Football Practice Begins August 15
Coach S T Montgomery Jr. announces fall football practice starts Monday August 15 at 3 o clock. All players trying out must report to the gym. The 10 game schedule is released with Tioga Sept 30 listed as tentative and several conference games noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. T. Montgomery Jr
the Sun
Montgomery
Tioga
Leonard
Honey Grove
Bells
Pilot Point
Collinsville
Whitesboro
Gunter
Wolfe City
van Alstyne
House Votes Cotton Limit Bill for 1950
The House approved a 1950 cotton acreage bill aiming to limit plantings to 21 million acres, with 26 million already planted this season. Texas is projected at 8 to 8.5 million acres, and penalties include reduced price supports for excess production. The Senate has a similar measure, and differences are expected to be settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Texas
W. R. Poage
Waco
House Agriculture Committee
Department of Agriculture
Poage
South Plains
Wheat Subsidy Rates Set Under New International Pact
The Agriculture Department announced export subsidies for wheat under the new international agreement. Rates range from 22 to 34 cents per bushel, effective from Monday to Tuesday, with 22 cents for East Coast ports 34 cents for West Coast ports and 26 cents for Gulf ports. Daily updates will set new rates as market prices shift. Secretary Brannan says program costs may reach 84 million dollars for the year and the U.S. quota stands at 168 million bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
East Coast
West Coast
Gulf
Brannan
Lightning Kills Three Ball Players In Freak Strike
A freak lightning bolt hit a Baker Florida baseball double header killing three infielders and injuring about 50 others as the bolt struck behind home plate and bounded onto the field. Second baseman Joe Taylor died in Crestview hospital, while Allen L Joyner and Harry Moore were killed outright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BAKER
Fla
Bager
Munson
Fila
Joe Taylor
Crestview
Allen L. Joyner
Harry Moore
Whitewright forms Legion Auxiliary elects Orenduff president
Mrs A R Orenduff was elected president and Mrs F M Williams secretary of the Whitewright American Legion Auxiliary at its organization meeting held Wednesday night at the Legion Home. Officers to be elected next week. County Service Officer T V Corbett spoke on veterans benefits and land programs. Sherman visitors attended with several local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Orenduff
F. M. Williams
Whitewright American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
Whitewright American Legion
Forest Peveto
Sherman
Texas First Division
American Legion
Peveto
Corbett
Robert Dean
Harold Vestal
E. H. Hughes
Epidemic Strikes Whitewright on Sunday Morning
A peculiar Sunday sickness spreads through church members in Whitewright, described as morbus sabbaticus. It strikes every seventh day with symptoms brief, nonfatal, and highly contagious, peaking around nine o clock and fading by noon, leaving readers able to ride and read Sunday papers in the afternoon. Adapted from Sunshine Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Magazine
Florida father carries dead son after asthma tragedy
Wayne Landers, 10, died on a Texas filling station floor while his father, E. W. Landers, fought to revive him during a three day road trip from Gulfport to California. Fire departments and local groups raised funds as Wayne's body was sent home while the family pressed on.
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Roby
Florida
E. W. Landers
Gulfport
California
Wayne
West
Texas
Landers
St. Petersburg
Rotan Fire Department
West Texas
Rotan Lions Club
Rotan
Sweetwater
Horse Falls In Old Well Monday
A horse fell through a decayed timber cover in an old Whitewright garden well about 12 to 14 feet deep. Badgett and Wilson raised the horse with a hoist. no serious injuries. The piece warns of hazardous old wells and cites a new Texas law to curb open wells.
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Whitewright
Henry Topsey
P. A. Short
Badgett & Wilson
House Moving Contractors
Texas
Texas Polio Peak May Be Reached
AUSTIN Polio in Texas has struck 1 218 persons and caused 67 deaths in six months. Dr George W Cox State Health Officer said the peak may be reached with nine five new cases reported for the week ending July 29 compared with 89 the prior week. He added the disease appears leveled off and will remain near this level with small weekly changes. Texas leads the nation in infantile paralysis cases and 1949 shows the worst year to date, with 67 deaths in the first six months versus 63 in 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
George W. Cox
Cox
Health Department
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Grayson County Eyes 16 Tax Elections August 20
Judge J. N. Dickson ordered four Grayson County school district tax elections for August 20 bringing total to 16 on that date. Starr Fairview Whiterock and Gordonville districts to vote on funds to join minimum foundation program under Gilmer Aikin provisions.
