Bank leadership swaps spark Bonham First National link
C B Bryant III, president of Bonham First National Bank, will move to Bonham to serve as vice president of that bank. Sears Anderson of Whitesboro will join Whitewright’s bank as active vice president, taking over Bryant’s duties. Changes expected November 15. Anderson, grandson of Whitewright’s late W T Sears, has banking background including a term as a national bank examiner. Bryant family retains stake. Bryant may remain president pending formal word.
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C. B. Bryant III
First National Bank
Bonham
Sears Anderson
Whitesboro
Whitewright
Bryant
Mr. Anderson
W. T. Sears
Security National Bank
C. B. Bryant Jr
Sweetwater
Bryants
The
Sun
Cotton Bowl Stakes Rise If Aggies Reach Title
Texas A M must win the Southwest Conference title to trigger a Cotton Bowl bid while the league works out post season rules. The Aggies face Baylor at College Station, with Arkansas SMU Rice and Texas remaining on the slate as the conference scrambles to set Cotton Bowl terms amid its probation.
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Texas A&m
A&m
Aggies
Baylor
Texas
Rice
Texas Christian
College Station
Arkansas
Fayetteville
Southern Methodist
Dallas
Houston
Tax Case Sent Back by Court in Texas Bank Deposits
Texas Supreme Court denied rehearing and sent the D. E. and R. J. Whelan case back for a new trial. The court ruled bank deposits are personal property subject to taxation, remanding due to insufficient admitted evidence on taxable deposits in Harrison County.
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Austin
State Supreme Court
D. E
R. J. Whelan
Harrison County
Marshall
Whelans
Supreme Court
District Court
Texas
Jimmy Smith Wins Gold Star 4-H Boy Award
Jimmy Smith of Whitewright was named Gold Star 4-H boy this year by Stanley Oakley assistant county agent. Oakley left for Dallas to take duties as assistant farm agent of Dallas County. Smith son of Rev. and Mrs Lee H Smith has raised and shown sheep for years and recently returned from Germany where he represented Texas with the Christian Rural Overseas Program aiding postwar farmers. Other awards announced by Oakley went to non Whitewright contestants.
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Jimmy Smith
Whitewright
Stanley Oakley
Oakley
Dallas
Dallas County
Jimmy
Lee H. Smith
Germany
Texas
Christian Rural Overseas Program
American Legion Meeting Tonight
Earl Fields, post commander, calls a business meeting of Ever heart Thornhill Post American Legion for 7:00 this Thursday night. He says the meeting will end in time for the 8:00 football game and urges all members to attend.
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Earl Fields
Everheart-Thornhill Post
American Legion
Mr. Fields
Ford worries over Democratic win chilling economic hopes
Beverly Hills California VP William C Ford of Ford Motor Company said he would be less optimistic about the U S economy if a Democrat wins the presidency. He cited a Republican led healthy mood and predicted continued prosperity regardless of Eisenhower or a Republican successor. If a Democrat is elected he expressed less certainty about the economy's future.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
William C. Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Eisenhower
Baptists Track Attendance Growth At First Church
The First Baptist Church reports rising Sunday School attendance under Rev. Newton Cole with an average of 211 since October 1, up from 170 last year. Plans include two nursery departments, a religious census, and a missions and stewardship school November 6-10 followed by a Training Union Revival November 13-17 led by Mrs. Pat Crawford.
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First Baptist Church
Newton Cole
Cole
Pat Crawford
Eastland
Texas Farmers Suffer 6 Percent Drop in 1955 Early Run
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research reports Texas farmers earned six percent less for their products in the January-August period of 1955 compared with 1954. Major commodities showed declines in cotton and rice, while gains appeared in sorghums, peanuts, cattle, sheep and lambs, eggs, and milk products.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
The
Research Bureau
Stevenson Best Of Candidates Says Mrs Roosevelt
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt in McCallss November issue declares Adlai Stevenson the best qualified and best trained person in the United States to deal with world affairs and expresses hope he would be the 1956 Democratic presidential candidate, preferred over Averell Harriman.
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New York
Eleanor Roosevelt
Adlai Stevenson
United States
Nurse Testimony Pushes for Tighter Narcotics Controls
A nurse and self cured narcotics addict testified at a Senate subcommittee hearing about the narcotics problem in Texas. Witness B described forging prescriptions to obtain the drug and urged stricter controls on pharmacists and doctors handling habit forming medicines.
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Dallas
Senate
Texas
Daniel
U. S
Atwell
Hog Prices at Nine Year Low in Fort Worth Market
Fort Worth Stock Yards hog prices fell to a nine year low with mixed 1 to 3 grade hogs weighing 185 to 260 pounds at 15 to 15.25 dollars. Receipts at 12 markets exceeded 100000 Monday, the first such total this season. The 15.25 dollar top is the lowest since ceiling set in June 1946.
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Fort Worth
CPA
Pink Bollworms Rising in North Texas Cotton Areas
Counts of pink bollworms found in gin trash across Collin Cooke Denton Grayson Montague and Rockwall counties show increases in Collin Grayson and Rockwall. Dist Agricultural Agent Ted Martin urges early stalk destruction to curb hibernating worms and reduce infestation.
