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Vol. 69 No. 33
Price 10c
Phone 364-2276
School Year
An 11-year-old Whitewright boy
The boy is also suspected of
volved in a three-car accident
Cureton has done
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and the Tom Bean School Board.
Those neW teachers being
honored were Mrs. Roberts Bum-
pus, Jerry Creek, Danny Dillon,
T. R. Harvey, and Mrs. Ann John-
son.
Mrs. Ken Daniel, school
secretary, registered the guests.
Lions Club, members and
their wives, at their monthly
meeting at Fireman's Hall.
Governor Seelig will speak
at the Lions dinner.
Football Coach Tommy J.
Hudspeth of Sherman high
school, today has been appointed
the state
Charles B. “Bud” Wilkerson,
former coach at the University of
Oklahoma, is regional chairman
of the All-American Roundup for
Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico,
Arkansas and Louisiana. Coach
Texas State univeristy in
Commerce.
He never played before more
comment of Aline Anderson,
receptionist at the Geers Clinic,
investigation by examining the
location for fingerprints and
other clues.
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Permission was granted Desert
Water Supply Co. in case of
emergency to tie onto the
Whitewright water system. Per-
mission will be given only in case
of emergency and as long as the
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scout East Grand Street.
Dover Bradshaw, Whitewright
police officer, said that a feed
mill employe, R. D. Hendrix,
caught the youth when he
returned unexpectedly to the
begin work at 8 a.m.
“I first noticed that the cur-
tains on the bathroom window
were blowing and the window
was broken,” said Mrs. Ander-
son. Mrs. Anderson then said that
she observed that the doors to the
drug cabinets and ice box were
open and she immediately called
national Monday night. j /_
He wiH visit^Whitewright fjrs£ outing in a stadium that’s
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accustomed to playing in at East other° night,” “Cureton told a
Cleveland Plain Dealer sports
reporter, “when one of the
coaches mentioned working out
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to California.
“We played most of our college
football right in Texas. We took a
flight to Los~Angeies with the bus everywhere we went. The
Browns. In past seasons, the town I grew up in, a little place
opener in L.A. has drawn more called Whitewright, had about 1,-
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about 120 kids and there were
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and we showed livestock at
shows. It was that kind of life.”
With Mike Phipps, Don Horn
and Brian Sipe out of training
BOB ME I SE N BACH,
FLANAGAN emphasizing: Manicures Wednesdays and
Thursdays at the Beauty Room. . .What? Another story
about Bonham Favorite managing editor Bob Cantrell? See
it in Memory Lane!.. .Frank Whitworth has a house for sale
over at Savoy. See our classified.
Now that things are settling down in Washington, you'll
see more activity out in the boondocks. . .Football's in the
air; that'll stir the inner-soul of our sports-minded friends.
WHITEWRIGHT'S popular quarterback WILL
CURETON threw an 80-yard pass to running back Steve
Holden Monday night that went for a touchdown and and
gave the Cleveland Browns a 21-20 victory over the San
Francisco 49ers in Cleveland. Cureton completed 14 of 17
attempts in the second half of the game. His mother said he
had "a terrible first half," but came back for the victory.
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The Whitewright Chamber of Commerce Monday took
steps to build welcoming signs on the highways entering the
city. Chamber President DANNY BRENAND named a
committee composed of Mrs. Priscilla Ryker, Clint Hennig
and Emory Christian to conduct a search for an identifying
slogan. The chamber discussed the welcome wagon, not
defunct; need of more women to be involved in chamber
work, and voted to donate $18 to the Grayson County
Bicentennial Committee.
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JOHN EARL SEELIG
Lions Governor Slates Visit
John Earl Seelig, vice
president for administrative
affairs of Southwestern Bap-
tist Theological Seminary in
Fort Worth, will make his
official visit as governor of
District 2-E2 of Lions Inter-
AFTERMATH OF BURGLARY — This was
the scene that greeted Aline Anderson, recep-
tionist at the Geers Clinic, as she came to work
Thursday morning. Burglars broke into the
clinic and carted off over $300 worth of drugs.
