Fire supper and siren draw crowd at Fire Hall
The Fire Siren will sound at 5 30 p m Saturday to remind residents of the firemen’s swiss steak supper at the Firemen’s Hall Serving runs 6 to 9 p m Tickets cost 1 00 for adults and 75c for children under 12 Firemen will sell at the door if not bought in advance. Deer season opens Saturday in Fannin County for nine days attracting many hunters including a local Whitewright man who treks out for the outdoors. Paul S Hancock 1934 Whitewright High School graduate becomes president of the Texas Public Employees Association and fiscal officer for the Texas Highway Department Division 14 in Austin. He studied at North Texas State University Denton and began work with the Highway Department at Paris in 1938. He is related to the late Miss Sue Stephens longtime Whitewright teacher.
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Paul S. Hancock
Texas Public Employees Association
Texas Highway Department
Division
Austin
Paul
North Texas State University
Denton
Highway Department
Paris
Sue Stephens
Giant Balloon Parade Set in Dallas for November Saturday
Dallas schedules the fourth annual Giant Balloon Parade for 10 a.m. on Saturday November 23. Last year rain spoiled the event. organizers hope for better weather this time.
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Dallas
Ohio congressman’s junket defense stirs tax reform ire
A quoted Ohio representative defended taking a head waiter on a Europe trip at public expense claiming it cost only 200 dollars. The piece argues that small sums reflect workers’ taxes and notes calls for a 10 000 dollar salary raise for lawmakers. It also discusses Texans voting on poll tax repeal amid New Frontier pressure and potential 1964 election implications.
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Ohio
Europe
Baiting Tackle Advised for Natural Drift
Anglers are urged to let hell grammites sink to the bottom for a natural drift. The guidance emphasizes allowing the bait to crawl away in a way that mimics natural movement and improves strike potential.
Pigskin Club Meeting Set For Monday Night
J. T. Holloway president of the Pigskin Club calls a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Community Public Service Company local office. Agenda includes club business and a film of the Whitewright Sadler Southmayor game. The Tigers finish the season with Friday night action.
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J. T. Holloway
Pigskin Club
Community Public Service Company
Whitewright- Sadler & Southmayor
Tigers
Holloway
Deaths Ira D. Fleming 79 Whitewright area
Ira D. Fleming 79 died suddenly at his home southeast of Whitewright on Tuesday. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church. Interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. He was born August 10, 1884 near Savoy and lived in Whitewright most of his life. He and his brother ran a livery and later an automobile business before a grocery career, retiring in 1961. He married Hettie Cambron June 25, 1946. He was a Baptist. Surviving are his wife and several nieces and nephews.
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Whitewright
First Baptist Church
Fred Waldrop
Gainesville
Dale Gore
Oak Hill Cemetery
Earnheart
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Savoy
J. R. Fleming
Ira
William Fleming
Hettie Cambron
The
Baptist Church
Funeral services for W. R. Cato in Pilot Grove
Funeral services are set for 2:30 p m today at Pilot Grove Baptist Church for W R Cato 82 retired farmer who died Tuesday at Whitewright Nursing Home Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery Cato born October 7 1881 in Pilot Grove married Victoria Binion December 9 1906 and farmed in the Pilot Grove area most of his life He was a Baptist Church member Surviving are a son Lloyd Gardiner Ill five daughters Fay Head Gainesville Nina Head Trenton Nora Hardin Whitewright Margie Kuhn Tulsa a sister Ellen Bush Whitewright 14 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren
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W. R. Cato
Whitewright Nursing Home
Elm Grove Cemetery
Pilot Grove
Cato
Victoria Binion
Baptist Church
Lloyd
Gardner, Ill
Fay Head
Gainesville
Ben Simpson
Irving
Nina Head
Trenton
Nora Hardin
Whitewright
Margie Kuhn
Tulsa
Ellen Bush
Social Security Disability Claim Timing Urged in Sherman
Gus Jones the social security manager in Sherman warns delaying disability claims risks loss of benefits. He says consult the office within four months of stopping work and never wait beyond 18 months to inquire. Local office at 315 West Mulberry Street Sher man phone 893 4302.
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Gus Jones
Sherman
Jones
West Mulberry Street
Devil's Bush Said To Slow Animal Tumor Growth
Moscow based Konsomolskaya Pravda reports a thorny Siberian shrub nicknamed the devil's bush may retard malignant tumor growth in implanted animals. Research labs are seeking the chemical formula to synthesize it into a medicine similar to aspirin.
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Moscow
Siberia
Konsomolskaya Pravada
Asprin
Uncle Dan Reflects On Farms And 1964 Politics
In a Tom Bean letter Uncle Dan compares past and present farming, cites U S Agriculture figures on horses and hay, government payments, and soil concerns. He notes 1964 political rumblings, predicts campaigns favoring the common man, and closes with a homely moral about landowners and community.