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Texas
Department of Agriculture
Collin County
Cooke County
Denton County
Grayson County
Montague
Rockwall
Collin
Grayson
Dist
Ted Martin
Denton
Newsprint Price Up Again By St Lawrence Corp
St Lawrence Corporation of Montreal raises newsprint price by $5 a ton effective Nov 1. Harold Smith of Wright Company confirms notices sent to newspapers. New delivered price in New York becomes $131 per ton, with historical context on prior peaks and regional price variations described.
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New York
St. Lawrence Corporation
Montreal
Harold Smith
Wright Company
St. Lawrence
Weekly School Lunch Menu Reads Like Comfort Favorites
The menu lists meals for Monday through Friday featuring salmon croquettes, hot dogs, meat loaf, steak and gravy, and hamburger patties. Each day pairs protein with sides such as peas, beans, slaw, and fruit dessert options like cookies, ice cream, and doughnuts.
Cub Scouts Tour Fire Department Ride with Mayor
The Cub Scouts met on October 13 with Mrs. M. W. McLauchlin and Scotty Phillips ten chief. Last week was fire prevention week, and the group toured the fire department and rode the fire truck driven by Mayor Russell Summers.
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M. W. McLauchlin
Scotty Phillips
Russell Summers
Scouts Schedule Community Stew for Court of Honor
The local Boy Scouts plan a free community stew Tuesday night November 1 with three kettles of stew and nine gallons of coffee to serve several hundred people. Serving starts at 7 pm followed by the Court of Honor. If bad weather the event moves to the American Legion Hall. Bobby Anderson is scoutmaster and Clarence Tillett is assistant scoutmaster.
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Court of Honor
American Legion Hall
Bobby Anderson
Clarence Tillett
Help Yourself to Better Postal Service
Postmaster John Biggerstaff urges mailers to help improve efficiency by posting early and often, sorting local and out of town mail, and packing parcels securely. A pamphlet will be available at post offices with holiday tips, including overseas parcel timelines from October 15 to November 15.
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Post Office Department
John Biggerstaff
Biggerstaff
Whitesboro Picnic to Honor Speaker Rayburn
Whitesboro plans a barbecue dinner Thursday night in the school lunch room with a program in the gym honoring House Speaker Rayburn for his work benefiting west Grayson County. Special guests include Col. E. O. Thompson, Olin Culberson, State Agriculture Commissioner White, Oklahoma State Representative Albert, and Oklahoma Gov. Raymond Gary.
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Whitesboro
Rayburn
Oklahoma
Raymond Gary
Gene Foster
Russian Says Red Wives Stubborn Too
A visiting Soviet journalist Anatoli Sofronov says wives are stubborn worldwide under both systems and remarks that all wives are the same. He and four other Russian journalists toured the Metropolitan Museum of Art where a man copies an oil painting explains he wants to prove to his wife he can paint.
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New York
Anatoli Vladimirovich Sofronov
Metropolitan Museum of Arts
Daniel Dunlop
Williston
Fla
Court asked to forgive smelly pennies
Vernon E. Sutton of RidgE Ore asked a San Francisco court to forgive him for sending 599 foul smelling pennies to pay a traffic fine. He called it a mistake and said the pennies fell into an open dish of cheese spread, joking roquefort or limburger.
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San Francisco
Vernon E. Sutton
Navy
Riddle, Ore
Sutton
Tigers Set To Host Honey Grove In Thursday Night Tilt
Whitewright Tigers look to rebound after a 39-7 loss to Cooper and host Honey Grove Warriors at Bryant Field. Honey Grove seeks a first win since beating Farmersville 14-7 as Tigers angle for a conference win. Game time 8:00 p.m.
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Whitewright Tigers
Cooper Bulldogs
Honey Grove Warriors
Bryant Field
Honey Grove
Farmersville Farmers
Warriors
Tigers
van Alstyne
Wolfe City
Farmersville
Commerce
Whitesboro
Leonard
Trenton
Cooper
Defense chief orders 68 thousand civilian job cuts in armed forces
Defense Secretary Wilson announced a 500 million dollar economy plan targeting a 6 percent reduction in the Defense Department civilian payroll, eliminating 68,000 jobs over eight months in three stages. He stressed overall military spending may stay near 34.5 billion annually due to new technology and programs. The Air Force may also cut positions despite planned civilian hires.
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Washington
Defense
Wilson
Armed Services
Defense Department
Freight rate hikes made permanent by ICC decision
The Interstate Commerce Commission today authorized indefinite continuation of the billion dollar annual freight rate increases granted to railroads in 1952. Rates, up 12 to 15 percent from 1952 levels, will remain in effect permanently as the industry asked, with the one time hikes folded into the standard rate structure.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Bus Driver Halts After Woman Demands Clothes Change
In Baltimore a bus driver, Francis Hartlove, stopped quickly when a female passenger shouted to wait while she finished pulling her laundry from the vehicle. The piece notes the origin of the word carat from Arabic for locust tree pods.
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Baltimore
Francis Hartlove
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