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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1950
Page
2
Local brief lists visits and travels across Sherman and nearby cities. Staff Sergeant W A Russell Bermuda visits family. numerous residents visit Dallas, Greenville, Sherman and other towns. Social events include bridge club, bingo, and a local sale ad for furniture and appliances.
McAllen reports snowdiggers arriving for the Rio Grande Valley winter season bring itinerant salesmen. Vendors tout oil portraits and cesspool cleaning, with cases of overcharges and unfulfilled promises. Local figures note multiple scams and unmet portrait payments.
A reflective note asks about personal life events and social occurrences such as visits, divorces, purchases, sales, parties, engagements, breakups, club memberships, removals, and multiple births within a busy time. It hints at varied everyday milestones and social moments.
The population aged 65 or more rose from 6 per 100 in 1850 to 13 per 100 by 1950, while children under 18 per 100 workers fell from 107 to 54. Despite more elderly, the dependent share shifts as birth rates rise postwar. A new period looms with rising needs for both young and old.
The Whitewright Sun reports renewal time with many subscribers mailing in renewals and new subscribers joining daily. Rates are 1.50 per year in Grayson and Fannin Counties and 2 per year for mailings outside those counties.
A pupil lingered after an exam and confessed he could not sign the pledge of no help because he had prayed for assistance and was unsure of the outcome. The story notes the tension between honesty and seeking guidance.
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