Uncle Dan Letter Critiques Growth and Spending
A writer known as Uncle Dan of Tom Bean questions whether the country is growing or swelling. He cites rising taxes, debt, andFederal spending, mentions the Navy paying the Army and a Maryland jail escape claim, and ends with rural advice to focus on home matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bug Hookum
Everbody
Federal Reserve Board
Byrd
Virginia
Congress
Washington
Navy
Army
Maryland
Uncle Dan
Illegitimate Births Increase Alarmingly
In a Chicago report the share of out of wedlock births rose from six-tenths of 1 percent in 1947 to 5 percent in 1958 with warnings it could reach 10 percent. The piece argues welfare payments enable permissive behavior, noting New York's rise from 3 percent in 1946 to 8 percent in 1959 and a Cook County weekly welfare outlay around 3 million dollars supporting illegitimate children.
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Chicago
United States
New York
Cook County
Pacific states seen best for new world religion
Taiko Furukawa 91, chief abbot of Myohini Zen center Kyoto, says Hawaii and California are ideal for planting a world religion. He arrives in Honolulu for a three month lecture tour and asserts world peace requires open minds and open hearts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Hawaii
California
Taiko Furukawa
Myohini
Kyoto
Japan
Social visits and Thanksgiving travel across area
The page lists numerous weekend and holiday visits among families from Garland Dallas Mesquite Fort Worth Sherman and other towns. Notable travel includes Thanksgiving gatherings with multiple relatives and friends.
Gas Co Employes To Get Wage Boost
Lone Star Gas Company and Lone Star Producing Company will raise wages by 5 percent effective December 1 for about 6,000 employees across Texas Oklahoma and nearby states. President L T Trotter cites an annual cost rise of 1 2 million dollars. Some employees are union represented and gains may await union acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star Gas Company
Lone Star Producing Company
Whitewright
Lone Star
L. T. Trotter
Texas
Oklahoma
Potter
First Baptist Church Weekly Schedule and Christmas Stocking Drive
Sunday services include Sunday School at 9 55 a m and worship at 10 55 a m Choir practice for Christmas music at 3 30 p m Training Union at 6 00 p m and a second worship at 7 00 p m Monday events include Workers Conference at Forest Avenue Baptist Sherman 10 00 a m M Night in Training Union 7 30 p m Rex Ray Circle 2 00 p m Lottie Moon Circle 2 00 p m Joy Russell Circle 2 30 p m Wednesday prayer meeting and monthly church conference 7 00 p m Choir practice 7 30 p m Sunday School 10 00 a m Worship 10 55 a m Congregational meeting for annual business matters Monday at 2 30 p m the Ladies Aid will meet to open Christmas stockings All ladies invited to attend or contribute a stocking offering
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Workers’ Conference
Forest Avenue Baptist Church
Sherman
Rex Ray
Lottie Moon
Joy Russell
Ladies’ Aid
Bible Study and Worship Schedule
The notice lists a church week program with Bible study at 10:00 a. m. worship with communion at 11:00 a. m. evening worship at 6:00 p. m. and Bible study for all ages at 7:30 p. m.
Church Activities Schedule on Sundays and Mondays
Sunday School at 10 00 a m Methodist Youth Fellowship at 6 00 p m on the fourth Sunday each month at 5 30 p m The Women's Society of Christian Service meets on the first and third Monday at 3 00 p m The Wesleyan Service Guild meets every other Monday at 7 30 p m.
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Methodist Youth Fellowship
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Wesleyan Service Guild
Cotton Crop Harvest Continues Despite Poor Weather
Cotton harvest in the community continues with three trailer loads passing Sun office in the hour on Wednesday morning. Two Whitewright gins have processed 2220 bales, with ginners predicting final figures will exceed 2400 bales as remaining cotton remains in the fields. The season faced unfavorable weather with rain at wrong times and drought when rain was needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Office
Whitewright
Chronicles of Texas: rocks, forts, skulls and pictographs
A tour through Texas history with markers near Llano and Independence recounting Captain John C. Hays, Sam Houston, and Baylor. Fort Bliss replicas in El Paso. Midland Skull 1954 dating human presence to 12,000 years ago. Indian Shelter Cliff near Fredericksburg offers ancient pictographs.
