Pigskin Club to Feature Whitewright-Princeton Film
A Pigskin Club meeting set for 7 30 Monday night at the Firemen's Hall will show a movie of Friday's Whitewright Princeton game. Lakey Edwards was elected president and Earl Blanton secretary. directors include Joe Crouch Bill Holloway and David Johnson. Rainfall in September reached 11 7 inches the heaviest for the month in memory. Bois d Arc Creek ran flood stage. cattle losses and topsoil wash occurred. Over 2000 attended the opening of the Whitewright Nursing Home with praise for its care and comfort. A hearing on the Katy Railroad depot closure in Whitewright ended with continued freight service by Katy and Coordinated Transportation Co. A reader note confirms a Pigskin Club meeting was indeed published near the top of page four.
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Firemen’s Hall
Princeton
Lakey Edwards
Earl Blanton
Joe Crouch
Bill Holloway
David Johnson
S. T. Montgomery
Findley Haile
Russell Summers
Lloyd Alexander
Sherman
Texas Railroad Commission
Katy Railroad
Whitewright
Mr. Haile
Whitewright Group
Katy
Railroad
Coordinated Transportation Co
Sun
Clint Hennig
Earl
Farmer faces fig crop setback after cold winter
Last year J. P. Ownby's fig trees yielded a bumper crop and he sold plentiful figs to buyers. This year the trees were killed to the ground by a severe winter and now focus on growing new wood with few, if any, figs available.
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J. P. Ownby
Shooting near town center leaves questions and no injuries
Last Saturday night a shooting occurred near the town center around 4 a.m. No injuries were reported though gunfire was heard. Meanwhile reports note 9 million public workers in the U.S. and Honey Grove seeks $21,771 in back taxes with final notices and potential suits for delinquents.
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Honey Grove
Whitewright PTA appoints yearlong committees
The Whitewright PTA executive committee announces committees for the coming year. The first meeting is October 9 at 7 30 p.m. in the High School library, an open house for all. Hospitality will provide refreshments. committees include Membership Year Book Publicity Project Library Telephone Welfare Ways and Means and others with chairs and members listed.
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Whitewright Parent-Teacher Association
PTA
Tax delinquents face pressure as Honey Grove vows action
The town warns delinquents taxes must be paid, noting homesteads are taxable and can be sold for taxes like any property. The piece criticizes lax collectors and praises prompt payers, arguing for a tougher stance and fairness to 90 percent of taxpayers. It cites B E OBrian on hometown business bias.
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Honey Grove
Unc Dan’s Bushwhack of News in a Country Store
Uncle Dan relays a Saturday night talk at the country store where Ed Doolittle mocked Senate frills. The discussion touches Senator Gruening’s Alaska population claim, Senator Byrd’s apple pie recipe, and jokes about watermelons and Department of Agriculture pamphlets.
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Ed Doolittle
Senator Morse
Senator Gruening
Alaska
Senate
Wimmen
Congressional Record
Clem
Gruening
Bug Hookum
Virginia
Bug
Zeke Grubb
Zeke
Department of Agriculture
Laos
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Discovery Could Help Control Boll Weevils
USDA entomologists report a water extract from cotton plants creates an arrestant that attracts boll weevils to nearby substances. Tests aim to use this to lure weevils to noncotton plants, reducing pests and costs while pursuing synthetic or cottonless options. The boll weevil has caused vast damage since 1892, impacting cotton costs nationwide.
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U. S
Riding Club Play Day Set for Sept 16 at 2 PM
The Whitewright Riding Club hosts Play Day on Sunday September 16 at 2 00 PM with the Van Alstyne Riding Club visiting. Concession stand open. ribbons awarded to six places and a trophy to the club with the most points. Public invited with no admission charge.
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Whitewright
van Alstyne
Tigers Win Opener Against Celeste
The Whitewright Tigers edged Celeste 7 0 in a postponed game. Johnny Williams returned a punt 27 yards to set up the decisive scoring drive, with Joe Hennig powering the final three yards and Sam Montgomery adding the extra point.
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Tigers
Princeton
Johnny Williams
Paydirt
Joe Hennig
Sam Montgomery
Montgomery
Curtis Tillett
Bobbles
Whitewright
Celeste
Leon Scott
Gene Sparks
Hennig
Mike Holloway
Whitewright Kent
Williams
James Clark
Beall Reflects on Early America in BIA Remarks
Sen J Glenn Beall objects to modern policy by recalling a controversial, satirical view of colonization era governance. He claims the red man governed before white settlers arrived, suggesting future generations could regret imposing taxes and programs.
