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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1969
Page
2
The Whitewright Sun names Buddy W. Camper editor and publisher with Dolores Meek as assistant editor and Cleo Williams covering Nursing Home News. Mrs A R McMurry is listed for personals.
Talk of the Town criticizes city actions on a 10 percent tax hike and a new city employee home project, with calls for legal process and meeting minutes. Resignation of council member John Curtis is discussed as a step toward accountability. The piece adds notes on a 1943 tornado, J H Sears home history, and requests for local old photos.
A sequence of numbers appears in a historical OCR extract with varied values and no clear narrative. Readable items include multiple 3 digit figures and a few single digits arranged in a loose pattern, lacking context or named entities.
Notices to Henry Lee Wren Glennis Calloway Lillian Turner and others command appearances and written answers for multiple divorce actions filed in Grayson County court during 1969. Also included is a probate notice for the estate of William Ray Davis with credit claims due by law, detailing executrix Annabell Davis and attorney Bob W. Fleming.
A collage of small ads lists homes under construction in Highland Park Addition and other offerings including new appliances, a 15 unit motel for sale or trade near Brownfield to Ruidosa, GoBese tablets, insurance, furniture upholstery, plumbing, and services. Also notices for land sales, deliveries, and employment at local city water department.
Phillip Crombie aged 10 returned from a deep sea fishing trip to Galveston with grandparents W C Crombie of Linwood Elm. He caught fish. Charles Truett fell at home Tuesday and sustained a fractured hip requiring transfer to Sherman Community Hospital. Other local families, Holland Dickerman, Mee Corstin Whitewright, and Thrasher Bonham attended Tradesday in Canton and Lake of the Pines weekend.
Tax man Sam argues the Post Office deserves a public service award for serving as Mr Federal Service in small towns. He notes the postmaster is the local hub for federal information and registrations.
The Whitewright Independent School District advertises for sealed bids on Lots 3,4,5,4 and 15, Block 10, Grayson College Addition, Whitewright Texas. Bids due to Superintendent S T Montgomery by 4 pm October 21 1969, opened 7 30 pm same day at the school board meeting. The district may reject all bids and will issue quit claim deeds with sale to highest bidder.
Anette Vineyard, a Mary Kay Beauty Consultant, demonstrates one of the nation’s newest cosmetics described as changing the face of America by appointment at the Whitewright Home Show.
Whitewright Lodge 167 F and A M held a stated meeting Monday at 7 30 p m Floyd Flowers was worshipful master Russell Summers was secretary duties conducted as announced in the notice.
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