Saturday Big Bargain Day Ends Subscriptions Rise
The Sun announces a final $1.00 subscription offer ending Saturday with regular rates to follow. Readers are urged to mail renewals by Saturday for the discounted rate and lists many new names added to the honor roll this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
E. E. Tomlinson
J. E. Everheart
John Freeman
F. L. Starr
Fred Starr Jr
W. L. Smith
Claud Thompson
Joe Rich
H. M. DeBerry
R. H. DeBerry
Haskell Thomson
J. L. Bennett
J. A. Watson
H. H. Sears
W. H. Coggins
J.T. Vestal
D. W. Smith
Clyde Vestal
J. W. McMurry
B. S. Montgomery
Joe E. Ross
Ott Lackey
T. A. Gray
Wade Sears
N. R. Stillwell
W. E. LaRoe
Prentiss Compton
Bessie Compton
J. A. Mauk
W. F. Holland
Lynn Ward
F. E. Douglas
W. T. Ross
R. B. Matthews
A. E. Locke
W. F. Fields
John A. Ray
L. E Alexander
M. Caraway
R. J. Bush
O. A. Hefner
W. R. Benson
J. A. McKinney
Paul Cook
Guy Hamilton
Luther Gordon
Marion Felker
Emmet Penn
Allen T. Short
Elbert Bennett
W. F. Wright
J. L. Yowell
Jesse Bow
R. E. Sandlin
S. T. Montgomery
S. T. Montgomery Jr
J. H. Hollingsworth
Homer Caston
M. L. Thornhill
Ben Savage
Grover Smith
J. P. Ownby
Lee Norris
John Norris
L. H. Grammer
M. W. Jones
Pirtle Harmon
M. B. Bryant
C. W. Kelieher
Lena Fleeman
W. M. Samples
R. T. Ray
W. L. Caylor
Sallye Hamilton
Leora Short
Thomas Gillett
Tom Gillett
W. E. Pennell
J. P. Harper
Guy Ely
J. C. Parsons
A. J. Reed
E. R. Alexander
J. F. Holland
B. L. Janway
Hugh Trotter
Boy Scouts Receive Recreation Gift and Troop Improvements
Thursday night at the scout house the troop was surprised by a new tennis table given as a reward for good work and advancement. In the business session the scouts planned troop and patrol flags merit badge books and improvements to patrol corners and cabin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Sears
Cotton ginnings for county fall below prior year
Grayson County ginned 22 399 bales before October 18, 1940 data by government cotton statistician G O Peterson show a drop from 40 501 bales for the same date in 1939. Vatican City's pharmacy reports no soda fountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
G. O. Peterson
Vatican City
Gospel Meeting at Church of Christ Begins Next Sunday
B B Harding of Friona will start a gospel meeting at the Church of Christ, running through November 12 with daily 7 15 p m services and two Sunday sessions at 11 a m and 7 p m. Harding, a 1941 Abilene Christian College graduate, will present topics such as Bodies Composed, Divine Relationship, and What Think Ye of Christ. A basket lunch is planned at noon on opening day, Sunday November 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Harding
Friona
Church of Christ
Harding
Abilene Christian College
Allen Harper
Ark
Egypt
Canaan
FFA Greenhands Initiated At Local High School
Fifteen first year vocational agriculture boys at the high school earned their greenhand degree after completing prerequisites. Names include Paul Jarvis Odell Neal Alton Smith Jack Ward Carl Simmons and others. Initiation ceremonies followed standard FFA practice with a positive report of a good time and safe return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Jarvis
Odell Neal
Alton Smith
Jack Ward
Carl Simmons
Don Newman
Billy Joe Norris
Weldon Bartley
James Sloan
L. V. Conner
Tom Layman
Patrick Murphy
Billy Gladden
N. H. Davis
Lee Hargett
FFA
Poultry Flocks Infected With Fowl Pox Warned
R B Cruse a vocational agriculture teacher reports many area flocks suffer fowl pox spread by mosquitoes and flies plus sparrows and pigeons. Signs include scabs on combs and wattles vaccination and sanitation advised. Cruse's class offers vaccination for flocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Cruse
Cruse
Roosevelt Signs $5.985 Billion Lend-Lease Bill
President Roosevelt signed a bill providing 5.985 billion dollars for lend-lease aid to nations opposing Axis powers and ordered the program centralized under Edward R. Stettinius Jr. as Lend-Lease Administrator. The total authorized lend-lease funding rises to 12.985 billion dollars with an additional 176 million for other defense needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Office of Emergency Management
Presidential Executive Office
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
Stettinius
Congress
Bonham Air School Dedication Set for Saturday
The Bonham Aviation School dedication Saturday begins with cadet corps inspection at 11 a.m. by air corps and army officers. Public events start at 1:30 p.m. with field gates opening, followed by a 2:30 p.m. program featuring a U.S. flag presentation and brief speeches by Sam Rayburn Maj Gen Lahm and Gov Stevenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonham
Bonham Aviation School
Air Corps
Army
United States
Cadet Corps
Rufus Legion
Edgar Womack
B. S. Graham
North
Texas
Oklahoma
Sam Rayburn
Frank P. Lahm
Coke Stevenson
Title Certificate Requirement For Car Owners In 1942
Automobile owners must apply to the County Tax Collector for a title certificate before January 1, 1942. After that date it will be illegal to operate a vehicle on highways without a title and impossible to obtain a 1942 license without one. The law requires title evidence prior to registration and operating a vehicle on public highways if the owner has not secured a title.
