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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1941
Page
5
Local notes report numerous visits across Dallas McKinney Abilene and Sherman. Devport's promotes 8 inch glass bowls 5c and 4 piece mixing bowls 25c while 50c silk hose are 25c. News mentions births promotions ship duty Pearl Harbor and Annapolis appointment for Hamilton Vestal.
Social gatherings include flower show in Dallas attended by Dr. and Mrs. Alan Harvey-Brooks and others. Local church and club activities feature study sessions on dangerous opportunities, music club programs, and a Methodist youth meeting. A marriage is planned for April in Greenville, and state senator Van Zandt discusses district consolidation. Willis C Jones, 25, Dallas, was killed by a robber. details describe family survivors and a $25 robbery before induction into the Army.
The Whitewright club met at Mrs. Elmo Wallace home with co hosts Mrs. Van Claborn and Mrs. Horace Ashlock. President W L Hatfield led the business session planning a visit to Denton and Cleburne. Next meeting set at Mrs Phillip Norris home with Mrs Elmer Sanderson co host. Area of Greece is about 30000 square miles.
The Friday Literary Club met at 3 p m to discuss Health. Members reviewed Dr A E Hertzlers Horse and Buggy Doctor with readings on Early Youth and Medical Education and other topics. Refreshments were served to members and two guests, Mrs Vaughn and Mrs Stephens.
The Thrift family hosted a surprise 66th birthday dinner Sunday March 30 at the home of daughter Mrs. Carl Holland. Attendees included relatives and friends from Pilot Grove Pottsboro Van Alstyne Desert Clifton and Dallas with daughter Velma and son L N Trotter among the guests. One daughter Mrs. Thelma Moore of Dallas could not attend due to illness.
Central Christian Church schedules Sunday school at 10 a m with superintendent R P Montgomery and a 10 50 a m quarterly communion featuring a roll call There is no evening worship Members will join Methodist churches in a pre Easter series Congregational meeting at Presbyterian Church 6 30 p m April 10 with covered dish supper and department reports
Saturday features in Denison and Sherman advance county Interscholastic League winners to district and state contests. Langston University A Capella Choir performed at the high school to an appreciative audience. Honor roll lists students from 1st through upper grades with several honored for honorable mention.
WPA census shows only Washington and San Francisco among 59 cities pricier than New York for living costs, highlighting New York's high expense relative to peers.
The United States has roughly 9,000 credit unions in operation reflecting expanding access to cooperative financial services across communities. The number indicates steady growth in member owned institutions serving diverse populations nationwide.
Sadie Hatfield, extension specialist in landscape gardening at A and M College, explains pruning is mainly cutting away undesirable wood. Early blooming shrubs with multiple shoots are easy to prune, and yearly removal of some oldest shoots helps renewal while shortening awkward branches.
Tips include coating ketchup bottle interiors with paraffin to prevent discoloration and keeping small objects off floors for child safety. Advices cover regular monthly waxing and extra wax for heavily walked floor areas, leaving gas oven doors open briefly after turning off gas, stewing prunes in soaking water, allocating 24 to 30 inches per guest at table, and using a shallow pan on the kitchen table to organize utensils during cooking.
The note traces French heels to Louis XVI who wore high wooden heels to enhance stature, creating a royal precedent. It also mentions the origin of the curfew term is linked to historical practices, though details are cut off.
The passage explains that couvre feu means cover fire with origins in England under William the Conqueror who ordered a nightly bell at eight to signal extinguishing lights. It describes a mechanical synchronizer allowing a machine gun to fire only when bullets pass between propeller blades.
The Patent Office allows trademarks for farm names used in selling farm products. If a farmer uses the farm name in marketing interstate commerce, the mark protects the name’s use in that trade. The statement is cited from W. P. Keasbey in the Christian Science Monitor.
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