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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1957
Page
7
A compendium of brief notices lists deaths of S. P. Beckett 77 Confederate veteran W H Hall 62 and H A Herman 75, engagements, relocations, club programs, PTA and literary meetings, birthdays and a light marital spat, with dates from 1927 1932 and local towns including Whitewright Sherman Tom Bean Olney and Dallas.
The Reflector lists PTA and Future Homemakers of America officers with Darlene DeBerry as treasurer and Priscilla Blanton as recording secretary. Monthly meetings are the first Monday. dues are $1.00. Mrs. Earl Blanton is chapter advisor. club mothers and a dozen named members serve as consultants. The PTA notes a third grade prize for attendance and a PTA meeting to be hosted by Whitewright High agriculture. Basketball girls practiced Feb. 12 and queued two games against Tom Bean next week at Whitewright and in Tom Bean.
Eisenhower proclaims National Future Farmer of America Week February 16 23. Whitewright chapter highlights include Lone Star Farmer degree to Bobby DeBerry district and area contests in which the chapter team placed first and greenhand second and grass judging team placed sixth in Dallas Fort Worth and San Antonio.
The February 11 PTA gathering met in the high school auditorium. The Texas Highway Department presented the program. Mr. Ed Pringle delivered an informative lecture on general traffic problems and stressed citizen responsibility.
Archie Manley, a Negro church deacon, won a 200 damage award after a Stockton barber refused to cut his hair. Barber Robert Murrillo testified he declined due to lack of training for Negro hairstyles. Municipal Judge Bill L. Dozier ruled that a licensed barber must learn to cut a Negro's hair.
Washington reports the Agriculture Department's 1956 market basket cost 975.87 with farmers receiving 390.25 dollars, or 40 percent of the total. Marketing margins totaled 585.62 dollars, 60 percent, while eggs yielded the highest farmer return at 69 cents per consumer dollar.
Milwaukee delegates from the American Collectors Association propose a shift from calling themselves bill collectors to guidance workers who aid debtors. Paul A. Root of Ann Arbor urges a helpful approach, while attendees discuss assisting mismanaged budgets across a regional conference.
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