Social notes from Bells and area weekend visits
Pascal Cox visits relatives in Henderson while numerous Families from Bells Denison Sherman Justin Baytown and Dallas share weekend time with kin. A Tuesday Night Bridge Club meets Mildred Childress and Glenn Doss win bingo. Hank Clegg the quarter horse colt shows at State Fair of Texas in Dallas and earlier placings at Plano and Texoma fairs.
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Gladys Ray
Roby Childress
Glenn Doss
Childress
Doss
Russell Summers
David and
Janice Johnson
Hank Clegg
IT'S THE LAW Rural co operatives gain new service rules
The Fifty fifth Texas Legislature amended laws to allow electric cooperatives to serve annexed areas. Co-ops may continue service to existing members in annexations where central station service is provided, and new nonmembers can join if they lack municipality or public utility service. Adjacent cities without central station service may still receive coop power.
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Texas
Supreme Court of Texas
Co-ops Granted Wiring Rights for Annexed Rural Areas
House Bill 547 extends existing authority of electric cooperatives to furnish wiring facilities and electrical or plumbing equipment to members and to persons in annexed areas authorized to receive electrical service.
Witchcraft Still Factor in Modern Life, Prober Says
Dr H B Wright of Philadelphia says modern city dwellers are influenced by witchcraft and fortune tellers as much as primitive cultures. He notes fortune tellers use fear and superstition to control people and claims deaths follow fear, not prophecy. He plans a study of Solomon Islands witchcraft to compare practices.
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Prober
Sydney
Australia
H. B. Wright
Wright
Solomon Islands
Dr. Wright
Citation to appear in Grayson County court case 64701
The State of Texas to Jack Vincent Combs and others are commanded to answer by 10 a.m. on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance, by November 18, 1957, in the 15th District Court at Sherman. Plaintiff J L May seeks title and possession of land in Sherman Lat 12 Block 4 Binkley First Addition, Grayson County, with cloud removal. If not served within 90 days, it shall be returned unserved.
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State OF
Texa
Jack Vincent
A. D
15Th District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
J. L. May
Pomery Combs
G W. Johnson
G. W. Johnson
Billy Burke Combs
Barbara Coleman Combs
Carl Eugene Combs
Cleo Combs
Jesse
Feme
Chester Baxter Combs
Jack Vincent Combs
Binkley
Railroads Unique Self-Reliant in Nation’s Transport
A rail industry view by Prime F. Osborne of Louisville and Nashville defines railroads as universal, year round carriers open to all and paying taxes. He notes railroads spend about $1.5 billion annually on roadbeds, comparable to highway government spending.
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Prime F. Osborne
Louisville & Nashville
Veteran Q and A on GI insurance and survivor benefits
A reader asks about adding a disability income provision to a Korean GI policy. the answer: not allowed. Relief from liability does not automatically restore GI loan rights. restoration depends on specific conditions. Survivor Benefits Act yields equal payments for peacetime and wartime deaths. Qualified retired veterans receiving VA disability pay are entitled to VA outpatient treatment.
Ideas and rhetoric urged as crowds depart swift
The quote notes that speakers cling to a single set of ideas and phrases, allowing quick delivery even when the church is nearly empty, unlike when a crowd presses at the door. It underscores how repetition and ready speech fuel rapid communication.
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Swift
Denison Posts Busy Stamp Flow for Ike Birthday
Denison, Iowa, sees a flood of postal business as stamp collectors nationwide send letters to Postmaster J. R. Brown to cancel on Eisenhower’s birthday October 14. The event marks the president born in Denison 67 years ago next Monday, with many requests pouring in. George Washington laid the cornerstone of the capitol, and the Romanoff family ruled Russia from 1913 to 1917.
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Denison
Eisenhower
J. R. Brown
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