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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1957
Page
3
A historical overview traces Labor Day from its 19th century conception in New York by J. McGuire to a national honor for the industrial workforce. It frames the holiday as a tribute to labor, cooperation between workers and management, and the nation’s economic strength and ideals.
A collection of light vignettes and gags opens with a patient seeking food and a nurse slipping him rice. Johnny jokes about temptation as a humorous domestic scene follows with a child’s dancing lesson and a mother’s yard rumor about baseball.
After four decades in a quiet village a couple sells their home and moves to the city. On the first morning the wife urges the husband to start the fire, but he jokes he will call the fire department to learn city conveniences.
A city detective asks if fingerprints exist for a vanished socialite. The town constable jokes that the woman’s thumbprint is on her husband who has ruled her life for two decades. The remark reveals a light but pointed dynamic in a mysterious disappearance.
A girl asks her mother what to do if a date attempts a kiss. The mother replies with a practical suggestion to whisper for help, reflecting a cautious, humorous parental stance on dating.
A porcupine strolling at dusk bumps a cactus and mutters a hello. A classroom quip follows with a pupil noting light arrives too soon in the morning.
A brief exchange reveals one driver logged 660 miles in a day while the other jokes that they do no driving and let the wife take the wheel.
Report compares fatigue patterns of educators with new staff tiring on Monday mornings and veterans exhausted on Friday afternoons. The observation highlights workload and adaptation differences between cohorts in teaching.
A despondent man visits a renowned psychiatrist and confesses loss of will to live. The doctor prescribes lengthy treatment at fifty dollars weekly, prompting the patient to reveal his own concern is the doctor’s bill.
The 1957 State Fair of Texas will feature a full size replica of the man made moon to be launched into space to circle the earth. The U S Naval Research Laboratory and IBM equipment will aid Vanguard project tracking and data collection during October 5 to 20.
Public notice commands Pomery Combs and heirs to appear by answering J L May suit seeking title to Lot 12 Block 4 Binkley Addition Sherman Texas. Case filed August 21 1957. Citation published August 29 September 5 12 19 1967.
Local notes show numerous relatives and friends visiting across Texas. Sherman resident Harry Farrow, Waco and Dallas trips, and visits by Mrs. Howard Cook with kin are listed among weekend and weekday transfers.
A 1957 citation in the 15th Judicial District Court of Grayson County Sherman Texas directs James Roland and others as defendants in suit No 64703 Baldwin as plaintiff seeking title and possession of three land tracts in Denison Grayson County Texas. Descriptions include blocks in Land Grant Railway lands and references to deeds and conveyances dated 1900. The document notes service deadline of 90 days and lists clerk S W Earnest and deputy Shirley Davis.
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