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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1962
Page
2
Local social notes list numerous families visiting relatives in Dallas Sherman Paris and Sherman with many Sunday and weekend gatherings. Mentions of Joe Johnson Fort Worth funeral attendance and a broader historical aside note that among the 56 Declaration signers only two were bachelors and they averaged over five children each.
The political notice profiles Dovie Maye Jarrell seeking Grayson County Treasurer. Widow and longtime resident since 1936, she cites business experience and public service as Deputy in County Clerk’s office since 1957. Children include Richard P. Jarrell Jr. and Albert E. Jarrell. daughter Mrs. Jack W. Torbert.
J N Jim Dickson runs for re election as County Judge of Grayson County stressing the road and building program and his record of financial efficiency and fair decisions across probate county juvenile and mental health matters. He asks supporters to vote in the Democratic primary on May 5 1962 if he cannot contact them beforehand.
A concise history of wills from ancient times to modern English law. It traces the evolution from papyrus, clay, and guardian decrees to the standardization of last will and testament in English courts. It notes church oversight, executors, and the unification of real and personal property handling under one estate system.
The text notes that dying intestate left a person unconfessed and that the church could distribute some goods to others beyond the family for the soul. It also states that surviving spouses and children received property and that by the colonial era laws were settled with law courts handling distribution rather than church authorities.
U S homemakers spent about 50.3 billion dollars at supermarkets and groceries to set a record last year yet per person consumption declined. The trade paper Food Topics notes a 3.6 percent rise over 1960 driven by nonfood items and improved eating budgets. It also reports housewives favor one stop shopping and fewer shopping trips to separate meat, fish, bakery and delicatessen shops. The Louisiana Purchase was negotiated with Napoleon in 1803. Nutritionists say children need three to four cups of milk daily.
In Old Hill England doctors concluded after three days of debate that 20 year old truck driver Tom Beckett has a twisted abdomen. They diagnosed a misbehaving appendix and sent him home. The twist caused the grumbling appendix.
Historical records show that at various times counterfeiting carried the death penalty. Authorities debated the severity of punishment and enforcement varied by era and region, reflecting changing views on criminal debt and social harm.
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