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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1962
Page
8
Roy M. Craig reports Stamford merchants debate saving local business. A meeting inspired a $1000 pledge for free weekly movies to keep money at home, but later a local committee awarded a city banquet contract to an Abilene firm at the same price, prompting questions about loyalty to Stamford vendors.
In Stamford leaders from the Chamber of Commerce Rotary Club Exchange Club Lions Jaycees and merchants argue a rule should be reciprocal and fair. The speaker stresses personal consistency saying he would do what he asks others to do and that a one sided rule hurts everyone.
W H Cooke notes a pun about a bee that flies into a Humble station and asks for regular. A second bee orders Esso, explaining I am a regular bee while my friend is an Esso bee. The quip lampoons how humor can dip to a low, punny form.
Veterans receive guidance on protecting active duty insurance from lapse for two years post discharge, handling premiums as a loan to the VA, and potential termination if cash value is insufficient. Instructions outline changing GI insurance beneficiaries using form 9336 and VA payment guarantees for certain veteran business loans.
Whipper-Clipper Co. opens sales room evenings until 8 p m from March 1 to November 1 1962. New 19 and 23 inch side trim side exhaust mowers shown. 103 acres joining White Wright on Highway 69 priced at 175 per acre. 3 bedroom home with 3 acres seven miles east of Sherman asking 8500. J A Hot Alexander Realtor Grayson Bank Building Sherman. Champlin HI V I Motor Oils MS DG HR five 90 per case Dawson Propane Co.
See Me for Life Insurance and Hospital Insurance. Paul Stephens. Johnson Jewelry & Appliance is headquarters for Hoover Sweepers accessories and parts. Card of Thanks I want to thank all my friends for their visits cards and flowers while I was in the hospital and since I returned home. I really appreciated your thoughtfulness. Alonzo Harper. I want to take this method of expressing my thanks to those friends who remembered me while in the hospital and since I returned home. Your cards gifts and visits were all appreciated. J. W. Andrew.
The Department of Defense studies an airborne missile launcher allowing patrols of two days or more without refueling and a mobile firing platform rivaling Polaris submarines. Industry R&D spending rose from 1.8 billion in 1945 to 13.5 billion this year and may exceed 25 billion by decade's end.
The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index fell to a new low for the eighth month, reaching 5.89 for the cost of one pound of 31 common foods. The index shows a 3.9 percent drop from a year ago with higher prices for rye potatoes and steers and lower prices for wheat corn oats barley beef hams pork bellies lard cottonseed oil cocoa and hogs.
A visiting woman in Texas concluded a grocery order with a request for 10 pounds of potatoes. The clerk replied that they won’t cut a potato for anybody, signaling a humorous wage of petty service.
General Mark Clark recalls the best counsel he received: to marry the woman he chose. When asked who gave it, he smiles and says she did.
Fragmentary text discusses counteracting decay associated with sticky high carbohydrate foods. The fragment hints at health or dietary concerns but lacks clear actions, measurements, or attribution to specific studies or organizations.
Census Bureau estimates 47.7 million people aged 5 to 34 are enrolled in the nation's schools and colleges for the current academic year, up from 39.4 million five years earlier. The figure is based on October survey data.
Whitewright mayor R R Summers issues order for city election on April 3 1962. Election to be held at City Hall with R C Vestal named election judge. City Marshall to post notice thirty days prior at City Hall as required by law.
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