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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1967
Page
4
Local column notes Sunday visits from multiple couples and families across Dallas Richardson Denison Paris and Arlington. A son was born April 19 to Charlie Whitworth and spouse with Lewis Whitworth and Ocis Hicks as grandparents. Several residents attend events including a professional photographers meeting in Houston.
Mrs C J Meador visited relatives in El Dorado Arkansas with Mrs Don Cook and daughter from Dallas. Carl Holland’s family hosted a Denton visit for their son Leslie Holland. Airman 3C Larry D Smith recently graduated at Sheppard AFB Texas as a medical service specialist. He is a Springhill La high school graduate who attended Northwestern State College. Others hosted visitors include Fred Cook Sr in Honey Grove and Dr James Lay’s guests in Sherman. Jim Davis family hosted Edgar Taylor and relatives from Plano Richardson Carrollton Leonard and more for a reunion. Several couples hosted by L F Jacks and Dale Gore welcomed guests from Oklahoma City Mesquite Bells Plano and Vernon. Eugene Sprinkle visiting from Vernon recently returned from a six week Galveston hospital stay.
A roundup of residents in Sherman area hospitals and communities. L F Jacks and Mrs Grady Gillett are patients in local medical facilities in Sherman. Several visitors travel from Yuba to nearby towns while others host gatherings. Dennis Ray Neal returns from Viet Nam service. Chaplain Lt Col Willis Lloyd Stowers takes command of 20 chaplains in Tachi Kawa Japan. Lloyd Stowers grew up in Whitewright and attended local high school.
One in six babies born in the underdeveloped world dies before its first birthday. In villages of Turkey mothers do not prepare clothing or register a newborn’s birth until the baby survives, reflecting customs born from high infant mortality.
Want ads announce a snow cone stand opening May 1 serving hamburgers chili dogs and snow cones. Includes a sign off from Buck and Hazel thanking readers for business and inviting patrons.
Classified ad snippet listing Bostitch staplers and staples for sale, house for sale on West Spruce Street, publication asking readers to place ads, flower shop offerings and contact numbers, auto service special, life and hospital insurance pitch, farm and ranch property inquiries by J A Alexander Inc and Grayson Co Bank Building Sherman phone number 893-2732.
The Griffis Barber Shop formerly Watson Barber Shop announces new clipper vacuum equipment that collects hair from clipper blades to keep clients clean. Two barbers operate the shop, Lowell Watson and Joe Griffis, and customer service is emphasized.
Grace Cook, 28, of Sydney, is described by Australian doctors as the world's smallest mother at just over 36 inches tall. She recently delivered a second normal baby girl weighing 4 pounds 9 ounces after ten weeks of physiotherapy, feeling better after the birth than many larger mothers.
If your carpet looks faded check your cleaning schedule and avoid confusing fading with soil. Regular vacuuming helps but atmospheric soil can dull colors or cause apparent change. A thorough professional cleaning usually restores the original hue.
Medicare enrollment for those reaching 65 should occur in the third month before the birthday month. Entitled Social Security recipients receive a punchcard at month end, while non-entitled individuals must contact the local social security office to enroll. If enrollment is missed, the next opportunity is the last three months of the next odd-numbered year, with higher premiums and delayed coverage. Sherman office hours are listed, with a Bonham contact available Wednesdays and Fridays.
The Whitewright Sun published weekly under publisher T Glenn Doss. The paper operates as a second class mail publication in Whitewright Texas and is a member of the Texas Press Association.
Grayson and Fannin counties priced at 2.50 for subscriptions. Outside these counties 3.00 for subscriptions. Foreign subscriptions set at 5.00.
Veterans can now obtain FHA special loans even after GI home loans. We answer if a widow’s pension income must be reported and explain the annual income questionnaire must be returned to keep payments. For WWII veterans, the July 25 1967 deadline to use home and business loan eligibility is near and regional processing centers are listed.
Sam Rayburn Drive the Sherman Social Office has copies of a folder for maintaining medical expense records. The folder helps keep doctors bills paid until the yearly $50 deductible is reached. Beneficiaries may request the folder numbered OASI-881C.
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