Sabin Type III Polio Vaccine Drive This Sunday
Grayson County conducts a county wide Sabin Type III polio vaccine drive with clinics in Whitewright Van Alstyne Whitesboro Sherman Denison and nearby towns. Dr Paul Geers Clinic hosts an all day session from 8 30 am to 6 00 pm with a 25 cent suggested donation for eligible residents six weeks and up. Pre register blanks printed in The Sun and at clinics to speed service.
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Whitewright
Grayson County
Paul E. Geers
Grayson County Medical Society
van Alstyne
Whitesboro
Sherman
Denison
Terrell School
Fred Douglass
Geers
Funeral services for Robert W. Grant in Bonham
Robert W. Grant 70 died Tuesday in Bonham after a long illness. Funeral services set for Friday 3 p.m. at Wise Funeral Home with Rev. R O Young and Rev. C C Dooley officiating. Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife Velma Kirkpatrick, brother Ed Grant, two cousins James Carmichael and Paul Hendricks, nephew Edward Grant Jr. He was a World War I veteran and Bonham Presbyterian deacon.
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Earnheart
Edgar Lee Stine
Sherman Hospital
C. C. Dooley
First Presbyterian Church
Dale Gore
First Baptist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Lee Penny
Wallace Wilson
Bill White
James H. Gosnell
B. W. Newman
Paul Ryan
Leonard
Stine
Charlie
Susan Gibson
Whitewright
Stella Nelson
Bonham
Cleo Cline
Lubbock
Wise
Robert W. Grant
R. O. Young
Oak Hill
Glasgow
Scotland
Mr. Grant
Charles Grant
Ed Grant
United States
Texas
Presbyterian Church of
Velma Kirkpatrick
Grant
U. S. Presbyterian Church
Baton Rouge, la
James Carmichael
Paul Hendricks
Fort Worth
Edward Grant Jr
Baton Rouge
R. E. Hickman
Raymond Skipworth Dies in Fort Worth Heart Attack
Funeral services were held Tuesday in Vernon for Raymond Skipworth fifty native of the Whitewright community who died Sunday in his Fort Worth home after a heart attack. Burial was in Vernon. Skipworth a painter was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fowler Skipworth. Survivors include his wife two children and nine brothers and sisters.
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Trenton
Ed Riley
Jack Farley
Whitewright
Burns Cemetery
Riley
Sherman Hospital
Jeff
Maggie Moody
Trenton Baptist Church
Ed Riley Jr
Jack Wood
Kemp
Aubrey Myrick
Irving
R. C. Evans
Fort Worth
Raymond Moody
Sherman
Swede Martin
Oakland
Calif
Ernest Reeves
Dallas
Otha Briggs
D. B. Wheeler
Lubbock
Dallas Latta
Vernon
Raymond Skipworth
Skipworth
Fowler Skipworth
Rayburn Library Day Designated in Bonham Memorial
Gov Price Daniel designates September 16 as Sam Rayburn Library Day at the Rayburn Library in Bonham with a memorial ceremony. Eight presidents’ portraits will be presented to the library and the Rayburn commemorative postage stamp debuts that day.
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Austin
Price Daniel
Sam Rayburn
House
Rayburn
Bonham
Post Office
Senate Unit Approves Call-Up Authority
The Senate Armed Services Committee backed a standby plan to activate 150000 reservists if the situation worsens. Secretary McNamara and General Lemnitzer testified the move could avert crises, with priority for those having only six months of active duty and on pay drill status.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Robert S. McNamara
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Berlin
Television To Be Used As Teacher
Stanford researchers predict by 1971 every major school will have at least one closed circuit TV system for demonstrations and observation. In elementary and secondary schools about a third of class time will be spent on TV while colleges reach about 50 percent. Large TV classes will be balanced by small discussion groups for questions and debate. Taxpayers unloaded on government jobs in civil service exams.
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Stanford
Calif
Institutite For Communications Research
Stanford University
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J. W. Warrington
Clyde Little
Carl Boney
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Wallace Mynatt
Charles Hulsey
Joe Robinson
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Dick Walker
Lanell Neal
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J. D. Marlowe
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Joe Bodine
Jack Lackey
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H. L. Darwin
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E. E. Chism
L. H. Durham
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Leon White
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J. W. Bartley
S. D. Blackerby
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O. V. Barker
B. E. O’brien
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Dear Mister
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Riding Club
Whitewright Tigers
Stubborn Celeste
Bureau of Indian Affairs
J. Glenn Beall
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Fannin
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