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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1951
Page
4
The notice outlines subscription prices for Grayson and Fannin counties and outside those counties. Rates are 1 year for 1.50 or 2.00 and six months for 1.00 or 1.25, depending on location.
The Fort Worth article explains that two weeks into the price freeze food costs rose to record highs and are expected to climb further before stabilizing. It compares price controls to a carnival insurance pitch, noting generous but risky policies with improbable scenarios and a joke about a buffalo and a car.
A Fort Worth Star Telegram piece notes that while treasured belongings and memories cannot be insured, the financial loss from home destruction can be covered. It explains that insurance helps replace most property with minimal cost to the owner, protecting families after a blaze.
The article urges property owners to monitor rising property values and declining dollar buying power and to ensure fire policies keep pace so coverage reflects current replacement costs. It warns that a 1935 two thousand dollar policy would only cover about a quarter of today’s eight thousand dollar home loss.
A memory poem contrasting formal church trappings with heartfelt worship. The speaker recalls a childhood church lacking gold candlesticks and ornate cloths yet teaching true worship. Dedicated in memory of the First Methodist Church of Whitewright by Mrs. Virginia Gillett Sears.
Dr J B Warren explains that slow healing skin conditions can stem from liver filtration issues affecting bile. He notes three liver roles: fat digestion, destroying harmful organisms, and natural purgative. Suggests small monthly doses of Epsom salts for chronic skin conditions.
The piece argues that a real graduated income tax would shift most of the tax burden to upper earners, noting 56 million people held 80 percent of national personal income in 1947. It warns that rising corporate taxes harm many dependent on corporate structures and that higher withholding likely influenced the November elections. It also urges reduced spending as salvation for most American incomes.
Washington Dr Urner Liddel chief of the Navy nuclear physics program says flying saucers are not mysterious but large plastic balloons used in atomic research. He dismisses reports as tall tales or misinterpretations by observers.
London. Judge Seymour Collins dismissed the case finding no assault as the parties remain one in law unless legally separated. Betty Woolf testified her husband Jack waited outside a cinema, seized her and sought a kiss before she escaped.
An elder lady asks about sharks and a sea captain recalls being seized by a shark while tossed by a storm. He says he survived by letting the creature have its grip and notes a sailor does not argue with a shark.
In the Geographical Review Fred Kniffen traces the wooden covered bridge tradition to European origins. He notes Swiss influence on arched wooden bridges and identifies Philadelphia 1804 Tim othy Palmer as early American work, with covering mainly to protect timber from weathering, extending bridge life.
The St. Louis Medical Society editor urges spelling out medical abbreviations. Dr Jerome Simon says SOB in patient records misleads readers. He notes SOB stands for short of breath, prefer dyspneic or orthopneic for clarity.
Central Christian Church led by John R. MacDonald holds services on the first and third Sundays. Methodist Church advertises 10 a.m. church school and morning service with additional youth and evening programs. Assembly of God lists Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and services through 7 p.m. First Baptist Church notes Sunday school at 10 a.m. and services at 11 a.m. with midweek prayer and choir events.
Sunday School at First Presbyterian Church runs 10 a m with seven classes from Kindergarten to Seniors, scripture teaching, singing and prayers. Morning worship follows at 11 with Rev Lee H Smith in charge and Dorothy Jane Nelson directing religious education. Westminster Fellowship meets at 5 p m. Floyd Bassett is superintendent.
Historical guidance notes oysters from Northern Europe hold young on gills in warm months and taste sandy when eaten. American oysters differ, but early colonists avoided May through August. Authorities claim American oysters are at their best in May.
A dialogue between Clara and her mother about word origins. Clara at 77 asks what transatlantic means and learns it means across the Atlantic. The mother explains trans means a cross and Clara then quips that transparent would be a cross parent.
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