Whitewright News Highlights Local Events And Honors
Whitewright reports 5 740 bales of cotton ginned by Wednesday. Students join Dallas State Fair attendance with several honor roll names. Streets bridges and crops suffer 10 hour rain damage. New nickel store opens in Weatherford building. Weddings include Clarence Martin and Ocie Watson and Forrest Jones and Ordris Hicks. Queen of progress crowned as street paving completes. Mrs Roby Childress hosts pageantry with local district reps.
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Denton
Dallas
Estelle Montgomery
Gladys Sears
Nell Montgomery
Mary Hestand
Louise LaRoe
Frances Wilson
Roberta Sloan
Genevieve Davidson
Whitewright
James Bryant
Mary Lee Andrews
Robert Crowell
Babe Nell Penn
Alwilda Ryan
Virginia Smith
Charlie Bell Truett
Pina Murphy
Walker Brents
Uncle Sam
Navy
Kirk Ray
Blossom
Clarence Martin
Ocie Watson
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Forrest Ray Jones
Ordris Hicks
Orangeville
Paul Delfel
Greenville
Highland Park
Cecil Badgett
Waco
Spivy Badgett
J. R. Radicar
Ridgeway
Riddle & Cloud
Roby Childress
Madge Sears
Mary Joe Henry
Bethel
Margaret Reeves
Blanks
Mary Lou Blanks
Ely
Minnie Ola England
Ida
Lorene Thornton
Canaan
Mary Joe Sears
Union Hill
Mary Cornelia Roberts
David Lloyd Moore
Gene Martin Hooper
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
Aline Pennington
Frances Donigan
G. W. Pope
J. M. McFerrin
Tom Head
Bertha Blanton
Orpha Blanton
Whitesboro
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Double wedding at Thacker ville highlights Walnut Bend couples
News from Pure Food Show winners names and baby contest results. Dorothy Irene McCafferty is best baby while Betty Nell Yeager wins the doll buggy parade. Obituaries note J. F. Blackerby’s Ely death and Jefferson Davis Ray’s funeral in Ft. Smith. School clubs report basketball team members and coach Robert Cantrell named.
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Billy Sue Phillips
Raymond Phillips
Johnnie Lynn Robinson
O. F. Robinson
Dorothy Irene McCafferty
B. B. McCafferty
John Dale Reeves
John Reeves
Clara Joan Anthony
W. B. Anthony
Mac Claborn
van Claborn
Betty Nell Yeager
J. F. Blackerby
Ely
G. W. Pope
C. P. Johnson
Frank William Miller
Midland
Oak Hill Cemetery
Jefferson Davis Ray
Ft. Smith
Ark
J. B. Harrison
Riley Beazley
Glendal Fleming
Charles Medearis
Leslie Holland
William H. Harrison
Billy Smith
William Colfer
Clyde Medearis
Aubrey Lane
Robert Cantrell
Politician Speech Gains Quiet Reception
Witnesses note the crowd reacted with muted disapproval as the politician spoke, while some attendees showed faint engagement. The exchange highlights a tense moment in a public gathering with mixed reactions to the address.
Notice to defend in land dispute suit 1954 Grayson County
Citation issued by the 15th District Court of Grayson County Texas requiring Elanzo Larkin and other heirs to answer a petition filed October 8 1954 in suit No 61668 by Ewell F Mahaney Alma F Mahaney and George L Seaman. Plaintiffs seek title and possession to about 27 acres described from a 29.5 acre grant with a detailed boundary survey on Iron Ore Creek.
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State OF
Texas
Elanzo Larkin
Alanzo Larkin
A. Larkin
Sarah Bohannon
W. S. Swain
J. H. Hopper
W. H. Mills
B. W
J. W. Walton
Emeline Walton
Alma Walton
Fay Walton
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Ewell F. Mahaney
Ewel F. Mahaney
Ewel L. Mahaney
Alma F. Mahaney
Alma N. Mahaney
George L. Seaman
Thelma Seaman
Grayson
Iron Ore
Spencer Rice
Elonzo Larkin
Munson & Brothers
Chas. E. Eastman
Rita E. Eastman
Varas
E. R. Carman
D. B. McLeod
A. D
S. V. Earnest
Shirley Davis
Whitewright Sun
Written farm leases should be expert drafted for 1954
Landlords and tenants should prefer written farm rental agreements over verbal deals. A proper lease covers rent, term, land descriptions, repairs, cropping, timber rights, subletting, losses, and expense sharing to prevent disputes and costly lawsuits. Experts warn against amateur drafting and emphasize businesslike farming contracts.
Rain Question Sparks Rural Riddle in Dialogue
A child asks why it rains and a caregiver explains rain helps crops like corn and wheat grow. The exchange shifts to why rain falls on a driveway, prompting a playful pause on weather and farming.
Ink a substitute for mouth wash inkw
Galen Sayler known as Dr. Ink in Janesville, a quick drying permanent ink inventor, says it could be a mouth wash though it would stain the tongue. He notes incidents of children drinking ink and advises milk then stomach pumping if worried.
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Janesville
Wis
Galen Sayler
Sayler
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