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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1962
Page
7
Sunday visits and social events across towns including Dallas Princeton Sherman and Plain details of bridge club high score and weekend visits by families and postmasters gathering in San Angelo with several local funerals and celebrations noted.
A survey of U S presidents highlights birthplaces families and careers. It covers birth towns a mix of marriages and children tenure details inaugurations fashions and unique records including Kennedy Washington Roosevelt Jefferson and Tyler. The piece blends anecdotes with historical tidbits and notable firsts.
Spring is ideal for buying puppies as weather allows immediate outdoor training. Check kennels by breed list from the American Kennel Club and judge by kennel appearance for health. Even with occasional lapses, a neat, odor-free facility typically signals good business and satisfied customers.
Texas is praised as an ideal vacation land with highways climate and affordable living. Tourists note Texas laws allow fishing for 2.15 dollars per year, matching natives and avoiding high license fees. Some use an 85 cent shortcut to extend the free vacation status.
In Lamar county Texas the first Anglo American settlement formed in 1820 by Pierson Roberts and Mason families was destroyed by a hostile Indian raid. A highway marker recalls the loss of all women children and slaves during the men’s absence. The piece ends noting William Bill Goyens who outlives death in legend.
An actor on a studio employment questionnaire answered the injury notice question by writing The nearest doctor. The exchange highlights practical guidelines for reporting injuries during production.
The grave of Goyens lies four miles west of Nacogdoches in East Texas. Born a slave in 1794 in South Carolina, he escaped to Texas in 1821, aided the Army of Texas in 1836, served as interpreter for the Houston Forbes Treaty with the Cherokees, became wealthy, and was noted for charity before dying at Govens Hill in 1856. His marker notes his skin was black and his heart true blue.
Firemen on an ambulance run carried a man on a stretcher down two flights of stairs. At the bottom the victim rose, retrieved mail from his mailbox, then returned to the stretcher and said he might want to read it in the hospital.
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