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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1966
Page
1
A collection of lighthearted vignettes follows a medical note mix up in a doctor's report. A shopper jokes about invisible hair nets priced at fifty cents. Timmy’s third grade insight and a cautionary line from a father add a domestic flavor.
A wife compliments a dinner guest, asking if he is married. The husband deflects with his reserved nature. Later a 7-year-old, sent for a dozen eggs, asks the grocer to crack them, paying 60 cents for a dozen while noting cracked ones are 30c.
A female driver stalled on the highway asks a passerby whether it is permissible to drive the car home with an empty gas tank. The man cautions her about risks while considering options to reach safety.
An aged Confederate veteran responds to a reporter’s claim that only three Confederates and one Union soldier remain alive, quipping that now is the moment to strike since the odds finally favor the Confederates.
A preacher on the course sliced into a tree and a bird took the ball in its beak. It flew to the green and dropped the ball into the cup. The minister prayed for help, then joked he preferred to do it himself. A mountaineer fired at a motorcycle and boasted of scaring it off.
A father warns his college student not to neglect intellect during break while the son insists he is still pursuing the Phi Beta Kappa girl, framing a humorous clash between study and romance. The dialogue highlights values of education and social desires in a campus setting.
CHICAGO Accidents cause more deaths among persons 15 to 24 years old than any other cause according to the National Safety Council. Seven times as many youths died from accidents in 1964 than from cancer, the next most frequent cause of death.
The Whitewright Housing Authority announced 16 elderly housing units will now be bid by February or March next year, due to a defective title on part of the site purchased for the project. Original plans set bids for December 1 but the title issue requires postponement.
A fall survey by the Dallas Area Tuberculosis Association reports very low TB incidence among Grayson County students. Two Sherman students are considered possible TB cases and referred for further testing. In Whitewright 435 pupils were tested with 4.35 percent positive reactors, countywide 2.32 percent, higher than the 3 percent in other area schools. Total: 13,850 tested, 322 reactors, 316 x-rayed. Not all students were tested as participation required parental consent.
Washington reports that U S farmers anticipate a strong income in 1967 as credit demand rises for short and intermediate terms. With higher production goals for wheat and other crops, farmers plan more fertilizer seed and machinery purchases, and some seek more cropland, all implying greater credit use despite tighter real estate lending by Farm Credit Administration.
AUSTIN The Texas Crop Reporting Service projects Texas pecan producers will harvest 23 million pounds this year. Cary B. Palmer, statistician in charge, notes the yield is 37 percent of last year’s 62 million pounds.
Santa Claus will not attend White Wright on December 3 due to prior commitments but will arrive about 1 30 p m on Saturday December 10 for the merchants gift event. Free gifts distribution occurs each Saturday in December at 3 p m and Friday December 23. Certificates redeemable for merchandise at participating stores will be given away each day worth 40 dollars.
The church lists a full week of services and activities led by Rev. Dale Gore. Sunday includes Sunday School and worship, a congregational meeting, and nursing home services. Weekday programs cover choirs, Sunday School, Sunbeams, and youth activities with a Friday Rebekah Class social.
Rev. George Topper presides as the church lists a full day of services and meetings. General assembly at 10:00, Sunday School at 10:15, Communion at 11:00, M Y F at 6:00, Guild at 7:15, Official Board at 7:00, Bible study at 9:00 and choir rehearsal at 7:00.
Pastor Mrs Janice Hall leads the Assembly of God Church with Sunday School at 9 45 and worship at 11 00 on Sunday and an evening service at 7 15 plus a 7 30 p m prayer meeting on Wednesday set for congregants.
Minister W E Mynatt announces Bible study for all ages at 10 a m. Worship and communion at 11 a m. Evening worship at 7 p m. Bible study for all ages at 7 30 p m.
Reverend Bob Saylor, the pastor, presides over a training union at 7 00 and a worship service at 7 45.
Bethel Baptist Church lists Rev. Charles Pierce as pastor with services at 10:00 Sunday School 6:30 Training Union and 7:30 Worship Service.
Rev James Hughens serves as pastor at Pilot Grove Baptist Church with an 7 00 evening worship service announced.
Despite strikes, 1966 saw the largest tourism year on record with more travelers than ever. Americans topped three million visiting distant destinations while Europe and other regions saw high cross border travel. Through August 1966 foreign visitors rose about 12 percent from 1965 totals.