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Llano
Texas
John C. Hays
Earth
Indian Shelter Cliff
Fredericksburg
Doss
Old Lange’s Water Mill
Cross Roads Presbyterian Church Sunday Service
Cross Roads Presbyterian Church advertises a preaching service at 11 00 a m featuring the church in Cross Roads. Parishioners are invited to attend the Sunday gathering at the local church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cross Roads
Presbyterian Church
Sunday Church Services and Activities
Assembly of God announces worship at 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Training Union at 7:00 p.m. Christ Ambassadors meet Saturday at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting at 7:00 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly OF God Church
Christ Ambassadors
Kentuckytown Baptist Church Service Times
Worship services listed for Kentuckytown Baptist Church include 11:00 a m and 7:00 p m with Wednesday activities: officers teachers meeting at 7:00 and prayer meeting at 7:30.
U S Surplus Value Set At 16 Billion
Senator Harry F Byrd released a Byrd Committee report showing the federal stockpile valued near 16 billion dollars at end July The agricultural component accounted for about 7.24 billion including wheat and corn Storage and handling costs for July totaled 33.2 million The strategic and critical materials stockpile was valued at 8.46 billion and civil defense stockpile at 174.1 million
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Civil Defense
Snoring Linked to Anger In Hypnosis Study
The American Institute of Hypnosis reports snoring may reflect hostility rather than only organic causes. A physician under hypnosis revealed anger at a brother as the trigger, and snoring stopped when the anger was exposed. The article cautions not all snoring or anger is linked, noting daily irritations impact moods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of the American Institute of Hypnosis
Fort Worth
Deaths Burns Mrs W D Burns 82 Funeral Set
Funeral services for Mrs W D Burns 82 will be held at the Methodist Church at 2 30 p m Friday conducted by Rev John Streun. Burial will be in White Mound Cemetery. She died of a heart attack at her home Wednesday. Born Tom Bean November 9 1878 she was the daughter of John L and Mrs Dickson. She married W D Burns at Sherman in 1899 and lived in Whitewright since 1944. Surviving are two sons Jack L Burns and A J Burns a daughter Mrs J A Huber, Sherman, 14 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
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W. D Burns
John Streun
White Mound
East Main Street
Tom Bean
W. D. Burns
Sherman
Whitewright
Jack L. Burns
A. J. Burns
Fort Worth
J. A. Huber
Funeral services for John Kaiser held at Trenton
Funeral services for John J Kaiser 81 were held in Trenton at 2 30 p m Saturday conducted by Rev John Streun pastor of the Whitewright Methodist Church Burial was in Burns Cemetery at Trenton He died at his Whitewright home after a long illness Born December 13 1878 in Kentucky town he married Georgia Garrison in 1897 at Sulphur Springs Survivors include his wife five sons two daughters a brother eleven grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren relatives attended from Dallas Austin Denton Sherman and other towns
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John J. Kaiser
Trenton
John Streun
Whitewright Methodist Church
Burns Cemetery
Mr. Kaiser
Whitewright
Kentuckytown
Julius Kaiser
Germany
Georgia Garrison
Sulphur Springs
Kaiser
Charley Kaiser
Pilot Grove
Ralph Kaiser
Lubbock
Weldon Kaiser
Clarksville
Mac Kaiser
Richardson
Johnny Kaiser
Martin Rosso
Huntington
Arkansas
Charles Estes
Austin
Forney
Whitewright-Trenton
L. O. Kaiser
Julius Kaiser Jr
Dallas
Bill Kaiser
Y. B. Kaiser
Denton
Fred Starr
Garland
Emmet Owens
Bledsoe
Roy McCord
Fred Stinnett
Sherman
Annette Kaiser
Leonard
Edith Nelson
al Fink
Dave Kohen
Leon Reed
J. Rawlins Thompson
Jack Prigmore
Annie Laurie Connelly
Zora Swanger
Blanche Barrett Kaiser
Joe Reed
Kate Reed Estes
D. F. Williams
McKinney
O. B. Dulaney
Neal Gilliam
Bells
Funeral services held for Mrs. Fannie Rhoades in Kemp Oklahoma
Mrs. Fannie Rhoades 86 died at her Kemp residence after long Bryan County life. Born September 27 1874 in Ector Texas she married C R Rhoades in 1905. Survived by son Almer Rhoades Kemp daughters H H Gray Whitewright and Mrs Jimmy Shenoebein Los Angeles two brothers 17 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren.
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Fannie Rhoades
Kemp
Okla
Death Claims Two White Wright Old Timers
Dr Warren Ownby died at his Broken Arrow Oklahoma home and was buried November 19. He was a brother-in-law of R A Gillett of Whitewright. Will Penland died last Thursday in Dallas after living there for many years. he grew up in the White Wright community.
