We Heard About Local Visitors and Trips
A roundup of regional residents visiting relatives and travel plans. Dallas visitors, trips to Colorado, Fort Worth, Odessa, Victoria, Denison, and Sherman appear among many weekend and Sunday visits. Navy fireman Hugh Gunter aboard U S S Walton returns from Far East duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh W. Gunter
Navy
Debbie J. Gunter
Betty J. Gunter
Whitewright
U. S. S. Walton
Pearl Harbor
Far East
Fleet Home Town News Center
Estimating Exterior Paint Needs Using Area Calculations
The article explains that labor costs often exceed paint costs so choosing longer lasting paint saves money. It shows how to compute total paint area: perimeter times height plus two gables. With a 110 ft perimeter and 22 ft height the side area is 2420 sq ft plus 200 sq ft for gables, totaling 2620 sq ft. Divide by coverage per gallon to determine gallons required.
Big Wilson family returns home after TB hospital stay
Eleven members of the E. T. Wilson family were treated in TB hospitals two weeks ago and returned home this weekend. Mr and Mrs Wilson and seven children were discharged from the state sanatorium near San Angelo as they did not have infectious tuberculosis and needed no sanatorium care. Two more children from Amarillo and two others left with a neighbor also came home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
E. T. Wilson
Divorce by cruel treatment cited in Grayson County suit
Citation issued to Thomas F Ward for divorce from Mary Jane Ward filed November 12 1954 in Grayson County Texas. Court summons require appearance by 10 AM Monday after December 27 1954. Case No 61754. Publication dates November 18 25 and December 2 9 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Texas
Thomas F. Ward
A. D
15Th District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Mary Jane Ward
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Whitewright Sun
Radar Radar Speed Pilot Joins Texas Highway Patrol
A 47-pound radar speed meter becomes Texas law enforcement official at 12 01 a m on Monday. The device acts as a deterrent to speeding by delivering certain tickets, guided by highway patrol officers. It is promoted as a safer alternative to pacing and chasing speeders, with officials highlighting its deterent effect and accessibility to public. The article notes potential countermeasures and cites a $1 000 jammer risk, plus a government pamphlet on English usage and a 268 page public interest document available for 65 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas Highway Patrol
Lone Star
Superintendent of Documents
Government Printing Office
Post Office Issues New Regulations
Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield announced wide postal reforms aimed at reappraisal consolidation modernization and reissuance of all postal regulations. He said the effort removes non essential rules and outdated traditions to streamline mail operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arthur E. Summerfield
Post Office Department
Why Do I Have to Be Quiet in Church
A four year old fidgets through a church sermon as his mother hushes him to listen. He defies with a shrill reply asking why he should be quiet and if waking the people is the point of silence.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ray Hansard
Dallas
Mrs
Harold Doss
Mrs. Paul Cook
Colorado
Luther Gordon
Glen Earnheart
Mrs. Houston Darwin
Greenville
Lee Hampton
E. A. Winburn
M. E. Winburn
Y. B. Kaiser
Jack Nossaman
Jack Barbee of
Lindale
W. J. Barbee
Mrs. O. L. Jacobs of
Amarillo
George Bennett
Dick McSpedden
Paul Ryan
Roy Turner
Victoria
L. W. Surratt of
Edgar Ayers
James Norris
Bells
John Norris
Mrs. C. J. Meador
Fort Worth
Don Howard Cook
Jackie Parnell
Bobby Hyecock
Jess Blanks
Dr. Bryant
McKinney
Texas Tcu
Betty Harris
NTSTC
Denton
Rice Melugin
Claude Garner
Lucio Orozco
Odessa
Mrs. Truman Henson
J. E. Henson
Carl May
J. T. Follis
Denison
Orville Starner
June Marie
C. E. Rice
Mary Pennell
Ed Pennell
W. H. Horton
Leon Ball
W. T. Ayers
Leonard
Lewis Holland
Lewis Jr
Wichita Falls
Robert Sears
L. T. Bishop
Stephenville
David Bishop
Waco
Pernie Badgett
J. C. Watson
Sweetwater
West Plains
M. T. Monroe
Irby Monroe
Raymond Cathy
Jack Walker
Ira Allen
Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
Ford
Linton Savage
Tom Roach Motors
American Builder Magazine
Secret Service
Department of Public Safety
Post Office
C.H. Beseda
van Alstyne, Texas
317
Cupit Laundry
Sele No
Lester Haile Seed & Grain
Farmers of
Cid
Stov
Save At Gas Range
Lone Star Gas Company
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