Whitewright and area community notices and obituaries
Local items list deaths of E. Y. Skaggs and Nancy Wilson, school openings, weddings including Wallace-Coffman and Bradshaw-Jones, choir and theater activities, a fifth grade Halloween program, and the Whitewright Rangers facing Highland Park for class B title. Also notes church appointments, birthday parties, and Smile Day by PTA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Y. Skaggs
Whitewright
Aline Haile
Sherman
Nancy Wilson
Orangeville
Eva Horton
L. LaRoe
K. R. Isbel
Dallas
Whitewright Methodist Church
McKinney
Jesse Wallace
Opal Coffman
J. E. Russell
R. T. Pennington
Rotary Club
Lucian Andrews
Altha Mae Vestal
Pilot Grove
J. S. Badgett
Clyde Gibson
Ethel Chumbley
Bonham
Pauline Bradley
Linwood Bradshaw
Viola Jones
Whitewright Rangers
Highland Park
Fair Park Stadium
Bits and Bobs of Life From a Crowded Day
A collection of light anecdotes and vignettes from daily life. Jokes about marriage money and luck, a flood story, two business partners a smoker and drinker quip, a Washington elevator moment with Hays and the IRS, a bride’s learner’s permit wedding rice and a jail asylum quip, a speed demon and a Chinese student racing a train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brooks Hays
Arkansas
House of Representatives
Brooks
Hays
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Boy Seeks Birthday Necklace Then Writes A Long Note
A young boy eyes a $20 necklace in a shop window and writes a lengthy note to his mother. The tale follows his earnest effort to raise funds or persuade, reflecting a touching act of love.
Texas Divorce Citation Notice for J B Thomas
Legal citation in Grayson County Texas orders J B Thomas to answer a petition filed by Gladys Myrtle Thomas for divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Court set for 10 am on Monday after 42 days from issuance, with dates in November 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Texas
J. B. Thomas
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Gladys Myrtle Thomas
V. Earnest
Shirley Davis
Whitewright Sun
Foreclosure Suit Filed in Grayson County Texas
The Citizens National Bank of Denison sues Tobin Williams and Charles Mathis in Sherman for foreclosure on a promissory note $1130.25 plus interest and costs. Court date set. petition filed August 13 1955. Court clerk S V Earnest issues the citation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
Charles Mathis
A. D
15Th District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Citizens National Bank of
S. V. Earnest
Trict
Shirley Davis
Whitewright Sun
Coffee Drinker Linked to Tragic Street Crossing
In a grim anecdote a doctor warns a wife to quit coffee but she resists. A careless driver fatally strikes Joe as he crosses the street to buy more coffee, highlighting a fatal accident tied to a coffee run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. T. Arterberry
Little Theatre
Evelyn Wilson
C. B. Bryant
Oklo
Grammar
Vonda Lee Vineyard
Amateene Rector
Dorothy Hagard
Anita Vestal
James Lay
Loraine Rutledge
Joe Robinson
Trenton
Parent- Teacher Association
Bennie B. Hall
Dave Henderson
Jackie
Henry Cantrell
Bobby
Otis Wilder
Janie
C. H. Stateville
Charlene
Sarah Frances
Byron Teague
Grace
Leon Chumbley
Joe Preston Lee
O. A. Hefner
William Howard Harrison
William Lee Brown
Grace Chumbley
Louise Cooper
Isabelle Craig Paul Pierson
Christine Williams
Anther Hudgins
Elsie
S. H. Montgomery Agency
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Jack
Hiram
Flaherty
Larsen
U.S. Army
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
N.C
Rotary
Whitewright Cleaners
Sewell
Madden
Denison, Texas
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