Uncle Dan shares a folksy riff on taxes, government grants, and public ignorance. He cites a $28,400 grant to study desert cockroaches near Palm Springs, jokes about rose colored glasses, and laments rising taxes while noting personal finance worries.
A scientist notes that women reach about age twenty with a slight hearing edge and are less affected by low frequency noise while men may suffer more from long term noise exposure. Women may be more sensitive to high frequencies. Environmental factors likely contribute.
San Francisco's Chinatown is described as the world's largest Chinese community outside Asia, highlighting its size and significance as a cultural and historic hub in the city.
The nation’s 748 traffic deaths during the extended Thanksgiving weekend set an all-time holiday record for a four day period from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday. The prior holiday record of 720 was set during Christmas in 1965. An Associated Press survey found 546 nonholiday deaths for a comparable period, and the toll this Thanksgiving weekend rose from 615 the previous year. A National Safety Council spokesman noted that record deaths have marked every holiday period since Memorial Day 1965.
The Bethel Jackie Shaw and Mary Dale Circles met Monday night for a Royal Service program with eight members attending. Mrs. Jack England led the program on Baptists in Japan, with participants Mrs. Weldon Bartley Mrs. Ralph McKinney Mrs. Mack Williams Mrs. Billy Bartley Mrs. Bob Cawthon Mrs. Louis Franklin and Mrs. Ronald Pierce.
A Sun want ad promises fast results for readers seeking quick help. The notice emphasizes speed and wide reach, urging people to place their request with confidence and rely on the paper's network to connect buyers and services efficiently.
The Denison Herald reports the State Highway Commission awarded R. W. McKinney Construction Co. of Nacogdoches a contract to widen Highway 69 from Bells to Whitewright and to reconstruct the Denison Dam road Highway 75A. The bid totaled 468374 dollars. An extension from Bells to Denison will occur after utilities are relocated and remaining right of way is acquired. Bridges on the Bells Denison stretch have already been widened.
Funeral services were held at the First Methodist Church for Bryant Dollarhide 24 who died in a head on collision on Highway 69 north of Whitewright in a rain storm. He was born Nov 21 1942 in Miami Florida and is survived by his parents a brother a sister and two grandmothers.
Mrs Hattie Rice 79 died at her Abilene home last week funeral and burial were held in Abilene She was mother of Mrs J C Hastings of Whitewright Born September 22 1887 at Caddo she married O C Rice in Ranger in 1909 The couple moved to Abilene from Sherman in 1927 Mr Rice died in 1953 She is survived by three other daughters one son a brother two sisters 24 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren.
U.S. trade surplus with Russia and Eastern Europe fell to near zero in Q2 as exports to Iron Curtain countries dropped 17 percent while imports rose 9 percent. The Commerce Department report shows a $1.5 million export surplus April-June, down from $14.6 million in the prior quarter, with export licenses to Eastern Europe at their lowest in over a year. In mid October the administration moved to raise exports by easing controls on about 400 nonstrategic items.
St Louis attorney Ray Filers began a solo blood donation effort in 1942 and has given 100 pints to the Red Cross to date, highlighting sustained community service and wartime civic spirit.
Coaches of District 16 A met at Bells and named all district offensive and defensive teams. Two Whitewright Tigers made the defensive unit. Offense ends include Carney and Lewis from Van Alstyne Wolfe City and Kilpatrick from Honey Grove. backs cover Smith Stanley Fuller and Johnson. centers and linemen list Van Alstyne Whitesboro Honey Grove and others. Linebackers feature Montgomer y and Davis. Outstanding back is Phil Fuller of Honey Grove and outstanding lineman Ricky O Neal of Van Alstyne.
Washington reports that U S deaths in Vietnam exceed six thousand with 6,049 killed in action since January 1, 1961. An additional 1,365 died in noncombat incidents. Total service personnel in Vietnam reaches nearly 360,000 across Army Navy Marines Air Force and Coast Guard.
Lincoln Williston writes in Texas Medicine that Medicare will accelerate the shift from solo practice to group and clinic medicine. He notes potential acute bed shortages, more hospital and nursing home time for doctors, and shifting physician fees and nurse staffing pressures as Medicare in Texas marks its first 120 days since starting July 1.
TheIRS notes the common question How much sales tax can be deducted on income tax returns. It references Texas average sales tax tables in tax instructions and mentions receiving mail instructions after Santa Claus visits.
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