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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1955
Page
2
Bay City residents Claud Willis visits his mother as many neighbors spend weekends with friends and relatives across region. Decoration Day services are announced for Wittitoe Cemetery on May 1 at 2 30 pm. Several gatherings including bridge clubs and family visits are listed along with trips to Abilene and McMurry College events.
The Friday Literary Club entertained members at Mrs. Emory Christian’s home with a 1:00 three course luncheon. Guests dressed as tourists or natives while rooms reflected Waikiki Beach decorations and a pineapple punch service preceded the menu including A Waikiki Wonder and Kahili.
Leslie Holland, civil defense officer for a five state region headquartered in Denton, spoke at the Rotary Club meeting. He described training civilians for bomb disasters and other emergencies, warned fallout from a bomb could reach Whitewright, and urged storm cellars with several feet of dirt for protection. He noted the water needed to make a ton of synthetic rubber and defined alumni as the plural of alumnus.
College Station guidance from E M Trew on spring lawn care recommends a 2-1-1 or 1-1-1 fertilizer to supply two pounds of actual nitrogen per 1000 square feet. Apply every 30 to 40 days for color, water as needed, mow with a sharp blade, and maintain 1.5 to 2 inch height to prevent weak roots and weed growth.
A collection of wry quips and aphorisms touching on humor and everyday observations. The brief verses remark on manners fate and the oddities of human thought with playful irony.
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