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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1946
Page
8
State Highway Engineer D C Greer urges motorists to strictly observe highway signs and markings to cut a growing accident toll. He notes many roads are obsolete and unsafe for rising traffic, and that center stripe rules could virtually eliminate head on and side swiping crashes when followed.
He argued that the Texas system, refined over years by expert traffic engineers, loses value unless it is diligently observed in practice.
The poem urges readers to seize youth, enjoy laughter, walk in the sun, and keep hope alive. It emphasizes living fully today before time and aging erode vitality, presenting a plea to spend youth while possible and cherish moments of joy. The author Lula Lucile Mullins signs as the poet.
Traffic moved today over the Lowells Bluff bridge on Highway 78 across the Red River for the first time since floods washed out 2000 feet of the Oklahoma riverbank in 1940. Bonham authorities plan a formal opening ceremony on April 26. Emma what is a counter irritant Ray a person who shops and shops and doesn't buy a thing.
The State of Texas and Grayson County notify J M Whitfield and unknown heirs and all claimants of 104%2x2081% land in Mershon addition Tioga Grayson County Texas as delinquent for $110.45 state taxes and $119.92 county taxes. Suit brought to collect taxes and condemn land with foreclosure for taxes and costs. appearance required at the April term of the Grayson County District Court in Sherman on May 27, 1946. Court clerk S V Earnest.
Celina residents recall a violent cafe incident from the early 1920s when a pistol blast during a quarrel between Roy Nelson and Floyd Perkins sent tomato ketchup splashing across Nelson's shirt. Onlookers fled through a narrow washroom as gunfire raged, leaving nail marks and torn walls as eerie reminders. Texas has produced more cotton than any other area in the world, in the past century.
Dr. William A. O'Brien explains cancer causes and prevention, noting 150000 deaths in the US last year, a third from preventable accessible growths and two thirds from inaccessible ones. He warns about sun exposure, mouth and skin cancers, tar-related cancers, and early warning signs while urging timely medical checkups in Texas, population seven million.
Chester Reynolds, 53, a utility employee in Los Angeles, drank beer and described how to play Russian roulette to two friends. He claimed to spin a revolver and pull the trigger at his temple. The friends left, returned after a shot was heard, and found Reynolds dying beside a borrowed revolver with one discharged shell.
Asbeston ironing-board covers made from asbestos fibers, developed by the United States Rubber Company for firefighting suits, are advertised as nonflammable and durable. One of the first peacetime products to emerge from the war, available now in limited quantities, signaling more civilian goods as factories resume production.
A wealthy movie executive recently purchased a ranch and erected palatial stables, barns, and chicken houses. A friend asks if the hens lay eggs. He replies yes, but in his position they do not have to.
The Sun notes candidates authorized to announce for the Democratic primary. For County Judge J N Dickson and Vernie R Henderson. For Sheriff Grady Thompson M G Dickens Weldon Savage Fred Prestage. For Tax Assessor Collector Robert Dean George Schumacher. For Commissioner Pet 2 E P Jackson Second Term F M Fat Work F F Frank Trimm Cany Hart.
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