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Rotarians set
annual banquet
Rotarians and their wives
will meet at Grayson College
Thursday for the annual Ro-
tarian banquet.
The banquet will begin at
the college’s Student Center
at 7:30 p.m.
The Select Choir from the
school will entertain the Ro- ■
tarians and their sweethearts.
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Tiger picks Tech
and North Texas State Univer-
sity.
At Texas Tech, Lancaster
plans to enroll in a pre-law
course.
In addition to being an out-
standing athlete at Whitewright
High School, Lancaster is also
a top student.
The top offensive star of the
Tigers, powerful Willie Wri-
ght, has also gone through the
scholarship offers and has sig-
ned a pre - enrollment appli-
cation with Prairie View A&M.
Prairie View head coach
Alexander Durley, recruited
Wright and offered the full
scholarship to the 6’, 235 lb.
running back.
Randy Lancaster, named
outstanding defensive player
in District 16-A the past sea-
son, was signed to a four year
football scholarship to Texas
Tech here Tuesday.
Tech coach Dale Evans
recruited Lancaster and ano-
ther representative came to
Whitewright to sign Lancaster
on the first day that signing
is permitted under Southwest
Conference rules.
Other coaches interested
■ in signing the 6’ 2”, 195-pound
fullback - linebacker included
the University of Houston, Te-
xas A&M University, the Uni-
versity of Texas at Arlington
to fill the unexpired term of
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The Whitewright Sun,^Thursday, February 12, 1970, Volume 85,
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Peggy Partridge, Calvin Whiteley and Judy Simpson
Bank promotes three
Three promotions have been
announced at the First Nat-
ional Bank of Whitewright.
Named executive vice pre-
sident of the bank is Calvin
Whiteley a vice president of
the bank here since December,
1967. Peggy Partridge has
been promoted to vice presi-
dent and cashier and Judy
Simpson has been named assi-
stant cashier.
Whiteley has been with the
local bank since August, 1965,
Cong. Ray Roberts makes
formal announcement
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The McKinney Democrat
was first elected to Congress
. in 1962, in a special epttion
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Russell R. bummers, Mayor
of Whitewright for the past 20
years, told members of the
Rotary Club Friday he “will
not run” for the office.
“This will be my last time
to talk to you as Mayor,”
he told the Rotarian. His
term expires April 4. cumm-
ers said he felt it time to
“take out as Mayor” after 20
years because he’s 72 years
old.
Speaking to the club, Summ-
ers outlined the subject of
“Texas Communities Tomor-
row.”
The state has been divided
into 22 districts for co-or-
dinated planning he explained,
and “there are some very im-
portant programs we need to
. t^ike advantage of under the
planning system.”
Summers divided these six
year programs into 11 cate-
gories: educational, commu-
’ty health, housing, human re-
r^sutfo^s, al resources,
transportation^ recreation and
public protection.
Public protection is one area
we'haven’t had many problems
in, Summers said, “Because
the policeman we have here
(H. B. Everheart) has quite
a reputation. He never star-
ted to jail with a man with-
out getting the man there.”
But Summers pointed out
"here are problems in White-
wright as well as in surroun-
ding cities.
“Ector and Bonham are
about to be sued for not com-
the late Speaker Sam Rayburn
and he was re - elected in
62, 64, 66 and 68.
A native of Collin County
the Congressman is a Navy ' :
combat veteran of World War :
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duty in the Korean conflict.
He was a member of the
Texas Senate from 1955 to |
1962.
As a member of Congress, •
he serves on the House Co-
mmittee on Veteran’s Affairs
and the powerful Public Works
Committee. He is a member
of 8 subcommittees and two
special subcommittees.
He and Mrs. Roberts have
a daughter, Kay who is marr-
ied to LCDR Tom Murray,11,
U.S.N., and two grandchildren
Kelly and Tom, lljp4 adv-)
Farmers plan
Houston trip
Six members of the Future
Farmers of America class at
Whitewright High School will
be attending the annual Houston ?
Fat Stock Show and Rodeo
March 2.
They are Darrell Dyer,
Jim Bryant, Ricky Ellison,
Kim Watkins and Kenny Gol-
d en.
Dyer and Bryant, winners
in the calf scramble last year,
will showthe animals they won.
jack Rogers, FFA advi-
sor, will accompany the group.
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determine that they were acc-
urate. Also, it has been my
duty and privilege to main-
tain an accurate and working
knowledge of all funds of Gr-
ayson County and their use.
It is from this experience
that I consider myself ultima-
tely qualified to be promoted
to the office of County Trea-
surer. I sincerely solicit
and invite the support of Gr-
ayson County voters.’ .
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lumber yard there.
Krumm is a.charter member
of the Whitewright Lions Club
and has served on the board of
directors. Currently, he is
treasurer of the club.
No other candidates have
indicated officially that they
will seek the mayor’s office.
In another business, the
council voted to audit the books
of the city to comply with
the laws. The audit is due
to begin this week.