According to Dr. Paul Geers, the drugs could be
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Whitewright, Texas, Thursday, August 15, 1974
IN SERVICE TRAINING — Faculty members of the Whitewright
school system were involved in in-service training in preparation for
the coming school year. The topic of the training session is “Multi-
Culture” and deals with teaching students about how other cultures
relate to their own. The three-day session included a talk by Roosevelt
Leonard, and Mrs. Lena Geers of Miott, doctoral student from the University of Houston.
Mesquite.
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JERRY GAINES of Grayson County, won second place
in Class 13 (pole bending at the State 4-H Club Horse Show
held at Dallas last week. . .) This department would like to
know about these shows, especially when Whitewrighter's
Bell rinoers, or Tom Bean youth are entered. It"s our job,
ibut we cannot possibly be mind readers.
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Among our new subscribers is MRS. GLADYS 7
BURKETT, a resident of Whitewright Nursing Home. We >**'*
have a lot of good and faithful readers over at the home and
try to keep them informed with what's going on around
them.
More than 150 subscribers have been added to our list in
recent weeks, but some have come off because they failed to
renew. Perhaps in a few days they'll come back. Every
sheep that strays from the fold is welcomed like the famous
prodigal con.
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City to Get New
Street Markers
Indications are that it will soon water for itself,
be much easier to find your way
around Whitewright.
A long overdue project, in-
stallation of street signs, has been
undertaken as a joint effort of the
City Council and the local chapter
of the Jaycees. An agreement was
made in a r;—
meeting of the City Council that
the city would have the signs
made, the Jaycees will install
them.
The signs are now being
manufactured by the City of
Denison, which has a sign-making
machine. Delivery of the new
signs is expected soon. Cost of the
signs should be less than $1,000.
There will be 91 street signs for
installation at intersections.
Approval of final payment of
$69,918.63 for expansion of sewer
facilities of the city, including in-
stallation of a lift station and new
sewer lines highlighted last week’s
City Council meeting.
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“Thev inst took it all ” was the shortly afterwards at the scene, der observation and are taking a
- A unit from the Grayson Coun- wait-and-see type of investigation
ty Sheriff Department was dis- as well as following up other
after she discovered the theft of patched to the clinic to aid in the leads which develop.
over $600 worth of drugs early - * * - * j- re-
Thursday morning.
“They just emptied everything
out whether it was penicilin or
not,” said Mrs. Anderson.
According to Whitewright
Police Officer Robert Brawley,
the burglary took place at about
4:15 a.m. Thursday. The breakin
was discovered by Mrs. Anderson
the Sun precinct. It's going to be big business.
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W. R. WALLEN of Van Alstyne is the first Grayson County resident
to be recognized as qualifying for the Family Land Heritage Program
of the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Commissioner JOHN C. WHITE is conducting the campaign which
honors families which have lived on the same land for at least a hun-
dred years. About 500 such families have so far been reported to the
Commissioner. Anyone who feels that they are qualified may Contact:
County Judge Les Tribble.
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IT WAS GOOD to see a new awning goieg up on the F*
Stephens & Bryant Insurance building down old Grand
Avenue. A new one on every building would spruce up the
town and give cause to folks to say that Whitewright is on
the go. Look around. WHITEWRIGHT IS ON THE GO! *
Chamber of Commerce members almost forgot to be pre-
sent Monday for the monthly luncheon at Fireman's Hall in
’ beautiful downtown Whitewright.. .Twelve showed up; that
out of a membership of about 60. Shame on you; you missed
ETHEL GREEN'S GOOD cooking, too! Chicken fried
steak, black-eyed peas, fried okra, mashed potatoes and
gravy, salad and luscious rolls, topped with her brand of
coconut pie.
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According to Dr. Geers, several
of the drugs are very dangerous
and could bring harm to anyone
Burglars er' ered the clinic using them if they are not proper-
through a wi. Jow in a bathroom ly administered. There is a
at the rear of the building. possibility that whoever took the
The burglars apparently did not drugs may require medical
know exactly what they wanted assistance and may show up at a
as they emptied all the trays of hospital or clinic in need of help
medicine they could find, which would provide police the
Consequently, they .wound up opportunity to trace the drugs to
with such drugs as penicillin and whoever took them.
alergy vaccines. They took all the
clinic’s alergy vaccine that is ad-
ministered to local citizens who
need the shots. Because the vac-
cines were taken, local patients
had to get the vaccine from Sher-
man.
