Notable Obituary and Local Notices From Whitewright Sun
A collection of obituaries and notices from Whitewright includes Columbus DeBerry 81 dying at his daughter's home, Preston Everheart killed in France, and births, marriages, and local business updates. Also listed are cot ton ginnings in Grayson County, the City Bakery oven collapse, and legal citation No. 60868 involving land in Denison with a December 7, 1953 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus DeBerry
W. R. Wilson
Preston Everheart
France
Cecil Craig
Navy
M. T. Craig
Whitewright
Luther Stephens
Medlintown
Anderson King
W. P. Vaughn
Ross R. May
Washington, D. C
Medical Corps of the Navy
the Sun
Norma Frances Donigan
Sarah Belle Gillett
Nell Holmes
Roy Martin
Aileen Pennington
Clyde Whitworth
Patsy Jean Young
Lester Haile
B. F. Blanton
Mary Emma Biggerstaff
J. H. Biggerstaff
P.T. A
Tommie Chenoweth
B. Wrenn Webb
Leon Adams
Lula Lee Vestal
H. P. Donigan
Gladys Ray
Susie Noe
T. W. Ayres & Son
Community Public Service Co Wins Safety Council Award
The Community Public Service Company fleet won first place in the Public Utilities Division of the National Fleet Safety Contest for 1952-53. The event at the La Salle Hotel in Chicago drew 1,400 fleets with 350,000 vehicles and nearly 3 billion miles. CP S operated 2,094,717 miles with an accident rate of .334.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Fleet Safety Contest Committee
la Salle Hotel
General Motors Corp
Detroit
Ruth Steinhauser
CPS
Community Public Service Company
National Safety Council
la Salle
Chicago
Public Utilities Division
Council
United States
Community Public Service
Suit to quiet title in Grayson County land known as La Mar tract
The plaintiffs Mattie C Fitch and H A Wigley with others seek title and possession of a land tract in Grayson County Texas described by metes and bounds tied to the La Mar grant. Defendants include E L McDonnell and others with multiple McDonnell heirs. The plaintiffs claim five years adverse possession supported by tax payments and recorded deeds. The suit requests quieting title under Texas statutes. Court filed in Sherman Texas with publication in The Whitewright Sun on Oct 29 and Nov 5 12 19 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Texas
Mary Talty
Mattie Kirklin
Alec Kirklin
H. W. Campbell
Sarah J. Campbell
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
B. W. Baldwin
Towit
Dumas
Denison
A. D
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Whitewright Sun
E. L. McDonnell
Ed McDonnell
Bobby Joe McDonnell
B. J. McDonnell
Mattie C. Fitch
H. A. Wigley
Julia R. Wigley
J. J. Tamplen
Katie McDonnell Tamplen
R. A. King
M. A. Finley
Finley
Pool
Prairie
E. L. McDonnel
M. M. Jones
FHA Week ends with program of creed and songs at school
The Reflector reports an FHA assembly featuring the Future Homemakers of America creed recitation, skits, and songs. Students Crawford, Wallace, Alexander, and others performed with the cheerleaders boosting school spirit for Cooper game prep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimpee
U.S
FHA
America
Johnnie Harper
FHA Club
Betty Harris
Ann Hunter
Doris Ann Wallace
Margaret Williams
Wanda Alexander
Hearts
Foy Bow
Mary Page
Barbara Hasty
Donna Williams
Ann Brown
Mary Ola Lewis
Johnnie Taylor
Babe Beazley
Laura Jean Williams
Lela McFerrin
Annette Smith
Mary Pennell
Blanton
U S Editors Favor Private Mail System
A majority of country editors responding to an American Press questionnaire say the Post Office should be turned over to private business. Seventy three percent believe private business could handle the mails better than the government. Of 226 editors, only three thought the idea impractical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Press
Notice of Claims Against Mary W Mc Reynolds Estate
The Sun reports claimants and debtors must present claims or settle debts against the Mary W Mc Reynolds estate, deceased, Grayson County Texas. Executors John O Mc Reynolds and Andrew W Mc Reynolds, appointed Oct 1 1953, notify to file in care of Gillespie Gillespie Sherman Texas by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Ross
Texas
Grayson
Grayson County
J. N. Dickson
A. D
State OF
Mary W. McReynolds
Gillespie & Gillespie
M & P Bank
Sherman
John O. McReynolds
Andrew W. McReynolds
Whitewright Sun
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gillett Grain Co
Katy
Cotton Belt
Tom Miller
Charles Hammond
White Produce Company
Elvie Eagleton
Ladonia
G. M. McNeilly
J. L. Truett
L. P. Sears
J. B. Dickson
T. B. Moore
Minnie Ball
Texas Baptist Convention
Galveston
Floyd Busby
Canaan
City
Audrey Vee May
Jerome May
Ward Evans
Duke
Fort Worth
Riley Williams
Bells
Clifton Brewer
Ray Norris
A. K. Nerms
Kentuckytown
Bob Sears
C. W. Anderson
Bryant King
C. B. Bryant Jr
Mark
Friedrich Nietzsche
C. H. Beseda
van Alstyne, Texas
317
Community Public Service Co
Safety Council Award
Joe Marsh
Williams
Flip
Sheriff's
United States Brewers Foundation
Pascal Farley
Church of Christ
Mrs. Blanton
Beulah
Bobby Clark
Rome
U. S
S.H. Montgomery Agency
Ches
Oy Lag Public Service
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