Mayor Summers was asked
by the Council to be studying
the appointment of a planning
commission for Whitewright
to help enable the town to
qualify for state and federal
aid programs. _______
On a motion by Sonny Smith
and seconded by J. B. Thorn-
hill, the council voted unani-
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mously to clean up the city
dump and dumping in the roads
and blocking of traffic. From
now on, only city trucks will
have access to the dump.
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4th District Congressman Ray
Roberts in making his formal
announcement for re - election
to the Congress for a sixth
tern expressed his gratitude
to the residents of the 4th
District for their continued
support.
He said, “There is no
experience more gratifying to
a public official than to be
given backing and confidence
of those he represents.”
“Because of your contin-
ued support, I am unopposed
for re - election and will be
able to stay in Washington
and devote my full time to
the duties for which you elec-
ted me. I can think of no
better compliment.”
“The counsel and gui-
dance which I have received
on the issues which face the
Congress, have been invalu-
able. I will continue to do
the best I can to represent
all of the people of the 4th
District in the Congress and
before the government depart-
ments and agencies.”
“It is my aim to do every-
thing possible to ovrcomethe
threat posed by inflation, cr-
ime in the streets, campus
unrest and other issues which
disrupt our domestic peace
and to seek an honorable peace
in Vietnam.”
Lions to fete
Whitewright Lions Club
will hold their annual Valen-
tine’s Day party for club mem-
bers and their wives Saturday
at Firemen’s HalL
The banquet will begin
at 7:00 p.m.
announced at Friday’s meeting
of the Rotary Club he would
not run again, citing his age
and number of years in office
as the reasons.
Filing deadline for the Ap-
And, one man has already
filed for the position. He’s
Otto Krumm, former manager
of the Whitewright Lumber
Co. and now employed at the
First National Bank here.
Krumm announced his can-
didacy Wednesday.
And Krumm, who is now
serving as Justice of the Pe-
ace here, is no stranger to
city government.
He served rwo years as
mayor of Dana, Iowa, and has
served on the City Council
and school board of Polk City,
Iowa, when he operated the
Judge Les Tribble, unopposed
for re-election; county clerk,
Paul Lee, incumbent; school
superintendent Caryl McAllis-
ter, incumbent; U.S. Repre-
sentative, 4th Congressional
District Ray Roberts, McKi-
nney unopposed; Precinct 4
commissioner, serving west
section of Denison Carlos Br- 1
ady, Jr., Gordonville, the in-
cumbent, A. L. Moser, Jr.,
Pottsboro, and Ray Stratton,
Pottsboro; constable, precinct
7 Waymon Evans, Gordonville;
Justice peace, precinct 2, Leon
Hayes, Denison; County Dem-
ocratic chairman Charles Hu-
ghes, Sherman; State board of
education, Paul Matthews, Gr-
eenville; Justice peace, pre-
cinct 7, C. Dean Ford, Gor-
donville; Justice peace, prec-
inct 1, A. L. McGuire, inc-
umbent, Mukel Dicken, Lin-
ous Jarvis, and Clarence E.
White, all of Sherman.
Justice peace, place 8,
Clarence Jones, Pottsboro; C-
ounty Surveyor, Wayne Bruce,
Denison, incumbent, and co-
nstable, precinct 8 Charles E.
Harris, Pottsboro.
A few new candidates beat
the deadline and filed with Ch-
arles Hughes, county chair-
man, for the Grayson County
Democratic ticket for the Ma:
2 primary election.
Late entries included L.
C. Russell, Denison real es-
tate salesman and former buil-
— der. He will oppose Tom Mc-
Kee for re-election as commi-
ssioner of precinct 2.
Mrs. Dorothy Stroud of
Bells was another late entry
as an opponent of Mrs. Dovie
Maye Jarrell, the incumbent
county treasurer.
Another last minute entry
was Jim Caton of McKinney
for State Representative, Pl-
ace 32, opposing Bob Hendr-
rv icks, who is also from Mc-
/ Kinney and is seeking re-
F election.
Other candidates on the
Grayson ballot, most of whom
had filed earlier, include: Co-
unty Court at Law, Judge Les-
ter Newman, unopposed for re-
election; State Representative
Place 31, the incumbent and
Don Hefton, Sherman; County
Mayor announces
plans for future
plying with sewer system reg-
ulations,” explained the Mayor
“and we, too, are on the list.”
Summers explained that a
representative of the state “w-
ants to come back, have a
public meeting, explain the
system proposed and tell why
we must have the new sys-
tem.”
The Mayor also outlined
problems in air pollution, wa-
ter and taxes.
“But after April, someone
else will be wrestling with
these problems; -. he said.
United Fund
to meet
Officers and directors of
the Whitewright United Fund
will meet Thursday, Feb. 19,
at 7 p.m. at the Community-
Public Service Office.
Purpose of the meeting
is to elect a new slate of
officers and five new directors
for the/up. coming drive.
Clyde McMiirry is current
president of the group and
Larry Presley and Don Will-
iams were drive chairmen in
the successful 1969 fund drive.
Fire Department
is honored
Members of the Whitewright
Volunteer Fire Department w-
ere honored with a special
supper Monday night at Fire-
men’s HalL
Firemen and their wives
attended.
