News of Our Uniformed Men and Women
Local war service notes honor soldiers sailors and airmen in training and at duty. Details include Pfc Oscar Young returning to Indiantown Gap Pa and others stationed at Fort Knox Meade Roswell Sheppard Field Fort Oglethorpe and centers in Kentucky Texas Oklahoma and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Oscar Young
Indiantown Gap
Grady McCorstin
Rex D. Brown
Jim Brown
Orangeville
Centre College
Centre
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
N. H. Waldrop
J. C. Waldrop
North Africa
Lubbock
Whitewright Public Schools To Open September 20
Superintendent B R Caraway announces Whitewright public schools will open Monday September 20. With favorable weather cotton and corn will be gathered by then and attendance should be good. Buildings and equipment are being prepared, painters at work, walls and woodwork being finished, and all spaces cleaned and sanitized for a more attractive campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R. Caraway
Whitewright
Caraway
Rayburn Speaks At Rotary Club
Hon. Sam Rayburn, speaker of the U S House, addressed the Rotary Club luncheon Friday. Gomer May introduced him, and Rayburn praised wartime action and pledged harsh measures against Axis powers while urging home-front sacrifice and unity. Attendees included Judge Randolph Bryant and several Whitewright officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Rayburn
U. S. House of Representatives
Rotary Club
Rayburn
Gomer May
Congress
Mr. Rayburn
War
Navy Departments
Japan
Randolph Bryant
Sherman
Tom Suggs
Denison
Jack Nossaman
R. A. Gillett
Noel Ashinhurst
J. A. Bixler
T. J. Lilley
Thomas Kirk May
Joe Thomas May
J. B. Hamilton
Joe Johnson
Whitewright
John Donaghey
Trenton
Amarillo Tourist Discovers World’s Only Helium Plant
A young woman with two college degrees spends the night in an Amarillo hotel and chats with the desk clerk about the city. She asks what is of unusual interest and learns about the world’s only helium plant, then inquires if it is in bloom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Relief From Heat Appreciated Here
Residents welcomed a cool wave after a 108 degree Monday as a norther cooled Wednesday morning. Farmers report cotton opening and corn being gathered amid 30 days of heat while water shortages prompt hauling. Some towns face water supply problems and rain is requested. 25 billion blood cells are present in the human body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard
Ladonia
Ionham
Patty Everheart Wins Scholarship for Texas College Women
Miss Patty Alberta Everheart of Whitewright has been named one of ten 1943 Texas high school graduates to receive a $100 scholarship to study at Texas State College for Women in Denton. Winners were chosen for scholastic record character leadership ambition and fitness. Everheart, active in the Methodist Church and student government, plans to major in business administration and was a leader in yearbook activities and junior Red Cross work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Weekly
Simplecute
Whitewright
Everheart
Jefferson
Patty Alberta Everheart
E. F. Everheart
Texas
Texas State College For Women
Denton
L. H. Hubbard
TSCW
College Government Association
Methodist League
Red Cross
Camp Fire Girls
Miss Everheart
Edith Ellison
Elizabeth McCullar
Peggy Dietz
San Antonio
Sadie Lu Davidson
Washington, D. C
Dr. Hubbard
Mattie Lloyd Wooten
Francis W. Emerson
George Welch
Texas farmers benefit from expanded farm machinery program
The Texas USDA War Board announced the 1943 44 farm machinery and equipment program increases labor saving gear. 165 more combines are allotted to Texas with focus on grain sorghum areas. additional rubber wheel tractors and pick up balers are among items to be distributed. 40 percent of 1944 production will go to regular trade channels while remaining quotas target state needs. County rationing is not planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
Texas Usda War Board
War Food Administration
WFA
Sun Honor Roll Adds Several Names This Week
The Sun adds to its honor roll this week listing J. P. Williams Chas M Chumbley Lloyd Roddy Grady Hansard Rex D Brown A C Pfe Oscar Young and Lynal Moore for notable achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
J. P. Williams
Chas. M. Chumbley
Lloyd Roddy
Grady Hansard
Rex D. Brown
A/C. Pfe
Oscar Young
Lynal Moore
16 or 17 Year Old Boys May Complete Course at University
Austin reports the University of Texas will allow 16 or 17 year old freshmen to enroll this fall in war oriented programs. A 24 month draft deferment starts after certification post eighteenth birthday, enabling three years in college for a four year degree. Fall term begins September 1, with broad freshman offerings and early credential submission urged to avoid delays.
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Max Fichtenbaum
Fichtenbaum
Office staff reduced at agricultural agency in Sherman
The agricultural adjustment administration in Sherman has cut staff from 18 to 26 workers down to five or six at the start of the week due to reduced appropriations. W W Gunn will handle rationing crop control soil conservation and related duties with a small team and county committeemen. Field work and farm measurements will be done by farmers themselves.
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Gunn
Congress
Injunction Sought Against Sherman and Denison Vances in Liquor Case
State and County Attorney file in 59th District Court at Sherman to bar Hiram and Louise Vance of 401 East Chestnut Denison and L A and Mary Vance of 505 North Crockett Sherman from maintaining a nuisance under the Texas liquor act. Petition seeks padlocking of their residences citing multiple whisky sale convictions and that the defendants are widely known bootleggers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
59Th District Court
Sherman
Hiram Vance
Louise Vance
East Chestnut
Denison
L. A. Vance
Mary Vance
North Crockett
State Attorney General’s Office
J. S. Kane
L. A
Hill
Hiram
Milk Consumption Up 22 Percent Since Two Years Ago
New York report from Dr. Tom G. Stitts chief of the Dairy and Poultry Branch of the War Food Administration shows per capita milk consumption rising 22 percent over two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tom G. Stitts
Dairy and Poultry Branch
War Food Administration
Thad and Mrs Rhoads Celebrate 68th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Thad Rhoads marked their 68th anniversary with a Pilot Grove picnic. Married in 1875 in Albany Kentucky they lived in Pilot Grove 48 years then moved to Trenton. He is 90 she 87 their six daughters and three sons include Mrs John Washburn Bells and Lloyd Rhoads Amarillo.
