Halloween memories and community notes from Whitewright
Whitewright Rambler recounts quiet Halloween of 1975 and past tricks such as barricaded streets and soap on windows. Local memories recall football games, a 1936 Whitewright win over Farmersville, and residents like Wendell and Thornhill. Also mentioned are Billie Jean Short’s surgery, visits from Crowell residents, UNICEF donations, and Good Turn Sunday drives.
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Donald Paul Hudgins
Big Cabin
Ohloa
A. A. Hudgins
Billie Jean Short
Blue Ridge
Dallas
Benny Chesser
Whitewright
Earl Love
Crowell
Unicef
UNICF
Methodist Church
Bob Bryant
Goodwill Industries
Pettit Grocery
Whitewright Tigers Upset Cooper Bulldogs For 12 7 Victory
Whitewright High Tigers defeated leaders Cooper Bulldogs 12 to 7 to claim a district 16 A win. Steve Hodge opened scoring with a 19 yard run in the second quarter. Paul Morris returned a 65 yard punt for a Cooper score and Ricky A Rice clinched the margin with a rushing touchdown.
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Whitewright High Tigers
Cooper
Tigers
Cooper Bulldogs
Bulldogs
Bellis
Whitewright
Steve Hodge
Pat
Paul Morris
Mark Lynch
Ricky A. Rice
Halloween Quiet Night In Whitewright After Football Slowed Tricks
Halloween in Whitewright passed quietly with few trick or treaters and no vandalism reports. Private parties, a Whitewright-Cooper game influence, and defensive standouts highlighted the night. Wolfe City leads district with a 3 0 conference mark after a 38 0 win over Bells, while other scores show Farmersville, Leonard, and Jacksboro results.
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Whitewright
Whitewright-Cooper
Plans Started For District 16 A Track And Literary Meets
district coaches and superintendents opened plans for spring track and field and literary meets in District 16 A. No dates set yet as sites must be secured. Bonham to host the track meet. Members include Whitewright, Honey Grove, Bells, Fannindel, Wolfe City and Cooper. Further events to be finalized.
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Honey Grove
Dick Capps
Bonham
Whitewright
Bells
Fannindel
Wolfe City
Cooper
Whitewright Pee Wee Champs to Meet Kingston in Red River Bowl
Whitewright’s Pee Wee football team repeats as North Texas Pee Wee League champions with a 5–0–1 record, shutting out Bells 16–0 and Whitesboro 18–0. They will face Kingston, Oklahoma, in the Red River Bowl at Whitesboro on Saturday, with trophy presentation planned during the Whitewright Bells game Friday night.
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Whitewright
Kingston
Okla
Whitesboro
Pee Wees
Tle
Bells
Howe
Howard Hodge
Whitewright-Bells
Whitewright Pee Wee
Travis Clark
Mike Fortner
Mykel Woodruff
Kevin Ballard
Jeff Hodge
Randy Annip
Gary Owens
Kelly Selman
Ramon Rice
Mark Blanton
Michael Morris
Don Daniels
Terry Langford
David Reeves
Ick Coleman
Fred Green
Dean Taylor
Trace Freeman
Kevin Griffin
Eddy Lansford
Michael Dickson
Randy Hames
Michael Childress
Nickey Kent
Victor Daniels
Rodney
Hodge
United Way Nears 1976 Goal in Grayson County Drive
Grayson County United Way reports it is close to its 1976 goal though more donations and pledges are needed. Citizens can give at First National Bank or mail to Chuck Wilson. An awards banquet will be held at the Silver Wing club on Grayson County College West Campus Thursday night.
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Grayson County
United Way, Inc
Winston
Chuck) Wilson
Wilson
Whitewright
United Way
First National Bank
Silver Wing Club
Lions Visit Highlights Whitewright Club Work and Goals
Fort Worth district governor W S Sub Horn Jr outlined Lions projects and urged Whitewright members to seek community needs, recruit new participants and keep active with programs like the Julian Heyer Youth Camp, Kerrville eye bank, glasses drives and scholarships while noting the club’s 1956 charter and recent activities. The gathering planned its annual Ladies Night Thanksgiving Supper for Monday November 17.