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Whitewright
Warren Ownby
Broken Arrow
Okla
R. A. Gillett
Will Penland
Dallas
One In 53 Born With Defect Says Gotham Surgeons
Two plastic surgeons from St. Luke's Hospital New York report a survey of 27 087 births finding one child in 53 born with a defect The most common defect is club foot other frequent defects include genital urinary tract disorders mongolism cleft lip and hydrocephalus They presented at the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery annual meeting
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Los Angeles
New York
Dried Honey Aids Bakers and Candy Makers
Dried honey, a new product from USDA research engineers, is a whole sweetener designed to expand use by bakers and candy makers in various recipes. The invention aims to extend honey’s applications in foods and confections.
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College Station
U. S. Department of Agriculture Research Engineers
Club To Sponsor Xmas Lighting
The Friday Literary Club will sponsor a Christmas lighting contest in Whitewright with prizes for the best outside displays by Whitewright homes. Entries must be recorded by Dec. 16 with Mrs. Kenneth Frisby or Mrs. Charles Skaggs.
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Whitewright
Whitewright Homes
Kenneth Frisby
Charles Skaggs
Freudians Chuckle at Liquid Diet and Fat Misnomer
New York report notes Freudian psychiatrists finding humor in the liquid diet craze and the idea that a high fat or low carbohydrate plan helps weight loss. Dr John Yudkin argues the term should be low carbohydrate and explains how satiation from fats and proteins reduces calorie intake.
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New York
John Yudkin
America
Yudkin
University of London
Be Like Oxen Oxen Urged for Chinese Citizens
Peiping Kuang Ming daily asks university graduates to emulate the ox and serve as submissive laborers who endure hardship without complaint. The article links the ox’s spirit to practicality and quiet toil, noting Mao first urged party members to be oxen eighteen years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Communist China
Peiping Kuang Ming Daily
Mao Tze-Tung
Red
China
Beech Tree’s Oiliness Reduces Lightning Strikes
The report notes that beech trees, due to their oily composition, are rarely struck by lightning. This ecological observation highlights how wood chemistry affects electrical discharge incidents in forests.
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Pacific States
the Sun
Joe Bodine
Wayne McLauchlin
Vivian Hardcastle
Saginaw
Mrs
Grover Hardcastle
Mardell Pumphrey
Tom Norris
W. E. Mynatt and
J. H. Mynatt
H. K. Tate
Mesquite
Knox Tate
Joan Brown
Alice
O. M. Brown
C. H. Roberson of
Abilene
Mrs. C. P. Johnson
Mrs. Leon Wolford
Alonzo Harper
Travis Sanderson
Clifton Sanderson
Linda
David Sanderson
C. L. Adams
Anna
Bob Cawthon
George Brown
Jacksboro
Charles Wortham
Joe Rich
H. C. Carpenter
Jim Stuteville
Grover Stuteville
Hayden Hamilton
Greenville
Winnie and
Sallye Hamilton
Nana Francis of
Lillian Neathery
Jack McSpedden
Berniece Davis
Jesse Melver
Honey Grove
Fred Cook
Mozelle
Doris Jacks
Mrs. L. F. Jacks
G. B. McCasland Jr
G. B. McCasland
Royse City
Eugene Thornhill
W. C. Thornhill
Miss Dixie Bassett
Jimmie Bassett
NTSC
Floyd Bassett
Grady McCorstin
Lucile Sinor
Roy Cupit
Farmersville
John Conlin
Tulsa, Okla
Imogene Jarvis
R. D. Maddux
W. J. Billner
Oscar Billner
Mrs. Royce Lay
Miss Mardell Pumphrey
Mrs. James Lay
Terry Mac Miller
Joe Miller
W. J. Burns
Oklahoma City
Mack Fuller
Nocona
T. D. Caylor
Harben Pardue
Amarillo
Floyd Williams
George Bennett
R. A. Scott
Robert Cole
Ralph Wallace
Lola Scott
Bob Durham
Rennie
Cathy
Freeport
Ruth Miller
Gail
Hazel
Phyllis
Laynett McSpedden
Calvin Chesser
Billy Ray Chesser
D. J. Curkles
Denison
O. L. Nicely
H. G. Chesser
Russell Summers
Ice House
First Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Church OF Christ
First Methodist Church
Sam Houston
Rocky Creek
Old Baptist
Independence
Nancy Lee
Houston
Baylor
Judge Baylor
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Midland
Bethel Baptist Church
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
U.S
Gotham Surgeons
Xmas Lighting
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