Whitewright News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Events
W L Gordon of Dallas visited his father R B Gordon and relatives in Whitewright Thursday. Manton Fain and son left for their annual deer hunt in Mexico. Local residents attended church, hosted guests, and a Ford station wagon and garage burned last Thursday night from suspected wiring. Television set debuts drew crowds at Blanton’s store as UT vs TCU telecasts aired. Linda Mae Norris performed a dance for the Denison PTA fundraiser. The week featured hospital visits, travel, and a 50-pound black bass caught at Lake Texoma by the Shorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackie Greer
Linda Mae
Lee Norris
Denison Ward
G. B. McKinney
Denison
Allen T. Short
Burns Run
Lake Texoma
Junior 4 H Club Meeting Led by Barbara Nell Hasty
Barbara Nell Hasty presided as Melba Alexander read the minutes and roll. Miss Moore, county home agent, demonstrated crafting hat boxes shoe bags and closet organization and distributed yearbook leaflets and hair care tips before adjourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Nell Hasty
Melba Alexander
Miss Moore
Bethel H D Club Plans Thanksgiving Party at School
Bethel Home Demonstration Club met Nov 11 at Mrs. Cawthon’s home for an achievement day. Ten members and four guests enjoyed luncheon and autumn decor while Miss Zelma Moore discussed shrubs care and winter yard prep. Final plans were made for a Nov 18 Thanksgiving party at the schoolhouse. The next meeting is set for Nov 23 at 2 p.m. at the schoolhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Home Demonstration Club
Bob Cawthon
C. M. Fulton
W. H. Phillips
Viva Phillips
Zelma Moore
Cawthon
Miss Moore
City Targets Street Gadgets for Quick City Navigation
A Swedish city plans to install button kiosks on streets to provide directions to major venues. The report blends local urban innovation with broader social notes and mentions notable public figures and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings Baker
Sweden
Plate Sores Bother You A Claims Ad
The Kirkpatrick Pharmacy advertises LETO'S for plate sores with a money back guarantee if the first bottle does not satisfy. The notice emphasizes consumer refund policy and product availability through the druggist.
London promoter eyes own world heavyweight bouts
A London promoter declares he will run world heavyweight title bouts after Louis. He questions American claims to hold the world title and promises new contenders. Also notes one in three families spend beyond income and projected personal debts may top 50 million dollars. It compares war to a drunken spree with temporary highs and a looming hangover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Louis
Federal Reserve Board
Local Character Uncle Jake Passes at Eighty
The town figure Better'n Dead Uncle Jake died at age 80. He quipped about aging saying he would be dead if not old. In other notes the text mentions Venice on the Adriatic Sea and a trivia claim about months lacking the letter r.
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Jake
Notice of Sheriff's Sale No 56730 Grayson County Texas
The State of Texas Grayson County issues a sheriff sale notice arising from a 1948 judgment in Grayson County District Court No 56730 against W Jackson et al for 47 82 on delinquent taxes with 6 percent interest. The sale forecloses the plaintiff tax liens apportioned to each lot or tract and is ordered by the court clerk to proceed November 2 1948 in compliance with the judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Texas
Grayson
A. D
District Court
Grayson County
15Th Judicial District of Texas
W. Jackson
Texas
Sheriff's sale notice of Grayson County land foreclosure
J. B. Davis sheriff of Grayson County Texas announces a tax and foreclosure sale on the first Tuesday in December 1948 at the courthouse door between 2 and 4 PM. The auction will offer W Jackson et al interest in two parcels near Pilot Grove Creek in Grayson County totaling about a half acre to be sold for cash to satisfy a judgment and taxes with the right of redemption preserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
W. Jackson
Grayson
State of
Texas
Pilot Grove Creek
Robert McKinney Heirs
J. T. Rummans
S. W
J. B. Davis
Ira Wisely
Sherman, Tex
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W. L. Gordon
Dallas
R. B. Gordon
Whitewright
Manton Fain
W. C. Fain
Mexico
Jack McSpedden
Baylor University
Waco
J. L. McSpedden
Jimmie McSpedden
Anther A. Hudgins Jr
Judy
Andrea
Denver, Colo
A. A. Hudgins
Garland Dean Smith
Ernest Smith
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Sherman
Bessie Mae Pritchett
San Antonio
W. J. Billner
Joe Miller
Clyde Waldrop
Willard Young
Oran Sears
The
Presbyterian Church
Denis
B. R. Nicholson
Rusk
W. T. Nicholson
Earl Blanton
Blanton Home & Auto Supply Store
University of Texas
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
Phillip Norris
John Collier
Joe Riddle
Tigers
van Alstyne
Whitewright Lumber Co
L. LaRoe & Co
Bethel H-D Club
Hastings
Robert Mitchum
Holywood
Bobby
Georgia
Columbia University
Joe Louis
Chiropractic
Jack W. Reynolds
Old Chamber of Commerce Bldg
Bonham, Tex
Venice
Ertising If
Willard
Childress Pharmacy
Motorola
Blanton Home & Auto Supply
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