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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1953
Page
3
Down Memory Lane reports Jones May death in Winchester England after October enlistment. Also Announces infant death near town, local Army officer reassignment, school opening with Whitewright principal, a Sherman wedding, large cotton sale, seed offers, and local births. Notables include music club officer elected, a Bells area death, insurance agency purchase, Gainesville conservation campers, and multiple local births and marriages.
25 years ago, Cecil Waldrop married Miss Mae Smith on Wednesday. Also noted were the death of Mrs. Jennie Eatherly, sister of Mollie Aston, at Dr. and Mrs. Sears home, and Finis Alverson moving to the Cook home in Southwest Whitewright after purchasing from J. C. Parsons. Elmer Sandersons welcomed a daughter born Nov. 4. W. C. Fain returned from Linton, Texas with cotton, and D. W. Haliburton planned to move to Lubbock. Mac Schlegel restaurant, formerly G. W. Kinglay, damaged by fire Tuesday morning.
The IRS reports sharp drops in excise tax receipts with chewing tobacco down 50 percent sporting goods 17 percent and bowling alleys and pool tables 5 percent. Jewelry taxes rose 6 percent while households stay indoors. The article also notes eight hibernating North American animals and over 200000 miles of roads.
A Texas court citation accompanies a veterans questions and answers column. It covers VA death pension eligibility for a WWII veteran's widow, lump sum indemnity payment rules, GI Bill training cutoffs, and job training caps under Korean GI Bill. The document cites a Grayson County district court case No. 60899 in Sherman.
The article explains that under the Korean GI Bill, if training wages plus the GI allowance exceed 310 dollars per month, the VA reduces the GI allowance accordingly. This rule affects veterans pursuing education and training programs under the Korean GI Bill.
Fifteen year old John Worley uncovered a human skeleton in a dark basement of a vacant Cleveland building on Halloween eve. Police say the remains were brick buried and may relate to old unsolved murders. Worley quit the job after the discovery. A related note cites Dingell Johnson sport fish restoration tax receipts totaling over 5,750,000 dollars in two years.
Bertha Ross as administratrix of W. W. Ross deceased invites all creditors to present claims and all debtors to settle with her at 316 North Burdette Sherman Texas by law within the probate period as published October 22 29 and November 5 12 1953 by The Whitewright Sun.
Executor Marion W Staples and executrix Lucile Staples Stevens notify all indebted persons to settle and all claimants to present claims within the legal period. The estate of Emma Staples, deceased, Grayson County Texas, care of Gillespie & Gillespie, Sherman, Texas.
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