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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1953
Page
7
Mrs. Loren Johnson of Houston visits relatives here. Several readers travel to Dallas for weekends and holidays while others spend time with family in Van Alstyne, Nocona, Kilgore, Sherman, Commerce and Denton. Births and employment moves are noted among local residents and students.
Recipe notes describe draining asparagus and reducing liquid to a cup then making a cream sauce with butter flour and lemon juice. Add Tabasco, seasonings, pour over heated asparagus and chops with sliced egg garnish for four servings. Also mentions Normandy dishes and Snappy Cheese Sauce variations with cheese and pimiento.
An Altus Oklahoma piece by Henry McLemore imagines Stalin arriving in hell at 8:30 am on a four metored jet pitchfork. The devil greets him and the scene lists infamous figures. Stalin is praised for violence as hell’s ruler places the cape horns and tail on him in a darkly comic reunion with history.
Original Letters Testamentary granted March 2 1953 by Grayson County Court Texas to Ruth C Ashburn Independent Executrix of the estate. Creditors must present claims within legal time. Residence Route 3 Sherman Texas. Published in The Whitewright Sun April 2 9 16 and 23 1953.
In a crowded doctor's waiting room an old man declares he will go home and die a natural death. The scene captures bleak resignation as patients wait amid desultory chatter and growing silence.
The Travelers Insurance Company reports 1952 saw 37,600 traffic deaths and 2,090,000 injuries in the nation. Speed was the leading fatal factor with 13,430 deaths. drivers under 25 accounted for about 25 percent of crashes. Weekend crashes caused over 15,000 deaths and nearly 750,000 injuries. Pedestrian casualties fell slightly, but jay walking remained a major danger.
On March 19 1953 letters testamentary were granted in Grayson County Texas to Nannie E Burks executrix Estate of J G Burks Deceased. All claimants must present claims by law and debtors should settle. Executrix address R F D 4 Whitewright Texas dated March 20 1953. Sun March 26 April 2 9 and 16 1953.
The report notes crashes in clear weather on dry roads with 80 percent of fatalities in straight ahead travel. Saturday emerges as the most dangerous day for driving and 1952 marks the third straight yearly rise in deaths.
A bitter, betrayed girlfriend schemes revenge after a broken engagement. She wraps the ring in wadding, boxes it, and addresses it to the intended recipient with a bold label reading Glass Handle With Care. The strange parcel signals a dramatic, cryptic act following heartbreak.
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