Local News Roundup From Centerville And Surrounding Areas
Marriages, births, property transfers, and crime wrapped in a single page item. Down Memory Lane of Centerville groom Jack Ryan weds Josie Belle Sears and a son is born to Jim and Mrs Sears of Sherman. Garlands man sells Spruce Street residence to Ira Fleming. The Sun notes a Kentuckytown store robbery and a Ford rear casing theft. United States debt tallies $22.963 billion as of June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Ryan
Centerville
Josie Belle Sears
Bascom Sears
Whitewright
H. D. Martindale
San Antonio
George Brannon
Garland
Spruce Street
Ira Fleming
Treasury Department
Washington
United States
Bessie Joe Barbee
School of Expression
Ben Savage
Kentuckytown
J. L. Cantrell
Ford
Jim Sears
Sherman
J. E. Montgomery
Graham
Montgomery
Maxie Echols
Virgil Mullins
Kate Thornhill
Austrian Emily Post Style Etiquette Tips via Colonel Willy Elmayer-Westen
Vienna notes etiquette guidance from 73 year old Lt. Col. Willy Elmayer-Westen brugg, famed Austrian manners arbiter. His book Good Manners Are Still Required sells quickly and covers tips for ladies and teens, including bowing, hats at tea, and curtsies for elders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Emily Post
Willy Elmayer-Westenbrugg
Willy
Col
Football Fans Are Merely Guests
In this Panola Watchman column Clemo Clements argues football should be enjoyed as a community symbol and school pride. He warns against gambling, drinking, wrecks, and unsportsmanlike conduct by adults, urging fans to respect players who are students and not money earners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemo Clements
Panola Watchman
Gum chewing brings divorce in Tulsa court ruling
LeRoy Halpain won a divorce after claiming his wife left him for chewing gum and smoking cigarets. He said he quit beer at her insistence and smoked only outside, but he admitted chewing gum indoors. James A. Farley's middle name is Aloysius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
LeRoy Halpain
The Spice of Life and Small Town Anecdotes
A collage of humorous vignettes and quips from a history style page including a millionaire father testing a prospective son in law a farmer helping a muddy grandpop with a shovel a glamour girl and a moonlit car pause a city editor hiding a cryptic note a shirt sock mix up a joke from a butcher and a brain cell trivia line ending with a trick shot at a pump works scene.
Bread complaint triggers Napoleon remark on fresh bread
A Major angrily references Napoleon and bread in reply to a complaint. The sergeant notes the bread would have been fresh back then, highlighting timing as part of the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Final Account in Estate of C B Lyle NCM
Public notice from Grayson County Texas court informs interested parties that Edith Lyle guardian seeks discharge after final accounting of the estate of C B Lyle NCM. Hearing set for October 14, 1957 at Sherman courthouse. Interested parties must appear or file written answers to contest. Court clerk J C Buchanan signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
C. B. Lyle
NCM
Grayson County
Texas
Edith Lyle
A. D
Sherman
J. C. Buchanan
Tex
Connell Rogers
Whitewright
Two men at fair try to win with bobbing balls
The scene at a fair shows two countrymen contesting a stall with moving water spouts and bobbing balls. One man attempts to shoot but fails to pot a ball, prompting the other to join the challenge.
Bed Fire Sparks Drunk Allegation and Confession
A police sergeant accuses a drunken man of smoking in bed and possibly starting a fire locking him up. The suspect disputes the charges saying the bed was already burning when he entered, framing the incident as a misunderstanding.
Village grocer rebuffs ad solicitor with history
A solicitor for advertisements visits a village grocer who, after seeing his card, says the business has never advertised in 80 years. The traveler learns the hilltop building is the village church, which has stood about 300 years and still rings its bell.
Weekend Office Beer Contest Sparks Domestic Irony
A tipsy husband, after futile stabbing at the keyhole, finds the door open by his furious wife. He explains colleagues at the office held a contest to drink the most beer. She retorts with dark humor asking who got second place.
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Thomas Sanderson
Elmer Sanderson
Obie Rutledge
Mary T. Biggerstaff
Tom Bean
Harry
R. B. Hoyle
G. B. Dixon
Bethel
B. P. Brents
Clarendon News
J. H. Hollingsworth
Philip S. Adkins
Canaan
Aileen Pennington
Frances Mitchell
Norma Frances Donigan
Jack Lackey
Kathryn Roddy
Robert E. Sears
Grace Harris
Lucille Starr
Miss Opal Press
Tom Sears
Am Ghose
James A. Farley
Aloysius
Peace Am Hc
Lone Star
Lone Star Gas
Grandpop
Saturday Review
John G. Fuller
Hubert
Stockman’s Supplies
Cutter
Utor
Texas State Optical
N. Jay Rogers
TSO
Rogers Or
N. Joy Rogers
Optometrists
Denison
West Main
North Travis
Wbap-Tv
Channel 5
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