Farmers Welcome Clear Weather After Damaging Storm Near Whitewright
Whitewright area reports a storm Sunday night to Monday morning with rain hail wind and lightning. A northeast of Whitewright barn owned by Irving Blanton was struck and burned with cotton and trailer lost. a Herman Taylor hay barn from Ken tuckytown blown from blocks. Minor damage to outbuildings and roofs. cotton damaged northwest of town. Farmers worked minimal hours last week and seek four to five weeks of steady weather to finish harvest.
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Whitewright
Irving Blanton
Herman Taylor
Kentuckytown
Farm Speaker Here Monday Night
E. R. Eudaly expert on feeding hogs will address the veterans vocational agriculture class at 8 o'clock Monday night in the classroom. He formerly worked with the Texas A and M Extension Service. Subject is Feeding Hogs. Farmers and hog raisers are invited to attend.
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E. R. Eudaly
Veterans Vocational Agriculture
Texas A. & M. Extension Service
Mr. Eudaly
Texas receives six million in federal social health aid
The United States Public Health Service allocates 6.68 million dollars to Texas this fiscal year through the Federal Security Agency for general disease and cancer research, tuberculosis and mental health programs, hospital construction, water pollution plans, and care for mothers children the crippled the blind and the aged. Federal grants total 113.6 million nationwide for these health programs, with funding shared by states and localities.
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Washington
Texas
U. S
Public Health Service
Federal Security Agency
Tom Connally
Congress
FSA
Number of Hens Decreases but Production Up
Texas August egg production reached 207 million, up 3 percent from August 1948, despite a 3 percent drop in laying hens. The rate of lay averaged 12.2 eggs per bird, 7 percent higher than last year and a record August high.
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Austin
Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Chimes Demonstrated From Norton Chimes At Whitewright Church
Reverend A D Jameson leads a chime demonstration at the Methodist Church in Whitewright. Norton Chimes preview the Preaching Mission starting Sept 25 and running through World Wide Communion Sunday Oct 2 with daily 7:30 pm services inviting public worship and faith building.
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A. D. Jameson
Methodist Church
Norton Chimes Company
Whitewright
GI Insurance Rates Not Likely To Be Cut
Washington reports the VA says GI life insurance premiums won t drop. any rate change would require an act of Congress. Dividends on National Service Life Insurance remain set for now, with future rates higher for converted policies as cash values grow. Some bills to cut NSLI premiums were introduced but dropped as non retroactive.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Congress
National Service Life Insurance
Van Alstyne Burglaries Hit Local Businesses
Two burglaries reported in Van Alstyne with copper wire worth about 160 dollars taken from Buck Clayton's storage, and a filling station robbed for around 200 dollars. Truck tracks were found near the house but no arrests by Monday. It marked the second such incident in five days for local businesses.
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van Alstyne
Buck Clayton
McKinney man kills wife then himself
Clifton Edward Lynn and his ex wife Hattie Jewell Lynn were killed in a Tuesday shooting at a McKinney cleaners. Funeral services were held for both at Harris Funeral Chapel with burial in IOOF Cemetery near Princeton. The incident occurred about 4 p m after Lynn ordered the cleaner owner to leave the room and shot his wife with a .38 caliber pistol and then killed himself.
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Ioof
Princeton
Lynn
City Cleaners
McKinney
H. L. Mott
Marshall Padgett
Whitewright News Highlights From September 21 1917
Market prices on lint seed cotton and cotton seed are listed. Local exchanges note Miss Lois Spindle handling telephone conversations and J H Bryant owning a Harley Davidson motorcycle. A F Cameron sells the ice and bottling business to Willis and McGinnis. Local banks hold 481808 in deposits. Several local residents and teachers named. new birth announced. Grafton Montgomery enlists in the navy. Dr Ross May to Hereford. students enroll at University of Texas. Earl Hansard hosts a pie supper.
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Sun
Whitewright
Lois Spindle
W. H. King
Fort Worth
Tom
Sue
J. H. Bryant
Southwestern Telephone Exchange
A. F. Cameron
H. C. Willis
C. P. McGinnis
Grafton Montgomery
S. H. Montgomery
Navy
West Coast
Ross R. May
Hereford
May
Will Boone
Robert Holland
Willis Simmons
Jack Spindle
University of Texas At Austin
Earl Hansard
Town
Harding vetoes soldier bonus bill in 1922 era report
The Sun notes President Warren G. Harding vetoed the soldier bonus bill sent to him after Congress passed it. C. C. Willis announces high school football opener at Honey Grove on Sept 29. Whitewright gins report 2470 bales of cotton and prices around 20.25 to 20.60. High school faculty members listed include Coralee Echols Cary Futtrell Lloyd Wright Ina ...
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The
Warren G. Harding
Congress
C. C. Willis
Honey Grove
Whitewright Gins
Coralee Echols
Cary Futtrell
Lloyd Wright
Ina
Whitewright Students Headed to Colleges This Year
Whitewright will have more than 25 young residents in college this year with several already departed or set to leave soon. Institutions listed include the University of Texas, Austin College, Hardin-Simmons University, Southern Methodist University, East Texas State Teachers College, North Texas State College for Women, Baylor University, Houston University, Del Mar Junior College, and Arlington State College, with numerous named students per campus.
