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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1958
Page
3
Social notes list visits and weekend gatherings across Dallas Sherman Celina Denison Terrell and surrounding towns. Families including Perdue Coker Williams Hinton Johnson St. John Vandagriff Echols Manning McKinney and others are named with kin and friends from Abilene, Garland, Quanah, Colbert and Bethel.
Mr and Mrs Ira Fleming visited Denison and Ec tor residents including Rev J D Fleming and Mrs Fleming who was a Bonham hospital patient. Dallas visitors Mr and Mrs Russell Pietzsch and their son stayed with Mr and Mrs Bill White. Mrs Obie Rutledge Mrs Bob Hyepock Mrs C C McLean and Mrs Sam Golden visited Mr and Mrs Wesley McCurdy at Denison.
In 1921 a Clifton teacher, Gladys V Markus, was not deducted for pension from her salary and continued receiving checks. The state fund says the district owes 14791 and may withhold school aid if Clifton does not pay. Markus plans to retire in July and was unavailable for comment.
Washington reports an internal revenue auditor denied a $50 loss deduction for a bathing suit claimed after a ocean swim. Three years apart the same woman filed again claiming the same deduction, and the auditor, a woman, rejected it. Sun Want Ad.
A collection of short gags and anecdotes spans diners, sales, courthouses, and war era humor. Jokes include a sign reading Out to Lunch, Eskimo refrigerator sales, a weather debate at the courthouse, a bean soup quip, Bohr superstition, a mischievous bicycle plan, and a wartime court martial misread.
Public notice in Grayson County Texas states guardian Nettie Sampsell filed final account and application for discharge for Judy L Walker minor. Hearing set for the first Monday after ten days from posting, April 21, 1958 at Sherman courthouse. parties may answer contest and require safeguards per law.
An elderly resident in Georgia voices ongoing grief over suffering and damage blamed on prior events, urging awareness and aid. His remarks reflect long standing hardship and impact on his community.
An elderly speaker links modern troubles to The War Between the States. He recalls Sherman’s troops breaking a smoke house door and notes dogs later eating three hams, illustrating lingering hardship from the conflict.
A poll taker asks an old Texan about recession impact in Texas. The man replies that there is no recession locally, noting that the boom is worse than it has been in a long time.
A family tale traces farming roots from grandfather to father and describes a daughter-in-law who wins a kitchen can opener at a show. The brief vignette highlights continuity and small domestic triumphs across generations.
The prompt notes two phrases people most want to hear: I love you and dinner is ready. It highlights the comforting, everyday reassurance found in speaking and hearing affection and sustenance.
A farm wife suggested new slogans to neighbors including Winter is over and roads are dry along with keep the change and sleep till noon. The exchange highlights rural humor and practical views on weather and chores.
A young farmer voices exasperation and recalls his mother’s long laborious duties, including tending a garden, butchering, poultry, milking, cooking, churning, washing by hand, and reading bedtime stories to eight siblings.
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