Dinner plan eyed to boost Chamber events in Whitewright
A Chamber of Commerce meeting discussed adding a monthly dinner at 1.25 dollars per person with Edwin Badgett organizing diners. If enough approve, more details will follow. plan borrows from other towns where it boosted attendance. Armyworms ravage Whitewright lawns this week risking further damage. A smoke pall and a gin yard shift mark harvest season. Donigan Gin has added machinery to grind cotton bars for fertilizer uses. Air travel will be grounded nationwide from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday for a National Practice Air Alert.
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Chamber of Commerce
Edwin Badgett
Whitewright
Donigan Gin
Independent voters may swing November election say observers
An opinion piece notes the futility of expecting party loyalty to decide the presidential race. It argues voter turnout must be 100 percent in local tax bond elections and highlights historical shifts in party allegiance from 1928 to 1956. The piece calls for analysis of independent voters who split tickets based on issues rather than party labels.
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Sherman
al Smith
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eisenhower
The Woman Pays All The Money In The End
A reflective line underscores the burden on women as financial duties fall to them while men provide only the cash.
Season Opener Friday For Tigers
Whitewright meets Celeste Friday night at 8 at Bryant Field. The Tigers, after scrimmaging Durant, show a strong lineup with Sears at QB and DeBerry, Tillett, and Crouch as captains. Pre game tickets are 75c and 35c, gate prices 1.00 and 50c.
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Whitewright
Celeste
Bryant Field
Tigers
Durant
Joe Kaiser
Mike Holloway
Jerry Jones
Jerry Copeland
James Sparks
al Crouch
Don Pool
Tom Sears
Billy Tillett
Gene Sparks
Thomas DeBerry
Sammy Montgomery
Cliff Emerson
Stephen Brown
Kaiser
Holloway
Morris Warrington
Leon Scott
Mike Booker
Jackie Meador
Childress-Walker
Draft Boards Will Reclassify Men For Emergency
Texas Selective Service announces new nationwide procedures to identify men who would qualify for emergency military service but are not accepted under current standards. Local boards will stop placing such men in Class IV-F and will use early reports from examining stations to gauge current or emergency qualification, reducing future IV-F numbers from about 235,000 in Texas as of Aug. 1.
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Austin
Texas Selective Service
Morris Schwartz
Selective Service
Schwartz
Texas
Doctor refutes pillow smothering deaths in babies
Oxford report quotes Dr J P Tizard of London University stating pillows do not smother babies. He notes most infant deaths are due to viral respiratory infections and says a baby will turn its head when nostrils are blocked, countering old beliefs.
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Oxford
England
J. P. Tizard
London University
Von Braun plans manned rocket flight to the moon
Rocket expert Werner von Braun announced in West Berlin that the United States will launch a manned rocket next year and hopes to send one around the moon in 1963. He said he is determined to fly aboard one of the first space ships to the moon.
Whitewright Cleaners Salute to Local Economy
Whitewright Cleaners transitions to Mrs. C K Smith and son Jack Smith after long family operation. The business, bought in 1949 from Mackie Greer, offers alterations, rush service, pickup and delivery, and moth proofing with storage limits. Chamber thanks the Smith family for contributions through wages, utilities, taxes, and rentals exceeding seven thousand dollars annually.
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Whitewright Cleaners
C. K. Smith and
C. K. Smith
Jack Smith
Mackie Greer
West Texas
Mr. Smith
Amarillo
Sherman
Whitewright
Smith
W. C. Thornhill
Dear Mr Editor Uncle Dan on generals and pumps in politics
Uncle Dan from Tom Bean laments retirement age generals moving to business. He predicts big firms will be run by West Point or Annapolis graduates by 1970. He jokes about pump priming slogans, rural mail fees, and government propaganda, ending with a personal note about his wife and car troubles.
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Pentagon
Army
New York
Washington
Capitol
West Point
Anapolis
Country Store
Ed Doolittle
Clem Webster
Isaac Cornfodder
Everthing
Uncle
Local Acreage Survey Starting
Postmaster John Biggerstaff announced rural mail carriers will distribute 1960 acreage survey cards about September 14. The cooperative survey by the Post Office and U S Agriculture Departments collects farmer reports used for official Texas crop acreage estimates for 1960. Carriers J P Darwin Route One B W Newman Route Two Roy G Blanton Route Three urge patrons to fill and return cards.
