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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1951
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun announces subscription prices for Grayson and Fannin Counties and outside the two counties. One year costs 1.50 in-county and 2.00 out-of-county. six months cost 1.00 in-county and 1.25 out-of-county.
The article explains germs on and in the body affect health, with carriers spreading disease without symptoms. It highlights Typhoid Mary as a famous carrier and notes restrictions on carriers handling food and work in food settings.
The text explains why isolation is needed for diseases, noting varied contagious periods such as three weeks for typhoid and about 14 days for diphtheria. It covers incubation, epidemic monitoring by counties, and how germs cause illness, describing bacteria and protozoa with terms like cocci bacilli and spirillas and noting different forms of staphylococci and streptococci.
The piece urges boosting the town by helping neighbors, spreading kindness, and avoiding cynicism. It cites a message by Rev. J. W. Washington about community uplift and includes statistics on road deaths and snail teeth as supporting curiosities.
The Central Christian Church lists Sunday school at 10 a m with Rev. R L Hamm as pastor. Morning worship at 11 a m Evangelistic service at 7 p m. Wednesday prayer at 7 p m and mid week service at 7 30 p m. Evang B L White preaches 11 a m and 7 30 p m on Sundays with Sunday Bible classes at 10 a m. Lord s Supper at 11 45 a m. Young people evangelistic service Saturdays at 7 p m.
Ashley D. Jameson serves as pastor with Sunday School at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Youth Fellowship meets at 7 p.m. Evening service follows at 7:30 with Youth hour at 8:30. Part of the North Texas Larger Parish in Paris Presbytery. Rev. Lee H. Smith is director. Dorothy Jane Nelson leads Religious Education. Floyd Bassett is Sunday School superintendent. Richard Smith directs morning worship.
Westminster Fellowship at 5 30 p m led by Miss Nelson with choir rehearsal 7 p m. On Sunday April 29 fifth Sunday the pastor leads the service. Parish Spring Festival at Spring Hill on May 6 features Roy Robinson of Trenton with a chalk talk at 4 00 p m and Rev J Hoytt Boles moderator of the Synod of Texas speaking in the evening. All families invited.
Rev. James L. Cooper pastor and W T Simmons Sunday school superintendent lead a church roster. Mrs Edgar Ayers Training Union director Miss Carrie Hamilton W M S president Ralph Brown Brotherhood president oversee morning worship 111 a m training union 630 p m evening worship 730 p m prayer service 730 p m Wednesday services listed.
Yvonne Cheever, 16, a Donna High School junior, was electrocuted early Monday when she tossed a pan of dishwater onto a wire fence charged with electricity. Firemen labored for over an hour and a half to revive her.
A new patent awarded this week covers a finger ring device worn on the middle finger. It includes a lip and cutout to remove bottle caps and a hook and V-shaped lug to open cans, enabling one handed use at picnics.
The Interstate Commerce Commission on Monday authorized a 20 cent surcharge per shipment on most railway express. The order covers all less than carload shipments except milk cream newspapers and corpses. This fee is in addition to regular rates. Phone 76 when you have news.
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