Kennedys To Visit Texas In Late November Tour
Gov. John Connally released the Kennedy itinerary for November 21 and 22 with stops in San Antonio Houston Fort Worth Dallas and Austin. The president will dedicate the Aerospace Medical Center in San Antonio and attend a Houston dinner for Rep. Albert Thomas. He will join a Fort Worth breakfast and a Dallas luncheon before arriving at Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin.
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Lone Star State
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Dallas
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Albert Thomas
Kennedy
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Dick Morgan
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Moorman
GOP
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John Tower
Albert B. Fay
Fay
Ike Kampmann Jr
Peter O'Donnell Jr
G. N. McDaniel
Borger
Tobin Armstrong
Armstrong
Wilton Fair
Tyler
W. J. Klattenhoff
Slaton
J. C. Man Jr
Wichita Falls
Conviction of Welch Upheld by Court of Criminal Appeals
The Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin affirmed Eugene Welch's murder conviction for the June 11, 1962 shooting of Robert Wayne Ballou in Dorchester Grayson County. A 15th District Court jury sentenced Welch to death after finding him guilty on January 24. Welch allegedly tied the Ballou family before forcing their car ride.
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Austin
Eugene Welch
Celina Negro
Grayson County
Welch
Robert Wayne Ballou
Dorchester
15Th District
Ballou
Man forfeits $50 bail in malice destruction case
Kenosha Wis A 23 year old man forfeited $50 bail in Kenosha County Court on a charge of malicious destruction of property Richard Hawthorne threw his mother in law s lawnmower through the picture window of her home.
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Kenosha
Wis
Richard Hawthorne
President Buchanan and Cleveland Suffer Gout
The report notes that President James Buchanan and former President Grover Cleveland were afflicted by gout, highlighting the health issue among prominent figures of the era.
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James Buchanan
Grover Cleveland
Poll Tax Repeal Fails In Whitewright Vote
In Whitewright 21 voted for repeal and 78 against it, while two amendments passed locally: welfare and veterans land. Statewide results show only the welfare amendment approved 301,312 to 177,763, with three other measures defeated.
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Whitewright
Jefferson County
Veteran's Land Fund
Tigers To Play S S Friday Night
Whitewright High School Tigers host Sadler Southmayd High Friday night at 7 30 for the season finale. Homecoming features a dance after the game and a halftime crowning of the Homecoming Queen. Senior barbecue canceled due to Firemen steak supper conflicts planned for January.
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Whitewright High School Tigers
Sadler-Southmayd High School
Tigers
S&s
Reds Deny Pledge To Get Out of Cuba
Moscow reports say the Soviet Union will discuss troop withdrawal from Cuba only in a broader East West agreement to withdraw all abroad forces. Izvestia denies Khrushchev told Harriman Soviet troops would be withdrawn and warns outsiders not to meddle in matters it calls none of their business. The paper notes limited nuclear test ban talks touched on the topic.
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Williams
Department of Agriculture
Moscow
Soviet Union
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Castro
Cuba
Izvestia
Viet Nam
West Germany
Khrushchev
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Tax filing requires both spouses get ID numbers in Texas
The IRS rules that both husband and wife must obtain individual identification numbers for tax filing in Texas, citing community property law. If lacking an ID, visit the post office to obtain an SS-5 form for Social Security submission.
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Internal Revenue Service
Texas
Siegfried Line Offered Free Fortifications For Homes
The West German government offers 2000 concrete fortifications and pillboxes from the so called invincible Siegfried Line for use as bungalows or weekend homes. Buyers pay only for the ground, mostly owned by farmers. Also notes that spectacles once hid eye defects in France and added dignity in Spain.
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Adolf Hitler
Grayson County Set to Vote on Junior College Bond Issue
Grayson County voters will decide on December 7 whether to approve a 1.95 million bond to buy a 140 acre site and build initial college facilities plus a 15 cent maintenance tax. Absentee voting runs November 18 to December 3.
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Grayson County
Tom Sears
Whitewright
Sears
College
Whitewright Parent-Teacher Association
Clint Hennig
Hennig
Waiters Junket Could Cost Salons Huge Pay Raise
Rep H R Gross Iowa blasted a Paris London junket by 10 House members led by Wayne Hays Ohio and the Negro head waiter Ernest Petinaud as a factor against a proposed 1969 pay raise. He warned the bill would lift base pay to 32500 and raise tax deductions, scale top government salaries, and cited Mil ler doorkeeper and Roberts clerk as beneficiaries. A roll call vote opposition was urged to expose lawmakers Voting to raise their own pay.
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H. R. Gross
Iowa
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Paris
London
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Wayne Hays
Ohio
Ernest Petinaud
NATO Parlimentarians
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Bobby) Baker
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Gross
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New York City
William M
Fishball) Miller
Miller
Ralph Roberts
Indiana
House Republican Policy Committee
John W. Byrnes
Wis
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