Whitewright Progress Promises Big Saturday Business
Vintage notes from 1922 highlight Whitewright merchants planning a major trading day to boost fall commerce, aiming to make the town the region’s top shopping hub. Also recorded are births in Bethel and Ely communities and a death in Kentuckytown, with church youth program participation noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
North Texas
Haskell Williams
Bethel
J. H. Whitworth
Ely
J. E. Brown
Kentuckytown
Marian Simmons
Beatrice Beasley
Gwendolyn Carter
Evelyn Benton
Frank Benton
Leon
Jack Spindle
Church of Christ Young People
Legal Notice to Creditors of W. J. Butler Jr Estate
Original Letters Testamentary were granted August 10 1967 by Grayson County Court Texas to Charles F Butler and R C Slagle Jr attorney for the estate. Creditors must present claims within the legal period by mail to Charles F Butler 4618 Blackwelder Oklahoma City Oklahoma or Drawer C Sherman Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Butler, JR
Grayson County
Texas
Charles F. Butler
Blackwelder
Oklahoma
Notice of Divorce Suit Finke vs Finke Granted
Court citation to Carl Finke to file written answer by October 9 1967 in Grayson County Texas district court. Peggy J. Finke files suit for divorce on cruel treatment grounds. Case No 72914 issued August 1967 with publication in Whitewright Sun Aug 31 Sept 7 14 21 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
Carl F. Finke
Fifteenth District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Peggy J. Finke
A. D
E R. Brodhead
E R. Brodhead, Clerk District Court
Whitewright Sun
Stansell Hennig Exchange Vows in Floydada Ceremony
Melanie Jan Stansell and Joe Clint Hennig exchanged wedding vows Saturday evening at the First Baptist Church in Floydada. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stansell, wore a white lace bouquet veil with a cattalaya orchid. The groom's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Clint C. Hennig of Whitewright. officiant Rev. Floyd C. Bradley led the double ring ceremony with music by Mrs. Bob Copeland and Mrs. Jerry Haley. The couple will reside in Lubbock after a Colorado honeymoon. the bride is a Texas Tech graduate in home economics and a Braniff stewardess alumna, and the groom is a Tech junior majoring in personnel management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melanie Jan Stansell
Joe Clint Hennig
First Baptist Church
Floydada
Jack Stansell
Clint C. Hennig
Whitewright
Floyd C. Bradley
Bob Copeland
Jerry Haley
Amarillo
Bobbie Jane Reue
Jill Stansell
Janis Hennig
Loretta Fulton
Jim Snead
Lubbock
Jay
Jerry Lackey
Dan Hennig
Texas City
Paul Barker
Lockney
David Dismukes
Dallas
del Sears
Sam Montgomery
Hank McCreight
Winters
Church Fellowship Hall
Dan Henning
Colorado
Varsity Village
4Th Street
Apt
Texas Tech
Gamma Phi Beta
Dingler divorce petition filed in Grayson County
Plaintiff DIMPLE A. DINGLER seeks divorce from WILLIAM A. DINGLER on grounds of cruel treatment. The petition, filed in Sherman Texas, calls for service by August 22 1967 with a first Monday after 42 days from issuance and cites case No 72201. Deputy clerk Louise Hauschild signs, notice published in The Whitewright Sun on August 31 and September 7 14 and 21 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
William A. Dingler
Fifteenth District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Dimple A. Dingler
Suome
Louise Hauschild
Whitewright Sun
Weekend notes reveal family visits and travels across states
Local column recounts Miss Jean Morton and Miss Sharon Stuteville visiting grandparents in Texas while families from Dallas Fort Worth and Richardson shared travels to Arkansas Tennessee Kentucky Alabama and Mississippi over Labor Day weekend. Also notes births twin sons Jason Heath and Jeffrey Keith Spencer in Sherman hospital and Strickland brothers returning from Viet Nam tours with upcoming assignments. rainfall over six inches reported in The Sun gauge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Morton
Dallas
Sharon Stuteville
Richardson
Grover Stuteville
Woodrow Bowen
Mike
C. B. Robinson
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Alabama
Mississippi
Garry Spencer
van Alstyne
Jason Heath
Jeffrey Keith
Sherman Hospital
D. T. Spencer
Whitewright
A. D. Stephens
Sharlotte Kaye
Sharon Kaye Riddle
Sharlotte Spencer
Sidney Strickland
Ronald Boyd Strickland
Lee Strickland
Strickland
Fourth Infantry Division
Viet Nam
Fort Carson
Colo
Danny Brown
Tom Bean
Cpl
Camp Pendleton
Calif
FHA Rural Housing loans aid Fourth District families
Congressman Ray Roberts reports that in fiscal 1967 more than 450 Rural Housing loans totaling 3.8 million were approved in 11 counties of the Fourth District. Loans, at about 5 percent interest for up to 33 years, fund modest homes for low and moderate income families. Grayson County recorded 25 loans totaling 314,660.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FHA
Washington
Fourth Congressional District
Ray Roberts
Farmers Home Administration
Grayson County
Care Urged When Applying Weed Kill Near Cotton
Farmers should exercise extreme caution when applying 2 4 D type weed killers near cotton says Dr Robert Metzer Extension agronomist at Texas A M University South Plains Research and Extension Center. Labeled safe from vapor drift does not guarantee safety from mechanical drift during spraying and many farmers misinterpret labels as safe for use around cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Metzer
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White
Donigan
Crumm-Powell
Robert Cantrell
University of Texas
T and Quill
John B. Robbins
Trenton
George German
J. R. Harper
Town
William M. Ingram
Blue Ridge Security State Bank
Cecil Badgett
T. E. Sears
Orangeville
Billy Roberts
Fitz Bryant
Charlie McLean
David Smith
Robert Long Bow
Sonny Hancock
Billie Earl Montgomery
Turner Falls
Oklo
Virgil Ingram
Blue _ Ridge
Herman Bedford
Rotary Club
Evelyn Wilson
Clyde T. Vestal
Kildare Bridge Club
Elizabeth Waggoner
Bennie Robarts
Dawson Propane Co
Feed & Grain, Inc
Insurance & Real Estate
Mrs
E. R. Brodhead
Pavan
the Whitewright Sun
T. Glenn Doss
Tex. Press Association
Grayson-Fannin Counties
N. Travis
N. Highland
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
North Travis
Gomer and
Kirk May
MAY Pharmacy Number
Medical Arts Clinic
Joe Vestal
Houston
Rolla C. Vestal
Jerry Wilson
Jim and
John
Fort Worth
J. P. Darwin
Judy Gosnell
Nocona
Gilbert Keck
J. M. Ashinhurst
Daughters of
Grand Prairie
J. H. Gosnell
Lillie Dillon
Dick McSpedden
L. F. Cowart
Mrs. Terrell Cowert
Frank A. Smith
Los Angeles
Frances Bennett Bullard
O. A. Bennett
University of Houston
R. D. Bridges
W. O. Bullard
Alvin
A. J. Bennett
Pottsboro
Marie Beckham
Denison
Gene Malone
Tona
Emaline Haston
Patty
Noble Bennett
Gary Bridges
Sherye Bullard
Mrs. O. A. Bennett
Louis Geers
Longview
Paul Geers
Jack Brown
Savoy
Texas Highway Department
Jerry W. Laycock
Dvm
Bonham and Honey Grove
Veterinary Clinic
Honey Grove
Bonham, Texas
Billy Dyer
Monsanto
Monsanto Agricultural Center
Whitewright, Texas
Mgr
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