Whitewright campaign nears goal and Halloween notes
Ronce Morgan cites a $2795 United Fund goal with progress yet to be made. The column recalls Halloween trick or treat scenes, minor vandalism, and local reflections on tradition in Whitewright. It also notes lawn fertilization advice for the winter and a Wall Street Journal ad curiosity. It ends with Texas banks seeking tax exemptions amid a sales tax debate.
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Ronce Morgan
United Fund
Whitewright
Farley and Hill Grocery Reopens After Facelift
Farley and Hill grocery in Whitewright has a new look under Lynn and Patricia Hardcastle with air conditioning and updated merchandise displays. The store, serving Whitewright for over 20 years in three locations, reflects a refreshed retail plan. Meanwhile Bonham's school board adjusted Thanksgiving from the fifth to the fourth Thursday to align with the national designation.
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Farley & Hill Grocery
Lynn
Patricia Hardcastle
Whitewright
Congress
Bonham School Board
IRS to assign numbers for tax purposes across all citizens
The piece contrasts historical numbering by prison, military, and Social Security with an impending universal tax identification number. It speculates on future newspaper personal columns listing people by numbers rather than names, citing examples like Dallas visitors interacting with a Whitewright family.
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Internal Revenue Service
Dallas
Deaths A F Nossaman North Texas attorney and leader
A F Jack Nossaman 53 of Whitewright and Sherman, longtime Republican organizer and lawyer, died in his Sherman home. Funeral services were held Sunday at Earnheart Chapel with burial at Cedarlawn Memorial Park. He was a University of Oklahoma law graduate, World War II veteran, and former Whitewright city attorney. Survivors include his wife Martha, daughter Mrs Y B Kaiser, son Jim Nossaman, and his mother Mrs Dora J Nossaman.
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A. F
Jack) Nossaman
Whitewright and
Sherman
North Texas
Earnheart Funeral Chapel
David A. Jones
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Denison
Cedarlawn Memorial Park
Federal District Court For
East Texas
Phi Alpha Delta
National Legal Fraternity
Grayson County Bar Association
Infantry
U. S. Army
Baptist Church
The
Elks Lodge
Sherman Kiwanis Club
Sherman and
Whitewright Chambers of Commerce
Whitewright
Brother-in-law Charles Perry dies of heart attack in Wichita Falls
Lewis Cooper traveled to Wichita Falls after learning of his brother-in-law Charles Perry from 4253 Boren Street. Perry died of a heart attack at nine last night while reading a newspaper at his home. Perry was married to Lillis England, sister of Mrs. Cooper.
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Lewis Cooper
Wichita Falls
Charles Perry
Boren Street
Mr. Perry
Lillis England
Cooper
CPS Wins First Place Safety Award From National Council
Community Public Service CPS has won first place in its group in the Public Utilities Division of the National Safety Council fleet safety contest announced at the Chicago Congress. It marks the seventh first place in 15 years with two second and one third place awards. CPS operates 277 vehicles, logged 4 013 000 miles with eight chargeable accidents, a rate of .19 per 100 000 miles, far below the 1.30 average for 37 utilities.
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Community Public Service Company
Public Utilities Division
National Safety Council
National Safety Congress
Chicago
Community
Lakey Edwards
CPS
Power Company
Community Public Service
W. J. Millican
Fort Worth
Joe Cureton
Whitewright
Christmas shopping sarcasm and elder intuition
Uncle Dan from Tom Bean riffs on Christmas shopping starting in August and the idea of wives’ intuition. He riffs on calendars, fallout shelters, and the future, noting educated concerns and a critique of foreign aid after citing Guatemala’s literacy stats and a $3 million aid packet.
U.S. Gifts to Tito Totaled Hundreds of Millions in Equipment
A Defense Department memo details U.S. aid to Yugoslavia from 1952 to 1958 including ships, tanks, weapons, ammunition and aircraft valued at about $693.9 million plus $27.6 million in services. The report lists specific items such as minesweepers, sub-chasers, tanks, howitzers, trucks, rockets and aircraft, contrasting with the 130 Sabre jets and 70 jet trainers recently sold. It notes training charges for Yugoslav airmen in Texas and Colorado and mentions training totals for U.S. and overseas programs since 1952.
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Washington
U. S
Yugoslavia
Tito
Veterinarians and Doctors Called for Induction in 1961
State Selective Service in Austin orders all veterinarians and dentists under 26 and physicians under 27 to report for induction. Induction period runs from November 1, 1961, to January 31, 1962. Physicians may enter Navy Air Force or Army, dentists and veterinarians to Army. priority postponement for those showing commission applications.