No positive leads as to who was
involved in the burglary, but law
officers have several suspects un-
Can you imagine a lad fresh out
of college quarterbacking a major
professional football team?
Well, that’s what happened to a
native of Whitewright, Will
Cureton, last Friday night in the
vast Los Angeles Coliseum. Not
only did he quarterback the
, Cleveland Browns of the National
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Z almost won his first pro football
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• g?al in the last two seconds of
play. It was bed even-stephen, as
they say in Whitewright, at that
point and time.
William Joe Cureton thus
stepped into the limelight in his
could get their harifl on without examing the
drugs first. Alergy medicine for local patients
was among the drugs'taken. Officers from Sher-
man were dispatch to the clinic to aid in the
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11-Year-Old Boy
Arrested In
Mill Break-In
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dangerous if not administered properly. Accor-
ding to Police Officer Robert Brawley, the
break-in occured at about 4:15 a.m. as fresh
tracks were discovered outside the clinic. Entry
was gained through a back window in a
restroom. | (Photo by Ken King)
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supervisor, reported to the coun-
cil that the new sewer project was
ready to go and was in good con-
dition.
The council also approved
replacement of water lines on the M
east side of town. Improvements
will be made by changing the old
one-half inch water lines to two
building. The boy was taken to
the county courthouse where the
juvenile officers were notified.
The boy was released to the
custody of his parents. The coun-
ty juvenile authority is in-
vestigating the case.
The boy gained entrance to the
building by breaking out a win-
dow on the east side of the
? building. Missing from the
the South Central region, Boy Waller County. He married Molly building was $3 in pennies.
Scouts of America covering Daughtry in 1951 in Jewett, Tex. The boy is also suspected of
™ He gra(juated from Oakwood three other break-ins. The matter
High School and attended Trinity is under investigation.
Tom Landry of the Dallas Cow- University and Texas A&M Officer Bradshaw added that
r, the suspect was very cooperative
for the Bing-Carter Corp, and during the arrest,
moved to Whitewright from
Oakwood in 1951. He was a
member of the Presbyterian
Church.
Survivors include: his widow,
Molly, of Whitewright; mother,
Mrs. Ethel Bing, Oakwood; two
sons, ]
team. I wasn’t raised on a ranch
or a farm, but you certainly
wouldn't call me a city slicker.
Ramst this summer when he signed the We^had animals around our place
Brown contract that he would be
opening night quarterback, nor
did he dream he would play the
whole offensive game. He had
been passed up by the draft, but camP because of the strike, young
/Coach Nick Skorich decided to Cureton has done a good job
take a look at him. He likes what tilling the void. He told The Plain
he has seen so far. Dealer sports writer the big game
“It got to me just a little bit the with the Rams “should really be
- ~ - - an experience for me. I’m trying
not to get up tight. I don’t want it
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lines pass state regulations and as /
long as Whitewright has anough
It's A Boy!
Thomas Chad Bowen, son ol
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Bowen, Jr., oi
Whitewright, Tex., was born ir
Wilson N. Jones hospital in Sher-
man on Aug. 1, 1974, at 7:50 a.m
Chad weighed 7 lbs. 12¥2 ozs., anc
was 20 inches long. Grandparent*
are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W.
Bowen Sr., of Leonard, and Dr.
and Mrs. Paul E. Geers of city,
great grandparents are1
Mrs. Jennings Horn ofc
McKinney, Mrs. T. B. Bowen,
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the University of Oklahoma, are ~~ ~
[ serving as co-chairmen of Area
Two of the region covering
i Northeast Texas and Oklahoma.
Accepting the appointment as
All-American Roundup Chairman
of the Texoma Valley Council,
Coach Hudspeth said: “Scouting
and Athletics are similar in the
approach made to young people.
The principles of duty, fitness,
dedication, and team spirit are
the same. Leadership develop-
ment, citizenship, and self-
reliance are some of the major1
values of Scouting and the
Will Cureton Stars, Rams Trip Browns
than 10,000 fans before and at
ETSU he rode a bus to all the
football games. Last Thursday he
boarded a plane for a 5-hour
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Browns. In past seasons, the town^I^grew up in, a little place
than 70,000? but because of the 600 people. Our high school had
strike, only about 30,000 were £---- 1-? ---- —J -
there. Thats three times more less than 30 of us on the football
than the ETSU coliseum will
hold.