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Mrs. Stroud seeks
Treasurer’s job
Dorothy Stroud has ann- J-------'
ounced as a candidate for the
office of County Treasurer of
Grayson County. Mrs. Stroud,
aged 47, a lifelong democrat,
resides at Route 1, Bells, and
is a native of Savoy. She was
an honor student at Savoy High
SchooL Thereafter, she att-
ended and graduated from No-
rth Texas Business College.
She is a member of the First
Baptist Church of Bells. Her
business experience includes
2 years as an assistant in
the County Tax Assessor’s
office in Sherman. During the
pa'st 15 years, Mrs. Stroud >’
has occupied the position of
bookkeeper and assistant audi-
tor in the office of the Co-
unty Auditor of Grayson Co-
unty.
Mrs. Stroud, in announcing
her candidacy, says: “Dur-
ing the past 15 years I have
occupied a positioj of trust
and one requiring meticulous
and correct keeping of the re-
cords of Grayson County. A
part of my duties has been a
check of the books of the off-
ice of County Treasurer to
Walker horse
wins red ribbon
A local horse was a red
ribbon winner in the South-
western Exposition and Fat
Stock Show horse performance
class last week.
The horse is Ima Sugar
Star a product of Walker’s
Quarter horses of Whitewri-
ght. It captured second place
in the calf roping division of
the quarter horse show.
Dick Walker and Carl
Braswell took the horse to Ft.
Worth and returned with the
red ribbon. Trainer Braswell
showed the horse.
Don* Hefton, Sherman Real
Estate broker, is seeking the
opportunity to serve the peo-
ple of Grayson County as their
representative to the Texas
Legislature from District 3L
Hefton is an experienced leg-
islator, well educated in local
public schools and college,
and is vitally concerned with
the mounting problems which
face our community and State.
“I am asking the people
to elect me again to the Leg-
islature because I can serve
this District effectively. As
your legislator, I will support
legislation which promotes ec-
onomical operation of govern-
ment encourages initativeand
provides security for the in-
dividual and his property. Sp-
ecifically, I will support strong
anti - crime and anti - pol
ution measures, and I will
oppose a state income tax.
I will use my experience and
ability to work for the benefit
of all our citizens in a re-
sponsible, effective way,” He-
fton said.
Hefton has served in the
Legislature previously from
1961 through 1966. While in
the Legislature, Heftonpassed
100% of all the “local and
uncontested” bills that he in-
troduced, and be helped his ‘
colleagues in this area to pass
their’s. “However, passing
local and unopposed bills is
merely routine and nothing re-
ally to brag about,” said Hef-
ton, “but several bills I au-
thored created quite a stir
of opposition for one reason
or another and anyone who da-
res to author much legislat-
ion can expect some defeats
along the way.’
Major legislation that Hef-
ton authored included Congre-
ssional Redistribting bills at
two sessions to save our 4.fh
Congressional Re/districtini’. a
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to a:low vk^mriocenc^par?^^
in certain siu^ts to collect rea-
sonable attorney fees, a bill to
pay classroom teachers for af-
ter hour duties, a bill to re-
quire a railroad to maintain
sanitary standards for cert-
ain employees, a bill to re-
quire the State Comptroller
to notify a taxpayer of any
obvious error in his tax re-
turn before any penalty could
be assessed, a Constitutional
Amendment to set the term
of House members and others.
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CITY COUNCIL CALLS
APRIL 4 ELECTION
Members of the Whitewright
cJty Council Tuesday night
officially called an April 4
election to elect a mayor and
d councilmen.
fl Terms which expire on -t . ■ v — -- x-
that date include those of May- • 5 electlon 1S March 4.
or Russell Summers and Coun- — —
oilmen Steve Sullivan and R.
D. Maddux. Also up for ele-
ction is the unexpired term
of John Curtis who resigned
last summer.
Under Texas election codes,
election is set to co-in-
Cxde with the school board
meeting the first Saturday in
ApriL
For the first time in 20
years, the name of Russell
summers will not be on the
allot. The popular Mayor,
who has wron election easily
throughout his 20 - year career
graduation from Southwestern |
a Bachelor of Business Admin- and BilL
Mrs. Partridge, whose hus-
| band is Billy Partridge of
Whitewright, has been with the
& local bank since July, 1958.
’ Mrs. Simpson, whose hus-
band is Milton Simpson of Wh-
itewright joined the local bank
in 1964.
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when he came to the bank as of Christ and a member who
assistant cashier. He was I has held numerous offices in
promoted to cashier in Aug., 1 the Lion’s Club, United Fund,
1965 and to vice president I Chamber of Commerce and
in 1967. Pigskin Club. Whiteley is also
He began his bankingcareer | a member of the Texoma Ch-
at the Farmers State Bank in ■ apter of the American Inst-
Georgetown in 1960, following I itute of Banking.
graduation from Southwestern | He and his wife, Mary,
University in Georgetown with | have three sons, Harry, Don
istration degree.
In Whitewright, he is a
deacon at the local Church
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Camper, Buddy W. The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1970, newspaper, February 12, 1970; Whitewright, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1369634/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Whitewright Public Library.