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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1952
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun notes T Glenn Doss as editor and owner with publication every Thursday and entry as second class mail matter at Whitewright Texas post office.
A summary of federal finances since April 13 1945 shows revenues of 287.8 billion dollars and outlays of 323.5 billion. The public debt stands at 262.9 billion with each citizen bearing about 1 657 dollars.
The education section of the new GI Bill for Korean veterans began Wednesday but a legal snag may delay benefits. VA officials warned ex-servicemen not to expect checks immediately, with one estimate suggesting two months before stipends arrive. Meanwhile, veterans must cover living and tuition costs until back payments are issued, though the government will repay. The act mirrors World War II benefits but bars spending on training before August 20.
The Census Bureau reported a record 21,800,000 children in elementary schools at the start of 1951 52, up about 600,000 from the prior year due to the postwar birth boom. Total enrollment in regular schools reached about 30,500,000 aged five to 29, with 6,800,000 in high school, 1,800,000 in colleges and universities, and 1,100,000 in kindergarten.
Among 14 to 17 year olds, 85 percent were in school with higher rates in urban areas and lower in rural areas. Non whites showed somewhat smaller enrollment than whites within these age groups.
In Jackson Mississippi the Democrats for Eisenhower pledged independent electors to support General Eisenhower and Senator Nixon. About 70 attendees named eight electors to petition on the state ballot. Former Lt. Gov. Sam Lumpkin urged victory, calling for American democracy under Eisenhower. Senator Earl Evans defended the Eisenhower stand on civil rights. Lumpkin contrasted 1952 and 1948 platforms, saying Mississippi would deliver Solid South support.
Bloomfield New Jersey Schering Corporation announced a 40 percent price reduction for cortisone reducing price per gram from 16 to 9.60 Merck and Company matched the cut Cortisone sold under Cortone by Merck and Cortogen by Schering enables 20 days of treatment per gram for arthritis and related conditions including asthma and rheumatic fever.
President Truman announced revised fiscal year estimates showing lower government spending and tax receipts than January projections. Corporate taxes fall short while individual income taxes rise modestly. deficits shrink to about 10.3 billion though still large. Military outlays and farm price support costs drive most changes.
The listing details worship times and pastors for several churches including CHURCH OF CHRIST with minister Tilden McFerrin and Harold S. Taylor, ASSEMBLY OF GOD with Elvis L. Hill, FIRST PRESBYTERIAN with Rev. Lee H. Smith, and a joint Sunday School and service schedule with the Methodists.
The document lists church leaders James L Cooper pastor Paul A Robertson music director and others with roles. It gives Sunday School 9 55 a m Morning worship 10 55 a m Training Union 7 p m Evening worship 8 p m and a Wednesday service 8 p m plus choir rehearsal. A baptismal service follows the evening worship. It also notes historical fact: baby clinics in London as early as 1816.
The State Fair of Texas schedules 16 days of bedlam October 4 through 19 at the State Fair Auditorium featuring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. The duo promises new acts, famous for outrageous stunts, demolished props, audience chaos, and wild energy. Mail orders for the show open September 1.
A Dallas News fragment recalls a Spring Field preacher labeling Senator Everett M. Dirksen a liar while defending Adlai Stevenson. The piece argues public opinion on leaders is often opinion rather than fact, noting how consensus on worst or best officials varies among citizens.
The writer argues that voters judge men by both good and bad records and that more bad than good prompts change. The piece questions Stevenson’s record in Illinois and suggests Dirksen and Rev Graebel may be wrong, concluding the pul pit should not be used for political debate.
Bastrop railroad section foreman R B Chandler said a 14-year-old hen that died in LaPryor after laying eggs nearly to the end was not unusual. He noted two 14-year-old hens still lay, and ten 10-year-old hens remain regular layers. Chandler's flock comes from 50 English White Leghorns bought in 1938. James Gillespie Blaine was dubbed the Plumed Knight by supporters and the Tattooed Man by opponents.
The old apothecary of earlier years was a romantic figure turning roots and herbs into pills and plasters. The article argues the apothecary’s fine art remains essential, and invites patients to bring prescriptions to the pharmacy for filling.
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