Advertiser circulars warn promoters prey on business men
A 17x22 circular promoter charged nearly a thousand dollars for a one inch ad. The Sun was not included and promoters rely on newspapers to lend credibility. The Chamber of Commerce should form a committee to screen itinerant promoters and protect merchants from such schemes. In 1964 Johnson warned against sending American boys to Vietnam. many Texas youths died and thousands more were hurt. Local pecan trees produced no nuts this year, prompting requests to Extension Service experts to explain the total crop failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce
Viet Nam
Pres. Johnson
Texas
Extension Service
Television networks overrun weekends with football games
Like other business institutions, networks seek profit rather than entertainment. They flood weekend TV with excessive professional football. Many viewers want some but not this many games. One game on Saturday and one on Sunday could work. two or three per day is excessive.
Whitewright reminisces on prewar carnivals and civic plans
A local column recalls past events and plans in Whitewright. The piece cites jokes about a president, questions on a proposed recreational center and new post office, and memories of street carnivals from 1905 to 1921, including the Cole Younger Carnival and 1916 parade by the Whitewright Brass Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Roberts
Whitewright
Paul Stephens
Cole Younger
Main Street
Nevada Divorce Could Eliminate Residence Rule
Reno Nevada lawmakers consider discarding residency requirements for divorce to compete with Mexico. A Nevada Bar Association survey shows strong attorney support for waiving residence if both spouses consent, reflecting a shift from the six week rule pioneered 30 years ago.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada
Mexico
Nevada Bar Association
Distribution Of Free Gifts Will Begin Dec. 3
The Whitewright Chamber of Commerce announces free gift distribution starting Saturday December 3 at 3:00 p.m. The program runs on December 10 17 23 and 24. Participating merchants display circulars in their windows or within stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
Methodist Church Services and Programs Summary
Rev. George Topper presides at Sunday 10:00 Sunday School and 11:00 Morning Worship with speaker Mrs. Nora Bryant Dickson. Evening programs include 6:00 M Y F and 7:00 School of Missions. District Conference 9:19 Monday 7:15 Wesleyan Guild meets. Wednesday 9:00 Bible study and 7:00 Choir rehearsal.
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George Topper
Nora Bryant Dickson
School of Missions
Wesleyan Guild
S. S
Nursing Home
Church Activities and Holiday Notices From Local Baptist Church
A Sunday through Tuesday schedule lists services, choirs, study groups, and meetings at the church led by Rev. C. C. Dooley, including worship, training, and youth activities. December events include the Ladies Aid Christmas stocking offering, Missionary Society Christmas program, and an early December Congregational meeting with announcements forthcoming.
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C. C. Dooley
Ladies’ Aid
The
Missionary Society
T. E. Sears
Assembly of God Church Service Schedule
Pastor Mrs Janice Hall leads the Assembly of God Church with Sunday School at 9 45 a m worship at 7 15 p m and Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 p m.
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Assembly OF God Church
Janice Hall
Church of Christ Services Include Bible Study
Minister W E Mynatt leads Bible study at 10 a.m. Worship and communion follow at 10 a.m. Evening worship at 7 p.m. Bible study for all ages at 7 30.
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Church OF Christ
W. E. Mynatt
Kentuckyown Baptist Church Service Schedule
Rev. Bob Saylor serves as pastor at Kentuckyown Baptist Church with a Training Union at seven and a worship service at seven forty five.
Bethel Baptist Church Sunday Schedule
Bethel Baptist Church lists Rev Charles Pierce as pastor Sunday School at 10:00 Training Union at 6:30 and Worship service at 7:30 all on the church program.
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Kentuckytown Baptist Church
Bob Saylor
Training Union
Bethel Baptist Church
Charles Pierce
Pilot Grove Baptist Church Service Schedule
Pilot Grove Baptist Church led by Rev. James Hughens announces morning worship at 11 00 and evening worship at 7 00. The schedule appears in a local church notices column.
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Pilot Grove
Zip Code Cards Swell Post Office Workload
Washington The Post Office is strained by record pre-Christmas mail and a flood of Zip Code information requests from a national Zip Code Week promo. During Oct 10 15 about 95 million ZIP lists were mailed to households. Some postmasters report 5 to 60 percent returns and rising, as cards continue to arrive.
