Whitewright notes include sales, deaths, births and illness
Gray son College property sold to City of Whitewright for 5000 by trustee C B Bryant. Local obituaries include Mrs Jessie Sue Smith Hancock and W S Womack. Births record Mrs Pascal Cox daughter Oct 27 and Jim Williams daughter Oct 28. Illness typhoid strikes Maggie Horton. influenza affects Lee Jones and Camp Travis.
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Grayson College
C. B. Bryant
Whitewright
Paul Hancock
Jessie Sue Smith
Caddo
Okla
Sue Stephens
Carl Fender
Celina
J. F. Fender
Pascal Cox
W. S. Womack
Royse City
Sam Massey
Camp Travis
James
John S. Jones
Lee
Ely
Local Notes From Ely Community And Surroundings
Ruth Bartley recovers after an accidental shooting in Ely. Farmers Cafe opens with Joe Riddle and Virgil Thornhill as owners. Ed Doss is noted as a top potato grower in the region. Miss Robbye Broyles and Willlie Lee Martin wed in Ector on Oct 18. Mary Johnson and Alton Hemphill marry Sunday. Mr and Mrs Frank Smith of Sherman announce a birth on Oct 30. Whitewright Tigers lose to Van Alstyne Lions 19 14. School fundraiser box supper yields 38 dollars. Do A Giles knocked down by lightning Saturday evening near the business district but reports no serious injury.
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Ruth
Wilson Bartley
Ely
Joe Riddle
Virgil Thornhill
Farmers
Ed Doss
Robbye Broyles
Willie Lee Martin
Ector
Mary Johnson
Lee Johnson
Alton B. Hemphill
Frank Smith
Sherman
Whitewright Tigers
van Alstyne Lions
Pilot Grove
Do. A. Giles
Giles
Grayson Cotton Ginning Totals Through Oct 18
The Sun reports that by October 18, 1933, Grayson had seen 36 741 bales of cotton ginned to date, reflecting ongoing harvest activity.
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Grayson
118 Postmasters Fired In 1953 Under Civil Service Rules
Washington report shows about 41 000 postmasters nationwide with 118 dismissed this year. Of those, 43 were discharged for embezzlement. the rest left under non political reasons. Congress would need to change the 1938 law to alter job protections.
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Washington
D. C
Eisenhwer
Eisenhower
Congress
Divorce Petition Citations for Ritchie Case in Grayson County
Public notice issued in Grayson County Texas directs De marle Enoch Ritchie to answer Eugenia May Ritchie in a divorce case filed August 28 1953. The citation sets response by November 30 1953 before Judge in Sherman at 10 AM. Case No 607 names the parties and cites cruel treatment as grounds.
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State OF Texas
Demarle Enoch Ritchie
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Eugenia May Ritchie
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Whitewright Sun
Grayson
District Court
Fifteenth Judicial District
Denison Federal Savings and Loan Association
M. C. Strode
Alice P. Strode
Ben Strode
United Credits Corp
Denison
Towit
G. W. Blanton
Change of name laws and notices in Texas law and auctions
Summary of Texas name change procedures for individuals and minors, court processes, and related provisions. Includes corporate name changes with charter amendments, assumed name certificates for business, and impact on rights. Also attaches estate notices and a real estate sale by execution in Grayson County with sheriff sale details and dates.
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Texas
Secretary of State
Younger Men Better Risk Survey Shows
A large study from Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. shows a wife has a 50-50 chance of widowhood only if she marries a man younger than or notably younger than herself. With a husband five to ten or more years older, widowhood odds rise from 60 to 80 per 100, making widowhood nearly certain if he is twenty or more years older. The report notes a long-term decline in death-disrupted marriages but higher lifetime widowhood risk for wives today.
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New York
Earnest Elbert Hooton
Harvard University
America
Hooton
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Whales follow fixed migration routes and haunt time
The text notes that whales are not aimless wanderers but follow customary haunts and travel beaten tracks during annual migrations. It also states it is illegal to use portraits of living persons on U S currency and that brain workers need more sleep than physical laborers.
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U. S
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Maggie Horton
W. H. Horton
Joe Logan
Roy Harold Groves
Trinity University
Waxahachie
A. L. Groves
R. T. Pennington
Newton Manning
Leon Devenport
H. T. Arterberry
A. L. Jackson
Clarence McMillin
Mollie Pierce
Bud Pierce
West End
Bridge Club
H. T. Atterberry
Inez Ray
Pernie Badge
Lucian LaRoe
Blanton
Hasty Chevrolet Company
Whitewright, Texas
New Mexico
U. S. Weather Bureau
State OF
Emma Staples
J. N. Dickson
Gillespie & Gillespie
M & P Bank
Marion W. Staples
Lucile Staples Stevens
C. H. Beseda
van Alstyne, Texas
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U.S
Treasury Department
The
Advertising Council
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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