Community Visits and Weekend Travels Around Sherman Area
Mrs Billy Marks visited Leonard Sunday. Dess Reynolds of Dallas finished a visit with local friends. Sgt Jack Smith from Fort Polk spent the weekend with family. Mrs C J Meador visited Dallas with Dr Don Cook Sunday. Murl Ryon and daughters of Dallas spent the weekend with his mother Lela Ryon. Ira Vandergriff of Denison visited sister A R McMurry Sunday and Monday. Don Cole and wife from Sherman spent the weekend with her parents H H Gray. Edward Arnold of Stockton California visited cousin J P Ownby last Friday. Nana Francis of Sherman spent the weekend with Lillian Neathery. Harold Doss and family visited E T Doss and relatives at Pilot Point Sunday. Aubrey Hansard of Plainview visited E A Hansard. Jimmie Nossaman of Dallas spent the weekend with his mother. Sid Askins of Burkburnett spent Sunday with Jess Blanks. Lillie Dillon visited Dick McSpedden in Dallas last weekend. Fred Garner visits Don Albaugh in Springfield Virginia. Floyd Flowers and sons Bobby Mike plus Norman Hayes of Sherman visited Paul Cornelius over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Flowers
Bobby and
Mike
Ardmore
Okla
Norman Hayes
Sherman
Paul Cornelius
Various Oddities and Facts Stir Interest Across Regions
A collage of notes spans gentler curiosities and stark figures from 1837 three dollar bills to Alaska steak prices in the 1890s. It cites Vermont editor Gene Robinson’s morning run, astronomical pancakes in Williamsburg, crossbred turkeys in Beltsville, and 16 Belgian draft horses in Maryland. It also notes tax figures, baseball history, a Peshtigo fire remark, live buffalo prices from the Interior Department, and British health spending in 1959 60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Circle
Alaska
Gene Robinson
Robbinsville
N. C
Graham Star
Dept. of Interior
Mink Eyelashes From Mink Hair Sell For 50 A Set
New York beauty salon offers phony eyelashes made from mink hair at 50 dollars per set. The salon plans to introduce sable and chinchilla options next, claiming mink lashes allow denser coverage than human hair in the same space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Texas tourism seen lagging as conference plans ad budget
HIGHLIGHTS AND SIDELIGHTS Austin reports tourism in Texas has declined since 1957 and faces a November conference of Texans for Tourists led by Gov. Price Daniel. The session aims to rally support for state funding of advertising while highway safety officials warn of rising deaths and call for more speed checks and radar use.
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Austin
Texas
Price Daniel
Daniel
State Highway Department
Garrison
Eminent Domain Hearing in Grayson County Texas
The City of Denison files suit against Charlie Smith et al for condemnation to install a sanitary sewer line. A hearing before special commissioners is set for December 12 1961 at 10 00 A M in Sherman. Defendants must answer by then and may present evidence. The case notes unpaid taxes on the defendants property.
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Charlie Smith
Grayson County
Texas
Thomas Smith
Edith Scott
William Badgett
Fairy Badgett
James Smith
B. C. Smith
R. B. George Machine Company
Law
Grayson County Court
Sherman
City of
Denison
City of Denison
Washington Heights
Texas Highway Patrol Tightens Safety Drive and Park Camp Growth
Governor Deniel unveils stricter traffic enforcement to require one patrol per car and increased license checks. The annual Christmas safety drive begins December 10 with pastors asked to urge careful driving. State parks report 389,419 overnight campers in the year ending August 31, led by Garner State Park with a 70 percent rise to 138,951. Vocational nursing licensing shows 24,613 licensed since 1951 with 103 schools in operation. 656 candidates licensed after October exams. Highways program allocates 20 million dollars to upgrade safety on 2,433 miles of primary roads.
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Cially
Deniel
Daniel
Bill M. Collins
State Parks Board
Texas
Garner State Park
Palo Duro Canyon
Huntsville State Parks
State Board of Vocatinal Nurse Examiners
Also Mentioned on This Page
Billy Marks
Mrs
M. L. Marks
Leonard
Dess Reynolds
Dallas
Sgt
Jack Smith
Fort Polk
C. J. Meador
Mrs. Don Cook
Murl Ryon
Daughters of
Lela Ryon
Ira Vandergriff
A. R. McMurry
Don Cole of
H. H. Gray
Edward Arnold
Stockton
Calif
J. P. Ownby
Nana Francis of Sherman
Lillian Neathery
Harold Doss
E. T. Doss
Pilot Point
Aubrey Hansard
Plainview
E. A. Hansard
Jimmie Nossaman
Jack Nossaman
Sid Askins
Burkburnette
Jess Blanks
Lillie Dillon
Dick McSpedden
Fred Garner
Don Albaugh
Springfield, Va
Merle Norman
ALL Purpose
Frances Beauty Salon
Vermont
Connecticut
Royster
Wall Street Journal
Smithsonian Institution
Boston
Roy Allen
Beltsville
Shafer
Washington County
Peshtigo
Wisc
U. S
the Whitewright Sun
T. Glenn Doss
Whitewright, Texas
Grayson
Fannin
Grayson and
Texas Press Association
the Sun
The
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
Gomer and
Kirk
North Travis
Mother OF Exiles
Liberty Island
Graham Hunter
Vern Sanford
Col
Homer Garrison Jr
Department of Public Safety
Dale R. Glover
Frank L. Darnell, SR
Jack Smart
Whitewright Sun
Texas Highway Commission
Stephens & Bryant
Insurance & Real Estate
Lokey Edwards
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