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John Biggerstaff
Post Office
U. S. Agriculture Departments
Texas
Biggerstaff
J. P. Darwin
B. W. Newman
Roy G. Blanton
College Bound Whitewright Students Heading to Colleges
Whitewright seniors bound for higher education include Louisa Lackey at Stephens College Missouri Jimmie Clark and David Blacker at Texas A M College Don Walker to University of Texas Dan Hennig Curliss Aldridge at Texas Technological College Carol Sue Turner Dixie Bassett Jimmie Bassett and Gayla Wren Sears at North Texas State College June Bond Bennett Thruston Priscilla Blanton Steve Edwards Mickey Gentry Narvin Alexander Russel May and Sue Range at East Texas State College Louise Vestal to Baylor University Martha Anderson a 1960 graduate will attend Stephens College Turkey is a constitutional republic Its national assembly is elected by the people every four years.
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Whitewright
Louisa Lackey
Stephens College
Missouri
Jimmie Clark
David Blackerby
Texas A. & M
Don Walker
University of Texas
Dan Hennig
Curliss Aldridge
Texas Technological College
Carol Sue Turner
Dixie Bassett
Jimmie Bassett
Gayla Wren Sears
North Texas State College
June Bond
Bennett Thruston
Priscilla Blanton
Steve Edwards
Mickey Gentry
Narvin Alexander
Russel May
Sue Range
East Texas State College
Louise Vestal
Baylor University
Martha Anderson
Whitewright High School
Whitesboro
Armyworms: What To Do About Them
College Station reports show armyworms attacking grasses and forage crops across Texas. Fall armyworms are the main threat, with larvae skeletonizing leaves. identification features include a white inverted Y on the head and yellowish hair lines on the back. Use insecticides only after consulting the local county agent due to FDA restrictions on small grains and forages.
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Garner
Pure Food and Drug Administration
Questions and Answers About Social Security Provisions
A historical Q and A item explains disability ratings from the VA do not guarantee Social Security disability benefits and each case is evaluated individually under the Social Security Act. It notes widows' entitlement age reduction to 62 and potential for increased benefits when earnings exceed limits, advising contact with a local office after the last high-earning year.
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Veterans Administration
Love Fades After Time Poem Says
LOS ANGELES. Mrs. George A. Johnson, 80, in court yesterday to receive $25 weekly alimony pending trial of her divorce suit, produced a poem she had written to her 59-year old husband. The verse recalls affectionate times and ends with a sharp line about love aging into a “damned old cat.” The couple, married 18 years, involve Johnson, a carpentry foreman.
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Los Angeles
George A. Johnson
Whitewright Fund Board Elects Biggerstaff President
The Whitewright Community Fund board elected John Biggerstaff as president succeeding Sonny Gosnell who led this year. A definite drive date was not set, with plans to be published next week. Financial report for 1959 60 shows contributions to local and county groups including Red Cross, Polio Fund, Boy Scouts, Salvation Army, and Goodwill Industries with minor expenses.
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The
Whitewright Community Fund
John Biggerstaff
Sonny Gosnell
Biggerstaff
the Sun
James H
Sonny) Gosnell
Boy Scouts
Sherman Council
Red Cross
Grayson County
Fannin County
Camp Fire
Heart Fund
Crippled
Sherman
Fire Department
Salvation Army
Grayson Co
Grayson County Goodwill Industries
Call To Arms Rolls Over South Again
A national religious and political clash over Kennedy Catholicism dominates the 1960 campaign in the South. Protestant ministers attack the Catholic Church, while editor Harry Golden comments on anti Catholicism. The piece notes Baptist concerns and a Brooklyn note on New York City history.
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Charlotte
N. C
South
John F. Kennedy
White House
North Carolina
Kennedy
Boston
Rome
Dick Nixon
Jack Kennedy
Midwood Baptist Church
Wendell Davis
America
U. S
Harry Golden
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Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
Paul E. Geers
Clyde Little
Dan
Tom Bean
Dear Mister
Turkey
Whitewright, Texas
Grayson
United States
APO
Gray
Johnson
United Fund
Financial Statement
Charles Lucey
Fort Worth
Borough
Brooklyn
New York City
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