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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1951
Page
2
Texas Health Officer Dr. George W. Cox cautions fishermen and outdoor workers that August poses peak sunstroke risk. The August issue of Texas Game and Fish urges sun protection and warns against applying perfume or toilet water before sun exposure due to skin inflammation risk.
Texas headquarters of the Baptist General Convention moved to temporary quarters in Dallas after selling the downtown building. Over 20 departments relocated as a new four story structure costing 1 million dollars rises nearby, slated for completion in 1952.
Former slave Aunt Dinah Boyd died Saturday at about 106. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Whiterock Church near Whitewright. Born in Canada to freed parents, she was kidnapped into slavery as a child and later moved to Texas with Kentucky settlers. She worked for the Hamilton family in Kentuckytown and Whitewright from 1874 to 1929, retired in 1929, and lived in Dallas and Lovejoy before her death. Survived by three daughters, one son, twenty-two grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, and four great great grandchildren.
Swans in the River Thames, belonging to the king by ancient law, were soiled by oil from a ship. A roundup fished 66 swans to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for washing. After shampoos and cleaning, they were returned to the river, spotless and majestic.
Philadelphia reports a new automobile storage battery using a lead-silver alloy grid and paste active material with a mild electrolyte and special plastic separators. The notice then shifts to a Texas court case in Grayson County where multiple heirs are named in a title dispute over land described by historic deeds, with a petition return date set for September 17, 1951.
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