Plans For Christmas Party Fund Drive In 1940s
Chamber of Commerce president C. B. Bryant III announces plans to raise funds for the merchants Christmas Party. This year’s officers will handle collections with a $4 per business goal after last year’s balance and expenses show shortfall. A prior drive raised $58.50 from listed merchants toward a $150 target.
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C. B. Bryant III
Chamber of Commerce
G. C. Stateville
G. A. House
J. H. Gosnell Grocery
Deonl
Joe Meador Pannels
Whitewright Variety Store
Bennett & Price Barber Shop
George Brown
Padi Acg
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Dick Walker
W. E. Stanford
T. W. Ayres & Son
Clarence Tillett
Joe Rich End Aden
W. A. Phillips
H. E. Sanderson
Farley & Hill Orenduff
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R. P. Childvereke, BG Cole & Davis
Icebox Accidents Claim 81 Young Victims
New York report by the Association of Casualty and Surety Companies cites at least eighty-one children suffocating in unused or abandoned refrigerators over eight years while playing. Twenty-eight deaths occurred this year. most victims were under seven and could not escape after entering and closing the door.
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New York
Association of Casualty & Surety Companies
Association
Postmaster General Summerfield Calls 1953 Best Business Year
Detroit Postmaster General Summerfield told the Economic Club of Detroit that 1953 marks the nation’s best business year under the Eisenhower administration. He cited record production value, more jobs than ever, about 64,000,000 employed, and peak average weekly wages and personal incomes.
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Detroit
Summerfield
Economic Club of
Texas Draft Calls 1 314 for January
Texas draft director Paul Wakefield announced a January call of 1 314 men. About 4 000 Texas youths will undergo pre induction physicals in January, the largest since May. Local boards will receive quotas by December 1, with a range of 1 250 to 1 800 since June.
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Austin
Texas
Paul Wakefield
Residents urge state to maintain Bells by-pass roads
In Bells and Whitewright area a dispute over maintenance of Bells detour streets prompts residents to argue that the state should maintain the Bells by-pass to spare the new farm to market road from heavy truck damage. The Sun urges local businesses to write similar letters to the State Highway Department.
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Whitewright
Ector
City of
Bells
State Highway Department
The
Sun
Thetate Highway Department
Austin
Texas
Whitewright and
Singing Convention At Kentuckytown Church
The Fifth Sunday Singing Convention meets at Kentuckytown Baptist Church at 2 p m this Sunday. L L Wendell urges local and county singers to attend to revive the event and prevent its decline.
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Kentuckytown Church
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
L. L. Wendell
Kentuckytown
Soil Conservation Meeting Set in Pilot Grove
The Collin Soil Conservation District announces December meetings with other agricultural agencies. One session will be at Pilot Grove on Tuesday December 1 at 7 p.m. in the school building. Farmers are urged to attend and everyone is welcome. The SCC sponsors a waterway campaign aiming for 800 grassed waterways for 1954.
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Collin Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors
Pilot Grove
SCC
Early Fertilizer Purchase Advised for 1954 Demand
Texas A and M College extension chemist M K Thornton urges early fertilizer buying as demand rises for 1954. Potash is plentiful nitrogen up about eight percent and phosphates are adequate. fertilizer can be stored on farm if kept dry and ventilated.
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M. K. Thornton
Extension Agricultural Chemist
Texas A
M. College
Thornton
Our First Thanksgiving Observance Reminder
A Thanksgiving message urges observing November 26 as Thanksgiving Day with gratitude to God. It recalls Pilgrim Fathers and the Mayflower Compact, noting the early Virginia colony's aim to advance Christian faith and calling for remembrance of heritage.
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Plymouth
Virginia
Campaigner Mrs Hale Helped Establish Thanksgiving Day
The piece recounts Sarah J. Hale of Boston leading a 36-year drive to fix Thanksgiving on the last Thursday in November. It notes her 1863 editorial and Lincoln's 1863 proclamation, with ten states observing by 1859 and later expanding to national recognition.
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Sarah J. Hale
Boston
Godey
America
Abraham Lincoln
White House
Lincoln
Christmas lighting prizes announced by Friday Literary Club
The Friday Literary Club offers three or four prizes for residential Christmas lighting. Publicity chairman Mrs. Glen Earnheart says all prizes will be equal in value. Judging occurs between December 16 and 22 for best tree lighting, best door decoration, and most unique display. The fourth prize is yet to be determined.
