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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1951
Page
2
Bonham social rounds include Mrs. Curlee Cummings in Bonham with friends and Miss Nora Hughes taking a Perrin Field job. Several families and visitors traverse Texas from Denison to Sherman, Austin to Dallas, with church events and bridge games noted amid travel.
The notice urges readers to inform of address changes to avoid mailing errors and save 2 cents per misdirected issue. It requests advance notice if an address will change a week ahead to prevent missed copies.
Miss Gladys Ray presided as president at 3 p m over a business session and reports from the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs meeting in Austin. The club approved donations to polio fund cancer research and a scholarship. Mrs Griffin Dollarhide Jr was elected delegate to the Denton district convention March 8-9. Greenery and refreshments marked the gathering with 20 members present. The group plans to meet March 2 at Mrs B W Newman’s home.
New York officials of the National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers forecast that prices for men's suits topcoats slacks and related items will be 8 to 10 percent higher next fall than this spring. They noted spring prices already run 8 to 10 percent above last fall and cited defense demands for raw materials especially foreign wool as a key factor.
Four way benefits from seed treated with organic mercury dust include reduced seed rot, seedling blight, pink boll disease, and bacterial blight. Experiments show 5% to 40% yield gains, adding up to $12 per acre, with costs under 10 cents per acre. Follow directions and apply per recommended amounts. County Agent can advise on service availability.
Detroit pollster George Gallup told Sigma Delta Chi luncheon that General Eisenhower would win on either Republican or Democratic tickets based on current popularity. He noted Eisenhower outranks Roosevelt in Gallup’s six week popularity surveys and could beat any candidate on any ticket. Gallup cited Eisenhower’s bipartisan appeal though he had not yet taken a political stand.
The National Industrial Conference Board says World War II cost the United States about 351 billion dollars to fight yet veterans programs may total around a trillion dollars in federal benefits. The board notes veterans programs have averaged more than 6 billion annually since the war and costs may continue for more than a century.
The National Production Authority ordered manufacturers to stop producing tires with white side walls to reduce rubber use by about 10 percent. The rule limits lines of tires for trucks tractors and passenger cars and restricts color options for inner tubes and hoses.
Edward J. Fedor, a former West Virginia University graduate student, reports albino rat experiments showing heart enlargement with exercise. Sponsored by the National Heart Institute, the study attributes weight gain to cardiac muscle fiber development from increased work to supply oxygen.
Volunteer Chief Murphy vents over dinner about a minor Griffin place fire last week. He notes Griffin's farm lies a mile from town and complains sightseers parked along Griffin driveway causing a crowd. He urges fair sharing of road space for emergency and public access.
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