a 75 membership pin Monday night from the Grand Lodge of Texas. He is believed to be the world's oldest Mason and resides in Fort Worth.
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Fort Worth
John J. Ray
Grand Lodge of Texas
Cyclist Dies After Denture Blocked Airway in Crash
In London, motorcyclist Frank Alfred Wood aged 24 was killed when his false teeth broke and lodged in his throat during a car collision. A coroner ruled the death accidental, noting the denture obstructed his airway.
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London
Frank Alfred Wood
Dryest October on record with minimal rainfall
October yielded only .23 inches of rain, the driest in years, with .03 on Oct 18 and .20 on Oct 22 per the city records. September had four inches, above average, while October was unusually warm late in the month. Cotton receipts neared a hundred bales as orchards faced leaf defoliation and no frost.
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Ray
Charley Cates
City Water Department
No German Army To Be Organized Says Acheson
Secretary of State Acheson announced that NATO nations agree there shall be no German national army no German war industry and no German general staff. He said defense ministers favor using German forces within a Western European defense and expect deputies and the North Atlantic military committee to work out details.
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Washington
Acheson
North Atlantic
Council of Deputies
Baby Burned to Death Near Bonham Farm
An 11-month-old, Donald Gray Anerton, perished when fire swept the family home near Bonham. Parents were away. five other children were in a nearby barn when the blaze started. The incident occurred yesterday on the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Anerton.
City Installs New Emergency Engine At Pumping Plant
The city completed installation of a new International U-6 38 horsepower engine at the water pumping plant replacing an old truck engine. It will run the 300 gallon per minute auxiliary pump powering water from reservoirs to the standpipe when the electric pump is down.
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City
C. J. Meador & Son
Whitewright
Charley Cates
Hollingsworth Home Destroyed By Fire
The D. A. Hollingsworth residence on South Bond street burned to ashes in a noon Tuesday fire of undetermined origin. Miss Mary Hollingsworth, owner since her father’s death, had left beans cooking and went to town. Nearby Mrs. Fred Garner’s house was saved as the blaze spread. J. W. Hollingsworth of Denison transported Miss Hollingsworth home later Tuesday afternoon.
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D. A. Hollingsworth
South Bond Street
Mary Hollingsworth
Miss Hollingsworth
Fred Garner
Hollingsworth
J. W. Hollingsworth
Denison
the Sun
Road Workers of County Get Raise
The county commissioners court approved a $10 monthly raise for 68 road workers at their Monday meeting. Precincts two and four receive $10 increases, while precinct three gets $5. Precincts one had already been raised by $10, and the raise is retroactive to October 1.
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T County
Commissioners Court
Precinct Three
Precinct
Rotary Club program chair leads Sherman meeting
Rotary Club of Sherman heard Dr. G. C. Coleman, history professor at Austin College, speak on Korean and Chinese Communists and the postwar rise of Communism in the Orient. Introduced by Melvin Sisk, with visitors C. O. Spence Nick Owens Forrest Gammon and Rev. Lee H. Smith. C. B. Bryant III to chair next Friday.
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Roy Blanton
Rotary Club
G. C. Coleman
Austin College
Sherman
Melvin Sisk
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Sherman Rotary Club
Coleman
Orient
C. O. Spence
Nick Owens
Forrest Gammon
Bonham
Lee H. Smith
Whitewright
C. B. Bryant HI
Texas No. 2 State in Growth Rate
Dallas based census official James W. Stroud said Texas was the second fastest growing state, gaining 1,263,008 people in a decade to reach 17,677,832. California led with 3,582,682 new residents, a 51.9 percent rise. New York was a distant third with 1,262,303. Stroud noted jurisdiction expansion to Louisiana and New Mexico.
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Dallas
Texas
James W. Stroud
California
Stroud
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Ohio
Louisiana
New Mexico
Tigers Set For Friday Night Game At Bells
Tigers travel to Bells Friday for a likely easy win as Bells has lost four of five and allowed 129 points. Pilot Point looms as the tougher test next Friday at Bryant Field in a showdown for District 15 B bragging rights. White Wright, Pilot Point, and Van Alstyne lead the standings with no conference losses. The Tigers beat Denison B 40 to 7 last Thursday in front of a large home crowd.
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Sam Montgomery
Tigers
Bells
Pilot Point
Bryant Field
van Alstyne
Whitewright
Whitesboro
Gunter
Valley View
Denison
Denison Boys
Puerto Rico Pair Failed in Attempt to Shoot Truman
In Washington two Puerto Rican revolutionaries attacked Blair House as President Truman slept but were stopped by Secret Service and guards. One Secret Service man died from his wounds, another two guards were seriously hurt, and gunmen were killed or wounded in the doorway confrontation.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Secret Service
Blair House
United States
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Griselio Torresola
New York
Pvt
Leslie Coffelt
Mr. Truman
Arlington Cemetery
Sir John Dill
Three U S Presidents Slain While in Office
A dispatch recounts multiple assassination attempts on U S presidents and nominees. It notes Abraham Lincoln, James A Garfield, William McKinley killed by Booth Guiteau Czolgosz and Zangara, with Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D Roosevelt briefly targeted.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Ford's
Booth
Garfield
Charles J. Guiteau
Guiteau
McKinley
Buffalo
N. Y
Leon Czolgosz
Czolgosz
Milwaukee
Wis
Guiseppi Zangara
Miami
Fla
Anton J. Cermak
Chicago
Zangara
Cermak
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Ely Agriculture Assn
U.S
CUB Scout
Shaw
Forrests
Marlin A. Barber
Main
Ralph Stein
America
Pennsylvania Packet and General Advertiser
Ulysses S. Grant
Puerto Rico
U. S
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