Tigers To Plano Friday Night
Whitewright High School hosts Plano Friday night and follows with three Bryant Field games. Sherman B team visits Thursday November 6, with Farmersville on November 14 and Van Alstyne on November 20. Fans, band and pep squad traveling. Whitewright plans neon sign, painted stands and more crowd energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright High School
Tigers
Plano
Tiger
Bryant Field
Sherman
Farmersville
van Alstyne
Whitewright
Queen of
Bearcats
Canada's women train for service
Canada plans a women's air force to fill manpower gaps. Air Vice Marshal Harold Edwards says women officers will occupy the same noncombat roles as men, and there is no plan to place women in combat duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Harold Edwards
Whitewright High to Stage Pure Food Show November 6 8
Whitewright High School presents its second Pure Food Show directed by Rex Cruse and Thomas Sears with events at Bryant Field and a range of exhibits from Whitewright Denison and Sherman. Activities include a Baby Show on Friday and an evening program featuring cartoon drawing by H A Manzer and a dancing program by G B McKinney, plus a football queen coronation Saturday night. Proceeds go to the student activity fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright High School
Rex Cruse
Thomas Sears
Bryant Field
Whitewright Tigers
Sherman
Sherman High School
Whitewright, Denison
Earnheart Funeral Home
Kirkpatrick Pharmacy
Whitewright
Fred Cook
Sallye Hamilton
Cora Mae Thornton
H. A. Manzer
Garland
G. B. McKinney
Denison
Grammar School
Margaret Lilley
Martha Jo Emerson
High School Glee Club
Jack Proctor
Grammar School Glee Club
Emerson
Dick Montgomery
Inter-City Rotary Meeting Reported For Thursday Evening
The Denison and Whitewright Rotary Clubs plan an inter city meeting at the High School building this Thursday evening at 7 45 oclock. R T Pennington E C Butler C B Bryant Jr and W E LaRoe form the program committee Dinner will be served by the High School homemaking class About 25 or 30 Rotarians from Denison expected The Friday Rotary luncheon featured three Future Farmers of America Whitewright High School members headed by R B Cruse They spoke on FFA objects Charles Skaggs Billy Kincaid recently returned from the National FFA convention in Kansas City and shared impressions J Frank Wilson was the other speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison Rotary Club
Whitewright Rotary Club
R. T. Pennington
E. C. Butler
C. B. Bryant Jr
W. E. LaRoe
Denison
Rotary
Future Farmers of America
Whitewright High School
R. B. Cruse
Agricultural Department
Charles Skaggs
Billy Kincaid
Kansas City
J. Frank Wilson
Instruction in Shop Work to Begin Nov 3
The O. Y. 8 National Defense Shop opens for out-of-school youths ages 17 to 25 on Monday November 3 at 7 p.m. at the Grammar School. Joe Johnson, shop course teacher, returned from Dallas with about 1000 dollars worth of tools to be added to last year’s tools, supplied by the Federal Government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Defense
Joe Johnson
Dallas
Johnson
State Department of Vocational Agriculture
Kearny in Night Battle With German Wolf Pack
The destroyer Kearny was torpedoed during an all night battle with a Nazi U-boat wolf pack southeast of Iceland on Oct 16. Navy reports say eleven sailors were killed and ten wounded after depth charges and torpedoes were exchanged as convoys came under attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D
United States
Kearny
Iceland
Navy Department
Frank Knox
Knox
Navy
A. L. Danis
England
Danis
Armistice Day Proclaimed For November 11 Ceremonies
President proclaims November 11 as Armistice Day urging Americans to pause and reflect on liberty and democracy. He notes the 1918 armistice ended a war that saved democracies while warning that forces of lawlessness threaten the nation. The President will speak at Arlington ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Arlington National Cemetery
Harvey-Brooks and Vail reassigned in Sherman district
North Texas Methodist Conference in Dallas issued new pastoral assignments for the Sherman district. Rev. W H Vail of Holliday moves to Whitewright Church while Dr. Alan Harvey-Brooks shifts to Leonard and is named district missionary secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Texas Methodist Conference
Dallas
Sherman
W. H. Vail
Holliday
Archer County
Whitewright Methodist Church
Alan Harvey-Brooks
Leonard
Harvey-Brooks
Vail
Ector Methodist Church
W. Harrison Baker
Anna Melissa
T. E. Mel Knight
Bells
E. J. Holifield
Blue Ridge
Leonard Westphal
Celina
Thomas P. Weaver
Collinsville-Tioga
C. C. Childress
Denison
Trinity
Hugh S. Porter
Waples Memorial
Jackson C. Oglesby
Dexter
Kenneth Thomas
Supply
Ector
van Alstyne
Truett G. Craft
Weston
J. H. Kirby
Whitesboro
Travis Mays
Whitewright
Jack Oglesby
Ben Bell
Archer City
Wichita Falls
Joe M. Connally
Commerce
Sulphur Springs
L. G. Haggard
Farmersville
McKinney
Government to pay dental repair for draftees to qualify
Lieutenant Commander C Raymond Wells announces a plan by the selective service system to cover dental treatment costs for registrants rejected for tooth defects. About 100000 men aged 21 to 28 could be rehabilitated and returned to local boards for examination and possible military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
C. Raymond Wells
Selective Service System
Wells
American Dental Association
Army
Selective Service
Court grants new trial in Brewer murder case
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ordered a new trial for Earl Thomas Brewer, a Fannin County farmer sentenced to 99 years for fatally stabbing his son-in-law, Glen Cox, in Fort Worth on Jan 10, 1941, citing an error in murder instructions at trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Earl Thomas Brewer
Fannin County
Glen Cox
Brewer
Tarrant County
Cox
Fort Worth
Also Mentioned on This Page
FFA Greenhands
Inter-City
Sun Office
Leonard Church
U.S
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!