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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1949
Page
7
The Reflector notes the final film of the month will be the eagerly awaited Snake Pit featuring Evelyn Burns Kathryn Roddy Lillian Neathery and Percy Darwin.
Deputy State Supervisor Gill D. McKay toured the district visiting every classroom and the new shop building. He praised work, reviewed papers, and noted a need for more library funds. The colored school passed three years of standardization and is fully accredited. He then inspected gram mar school facilities and praised student care of furniture.
Bill King sang the Desert Song with Billye Dillon for VHS in an amateur contest at the municipal auditorium in Sherman last Thursday. Sixteen county school contestants competed, with Tappan's Jewelers presenting gold loving cups. The Sherman Lions Club sponsored the event planned as an annual show.
Bill King Billye Dillon Dean Alexander Billye Milam Dorothy Birdwell and Mr and Mrs B R Caraway were among attendees. Other Whitewright residents would have joined the event if not for a PTA sponsored program titled The Womanless Wedding.
Whitewright Chapter of the Future Farmers of America visited the Red River Valley Fair in Sherman last Thursday. Attendees included Jack Badgett Clifford Bass Eugene Bass Barrie Banton Billye Brown Gene Bush Conway Craig Bobby Hyecock J D Leard H D Lewis Herman Musser Ray Simpson Max Taylor Eddy Burkhalter Jimmy Christian Royce Clem Roy Neal John Dale Reeves Joe Reynolds Bobby Robarts Joe Wallace Eldon Watson Prentice Barnett Don Cook Dwayne Hayes Wilford House William Hughes Bobby Rathjohn Jack Stephens Gene Stubblefield and Jackie Bowen.
Seventy six beef calves sold Friday afternoon at the Red River Livestock Exposition through Future Farmer and 4 H programs. The grand champion fetched 50 cents per pound with a reserve at 65 cents. Total receipts reached about 19 152 73 dollars on 61 109 pounds sold averaging 31 cents per pound before 3 percent shrinkage. Average calf price across the show was 37 75 cents per pound. Buyers included Whitewright F F A Chapter and local grocers, with Jaycees buying the reserve champion.
Lorraine Sparger writes from Sun Office Whitewright seeking a correction of a Bonham Herald item about Dodd City schools. She states the district has added teachers this year bringing total to ten, with Brent adding one, and notes the school has long operated a nine teacher staff.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Iva Rowland 76 lifelong Denison resident born August 25 1872 daughter of J K Miller. She first married Tom Rowland in 1890 after his death in 1918 she wed his brother Jim W Rowland. Her father donated Forest Park to Denison.
Dr. John M. Brewster of the Naval Hospital at Great Lakes proposes the early cold is an allergic response triggered by foods or irritants. He says antihistamine drugs like benadryl and four others may prevent cold development by reducing histamine release.
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