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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1949
Page
8
Commerce Department reports personal incomes in June at an annual rate of 213.5 billion dollars, lifting first half 1949 to 2.6 percent above 1948. The upturn spans April to June, with steady acceleration in consumer buying power.
Jim Moulton, longtime Blue Ridge and Savoy educator, was appointed county superintendent of public instruction for Fannin County, effective Sept. 1, by the Commissioners' Court. He succeeds Curlee Cummings, who resigns to lead Whitewright schools.
A long classified snippet lists rentals, sales, wants, and services in Whitewright. Items include five room house for rent, unfurnished rooms, two-bale cotton trailer for sale, electric wiring supplies, farm and garage items, used doors and baby bed, a six room dwelling for sale, land sales, canning supplies, butane services, brakes, and farm equipment. Also notices of thanks and a joke about a drunk incident.
Federal rent control is set to be lifted across Texas and New Mexico on September 1. Regional Housing Expeditor Russell Stephens told reporters in Dallas that all OH operations in Texas will close and about 200 employees will be released. He cited information from National Housing Expeditor Tighe Woods.
A worker asks for next Wednesday off to celebrate a 25th wedding anniversary. The boss resists, quipping about enduring requests every 25 years and denying the day off.
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