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Washington
Deaths Mrs. Lucille Alverson died in Bonham hospital
Mrs. Lucille Alverson of Ravenna died November 17 in a Bonham hospital. Funeral services were held at Mullican-Little chapel with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery Bells. She was born near Whitewright, daughter of Walter and Nannie Pritchett, married A. A. Alverson in 1933, and was a Bonham fourth grade teacher for 20 years. Surviving: husband, mother Nannie Pritchett of Savoy, brothers Paul Pritchett Dallas and Joe Pritchett Tyler, sisters Enna Stephens Whitewright Pattie Fagg Dallas Julia Watson Harlingen.
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Mullican-Little
Lucille Alverson
Ravenna
Bonham
Rose Hill
Bells
Alverson
Whitewright
Walter
Nannie Pritchett
A. A. Alverson
Savoy
Paul Pritchett
Dallas
Joe Pritchett
Tyler
Enna Stephens
Pattie Fagg
Julia Watson
Harlingen
Funeral services for Ranzy R Williams in Trenton
Ranzy R Williams 55 died suddenly of a heart attack Friday. Funeral services were held Monday at Trenton with burial in Burns Cemetery directed by Barnhart Funeral Home. Born in Kentucky he married Cleo Arnold in 1932. He was a retired farmer. Survivors include his wife five sons Don Williams of Wixey? plus Jerry Joe Billy and a son of Grand Prairie three brothers six sisters and seven grandchildren.
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Trenton
Ranzy R. Williams
Burns Cemetery
Barnheart Funeral Home
Mr. Williams
Kentucky
Cleo Arnold
Don Williams
Whitewright
Jerry
Virginia
Joe
Billy
Crockett
Grand Prairie
John R. Goree 68 dies after cancer battle in Paris
John R. Goree of Whitewright died November 15 in Paris after a three year illness of cancer. Born March 29, 1898, he was the son of J. W. and Mary Ella Goree, and his family ran the Goree nursery and floral business before moving to Paris in 1909. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, and four sisters. Miss Lena Mae Gowdy attended the funeral with Mr. and Mrs. Holmes Connelly of Trenton.
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John R. Goree
Whitewright
Paris
J. W
Mary Ella Gowdy Goree
Goree
Lena Mae Gowdy
Holmes Connelly
Trenton
WSCS Meeting Highlights Christmas Stocking Luncheon
The Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service met at Mrs. S. H. White’s home with 14 members and 5 guests. Mrs. J. C. Bryant welcomed attendees and led a brief business session. Guests discussed Dallas County home demonstration work with Mrs. Bessie Jo Curtis and Mrs. Ethel Haynes.
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Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service
S. H. White
J. C. Bryant
Olivia Whedbee
Bessie Jo Curtis
Dallas County
Ethel Haynes
Bethlehem Center
Grover Hardcastle
Clint Hennig
A. M. Bryant
L. H. Durham
Russell Summers
Roby Childress
Jobless at Fight Year Low
Washington reports 2,521,000 unemployed in October the lowest in eight years with signs of slowing job market pressure. Labor data show wholesale prices for food and industry drop the most in four years as growth slows. Commissioner Arthur M. Ross notes total employment up 500,000 to 74.7 million but skilled labor demand eased somewhat.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arthur M. Ross
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Dear Mr Editor on rice year and farm policy
Uncle Dan from Tom Bean writes to discuss International Rice Year noting 250 million tons eaten annually and a large soil bank of 60 million acres to be brought into production by 1970. He critiques farm price supports, government payroll growth, and calls for optimism despite entrenched issues in farming and economy.
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Department of Agriculture
Ed Doolittle
Agriculture
Freeman
Clem Webster
The
Great Society
Ladies First: Women Enter More Jobs Than Men
Twenty years ago about 30 percent of the nation’s workforce was female. Today it rises to 38 percent and growing. Last year more women joined the civilian workforce than men, with 878 thousand women aged 20 and over employed versus 559 thousand men. Factors include a shortage of employable men, better educated women, need to supplement family income, and automation creating roles for women.
Basketball Games Here Next Tuesday
First basketball games of the season are scheduled for Tuesday November 29 in the local gym. Whitewright will play Tom Bean in both boys and girls matchups.
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Whitewright
Tom Bean
Savoy Industry Opens New Bath Fixtures Plant
Savoy Industrial Foundation adds a Georgia marble bath and kitchen fixtures maker. The new plant near Savoy began operations this week with six employees. Joe H. Taylor, a former Savoy resident, serves as manager of the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAVOY
Savoy Industrial Foundation
Georgia
Joe H. Taylor
Camp Fire Girls Meet at Whitewright Home
On Saturday November 19 1966 the Junior High Camp Fire Girls of Whitewright gathered at Mrs Jane Skaggs home. The meeting opened with roll call and business discussion. They made gifts for Whitewright Nursing Home and then enjoyed refreshments before adjourning.