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Sherman
J. N. Dickson
Grayson County
Starr
Fairview
Whiterock
Gordonville
Texas
Gilmer-Aikin
Injured When Thrown From Horse
Kaytricia Pope, 12, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Gordon Pope of Bonham, fractured skull and cuts when thrown from a runaway horse near Honey Grove while returning with two companions from Hugo Oklahoma. She is recovering and expected to suffer no lasting effects. Kaytricia is granddaughter of Mr and Mrs C W Pope of Whitewright.
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Kaytricia
George Gordon Pope
Bonham
Whitewright
Honey Grove
Murrell Holton
Hugo
Okla
Cotton Parity Seen Around 27.73 Cents a Pound
Washington reports a basic government support price near 27.73 cents per pound for 1949 crop cotton based on 7/8 inch middling, with 15/16 inch averaging 29.43 cents. Last year 7/8 inch was 28.79 and 15/16 inch 30.74. The law requires parity at 90 percent of Aug 1 levels. Also noted: a 26,564 pound whale shark was caught off Florida in 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Church Attendance Sets Eight-Year Record at First Methodist
Rev. A D Jameson reports Sunday morning attendance at the First Methodist Church best since March 1941, despite a warm July day. Monday night thirty one young people attended the sub district meeting at Ector with several from other city churches. A watermelon party is planned on the church lawn after Sunday services.
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A. D. Jameson
First Methodist
Ector
Lucian Andrews Dies in California Seeks Whitewright Rites
Lucian Andrews died Wednesday at 6:00 a.m. in San Bernardino California where he had lived for years. A native of Grayson County he was among Whitewrights first rural mail carriers and long served as treasurer of the National Rural Mail Carriers Association. He moved to California after leaving Whitewright. His body will arrive in Whitewright Saturday at 10:27 a.m. Funeral services are set for Sunday at the Church of Christ with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery under Glen Earnheart. He is survived by his wife formerly Miss Kate Everheart a son and a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Lucian Andrews
San Bernardino
Calif
Andrews
Grayson County
National Rural Mail Carriers Association
James Andrews
California
Church of Christ
Oak Hill Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
Kate Everheart
Whitewright School Board Seeks Lowest Tax Rate
W Cummings, Whitewright superintendent, says the district will vote on a tax rate not to exceed one dollar per hundred valuation, for bond and maintenance. He warns that failing the election could end accreditations and force tuition and self transport for students. He predicts a large majority passage, citing community support and a push to keep schools central to the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Cummings
Whitewright
L. P. Sturgeon
Foundation
Whitewrght
Cummings
U S Plans 40 000 Miles of Highways
Washington reports a 40 000 mile master highway system drafted to link 42 states and 183 cities with high speed trunk roads. The plan, to be completed in twenty years, would cost about 11.266 billion dollars with annual appropriations of 500 million.
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Washington
Congress
Bureau of Public Works
Texas
California
Essex Town Grants Five Poor Virgins Doweries
Five brides to be in Thax ted Essex received 15 pounds each from a long standing fund created in the eighteenth century to help poor girls marry. The payments mark a rare use of historic welfare for marriage aid in the town.
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Thaxted
Eng
Essex Town
Field Days At U S Cotton Station Greenville
Farmers plan Field Days at the United States Cotton Field Station near Greenville from August 16 to 19 with 8:00 to 12:00 tours. Grayson County events set for August 17, featuring crop rotation experiments, cotton breeding and fertilizer tests, soil conservation, and guided plots by A and M specialists.
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Greenville
United States Cotton Field
Highway 67
Grayson County
Veterans Vocational
A. & M. College
North
East Texas
ESTSC Teaches Safe Driving for Texas Highways
Norma L. Smith of Whitewright, a student at East Texas State Teachers College, takes the college summer course in driver safety education now in its second year. Instructor Boone Karbrough says the program aims to provide classroom and behind the wheel safety, develop student teaching plans for high schools, and qualify graduates for high school driver safety education certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma L. Smith
Whitewright
East Texas State Teachers College
Texas
Boone Karbrough
Guidance on Ideal Painting Conditions in Summer Climate
The best time to paint is during the dry summer period. Wait at least four days after rain before painting. Do not apply paint when air is humid or damp. Do not start painting in the morning until dew and night moisture have dried.
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Lightning
Johnny
Legion Auxiliary
95In
Old Well
Grayson
Laura Elliot
Paramount
WISD
U.S
U.S. Cotton Station
ESTSC
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