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W. S. ‘Sub’ Horn, Jr
Fort Worth
Whitewright Lions Club
Horn
Whitewright
Jack Harris
Whitewright Club
Floyd Bassett
United Fund
Howe
Gov. Horn
Lions
Julian Heyer
Lions Camp
Kerrville
Eye Bank
Whitewright Voters Nix Eight Texas Constitutional Changes
Whitewright residents rejected all eight proposed changes in the Texas constitution on Tuesday. In a turnout of 184, about 80 percent voted no on every measure, with the highest yes tally being 30 and the no votes reaching as high as 159.
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Whitewright
Texas
Apartment complex to replace Whitewright’s Charlie Bryant home
Workmen began demolishing the West Grand structure known for over 50 years as the Charlie Bryant home to make way for a four unit brick apartment complex to be built by Dr. Paul Geers. The site’s landmark dwelling is more than 80 years old.
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Whitewright
West Grand
Denison
Dr. Geers
Geers
Rainy weekend boosts North Texas farming areas
General rains drenched Whitewright and surrounding North Texas towns Saturday night and Sunday, totaling about 1.50 inches in the area and 1.80 inches in Bonham. The soaking rain refreshed pastures and small grains but more rainfall is needed to replenish stock tanks. A separate note mentions plans to raze a historic Whitewright home, built by Bill Stone, to make way for a four-family apartment complex after a 60 day contract.
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North Texas
Byrd Burchfield Named to Vacancy on City Council
Whitewright voters learned of a council change as Byrd Burchfield was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Leo Scott who resigned after a company transfer. Burchfield will serve until the April city election while William Pearce leaves Nov 15 after 18 months on the board to transfer with IBM. Pearce’s term would have ended next April.
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Whitewright
Byrd Burchfield
Leo Scott
Burchfield
William Pearce
Pearce
IBM
Charles Watkins
Dick Walker
Texas
Whitewright PTO Carnival Nets Over Two Thousand Dollars
Whitewright parents report a hugely successful PTO carnival at the First National Bank lot drawing $2,447.28 gross and $1,671.34 net. Classes earned commissions totaling $524.13 to fund future projects. seventh grade led with $262.12. The event helped repay a $4,000 bank loan for a high school tennis court, paid in under a year, with plans to fence the court.
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Whitewright Pto
First National Bank
PTO
Linga
Whitewright
Linda Sullivan
Ways and Means Committee
Woodruff
Sullivan
North Pole
Current Inc
Whitewright High School
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South Bend Street
L. L. Wendell
Bill Stone
Wendell
Bussy Thornhill
Farmersville
Minnie Smart
Ernest Ferris
Whitewright Nursing Home
Whitewright Tigers
Rip Cooper Bulldogs
Whitewright Teedee
Walter Daniels
Hodge Screen
Rice
Tiger
Charles
Essom
Chuck Pierce
Mijky D. Rice
Jimmy Turner
Terry Clark
Jim Williams
Billy Hodge
Laurels
Danny Henderson
Wolfe City Wolves
Bells Panthers
Frisco
Tom Bean
Blue Ridge Cumby
Wolfe City Bells
Allen
Leonard
Jacksboro
van Alstyne
Pilot Point
Sanger
Pottsboro
Princeton
Rouse City
Pee Wee League
Lionism
Pilot
Charlie Bryant
Alberta Bryant
Ways and Teans Committee
Peggy Partridge
Commission
Harper
Walker
Ben Aldredge
Trenton
Ricky Mathis
City Water Department
Nicely's Mobil
Miller's Texaco
Holecomb
Highway Grocery
Ben Munson
Walker's Pharmacy Dairy Queen
the Furniture Mart
Wolfe Bros
Farley Grain
Earnheart Funeral Home
Merle Norman
Barbara Flan Nagan
Whitewright Insurance Agency
Carl's Sausage
Steve Sullivan
Gloria Meisenhavh
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Discount Fashions
O. K. Feed Mill
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