Down Memory Lane Highlights From The Sun
A nostalgic page recalls past items from The Sun including a $12,000 home project for Mrs. H M Ryan in 1919 contractor George Baugher and crew, a dental practice sale to Dr O M Durham, Ed Martin moving to a northwest residence, and Dee German becoming a Porter Bank cashier. It also notes 1934 obituaries and cotton ginnings, births, and local employment changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sun
George Baugher
Force
H. M. Ryan
J. B. Hall
O. M. Durham
Ed Martin
Dee German
Porter
Okla
Local teachers named in district roster and births and deaths listed
School faculty includes Miss Gertrude Schooling Miss Kate Fulton Mrs Annabelle Finnell Miss Mae Hall Miss Oneida Copeland Miss Jessie Lee Little Miss Sallye Hamilton Miss Mildred Cantrell Hayden Hamilton and Miss Susie Noe A son was born to Mr and Mrs Grover Gillett on Wednesday Belle Hall Negro died at her home Tuesday Zelma McFatridge Eula Ferrell Altha Mae Vestal W T Simmons Miss Adah Truett and George Gattis named in notice
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Gertrude Schooling
Kate Fulton
Annabelle Finnell
Mae Hall
Oneida Copeland
Jessie Lee Little
Sallye Hamilton
Mildred Cantrell
Hayden Hamilton
Susie Noe
Grover Gillett
Belle Hall
Zelma McFatridge
Eula Ferrell
Altha Mae Vestal
W. T. Simmons
Adah Truett
George Gattis
Humorous frontier anecdotes from old Texas tales
A collection of old time humor and survival legends from Texas with tales of near death escapes and quips. Included are a coffin incident where a buried woman sits up and the wary pallbearers, a doctor patient exchange about a four hour prognosis, a hobo’s meal request, a janitory joke, a boy’s ambition to wear long pants, and a pastor’s question about nightly prayers.
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Texas
Two Women Trade Jokes on Waistline Debate
The first woman jokes about watching her waistline while reaching for a second helping of dessert. The second woman replies that she feels lucky to have dessert available right there.
Notice to creditors for estate of Edweana Horton Keyes
Court records in Grayson County Texas show Henry D. Benton as executor of the estate of Edweana Horton Keyes deceased. Creditors must file claims with executor at 110 South Main Street Van Alstyne Texas before legal deadlines. Published in The Whitewright Sun September 10 1964.
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Edweana Horton Keyes
Edwina Horton Keyes
Henry D. Benton
Grayson County
Texas
South Main Street
van Alstyne
Whitewright Sun
Famous tribute to dog recalled in Memphis letter
A Henderson Tennessee reader argued dogs deserve humanlike respect while a Greenville Mississippi reader cited George Graham Wests famous dog tribute. The recalled poem extols a dogs fidelity across prosperity poverty health and danger, ending with a steadfast watchful death by his masters grave.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal
Commercial Appeal
Henderson
Tenn
Fountain D. Dawson
Greenville
Miss
George Graham West
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. E. LaRoe
Midland
Norma Frances Donigan
Andrew Pierce
Grayson Hotel
Sherman
Frances Bryant
Babe Nell Penn
CIA
Denton
E. O. Thomas
Sherman Hospital
Royce Jones
Lee Wilson
Beaver Dam
Wis
John Reeves
Eugene
James Albert Melugin
Lone Star Gas
Jerry Marcus
Dug, Wmarene
Travelers Safety Service
Willie
Dog
Schoellenen Gorge
Switzerland
St. Gottard Pass
P. S
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