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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1942
Page
5
Locals report illnesses improving at home. Several visitors arrive from Denison, Dallas, Paris, Frisco, and Houston to spend holidays with families in the area. Notable mentions include Major Walker Brents visiting from Camp Chaffee and Lucian Vestal returning from Baylor. The note closes with a 1942 calendar insight that the paper will publish 53 issues.
Local notices recount visits of Houston Stedham and Hugh Stedham from Sweetwater and U S Merchant Marine service to relatives in Whitewright. Other items note holiday guests, subscriptions, and a warning that December checks must be taxed. misdated sugar ration implications threaten no No. 2 ration book if No. 1 missing.
Clarence Ingram of McKinney visited his sister Mrs. W. M. Cox last Thursday and Friday. The Pascal Farley seed and grain office has moved to an addition on the east side of the Main street Farley building. The new office offers more space and a convenient layout. Mr. Farley plans to install truck scales in a driveway east of the office when available for purchase.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Lay were Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Layman and daughter Joyann of Beaumont, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Enouchs of Beaumont, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Layman and Deloris Jean of Silsbee, Mr. and Mrs. Grover Sheets of Celina, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Blanton and Louise of Denison, Mrs. Clarence Wells and Frances Caroline of Sherman, Miss Edith Ray Layman of Dallas, and Mr. Cleve Enouchs of Southmayd.
Miss Mary Hollingsworth inherits her father Dan A Hollingsworth’s long standing Whitewright newspaper ties. Dan had been a continuous subscriber to Plow and Hammer for 46 years before consolidation with The Sun. J P Darwins grain warehouse work nearly finished with concrete pours pending. R E L Binion plans a custom corn mill in the west room awaiting an electric motor.
Miss Monna Genette Hicks daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Hicks and Pvt John Robert Bow from Perrin Field wed in Durant Oklahoma on Saturday December 19 The bride wore pink with black accessories Attendants were Mr and Mrs Robert Benson of Whitewright After the ceremony the couple returned to Sherman for their home
Mortuary C W Burk 70 died at 10 a m Wednesday at his Ida home after a lingering illness. The body remains at his son M L Burk's home south of Ida until funeral services at Ida church Thursday at 3 p m. Burial will be at Cedar. Surviving are wife Maggie Burk four sons M L W P T G G W Burk all of Ida two daughters G R Dodson of Ida and Bill Key of Colbert Oklahoma two sisters Mrs Charlie Wetzel Pottsboro and Mrs Martha Montgomery Collinsville a brother in Virginia and several grandchildren.
The Petroleum Administration for War announced that from Jan 1 gasoline firms may not issue credit or identification cards for general use unless limited to a single station. Major firms issue nationwide cards but Ickes said the measure cuts bookkeeping and labor costs. Commercial vehicle cards get a Feb 1 start to allow adjustments.
The article lists herbs and spices for varied cooking such as parsley dill fennel and marjoram noting their uses in salads sauces and fish dressings. It stresses restraint salt and a pinch of salt with sugar and even suggests growing these herbs at home for easy supply. It ends with a note about buying adding machine paper at the Sun office.
In Roswell New Mexico Captain Larue C Chapman squadron commander at the air base replied to a soldier's wire seeking a five day furlough extension after a wedding. The soldier quoted scripture and Shakespeare but the extension was denied, with the captain expressing confidence the service member would return on time.
Grayson County shows 31 715 bales ginned through December 13 up 3 610 bales from a year earlier. G O Peterson federal cotton census agent notes the crop nears normal yield. last year 28 105 bales were ginned by this date. A January report will set the season total for release March 1.
Texas egg shipments rose in November delivering 753 carloads, up from 651 in November 1941. UT Bureau of Business Research cites 599 cars sent to other states led by California 170 New York 144 and Tennessee 104, based on shell egg equivalent.
Churches led by Pastor W. W. Adcock urge parishioners to begin the year with regular services at the Methodist Church. The local Christmas offering for the Methodist Home at Waco totaled 112.10 dollars.
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