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Thad Rhoads
Pilot Grove
Albany
Trenton
Rhoads
John Washburn
Bells
R. H. Cochran
Inglewood
Tenn
J. S. Edwards
Slaton
Gus Holmes
Florence Kilgree
Abe Perdue
Charlie Rhoads
Corsicana
Lloyd Rhoads
Amarillo
Roland Rhoads
Dave Garner
Bonham
Lizzie Vandergriff
Tom Cochran
J. B. Allison
Sherman
J. D. Lane
Oscar Bow
Ivy Neathery
L. C. Hampton
John Scott
Florence Kilgroe
Sarah Kilgroe
LaVerne and
Carol Jean
Whitewright
LaVerne
Carol Jean Kilgree
Mr. and Rhoads
Revised AAA Payment Rates For Texas Farmers
The War Food Administration released a new AAA payment scale for Texas farmers under the 1943 program. Cotton returns to 1 cent per pound and wheat at 8.5 cents per bushel, rice unchanged at 3.2 cents per barrel, with production practice payments remaining unchanged. Original cotton and wheat rates were 1.1 cents per pound and 9.5 cents per bushel respectively. payments depend on normal acreage and participation levels.
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College Station
Texas
State Office
War Food Administration
AAA
Cotton Rolling In Gins Busy as Harvest Opens
White Wright reports 60 bales received by Wednesday night with most ginned Tuesday and Wednesday. The first bale arrived August 7, compared with August 26 last year, as gins near capacity. Prices rose from 20.75 to 25.25 per unit and seed at 52.00 a ton. Farmers harvest corn and sell thousands of bushels, one buyer stacking corn on a vacant lot.
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Whitewright
Oil royalties lift Texas University fund’s total to new high
The permanent University of Texas fund rose by 3.84 million to 34.28 million for the year ending June 30, aided by oil and gas development on school lands. Royalties from 1066 wells yielded about 1/8 of production, with average monthly receipts around 305,918 and bonus income of 1.31 million from a December 1942 lease auction and 1.10 million from a June auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Permanent
University of Texas Fund
Bascom Giles
Permanent University Fund
Giles
Grayson College Ex Students to Meet Sunday
The fourth annual Grayson College ex students reunion will be held at Whitewright High School Sunday starting 10 a m with lunch 12 to 2 p m. Rev J L Truett conducts chapel exercises and Hon Sam Rayburn delivers the principal address. Judge C T Freeman chairs the event and Attendees recall school days spanning decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson College
Whitewright
J. L. Truett
Old Grayson College
Sam Rayburn
Congress
House of Representatives
Rayburn
C. T. Freeman
America
the Beautiful
J. B. Hamilton
Wilbur Carter
O. L. Jones
Bob Grant
Solo
Bettye Nell Yeager
Ada Truett Gillespie
Janis Jayne Horton
Margaret Hanna
Texas Pension Aid in Jeopardy
The Federal Social Security Board warned Sunday that federal financing for Texas old age assistance could be cut due to a new state law exempting $250 income from eligibility. Executive Director Powell said the exemption conflicts with federal rules, risking hardship for Texas seniors. Governor Stevenson was away and Murchison had retired. John Winters of Amarillo took over the department, with no clear solution or call for a special legislative session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Federal
Social Security Board
Powell
Stevenson
J. S. Murchison
State Welfare Department
Texas
Murchison
John Winters
Amarillo
Whitewright districts vote to consolidate and raise tax
Whitewright Independent School District and Common School District No 42 hold joint elections next Saturday to vote on consolidating the two districts. District 42 also considers raising the school tax from 50 to 65 cents per $100 valuation. Elections occur at R E Simpson home in East Whitewright and Whitewright city hall. Trustees urge large turnout for these actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Independent
Common School District No. 42
R. E. Simpson
East Whitewright
Whitewright
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Calif
J. W. Tadlock
Kenefick
Okla
J. D. Johnson
Frederick, Okla
J. E. Henson
Arnold
Robert B. Simmons
K. B. Simmons
Texarkana
Hazel Bacon
Independence
Kansas
Estella Bacon
South Second Street
Paul Simmons
Lemoore
Joe H. Magers
Lewis Magers
Fort Knox
Albert L. Reeves
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
J. W. Cantrell
Amarillo Air Field
C. A. McLean
Frank Cantrell
Savoy
Lester M. Martin
W. J. Martin
Martin
Hensley Field
Dallas
Albert L. Jackson
Dalhart
Albert L. Jackson Sr
Preston Hefner
Camp Maxey
Guy Hamilton Jr
Guy Hamilton
George G. Meade
Maryland
Medical Administrative Corps
Paul Vestal
Roscoe Vestal
San Angelo
863Rd
Sgt
James B. Phillips
Roswell, New Mexico
Velma Saaler
Pvt
J. D. Bush
Camp Abbot
Oregon
Charles Ingram
Havana
Cuba
B. M. Ingram
Blue Ridge
Sergeant Ingram
Dolly Thelman Slosson
Mattie James
Third
Women’s Army Corps
Fort Oglethorpe
WAC
Nashville Municipal
Berry Fid
Nashville,Tenn
Patty Everheart
Skeleton
OIL Royalties Aid University
Texas Memorial Museum
University of Texas
of Texas
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