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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
7
The War Information Office outlines wartime ration stamps and indefinite validity for certain foods and fuel. It highlights training programs surpassing 13 million enrollments and a veteran rights booklet distribution effort with 2.5 million copies available.
An Anther A Hudgins Jr. letter from France describes slow mail, heavy combat, and a crash landed flying fort. He praises French hospitality, notes shortages, and recalls shared hardships with civilians, including a French farmer’s wife mending clothing. He mentions listening to Ernie Pyle clippings and reflects on the war’s impact on civilians and soldiers.
Texas Grayson County records show T. L. Brice Company Limited formed as a partnership to manufacture and sell pickles relishes preserves and canned fruits and vegetables with principal office in Sherman Texas. Partners include T L Brice as general and R E Brice William H Lucas Howard Lucas and Elizabeth Lucas as special partners. Capital totals and profit shares are specified with dissolution rules and a 1954 end date.
Citation 52745 commands LaVelle Atterbery to appear in person on the first Monday after 42 days, September 18, 1944, before Judge in the 15th District Court in Sherman Texas. Plaintiff Ralph D. Arterbery filed August 1 1944 seeking divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Clerk S V Earnest oversees the case.
The passage argues Christians surrender worldly pleasures and pursuits to serve God. It cites the prodigal son, the Savior on the mountain, Samuel, Enoch, and Job, urging readers to forsake card games, dances, whisky, and other vices for spiritual life and peace, citing Scofield as example.
A humorous dialogue plays on a boy asking if he is made of dust and the father quips that dust would dry up, implying the boy is not dusty. The exchange uses light family banter to deliver a simple pun.
A sergeant scolds a recruit in training saying he trembles so much he would be a fine moving target for the squad. The exchange highlights harsh drill instructor humor and pressures in basic marksmanship.
The Grayson County Probate Court set for the first Monday after ten days service in Sherman on September 1 1944 a final account in the estate of Glynn W Dunn deceased. The sheriff is to publish the notice in a Grayson County newspaper for ten days to summon all interested parties to contest the report. Witness H Grady Thompson Clerk with Deputy Marguerite Berry.
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