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Sun
Glen Earnheart
Government Holds Yearly Wheat Supply Stash
Washington reports the U S Government now owns or controls a full year of domestic wheat as CCC holdings rise to 721,600,000 bushels by Sept 30. The 1951 crop totaled 987,400,000 with exports a third, and CCC investments reach a record 4,053,000,000. Exports fell from 479,000,000 to 323,000,000 bushels, driving the pile-up.
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Washington
U. S
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC Holdings
Twin siblings share taste as ring is found in gloves
In Vernon New York Miss Florence Montgomery tried on gloves for her brother James and misplaced a ring. James later wearing the same gloves discovered the ring, ending the search.
Fish house in London named world’s oldest aquarium
The National Geographic Society identifies a London fish house as the world’s oldest aquarium, noting its historical significance and enduring aquaculture display.
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National Geographic Society
London
3945 Bales Cotton Ginned Here to Date
The two local gins had turned out 168 bales since last Thursday morning, totaling 3945 bales by 8 o clock Wednesday. Harvest progress slowed by weekend rains, with prices steady at 28.5 to 30.5 cents per cotton and 56 dollars per ton for seed.
Texas Cotton Allotment Cut Sets 1954 Plantings
The Agriculture Department sets Texas 1954 cotton acreage at 7 376 858 acres, down 2 195 742 from last July. A referendum on marketing quotas is planned for December 15. National allotment is 17 910 448 acres, well below 1953.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Congress
Arizona
California
Georgia
Benson
Fort Worth
The Sun Goes to Press Early for Thanksgiving
The Sun printed on Wednesday ahead of schedule for the Thanksgiving holiday, a longtime practice. Early publication confuses some readers. A High School Reflector page was omitted as it arrived too late Tuesday morning after the Reflector section was built.
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the Sun
McCarthy Attacks Truman as Defeated Politician in Radio TV Speech
Senator McCarthy labeled former President Truman a defeated, discredited politician in a half hour nationwide speech. He blasted Eisenhower policies on communism, urged blocks on Red China, and defended his own brand of McCarthyism while disputing Truman’s charges from the prior week.
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New York
Joseph R. McCarthy
Harry S. Truman
Wisconsin
Truman
Eisenhower
CBS
McCarthy
China
Harry Dexter White
Harry Truman
White
Communist Daily Worker
Texas Population Hits 8.1 Million
Census Bureau reports Texas population on July 1 at 8,184,000 and the United States at 155,767,000. Texas rose 6.1 percent from 1950. US total up 5,070,000 from 1950. Other state figures include Arkansas 1,844,000 and New York 15,111,000. California leads with 11,542,000.
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Washington
Texas
United States
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Louisiana
New York
California
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Tigers to meet New Boston for bi district title
Whitewright High School Tigers travel to Sulphur Springs Thursday at 2 p m to face New Boston Lions for the bi district championship in a neutral site game. A pep rally and bonfire are set for Wednesday night at 8 15 at American Legion Park. Whitewright earned the district bid by defeating Cooper in the season finale.
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Whitewright High School
Tigers
New Boston High School
Lions
Sulphur Springs
Whitewright
New Boston
American Legion
Central Christian Church
Taleo
Jefferson
District 14-A
Main Street
State
GOP Kills Sales Tax Prospects in Congress
House Speaker Joseph W. Martin expressed that a general national sales tax would not pass the House. Democratic leaders estimated near unanimous opposition among Democrats, with Republican Charles Halleck joining the anti tax group. Senior Ways and Means members Jere Cooper and Daniel Reed also opposed the idea.
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Washington
Joseph W. Martin
R.-Mass
Congress
Martin
House
Charles Halleck
R.ind
Jere Cooper
Tennessee
Daniel Reed
New York
Fly by night schools for GIs out says VA
The Veterans Administration reports that fly by night schools scamming WWII GI training are largely gone. It notes nearly all programs for Korean War veterans comply with the law and those not meeting standards will be given a chance to correct deficiencies before action.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Low Humidity Tied to Colds Says Doctor
Colorado Springs reports low humidity as a possible major cause of the common cold. Dr. Albert Andrews of Chicago Children's Hospital notes investigations show intensive artificial humidification of homes as an important safeguard against colds.
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Colorado Springs
Colorado
Albert Andrews
Chicago Children’s Hospital
Near-Record Crops Predicted for Nation
Washington report from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics predicts crops this year will be the third largest on record. Prospects show output near the 1952 level but well below the 1948 all-time high.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
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Cooper
Whitesboro
Farmersville
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