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Whitewright
Jane Skaggs
Whitewright Nursing Home
Scribe
Community Notes From The Lone Star Era
Shriner club organized with D M Pope as president and Joe Hamilton as secretary and treasurer. Enterprise School District to begin construction of a new modern school building. John Oliver's Dodge touring car stolen from his garage Saturday night. Manugram Bros. advertised groceries with bulk prices for flour sugar pinto beans coffee. Dr John A Ray assigned to a post in the Limitation of Armaments Conference translation bureau in Washington. Mr Otro Dooley and Miss Mary Anna Seay wed on Tuesday. Mrs Lottie Frances Price 68, dies at daughter’s home November 11. Fire destroys the G E Ball general merchandise store at Tom Bean. A son born to Mr and Mrs Ray Norris November 11. Uncle Billy Pennington sent a one pound pear to The Sun office from a tree planted 30 years ago. Pilot Grove Farm Club reorganized with F M Sloan president Rev J A Henderson VP Miss Pauline Binion secretary. Five room bungalow from H G Webster. Grayson County gins process 53500 bales of cotton this season, Whitewright gins 6011 bales. Mrs F E Bellows November 13. Miss Lucile LaRoe to present expression pupils Juanita Register Ben Robert Jones Ann LaRoe Mary Frances Stephens Lucile Starr Lucian L Vestal Mildred Ann Webster Gene Hooper Harold Pace David L Moore Doris Nicholson Luther Hagard Jo Willa Stateville Norma Frances Donigan Sarah Belle Gillett Aileen Pennington Boyd Newman Fred Starr Margaret Lilley Dorothy LaRoe Frances Hedgpeth.
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Shriners
D. M. Pope
Joe Hamilton
Enterprise School Dist
John Oliver
Dodge
Manugram Bros
John A. Ray
Washington
Otro Dooley
Mary Anna Seay
Lottie Frances Price
Ben Nelson
G. E. Ball
Tom Bean
Ray Norris
Billy Pennington
Sun Office
Pilot Grove Community Farm Club
F. M. Sloan
J. A. Henderson
Pauline Binion
H. G. Webster
Grayson County
Whitewright
F. E. Bellows
Lucile LaRoe
Juanita Register
Ben Robert Jones
Ann LaRoe
Mary Frances Stephens
Lucile Starr
Lucian L. Vestal
Mildred Ann Webster
Gene Hooper
Harold Pace
David L. Moore
Doris Nicholson
Luther Hagard
Jo Willa Stateville
Norma Frances Donigan
Sarah Belle Gillett
Aileen Pennington
Boyd Newman
Fred Starr
Margaret Lilley
Dorothy LaRoe
Frances Hedgpeth
Rice cooks richer in well-seasoned chicken stock
Rice gains depth when simmered in flavorful chicken stock rather than plain water, as the stock infuses the grains with savory notes and umami. The result is a fuller aroma and a more satisfying base for dishes.
Local buyers spend over $5,000 on turkeys in two weeks
Local buyers paid more than five thousand dollars for turkeys in the last two weeks. W. M. Gates has closed his bakery here, while Royce Jones purchased a ...
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W. M. Gates
Royce Jones
Local Garden Produce And Life Events From WHS Reflector
The Sun displays a 11 percent pound sweet potato grown by Mrs H A James and an 8 percent pound specimen from Mrs W A Kirkpatrick. Joe Hicks of Ely is seriously ill with typhoid fever. Jimmy Nossaman fractured both bones in his right arm at home Saturday. W J Lightford of Sherman wed Miss Hazel Brown of Whitewright on Sunday. Colton Hill of Whitewright and Maxine Bush of Sedalia married Wednesday. Recipe for A's lists attitude work ambition neatness energy and rewards, shared by G H in WHS Reflector.
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H. A. James
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Joe Hicks
Ely
Jimmy Nossaman
W. J. Lightford
Sherman
Hazel Brown
G. H
Whitewright Native To Speak Sunday at Methodist Church
Whitewright native Mrs. Murry Dickson guest speaker at 11 a m Sunday service at the Methodist Church. She serves over 20 years in Bolivia with the Board of Missions and teaches at the American Institute for Bolivian education. The Missions Commission sponsors the talk to explain missionary work. the public is invited. Dickson is the daughter of Mrs. Jewel Little Bryant and the late Fitz Bryant.
