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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1952
Page
3
Local notes list numerous Dallas Denison McKinney Sherman Sherman area visitors and weekend stays. Families including the Alexanders Lilleys McCoy Ayres Hight Hansard and Wilsons are mentioned with trips to Dallas Holden Mo Sherman and Ft Smith Ark.
Cappy Miller recalls a major snowstorm that cut electricity for miles as the local power company works to restore service. A caller notes she has 20 cows to milk by machine and laments the lack of hand milking knowhow in the community.
Moonshiners in East Texas pine country bury barrels for warmth during winter. A Marshall News Messenger report cites a 75 cent material cost per gallon of sugar whisky, with profits at 8 to 10 dollars per gallon. Authorities note illicit methods include water from swamps, rapid fermentation, and concealment.
A women’s club meeting debates a generalized money-raising drive led by Mrs. Bottomly. A freshman quips about Shakespeare and Nanette becomes a light moment while a husband notes the name’s memory. A hospital romance and a roadside gag end the piece with a wry kiss of death joke.
Our local surgeon Dr. Jones will perform a serious operation tomorrow on our esteemed fellow citizen John Smith. He will leave a wife and three children.
A war contractor reports difficulty obtaining threat cutters to thread a shipment of pipe for a war job. Government officials respond, telling him to send the pipe immediately and ship the threads later.
A young mother tells the new father she has chosen a name for their baby. She asserts she has decided and will call the child by that name.
A stout man encounters a weight scale on the Atlantic City promenade. He insert a penny and steps on, only to hear the voice announce a polite setback: "One at a time, please."
An elderly Vermont farmer sits with his wife after a long day and a good meal. He pauses from his pipe to tell Mary that what she has meant to him over the years is sometimes more than he can bear.
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