Thanksgiving paper schedule and turkey price report
The Sun prints a day early on Wednesday and will be closed on Thanksgiving. Rural carriers holiday delays push papers to Friday for some readers while many farm families rely onPO boxes. Tonight at 7 in the Methodist Church union service features Rev Bill Johnson and Mrs Sarah Kilgree directing a multi church choir. Turkey growers face low returns with prices as low as 13 to 27 cents per pound for toms and hens.
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Methodist Church
Bill Johnson
The
Baptist Church
Sarah Kilgree
Suburban status questioned for Whitewright by Sherman Denison ad
A Sherman Democrat reader notes Whitewright Chamber of Commerce advertising Sherman residents to move to suburban Whitewright. They question whether Whitewright is an outlying area of Sherman or Denison and if the two cities share suburbia status.
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Sherman
Whitewright Chamber of Commece
Whitewright
Denison
Thanksgiving dinner ad helps Methodist project noted
Tom Bean resident B M Dean asked if Trenton Methodist women would serve Thanksgiving dinner again. The Sun did not advertise this year, but the Trenton Tribune confirms the dinner will be served as usual. A Whitewright High School 1950 class reunion is planned for Dec 23, with contact through Mrs Don Cook. The piece also notes concerns about Speaker race elevating Catholics to top congressional posts and Protestant worry.
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B. M. Dean
Tom Bean
Trenton Methodist
Trenton Tribune
Trenton Methodists
Mr. Dean
Whitewright High School
Whitewright
Don Cook
Filing deadline tight in bid for Sam Rayburn seat
The filing deadline is midnight Wednesday with a $500 fee to the Secretary of State. The race for the U S House seat will likely see serious contenders as Dee 23 sets voting. A runoff will occur between the top two finishers under a new Texas law requiring one if no candidate wins a majority in the first election.
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Sam Rayburn
U. S. House of Representatives
Secretary of State
Dee
Texas
Sam
John Tower
North
Austin
190 Foot Radio Relay Tower Planned Near Town
Southwestern Bell and AT T Long Lines outline a 190 foot steel relay tower and 1200 square foot equipment building to connect Dallas and St Louis via 19 stations over 500 miles. J H Neighbors notes microwaves propagate signals between horn antennas atop towers with amplifying gear below. Tower heights will vary from 75 to 315 feet along the route.
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Whitewright
Dallas
St. Louis
J. H. Neighbors
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Highway 160
Long Lines Department of
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Mrs W J Hogan Dies at 92 in Bells After Illness
Mrs. W. J. Hogan 92 of Bells route 1 died Thursday in a Sherman hospital after two months of illness. Funeral services were held Saturday at 11 a.m. in Barrett Funeral Chapel Sherman with Rev. Harold Harrod and Rev. Dale Gore officiating. Burial followed at Cedarlawn Memorial Park. She was born December 9 1868 near Bells and married December 5 1889. Survivors include five daughters two sons a brother a sister 15 grandchildren 38 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Barrett Funeral Chapel
Sherman
W. J
Bud) Hogan
Bells
Route 1
Sherman Hospital
Harold Harrod
Antioch Baptist Church
Dale Gore
Brownwood
Cedarlawn Memorial Park
Hogan
Ben Coker
Herbert Hogan
Chicago, Ill
N. J. (Pug) Hogan
Fort Worth
F. M. Brown
E. L. Silliman
Dallas
Bells Man Pilots Ike To Funeral
A Bells Air Force captain piloted former President Eisenhower from Augusta to Perrin Air Force Base for the Sam Rayburn funeral in Bonham. Capt Billy Louis Skipworth, 11 year veteran, is stationed in Albany, Georgia, and his wife is Irene Kent of Whitewright. Their son of Bells is among the military crew serving Ike during the trip.
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BELLS
Bells Air Force
Eisenhower
Augusta
Perrin Air Force Base
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Billy Louis Skipworth
Bill Skipworth
Albany
Ike
Mamie
Skipworth
PAFB
Irene Kent
Whitewright
Lyndon Johnson Senate Special Elections Debate
A reader argues that two special elections for Lyndon B. Johnson's U S Senate seat waste taxpayers' money, claiming the cost doubles a single election but helps the state avoid Republicans. The letter signals partisan frustration with election costs.
