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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1953
Page
6
Local column lists numerous visits and trips across cities such as Dallas Paris Whitewright Denison and Sherman. Names include Grover Stateville Kugga Hansard Bassett and many dozen families visiting relatives attending stores and events over the weekend and week. A closing joke about a feminine tourist and a boat ends the item.
A reader asks about common life events such as visiting, divorce, purchases, parties, engagements, jilts, club memberships, expulsions, and childbirth whether these events occurred in their history or others. The query seeks context on frequency and expectation of these milestones.
A House post office and civil service subcommittee says federal employment remains burdened by outmoded policies and antiquated practices. It notes excessive sick leave, self surveys yielding little savings, and about 100000 federal job cuts by the new administration. It cites duplication and overlapping agency programs plus unauthorized initiatives as major issues.
The text describes departments lacking explicit authorization that grow through official actions and funding requests. It explains pyramiding where agency positions and pay scale with the number of supervised employees and notes difficulties in classifying thousands of employees and millions in salaries, space, and supplies.
A column on everyday life contrasts with a Texas court citation. The State of Texas issues a custody summons to Audry Lee Morse Shultz and Red Shultz in Grayson County, requiring response by September 14, 1953, in the case filed July 29, 1953, number 55318, seeking custody of Rose Ann Morse with Daniel Morse as plaintiff. The notice was published in The Whitewright Sun on August 6, 13, 20, and 27, 1953.
A lecturer on forest preservation admonished the audience for inaction on timber resources. A timid attendee from the rear quipped that he once shot a woodpecker, sparking silence before the exchange ended.
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