Whitewright and Grayson County News Highlights
Grayson County reports Fourth Liberty Loan totals with Whitewright at 200 300 in subscriptions. Local deaths include Joe Craighead and Thurman Hamilton with notices from Whitewright and Shreveport. Will A Boone earns UT Law Review board honor. A sophomore class elects officers at Whitewright High School. Lincoln County fair prizes go to Homer Caston of Leonard for Poland China dogs. 25 years ago items note Elmer Greer and Mil dred Coffman marriage and other local events.
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Grayson County
Whitewright
Joe Craighead
W. T. Harris
Sam S. Cameron
Washington, D. C
J. H. Graves
State Council of Defense
Thurman Hamilton
Shreveport
Edgar Montgomery
Will A. Boone
University of Texas
Texas Law Review
M. E. Powell
Musie Mae
Sarah H. Phillips
A. T. Phillips
Whitewright High School
Haskell Thomson
Cora Mae Thornton
Altha Mae Vestal
Miss Montgomery
Homer Caston
Leonard
Texas
Dallas
Local notices and obituaries from Whitewright area
Rafe Sullinger and Tom Beangrocer died at the family home Wednesday night. John Reeves announces the birth of a son on October 20. Charley Carter of Bells takes a job at Bow Wright Pharmacy. Miss Foy Bow, teacher in Dodd City, spent the weekend with her parents the Oscars Bow. Friday Literary Club featured Mrs. Emmet Penn and others. Funeral services for Mrs. G. W. Bennett of 82, mother of G. D. Bennett of Whitewright, were held at Savoy Thursday afternoon.
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Rafe Sullinger
Tom
Apple Tree Blossoms Amid Warm Weather Oddity
Farmersville reports an apple tree at Henry Roberts on Hill Street shed leaves during a summer crop then sprouted new leaves and blossomed this month. The 20 year old tree may yield a second crop if warm spells persist. Also notes on asafetida drug from parsley family.
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Farmersville
Henry Roberts
Hill Street
Roberts
Veterans Questions and Answers on VA pensions and benefits
A veteran Q and A explains pension eligibility separate from total disability ratings and clarifies that current disability compensation does not grant pension eligibility or survive active duty pay. It also confirms dancers can enroll in college courses under the Korean GI Bill when part of a physical education program and notes NSLI payments are tax exempt though property taxes may apply to purchases.
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National Service
Tax lien foreclosure cited in Lindsteadt parcel case
The State of Texas brings suit in Grayson County against J C Lindsteadt and others to collect delinquent ad valorem taxes on Lot 10 Block 3 Lindsteadt Addition Sherman Texas and foreclose tax liens. Citations issued October 8 1953 require appearance by November 23 1953 in the 15th Judicial District District Court.
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State OF Texas
Grayson
Texas
Felows
J. C. Lindsteadt
H. J. Petras
Elizabeth Petras
Fredrick Adolph Lindsteadt
Jack Lindsteadt
M. A. Randall
Augusta Randall
Lindsteadt
Sherman
Grayson County
District Court
15Th Judicial District
A. D
WHS Reflector highlights seniors bake sale and sophomore class
The Reflector covers senior boys baking for bake sales and features WHS sophomore class leader Wanda Alexander with student profiles. It notes Beverly Ann Bassett pictured from Kilgore College Rangerettes and lists many class members with brief traits and quirks.
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Reflector
Beverly Ann Bassett
Kilgore College
Tigerette
WHS
Sylvester
Rangers Charge Park Chief and Staff in Illegal Fishing
Hobart Oklahoma state game rangers Dean Blackstone and Clem Pattello filed illegal fishing charges against three men who turned out to be Quartz Mountain State Park superintendent Ira Tomlinson and two of his employees. In Pasadena California a bookstore offers books at 10c and 25c with a mail slot payment instruction.
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Hobart
Okla
Quartz Mountain State Park
Dean Blackstone
Altus
Clem Pattello
Mangum
Ira Tomlinson
Pasadena
Calif
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Co. V. Maxwell
Ardmore
Oak Hill Cemetery
Elmer H. Greer
Mil
Dred Coffman
Fort Worth
T. F. Coffman
Herman Riddle
Joe Riddle
First National Bank
Eliza Maxwell
Fort Hospital
Robert England
Lower Main Street
R. D. Maddux
Ray Manning
Pilot Grove
Byron Caraway
Downing
Helen Oliphant
Maurine May
Marian Barbee
Simmons
Rose Hill
Babelone
Babcock Auto Store
Whitewright, Texas
Blanton Home & Auto Supply
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Whitewright Sun
Ethel Merman
Aut Swenson
Thrillcade
Pan-America
Honey Grove
Wanda Alexander
Alice Ayres
Jack Bartley
Nola Bass
Ann Brown
Shak
Pete Burchfield
J. W. Burchfield
Lewis Clem
Bobby DeBerry
James Dixon
Jimmy Boyd
James
Jackie Garner
Sandra Hamilton
Jack Hayes
Jarvis Head
Orville
Patsy Robertson
Obie Rutledge
Travis Sanderson
Annette Smith
Phillip Stephens
Onetta Smith
Smith
Johnnie Taylor
Jimmy Thornhill
Doris Wallace
Bells
Frank Watkins
Laura Williams
Bobby Gentry
Lester Haile Seed & Grain Co
Westinghouse
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