Down Memory Lane items from The Sun 1917 and 1922
Local notes recall a fire response by Floyd Badgett near the Cotton Belt tracks and other town news. Entries record births marriages enrollments employment moves, inductions, property sales, train service resumes, and community notices across Whitewright and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Belt
Floyd Badgett
C. E. Miles
Bob Bow
W.H. Forrest
Tennessee
Groesbeck
Elliott Thomas
Afton Cates
Ruth Horn
Sherman
Marshall Robbins
Bob Pierce
Claud Phillips
Ida
Joe Roberts
Kentuckytown
Frank Roberts
Kay Kimbell
Dallas
Kimbell
John C. Fortune
Whitewright Electric Co
J. R. Fleming
Whitewright
Engagement of Miss Metze Jones to Congressman Rayburn
Announcement of the engagement between Miss Metze Jones of Valley View and Congressman Sam Rayburn of Bonham with a wedding planned for October 15. Also notes burglary at John Garland’s Pilot Grove drug store and cotton ginning progress in Whitewright with prices reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Garland
Pilot Grove
Metze Jones
Valley View
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Helen Ray
Lena Mae Waldrop
the Sun
Donigan warehouse opens for government cotton loans
The Sun notes 1934 events including the Donigan bonded warehouse accepting cotton for 12 cent government loans. Rotary speaker John Burma addressed club. Nine year old Weldon Creecy died after injuring himself on a grain drill. J. M. Sturdivant died. Federally approved teacher assignments created class rosters at local schools with relief staff. John T. Cox of Ely community dies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donigan
John Burma
Grammar School
Rotary Club
Weldon Leon Creecy
J. A. Creecy
Sherman
J. M. Sturdivant
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Robert Cantrell
George German
Mae Hall
Tommie Chenoweth
John T. Cox
Ely
Vet Benefits Cost 7 Billion a Year
Federal benefits to veterans cost taxpayers an average of 7 billion dollars annually since 1946. The Tax Foundation said the cost will stay high and occupy a prominent place in the national budget for generations. Benefits paid since World War II will total about 35 billion by the end of the current year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tax Foundation
Foundation
Sheriff’s Sale In Grayson County Texas November First
Notice of tax foreclosure and sale on the Grayson County court judgment No 57419 against G C Groce et al. The sheriff will sell November 1 1949 at the courthouse in Sherman between 2 and 4 pm to satisfy the lien for delinquent taxes with interest and costs. Property described as 372 1/2 acres near Southmayde, subject to redemption rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Texas
Grayson
A. D
District Court
Grayson County
15Th Judicial District of Texas
G. C. Groce
J. S. Groce
Florence Whitney
Florence M. Groce
Margery Groce Hayden
Texas
Southmayde
Gunby
John and Michael Fix
Varas
W. E. Cook
J. L. Halbert
G. C. Grace
M. G. Dicken
J. H. Brown
Sherman, Tex
Divorce action and tax lien notices from Grayson County
A set of legal notices from Grayson County Texas include a divorce petition filed July 20 1949 between Lorene Owens Monroe and Arnett C Monroe with a citation issued September 26 1949 ordering appearance November 14 1949. Also notices for The State of Texas against O V Looney and Lula Looney regarding delinquent taxes on property Lot 7 Block 3 O T P Tom Bean Grayson County with a September 29 1949 petition filing and pending District Court case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Texas
Arnett C. Monroe
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Lorene Owens Monroe
S. V. Earnest
Iva Davidson
State of Texas
Grayson
O. V. Looney
Lula Looney
Tom Bean
Et Ux
O. V
Delinquent Ad Valorem Tax Suit in Grayson County
The 15th Judicial District suit number 57678 seeks recovery of delinquent ad valorem taxes plus interest penalties and costs on described property. It seeks foreclosure of liens and orders the property condemned with judgment for taxes and costs, with a return day noted as November 14, 1949 in Grayson County Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
15Th Judicial District
District Court
Grayson County
Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. C. Anderson
Kate Sears
Baptist Sanitarium
Irene Roberts
W. G. Newman
J. A. Dickey
Church of Christ
Leora Short
S. H. Montgomery
East Grand Avenue
Austin Claborn
R. C. Vestal
Gene Lewis
J. R. Oliver
First Presbyterian Church
J. F. Fender
P. A. Short
Chard
J. C. Waldrop
Pirtle Humphries
Lester Haile
Luther Skaggs
Jolly Johnson
Fort Worth
F. O. Mangrum
C. E. Beasley
Beasley & Mangrum
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
M. & P.bank Bldg. A. Y. Creager CO
Sherman, Texas
Stephens & Bryant Insurance
Weno
Independent Research Organization
India
Hawaiian Islands
Steitson
T. W. Ayres & Son
McDonald
Whitewright Lumber Co
North Texas
Davis Motor Co
DODGE
South Travis and
Jones
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