Nursing Home Event Recap and Local Deaths
Lochie Queener entertains residents with harmonica at a nursing home party. Mrs. Etta Sutton died Friday at the home. Mrs. Vernell Magers moved to Sherman Community Hospital in serious condition. Several local visitors and Bingo winners are noted along with church activities and guest speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lochie Queener
West Shady Grove
Etta Sutton
Vernell Magers
Sherman Community Hospital
George Mannix
V.A. Hospital
Bonham
Virginia Hall
Local and Area Social Visits Highlight Sunday House Guests
A string of visits from residents and families across Greenseville Dallas Sulphur Springs Sulphur Springs Sulphur Springs Arlington Sallisaw Whitewright Wichita Falls Fort Worth Anna to neighbors and friends surrounds a busy Sunday gathering pattern with numerous households receiving guests including the Browns McLeroys Whites and Jameses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John and
Josie Coleman
Dallas
Bascam
Bertha McLeroy
Sulphur Springs
Rickey Brown
Elmer Brown
Ella Carrell
Desert
Lorene Hayes
Dalelas
Dess Whitson
Brad
Ethel Blount
Arlington
Lester Horn
Bill Jackson
Sallisaw
Oklo
Lettie Jackson
A.R. McMurray
Whitewright
A.B. Terry
Anna
Don Wilson
Horace Magers
Proposed Amendment on Uniform Tax Assessment for Farmland
A proposed constitutional amendment to set maximum limits on tax assessments for farm ranch and timber land appears on the November 3 ballot. It would authorize the Legislature to provide a uniform method of assessment based on the land’s capacity to support livestock farming and forest crop production. A one member special committee led by State Senator has been named to study the issue.
Promotion For Army Specialist Five Dilbeck In Vietnam
Joel K. Dilbeck son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Dilbeck of Eci tor was promoted to Army specialist five in August while serving with the 597th Transportation Company in Vietnam. He is a truck driver who entered the Army in December 1968 and trained at Ft Polk Louisiana. He was last stationed in Germany. Wayne Connolly of Floresville has completed hearings on a measure with a tentative report due before November 3. The committee will move recommendations to the legislature next year. Agriculture leaders warn tax increases threaten farming operations and land values across districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel K. Dilbeck
Eugene Dilbeck
597Th Transportation Company
Vietnam
Dilbeck
Ft. Polk
Germany
Wayne Connollay
Floresville
Connally
Texas State Teachers Association
Marine Pfc. D. T. Spencer Jr Arrives in Okinawa
Pfc. D. T. Spencer Jr., son of Mr and Mrs D T Spencer Sr, has arrived on base in Okinawa serving with the U S Marines. In a few weeks he will depart Okinawa for a cruise to Japan. Spencer is a 1969 graduate of Whitewright High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
D. T. Spencer, Jr
D. T. Spencer, Sr
Okinawa
United States Marines
Delmer
Japan
Spencer
Whitewright High School
Church Schedule Notices for Pentecostal and Bethel St. Churches
The Rev Cecil Watson leads Sunday School at 9 45 and Morning Worship at 11 00 with Evening Worship at 7 00 at First United Pentecostal Church 7345 Preyer Rev Lionel Lindley serves Sunday School 10 00 Worship 11 00 and Training Union 3 00 at 7200 Worship 150 Weds Bethel St Church lists Charles Pierce as pastor with Sunday School 7 00 Worship 1 00 Training Union 8 00 Worship 7 30 Prayer Meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Lancaster
Virst United Methodist
W.E. Grisham
Methodist
Lonnie Stirson
Dallas
Cecil Watson
Enterprise Baptist
Tipton
Pester
Training Union
First Presbyterian
C.C. Dooley
Nursing Home
Harry Stanley
H.W. Windfield
Kentucky Town Baptist
Lionel Lindley
Bethel ST Church
Charles Pierce
Assembly OF God
Janice Hall
State Fair Attractions Promise Big 1970 Exposition of the Seven Seas
State Fair Park prepares a 16 day 1970 fair opening October 10 with 35 attractions. Most events are free except Broadway's 1776 and football clashes. Burt Bacharach appears October 12 at the Cotton Bowl to receive a Texas Music Festival Award with 5,000 high school musicians and a fireworks finale. Al Hirt performs October 13 with his band and Polynesian dancers. The program includes Brass North Door Singers and Sounds of the Seventies, three-ring Big Top acts, Tahuna Polynesian dances, a Dallas Symphony Orchestra outdoor pops series, fashion shows, horse events, parades, flowers, and fireworks. Big Tex invites all to the biggest fair in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Park
Burt Bacharach
Cotton Bowl
al Hirt
North Door
Carl Wong
Mobil
South Pacific
Tahuna
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Big Tex
Medicare Extended Care Coverage Explained by Social Security Official
Gus Jones, Sherman Social Security manager, clarifies that extended care facilities cover services after a hospital stay and require doctor prescriptions. Items include room and board, nursing, therapies, and medical supplies, while personal comfort items and private rooms are not covered unless medically necessary. He invites questions at the Sherman office, 810 N. Travis, 893-430, open 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. weekdays. Poor diet issue noted, with nutrition tips advocating balanced intake and specific foods to improve health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Jones
Social Security
Medicare
Jones
Sherman Social Security Office
N. Travis
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Nursing Home News
By Cleo Williams
Dollie Brown
Ruth Cox
Trecie Henson
Oscar Worsham
C.R. Jones
Austin
Clarence Jones
Pottsboro
Mary Jones
Lois Johns
Cynthia Hollis
O.S. Anderson
John Stephens
Teresa
J.co. Sandlin
Bennie Arnewine
Leonard
Herman Come
Joel Dilbeck
Women’s Department
U.S
Svecuile
D.A. LB
Turkey
Lima
Starkist
Franks Lrath
A.F
Bacon
Whiteright, Tex
AVAL
First Baptist Church
Arvin United Methodist
Girist
William H. Baker, Jr
First United Pentecostal
1St Baptist Church
Carl’s Sausage Company
Whitewright Nursing Home
Dawson
Allen
Eagles
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