Sun Club Prints Year Books and Nursery Catalogues
The Sun printing department delivered the Whitewright Music Club and Whitewright PTA year books on white eggshell paper with colored covers and cords matching club colors. It also printed 1,000 Sunnyside Nursery catalogues by J. L. Denton, noting the Youngberry and other berries, plus seedling fruit trees. The Sun handles Grayson County Missionary Baptist Association minutes, with Rev. E P Wootten elected clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
Whitewright Music Club
Whitewright Parent-Teacher Association
Parents Teacher Association
the Sun
Sunnyside Nursery
J. L. Denton
Town
Mr. Denton
Texas
Denton
Sun Force
Grayson County Missionary Baptist Association
E. P. Wootten
The
Baptist Church
Association
Willkie Promises Aid to Small Business on New Haven Green
Wendell Willkie urged small business relief in New Haven addressing about 42,000 critics. He outlined a six point program to simplify regulations, revise taxes, and create government laboratories for small firms while criticizing the New Deal and racketeers. Local guest Josie Jackson attended. New Jersey voters legalized pari mutuel horse race betting machines June 20, 1939.
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New Haven
Conn
Wendell L. Willkie
P. T. Smith
Willkie
Democratic Party
United States
New Jersey
Grayson County Draft Boards Named and Cotton News
Nine Grayson County men were named to selective draft boards by the Adjutant General, with boards based in Sherman Denison and Whitesboro. Whitewright gins reported 3441 bales of cotton, below last year's 3863, as the crop runs later this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
Whitewright PTA Holds Its First Meeting of the Year
The Whitewright Parent-Teacher Association met at the Grammar School building with good attendance. Rev. Ben Bell led prayer, Mrs. Floyd Everheart presided, and programs included talks on Self Expression Parental Example and Adult Guidance. The first grade won the mothers’ attendance prize. Red Cross nurse Verna Hancock spoke on local plans and work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Parent-Teacher Association
Ben Bell
The
Methodist Church
Sarah Kilgroe
Floyd Everheart
F. D. Layman
B. W. Newman
Verna Hancock
Red Cross
New Details Clarify Conscription For Men of America
Americans aged 21 to 35 will register on October 16 at their regular voting precincts. Local selective service boards will manage the draft, with drawing in Washington to assign numbers. Those called may be classified for immediate service or various deferrals, with pay of 21 dollars monthly for four months, then 30 dollars, and a 10 year reserve after one year of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board
Washington
Army
Navy
Enrollment at Texas A and M reaches 6528 in first semester
College Station reports 6528 students enrolled by close of registration for the first semester, up from 6058 the prior year, an increase of 470 or 7.2 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas A. & M. College
World Series Receipts Set New Record and Payouts Revealed
The 1940 World Series gate receipts reached 1 321 817 84 including 100 000 broadcasting sum, breaking 1926 mark. Reds share 5 782 per player, Tigers 3 519. 48 Tigers players benefited, Reds used 28 percent shares after 3 000 bonuses. Attendance 281 842. total clubs and leagues share 664 714 61.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
New York Yanks
St. Louis Cardinals
Tigers
Reds
Advisory Council
Southeast Grayson Not Representeed on Grand Jury Panel
Sherman A grand jury for the October term of Fifteenth District Court was impaneled Monday by Judge R M Carter. W W Blassingame of Van Alstyne was named foreman and members include Grady Hodges Whitesboro W C Fair Dixie G T Spalding Sadler Clark Beam Sherman Pratt Thompson Howe G R Stephens Sherman R M Williams Denison A S Allen Georgetown Bruce Smith Hagerman W L Ashburn Denison and John Washburn Bells. The panel was drawn from grand jury commissioners E G Johnson Sherman W E Cox Denison and John Bass Whitesboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Bruce Smith
Hagerman
W. L. Ashburn
Denison
John Washburn
Bells
Carter
E. G. Johnson
Sherman
W. E. Cox
John Bass
Whitesboro
Methodist Church Elects Officers For Coming Year
The fourth quarterly Conference of the Methodist Church elected officers for the coming year. Stewards include A. M. Bryant and R. P. Childress among others. trustees named C. B. Bryant Jr. and F. M. Echols. Department heads assigned chairmanships such as Mrs. H. C. Willis and R. A. Gillett. Rev. S. M. Black presided as Rev. C. A. Spraggins resigns due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Methodist Church
Stewards
A. M. Bryant
C. B. Bryant Jr
R. P. Childress
H. P. Donigan
Glen Earnheart
F. M. Echols
R. A. Gillett
J. B. King
Ross R. May
A. L. Scott
Thos. E. Sears
H. C. Willis
Church
Society of Christian Service
Young People’s Department
Laverne Kilgree
S. M. Black
Paris
Sherman
C. A. Spraggins
Five Cars Involved In Wrecks Sunday
A sequence of five automobile wrecks occurred at the Bois d Arc creek bridge on Highway 69 north of town Sunday evening. No serious injuries. several people suffered minor cuts and bruises. Initial crash at 6:45 involved Louis Vestal of Whitewright and Millard Sanders of Whitewright, glare from headlights blamed. An hour later two more cars collided at the same spot, C D Gary Jr of Greenville with four passengers including a bruise to the head and some teeth lost, and Pirtle Humphries of Whitewright with several passengers and a woman with minor injuries. Later a car struck a post while attempting to stop. the unnamed driver was unhurt.
