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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1947
Page
4
The notice states Whitewright SWI is published weekly on Thursdays and entered at the Whitewright Texas post office as second class mail matter. It lists subscription rates of one year for $1.50 and six months for $1.00 payable in advance, and declines subscriptions for periods under six months.
A renowned fiction editor, famed for personal, crash course critiques, ran yearly inmate story contests and mentored aspiring journalists, visiting penitentiaries to show inmates how to publish. He gave loans during printer strikes, walked home, and valued faith in humanity amid debt.
The document states that veteran compensation or pension is not subject to federal income tax. If you are the family breadwinner you may claim exemption for your husband who receives disability compensation from World War II. It also begins a question about transferring part of eligible education and training benefits.
Fannin County plans a living memorial program with trees and shrubs along highways. The Texas Roadside Council sponsors the effort to honor World War II servicemen. Bonham Garden Club leads local work under district engineer F M Davis with county chairman Mrs S F Leslie and volunteers.
An appeal invites every Fannin County resident to plant living memorials in yards and gardens using a unified set of shrubs. Redbud and Crape Myrtle are favored for their hardiness and bloom, with Grayson County’s Redbud set as a model. Committees will organize to solicit participation, select shrubs, and publicize progress, asking readers to vote by mail or phone in Bonham.
The Veterans Administration reports that all former members with active service between October 8 1940 and September 2 1945 are eligible to apply for National Service Life Insurance.
Large majority of service members took NSLI policies while many did not and remain eligible. Alaska land available for veterans, with farming prospects limited by markets and transport. Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi veterans filed over 44 000 loan applications in 1946. 35 729 loans closed totaling 188 186 199 dollars. Hospitals at Dallas New Orleans and Houston designated for muro surgery. With 99 055 veterans in VA hospitals on Dec 4, hospitalized veteran population rising. VA libraries hold about 750 000 volumes. 600 000 GI loan applications totaling nearly 3 billion dollars by Nov 25. USC camp shows boosted VA hospital performances. 3 000 of 7 240 beds on unavailable list due to staffing.
State police said Martha Mullins a 32 year old mother of nine died 30 minutes after a religious rite in which worshipers drank poison. Leander Cadle 50 was paralyzed from the waist down. The rites were held Sunday in a private Queen Shoals home near Clay West Virginia.
About seven adults and a number of children participated, with participants including several families and community members. The event drew local interest and highlighted social engagement in the area.
The notice lists multiple churches with service times and pastors. Assembly of God shows Rev E A Doty with Sunday school 10 a.m. and services at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Second church led by Rev Clifford Taylor with 10 a.m. Sunday school and 11 a.m. sermon on specific Sundays. Third church under Rev E P Wootten with Sunday school 19 a.m. and worships at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., plus Training Union at 6:10 p.m. and Wednesday prayer at 7 p.m. Womens Society of First Methodist meets Monday at 3 p.m. at the church, president Mrs E F Everheart urging attendance.
In National Brotherhood Week events the First Methodist Church observes Race Relations Sunday with Rev. R. L. Gilpin delivering an 11 a.m. sermon titled Our Father. Church school starts at 10 a.m. with classes for all ages. No evening service due to participation in a community service for Boy Scouts at First Baptist Church.
A Bells potato sprouted a wedding ring that had been lost 27 years ago by Mrs. Faye Miller of Savoy. The ring, with initials F. M., was found by Mrs. Val Dawson Jr. in a sprout beneath a batch of storage potatoes. Dawson traced it to the Millers, who recalled the loss during early marriage, and the ring remains in perfect condition.
Round Rock, 19 miles north of Austin, figures in the tale of Sam Bass and a near brush with danger as the narrator recalls barely escaping a similar fate in the famed town.
A first person reminiscence recalls skidding on a wet summer afternoon on a twisty highway, the near collision avoided, a Salado sign pointing to an 1852 stage inn, and Senator O Daniel urging repeal of Roosevelt era laws including social security and bank deposit guarantees. A cafe sign notes coffee at five cents.
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