Whitewright News Roundup from November 1917
Local items include a barn fire destroying livestock and crops on J. D. Patterson farm near town, marriages of Mrs. Mabel H. Belcher and S. A. Venable, school openings in Kentucky town, and record bank deposits of Whitewright. The Whitewright Chamber of Commerce reorganized with officers listed, clergy and citizens attending Baptist meetings, and local births and deaths noted along with highway tax totals in Grayson County reaching 81 770.44 through November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Patterson
J. A. Rogers
Mabel H. Belcher
S. A. Venable
Max Pope
Kentuckytown
Mary Davis
Whitewright
J.W. B. Smith
Colorado
Grayson County
Tom Bean
Sherman Democrat
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
Pierce’s
R. A. Gillett
J. L. Dyer
H. L. Gordon
J. C. Gillespie
W. E. LaRoe
J. W. Wilson
J. R. Oliver
Joe E. Mangrum
Lloyd Moore
Guy Hamilton
F. E. Douglas
J. L. Kirkpatrick
C. S. Truett
T. K. McMillin
Mary Bell Turney
D. K. Roberts
Hitler Death Proof Sought by Sister
Adolf Hitlers sister Paula Hitler Wolf 56 lives on public relief in Berchtesgaden seeking proof of his death to unfreeze a fortune impounded by the Bavarian government. Courts demand death proof though it is widely believed he killed himself in the Berlin Reichschancellery in 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Paula Hitler-Wolf
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Hitler- Wolf
Berlin
Jefferson backs Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1803
President Thomas Jefferson grants approval for the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1803, authorizing the Corps of Discovery to undertake the transcontinental exploration of the American West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Women Printers Debate Manpower and Training in Dallas
In Dallas the Southwest School of Printing weighs women as printers against hands-on upkeep skills. Director Ray Abel argues women excel on keyboards but may avoid maintenance duties. The 30 year old non profit school needs 40 students to be self sustaining and currently enrolls 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Ray Abel
Southwest School of Printing
Abel
United States
New York
Nashville
Tenn
Pat Taggart
Waco News-Tribune
E. M
Ted) Dealey
Dallas Morning News
Frank C. Erwin
Will C. Grant
Texas Daily Newspapers Association
Galveston
Smathers Proposes Broad Election Reform Plan
Florida Sen. George Smathers unveiled a package to overhaul presidential selection. He would limit a Vice President’s service after succession, implement a three day voting period, move to direct national presidential primaries, and abolish the state by state electoral college unit system in favor of proportional distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George A. Smathers
Dem
Florida
Smathers
Congress
White House
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
India
Barrett Baxendale Limited Partnership Formed in 1952
Harry V. Barrett Jr of Grayson County Texas and Jack W Baxendale of Bryan County Oklahoma form Barrett Brokerage Company a limited partnership under Texas law The partners contribute 20000 and 10000 respectively for a total 40000 capital The venture runs for ten years starting October 31 1952 and is published in The Whitewright Sun on November 6 13 20 and 27 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry V. Barrett, Jr
Grayson County
Texas
Jack W. Baxendale
Bryan County
Oklahoma
Barrett Brokerage Company
Sherman
Durant
Baxendale
Barrett
Harry W. Barrett, JR
Whitewright
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. A. Dickey
Meriman Gibson
H. C. Melson
G. W. Kingly
Childress
J. H. Hawkins
J. L. Truett
J. B. Dickson
C.I Witt
Wichita Falls
R. T. Fleming
J. R. Fleming
Fort Worth
Carl Burcham
Albuquerque
N. M
Pascal Farley
Feed Headquarters
Vilis
L. LaRoe & Co
Flavius Arrianus
Fred Otte, JR
Tarentum
S. Harry Ujiki
Gaines Dog Research Center
Taggart
R. Grady Bruce M.D
B.S
F.A.C
Greenville
C.H. Beseda
van Alstyne, Texas
317
General Electric
Nela Park
Cleveland
Ohio
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