WHS Students Fetch New Sweaters and Library Gifts
The Reflector reports WHS cheerleaders receiving white wool sweaters with a gold and black W, a tiger head emblem, and notes the members Babe Beazley Donna Williams Verna Lee Buchanan Alice Ayres and Ann Brown. Ten new books added to the high school library plus memorial donations and gifts from Reader's Digest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babe Beazley
Donna Williams
Verna Lee Buchanan
Alice Ayres
Ann Brown
Pharmacists Pride in Care and Precise Service
The message highlights deep satisfaction from helping doctors and patients, claiming services help check or cure illnesses and save lives. It emphasizes exacting study, meticulous research, and careful prescription filling as the basis of trust and mutual satisfaction.
Students learn hands on work in Mr Vestal office
High school students gain secretarial experience during off periods in Mr B R Vestal's office. Six girls and two boys perform typing, answering phones, and announcements while learning on the job. Names listed for each period include seniors Mary Pennell Betty Harris John Charles Chesser Clydean Selman Foy Jean Bow Lela McFerrin Babe Beazley J B Mullins Clydean Selman. A senior class fundraiser sells football ribbons for 10 cents to support the 1954 senior trip. Second grade enrollments include Jerry Barnett James Stephens Kathleen Crawford Jeanie Skipworth joining existing students Mrs Sarah Kilgree's class lists many names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R. Vestal
Mary Pennell
Betty Harris
John Charles Chesser
Clydean Selman
Foy Jean Bow
Lela McFerrin
Babe Beazley
J. B. Mullins
Sarah Kilgree
Jerry Barnett
James Stephens
Kathleen Crawford
Jeanie Skipworth
Johnny Aldridge
Jim Billinger
George Burchfield
Paul Burrow
Ronnie Hendrix
Jimmy Kent
David Layman
Charley McLean
Harold Page
Donald Smith
Jarrell Williams
Billy Joe Gideon
Joyce Bennett
Anna Franklin
Ruth Guthrie
Shirley Janway
Patricia Jarvis
Carolyn Mullins
Sue Pool
Francis Wood
WHS Tigers Home Football Crowns Service Helpers 1953
A WHS fall tradition names four girls Martha Lee Burchfield Betty Harris Mary Pennell and Lela McFerrin as the Tigers service squad for the 1953 season. They served the team after the Bells game with steak potatoes English peas pickled peach and milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WHS
Tigers
Martha Lee Burchfield
Betty Harris
Mary Pennell
Lela McFerrinrin
Basement Well Powers Heat and Cool House for $100 Yearly
An Omaha man built a 65-foot well system costing about $300 that heats his home in winter and cools it in summer at under $100 annual operating cost. The 53 to 55 degree well water runs through a coil and blower inside a 20 by 4 by 3 inch unit, with ducts delivering treated air to five rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
George Meester
Meester
Meester’s cooling system uses coils and ozone purifier
The system runs water through coils to dehumidify and cool air with a boiler for winter. Waste water may drain or water the lawn. Air passes through a wet mesh to moisten, while a salvaged neon transformer generates ozone to sterilize and deodorize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meester
Notice of Execution Sale in Grayson County Texas 1953
Sheriff G W Blanton announces a public auction of parcels owned by R B Ryan and Lucile Ryan. The sale follows a 1953 judgment in the 15th District Court and is set for the first Tuesday in Oct at the Grayson County courthouse. Reserve cash bids only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson
Texas
R. B. Ryan
Lucile Ryan
James McKinney
Grayson County
J. H. Wilkins
Sherman
G. W. Blanton
Whitewright Sun
Meester’s DIY Air System Cuts Costs
Meester built a cooling apparatus at about 300 dollars using scavenged parts and wholesale links. He estimates component costs at 15 dollars and replacement cost at 250 dollars. Commercial units today could cost around 1500 dollars for similar work. Operating costs run as low as 85 dollars annually with summer electricity around 5 dollars and winter gas boiler fuel about 15 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meester
WCTU Opposes Whiskey Fed Pigeon Control Plan
In Hamilton Ontario the Women's Christian Temperance Union condemned a scheme to feed whiskey soaked corn to pigeons to curb their numbers. President Mrs F W Ambrose urged alcohol be disposed of and criticized city leaders for not finding a better method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
F. W. Ambrose
WCTU
Harry Ramsdale
Board of Control
Divorce Petition in Grayson County Texas
Patricia Milligan sues Willie Sanford Milligan for divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Citation requires answer by 10 a.m. on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance, November 2, 1953, in 15th District Court, Grayson County, Sherman Texas. File 60782 lists the parties and court details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Texas
Willie Sanford Milligan
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Patricia Milligan
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Whitewright Sun
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Memorial Library
Mavis Haile
Lingenfelter
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Rawlings
Clyde Montgomery
Fowler
Kathryn Roddy
Abbott
David Roddy
Reader’s Digest
George
Jones Boy
Babe
Arvin
Edward
Bells
Bonham
Fay
Annette Smith
Sylvester
B. H
THE
Babelone
Babcock Auto Store
Whitewright, Texas
Aeonsi
Ghateaul
Hasty Chevrolet Company
the Sun
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Lone Star Gas Company
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