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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1976
Page
5
Van Alstyne community notices thank donors and share grief while local listings advertise a Toronado car for sale a moving sale furniture and plants for sale a rental duplex and various items. Lost keys care center job openings and CB radio services are listed with contact numbers and hours.
A rural ad seeks a couple to reside four miles west of Van Alstyne on a cattle ranch. A new three bedroom air conditioned house is furnished, with a small weekend wage. Experience with cattle and existing regular employment preferred. Call H D Hynds at 4825255. Also offered is Deluxe aluminum screens for windows at 7.95 each plus aluminum storm and replacement windows from Gene Gohlke Building Products at 406 Bells Denton Texas 8173821502.
McKelva Morris Inc offers new or renovated student mattresses with box springs and available Queen and King sizes. Salesmen visit territories twice weekly. call 583 4611 for appointments in Bonham Texas 75418.
J D Ballard son of Mr and Mrs Garland Ballard of Van Alstyne earned a Master of Science degree from East Texas State University at the Aug 15 convocation. He is district conservationist for Johnson County and resides in Cleburne with wife and two children Sharon and Donnie. Ballard is a Van Alstyne High School graduate who played football and earned a bachelor’s degree from ETU. Canned hams are actors fired from TV programs.
The State of Texas to Wendell Boyd Poovey is commanded to appear in Grayson County District Court in Sherman to answer Shirley Mae Poovey's divorce petition filed July 22 1976 in case No 85676. The petition seeks dissolution of marriage on grounds of insupportability and division of property. The clerk confirms the seal and dated August 25 1976.
Social items report birthdays and celebrations for Mrs Rattan Lloyd Sanstrom Mary Jane and Greg Murray at the TP and L building in Van Alstyne and a shower for Paula Duckworth in Richardson. Birth announcements include Meranda Lee Hall born Aug 22 1976 in Collin Memorial hospital weighing 7 pounds 5 ounces. Other notes mention visits, moves, baptist homecoming plans, and local hospital stays.
Public notice items announce citations in the Charles B. Robinson vs Dan W. Wise suit filed 1969 with a 60 day summons deadline in September 1976. It also lists probate notices for estates of Jeff Walker Jr and James Otha Conrad, calling creditors and claimants to present claims to temporary administrators in Sherman.
Classifieds from Whitewright Sun include for sale items such as a three ton Payne central air unit and a 100000 BTU Rheem heater, a six room movable house, and various services. Also listed are babysitting, substitute teaching, farm animals, local business ads, and yard sale items. The page features motorcycle and clothing ads, home services, real estate offerings, and community notices from Whitewright and surrounding area.
Visiting days at the Wright home included Bob Wright and his wife of Leavenworth Kansas. The Wright family also welcomed sons Donald from Denton and Jimmy from Plano along with their families for a Sunday family gathering.
Benjamin Rush notes that attentive grass cultivation can double an old farm’s value in a few years, enabling farmers to prosper on lands where predecessors nearly starved. The quote emphasizes the transformative power of improved farming practices.
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