Merchants Approve Holidays To Close In Whitewright Pact
Whitewright merchants approve store closing holidays Labor Day Thanksgiving Christmas New Year Memorial Day and July 4. Prizes of 25 dollars to be given Saturday Sept 3 at 3 pm. Participating firms include Craig's Cafe Johnson Jewelry Whitewright Variety Store and others led by B W Newman secretary-manager.
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Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
B. W. Newman
Chamber of Commerce
Newman
Craig’s Cafe
Johnson Jewelry
Whitewright
Whitewright Cleaners
C. K. Smith
Cole & Davis Co
First National Bank
Fleming Grocery
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Kirkpatrick Pharmacy
Babcock Auto Store
T. W. Ayres & Son
Whitewright Lumber Co
Farley & Hill Grocery
L. LaRoe Lumber Co
Whitewright Mfg. Co
Floyd Bassett
Phillips Grocery
Three From Whitewright to Get Degrees
Three Whitewright students will graduate from East Texas State Teachers College at Commerce in a Sunday ceremony August 28. The 750 candidates mark the college's largest class in its 60 years. John Ben Sheppard will deliver the commencement address at 3 p.m. and Rev. Franz Alford will give the 11 a.m. baccalaureate sermon.
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Commerce
Whitewright
East Texas State Teachers College
John Ben Sheppard
Gladewater
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Franz Alford
First Christian Church
U. S. Government Publications You May Want
Government Publishing Office reports June best sellers with titles such as Your Child From 6-12 and 100 Things You Should Know About Communism and Labor. Other popular guides cover prenatal care infant care and household repair. Prices range from 10 to 175 cents and include the Occupational Outlook Handbook at 1.75 dollars.
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Government Printing Office
Washington
D. C
One-Pound Mastodon Tooth Recovered by Fishing Net
A one-pound fossil tooth dredged from the sea near Woods Hole is identified by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as a mastodon tooth from the Pleistocene era about two million years ago. The fragment notes a distinction between being in a rut and a groove.
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Woods Hole
Mass
Horse Killed by Electric Shock at Whitewright Gin Yard
Joe Rich’s horse was killed Monday in the Whitewright Gin yard while mowing weeds. A charged guywire caused the accident as the animal touched it with its nose, injuring Rich and another worker slightly during harness removal.
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Joe Rich
Whitewright
Mr. Rich
Rich
Storage Loans Planned On Corn
W. W. Gunn of the Sherman AAA office announced a farm storage loan on ear corn for this year while Congress negotiates the bill. Texas state rate is $1.44 with possible county variation due to freight rates. CCC aids with parity loans, storage loans, and elevator storage arrangements.
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W. W. Gunn
AAA
Sherman
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Texas
Gunn
135 000 Civilians To Be Cut From Military Payrolls
Washington announces major budget-driven layoffs of 135 000 civilian employees across the armed forces. Texas will bear about 4 000 losses with the Navy hardest hit, including 1 990 at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station and 281 at Orange Naval Station. Air Force cuts total 993 in Texas, notably 854 at San Antonio Kelly Air Force Base. Army reductions of 975 are spread across 17 installations including Fort Bliss Fort Sam Houston and the San Antonio depot.
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Washington
United States
Texas
Defense
Johnson
Navy
Corpus Christi
Naval Air Base
Air Force
San Antonio
Kelly Air Force Base
Fort Bliss
Galveston
Fort Sam Houston
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
Naval Station At
Orange
USN
Senate vote increases power fund for Southwestern SPA
The Senate approved 45 to 38 a $9 million appropriation for the Southwestern Power Administration for the year ending June 30, 1950, reversing a committee cut to $3.87 million. Senators Lyndon Johnson and Robert Kerr led the pro public power stand, while Elmer Thomas opposed higher SPA outlays. The dispute centered on a contract with Texas Power & Light to transmit SPA power to rural co operatives.
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Washington
Southwestern Power Administration
SPA
Denison Dam
Norfolk Dam
Arkansas
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Sam Rayburn
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Tom Connally
Kerr
Elmer Thomas
Texas Power & Light Company
Tp&l
Central Christian Church Revival in Whitewright
A revival begins Sunday September 11 at Central Christian Church Greenville with R L Sandlin preaching He is a well known revival speaker in Whitewright and has conducted previous revivals at the town church The revival continues through September 18 and promises engaging messages from a fluent speaker.
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Central Christian Church
R. L. Sandlin
Central Christian Church of
Greenville
Whitewright
Lt. Davis Parrish Joins Air Force Tactical School Class
Panama City Fla Lt. Davis P Parrish son of Dr and Mrs Ross R May Whitewright was among the first 1949 United States Military Academy graduates to arrive at Tyndall Air Force Base He and about 80 classmates will attend Air Tactical School Class 49 C for a sixteen week program before being assigned to squadron command and staff roles. Also joining are 19 Naval Academy graduates and about 50 ROTC graduates from major universities. Approximately 600 other Air Force officers will attend this fall seeking advanced study and future postings.
