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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1941
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun carries notices on entertainments and memorials with ads at regular rates. Editorial observes defense spending drives Texas industrial growth, contracts, clothing purchases, and broader economic tempo anticipated to influence business this year.
Texas is experiencing a broad economic impact from defense contracts and expenditures. By mid month, Texas contracts and spending totaled 221 million dollars with potential awards of 260 million in negotiation. within six months, half a billion dollars in defense contracts could be awarded, with the total possibly rising further by year end.
M. G. Dicken was deputized by Sheriff P. M. Porter as Grayson County highway officer and assumed duties after posting a $1,000 bond. The move counters the Commissioners Court choice of A. E. Whiteacre to succeed himself, who has been deputized by Denison constable Ira Jessee. The attorney general has not yet issued an opinion amid a pending Supreme Court case.
Household hints advise substituting fruit juices for liquids in gelatin mixtures to boost flavor and nutrition. Leftover canned juice works as well as fresh juice. They caution not to oversalt gravies. salt pepper or paprika suffice. A dash of prepared meat sauce is optional.
Belcherville in Montague County is Texas’s smallest incorporated town with 94 residents in 1940, up nine in a decade. The town tops the Texas list but is larger than the smallest towns in several other states where two residents exist.
Wise and Otherwise presents a brief appraisal of moral types with a sharp pun on choosing evils and pricing value. The fragment hints at an optimist contrasting a cautious outlook but ends abruptly.
Dark and sees a light which isn t there. A pessimist is one who blows the light out. Bore a man who when asked about his health tells you all about it. Dreamer one who casts the anchor of his hopes in the harbor of a dream. Self what you are when you think nobody is looking. Gentleman one who can disagree without being disagreeable. Drudge a man with a task and without a vision while a visionary is a man with a vision without a task. Pedestrian a man who has two cars a wife and a daughter.
A retired Dallas banker buys a rural filling station and is approached by a gleaming car. As he checks the pumps the driver plans a quick trip to McKinney. The banker jokes about saving fuel, hinting at a simple life interrupted by a moment of commerce.
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