Down Memory Lane Highlights Local Marriages And Notable Events
Miss Margaret Lou Sears wed Mr. Herbert C. Holland of Fort Worth in Sherman. Frost touched the area as the earth lay white and cold. Dorothy Hamilton celebrated her fifth birthday with a party. Newell Turner and Mollie Samples wed in Whitewright. J B Woosley died Oct 8. A newborn son was born to Mr and Mrs J E Murray. S H Montgomery had a Ford stolen from his garage. George Gordon Pope injured by Lizzie in an accident while cranking a Ford. William Partridge, 53, died near town. Howard Brodhead signed a power contract to supply Whitewright Electric. Glenn Doss welcomed a nine pound daughter. Hobart Wallis married Guynn of Trenton. Gladys Ray started the Whitewright High School dramatic Club The Masqueraders. Sallie Jo Gowdy wed Holmes Connelly.
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the Sun
Margaret Lou Sears
Herbert C. Holland
Fort Worth
John Marshall
Sherman
S. R. Glidewell
Red River Valley
J.B. Woosley
Dorothy Hamilton
Newell Turner
Mollie
Whitewright
J. E. Murray
S. H. Montgomery
George Gordon Pope
George
Lizzie
William Partridge
Howard Brodhead
Whitewright Electric Company
Engagement announced for Miss Metze Jones and Congressman Rayburn
Valley View announces the engagement of Miss Metze Jones daughter of Mrs H K Jones to Congressman Sam Rayburn of Bonham The wedding is set for October 15 in Valley View Jones sister is Congressman Marvin Jones of Abilene Edna Rebecca Womack and Dr Marion Lofton Patton wed in Memphis Tennessee H C Willis a Whitewright resident died Tuesday J R Oliver north of town won 19 Duroc Jersey prizes at Red River Valley Fair Sherman total Whitewright Public Schools enrollment is 385 Mabel Rector Ina Hoyt Ryan head to Wichita Falls for business college Born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Russell a girl on the 7th
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Metze Jones
Valley View
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Miss Jones
H. K. Jones
Marvin Jones
Abilene
Edna Rebecca Womack
Marion Lofton Patton
Memphis
Sherman
Whitewright Public
Mabel Rector
Ina Hoyt Ryan
Wichita Falls
Arthur Russell
Pilot Grove News
Driver takes civil service test with political party question
A truck driver answering a civil service exam admitted past membership in a political party. He was asked if he belonged to any organization seeking to overthrow the government in Washington and replied yes, naming the Republican Party.
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Washington
Republican Party
Couch on Head for House Call Comic Scene
A psychiatrist spots another psychiatrist trudging down the street with a couch on his head. He asks why the couch. The answer is a playful punchline about making a house call.
Partition suit seeks 10.35 acres in Grayson County Texas
Citation to unknown heirs of H C Speck required to answer by 10 a.m. Monday after 42 days from Oct 1 1952 in Grayson County District Court Sherman. Plaintiff Claude Johnson seeks partition of 10.35 acres described as land out of H T & B R R survey by Little Elm Creek. If not served within 90 days, citation unserved. Published in Whitewright Sun Oct 9 16 23 30, 1952.
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State of
Texas
H. C. Speck
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Claude Johnson
Little Elm Creek
S. W. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Whitewright Sun
Scarlet Fever Season Ahead Warns State Health Officials
The State Department of Health issued a warning as scarlet fever cases rise in fall and most deaths occur October through February. Dr Geo W Cox urges prompt medical advice, noting early signs like fatigue sore throat and fever. Contagious with high risk for children under five. quarantine guidance applies and schooling resumes only with health officer or physician clearance.
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Austin
State Department of Health
Geo. W. Cox
Soldiers recall town capture with grand claims
A First Soldier regales a group of girls with an exaggerated tale of taking a town. He claims an explosion tore up the main street. A Second Soldier adds that he tore up a side street.
Linda Chooses Skippy’s Bean Bag Gift
A three year old girl, Linda, watches her aunt unpack a present. Two bean bags, red and blue, appear and are offered as gifts. Linda instantly says she wants Skippy's bean bag, not her own.
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Linda
Skippy
Sherman ISD Condemnation Notice for Senior High Site
Special commissioners appointed by Grayson County announce hearings for condemnation of land owned by Agnes Sillman and others in Sherman Texas to establish a senior high school. The hearing is set for November 17, 1952 at 10:00 a.m. in the Grayson County Courthouse with potential adjournments as needed.
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Sherman Independent School District
Agnes Sillman
Condemnation
Grayson County
Texas
Agnes Silliman
Dudley Williams
Dudly Williams
Empston Jones
Leonard Jones
Virdie May Meadows
Carrie Williams
R. C. Vaughan
Arthur Grimes
Joe Nathan Williams
Commissioners’ Court
Sherman
J. B. McAnair
Towit
J. D. Woods
W. W. Wilkins
Taylor Chiles
North Rusk Street
Eugeniene
Hugh Belden
B. N. Barton
Roy E. Hughes
Whitewright Sun
Treasury Reports $4 Billion Deficit in First Quarter
The U S government ran a deficit of 3 879 229 595 in the first quarter of the current fiscal year with expenditures of 17 829 748 327 and receipts of 13 950 518 731. Defense spending drove the red ink as President Truman warns of higher deficits ahead and the public debt stood at 262 721 632 231 as of Sept 30.
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Washington
Treasury
Truman
Government income sources in atomic energy program figures
The report cites total atomic energy program funds of $439,133,887 with major U.S. receipts from taxes: $5,744,968,199 in individual income taxes and $5,909,434,290 in corporate income taxes.
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Atomic Energy Program
Treasury
Beer Parlor Talk Ends With Bigamous Man’s Sentence
In South Charleston West Virginia two women discussing husbands learned they shared Vance B Pauley. Pauley received a one to five year penitentiary term as a result of the conversation in a local beer parlor.
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South Charleston
W. Va
Vance B. Pauley
Pauley
Two Used Dining Room Suites for Sale in Bonham
Lem Tittsworth offers two good used dining room suites at a low price in Bonham. Furniture buyer can inspect items locally and negotiate price.
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Lem Tittsworth, Bonham
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Masqueraders
Addison Vestal
Helen Craig
Willie Ross
Sallie Jo Gowdy
Holmes Connelly
Trenton
B. G. Gowdy
Presidential Life Insurance Co
OLD Line Legal Reserve
Presidential Life Insurance Company
Mercantile Securities Bldg
Dallas
R. Grady Bruce M.D
B.S
F.A.C
Greenville
C. H. Beseda
van Alstyne, Texas
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Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
Chevrolet
Fisher
Hasty Chevrolet Company
Whitewright, Texas
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