Toliver Thornton 84 Dies At Home In Tom Bean
Obituary notes Mrs Toliver Thornton 84 dies at her Tom Bean home. Also mourns Mrs Troy Buchanan and Mrs J E Farrow in surrounding communities. A girl injured by a car last week and a sorghum yield of 9000 gallons by R E L Binion and son are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toliver Thornton
Tom Bean
W.L. Robbins
Bsharp Music Club
Martha Jo Sears
Laura Cantrell
Emily Isbell
John Yeager
W. F. McDowell
Emma Davidson
Troy Buchanan
Pilot Grove
R. E. L. Binion
State Highway 42 from Whitewright to Bells Completed
Local brief reports completion of State Highway No. 42 from Whitewright to Bells last Friday. Also notes Bascom Sears and family moving to Centerville this week and the death of Mrs. Hasca Smith, 29, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Smith north of town Sunday. The grammar school play The Hitching Post cast listed many named locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Bells
Bascom Sears
Centerville
Hasca Smith
J. E. Smith
Hitching Post
Ed LaRoe
William Cantrell
Jack Lackey
Claud Phillips
Jack Nossaman
Pig Jones
Clyde Craig
Ralph Sanders
Robert Cantrell
Newton Manning
Clay Horton
A. N. Gee
F. D. Layman
Troy Sharp
van Vestal
Lloyd Moore
Cull Reeves
J. T. Purvis
F. W. Smith
J. H. Waggoner
W. P. Vaughn
Gomer May
H. G. Webster
Sidney Young
Heating Equipment Check Urged By Lone Star Gas
Lone Star Gas Company Manager E M St John of Fort Worth urges homeowners to inspect heating equipment and vent piping before cold weather. Safety tips include ensuring fresh air supply, blue flame, metal connectors, and keeping combustibles away from heaters to prevent accidents and improve winter comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star Gas Company
E. M
American Gas Association
Christmas Phones and in the telephone business office
The notice promotes Christmas shopping for telephone services and accessories. It explains ridge features on wall phones for receiver storage and cord protection and describes placing a receiver on a table model. It also reports American Telephone and Telegraph Company plans a 190 foot microwave tower three miles south of town as part of a Dallas to St Louis link.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Dallas
St. Louis
Masons Level New Infirmary Cornerstone In Fort Worth
Prominent Texas Masons gathered in Fort Worth to level the cornerstone for the Masonic Home and School of Texas infirmary. The 40 bed facility will serve nearly 200 students, as enrollment at the school has nearly doubled in three years. Participants include George R. M. Montgomery John G. Kemmerer William G. Proctor Robert L. Dillard Jr. Hugh M. Craig and John T. Bean among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Masonic Home and School of Texas
Masonic Home
George R. M. Montgomery
Texas
John
G. Kemmerer
Masonic Home Independent
William G. Proctor
McKinney
Robert L. Dillard Jr
Dallas
Dallas Independent
Hugh M. Craig
Masonic Home Independent School District
John T. Bean
el Paso
Escheat Law Probe Faces Banking Sector Resistance
Texas banking officials are urged to cooperate with the Special House Committee investigating escheat compliance while bankers advise ignoring its questionnaire. Attorney General Will Wilson files the first escheat suit seeking 1 094 150 dollars for a missing railroad land trust certificate, against Mercantile National Bank of Dallas and others. Kellis Dibrell warns Republicans rise in Texas politics as May 5 primaries loom, and UT regents vote on dormitory integration after a court case submission.
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Austin
Franklin Spears
San Antonio
House
Texas
Spears
Texas Bankers Association
House Committee
Will Wilson
Henry Braswell
101St District Court
Dallas
Mercantile National Bank of Dallas
Texas Pacific Land Trust
Wilson
State of
Dibrell
Tom Reavley
University of Texas Board of Regents
Thornton Hardie
el Paso
Regents
Sam Houston Clinton
Hardie
Clinton
U. T
Southwest Athletic Conference
Control the Camel and the miller tale reveled lessons
A camel forces entry into a miller’s cold room then claims comfort and permanence. The tale warns that a small habit can grow into a controlling force. Also noted are nesting sites of buffle-head ducks, Yemen history, and a Texas Board of Education action adopting most texts while tightening teaching certificate requirements.
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Alice Adams
Bloomington
Ill
J. A. Farrow
Ely
Ann LaRoe
Davis Parrish
Joe Tate Jones
Philip Earnheart
Lucian Vestal
Billy Rhom Pennington
James Stateville
Jack Sears
C. B. Bryant III
Emerson Sears
Kirk May
Morris Fogle Gillett
the Sun
Billy Smith
And
Benjamin Franklin
Jim Neighbors
Phoneland
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Masons Level School
Infirmary Cornerstone
Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
Kellis Dibrell
Beavley
America
J. Evetts Haley
Canyon
Don I. Riddle
Paris
Joan Slay
Yemen
Kingdom of
Sheba
The
National Geographic Society
State Board of Education
State Textbooks Committee
Texans For America
Board of Education
J. W. Edgar
Corvair
Chevrolet
Dealer
Biscayne
Chevy II
Bel Air
Bel Air Sport
Corvair 700
Corvair Monza Club
Monza
Greenbrier
Corvair Greenbrier de Luxe
Whitewright, Texas
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