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Ocrat
Lyndon Johnson
U. S. Senate
Plato and Ain't in Dictionaries Lift Officials From Gates to Grants
Uncle Dan laments a University of Illinois project Plato that detects student cheating and predicts a future use against politicians. He jokes about dictionaries dropping ain't and notes 1960 census figures on driving age Americans and global population growth.
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University of Illinois
Plato
Census Bureau
Uncle Dan
Reservists Called Up for Berlin Duty Report Mixed Training
Washington reports 155,299 reservists and National Guardsmen ordered to duty as the Berlin crisis looms. Army officials say training is vigorous though some complain of idle days. Fort Dix officers note most units have been on active duty three weeks and cite equipment shortages as a factor.
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Washington
Berlin
Pentagon
U. S
Army
New York Daily News
New York World Telegram
Fort Dix
Enrollment Surges Across Texas Colleges and Universities
Texas reports 100 982 students at 19 state supported colleges and universities this semester, with 60 924 enrolled in 34 independent senior colleges and universities. Total Texas college enrollment reaches 161 906, led by the University of Texas 20 396 and Texas Tech 10 212, as University of Houston moves to state support next year.
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Texas Tech
University of Houston
North Texas State University
Arlington State College
Texas A&m College
Lamar State College
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Texas Western College
Texas Southern University
East Texas State Teachers College
West Texas State Teachers College
Texas A&m
Prairie View A&m
Southwest Texas State
Texas Woman’s University
Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College
Midwestern University
Tarleton State
Sul Ross State
Five Seek Rayburn Seat in Fourth District Race
Four Democrats and one Republican filed for the late Sam Rayburn’s House seat in the Fourth District. Filing closes midnight Wednesday in Austin, with a runoff possible if no candidate wins a majority. Democrats include David Brown Jack Finney Ray Roberts and Bob Slagle Jr while Republican Choice Harrington of Plano seeks the seat.
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David Brown
Jack Finney
Ray Roberts
R. S
Bob) Slagle Jr
Conner Harrington
Jimmy Turman
Gober
Choice Moore
Bonham
Charlie Hughes
Sherman
Slagle
Hughes
Senate
Roberts
Parole System For Juveniles Is Operating
A juvenile parole system financed by state and local governments is now operating in San Antonio Fort Worth El Paso Houston and Dallas. The Texas Youth Council retains authority over juvenile parole with aims to reduce repeat commitments to state reform schools.
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Austin
Legislative Budger Board
Bill Cobb
San Antonio
Fort Worth
el Paso
Houston
Dallas
Cobb
Texas Youth Council
Texas
New Deep Freeze Process Produces Strange Results
New cryogenics science yields ultra cold applications in radar microwave amplifiers and liquid natural gas storage. Scientists say storing super cold gases remains the key to full promise while steel makers report a breakthrough reducing storage vessel costs by about ten percent.
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New York
Steelways
American Iron and Steel Institute
Fourth Sunday Singing Convention at Nobility Baptist Church
The Fourth Sunday Singing Convention will be held at Nobility Baptist Church Sunday from 2 to 4 PM. Robert Burgess leads the event and attendance is requested. Also notes that North American inceptions include Folsom Man and Sandia Man in the US and Tepexpan Man in Mexico dating 10 000 to 20 000 years.
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Nobility Baptist Church
Robert Burgess
North America
Folsom
Sandia
United States
Tepexpan
Mexico
Texas UT moves toward new state medical school in San Antonio
The UT system reports it is starting administrative steps toward establishing a new state medical school in San Antonio. The board notes the initiative as part of expanded medical education and regional health resources.
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University of Texas
San Antonio
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Voltaire
John McCormack
Massachusetts
Congress
W. J. Hogan
Bells Man
Dan
Dear Mister
N. J
Albert O. Conner
Jay W. Herrington
Dix
Whitewright, Texas
Grayson and
Fannin Counties
APO
Tex
Rayburn
Finney
Greenville
McKinney
Allan Shivers
Board of
Regents of
Shivers
Texas Senate
Navy
Naval Reserve
R. C. Slagle JR
Slage
Grayson County
Marine Corps
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ralph Yarborough
Nancy Field
St. Jo
Bob
Texas University
Henry
Brown
Denison High School
Jeanne Hotchkiss
Meriden
Conn
America
Plano Gop
Harrington
Collin County
Plano
Singing
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