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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1947
Page
8
The Reflector notes safety speed economy and beauty must unite aboard a ship. Three main departments navigate engineering and catering require expert cooperation. The captain has final say coordinating all, with engineers and chefs delivering critical shipboard functions.
Bettye Reeves to Clifton Ross This Love of Ours Sprout Johnson to Dorothy Wal lace It Had to Be You Dan Kent to Jackie Nossaman Once in a While Pat Gray to Norma Smith Some body Else Is Taking My Place Whacker Thornhill to Joanne Grammer All Through the Day Kelly Pierson to Doris Hunter I Cant Begin to Tell You Irene Kent to Don You Keep Coming Back Like a Song Patsy Parnell to Jack Ross Oh But I Do Jack McSpedden to Pinkey Raley Oh What It Seemed to Be Joan Huseman to Richard Brown For Sentimental Reasons
Winter fashion centers on hand knitted garments and accessories with warm wool for comfort and style. Gay mittens with bold stripes and fancy stitching capture attention, paired with contrasting sweaters for versatile outfits. A white fringe skirt with a Scottish kilt wrap and turtle neck blouses emerge as popular ensembles for both young and old.
The Homemaking III class analyzes consumer buying and advertising. It notes there is excess advertising, with selling costs folded into prices, while good ads inform and attract attention, introduce new products, and aid finding purchasing options. Bad ads use misleading terms and raise costs.
The American Medical Association and American Dental Association are professional groups that test foods medicines and dental products. Other entities include Consumers Union American Gas Association and Underwriters Inc. These organizations help consumers distinguish safe from harmful products.
A jumbled page lists items such as cowlicks, a broom, a red dress, and note categories alongside names like Mrs. Roddy Jane Meador Mr. Smith Ross Alexander Pat Gray Coach Montgomery Betty Ingram and Melva Allen. It ends with coded answers pairing numbers to letters and student references.
A gossip column surveys romantic entanglements around W H S, naming Corrine, William Hughes, Billy Jack, Joan Scott, Betty Blackerby, Billy Wayne Morris, Hazel, Bobby, Geraldine Bush, Carl Turner, Tom Bean, Joanne, Robert White, Johnnye Mac, Lovera, F M, Wilma Hickson, Rayburn Gunter, Ruie Jean Roberts, Dorothy Head, Savoy, Ross, Bettye Jo, Billy Mack and Jessie, Melva, Pat, Gladys, Buford. The piece hints at ongoing affairs and volatile relationships.
A compact reflection urges confidence in personal judgment over tradition and popular opinion. It praises Moses, Plato, and Milton for speaking from inner conviction, urges detecting one's own good thoughts, and warns against dismissing them as mere vanity or jealousy.
The quote urges individuals to trust their own ideas and work hard, remaining independent even in crowds. It emphasizes self reliance, conviction, and doing what one believes is right despite others opinions or pressures.
The article traces bells from small medieval bells to large cast bells with verses, notes ringing clubs, fashion of bells on clothing, and a scepter of bells carried by the English court jester. It highlights the Liberty Bell forged in England in 1751 and its famous inscription. It mentions events around July 1776 as context.
Two separate sheriff sales listed for March 4, 1947, in Whitesboro and Denison. Foreclosures cover lands in Whitesboro described as 100 by 166 feet in the William Ritchie Survey and Denison lots 1 and 2, block 19 Munson and Purington addition. Judgments include delinquent taxes, interest, penalties, and costs with six percent interest. Sale subject to redemption rights and existing liens. Sheriff Fred Prestage and Deputy Ralph T. Oliver noted.
A city bell was captured and hidden during the war but returned to its tower by war’s end. It rang over the city until 1835, marking a period of restoration and memory associated with J. F.
This Coronet magazine feel good piece urges teens in English IV to practice proper manners. It contrasts rude behavior with courteous acts like a boy opening doors and walking on the curbside, noting better manners earn admiration.
A satirical note from the Matador Tribune quotes Douglas Meador accusing modern research and coffee drinkers of loafing. He argues money is wasted on research and suggests the second cup is merely an excuse to loaf, offering sympathy to those who do not drink coffee.
A discussion notes past health myths that milk prevents cancer and cites lifespans and cancer age patterns. The notice then details Sheriff’s Sale No. 55188 in Texas against Jerry Boren and heirs for delinquent taxes, with a six hundred nineteen dollar judgment and interest, directing foreclosure of liens on Lots 15 and 16, Block 5, Munson’s and Purinton’s Addition to Denison, and Lot 4, Block 19 in the same addition.
Notice of Sheriff's Sale No 55192 and No 55213 in Grayson County Texas state that Thelma Dawson and unknown heirs face foreclosure for delinquent taxes with liens by taxing units. Wm Jordan and Mary R Jordan and others are named in No 55213 with a similar lien foreclosure. Detailed parcel descriptions include lot and block identifiers.
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