Memory Lane Highlights from 1923 and 1938 Local Notes
The Sun records obituaries and community happenings from February 1923 and February 1938. It notes deaths of George W. Pope 85 and A J Dillon 68, new hires at Waxahachie and Bonita, and civic events across Whitewright including bank leadership changes, church programs, a Valentine tea, and a Mozart Midgets club appearance. In 1938 the paper reports 4.01 inches of rain, marriages of Elaine Kaiser and Fred Starr Jr., and birthdays and births in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Pope
A. J. Dillon
Ralph Sanders
Waxahachie
Silas Wilson
Sherman
GC Mi
Grover Gillett
T. E. Griffith
M-K-T
Bonita
Marguerite Tree
Ike Tree
J. T. McMillin
First National Bank
San Benito
Annette Harp
Eunice Turner
Davie Mae Morgan
Winnie Hamilton
Mildred Harp
Ruby Horton
Sallye Hamilton
Beatrice Beasley
Church of Christ Young People
Elaine Kaiser
Pilot Grove
Fred Starr Jr
Whitewright
Roger Holcomb
E. A. Douglas
Bettie Currin
Bob Montgomery
Frank Kitching
J. H. Coleman
Poisonous Snakes in Texas leaflet guides identification
The Texas Agricultural Extension Service released a leaflet titled Poisonous Snakes in Texas. It distinguishes pit vipers and elapids, explains venom effects, and gives first aid and examination advice. The guide notes coral snakes’ red and yellow warning and where moccasins occur near water. Request L-354.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Agricultural Information Office
College Station
Car Breakdown Led to Neomycin Discovery at Rutgers
In New Brunswick New Jersey a car breakdown near a Rutgers farm building led Dr Hubert Lechevalier to collect a soil sample that yielded neomycin, an antibiotic linked to Nobel laureate Selman Waksman. The drug treats infant diarrhea skin and eye infections and serves as a bowel surgery antiseptic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Hubert Lechevalier
Selman A. Waksman
Rutgers University College of Agriculture
Lechevalier
Whitewright merchants focus on local support and service
Local businesses urge residents to spend at home to boost tax funds, schools, churches, and community projects. They stress hometown merchants provide service and repairs, encourage donations to local drives, and note merchants live in the town with children in local schools. The piece ends by noting Illinois state flower violet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Bavarian beer seen as medicine boosts 1957 sales
Bavaria's beer barons report 1957 as their best year since the war as doctors' praise and medical journal notes that beer speeds convalescence for certain patients. Brewers target exports to the United States, banking on the perceived medicinal benefits to drive demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Bavaria
University of Munich
Wilhelm Stepp
Stepp
Nuremberg
Consumers Research Society
United States
Bertil Josephson
Stockholm
Germany
Yale
Coffee breaks costly to California state workers
Sacramento, Calif. State Sen. Randolph Collier said the state loses 12 million dollars annually due to mid-morning and mid-afternoon coffee breaks. He added some workers extend 25 minute allowances to an hour or more. The article notes more than 200 steamship lines have offices in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
Randolph Collier
Collier
Steamship Lines
San Francisco
Whitewright Texas Sets April 1 1958 City Election
Mayor R R Summers orders city election in Whitewright Grayson County for April 1 1958. Election to be held at City Hall Election Room with R C Vestal as judge and Mrs O L Jones and Mrs Glenn Doss as clerks. City Marshall to post notice 30 days prior. Signatures of Mayor Summers and City Secretary Doss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Summers
Whitewright
Texas
City of
R. C. Vestal
O. L. Jones
Glenn Doss
Harold Doss
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. J. Gallaher
Claude R. Truett
Robert F. Morrow
Davidson & Barbee
T. A. Taylor
Bonham
W. T. Nicholson
Texas Poultry Dealers Association
Dallas
W. H. King
Central Christian Church
Laura Lynne Major
Inez
Gladys Ray
Grove News
Martha Louise Vestal
Dorotha Darwin
Jack Smith
Mary Phillips
Martha Joe Darwin
Ethel Harper
Glenda Mae Rutledge
James Birt Phillips
Willie B. Smith
Dale Watson
Needlework Guild
Dorothy Hamilton
Allen T. Short
R. B. Gordon
Joe M. Russell
Rham Pennington
Tommie Chenoweth
Guy Hamilton
Newton Manning
R. E. L. Binion
Sarah Binion
Pilot
Whitewright Cleaners
the Sun
Maytag Appliance Dealer
Skipworth Builder's
Ee Bean
U.S. Army
Alaska
Thomas H. Back
Violet
Illinois
V* Ak
Whitewright Motor CO
California
State of Texas
Grayson
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