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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1943
Page
4
Notice lists charges for notices of entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees. Memorials resolutions and related notices also will be charged at advertising rates. Names J H Waggoner and Glenn Doss appear as publisher and managing editor.
The notice states a Thursday publication cadence with a $1.50 yearly prepaid rate and promises full corrections for any erroneous reflections upon individuals or firms once brought to the publisher's attention.
The message reflects divided minds between loved ones at home and those serving abroad in 1943. It honors sacrifices, vows accountability for aggressors, prays for troops, and anticipates 1944 with resolve. It also announces classified political announcements require cash in advance.
The Sun prints festive messages from local businesses and adds Christmas wishes to subscribers and friends. The issue notes World Bible access, China’s Bible purchases, and a UT president Rainey radio address. It hopes families separated by war are reunited and hints at next year’s election and poll tax reminders.
Hearty holiday greetings to editors and readers of over 200 hometown papers. May the year ahead bring victory and lasting peace to liberty-loving peoples. A light verse about a young person named Tate who dined at 8 08 with a tete-a-tete.
Earl and Virgil Williams urge Texans to protest the Corpus Christi to Charleston gas pipeline. The line would move 200 million cubic feet daily to Eastern industries, risking gas rationing and shaping Texas economic ties. The piece urges closer neighbors and New Year kindness.
The church hosts Bible study at 10 a.m. preaching and communion at 11 a.m. and a night service at 7:30 p.m. Rev. Wm. A. Casseday presides. A special 11 a.m. service dedicates a communion table donated by Mrs. Ben Montgomery in memory of her daughter. Future plan includes using the table in the January 2 quarterly communion.
The church announces morning service at 10 o clock and postpones the evening worship as said last Sunday. Pastors elders and congregation extend cordial Yuletide greetings and invite strangers and the unchurched to join. Members are reminded that regular attendance across services strengthens their church and the cause of Christ.
E P Wootten pastor leads morning worship and Sunday school at ten and eleven. Evening Training Union at six forty five and worship at seven forty five. Wednesday prayer service at seven forty five p m.
The church announces Sunday activities with Sunday school at 10 a m and Youth Fellowship at 7 p m. Identifies ongoing program times for members and families.
Sherman reports that firing fire crackers will require a federal license this Christmas as all fireworks manufacture ceased by federal order. Sales of pre existing stock will be allowed only to licensed purchasers of explosives, according to licensing agent J C Buchanan.
Gen. George C. Marshall made an unannounced stop at a camp kitchen on Oahu Island and was splashed with hot water by Sgt. Edward Carlo of Niagara Falls NY and two privates who tried to salute with pails. Marshall praised the clean stove and quipped about future visits.
The national board of fire underwriters reports US fire losses for the first eleven months of 1943 at $332.519 million, surpassing any full year total since 1932. November 1943 losses rose to $31.647 million, up 31 percent from November 1942.
Senate disclosures show persons per physician in the southwest range from 1 669 in Oklahoma to 2 450 in New Mexico. Texas has 1 869 per physician and Arizona 2 125. Physician totals: Texas 3 390. Oklahoma 5 170. New Mexico 1 260. June figures compare with June 1942.
The measure reallocates doctors and dentists to underserved communities in New Mexico Nevada and Arizona. It offers a $250 monthly stipend for three months. The bill moves to enactment following Senate passage.
The wheat carry over in the U S on July 1 1943 was 618 million bushels and for July 1 1944 is estimated at 300 million bushels according to the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. This contrasts with 40 million in 1918 and 85 million in 1919. Large supplies and reduced exports have made record quantities available for feed and industrial alcohol production in this war.
Work will begin immediately on a new Ector Independent School District building to replace a structure destroyed by fire over a year ago. The contract was awarded to local builder H. T. Allen.
H D Ray, president of the school board, announces a new one story building with 12 rooms an auditorium a library and basement. The cafeteria home economics typing room and shop will be in the basement. The district approved a 10000 bond issue plus on hand funds to cover costs and salvage from the old building will be reused where possible. More than three quarters of the worlds coffee is exported from Brazil Montenegro is one of the tiniest countries in existence.
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