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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1959
Page
4
The 20th anniversary of nylon stockings in February 1939 is recalled. Du Pont notes public shows in 1939, wartime redirection of production from 1942, and postwar shortages with black markets and phone-line disruptions as demand surged for civilian hosiery again.
A historical overview traces the washing machine from 1907 Pastime model in Newton Iowa through 1911 electric washers to 1922 agitator principle and the 1939 fully automatic home washer. Postwar agitator units, electric dryers, and the shift to a modern electric home laundry define the midcentury American homemaker’s routine.
Funeral services for John W Hight 86 were held at Ridgeway February 18 with burial in Ridgeway Cemetery. He died February 16 in a Commerce hospital after living with son George Hight in Whitewright off and on for ten years. Born near Hamilton Alabama February 24 1873 he married Martha Tice in 1889 in Alabama and moved to Ridgeway Texas in 1904. Mrs Hight died in 1939. Surviving are two sons Luther Hight Dallas and George Hight Whitewright and a daughter Mrs R E Shields Ridgeway.
Mrs. Fred Strauss of the Texas Safety Association urges pedestrians to obey signs and signals and avoid jay walking to reduce the high toll of pedestrian deaths. She warns walkers to watch for traffic at night and enter intersections only with time to cross safely.
Senator Herring of Austin introduced a bill to repeal an old penal code section that bans roping and throwing a calf before dismounting from a horse or roping a calf for a prize. He cites sheriff posses allowing rodeos where the law is violated and notes threats from cock fight producers against sheriffs enforcing the calf law.
A humor filled clipping shows jokes about a quarrel at night and a man fleeing with a snow save, a doctor billing a patient, a husband managing a house, and a Kentucky mountaineer wedding quilt. It also lists Foucheaux Vestal as district sales manager in Houston and other light anecdotes.
Cora Emma Hill as administratrix filed in Grayson County Court Texas on February 25 1959 a final account of the estate of Arlie Earl Hill with a discharge application. The hearing is set for March 9 1959 at the Sherman courthouse. All interested persons must appear or file a written answer to contest the account. Publication by The Whitewright Sun February 26 1959.
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