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Whitewright
University of Texas
Kirk May
Guy Andrew
LeRoy Ates
Austin College
J. J. Sloan
Nora Hughes
Charles Caldwell
Bryce London
Hardin-Simmons University
Lloyd Young
Southern Methodist University
Jackie Nossaman
East Texas State Teachers College
Norma Smith
Joe Vestal
David Johnson
James Reeves
Roby Wilson
Dell Sanderson
Donald Neal
Betty Mears
N. B. Nicholson
North Texas State College For Women
Betty Darwin
Barbara Williams
Baylor University
Don Newman
Jack McSpedden
Houston University
Zoe Vestal
del Mar Junior College
Loren Paul Ryan
Arlington State College
Billy Jack Blackerby
Cotton prices slide as weekly drop continues in 1927
Cotton has fallen about six dollars per bale in the past week and now brings 21.75 to 22.25 locally. To date 968 bales have been gained. Thieves stole about 15 turkeys from a poultry house while A C Keeling and family attended church. Elder Waldrum of Savoy, newly called minister of the Church of Christ, moved to Whitewright with his family.
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A. C. Keeling
Waldrum
Savoy
Church of Christ
Whitewright
Whitewright Girl Enters 4 H Contest
Whitewright senior Betty Blackerby a Whitewright 4 H Club member has submitted her 4 H records to the home demonstration agent for state headquarters at A M College. She won a Chicago trip in a national canning contest and is a county dress revue winner.
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Grayson County
Zelma Moore
Betty Blackerby
Whitewright
Alva Blackerby
A. & M. College
Blackerby
Chicago
1949 grid rules cut catch for T formation quarterbacks
The 1949 rule changes permit platoon substitutions only on stopped clock or change of possession and bar T formation quarterbacks from catching forward passes unless via interception. Other tweaks cover intentional grounding, ineligible receivers, and free ball out of bounds, with about 40 changes overall.
Women Jurors Tougher'n Men in Mock Trial
An all women jury found the defendant guilty in a mock murder trial as three practice juries tested opinions. A mixed all men jury reached acquittal while a mixed jury agreed with the verdict in line with the record. The exercise weighed votes on a Texas constitutional amendment to let women serve on juries.
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Orange
Navy
Texas
Legion Home Open Friday Night To HS Students
The American Legion Auxiliary announces the Legion Home will host a Friday night gathering after the Whitewright Tigers vs Honey Grove High football game. It will welcome high school students and visiting Honey Grove players, aiming to become a youth center with future programs and supervised activities like ping pong and dominoes, with soft drinks sold and new equipment funded as available.
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A. R. Orenduff
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Whitewright High School Tigers
Honey Grove
Legion
The
Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Learn Square Dancing Tonight at American Legion Home
Sherman caller and instructor will teach square dancing at the American Legion Home tonight. No admission charge and the lesson is free. Sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary invites all to learn together amid few experienced dancers.
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the Sun
Sherman
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
California expands hospitalization benefits under public disability plan
California moves toward a state run hospitalization benefit as part of its public disability insurance. About 3 million wage earners may receive hospital payments up to 12 daily eight dollar benefits plus existing twenty five dollar weekly disability payments. The plan, funded by a one percent payroll deduction, follows a trend begun by Rhode Island and others.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Warren
Texas Polio Breaks Mark Set in 1948
AUSTIN Polio cases in Texas reached 1801 so far this year surpassing the total 1765 for all of 1948, with 52 new cases last week and 65 the prior week. State health officer Dr George W Cox warned against false optimism and urged continued disease control through universal sanitation.
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Austin
Texas
State Health Department
George W. Cox
Honey Grove and Tigers Face Off Friday Night
The Honey Grove High School football team meets the WHS Tigers at Bryant Field at 8 PM Friday in a long standing rivalry not a conference game. Honey Grove seeks revenge after last season's one point defeat.
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Honey Grove
WHS Tigers
Bryant Field
Tigers
Leonard
Whitewright
Tiger
Billy Brown
Brown
Bill King
Conway Craig
Fire escape completed at Whitewright elementary school
Contractors finished a new steel fire escape on the south side of Whitewright elementary school to meet state laws, increasing safety for students. A new gym roof and repairs to the elementary roof were also completed.
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Whitewright
Surgeons cites 3300 cancer causes and proof of incurability
German surgeon Prof. K H Bauer cites 3300 cancer causes with 81.1 percent deemed incurable. He notes strong alcohol, barroom wards, and air pollution as cancer factors, and contrasts higher stomach cancer rates in meat-eaters versus rice-eaters.
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New York
K. H. Bauer
Gotherburg Trade and Shipping Journal
Bauer
New Insect Control Plan Boosts Lamar Cotton Yields
Lamar County farmers showcase pre-square poisoning sponsored by FHA across 13 Texas counties. Using U S Department of Agriculture and Texas A M Extension poisons, the method targets early stages before squares form, yielding full bale per acre on 556 acres across 13 farms. Demonstrations draw many visitors amid widespread insect damage.
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Paris
Lamar
Farmers Home Administration
Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Texas A. & M. Extension Service
FHA
N. A. Cleveland
Cleveland
Lamar County
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