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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1952
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun publishes subscription prices for Grayson and Fannin Counties. One year costs 1.50 dollars and six months 1.00 dollars, while outside these counties a 1 year rate is 2.00 dollars and six months 1.25 dollars.
The National Safety Council reports more accidental home deaths than any other setting last year due to rising population longevity and more babies. A Kansas and Nassau County analysis finds one quarter of fatal home accidents occur in bedrooms from half awake mishaps like smoking in bed and sudden exits.
In a homely warning the Exchange lists danger spots by life risk order. Yard and kitchen prime the danger, with inside stairs and living room also flagged as threats. The message underscores that safety depends on vigilance in every room and area.
John C. White became the first candidate to meet ballot requirements under the new Texas election laws. He filed a $420 fee and loyalty affidavits, touted five first-year accomplishments, and praised the department as a Texas agency answerable only to Texans. White, a Wichita County official, highlighted expanded inspections, a market news service, accurate cotton crop estimates, and broader crop disease controls. He is married with two children, from Clay County, a Texas Tech graduate, and former Midwestern University teacher.
The 1950 census shows 96.6 men aged 21 and over for every 100 women in the same age group, a shift from 100 to 100 ten years earlier. The 21-and-over total reached 97,416,365, up 16 percent since 1940, with females rising 7,564,324 and males 5,855,412.
Dr James C Strong, director of the Paris Lamar County Health Unit, becomes part time director of the Grayson Health Unit while a permanent head is named. Grayson director Dr D R Reilly resigned and left Grayson for San Angelo. A lunch eon meeting in Sherman Friday will select a new director.
A historical look at the Edwards Perpetual Calendar proposed in 1945 and its ideas such as a 91 day quarter, fixed holidays, no Friday the 13th, and leap day between June and July, contrasted with the continued use of the Gregorian calendar.
Dist. Atty. Ralph Rash says his district could finish quickly if all counties followed Rains County example. The year passed with no felony indictments returned and no cases tried in Rains County.
A veteran asks if it is too late to pursue a delayed disability claim and whether to file a new application after missing a required examination. The response notes that the original filing may be closed if no contact within a year and suggests submitting a new claim. It also states VA compensation stops if the veteran is recalled to active duty.
In Indianapolis, Lady a khaki colored dog five years old part Boxer and part Great Dane eats fresh cigarette butts as treats. The veterinarian calls her habit unusual and says the tobacco does not harm her and may prevent worms. Mrs Rosalie Conlon notes the behavior can embarrass guests.
A joke exchanges a misheard inquiry about a number being unavailable. The operator apologizes that the number is taken, and the caller jokes about who took her out, preserving a light humorous tone.
A 1933 Riverside Ranger Station Colorado reading reached minus 66 degrees F the lowest ever in the Continental United States. Only ten readings of minus 60 or colder have occurred since records began with Montana Wyoming Idaho North Dakota and Colorado among the states holding the extremes. The latest minus 60 or below was February 1 1951 at Taylor Park Colorado. The data comes from Weatherwise magazine.
A veteran river boat worker, Mike Clancy, drowned after falling overboard after more than 30 years on boats. In the aftermath the widow reveals she inherited $10,000, prompting a bemused remark about his illiteracy and inability to swim.
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