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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1949
Page
4
The notice explains new rules for newspaper mailing changes. Subscribers must notify one week before moving to avoid missing copies. The paper will not be notified of address changes and returned mail incurs a two cent charge. Names will be removed from the mailing list if moves occur.
A Denison couple visiting St Louis browsed a top baby shop and found a dress labeled Whitewright Manufacturing Co. The Whitewright business recently opened and is progressing well, drawing local pride from Denison Herald reporting.
A narrator muses on wives opposed to second marriages and reflects on relatives. He notes his wife’s bitter stance toward remarriage and contrasts it with widows Lucy Julia and Aunt Ellen. He jokes about family dynamics and the idea of control in marriage.
A collection of brief curiosities spans human biology tones about radio sensitivity and a cane made with condensers. It recounts a leaky faucet wasting water, a newborn kangaroo’s journey, and the origin of the word kangaroo. It notes unions expand to gravediggers and contrasts Mayflower and Queen Mary ships. It states Feller’s fast pitch and ancient Rome’s bloodiest games at the Colosseum.
A nationwide survey of 20,384 churchgoers shows Abide with Me as the top favorite among 30,000 questioned. Nearer My God to Thee, Lead Kindly Light, and Rock of Ages follow with 75 57 and 47 supporters per 100 respectively.
Lawson B. Hulett died at City Hospital McKinney and funeral services will be held at Pilot Grove Methodist Church with Rev. Donald Cliets and others officiating. Burial in Pilot Grove Cemetery. Survived by wife Nannie Lee Sloan, son Ted S. Hulett, daughters Mrs. Clint Hopper and Mrs. George Miller and Mrs. Earl G. Hughes, plus grandchildren and a sister. Pallbearers named.
Mrs Celia Ann Woods 83 native of Alabama died at home of her daughter in South Bond Street Sunday evening after a year long illness. Services were held Monday at Hebron church near Bells conducted by Rev T M Jenson. She was born August 11 1865 daughter of John and Louise Burnett and married A W Woods in 1880. Survivors include six daughters one son 33 grandchildren 42 great grandchildren six great great grandchildren and a brother Dora Lybrand of Alabama.
Mrs. Ella Marshall Blanks 91 longtime Blanks community resident southwest of Whitewright died after months of illness. Services were held at Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. J. A. Henderson officiating and burial in Ken tuckytown Cemetery. She was born in 1857 in Kentucky and moved to Texas at eight. Survivors include three daughters, two sons, 30 grandchildren, four great grandchildren, and a brother living in Los Angeles.
Dover Delaware police began sifting a bushel basket of lonely hearts letters addressed to Mrs. Inez Brennan after she admitted in a signed statement that she planned multiple killings. The chaotic letters are part of the investigation into a violent plot.
Kaufman County dairyman J. M. Gibson of Terrell increased milk output by 15 pounds per day after turning 22 cows onto a 150 acre winter vetch pasture. Before the pasture, cows produced 515 pounds daily. after 840 pounds in three days, averaging 38 pounds per cow, an increase of 15 pounds each.
Central Christian Church led by James R. Wright Jr hosts Sunday school at 10. Enterprise Baptist Church offers Sunday school at 10 and Worship at 11 and 7 45 p m. Assembly of God with Rev E A Doty holds Morning worship 11 and Evangelistic service 7 30 p m. Church of Christ with Therman Healy and Weldon R Drake lists Bible classes at 10 and multiple worship times including 11 Sabbath services noted.
Training Union at 6:45 p m. Prayer service Wednesday at 7 30 Rev Don Timmons of Fort Worth will bring morning and evening messages at the First Baptist Church Sunday Pastor Weldon R Drake preaches in a Frisco revival. Timmons a Southwestern Seminary student and World War II veteran was a German POW for over a year. Church members and friends are urged to hear him.
Texas Highway Department reports 5 012 000 motorists visited last year, a third more than ever before, yet tourist spending fell by a third. The piece praises Texas hospitality and scenery, inviting visitors to bring lunch and enjoy free pleasures across plains forests prairies mountains lakes and a vast seashore.
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