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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1953
Page
1
Community Public Service Company cautions households to locate TV antennas away from power lines to avoid life-threatening falls during windstorms and storms. High antennas 50 to 60 feet tall can extend over wide areas and risk contact with service lines, though careful placement may clear high-voltage lines.
Two year old Tommy Eaton was found ill after eating a weiner laced with a white powder. His mother treated him with an antidote before a doctor pumped his stomach. Neighbors reported a man threatened the family dogs. Weiners were sent to Austin for analysis.
The Texas Senate approved a bill to raise minimum teacher pay from 2400 to 3000 a year with a $600 raise for teachers in districts on the state foundation program. Superintendents are excluded. The cost is about 30.6 million annually, potentially affecting future tax legislation.
The Army asked for 32 000 draftees in June, 21 000 less than the prior four months’ quotas. The June figure would raise the total drafted or earmarked since September 1950 to 1 446 430, with January’s quota at 48 000 and May’s planned at 53 000. A Lionel Hampton quip about women and marriage follows.
Interstate Commerce Commission examiner Jerome K. Lyle recommended the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company of Texas be allowed to abandon its 51 mile line from Commerce to Sherman. The plan would reroute services via 46 miles on the Texas and New Orleans line from Sherman to Plano. The change aims for efficiency and cost savings as several intermediate towns offer little use. Wolfe City and Whitewright would remain served by alternate rail and trucking options.
The Sun thanks long-time readers renewing in advance. Mrs Mildred Benedict Bow of Caldwell Idaho and Bill Stockton of San Angelo send checks and notes, with Stockton directing $5 to the Masonic Lodge. Acknowledgments list many subscribers by name.
Funeral services for Will Bolden about 70 were held at the C M E Church with Rev J L Cannon officiating. Burial followed at West Hill Cemetery. He died Sunday night in a Denison hospital after a two week illness. He lived in Denison and Whitewright area. wife Irena Maxey died in 1921. Survivors include brother Goot Bolden of Philadelphia and sister Mrs Rebecca Dehoney McClyde of Washington DC.
Edward R. Datche was calm after his car smashed into a parked vehicle and crashed into another. He lit a cigarette, smoked, and discarded the stub into gasoline, igniting a fire that destroyed all three cars. The piece also notes a milk production fact about 3.72 quarts to make a pound of whole milk.
New York financial writer Donald I. Rogers promotes a guide for widows in Teach Your Wife to Be a Widow. The book cites post disaster finances, joint accounts, safe deposit boxes, and inheritances to warn widows of bureaucratic hurdles, delays, and traps following a husband’s death.
Texans moved to place a four year term amendment for district county and precinct officials before voters. A separate proposal would allow county hospital districts, with House-Senate differences delaying final action. The House also backed a $600 yearly teacher pay raise after a 70 to 68 vote to adjourn, ending a marathon session since March 31.
Secretary Ezra T. Benson said the Agriculture Department is preparing to apply planting and marketing controls to next year's wheat and cotton crops at a projected cost of 33.47 million dollars.
The April 20 to 24 menus show daily lunch options including salmon croquettes and chicken soup with rice on Monday, roast beef with gravy on Tuesday, cheese and macaroni casserole on Wednesday, wieners and kraut on Thursday, and hamburgers on Friday. Each day includes sides and milk. desserts vary.
London reports Kenneth de Courcy says two independent intelligence sources confirm the Soviet Union sent an atom bomb to Communist China on March 4. He claims China also received twin jet light bombers from Russia capable of carrying atomic bombs.
Naval Academy museum displays a 1908 U S Navy Cookbook with a recipe titled Training Station Delight. The dish uses sugar molasses ginger cloves currants ground apricots flour lard eggs allspice cinnamon raisins water and wine baked and served with wine sauce. The academy notes this is one of the recipes no longer used.
Doris Ann Hall, the 1952 National Spelling Bee champion, outlines practical methods for students to succeed. She urges memorization of pronunciations and spellings, study of prefixes and etymology, and regular dictionary use, noting that many English spellings mirror foreign origins. She warns against envy and stresses avoiding hospital costs by staying healthy.
Three puppies found in a fox den near Hugo Oklahoma appear to be a fox dog hybrid says Elmo Robinson Jr a Hugo High student. Dr Paul R Davis of the University of Oklahoma says no record of such a hybrid but cannot rule it out. Robinson notes two pups are black with dog like hair and fox like faces while the third is red with fox like fur and dog like features.
Former President Herbert Hoover commended the Eisenhower administration for cleaning up what he termed a mass in Washington. At a Cleveland press conference the 78 year old Republican called the task stupendous and said Eisenhower was moving with vigor toward reorganization and reforms to eliminate waste.
The Red Cross fund drive in Grayson County will continue as the local campaign remains over four thousand dollars short of its goal. County chapter leaders met at the Denison Chamber of Commerce where President W T Loomis announced a national extension. Mrs Floyd Everheart reported a $550 contribution from the Whitewright area, $100 short of the $650 quota, and urged more gifts at the city office.
The Agriculture Department reports a sharper cost-price squeeze for farmers in the current year with net farm income falling. Prices received in the first quarter are about nine percent below last year while production costs are only three percent lower. Costs are expected to stay near 1952 levels, with feed and livestock costs declining. farm prices remain unpredictable though production is likely to stay high in most areas.
Fort Worth stockyards report hogs on the hoof priced higher than cattle for the first time in seven years. Packers say hogs stay costly due to light supply this year while cattle fall on larger herd numbers. Record market receipts Monday pushed cattle prices near $1 per hundred pounds.
Senate Majority Leader Taft urged a four billion dollar reduction in the military budget despite Soviet peace efforts. He warned a Korea truce would create an unstable situation and dismissed talk of a preparedness letdown. He called for a bottom up review of the Truman program by new civilian and military leaders.
Sheriff Woody Blanton announces Red Cross blood mobile will operate in Denison on May 27 and Sherman on May 28. County residents urged to donate a pint at the scheduled times in these two locations.
Whitewright area woke to frost Monday morning with hopes of damage to new growth. Temperatures hovered around 35 degrees though accuracy varied by thermometer. Rainfall from Friday to Saturday night totaled 1.53 inches, pushing 1953 year-to-date to 8.79 inches.
Austin reports the Legislature adopted by conference the 166 million dollar general revenue appropriation to fund state operations for two years. House vote was 85 to 55 after three hours of debate while Senate approved by voice vote amid minimal opposition. Critics warned of centralized gubernatorial power and cuts to Southwestern Medical College and nursing programs, but supporters cited economy safeguards and full use of available funds.
Paris reports Dr. G. M. Decormeille ties emotional stress to obesity. In 83 of 100 patients with varying weights, anxiety and gland reactions caused by temper raised waistlines. The doctor calls it not fat but rage and fear, a finding with home use implications.
Washington. President Eisenhower urged Congress to denationalize the 550 million dollar synthetic rubber industry by authorizing sale of the plants to private enterprise. The move follows a series of White House orders ending federal controls and marks the first such denationalization venture. Congress created the industry during World War II to overcome rubber shortages after Japan cut off supplies.
The National Board of Fire Underwriters reports estimated February fire losses in the United States at 72 706 000 dollars up 4 percent from February 1952 69 925 000 and down 5 2 percent from January 1953 76 659 000. First two months of 1953 total 149 365 000 up 3 6 percent from 144 080 000 for the same period in 1952.
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