Will Cureton never dreamed
Tom Bean Greets New Teachers
A reception held in honor of
five new teachers in the Tom
Bean School District was held at
the Tom Bean High School
cafeteria Sunday. More than 45
persons attended the affair.
Sponsors for the reception
were Supt. and Mrs. R. T. Smith
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An eternal optimist: TEX ROBINSON, the grocer. . .Mrs.
OB MEISENBACH, in a hurry!. . .BARBARA
WHAT THEY LEFT — Robert Brawley,
Whitewright police officer, checks over drugs
which are left in the ice box in the Geers Clinic
by burglers who broke into the clinic early
Ti^rsday morning. According to the 'otticeis,
the burglars apparently grabbed everything they
Hudspeth Heads
Scout Roundup
Athletic Director and Head athletic program. I know these iviiii d re a k-in
Tacts to be true because I became
an Eagle Scout in Troop 47 in / " / ' 1
Weatherford, Tex. My personal was nabbed as he attempted to
Scout Roundup chairman of the goal is to see that every young burgle the Gosnell Feed Mill on
Texoma Valley Council Boy person who wants to be a s “
Scouts of America. has the opportunity. The All-
Hudspeth attended Tarlton American Roundup theme is
State, A&I, University of Texas centered around football,
and obtained his Masters Degree
in Education from North Texas
State University. He came/ to
Sherman in 1971 following a very
successful career in coaching at ~ Services for Henry A. Bing, 54,
Weatherford, McKinney and who died Saturday morning were
Longview. He is held in high held Monday at the Mullican-
regard by all coaches throughout Little Funeral Home Chapel. Mr.
Bing died at his home in
Whitewright. Graveside services
were held at Oakwood Cemetery
at Oakwood, Tex.
He was born May 7, 1920, in
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Injured
In Crash
J Lowell L. McKinney, 34, of
sons HenryT.^’coikg? Station^ Route 2, Whitewright suffered
and Kenneth Ray , Whitewright; forehead injuries when he was m-
a daughter, Mrs. Brenda Dyer, volved in a three-car accident
Whitewright; two brothers, Lee east of Sherman near Ida on FM
and Byron, both of Oakwood; a 697 last Monday night.
sister, Mrs. Gladyne Slade, Three members of a Sherman
Lake Jackson, Tex.; and one family were also injured m the
grandchild. wreck.
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Those drugs taken included
such dangerous drugs as
morphine, demerol, nembutol,
vistanil, sparine, phenobarb,
seconal. Pennicillin and the
alergy shots were also taken.
Officer Brawley said that the
time of the theft was shortly
before the clinic opened because
fresh tire tracks were discovered
in the dust at the rear of the
building.
Anyone observing any
suspicious acting persons or
having any information concer-
ning the break-in, is asked to con-
tact either local law officers or the
sheriffs office. All reports are
kept confidential.
Board Gets
..ater tor nsen.
Citizen Bubba Jentry appeared KOd Qy TO I
before the council to ask that the
culvert installed in front of his
house be replaced with a lower
culvert to make it easier to enter The Whitewright School Board
his driveway. The matter was Tuesday night laid final plans for
referred to^ouncilman Marshall opening of the 1974-75 session
specially-called - Hasty for study. Monday.
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1. Approved the 1974-75 budget
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Willie Ballard and Kenneth
Owens, residents of northeast —--ri ..
Whitewright asked the council to an(j amended the 1974-73 budget
repair streets in their to complete the fiscal year.
neighborhood. That matter was 2. Hired Mrs. Charles Truksa as
also referred to Councilman Has- one of three teachers added to
ty, who is in charge of street the staff for the term. Mrs.
repair. Truksa is wife of a Whitewright
Requirements of all persons pjrst National Bank officer.
living within the city limits to tie 3 Approved the free lunch
onto the sewer line was also program and price scale for the
passed. wear
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John Wortham, sewer project
east side of town. Improvements
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Miller, Elton L. The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1974, newspaper, August 15, 1974; Whitewright, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1369762/m1/1/: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Whitewright Public Library.