Reverend C. W. Dennis Returns as Whitewright Pastor
The North Texas Conference closed its sixty ninth annual meeting at Wichita Falls naming Rev. C. W. Dennis to a third year at Whitewright as pastor of the Methodist Church. Dennis came from Burkburnett and has many friends in Whitewright. Other Sherman district appointments are listed, with Denison, Bonham, Celina, and other communities receiving new or continued clergy assignments.
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C. W. Dennis
Whitewright Methodist Church
North Texas
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wichita Falls
Dennis
Burkburnett
Whitewright
Sherman
George C. French
Anna
W. L. Russell
Aubrey
T. N. Jenson
Bailey
C. P. Combs
Bells
J. H. Hibbert
Bonham
First Church
L. Bowen
Clark Memorial
J. M. Webb
Celina
O. M. Turner
Collinsville-Tioga
Guy E. Perdue
Denison
Waples Memorial
S. M. Black
Trinity
F. B. Wheeler
Dodd City
R. L. Ely
Ector
E. L. Wright
Howe
W. F. Davis
Pilot Point
E. B. Jackson
Prosper
Dean Breedlove
Ravenna
P. Ss. Warren
Sadler
Kirk M. Beard
Travis Street
BE. K. Means
Key Memorial
K. R. Isbell
Southmayd
A. R. Morgan
Trenton
John E. Wace
van Alstyne
G. E. Camster
Whitesboro
W. D. Craig
S. W. Advocate
L. G. Hagard
H. M. Cowling
Holliday
C. Childress
Enloe
Sulphur Springs
Warren T. Whiteside
Cavanaugh Church
Greenville
Trinity Church
Key Memorial Church
W. H. Vail
Valley View
Denton
Sherman Denison Road Upgrade Planned on Highway 75
State highway department to widen and improve dump and drainage structures on U S 75 between Sherman and Denison. Project includes widening to a 42 foot crown, add rock shoulders, and prepare for possible four lane future. Estimated $70 000 with major earthwork and culvert concrete.
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Austin
Sherman
Denison
State
Texas
Texas and Pacific
Highway 160
Bells
Collin County
McKinney
Grayson County
Plano
Palace Theatre Week Program Highlights
D A Fox announces weekly lineup at the Palace Theatre Tonight features She Gets Her Man and Barnacle Bill with a Halloween preview showing Baer vs Louis fight pictures and Charlie Chan in Egypt Friday and Saturday present Six Day Bike Rider and Baer Louis clips Saturday night preview and Monday Tuesday show Welcome Home starring James Dunn and Arline Judge Next Wednesday and Thursday features Here Comes the Navy with James Cagney and Pat O'Brien
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D. A. Fox
The
Palace Theatre
Man
Popeye
Hallowe’en
Max Baer
Joe Louis
Charlie Chan
Egypt
Joe E. Brown
Baer- Louis
James Dunn
Arline Judge
James Cagney
Pat O’brien
Brass tray cleaning with ammonia paste technique
A paste made of scouring powder moistened with ammonia removes stains from brass trays. Apply the paste, let it dry, then remove and polish the tray.
Florida to Run Special Frost Forecast Service
Florida officials announce a special frost forecasting program running from mid November to April. The service aims to alert farmers and residents to freezing conditions, using weather data and expert analysis to minimize crop and property damage.
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Florida
P. T. A. Council Meeting Here Is Well Attended
Representatives from Dallas Leon ard Trenton Ector Tioga Tom Bean and White Rock attended the Grayson County Council of Parents and Teachers meeting at the Baptist Church despite bad weather. The session featured Dr Vernon Tuck and addresses by Mrs Jack Little and Mrs Vanderwoude plus a lunch served by the Baptist Church. The April meeting was planned with a nominating committee headed by Mrs Hat Atterberry.
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Katherine Roddy
Dallas
Leonard
Trenton
Ector
Tioga
Tom Bean
Fairview
White Rock
Grayson County
Vernon Tuck
Sherman
Tommie Chenoweth
Parent-Teacher Association
H. T. Atterberry
R. P. Childress
Guy Hamilton
City of
Whitewright
F. M. Echols
O. L. Jones
The
Baptist Church
Jack Little
P.T. A
J. C. Vanderwoude
State Congress of
Texas
San Antonio
Houston
Longview
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Hat Atterberry
B. M. Dean
Emogene McDonald
W. E. Secrest
L. S. Knowles
R. M. Carter
H. G. Tuck
Wrenn Tuck
Cecil Hood
City Council of
Fair Park Stadium
County Council
L. J. Mathis
Margaret Boone
A. L. Williams
Hannah Morgan
J. E. Autrey
J. L. Chaffin
E. J. Capplemanr
Ray
Mae Hall
John Reeves
D. A. Ray
Ross May
Audrey Evans
D. M. Roddy
Cull Reeves
A. L. Jackson
Sallie Moore
Newton Manning
Carter Fletcher
J. R. Waldrum
Sallie Hamilton
Mary Pumphrey
J. H. Waggoner
Lillian Slusher
R. L. Johnson
J. B
Time to Rededicate Ourselves To Upbuilding of Community
A Whitewright civic appeal urges residents to revive Citizenship Week spirit and invest time, talent, and means in local upbuilding. It notes declining civic pride, urges attendance at committee meetings, and warns indifference stalls community progress.
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Whitewright
East Texas
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Whitewright Community League
Regional Cotton Ginning Totals and Weather Impacts
Local gins reported 2 381 bales ginned to Thursday morning, up 122 in two weeks. Rain in the last fifteen days hindered movement. 25 percent still in fields. Prices paid range 10.70 to 11 cents for lint. seed at 39 to 40 dollars. Corn market moved from 35 to 53 cents, then held at 45 cents.
