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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1945
Page
7
The Reflector urges student duty to keep high scholastic standards and school spirit. Alumni letters praise the paper, while a piece on home manners urges courteous behavior and respect for family privacy as a path to happier home life.
A string of short song lines and flirtatious notes shows couples exchanging favors thoughts and songs. Named persons like Bobbie Jean Curtis Joanne Dorothy Betty Key Joe Jerry Sprout Hasie and Sally appear in humorous intimate exchanges reflecting a melodious social scene.
The piece argues that mixing good manners with dress creates dual habits. It notes manners are cultivated patterns influencing public behavior. When split, attention is diverted to timing and politeness, reducing engagement in conversation. A single, well-groomed pattern allows full mental focus.
Maurice Roy asks about Gaul writing tablets, leading to a joke about Gaul stones. Mr. Caraway tests ages with a riddle involving 48 states and Bombay to Paris, Roby answers forty four and explains with a brother who is 22 and "half nuts." Pat Gray and Joanne Grammer add light remarks about nurses and curfews.
Mrs Burks warns that lights go out at 10 30 pm prompting Billy Ward to exclaim that sounds keen The brief dialogue captures a moment of student jest and school routine in a local setting.
The State of Texas Grayson County sheriff sale notice the 15th District Court of Grayson County ordered sale for taxes costs and interest against A T Philips Sara Phillips unknown heirs of Sara Phillips and the City of Whitewright intervener. The sale is set for the first Tuesday in December 1945 December 4 at the Grayson County courthouse Sherman between 2 and 4 PM to the highest bidder for cash.
Sheriff G P Gafford of Grayson County orders sale of Lots 10 to 15 Block 4 O T P Whitewright to satisfy a judgment with interest penalties and costs. Sale occurs under law with two year redemption, Sherman Texas dated October 19 1945. Deputy M G Dicken assists. 4N15
Legal notices from Grayson County Texas dated 1945 include a foreclosure sale set for December at the Grayson County Courthouse where multiple tracts in Van Alstyne Sherman and Elmont may be sold to satisfy a judgment of over five thousand dollars with interest and costs. Also docket entries show divorce proceedings: Rosa Shelton versus Lloyd D. Shelton and Ida Belle Anderson versus Clifton Anderson, with hearings set in December and October 1945 respectively.
A sale is conducted to satisfy the described judgment with interest and penalties as provided by law. The sale is performed by the undersigned deputy to enforce the judgment and collect due amounts as authorized.
No. 53993 in Grayson County Texas. W F Sanders and others are notified of a tax suit by the State to collect taxes on Lots 10 11 and 35 feet of Lot 12 Block 34 O T P in Whitewright. Proceedings set for December 10 1945 in Sherman District Court.
Notice is hereby given that on October 22 1945 letters of administration on the estate of Lee Lumpkin England deceased were granted by the County Court of Grayson County Texas to Callie C England Route 2 Whitewright Texas All persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present same within the time prescribed by law and all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make settlement Callie C England Administratrix Estate of Lee Lumpkin England Deceased 4 D6
A formal notice lists Emory E. Peters and heirs, Hattie Evans and heirs, plus all persons with interest in the described land, delinquent to the state. The document names heirs, legal representatives, and unspecified residence for Evans as part of a proving action against the property.
State and Gray County levy for taxes on Lot 1 and part of Lot 2 in Cook's Second Addition, Denison. Notices suit by the State for collection and sale by foreclosure set for November 1945 with parties including Rosa Moore Love and heirs of H L Barnes. Property Lot 19, Block 18 Miller's First Edition, Denison.
Legal notice dated December 17 1945 names H L Barnes deceased and Josie Barnes deceased and their heirs and legal representatives and Amy Barnes deceased and heirs and Mary Eckhardt and Fred J Eckhardt regarding succession and related claims in No 54011
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