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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1958
Page
5
A flurry of regional visitors, holidays, and travel highlights fill the week. Dallas guests include Mrs Ivy Taylor and Mrs John McMurry visiting local families. Sherman and Whitewright hosts exchange stories and kinfolk visits. Las Vegas and Durango trips noted along with teaching assignments and Christmas gatherings. A Cotton Bowl trip by J W Miller via plane ties the closing scene.
Cheri and Beth Hill of Irving visit grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Pierce. Augustine Yates of Fort Worth visits friends. Don Newman of Strong Arkansas spends holidays with his parents. Jack Henderson of Arvin California attends Mrs. Earl Benson's funeral. Betsy Sue Kennedy marries Joe Mullins in Clute with relatives from Dallas Lake Jackson Tom Bean and others present. Odell Neal and family visit College Station guests with James Bradley Bells Neal and family from Sherman Kentuckytown and Darr ell Neal from the Navy in Jacksonville Florida.
Rotary Club program chairman Clint Hennig showed a Humble Oil film with 1956 Southwest Conference football highlights. The film was supplied by Garrett Galy of Humble’s Sherman wholesale outlet. A later meeting report was not published.
A poetic plea for a normal life with regular friends, a steady plan, and a fair game in both success and failure. The speaker seeks a regular chance, a traditional spouse, a steady family, and a long, honorable aging reflective of common humanity.
The notice lists church activities with times for Sunday School worship and training Union services. It also notes the Woman's Society of Christian Service meets on the first and third Mondays and the Wesleyan Service Guild meets every two weeks.
Morning worship at 11:00 a. m. Training Union at 6:30 p. m. Evening worship at 7:15 p. m. Rev. Charles Taylor, former pastor of the Kentuckytown Baptist Church, will be guest speaker at both services on Sunday January 5. Everyone is invited to attend.
Washington notes that starting January 1 1958 Americans must keep detailed records of all expense money received and actual on the job expenses for 1958. The IRS emphasizes the need for accurate accounting to prevent improper deductions on 1958 income tax returns. The rule, traceable to 1921, targets widespread neglect among workers with small expense accounts.
Miss Gladine Harper and Dwayne Hayes, both of Dallas, married December 27 at Ector with Rev. M. E. Miller officiating. The bride is daughter of J. P. Harper of Whitewright route 3 and Harmon Hayes is the groom’s father. They are Whitewright High School graduates employed in Dallas and will reside there.
Linda Barnett daughter of Odie and Mrs Barnett of De Kalb Mississippi married Ross Lewis son of Mr and Mrs C H Lewis of Whitewright Route One. The couple wed December 21 in Philadelphia Mississippi. Matron of honor was Mrs Paul Matus of Flint Michigan. They reside in Alpine Texas where Lewis works for States Exploration Company.
A congressional committee reports the U. S. government now owns at least 250 billion dollars worth of property. The government holds 409 million acres in the continental United States and 363 million acres abroad, equating to all the states east of the Mississippi plus California, Oregon and Arizona.
The Census Bureau estimates the United States has 172,800,000 residents as of today, up from 169,800,000 at the start of 1957. Women outnumber men by about one million. the population growth marks a significant national shift.
An electric current through salt water yields chlorine and produces end products such as plastics anti knock agents explosives and refrigerants as part of basic chemical synthesis.
A brief verse reflecting on a man laid to rest with calm dignity. The speaker imagines the public viewing his peaceful bier and recalling him as a regular man, with gentle tears in memory.
The Civil Aeronautics Board notes 67 deaths in 1957 but a safety rate nearly unparalleled in modern transport history. Fatalities were 0.2 per 100 million passenger miles while highway deaths reached about six per 100 million. Boston, Mass., has the largest dry docks in the United States.
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