Cotton Ginning Totals Reported for Grayson County
The census bureau announced 14 370 bales of cotton ginned in Grayson County for the 1935 crop before Oct 18, compared with 18 676 bales by the same date in the prior year.
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Grayson County
Bureau of the Census
Claim Tenant Farmers Will Get AAA Break
Washington reports that after criticism of the AAA program affecting cotton sharecroppers, a new cotton reduction plan may designate 25 to 30 percent of benefit payments for sharecroppers. Economists say croppers receive 11 to 12 percent of benefits, about seven dollars per acre, and the government may assume responsibility to ensure payment.
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Washington
AAA
South
Mordecai Ezekiel
Cully Cobb
Names listed for local social announcements
Dickson and Reynolds are among a group including May, Nossaman, Badgett, Pennell, Minor, Penn, Corinne Lewis, Elizabeth Waggoner, White, Summers, Tren ton, Willis Kreager, with connections to Colorado and Texas noted.
Corn Loan Fixed By U S On 1935 Crop
Washington officials announced a 45 cent per bushel loan on this year’s corn crop under the AAA plan. The Commodity Credit Corporation seeks up to 150 million dollars from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to finance loans for farmers who signed 1935 corn hog contracts. Loans apply to field corn stored in cribs and graded No. 3 or better, with cribs must allow two years of storage. The loan matures July 1, 1935, and no new loans likely after March 31.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Commodity Credit Corporation
Wallace
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Proposal to Send AAA Checks Direct to Sharecroppers
Widespread landlord reluctance for fair divisions prompts a plan to pay sharecroppers directly with AAA funds. Despite administrative hurdles, strong AAA support makes adoption likely. Current cotton contracts require landlords to maintain tenant names and avoid reclassifying crops as day labor. Enforcement of these rules will be tightened.
Judge recalls faulty memory in domestic dispute
In a hearing a husband admits forgetting they had moved from the ground floor to the second story. He explains that his wife was thrown out in a lapse of memory. The exchange highlights the defendant's confusion over the residence level.
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Smith
False Report Sparks Questioning Of Widow Claim
A disputed claim about a widow prompts scrutiny as a conversation fragment reveals uncertainty about her status. The exchange suggests misinformation or mistaken identification surrounding a local figure.
Wets and Drys Prepare For Liquor Control Showdown
The Austin report notes Wets and drys mobilize for liquor control bills after Governor Allred sends a special message. Six Senate and four House measures spark a fresh battle, with tax shifts, open saloon debates, and a driver license proposal tied to regulation.
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Austin
Allred
Senate
House
Conference Committee On
Grayson County Youth Program Board Selected
Nine member advisory board formed by the national youth administration to plan community projects for employing and training underprivileged youths. Members include BL Speer Sherman High School principal and chairman, S R McKinney Tom Bean superintendent, P H Luby Tom Bean, Mayor Clarence Scott Denison, R M Brooks H N Jackson and Joe Etter Sherman, and Grady Walker Denison.
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Sherman
Grayson County
National Youth Administration
BL. Speer
Sherman High School
R. McKinney
Tom Bean
P. H. Luby
Clarence Scott
Denison
R. M. Brooks
H. N. Jackson
Joe Etter
Grady Walker
An Old Family Servant The Landlady
A humorous exchange features a lodger remarking that the landlady overuses a roller towel provoking light domestic tension and comic rhythm. The scene captures a strained but playful dynamic between resident and caretaker in a shared home setting.
Democracy versus Autocracy Explained in a Witty Exchange
A father explains political systems to his child noting that autocracy places power in a single ruler whose word governs, while democracy distributes authority among many people with laws spoken as words. The exchange frames clarity on governance.
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Willie
Pop
Balloon ascent in Philadelphia signals U S aviation debut
George Washington watched as the first balloon ascent in the United States occurred in Philadelphia in 1793. Two Oregon built viaducts of creosoted Douglas fir are planned to last thirty to fifty years.
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George Washington
United States
Philadelphia
Oregon
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Hugh Tim Atterberry
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Billie Rhom Pennington
Henrietta Jackson
Katie Kincaid
le Roy Martin
Lonny D. Martin
William Henry King
Jacquelin Nossaman
Billy Christian
Ben Robert Jones
Don Newman
Billy Rhom Pennington
Joe Howard Cook
Fred Cook
David Lee Johnson
David Clayborn
Thomas Kirk May
Frances Stephens
Betty Joe Pierce
Margaret Ann Burnham
Bessie Jo Russell
Betty Margaret Sears
Betty Jean Brice
Tommy Lou Fox
Bert Waldo
Betty Bryant
Eugene Reeves
Dorothy Nell Hall
Billie Jo Phillips
Sonny D. Martin
Jimmy Lou McCarston
Ann LaRoe
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Betty Jane Harper
Azelle Smith
Jarvis Maddux
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Morris Ray Martin
James Arledge
Margaret Benton
LeRoy Martin
Betty Joe Arney
Willie Arney
George Greer
Anna Ruth Johnson
Betty Lee Jones
Edith Arney
Ima Sue Garner
Joe Moore
James Reeves
Bobby Jack McKenzie
Jane Meador
Conway Craig
Ruth Maddux
Billie Jean Wallace
Nadine Browning
Betty Joe Hamilton
Margaret Greer
Billie Fay Dillon
A. L. Biggerstaff
Connie Compton
Prentiss Compton
Billy Matt Watson
Kellous Watson
Shirley V. Thornhill
Dick Thonhill
Joe Morris
Clint Small
Attorney General’s Department
Grayson County Youth Program Board
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