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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1960
Page
5
Social notes recount visits and holidays across North Texas. Families from Van Alstyne, Celeste, Sherman, Greenville, Dallas and surrounding towns host relatives and friends, while students and servicemen return home for Christmas and school breaks.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Warren will host Christmas at their Gainesville home, where the couple will welcome relatives for the holiday.
The T E L class met with Mrs Guy Hamilton and cohost Mrs C W Pope for a Wednesday Christmas party. Mrs Thurston Montgomery led prayer, a quiz was conducted by Mrs C P Lawson, and poems were read by Mrs Hamilton and Mrs Jennie Crittenden. Eighteen members and one guest attended, with date pudding and coffee served.
The Friday Literary Club held its December 16 meeting at Mrs. George Hight’s home with Christmas decor. Mrs. C P Johnson led a program on Christmas in Literature while Gladys Ray presented the Journey of the Wise Men and Mrs. Vestal accompanied with carols. Twenty one members attended and refreshments followed before adjournment until January 6. A humorous aside notes a boy’s mother asks about a dance date, the reply being a definite maybe.
President elect John F Kennedy designated Lyndon B Johnson to chair the committee on government contracts to end discrimination in federal supplier work and to lead the National Aeronautics and Space Council overseeing space goals and civil military space disputes.
New York reports that Americans will open about 7.3 billion dollars in gifts on Christmas morning per Market Facts. Families earning under 7500 dollars yearly spend around 100 dollars on gifts, while those earning 7500 dollars and above spend near 200 dollars.
The Chamber of Commerce warns federal subsidies for local housingProj ects will explode costs. It cites 1950 5.7 million and last year 131 million in costs with nine tenths of bond payments covered by taxpayers. Projections extend to 2000 with total costs between 6.5 and 7.5 billion.
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