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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1971
Page
2
A casual column describes F H A Girls in Annette Snider's class making apples for teachers, mentions a Political Science Panel at Bettys Zoo guessing City Council races, plans to visit Arkansas grandmother, and prep for Cable TV Channel 2 Saturday. Readers urged to vote on election day.
The menu lists a weekly line up for meals from Monday to Friday with items per day. Monday features escalloped potatoes green beans fruit cocktail cake mix milk. Tuesday offers Frito pie crackers pork and beans apple sauce vanilla wafers. Wednesday serves oven fried chicken whole potatoes lettuce tomato onion pickle French dressing and ice cream. Thursday includes hot dogs chili sauce coleslaw tater tots catsup peach half cottage cheese. Friday is noted as holiday.
From Desk of The Police Chief reports misdemeanors include theft with no charges filed and one burglary investigated, plus an attempted house break-in and a noninjury traffic accident. No fires reported. Officers urge extreme driving care and banish traffic violations as parade and rodeo activities begin. Jim Frye, Chief of Police.
Mrs. Maude Caraway returns home after visiting family in Van Alstyne and Sherman relatives. A string of weekend guests includes Mrs. R D Benson and Cecil Walker from Sherman, Mrs. L F Cowart, and others from Oklahoma, Chicago, and Grand Saline. Dismissals list several area hospital patients. John Curtis attends veterans meeting in Commerce.
A string of social notices lists weekend visits and guests across Sherman and nearby towns. Names include Mr. and Mrs. W J Billner, Mrs Virgil Parton of Gainesville, Mrs L H Darwin, Mr and Mrs Allen Harper in Duncan Okla, and many more visiting relatives in Garland Pr nceton Dallas Greene ville Pilot Grove and Denison. Also noted are hospital stays and new patients at Sherman Community Hospital and visits to nursing homes and family homes.
Donald Nelson Jr. son of Mr and Mrs Donald Nelson Sr of Bells enlisted March 19 for military service. A belated party March 24 hosted by Debbie Bolton featured red white and blue streamers a ceramic soldier centerpiece flags and a flag themed cake. Twenty guests attended including David and Dessie Earnheart of Denison. He will begin basic training at Fort Polk Louisiana.
Airman Boyd R. Chastain son of Mr and Mrs O J Chastain of Rt 2 Whitewright completed the USAF aircraft equipment repairman course at Chanute AFB NL. Trained to repair generators gas turbine mines and hydraulic test equipment, he is assigned to Dyess AFB Texas with the Strategic Air Command. A 1969 Sherman High School graduate, he plans further service with SAC.
Ronald W. Hickerson, son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Hickerson Rt 2 Whitewright, graduated from recruit training at the Naval Recruit Training Center in Orlando Florida. He attended East Texas State University in Commerce.
A public service feature by the American Bar Association and the State Bar of Texas weighs bicycle rider duties and motorist responsibilities. It cites cases where drivers were found negligent for not adapting to bicycle dangers and where riders were blamed for not exercising proper control.
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