27 Aug 1964
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1964
Page
1
Community Public Service Co downtown hosts a Pigskin Club meeting Monday at 8. A film of Whitewright Frisco scrimmage will be shown. Officers for the year will be elected. A young solicitor offered a thousand dollar subscription plan and was turned away.
A Sun Want Ad invites readers to place buy or sell notices, offering a simple way to reach local buyers and sellers through the newspaper's classifieds platform.
The Pigskin Club barbecue is at Bryant Field from 6 30 to 8 30 with gate admission 1 25 dollars, 75 cents for under 12. The Tigers scrimmage Frisco about 7 30 followed by a Howe scrimmage on Sept 3 at 7 30.
Grayson County receives emergency designation from the Department of Agriculture for soil bank and related acreages due to drought. The authorized period runs Aug 20 through Oct 31 and producers must secure prior approval and pay costs. Fees set at $1 per acre for grazing and $6 per acre for haying, with penalties for unapproved activity.
The Pigskin Club hosts a barbecue at the football field starting at 6 30 this evening. All local supporters invited to join in community fundraising and informal kickoff talk.
Uncle Dan from TomBean jokes about farmers needing rain in a drought era and mocks government subsidies. He says checks go to deserving names, recalls a pastor seeking vacation and church members who avoid embarrassing funerals, closing with country preacher praise.
Mrs Mary Burchfield will turn 93 on August 28 and marked the occasion with a family birthday dinner at her son Gus T Burchfield’s home on Carter Street. Born August 28, 1871 in North Carolina, she married A W Burchfield in January 1891 in Arkansas. He died 41 years ago. eleven children were born, seven survive including Gus T Burchfield and B G Burchfield of Whitewright, B D Burchfield of Leonard, A W Burchfield Jr of Sherman, N R Stilwell of Bells Route 1, Eunice Ballard of Hot Springs, and Maggie Brewer of Fresno. She counts 40 grandchildren, 79 great grandchildren and 17 great great grandchildren.
The Texas Department of Public Safety reports 432 million dollars in losses from motor vehicle accidents last year covering wages medical bills property damage and insurance overhead. It notes a drop in traffic deaths since 1937 saving lives and billions in value while urging prevention.
AMA published article in Archives of Otolaryngology calling for jail sentences for all drunken drivers to curb a rising traffic toll. It urges mandatory license revocation, stiff fines, and chemical breath testing with automatic conviction if blood alcohol exceeds five hundredths of 1 percent.
A century old list attributed to Abraham Lincoln cautions against actions that undermine thrift, wealth creators, and self-reliance. The ten cannotments warn that prosperity cannot be built by discouraging savings or tearing down others, and that true security comes from personal initiative and balanced stewardship of money.
A compact atomic clock at Columbia University uses rubidium vapor and microwave emission. The device, about the size of a table lamp base, offers more precise time and distance standards than Earth's rotation or other astronomical phenomena.
Texas Employment Commissioner J Ed Lyles warns that demand for unskilled workers is shrinking. He notes 10 percent of the labor force is unskilled today and only 5 percent will be needed in 1970, with high school education crucial for training and employment.
Whitewright schools will run buses Friday morning to have students at school by 8 45. Buses depart on rounds at 7 30 per Supt S T Montgomery. The lunch room will be closed Friday as students are dismissed before lunch. lunch service resumes Monday when classes begin.
Social Security records are kept in Baltimore. The district manager urges those planning retirement this year to contact their local office by phone or mail up to three months ahead to obtain earnings records and list required proofs. Call 893-4301 or visit 315 West Mulberry, Sherman.
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