Local notes highlight school honor roll and community events
First grade honor roll lists Elba Stapleton Tom Everheart Pir tle Umphries Fender May Millard Mangrum Lois Cates Lloyd Cooper Velma Cates and Joe Wallace. Other items report Willie Mangrum pursuing a Tyler business course and local fires at C W Hamptons barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elba Stapleton
Tom Everheart
Pirtle Umphries
Fender May
Millard Mangrum
Lois Cates
Lloyd Cooper
Velma Cates
Joe Wallace
Willie Mangrum
Tyler
C. W. Hampton
Dr. Hornbuckle
Rocky McMillin
San Diego
Calif
George Gattis
Sam
C. C. Childress
Greenville
Rufus King
Welch
Okla
Anderson King
Community brief highlights from Whitewright area
Revenue from the Canaan box supper tops 58 dollars for school benefit. Local corn market stays active with 60 to 75 loads daily and Whitewright buyers selling about 50 000 pounds for Thanksgiving. Marriages births losses and notices include J W Pennell Jr and Opal Smith wedding, a 70 pound son born to Mr and Mrs Walter Bailey, and Mrs M E Holcomb burial.警 segments cover theater purchases, property loss, and a drought of events in 1913 archives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaan
Roscoe Pace
Odeon
Superba
Denison
B. Legg
J. W. Davidson
Whitewright
J. W. Pennell Jr
Opal Smith
Tom Bean
Walter C. Bailey
Drewie Caylor
Sam Nelms
California
J. R. Oliver
National Duroc-Jersey Record Association
C. S. Carter
Bells
PTA
M. E. Holcomb
Greenville
City Cemetery
Waggoner & Echols
Edna Rathbun
Morris Variety LTD Limited Partnership Formed in Whitesboro Texas
The state records a limited partnership in Dallas County for Morris Variety LTD conducting general merchandising in Whitesboro Grayson County Texas. Harry L Morris serves as general partner and W P Craig as special partner with 4500 dollars cash contributed by each totaling 9000. The partnership begins October 1 1953 and ends February 1 1963 with notary Kenneth Andrews witnessing. Publication in The Whitewright Sun runs October 29 November 5 12 and 19 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
Dallas
Morris Variety, Ltd
Whitesboro
Grayson County
Texas
Harry L. Morris
W. P. Craig
Dallas County
State OF Texas County OF Dallas
Kenneth Andrews
Whitewright Sun
Veteran Benefits Q and A on GI Bills and Policy Changes
An official VA guidance piece answers questions on switching life policies to a 20 payoff endowment, resuming VA compensation after school breaks, GI bill training rate changes, and eligibility for Korean GI Bill training after World War II service. It covers policy differences, required evidence, and timing of benefit adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Service Life Insurance
Majority of aged depend on Social Security over state aid
In June 1953, two thirds of Americans over 65 on old age benefits received Social Security rather than state administered assistance. Texas shows 380 on state aid per 1,000 aged, versus 303 on Social Security. The shift toward insurance benefits followed 1950 amendments expanding eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Public Assistance
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Texas
Bureau
Social Security Fund
Social Security
Weeds in the mind and the garden
A compact editorial compares mental weeds to garden weeds noting early removal is easiest. It frames democracy as a citizen driven enterprise in which the entire people share responsibility, not just a few.
Divorce by Cruel Treatment Citation Issued in Grayson County
Legal notice orders Ada Faye Thomas to appear by filing an answer to Lou B. Thomas petition for divorce on schedule. Citation issued November 13 1953 with return by December 28 1953 before the 15th District Court in Sherman. Publication dates listed in The Whitewright Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
Ada Faye Thomas
A. D
15Th District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Lou B. Thomas
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Whitewright Sun
Notice in suit concerning McDonnell heirs in Grayson County
Citation No 60875 to E L McDonnell and unknown heirs in a Grayson County case filed October 20 1953 before Judge Wigley in Sherman Texas. Plaintiffs Mattie C Fitch J R Wigley Julia Wigley and others name defendants including E L McDonnell J J Tamplen Katie McDonnell Tamplen Perry Walker with 10 oclock deadline Monday December 7 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Texas
E. L. McDonnell
Ed McDonnell
Bobby Joe McDonnell
B. J. McDonnell
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Mattie C. Fitch
H. A. Wigley
Julia R. Wigley
J. J. Tamplen
Katie McDonnell Tamplen
Perry Walker
Grayson County Land Dispute Involving McDonnell Family
Plaintiffs claim title by adverse possession to a 29.5 acre Grayson County tract traced to Mirabeau B. Lamar grants and a 1920 deed, with related land and gores, asserting continuous five year occupancy and tax payments. Defendants include numerous McDonnell and Spencer family members and spouses. Court date notes and notice of service deadlines appear, dated 1933 with publication in 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois McDonnell Walker
L. L. McDonnell
L. F. McDonnell
Frank McDonnell
R. W. McDonnell
Ray McDonnell
R. O. McDonnell
Rayford McDonnell
M. H. McDonnell
Moran McDonnell
E. L. McDonnell, Jr
Don Spencer
Dorothy McDonnell Spencer
Carl Cannady
Gladys Faye McDonnell Cannady
Dorothy
Grayson County
Texas
Finley's
Pool
R. A. King
Prairie
E. L. MecDonnel
M. M. Jones
A. D
Sherman
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Whitewright Sun
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Mary Lee Dupuy
H. Benedict
Good English Club
Grammar School
Frances Montgomery
Billy Magar
Mary Jo Sears
Albert Lea Jackson
New York City
Frank King
First National Bank
Citizens National Bank
Kentuckytown Self Help Club
Albert Pennell
Carl Holland
Whitewright Cleaners
Pascal Farley
Br Paulson
Pat
Mike
C. H. Beseda
van Alstyne, Texas
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Blanton Home & Auto Supply
Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
Walker Pharmacy
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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