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Bois d’Arc Creek
Highway 69
Louis Vestal
Whitewright
Millard Sanders
C. D. Gary Jr
Greenville
Pirtle Humphries
Sherman Boys Fined for Throwing Eggs at Fair Park
In Sherman, two youths were fined 42.50 dollars each in corporation court after they threw rotten eggs at Sherman High School Band members practicing at Fair Park Stadium Monday night. One offender was described as a white boy and the other as a negro boy, and both were arrested following the disturbance.
Registration set for men age twenty one to thirty six
The Grayson County advisory board announces that Co B Bryant Jr will run the selective service registration in Whitewright on Wednesday Oct 16 from 8 am to 9 pm in the west city building. All men 21 to 36 must register in their voting precinct and receive a registration card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. B. Bryant Jr
Whitewright
West City
Mr. Bryant
J. B. Hamilton
O. L. Jones
T. H. Cuneningham
E. F. Everheart
R. P. Childress
J. E. Christian
H. T. Atterberry
J. C. McMillin
Clyde Craig
Martie Sears
Texas Cotton Crop Forecast Falls Short in Oct Estimate
The Agricultural Marketing Service reports Oct 1 conditions for Texas cotton at 3,390,000 bales, down 2.6 percent or 89,000 bales from Sept 1. The forecast compares with 2,846,000 bales last year and a 10 year average of 3,876,000. Yield per acre is 185 pounds, up from 160 in 1939 and 149 in the 10 year average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Austin
Agricultural Marketing Service
Sympathy Grows for Man Who Kept Girl's Body
In Key West a 70-year-old ex X-ray technician Karl Tranzler Van Cosel awaits a ruling after keeping a nine year old girl’s preserved body in his bed for seven years. Friends deem his actions a loving wish to revive her. locals call it sympathy not harm. Prosecutors allege disturbing a tomb.
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Key West
Fla
Karl Tranzler van Cosel
Louis A. Harris
van Cosel
Harris
Enrique Asquinaldo
Aliens Registered in United States Reach 1 690 069
The Justice Department reported that 1 690 069 aliens had registered through last Friday. The update reflects ongoing immigration tracking but confirms the latest counted total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Defense Evidence on Libel Case Partially Ruled Inadmissible
In Sherman Denison Herald libel case P H Luby of Tom Bean sought to prove reports reflecting on his character for foreman of a Denison grand jury and related gambling cases. Judge R M Carter barred most defense pleadings and key testimony about a raid on a Denison beer parlor and alleged gambling evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Brown
J. Lee Greer
The
Herald Publishing Co
Carter
Denison
Legion District Meeting Set in Denison October 26
American Legion members of district 4 to meet in Denison Saturday October 26. District Commander George Hagans of Denison announces plans including a trip to the dam a Saturday night dance and business sessions as part of the entertainment program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
American Legion
George Hagans
Van Alstyne Receives WPA Grant for Street Paving
The Works Progress Administration announced a $40,537 grant to Van Alstyne to pave city streets. City funds of $18,172 will supplement the project, employing 212 workers in the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Works Progress Administration
van Alstyne
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Waxahachie
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Adjutant General of
Roosevelt
W. Lee O'Daniel
Hardie McAdams
Gordonville
J. W. Adamson
George C. Knaur
J. M. McLemore
E. T. Allen
John B. Rice
Kentuckytown
Tom Bean
Pilot Grove
Fannin County
J. B. May
Savoy
F. A. Shiels
Leonard
H. A. Cunningham
Bonham
H. Miller
Ladonia
John Palmore
Ravenna
Parent-Teacher Association
America
A. & M. College
Southeast
Grayson
Grand
R. M. Carter
W. E. LaRoe
W. H. Horton
Gomer May
Hopper & Kaiser
J. M. Parrish
Claude Lackey
A. S. Luby
William M. Pierce
Ida
Joe Coker
Paul Wilson
Justin West
W. M. Moulton
Cannon
A. D. Grider
Bethel
J. P. Autrey
Legion District
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