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Murry Dickson
Nora Bryant
Methodist Church
Board of Missions
The
Bolivia
South America
Dickson
American Institute
Methodism
Commission On Missions
Whitewright
Jewel Little Bryant
Fitz Bryant
Overseas Mail To Be Airlifted For Service Personnel
Postmaster John Biggerstaff announces airlift for all first class mail personal sound recordings and parcels up to 5 pounds and 60 inches total. Second class publications weekly or more often with military news will airlift from San Francisco to overseas forces in Viet Nam. Christmas parcels up to 5 pounds should mail by Dec 1 with airlift priority. air mail parcels by Dec 10. Surface deadline for overseas military post offices has passed.
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John Biggerstaff
United States
San Francisco
Viet Nam
January Draft Quota Set for 1,946 Texas Men
The Texas State Selective Service office says Texas must furnish 1,946 men for the January national draft, over twice December’s quota. The January national total is 27,600, all for the Army, with Texas quotas for other months listed. Boards will forward about 9,000 to 10,000 men for pre induction and 7,830 are already scheduled for December examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
State Selective Service Office
Texas
State Office
Army
State Selective Service Boards
John Nance Garner Celebrates 98th Birthday
AVALDE Cactus Jack Garner the Texan who rose high in national politics until Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson came along celebrated his 98th birthday here Tuesday. Garner former speaker of the House and vice president for two terms under Franklin Roosevelt, was honored with a party. Known affectionately as Cactus Jack, he remained a bristling political figure in retirement.
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Avalde
Cactus Jack Garner
Dwighy Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Garner
House
Franklin Roosevelt
Cactus Jack
School Holidays Invite Christmas Break Closure
The local schools will close Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving, with the superintendent noting a Christmas recess from Thursday December 22 until classes resume Tuesday January 3.
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Supt. S. T. Montgomery
Whitewright Man Killed In Viet Nam
S/Sgt. Marl Lee Cripe of Whitewright died in action in South Viet Nam during the last weekend. His body is headed to Orland California for burial as family members travel there from Sherman and Whitewright. Cripe, 28, was in his third Army enlistment. survived by his parents in Orland Florida, two brothers Earl and Gale, two sisters Helen Clark and Mrs. Jack Bradley, wife Wanda and their year old son Jimmy Lee. He was the first Whitewright man to die in the Vietnam war which has claimed many Texans’ lives.
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Marl Lee Cripe
Co. C
Inf
Jack Bradley
Whitewright
South Viet Nam
Orland
Calif
Fla
Sgt
Cripe
Earl of Sherman
Gale
Helen Clark
Hamilton
Wanda
Jimmy Lee
Sergeant Cripe
U S Treasury Faces Cash Shortfall in 1966
New York report notes the Treasury will struggle to cover remaining 1966 expenses as borrowing plans push public debt toward the 330 billion ceiling. A plan to sell 1.2 billion in short term securities to raise cash narrows the room under the 285 billion face amount cap, temporarily raised by Congress.
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New York
United States Treasury
Congress
Treasury
U.S
Best States for Top National Merit Scores in 1965
The Council for Basic Education ranks states by the share of juniors in public and private schools scoring in the top 6 percent on the 1965 National Merit test. Connecticut leads at 3.22 percent, followed by New York 3.18, District of Columbia 3.07, Delaware 2.98, Massachusetts 2.74, and New Jersey 2.63. California sits 20th, Oregon 22nd, Ohio 23rd, and Michigan 33rd. full results appear in the council bulletin.
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Council For Basic Education
Washington, D. C
Connecticut
New York
District of Columbia
Delaware
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Maryland
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Wyoming
Montana
TEGG
Virginia
California
Oregon
Ohio
Michigan
Four Killed Daily in Viet Nam
Saigon reports American deaths in Viet Nam now average just over four per day since the first U.S. soldier, James T. Davis of Livingston Tennessee, was killed in an ambush December 22, 1961. The total as of last week was 7,292 with Siagon’s combat dead count at 5,49 and nonhostile deaths at 1,343.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U.S
James T. Davis
Livingston
Tenn
Pentagon
Snakebite death toll in U S averages under fifty yearly
The article notes that nationwide snakebite fatalities average fewer than 50 each year in the United States, highlighting a relatively low annual death count despite snake exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
U. S
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Voltaire
Johnson
First Baptist Church
Presbyterian Church
James Hughens
WSCS
Dan
Bug Hookum
Australia
Methodist
John Nance Garner
U.S. Treasury
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