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Panama City
Fla
Davis P. Parrish
Ross R. May. Whitewright
United States Military Academy
Tyndall Air Force Base
Air Tactical School
Military Academy
West Point
Parrish
Naval Academy
Air Force
United States
Baptist Pastor To Preach Series Of Sermons
The First Baptist Church will begin a Sunday evening sermon series on The Ten Commandments starting September 4 at 7 30. Pastor Weldon R Drake announced ten sermons covering one commandment each week, aiming for strong attendance and relevancy to modern life.
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Weldon R. Drake
First Baptist Church
Quick whisky aging claims flood U S patent records
A Japanese citizen’s claim to age whisky 15 years in 12 minutes is not new in U S patent history. The patent office holds 239 registered schemes for similar tricks issued from 1857 to 1942. Some methods were tried after prohibition but abandoned when naturally aged whiskies returned.
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Washington
U. S
United States
Bethel Baptist Church Homecoming at Bethel
Bethel Baptist Church four miles south of Whitewright holds a homecoming and dedication on Sunday September 4 for its recently added educational building. Invitations go to living members from 1884 and former pastors plus many others. Services occur morning afternoon and evening with basket lunches in the education building.
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Bethel Baptist Church
Whitewright
Bethel
Committee On
No Summer Slump at First Methodist
For eight weeks church school and attendance surpassed last three years with only July 24th rain interrupting. Mrs Betty Burleson leads a thriving intermediates class and the Methodist Youth Fellowship under Mrs Olivia Whedbee prepares material for mission fields. The Preaching Mission runs Sept 25 to Oct 2 with C E Peeples of Low Morris and a Norton Chimes Company demonstration in Whitewright on Sept 25.
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Methodist Church
Betty Burleson
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Olivia Whedbee
Jack Lackey
C. E. Peeples
Low Morris
Norton Chimes Company
Atlanta
Georgia
Whitewright
Norton Company
Roadside harmonica man proves 115 years old
New Mexico police stopped beside a highway where a walker named David Romero said he was 115 and from Las Cruces. Officials confirmed his age and that his secret is never marrying. A side note mentions rayon sharkskin ironing tips.
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Alamogordo
N. M
al Hathaway
New Mexico
Hathaway
Las Cruces
David Romero
Romero
Cotton Receipts Rise As Gins Report 110 Bales
Whitewright gins indicate 110 bales of cotton received by Thursday morning, up from 42 last year at this time. Farmers on several farms push two bales daily with 20 or more pickers each. Next week may see about 100 bales daily if weather stays fair. Cotton price holds at 30 cents per pound with seed around 50 dollars a ton, down from 31 cents and 65 dollars a ton previously. The Whitewright area reports a good corn crop but little gathered as buyers await drier conditions and the government loan of 1.44 dollars per bushel for Grayson County details.
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Whitewright Gins
Whitewright
Grayson County
van Riper
Harry M. Weaver
The
Foundation
Polio Panic Warns of Fear Over Disease
New York report notes polio fear can exceed the illness itself. Dr. Hart E. Van Riper and Dr. Harry M. Weaver urge facts over myths, listing polio risk, transmission, and recovery rates and advising calm, risk-aware behavior.
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New York
Hart E. van Ripper
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Recreation Night At Legion Home
The American Legion Auxiliary hosts a Recreation Night at the Legion Home on Wednesday September 7. Tickets cost 50 cents sold by Auxiliary members to furnish the Legion Home. The event features games square dancing and refreshments with free orchestra and caller services from Sherman. Proceeds fund kitchen and furnishing efforts and tickets have sold well.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Auxiliary
Sherman
C. J. Kelly Injured In Truck Crash Near Whitewright
C. J. Kelly suffered minor injuries when his truck rolled over three times on Highway 69 about two miles north of Whitewright. Driving for Seven Up Bottling Company of Denison, he was thrown clear and not fatally hurt. The crash is blamed on a gravel truck cutting in too quickly after passing.
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C. J. Kelly
Whitewright
Denison
Mr. Kelly
Kelly
Morrow Keeps Dem. Post in Texas With Voice Vote
The National Democratic Executive Committee voted to retain Wright Morrow of Houston as Texas state committeeman by voice vote. A motion to oust him by Byron C. Allen of Minnesota was tabled. William M. Boyle Jr. was elected national chairman, succeeding Senator J. Howard McGrath. The committee approved credentials committee recommendations amid a long-running dispute over states’ rights defections.
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Washington
National Democratic Executive Committee
Wright Morrow
Houston
Texas
Morrow
Byron C. Allen
Minnesota
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
William M. Boyle Jr
J. Howard McGrath
More Corn Bins For Uncle Sam
The Commodity Credit Corporation announced new contracts for corn storage bins to hold 75,985,400 bushels of the 1948 crop. The 24,725 structures will bring storage capacity to 190,873,040 bushels, with possible needs up to 500,000,000 bushels. Delivery or erection is required within 45 days of award confirmation.
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Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
Department
Big roasting ears shown by Mrs. Audrey Evans in Fannin County
On Friday August 19 Mrs. Audrey Evans presented a large display of roasting ears to Sun editors. She runs a two acre patch in Whitewright and sold many dozens. She challenges anyone to beat her ears in size and notes August corn can yield about 75 bushels per acre. The piece also recalls Newell Skaggs delivering long ears and mentions the first electric motor patent in 1837 by Thomas Davenport.
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Sun
Fannin County
Audrey Evans
Whitewright
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