Local notes record deaths marriages and community events
Obituaries recall Ruie Dixon and Henry Stepp deaths in Lone Oak and here, plus deaths of Mrs. Manning and others. Marriages include Miss Otto Denton and Ben O King in Sherman, and Bud Mathis with Frances Gregory. Also noted are school playground additions, gin output, a new church plan, and local awards and plant tidbits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruie Dixon
M-K-T
Lone Oak
Henry Grady Stepp
C. L. Manning
Otto Denton
Sherman
Whitewright
Ben O. King
Collinsville
Charles Alexander Belote
C. A. Belote
Camp Oglethorpe
H. L. Durham
W.C. Brown
Elzie H. Baxter
Tom Bean
France
William Claud Roberts
T. L. Hansard
Frank Leak
Bud Mathis
Frances Gregory
Claud Phillips
Jesse James
Lila Mae Smith
Canaan
Reflector Staff and Potatoes Harvest at Seven Twelfths Acre
The high school Reflector lists staff including editor Robert Doss and adviser Miss Gladys Ray among reporters Billye E Montgomery Mona belle Biggerstaff Merle Robbins Jesse DeBerry Ruth Jopling Jack Lay Merle Fleming Isabelle Craig Albert L Jackson. Ralph Wallace harvested 300 bushels of sweet potatoes from seven twelfths of an acre, equating to about 514 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Doss
Gladys Ray
Billye E. Montgomery
Monabelle Biggerstaff
Merle Robbins
Jesse DeBerry
Ruth Jopling
Jack Lay
Merle Fleming
Isabelle Craig
Albert L. Jackson
Ralph Wallace
Less Fat On Pork Cuts Now Planned
Chicago reports a new live grading method for hogs to reduce fat in pork cuts. Research on 1,400 hogs shows back-fat, body length and hind leg length explain 72 percent of lean cut yield. No. 1 hogs average 1.6 inch back-fat, 29 inch body length, and 19.6 inch hind leg length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National
Tax Lien Foreclosure Notice in Grayson County
Public sale notice in Grayson County Texas cites judgment No. 60623 against B A Elliott H B Short for delinquent taxes and costs. Foreclosure of plaintiff lien to be sold November 3 1953 at courthouse between 2 and 4 PM. Lot 6 13 14 15 Block 23 Original Town Plat Howe Texas. Also citation No. 60833 for Lindsteadt et al against Lot 10 Block 3 Lindsteadt Addition Sherman. Court to hear November 23 1953 otherwise judgment for taxes penalties and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Texas
Grayson
A. D
District Court
Grayson County
15Th Judicial District of Texas
B. A. Elliott
H. B. Short
Texas
Howe
J. C. Lindsteadt
H. J. Petras
Elizabeth Petras
Fredrick Adolph Lindsteadt
Jack Lindsteadt
M. A. Randall
Augusta Randall
Lindsteadt
Sherman
Court House
Centerville Fair Sparks Stir Over Pink Cattle Salt Sculpture
Handy Jackson contributed a streaky pink curved piece to the Centerville Sculpture Exhibition. He claims it was a mounted cattle salt lick, fooling many and sparking debate on what counts as art. Some locals defend freedom of taste while others question expertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handy Jackson
Centerville Fair
Handy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Church of Christ
A. P. Neff
Hattie Johnson
Zelma MacFatridge
Grace Vestal
Lester Short
Russell McGinnis
Martha Bow
Eula Ferrill
the Sun
Theodore Longley
Dallas
Dallas Journal
Hoover
Smith
Clyde Craig
Texas-Louisiana Power Co
Sun
J. M. Sturdivant
W. A. Sturdivant
Linxwiler’s
of Men’s Clothing & Furnishings
North
Don Richard
Resistos
S. Travis
G. W. Blanton
Lester Day
Whitewright Sun
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Joe Marsh
United States Brewers Foundation
Westinghouse
Service
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