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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1961
Page
2
Fading-Out is a common Texas lawn disease caused by a mix of fungi including Helminthosporium Curvularia and Fusarium. It follows drought followed by heavy watering and causes irregular dead patches with some living sprigs. Control relies on proper lawn care and specific fungicide drenches like captan or zincb, plus nematode management if needed. local extension agents can provide B-203 Home Lawns.
A Sulphur Springs businessman tallies five meetings in four nights and four invitations to speak. He notes overbooking, urging elimination of meetings, better scheduling, shared duties, and renewed leadership to prevent burnout, with two escape paths: quit or say no before catastrophe.
A Charlotte Observer item cites National Geographic Society reporting deep sea animals possessing brains yet lacking mouths. The note playfully invites readers to meet such creatures amid quirky commentary about human and animal anatomy.
The article notes a sharp rise in the median age of working women since 1950. It reports 24 years for single women and 41 for married women, highlighting shifts in employment patterns and family status.
A civil citation to many defendants including P H Bell and W T Sears commands appearance by 10 am on September 4 1961 before the 15th District Court in Sherman Texas. Plaintiffs Charles H Taylor Lois Taylor and H P Taylor seek title and possession of parcels in Whitewright Grayson County part of the William H Anderson survey with two described tracts in W T Sears Addition.
A reflective meditation noting two days to avoid fear. Yesterday carries mistakes and pains no one can undo, and tomorrow holds promises and risks beyond control. The message urges living in the present and freeing worry from both past and future.
Three masked men robbed two operators at the T P M E T railroad station in Bells at midnight Monday. The Sun items also list a 1926 fire at the Kimbell Milling plant and social notes from Bell County including bridge party and junior B Y P U program participants.
The quotation urges living only today to avoid the weight of yesterday and tomorrow. Included is a note about a Humboldt redwood near Eureka reaching about 364 feet, noted as possibly the tallest tree known. A home burrow description hints at animal nesting passages and chambers.
Mrs. Lee Wilson honored her son Roby Lee with a Saturday birthday party attended by James B Phillips Billy Phillips Lewis LaRoe Joe Vestal Betty Jean Brice Betty Joe Hamilton and Gerald and Peggie Joyce Ooten Mrs Gladys Magar who has spent 11 years at the telephone exchange is named chief operator at Krum
Mrs. Philip Norris hosted a birthday party for her son Bobby Richard on a Saturday afternoon. Attendees included Ellen Carol Ryan, Beverly Ann Bassett, Philla Ann Hinton, James and Jerry Vineyard, Shirley Blanton, Frances and Frank Layman, Rogann Holcomb, Lou Ann May, Buddy Gibson, Jim Spinks, Myrna Nell Scott, Nancy Sue May, Margie Beth Clabhorn, Joe Morris Wallace, Jerry Lee Norris, Jeanette Jones, Carol Kilgree and Edward McDowell. Mr and Mrs Leland May moved to Florence Arizona.
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