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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1954
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun publishes weekly on Thursdays under editor and publisher T. Glenn Doss. It is entered at Whitewright Texas as second class mail matter.
Phone 52276 lists subscription rates for Grayson and Fannin Counties at two dollars and fifty cents outside the counties and five dollars for foreigners. The notice explains the line between news and advertising and states refunds and corrections will be made on request.
A sentimental plea to Santa from an adult reader living in loneliness. The letter asks for renewed faith and memories of joy, asking for a large basket of forgetfulness and the return of cherished, fragile treasures of hope and love.
A reflective verse pleads for forgiveness and resilience. The speaker asks Santa for mercy and a reservoir of hope to repair joy, share cheerful songs, and extend faith and tolerance to neighbors.
A humorous verse about a mother who dislikes but still feeds a variety of animals including pigeons frogs mice and dogs, expressing affection for all pets she cares for despite initial preferences. The poem closes with a loving acknowledgment of the dogs.
The excerpt lists names of numerous weeds with their own songs and mentions Elizabeth Ellen Long. It then notes Grand Coulee Dam in Washington standing 550 feet tall and 4,300 feet long with 18 power units producing 18 million horsepower, claimed as the world’s largest.
The guide warns against alcohol after snake bites and outlines first aid for venomous bites, rabies risk, heat illness, heart attack, and stroke. It details suction methods, wound washing, cooling measures, and when to call a doctor, ending with a note from Henry Calvin about bridge party etiquette.
The Sun lists candidates for state and county offices in Grayson and Fannin Counties. State Senator John H. Miller. Sheriff Cecil R. Walker. County Clerk Knowless Loving. County Commissioner Pet. 2 Austin E. Fritts. County School Superintendent C. N. McAllister. Commissioner Precinct 2 O F John Kent. Re election Ed Riley.
New York reports the first color television sets will use 36 tubes the 15 inch picture tube yields about 12 percent inches of display. Compared with black and white sets averaging 27 tubes this marks a major advance though not a low budget option. One maker plans leasing at 75 dollars per month with an initial 200 dollar delivery and installation fee. Annual rent would total 1025 dollars exceeding a 1000 dollar list price from another company.
Alexander P. Maran 57 confessed at a police station to embezzling 267000 over five years and spending it on horse racing. He was booked on grand larceny charges.
Hog prices climbed to $27.75 at the Fort Worth Stockyards on Tuesday, the highest in over five years. Choice 190 to 260 pound butchers sold around $27.50 with some lots $27.75, a peak not seen since September 1948. India contains one fifth of the world population.
Work began on the new Trenton Baptist Church last week with foundation excavations finished and other construction underway. The L shaped building will include ten Sunday school rooms, an auditorium, pastor's study, office, and baptistry. a brick veneer exterior is planned if finances permit.
Washington reports a 10 percent increase in second class mailing rates for newspapers and magazines, effective Thursday. This rise completes a trio of staged hikes Congress allowed four years ago.
Police report a Michigan ironworker fatally stabbed his five year old son after a scolding. The man has a history as a hard drinker, according to the Christian Science Monitor.
Oklahoma City. Bill Bloom, 28, was arraigned in federal court after a Clinton patrolman halted his Cadillac on suspicion. The officer said Bloom did not look like a Cadillac owner.
Laws of learning are free of flaws. Between a promise and its goal is many a yawning hole. A false label doesn't foul the sable. Habit is a prod much like Aaron's rod. There's many a brush unseen in the brush. Happiness, like a college degree, is never free. All deeds bear bloom and seeds. To gossip is good if it's good gos sip. Pick-off the sharp-shooters of de ception. Is precaution ever listed at an auction? Argentina produces about one-half of the world's flax seed.
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