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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1951
Page
1
G M McCasland brought in Whitewright s first 1951 cotton bales August 10 and August 14, earning $100 and $50 prizes from the Chamber of Commerce. The bales weighed 418 and 500 pounds with seed sold from the first bale at 70 per ton.
The state comptroller reports a 10 percent bump in the omnibus tax law raising $65 million for two years. It increases single retail license fees from 1.50 to 5.00 yearly and adds a 5 per year registration for music vending machines. Chain stores pay 5 for the first and 10 for each additional. regular chain taxes rise to 5 and 9 respectively.
In New South Wales wheat fields amid a 24 year worst mice plague farmers abandon traps. One farmer reports a three week haul of 62 gallons about 9 000 mice. They place four gallon water drums near stacks to lure thirsty mice into capture.
Two Cedar Lake fishermen used a boat connected telephone box to water, sending currents that paralyzed fish. Cedar Lake game wardens traced the line and charged them in Justice of the Peace Court with toll costs totaling 61 dollars.
A long dry spell ends a six week drought in Whitewright and surrounding areas with no measurable rain. Cotton and corn suffer, hay prices rise, and Johnson grass hay sells well as Texas faces a state-wide heat and drought, with record livestock marketings and calls for rain across Central Texas.
A brief quote captures a hatsmith moment as a man boasts about a ten year old hat worn almost constantly, once dropped in a river and only cleaned and blocked once, while also swapping it twice in a restaurant.
The First Baptist Church revival led by Evangelist Bob Randall continues through Sunday night Aug 19 with daily morning services at 9 00 and evening services at 8 00. Randall plays piano vibraharp and occasionally trombone or baritone. Rev Bill Lucas directs music and sings nightly. Sermon topics include The High Cost of Low Living Can Communism Win America Can a Saved Person Ever Be Lost The ABCs of the Gospel and Appointment with Death. Sunday School aims for 250 attendees and Deacons Host Night marks Training Union.
The Senate post office committee voted to raise letter rates from 3c to 4c as part of a larger bill to boost yearly postal revenue by about 363 million dollars. Airmail letters would move from 6c to 8c and fourth class rates would rise. The panel also approved a postal worker salary increase of 200 to 250 million dollars. The rate plan preserves some rates for non profit and religious mail and outlines tiered increases over three years. A humorous exchange about a mother moving in ends the item.
Coach S T Montgomery Jr plans to take members of his football squad to Dallas on August 24 to attend the Giants Lions game. Interested players meet at the gym Monday night August 20 at 8 30 for final plans. Practice begins August 27 at 8 30 am. Schedule lists games from September to November with changes due to new Interscholastic League playoff rules and the Whitewright Van Alstyne shift.
News arrived this morning of the death of Fred H. Arnold of Topeka Kansas husband of Maude Mangrum of Whitewright. He was killed in a Nebraska traffic accident. Graveside services will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery here Saturday morning though the exact time had not been set at press time.
The Farmers Home Administration reached its fifth anniversary by noting 100,000 loans to Texas farmers since the program began. It reports 93,000 production loans to family-type farmers, 5,900 loans for buying or enlarging holdings, 695 loans for housing and farm buildings, and 10,800 Texas farm families using operating loans.
Thirty three cadets quit West Point in a mass expulsion for trading exam information. They left under administrative orders, unable to receive an honorable discharge. Ten more are set to depart as the process continues for the 90 accused. Names remain largely undisclosed.
A classroom exchange shows a teacher misusing went and went out while student Bobby points out the error. The playful dialogue highlights tense usage and everyday speech.
At the Ever heart Thornhill American Legion meeting officers for the new year were installed: Earl Blanton post commander Ronald Vestal first vice commander Wilson Kaiser second vice commander Jack Meador adjutant Carlton Johnson finance officer Clay Horton historian F. M. Williams sergeant at arms A B Jones service and child welfare officer and J P Darwin chaplain. The post plans a rodeo for August 24 and approves schools using the Legion Home as a school lunch room pending building completion.
Local farmers fear paying high wages for cotton picking as prices for the crop look weak. They plan to import Mexican workers under federal law to hold costs, with pay set at 1.50 for pulling and 2.50 for picking. Farmers say Mexican labor will keep local picker wages at a reasonable level.
Denison police disclosed a teenage burglary ring led by a mother Helen Ingram and her son Larry, arrested in New Orleans on a pickup warrant. The duo allegedly operated across Texas including Houston and Denton, with loot stored in Wise County. authorities expect to transport them back for charges.
At a Board of Education meeting S T Montgomery Jr was elected principal to replace John J Petrash who resigned to teach in Baytown. Montgomery, a World War II veteran and longtime faculty member, will also coach football. Superintendent Cummings noted all faculty slots are filled with names at the elementary and colored schools. No opening date set until the remodeled high school is ready. if by Sept 1, school opens Sept 3 otherwise delay. Elementary classes may be off campus pending new building completion. Colored school opened Aug 13.
Mayor R R Summers says Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel will ship a 75000 gallon water tank and tower by August weighing 36 tons on flat cars. He must arrange unloading, coordinate temporary power for welding, and ensure city pumps 16 hours daily to meet demand while a road contractor seeks 80000 gallons daily.
Texas PMA chairman B F Vance advised cotton farmers to use the CCC price support loan program to bolster the market for this year’s large crop. He noted the loan provides cash now and protects income if prices improve later, but urged farmers to decide based on local conditions.
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