Residents Visit Guides and Relatives Across Dallas Area
We list a string of weekend and Sunday visits as numerous families and individuals from Dallas Sherman Trenton Bells Ravenna Hold en Ector Irving and other towns visited relatives and friends in Dallas and Whitewright. Odell Neal remains in Laberman Hospital Commerce after an accident at East Texas State Teachers College slaughter house in which he lost two fingers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odell Neal
Laberman
Commerce
East Texas State Teachers College
W. R. Tabor
Whitewright area social notes and military movement
Sherman visitor G P Gafford and Dallas guests Dr Windell Withrow and George Key families hosted gatherings across Whitewright Colbert and Farmersville. M Sgt W L England headed to Saudi Arabia for a 12 month Air Force tour leaving Dec 7. Local groups, Fidelis class and exes party at American Legion hall, plus multiple family visits across Irving Denison Fort Worth and Paris over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. England
Denison
Saudia Arabia
Air Force
Foolish driver caused crash after misreading his own car
A Texas man recounts seeing his own vehicle strike him as brakes failed on a hill. The narrative sits alongside a legal citation for Grayson County case No. 64161 involving Denison Land and Loan Company and multiple heirs. The notice directs defendants to answer by December 31, 1956, in Sherman court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
William Gundy
Gundy
State OF
Texas
Jesse M. Cook
Denison Land & Loan Company
W. A. Propeck
William Allen Propeck
Annie Mae Propeck
Annie Mae Blanton
Blanton
Melvin Propeck
C. E. Preston
Grayson County
Will
5Th District Court
Court House
Sherman
Robert W. Barringer
Grayson
Cook
Denison
Day Street
Block Two
Lot Two
Austin Avenue
A. D
Aren
SV. Earnest
Shirley Davis
Whitewright Sun
NAACP
Tyler District Court
Tyler
Dallas
Austin
Otis T. Dunagan
Atty
John Ben Shepperd
Legislative push shapes Texas policy in 56th session
Texas lawmakers prepare for a busy session with agencies and groups seeking new or expanded laws and funding. Highlights include education and rehabilitation funding, building programs for hospitals and prisons, and proposed law changes from law enforcement and civic groups. The NAACP case in Tyler and tideland rulings also loom over state finances and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
State Board of Education
Board For State Hospitals and Special Schools
Texas Prison Board
Texas Law Enforcement Conference
Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Big Texas farms drive majority of state sales
A 1954 census shows large commercial farms less than 5 percent of Texas farms account for about 45 percent of all farm products sold. 13,139 farms earned average sales of $56,163, totaling $741,246,000. Overall there were 293,152 farms with average sales of $5,635 and total product value of $1,651,858,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Department of Commerce
Department
Double Meaning At Country Picnic Pie Exchange
A portly gentleman at a summer country picnic refuses a third slice saying he is watching his weight. The waitress counters with a witty reply about the weight being handy out there where you can.
Farmers Take No Stand on Crop Price Supports
More than 500 delegates at the Texas Farm Bureau Houston convention passed 163 resolutions but skipped any stand on price supports. A floor proposal for direct subsidies was defeated, while the group expressed support for soil bank payments to offset falling prices and rising costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Farm Bureau
Houston
Texas
Farm Organization
Texas Organization
Soil Bank
Cat Whiskers Help Guide Its Way Through Space
A cat relies on its whiskers as delicate sense organs to navigate and sense obstacles. The facial hairs detect air movements and nearby objects, aiding balance and spatial awareness.
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Lee Wilson
Mrs
Don Baxter
Mrs. F. P. Phillips
Evan Ingram
Ruth Cox
John Curtis
Holden, Mo
Joe Brooks
W. L. Caylor
Ravenna
Drewie Caylor
Chester Slaughter
O. T. McKnight
Jess Blanks
Earl Hill
J. E. Ross
Warren Ross
Ector
Joe Ross
George Key
Mrs. Luther Armstrong
J. C. Allred
H. D. Moore
Bells
Joe Johnson
Ouida Nell Harris
Floyd Harris
Robbie Brown
Charlie McCray
Emma Barry
S. Allison
Ruby Allison
Ira Pickock
Beulah Allison
Trenton
Whitewright
Calvin McKnight
Hobart Thrasher
R. B. Neathery
Irving
W. C. Thornhill
Mano
Manor Texas
Manor
Lowell Guthrie
G. P. Gafford of
Windell Withrow
George Key Jr
Colbert, Okla
Max G. Hamby
G. O. Neal
Boone, N. C
David Stewart
Springfield, Mo
Don Neal
Don Collins
Fort Worth
Fred Garner
Gilbert Henslee
Farmersville
Oran Sears
Charles McKamey
Sears
Earl Jansson
Bill
J. B. King
Whitewright High School
American Legion Hall
Guy Taylor
J. W. Polk
Fidelis
First Baptist Church
B. W. Newman
Ira Fleming
Pernie Badgett
May Badgett
Alton McDowell
George Hight
Fred Waldrop
James Stateville
Sharon
Brownfield
Jack Morton
Billie and
Jean
T. L. Morton
Robert la Combe
Virginia Beach
J. W. Reeves
George Wall
Paris
Grover Stuteville
Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
Tideland
State Supreme Court
Laguna Madre
Port Isabel
Tidelands
Stephens & Bryant
Insurance & Real Estate
Dearborn
Tone Furniture
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