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Austin
State Selective Service
Texas
Morris S. Schwartz
Army
Navy
Air Force
Definition Depends on Location in Italian Census Quote
IT JUST DEPENDS ON DEFINITION IT JUST DEPENDS ON DEFINITION TRENT Italy The occupation question in the Italian census asks What is your position Seated was the reply written by a village shoemaker in Per gine Valsugana No Nobel Prizes wee announced in 1940 1941 or 1942 thows all without charge They took 318 courses here from the Army and 148 courses overseas plus 359 courses here from the Air Force and 126 courses overseas The Navy gave them 104 training courses here none overseas Since 1956 a total of 17 Yugoslav students completed courses at Atomic Energy Commission schools Twelve Yugoslavs are now getting technical atomic instruction at the AEC s Ar gonne Laboratory in Chicago and seven more Yugoslavs are getting in struction at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island N Y In 1958 one Yugoslav took a course in radio isotopes at Oak Ridge In 1960 a Yugoslav took a special project studies at Oak Ridge And current ly the Yugoslavs have 12 applications on file for fellowships which will let Yugoslavs study the production proc esses of uranium at Oak Ridge Tenn and at Weldon Springs Mo
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Army
Air Force
Navy
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Argonne Laboratory
Chicago
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Long Island
N. Y
Whitewright High School Class of 1956 Homecoming Set
Whitewright Texas outlines a 1956 class homecoming at 8 00 p m Saturday November 11 1961 with dinner and fellowship at the Malt Shop and a late movie. Reservations are 206 and due by November 7 contact Mrs C K Smith. A reserved section will be at the Homecoming football game November 10.
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Whitewright
C. K. Smith
Box 546
Texas
Margie N. Morris
Minchey
Delbert L. Musser
Anna Lou Phillips
Obie Rutledge Jr
Travis Sanderson
Philip Stephens
Jimmy Lee Thornhill
Annette Smith
Vineyard
Dorris Ann Wallace
Haliburton
Frank Watkins
Laura Jean Williams
Sanderson
Ann Brown
Wortham
Lillian Neathery
Virginia Ayres
Mary Lou Burchfield
Iola Phillips
Christine Sanderson
Ruth Smith
Ina Hoyt Wallace
Rayburn May Live Weeks or Months
Bonham Texas Speaker Sam Rayburn, 79, may live weeks or months as doctors say cancer could be slowing but not halted. Dr. Joe Risser reports Rayburn is in poor health but improving slightly, too sick for chemotherapy, receiving strength-building treatment.
State sales tax receipts rise to 3.3 million in two months
Austin reports two month totals of 3,335,354 in general sales tax with more than half the expected returns still outstanding. The comptroller notes 53,488 firms filed by Tuesday and another 116,000 merchants are anticipated to report with updates due Thursday around noon. First returns were due Tuesday.
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Austin
State Comptroller
Comptroller
You Don’t Have to Retire Completely to Get Social Security
A Sherman Social Security Office leaflet explains changes in the law raising earnings limits for workers 65 or older who collect benefits. It notes many eligible avoid losing payments, urges applications before January 1962, and provides a table to estimate benefits under earnings.
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Social Security Office
Gus Jones
Sherman Social Security Office
Jones
Sherman
Social Security
Children Raise 28.50 For UNICEF Trick or Treat Drive
Thirty three children collected 28.50 for UNICEF during a community trick or treat event. The funds would buy milk for 484 children for a month of antibiotics to prevent blindness in 142 kids. A party at the Methodist Church followed with prizes to listed participants and chaperones named.
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Unicef
Methodist Church
Jo Durham
Kay Bryant
Kathy Dunlap
Cindy Streun
Kristy Walker
Jimmy Bryant
Cynthia Smith
Stan White
Susan Holloway
Rod Earnheart
Jack Frisby
Doyce Worsham
Dick Walker
Ralph Judd
John Streun
Bill Holloway
Joe Robinson
Clint Hennig
Thomas Sears
Lewis Durham
James Bryant
Kenneth Frisby
George Burleson
Illness Days Show Health Gap Between Genders and Ages
U S Public Health Service figures for the year ending June 30 1960 show the average person loses 16 days of usual activity to illness or injury with six days in bed. Women and those over 45 experience more disability, while the 1958 figure was 20 days including eight days in bed during a flu epidemic.
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Washington
U.S. Public Health Service
Nassau as Confederate blockade runner base
Nassau capital of the Bahama Islands served as a major supply base for Confederate blockade runners from 1861 to 1865, aiding efforts during the Civil War era.
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Nassau
Bahama Islands
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